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  • Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He's Willing To Box 'Olympic Dude'

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    Did Mike Tyson announce he wants to box against "Olympic Dude," a derogatory reference to female boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria's team? No, that's not true: Tyson's representative told Lead Stories: "This is absolutely false." Lead Stories could find no news reports about Tyson making such a statement. Social media posts about the announcement offered no evidence that Tyson ever…

    • Aug 6, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He's Willing To Box 'Olympic Dude' No Such Quote
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles Is Retiring Or 'Expecting A Baby' As 2024 Paris Games Wrap Up

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    Did Olympian Simone Biles reveal that she's pregnant and announce she will retire when she finishes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, as a Facebook post said? No, that's not true: At the time of writing, Lead Stories did not find any evidence on her social media nor on credible sports news sites that Biles made such an announcement.…

    • Aug 6, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles Is Retiring Or 'Expecting A Baby' As 2024 Paris Games Wrap Up Unfounded
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man

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    Is Algerian boxer Imane Khelif a man who transitioned to be a woman? No, that's not true: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach publicly said that Khelif's case is the case of somebody "being born, raised, competed and having a passport as a woman", which is the Olympic standard for determination of gender. According to the athlete's own words, she…

    • Aug 5, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man Unsupported
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce That He Would 'Stop All Donations' To Olympics -- Fake Quote Is From AI-Produced Article

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    Did Tesla CEO Elon Musk announce on social media that he would "stop all donations" towards the Olympic Games because it's "a woke event now"? No, that's not true: There are no posts on Musk's social media making or confirming such an announcement. The original article reporting that was written using artificial intelligence according to an online tool that detects…

    • Aug 5, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Announce That He Would 'Stop All Donations' To Olympics -- Fake Quote Is From AI-Produced Article No Posts
  • Fact Check: Irish Boxer Kellie Harrington Did NOT Say She Refuses To Compete Against 'Biological Males' At The Paris 2024 Olympics

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    Did Irish professional boxer Kellie Harrington say she would refuse to compete against "biological males" at the Paris 2024 Olympics? No, that's not true: The Olympic Federation of Ireland told Lead Stories on August 2, 2024, that Harrington "does not recollect a conversation about this," and that there is no record of Harrington making any such statement. Lead Stories also…

    • Aug 5, 2024
    • by: Kaiyah Clarke
    Fact Check: Irish Boxer Kellie Harrington Did NOT Say She Refuses To Compete Against 'Biological Males' At The Paris 2024 Olympics Never Said
  • Fact Check: Yokasi Maogo Is NOT Name Of Any Olympic Swimmer From Japan -- Baseless Pun In Spanish

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    Does a swimmer on the 2024 Japanese Olympic team, Yokasi Maogo, have a name that sounds like the phrase "I almost drowned" in Spanish? No, that's not true: There is no swimmer by that name on Japan's Olympic swimming team. While "Yo casi me ahogo" does mean "I almost drowned" in Spanish, it's not a coincidence, as the name is…

    • Aug 2, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Yokasi Maogo Is NOT Name Of Any Olympic Swimmer From Japan -- Baseless Pun In Spanish Fake Name
  • Fact Check: Samsung Did NOT Withdraw From $1 Billion Olympics Sponsorship -- Claim From Satire Site

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    Did Samsung withdraw from a $1 billion Olympics sponsorship after the opening ceremony for the Paris Summer Games in July 2024? No, that's not true: The website that said so is a self-described satire site that says it brings the "freshest fake news." As of August 2, 2024, there are no actual news reports that Samsung pulled their sponsorship of…

    • Aug 2, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Samsung Did NOT Withdraw From $1 Billion Olympics Sponsorship -- Claim From Satire Site Satire Origin
  • Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Italian Prime Minister Scowling Over 'Two Girls Kissing At The Olympics'

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    Do photos show Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni scowling in response to two female athletes kissing at the Olympics? No, that's not true: News agency video proves that the photos were taken at a volleyball match. Italy's Alice Bellandi celebrated her gold medal win in women's judo by kissing her partner and fellow judoka, Jasmine Martin. The claim appeared in…

    • Aug 2, 2024
    • by: Dana Ford
    Fact Check: Photos Do NOT Show Italian Prime Minister Scowling Over 'Two Girls Kissing At The Olympics' Not Same Event
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Olympic Athlete Vomiting Because He Swam In Seine -- He Cited Heat

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    Does a video show an Olympic Games athlete vomit as a direct result of swimming in Paris' Seine? No, that's not true: The athlete shown throwing up after his triathlon faulted the Parisian heat rather than the Seine. Although the river's water quality was poor in the days preceding the triathlon, there is no evidence that it caused Olympic athletes…

    • Aug 1, 2024
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Olympic Athlete Vomiting Because He Swam In Seine -- He Cited Heat Blamed Heat
  • Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say 'Olympians Are Olympic'

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    Did Vice President Kamala Harris say, "Today we celebrate the Olympics. Because Olympians are Olympic, & they are at the Olympics being Olympian, so it's more important now than ever to support their Olympianism"? No, that's not true: Harris' spokesperson said that's not something she said. It is a parody of a manipulated Harris quote that Lead Stories debunked previously.…

    • Jul 30, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Say 'Olympians Are Olympic' Satire
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