Cardboard beds might be Paris’ solution to providing athletes a place to sleep for the 2024 Olympics.

Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday, with some of the biggest names in the sport paddling side-by-side in the ocean.

In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been front and center, acts of kindness are everywhere.

Owen Wright defeated Gabriel Medina in the men's surfing bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics.