A preliminary cauldron has been lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approaches the two-months-to-go mark.

The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway.

Canadian 15-year-old Summer McIntosh has won another gold medal and Italy pipped the United States to the men’s 4x100 medley relay title on the last night of racing at the world swimming championships in Budapest.

China’s women continued their table tennis dominance, winning their fourth straight gold in the team event with a 3-0 win over Japan.

Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype in an Olympics where many of the U.S. favorites have faltered.

The Hungarians like medleys.