Enfin! A disc of yellow appeared in the sky above Paris. Simone Biles, the star gymnast of the Games and the opening performance, was awe-inspiring.

After the rain, Olympic venues in the heart of Paris were illuminated and the French team's start at the Games continued.

What you should know about Sunday's Olympics

BANG! BILES BACK with a BANG

Simone Biles, radiant and glowing, made her much-anticipated Olympic return to Paris, France, on Sunday. She was greeted with boisterous applause from a star-studded, ecstatic crowd.

After suffering the "twisties", a gymnast's term for a temporary lack of spatial awareness while performing high-difficulty moves, at the Tokyo Games she is now competing in her third Olympics.

Biles felt pain in her left leg but did not consider stopping any of the four apparatus routines she performed, according to her coaches.

French on Fire

The team France has now moved up two places in the medals table to just behind Australia.

Pauline Ferrand Prevot, a mountain biker from France, won the cross-country women's race.

Leon Marchand, the world record-holder in 400m individual medley, won with a resounding victory at La Defense Arena. Fans were in delirium.

Younskater Stars

Coco Yoshizawa, 14, of Japan led three teenagers to the top of the podium for the women’s street skating event at the Paris Olympics. The venue La Concorde was sold out.

ISRAELI DEATH THREATEN PROBE

The Paris prosecutor's office announced on Sunday that French police has opened an investigation regarding death threats made against three Israeli athletes during the Paris Olympic Games.

Prosecutors said that anti-cybercrime agents are investigating and trying to remove the personal information of Friday's athletes from social media.

SAUDI'S First Female Olympic Swimmer

Mashael alayed (17) became the first Saudi Arabian woman to swim at an Olympic Games. She smashed her own personal record when she placed sixth out of seven swimmers in the 200 metre freestyle heat.

Controversy surrounding the Opening Ceremonies

The organisers of Paris 2024 apologized on Sunday for the anger caused by a parody tableau that was part of the opening ceremony at this year's Olympic Games. The kitsch scene mocked Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting 'The Last Supper.'

This segment recreated the biblical scene where Jesus Christ, his apostles and the Greek wine god Dionysus share a final meal just before the crucifixion. It featured drag queens and transgender models, as well as a singer dressed up in drag, who was dressed like Dionysus. The Catholic Church expressed its dismay.

According to preliminary figures from Comcast’s NBCUniversal (the company that owns the Games), the opening ceremony was watched by 28.6 millions Americans, making it the highest-rated summer Games opener since London 2012.

The Flag of Palestine is flown by Palestinians

On Sunday, two of the six Olympic athletes from Palestine were on display.

Wasim Abusal, a boxer from Pakistan, said that his Olympic career was not over after losing to Sweden's Nebil Ibrahim. He added that he hopes to bring home a gold medal in Los Angeles at the 2028 Olympics.

Yazan Al-Bawwab said that his only Olympic race was less than one minute long, but just getting in the water made a big statement.

A RAPIST Volleyball Player BOOED

The crowd booed Steven van de Velde of the Netherlands, who is a convicted sexual assaulter, as he made his debut at Paris 2024.

Van de Velde, who was 19 at the time of his rape two years prior when she was 12, was given four years behind bars in Britain.

SCAM OF THE DRONE

Bev Priestman, the suspended Canadian women's football coach apologized on Sunday for her actions in the scandal surrounding the use of drones. This led to her expulsion from the Paris Olympics. It also dealt a major blow to hopes that the Canadian team would win a gold medal again.

Sport Canada has withheld funding for women's soccer team coach Bev priestman, as well as two other officials suspended from the team. The scandal surrounding the use of drones at the Olympic Soccer Tournament is an embarrassment for all Canadians.

IN-SEINE?

The fate of France's 1.5 billion dollar ($1.4 billion) triathlon swim in the Seine River hangs in balance after organizers had to cancel Sunday's training due to high pollution levels. ($1 = 0.9211 euros)