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In today's email:

• Election odds: Harris closes in on Trump in betting markets.

• 2024 Paris Olympics: are underway and continue until the closing ceremony Sunday, August 11.

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ELECTION ODDS UPDATE

Kamala is gaining ground on Trump.

In the week since Kamala Harris took the lead on the Democratic ticket, she has significantly closed the gap on Donald Trump in the election betting markets.

According to the Real Clear Politics betting average, Trump's odds of winning fell from -156 (61%) on July 20 to -120 (54.6%), while Harris's odds improved from +450 (18.2%) to +155 (39.2%), narrowing the gap from almost 43 points to just over 15.

Similarly, on PredictIt, Trump’s shares dropped from -157 (64%) to -117 (54%), and Harris’s shares increased from +270 (27%) to +108 (48%), reducing the gap from 37 cents to six cents.

OLYMPIC-LIVE UPDATES

While there are an overwhelming number of sports and athletes to follow, a sweeping glance at the Games brings us back to the core of it all: medals.

For almost all events, gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the winner, runner-up and the second runner-up, respectively.

Two bronze medals are awards in boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling. Medals have been awarded since 1896, and the 1904 Games in St. Louis were the first Games to feature the now-colloquial gold, silver, bronze hierarchy.

Here is the live count of medals (as of 2:00PM EST).

NON-OLYMPIC NEWS

Big Apple moves: Both New York teams added lefty outfielders ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline, with the Yankees landing center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Marlins and the Mets acquiring left fielder Jesse Winker from the Nationals.