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A group of fans shush the crowd as the "Shh Cam" scans the audience during the mens' United States versus France goalball game during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. Football fans are known for being loud and rowdy. But the Paralympic sports most closely related to football, blind football and goalball, require spectators to be silent during game action so that players can receive audible cues from the ball and the environment. (AP Photo/Felix Scheyer)

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Steven van de Velde of the Netherlands competes during the CEV Beach Volley Nations Cup Vienna 2022 men's semifinal game against Austria at the Red Bull Beach Arena in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Van de Velde, convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in England has qualified for the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)

Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape will make his Olympic debut Sunday

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