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PARIS OLYMPICS: What you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 27, 2024

China has taken the lead in the medals table with its first gold medal.

France's rail network

The travel industry is slowly recovering from Friday's sabotage attack that caused chaos. However, authorities still do not know who was behind the attacks.

What you need to Know about the Olympics this Saturday

CHINA FIRST GOLDS BANKS

China won the first two gold medals, as well as the bronze.

Mixed team 10 metre Air Rifle Event

The shooting range and 3-metre springboard diving synchronised.

The pool is a great place to relax.

Chen Yiwen & Chang Yani

Get China started in its quest for all eight diving medals at the women's competition.

'RACE of the Century'

Later on Saturday, the women's 400-metre freestyle swimming showdown will take place. This is being dubbed the "race the century".

Ariarne Titmus, Australia's Olympic Champion, will be defending her title in Rio against American Katie Ledecky and Canadian Summer McIntosh.

SEARCH FOR RAIL SABOTEURS

The French interior minister has said that foreign involvement is possible in the attack on signal stations and cable sabotage, but it's too early to determine who was behind it.

The French high-speed rail system should return to normal on Monday, according to Transport Minister Patrice vergriete. Jean-Pierre Farandou, the chief of SNCF and rail operator SNCF told reporters.

INCLEMENT WEATHER

The rain continued to pour down during Friday's spectacular Paris 2024 opening ceremony. Wet weather conditions forced the postponement of the skateboarding contest in La Concorde - the largest square in France's capital, where Marie Antoinette was executed in 1793.

Rain caused delays in the tennis matches on the courts that were not covered. This frustrated the spectators.

Misidentification

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has apologized to South Korea for introducing the delegation as coming from North Korea at Friday's Opening Ceremony.

The announcer made the same introduction as the boat that carried the North Korean competitors passed. Seoul has asked the IOC to assure them that this mistake won't be repeated.

The IOC president Thomas Bach spoke to the South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday, asking him not to repeat such mistakes.

'DRONEGATE" HANGS OVER WOMEN’S SOCCER

Canada's female soccer players have struggled to overcome a spying controversy that saw their head coach Bev priestman expelled from the Paris Games.

New Zealand claimed that Canada staff had flown drones above their training session before their first match at the Olympics. The Canadians won. (Compiled by Richard Lough, Rachel Armstrong and Ed Osmond; editing by Ed Osmond).

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