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PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 4, 2024

On the "middle Sunday" of the Games, the last day of swimming will be held, as well as the highly anticipated men's final of 100 metres in athletics. Novak Djokovic is also aiming to add an Olympic medal to his collection.

The river Seine water quality is now a major concern for the Games after the training of Monday's triathlon relay mixed was cancelled due to heavy rains that made swimming unsafe.

What you should know about Sunday's Olympics

SEINE WATER QUALITY IS BACK IN FOCUS

Organisers of the Paris Olympics

The Seine River water is now unsuitable for Sunday's triathlon training.

After rains on July 31st and August 1st, tests revealed that the water did not reach the threshold required for drinking.

On Monday, the mixed relay will be held.

SPRINT FINALS

The biggest event of the

The men's sprint 100m will be held later in the day. Noah Lyles, from the United States, is hoping to achieve a rare Olympic double by completing the first stage of his journey.

He was also beaten up in the

Lyles faces a tough challenge with the good form of Kishane Thomson from Jamaica and Britain's Louie Hinchliffe.

ST LUCIA’S ALFRED STUNNING WIN

Julien Alfred

Saint Lucia won its first ever Olympic medal with a stunning performance in the rain-soaked 100-metre final at Stade de France.

Alfred, 23 years old, came in with a new national record time of 10.72 second, beating the world champion Sha'Carri Richison, who is considered to be the race favorite and favourite of many.

UKRAINE'S First Gold

Ukraine

In a dramatic final match, the team won their first gold of the Games.

Olga Kharlan led her team in a stunning comeback victory after winning bronze as an individual and Ukraine's very first medal at the Paris Olympics.

LEDECKY LEGACY CEMENTS SUMMER SPARKLES

Summer McIntosh

She became the first Canadian to win three Olympic golds in a single Olympics, when she took the 200 metre individual medley on Saturday at the Paris Games.

After winning the 400m on Monday, the 17-year old completed a double medley by beating the previous record set in 2016 of 2 minutes 06 seconds.

Katie Ledecky

She won her 9th gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle, equaling the record of gymnast Larisa Latynina.

GENDER ROW

Algerian boxer

Imane Khelif

The woman who was thrust in the middle of the gender dispute at the Paris Olympics won her

quarter-final

against Hungary's Luca Anna Hamori on points.

Khelif’s father

He said that his daughter was a source of pride for the family, and called the assaults on her "immoral."

Thomas Bach, the International Olympic President of Thomas Bach International said that there is

No doubt Khelif, and Taiwanese Lin Yu-ting are women

(source: Reuters)

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