On Wednesday, 23 gold medals will be awarded at the Olympics, with the majority of them in the athletics, but also the sailing, artistic Swimming, Boxing, Skateboarding, Speed Climbing and other sports.

What you should know about Wednesday's Olympic Games:

DUTCH SAILING GLOSS

Marit Bouwmeester from the Netherlands

Claim the Gold Medal

Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark won silver in the Women's Dinghy after they both finished the medal race on Wednesday.

AUSTRALIAN ARRESTED

A police union said that Tom Craig, the Australian Olympic hockey player who was playing in Paris at this year's Winter Olympics was detained for purchasing cocaine.

Australian

Olympic

The Committee said earlier that a player from the Men's Hockey Team had been arrested, but did not name the individual.

CLIMBING WINS

Aleksandra Mroslaw, Poland's female speed climber and world record holder won her first national title.

Gold medal

At the Paris Games, the sport made its Olympic debut in a standalone event.

There are 800 meters of a metre.

Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi won his 800 metre heat in just one minute, 44.64 second. This was the fastest time in the entire day.

wide open event

HURDS DEFENCE

Jasmine Camacho Quinn of Puerto Rico won the 100m hurdles heats with the fastest time, while all other favourites advanced to the semi-finals.

Tobi Amusan, the Nigerian world record holder and Masai Russel from America are both trying to topple her. Cyrena Mayela of France is also a bright hope for a gold medal in individual track.

Race Walk Relay

Alvaro Martin, a two-time world champion from Spain, and Maria Perez won the gold in the relay race for mixed marathons by almost a minute. This event was making its Olympic debut.

NIGHT MARATHON

On Saturday, amateur runners can run the same Olympic Marathon course in Paris as athletes. But they will have the excitement of doing so at night and on a route well lit that takes them past the iconic monuments of the city.

PRODUCT PLACEMENT

The Paris Olympics has broadened the reach of sponsors. From Louis Vuitton bags at the opening to selfies on Samsung phones, there's been a wide range.

Product placement

The International Olympic Committee has said that this trend would continue at future Games.

KAYAK HEAT

New Zealand paddlers

Lisa Carrington, Aimee Fischer and the other women who qualified for the semifinals of the 500-metre single-kayak event in Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium won their heats.

Flying Dutchman

Flying Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen set

A world record

In the 200 metre men's flying lap, he was the fastest qualifier for the Olympic sprint track.

WRESTLING

The Indian Olympic Association announced that Vinesh Phogat, an Indian wrestler who failed to meet weight hours before the 50kg women's freestyle final was disqualified. She will no longer receive any medals.

SMARATHON SWIMMING

After being cancelled Tuesday because of concerns about water pollution, the familiarisation session was held as planned on Wednesday after water quality tests were met.

(source: Reuters)