Latest Olympic News: Team GB Wins Triathlon Bronze Medal Due to Pollution Delay World News |

       The triathlon got underway this morning, with Team GB winning bronze after the River Seine passed water quality tests. Meanwhile, last night, GB won swimming gold and Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the tennis doubles, hoping to extend his career.
       France’s Cassandra Beaugrand won gold, giving France its first Olympic medal in individual triathlon history, while Switzerland’s Julie Derron took silver.
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       Today is the fifth day of the Olympic Games, and today we will see the birth of champions in rhythmic gymnastics, canoe slalom, BMX freestyle, diving, fencing, judo and many other sports.
       Women’s triathlon: UK medal race starts early with world champions Beth Porter and Georgia Taylor-Brown battling for gold from 7am.
       BMX Freestyle: World Champion Kieran Reilly finished first in the men’s competition and will be in contention for the title in today’s final.
       Diving: Andrea Spendolini Sirie and Lois Toulson hope to repeat their World Championship success in the synchronised 10m final.
       Slalom canoeing: Mallory Edwards battles slalom for another medal for Great Britain at Wells-sur-Marne’s maritime stadium.
       Rowing: Both British athletes compete in the men’s and women’s quadruple sculls, with the former winning silver at the last Olympics.
       Five medals will be contested in swimming events at La Defense Stadium, including the men’s 100m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 200m breaststroke, women’s 100m freestyle and the women’s 1500m freestyle final.
       Katie Ledecky will attempt to break the U.S. women’s Olympic medal record by finishing 12th in the 1,500 meters.
       The judo competitions on the Champ de Mars will also produce two Olympic champions: the women’s champion in the 70 kg category and the men’s champion in the 90 kg category.
       The Tennis Open continues at Roland Garros, where Novak Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz in the third round of the men’s singles.
       South Sudan is hoping to pull off one of the biggest upsets in basketball history by beating the mighty United States.
       The triathlon started this morning in Paris after yesterday’s men’s race was postponed due to a pollution incident in the Seine.
       The Olympic triathlon will continue this morning after the River Seine in Paris passed water quality tests.
       Organisers had previously said there was only a 60% chance of the event going ahead after the men’s race was postponed on Tuesday due to severe levels of seawater pollution.
       The Paris Olympic Organising Committee said this morning: “A water quality meeting was held at 3.30am on 31 July and the relevant stakeholders confirmed that the women’s and men’s triathlon events will take place on the morning of 31 July respectively. (UK time) and 10.45am (9.45am UK time).
       ”World Triathlon assessed the latest water quality results at 3.20am and deemed them to be in compliance, allowing the triathlon to take place.”
       We’re taking a break from live coverage, but we’ll be back tomorrow with all the biggest Olympic moments and medals.
       Swimming gold: James Gay, Tom Dean, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott won a fourth gold medal for Great Britain by winning the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay final.
       Golden Shooting: Nathan Hales won Great Britain’s third gold medal, breaking the Olympic record by hitting 48 of 50 targets in the men’s clay pigeon final.
       Ireland’s gold medal: Ireland won its first gold medal at the Paris Olympics, where Daniel Wiffen won the 800m freestyle ahead of the United States (silver) and Italy (bronze).
       Biles gold: Simone Biles and Team USA win gold in women’s artistic gymnastics. Italy finished second and Brazil third. It was a great result that put Team Great Britain just 0.2 points off the podium.
       Murray wins: Andy Murray and Dan Evans won their second consecutive deciding set in a tiebreak, putting the tennis superstar’s retirement on hold once again.
       Nadal takes the lead: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz reach the quarter-finals after beating the Dutch pair in the men’s doubles match.
       Jack Draper of Great Britain complained that tennis players had to drink hot water on the court after their defeat to American Taylor Fritz.
       French police will investigate alleged online abuse against a DJ who performed at the opening ceremony.
       Barbara Butch claims she received numerous threats after a scene she appeared in caused controversy among some.
       Murray and Evans saved five match points to beat Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori on Sunday.
       The team sailed very well, with the USA and Australia coming in a close second and third respectively.
       This means that they successfully defended their title at the Tokyo Olympics and became Olympic champions for the second year in a row.


Post time: Dec-04-2024