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Olympic triathlon practice cancelled due to pollution in River Seine, less than 24 hours before first race

A training session for the swimming section, due to held in the Paris river, has been cancelled just 24 hours before the main event

The Independent UK

Paris Games TV coverage review – just navigating the channels feels like an Olympic sport

Amid rain and soggy shots of the Eiffel Tower, I swiftly became over-invested in the women’s 3-metre synchronised diving … and, hey, bring on the breakdancing

The Guardian - UK

Going for gold in Paris on a bronze budget – Simon Calder’s cheap Olympic weekend

The Man Who Pays His Way: I challenge you to take the tourism decathlon around the French capital

The Independent UK

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Paris 2024 Olympics day two: Peaty shares 100m breaststroke silver after Murray keeps tennis career alive – as it happened

Adam Peaty shares silver as Andy Murray and Dan Evans save five match points to progress to round two in the men’s doubles

The Guardian - UK

Paris Olympics 2024: Manu Bhaker qualifies for final of women’s 10m air pistol to raise India's medal hopes

CHATEAUROUX: It was a mad scramble on Saturday morning. Having returned way past midnight from the opening ceremony, it was a challenge to catch the 5.30 am train to this small, sleepy town 300km south of Paris.

The Times of India

Paris Olympics 2024: Through sun and rain, there will always be Paris

PARIS: The boats from Friday’s opening ceremony all stowed away, the Olympics have well and truly begun. The constant drizzle over the city, its gloomy skies, raincoats and umbrellas — parapluies, in these parts — and the mawkish expressions of the Parisians, is just a distraction. Don’t fall for it.

The Times of India

Sisters Alex and Gretchen Walsh Push Each Other as Both Go for Olympic Gold

One is an imposing, athletic 6-footer, the other is a double-jointed sprinter with “uncanny flexibility.” Their personalities differ. But both are ready for the spotlight in Paris.

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France Clamps Down On Sex Work For Olympics

As Paris hosts the 2024 Olympics, undocumented Chinese sex worker Hua says increased police patrols are threatening her livelihood.

International Business Times

Sevens heaven: France win first Olympic gold in event at fan's first rugby match

Talk about a lucky charm. Monique de Kerangal's first rugby match and first trip to Stade de France ended with France romping to a 28-7 victory over defending champions Fiji to claim their first Olympic men's rugby sevens title and the country's first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games.

Radio France Internationale

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Sparks Controversy

The 2024 Olympic Ceremony in Paris faced controversy over a depiction of the Last Supper, sparking backlash and sponsor withdrawal.

Top News

Talk of Olympic fashion — and the Paris rain — at starry Ralph Lauren fashion event

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The Independent UK

France’s rugby sevens team did a choreographed dance after winning the gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics

The France national rugby sevens team knows how to party.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Luke Plapp crashes in wet Olympic Games time trial, has abdominal surgery overnight

Update: 'Plapp slid under a barrier fence shortly after passing the first checkpoint ... his parents and an Australian team doctor were at the hospital with him' says national team

Cycling News

Paris Olympics opening ceremony draws record 28.6 million viewers in United States

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics drew 28.6 million viewers in the United States on Friday night, according to preliminary data released by Comcast's NBCUniversal. This is the highest viewership for a Summer Games kickoff since the London Olympics in 2012, and a significant leap from the Tokyo Olympics…

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Dressel Lifts Young Relay Team to U.S.’s First Olympic Gold in Paris

It was a full circle moment for the veteran and now eight-time gold medalist, as the Americans won the 4X100 freestyle relay for the third straight Games.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Carmel, Indiana only U.S. city with 3 Olympic swimmers in Paris

Aaron and Alex Shackell, Drew Kibler, and Rajeev Ram are representing Carmel, Indiana in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

AAP

Jack's pride at gold medal win after doping nightmare

Shayna Jack says her gold medal in the women's 4x100m freestyle is just the start for her at the Paris Olympics.

AAP

Brown gives Australian cycling massive Olympic boost

Grace Brown has given Australia's cycling team the ideal start to its Paris Olympics campaign with the country's first gold medal of the Games.

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AAP

Titmus: I'm just a goofy girl living my Olympic dream

Ariarne Titmus struggles to comprehend her lofty swimming status, insisting she's just a goofy girl from Tasmania who is having fun.

AAP

Pioneers in Paris: Rio golden girls eye legacy moment

Tim Walsh's Olympic rugby sevens team set the wheels in motion for female contact sport in Australia and will have a chance to write a final chapter in Paris.

The Independent UK

Antoine Dupont leads France to rugby sevens Olympic gold

Antoine Dupont’s wizardry lit up the Olympics to deliver a moment, perhaps the moment of Paris 2024 so far, scoring two tries to win France the gold medal in rugby sevens on Saturday, 27 July.

Al Jazeera

Paris Olympics 2024: ‘Terminator’ Titmus defends 400-metre freestyle title

Ariarne Titmus held off Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky to successfully defend her Olympic 400-metre freestyle title.

France 24

Riders on the storm: Paris hunkers down for a rain-soaked Olympics

Paris woke up to a grey first day of the Olympic Games Saturday, with rain forcing the men’s skateboarding to postpone its first event until Monday and a number of cyclists skidding off their bikes in the individual time trials through the heart of Paris. But Australia’s Grace Brown weathered…

AAP

No dream sign-off for Fijian rugby inspiration Tuwai

Fijian rugby hero Jerry Tuwai has hinted at retirement after adding silver to two Olympic gold medals in a show-stopping Paris final against hosts France.

PC Gamer

There was a guy dressed like an Assassin's Creed character doing parkour while carrying the Olympic Torch in Paris, which was somehow one of the tamer parts of the opening ceremony

My favorite part was still the Gojira show.

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