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Dirty Seine sparks new drama at Paris Olympics

  • Paris 2024

Paris Olympics organisers have once again canceled training for triathletes in the River Seine due to poor water quality, casting further uncertainty on whether the mixed relay event will proceed as scheduled on Monday.

The Seine is also scheduled to host the marathon swimming events, a 10-kilometre race, on 8 August for

 “While swimming under the bridge, I felt things and saw things that you shouldn’t think about too


Katie Ledecky eyeing LA 2028 after ninth Olympic gold

  • Swimming

Katie Ledecky revealed on Saturday she is setting her sights on swimming at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Ledecky has dominated distance swimming for more than a decade, winning her first gold medal aged 15


Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day Eight

  • Paris 2024

The second week of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games started out with loud cheers for a simple heat home win, built up to two shows of ‘grandeur’ from the usual suspect and a neighbouring hero and ended with a handshake and a couple of Caribbean surprises… and we don’t mean cocktails.

a good wayIt has been quite the geopolitical and sporting showdown between the USA and China in the swimming


McIntosh, Ledecky and Titmus rule in Paris pool

  • Swimming

on the same Saturday afternoon and the three stars of the show were the aristocracy of world women's swimming

in the 4x200m freestyle relay and bronze in the 400m freestyle in Paris.She has dominated distance swimming



Khelif controversy: "Safety first - letting them compete endangers rivals' lives"

  • Boxing

In an exclusive interview with Inside The Games, Dr Gabriele Martelli, President of the IBA/EUBC Coaches Committee and Secretary General and Head Coach of the Malta Boxing Federation, one of the most authoritative voices in the field, gave his opinion on the case of Imane Kelif, the athlete with high testosterone levels taking part in Paris 2024.

reason to discuss is whether it is safe or not".Milan-born Martelli clarified: "If an athlete loses in swimming



Swimmer Tatjana Smith retires with a double in Paris

  • Swimming

Tatjana Smith, the 27-year-old South African swimmer, announced her retirement from professional swimming

"I think now it's really about embracing life and seeing what's outside of swimming, what my passions

"When I was swimming, I really focused on swimming because to stay motivated you need to be passionate

"Tomorrow will be the first day of my life without swimming."

Smith competing in the final of the women's 100m breaststroke swimming event.

"I feel like I want to give something back to swimming, especially to my country," she said.


Swimming: McIntosh takes second gold in Paris with Olympic record

  • Swimming

The young Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh won her second gold medal in Paris on Thursday and also broke a new Olympic record in the 200m butterfly, with the second fastest time in history and the quickest since 2009.

GETTY IMAGESIn a new afternoon for swimming, Hubert Kos powered to gold in the men's 200m backstroke

Tokyo and silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay in Paris, in a evening with a new gold for France rising swimming


Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day Six

  • Paris 2024

Day Six witnessed another array of astounding achievements with many who failed at Tokyo 2020 reaping the benefits of their hard work by winning golds in Paris. While athletes entertained and inspired, controversies new and old came to the fore. 

Here are five takeaways from Day Six at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.China gets first Paris swimming

 The swimming, however, was a glaring exception and on Thursday Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle took

long until doubts over the legitimacy of Pan Zhanle's win were voiced with Australian Olympian-turned-swimming

humanly possible, okay" said Brett Hawke.China's Pan Zhanle wins the final of the men's 100m freestyle swimming


Chinese spirits lifted by Pan Zhanle' world record

  • Swimming

A triumph that comes to eclipse accusations. The 19-year-old Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle took Olympic gold after breaking the world record in the 100m freestyle in the La Défense pool, in the middle of the Asian country being embroiled in criticism for doping.

there was a certain coolness in the stands.Zhanle celebrates on the podium of the men's 100m freestyle swimming

response from the fans can be traced back to the suspicions of doping that have been hanging over Chinese swimming

incessant since the news of the positive test came to light.In the heat of this tense climate, the Chinese swimming



Fencing: South Korea win third gold in men's sabre team competition

  • Fencing

The Republic of South Korea won its third consecutive gold medal in the men's sabre team competition on Wednesday. The Asian nation, the defending champions, beat Hungary 41-45 in the final, which was held at the Paris 2024 fencing venue at the Grand Palais.

medal-heavy afternoon for the Games hosts, who on the same afternoon at the Defence Arena won two golds in swimming



Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez competed while seven months pregnant

  • Fencing

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she competed in the Paris Olympics with the "help" of her seven-month-old unborn child, reaching the last 16 at the Grand Palais in the French capital.

esta publicación en InstagramUna publicación compartida por Nada Hafez (@nada_hafez)"I first took up swimming