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Cancellation of swimming at Paris 2024 triathlon tests attributed to system malfunction

  • Paris 2024

The City of Paris has claimed that pollution of the river Seine that prevented triathletes from swimming

swam in the Seine on August 18 for the first time since 2012 only for World Triathlon to cancel the swimming

100 per 100 millilitres despite the absence of rain which was blamed for previous cancellations.The swimming

Presse.In a previous Paris 2024 test event this month, World Aquatics was forced to cancel its Open Water Swimming

is due to be able to store rainwater up to 50,000 cubic metres, the equivalent of 20 Olympic-sized swimming

will contribute to Parisian Mayor Anne Hidalgo's aim to have three sites of the Seine open for public swimming


Egypt claim double relay gold on opening day of Pentathlon World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

Egypt claimed double gold in the relays on the first day of action at the Pentathlon World Championships in Bath in England.

after an impressive performance that saw them lead the fencing with 28 wins.Third places in both the swimming

placing 24th.Mohamed and Hamed’s best performances came in the shape of second places in both riding and swimming


China dominate athletics events at ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2023

  • ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2023

China bagged two athletics gold medals as competitions began at the International School Sport Federation (ISF) U15 Gymnasiade 2023 here.

finished third in 2min 00.46sec.Archery, badminton, 33x3 basketball, boxing, chess, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming

, Para swimming and table tennis tournaments got underway today.


Paris declared "ready" for Olympics after test events despite Seine cancellations

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has claimed that test events staged in the French capital over the past few days "gave us a foretaste" of the Olympics while World Triathlon leader Marisol Casado declared "this city is ready" despite issues surrounding the quality of water in the Seine.

triathletes use the Seine for the first time since 2012 only for World Triathlon to pull the plug on the swimming

investigation by Paris 2024 and public authorities.Triathletes swam in the Seine on Friday only for the swimming

due to water quality concerns ©Getty ImagesIt was the latest blow to organisers after an Open Water Swimming

Paris 2024 insisted that the cancellation of the swimming events was done as a "precautionary measure

catalyst for a massive clean-up that would lead to three new sites being opened in 2025 so that public swimming


Rio ready for second edition of ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2023

  • ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2023

The International School Sport Federation (ISF) U15 Gymnasiade 2023 is set to begin here tomorrow as more than 2,000 athletes aged 13 to 15 will compete in 18 disciplines.

dance sport, fencing, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, judo, orienteering, skateboarding, swimming

, surfing, table tennis, taekwondo, wrestling, Para athletics, Para swimming and Para judo are part of



World Triathlon refuses to use Seine for Paris 2024 test event as probe begins into data "discrepancy"

  • Triathlon News

World Triathlon has announced that it will not be using the River Seine for its Paralympic test event due to "a significant discrepancy" in the analysis of the quality of the water.

a trial run for next year’s Olympics in Paris.But a decision has been made to pull the plug on the swimming

run, followed by a 18.5km bike ride and a 5km run.The Île-de-France said the decision to cancel the swimming

concerns is another blow to Paris 2024 organisers.World Aquatics was forced to cancel its Open Water Swimming

catalyst for a massive clean-up that would lead to three new sites being opened in 2025 so that public swimming

participated at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Sunderland earlier this month had fallen sick after swimming


Dawn Fraser leads tributes to "good bloke" John Devitt, double Olympic gold medallist, after death at 86

  • Swimming

Legendary Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser has led the tributes to double Olympic gold medallist John Devitt, who has died at the age of 86.

title at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games in a race with Lance Larson of the United States that entered swimming

1956 Olympics in Melbourne, where he had won silver in the 100m freestyle.He had been captain of the swimming

where he was also Deputy Chef de Mission for the Australian team.Devitt had also been President of Swimming

Devitt co-wrote a biography of Cecil Healy an Australian swimming gold medallist at the 1912 Olympics


Wilde pulls up injured as Yee wins men’s Paris 2024 triathlon test event

  • Triathlon

Hayden Wilde of New Zealand, who headed into the race as number one, pulled up injured as Britain’s Alex Yee won the men’s triathlon Olympic Games Test Event for Paris 2024.

that measurements were being taken twice a day during the test event.Earlier this month, an Open Water Swimming





World Aquatics threatens to expel Swimming Australia as Kenya ban extended

  • Swimming

World Aquatics has threatened to expel Swimming Australia due to concerns about the organisation’s governance

, while a ban on the Kenya Swimming Federation has been extended.

Australia won 13 golds in swimming at this year’s World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka and finished

not be able to compete under the country’s national flag at major events unless changes are made to Swimming

Australia’s governance, World Aquatics has warned.In response, Swimming Australia has called a special

Swimming Australia’s chief executive Eugenie Buckley resigned in April, after a group of swimming stakeholders

The Kenya Swimming Federation (KSF), meanwhile, which was initially suspended in 2019 after failing to