Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson to skip women’s 100m race at Paris Olympics 2024
The Jamaican sprinter believes she will run a better 200m race, where she is the world champion, at the Paris Olympics.
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‘Our bet paid off’: Paris celebrates Olympic triathletes’ swim in the Seine
City officials say they have ‘reversed the tide of history’ thanks to completion of €1.4bn sewerage system
French city officials have hailed a “historic day” after the Olympic triathlon competitions were held in the River Seine just a day after it was deemed unsafe for swimming.
Tests on the water showed the men’s and women’s competitions could go ahead on Wednesday morning, resulting in victory – against all odds – for the city as well as for French athletes who took medals in the women’s and men’s events.
Continue reading...Paris Olympics 2024 track and field: Favourites, events, schedule, venue
Where will athletics medal events be hosted? When are the sprint races and who are the favourites? Al Jazeera explains.
Wednesday briefing: Where France’s €1.6bn plan to clean up the Seine for the Olympics went wrong
In today’s newsletter: The government has spent €1.6bn improving the river, but an ancient sewage system and the climate are muddying the waters
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An ambitious project to clean up the River Seine has left French officials up to their eyes in it.
Israel-Gaza war | Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, has been targeted and killed in Tehran, the group said in a statement early on Wednesday morning. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confirmed the assassination, which was reported on Iranian state TV early on Wednesday morning, with analysts also claiming Israel killed Haniyeh, the Associated Press said.
UK news | Keir Starmer has said those who rioted in Southport on Tuesday night will “feel the full force of the law” after police vehicles were set alight and missiles hurled at officers. It came after far-right protesters pelted police with glass bottles and bricks and attacked a mosque following a knife attack that killed three children and left five other children and two adults in critical condition.
Conservatives | Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal.
US election 2024 | Donald Trump has repeated his weekend remarks to Christian summit attendees that they would never need to vote again if he returns to the presidency in November.
Health | The hidden cost of rising workplace sickness in the UK has increased to more than £100bn a year, largely caused by a loss of productivity amid “staggering” levels of presenteeism, a report warns.
Continue reading...Paris Olympics 2024 day four: Nadalcaraz in quarters, India’s second medal
Bhaker became India's first-ever multi-medallist at an Olympics by winning her second bronze on a hot day in Paris.
Olympic swimming: McKeown bags Aussie gold as Wiffen makes Irish history
Daniel Wiffen becomes first Irishman to win swimming gold, Australia's McKeown bags women's 100-metre backstroke gold.
Olympic ‘drag queen scene’ DJ files legal complaint after torrent of online abuse
- Barbara Butch has received homophobic abuse
- Legal complaint is precursor to possible police action
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A DJ and LGBTQ+ activist who performed during a controversial scene in the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony has said she is taking legal action after becoming the target of “an extremely violent campaign of cyber-harassment and defamation”.
Barbara Butch, who calls herself a “love activist”, had been “threatened with death, torture and rape, and has also been the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist and body-shaming insults”, her lawyer said in a post on her Instagram page.
Continue reading...Popovici wins Olympic gold in men’s 200m free, Titmus upset by O’Callaghan
David Popovici stormed to Olympic gold in the men's 200m freestyle, while Mollie O'Callaghan won women's swimming event.
Olympic gold: Japan’s Horigome on skateboard, GB’s Pidcock on mountain bike
Japan wins skateboarding and gymnastics gold, Canada achieves a judo first, Great Britain wins mountain bike thriller.
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz moves to Williams for 2025 F1 season
In a surprise move, Carlos Sainz, a three-time Grand Prix winner with Ferrari, signed a two-year deal with Williams.
Djokovic defeats Nadal at Paris Olympics in 60th and possibly last meeting
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic beat the 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal in blockbuster second-round tennis matchup.
Olympic ‘Last Supper’ scene was in fact based on painting of Greek gods, say art experts
Dutch artist’s 17th-century work said to have inspired tableau that has offended Christian and conservative critics
A controversial tableau in the Olympics opening ceremony denounced by Christian and conservative critics as an offensive parody of The Last Supper was in fact inspired by a 17th-century Dutch painting of the Greek Olympian gods, art historians have said.
“Does this painting remind you of something?” the Magnin Museum in the French city of Dijon asked (with a wink) on X, inviting people to “come and admire” The Feast of the Gods, painted by the artist Jan van Bijlert between 1635 and 1640.
Continue reading...Far left behind rail sabotage before Olympics, French minister suggests
Gérald Darmanin says activists may have been encouraged to carry out arson attacks that caused disruption
France’s interior minister has suggested that far-left activists were behind the attacks on the high-speed rail system on the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony, as a fresh wave of vandalism targeted internet cables.
Four days after the attacks, Gérald Darmanin said the investigation into the arson attacks had “identified a certain number of profiles who could have committed it”.
Continue reading...Weather tracker: Rain to give way to searing heat at Paris Olympics
Temperatures expected to soar to 35C, making some competitions more challenging for athletes
The Paris Olympics had a soggy start but conditions improved over the weekend. Meteorologists now expect temperatures to soar early this week, prompting several warnings.
The weather in the French capital has been forecast to climb to 35C (95F) on Tuesday, about 8C above average for the time of year, making some competitions more challenging for the athletes. Southern parts of France are likely to experience the hottest weather, reaching the high 30s celsius, nearly 10C above average.
Continue reading...Heartbreak for Adam Peaty on disappointing day two for Team GB
Swimmer narrowly misses third successive Olympic gold, as Andy Murray keeps tennis alive in doubles comeback
World record-holding swimmer Adam Peaty was left in tears after being beaten to gold by the smallest of margins on a day of disappointment for Team GB at the Paris Games.
The 29-year-old had been seeking to join American legend Michael Phelps as only the second man to win three successive Olympic golds in the same discipline, but trailed Italy’s Nicolò Martinenghi by just 0.02 of a second in the men’s 100m breaststroke.
Continue reading...Marchand wins France 400m IM Olympic gold, Peaty fails three-peat in Paris
World record holder Leon Marchand stormed to 400m individual medley gold, and Adam Peaty was upset in 100m breaststroke.
Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa, 14, wins street skateboard gold at Paris Olympics
Teenager Coco Yoshizawa took the skateboarding Olympic gold medal at the historic Place de la Concorde in Paris.
George Russell disqualified from F1 Belgian GP, Hamilton handed the win
Mercedes' George Russell has been disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix, denying the Britain a third career victory.
Paris Olympics organisers apologise to Christians for Last Supper parody
Apology follows anger among Catholics and other groups at opening ceremony segment that resembled biblical scene
The organising committee of Paris 2024 has apologised to Catholics and other Christian groups who were outraged by a scene during the opening ceremony that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting with drag queens, a transgender model and a singer made up as the Greek god of wine.
The parody of the biblical scene, performed against the backdrop of the River Seine, was intended to interpret Dionysus and raise awareness “of the absurdity of violence between human beings”, organisers wrote on X.
Continue reading...Paris Olympics 2024 controversy puts focus on ‘sexist’ women’s sports kits
'Far too often, attention is paid more on how women athletes look, versus their power, grit and performance'