After a delayed start due to water contamination,the Australian triathlete led the charge in the Seine River and down the Champs-Elysees.
River deep,E. coli high.
Kyle Chalmers powered home in the 100m and Mollie O’Callaghan missed the podium on a night belonging to a young French star. The Matildas lost. Fox won gold again.
The decision comes as a relief for the 110 athletes expecting to compete,and for Paris authorities who have promised a swimmable Seine as a long-term legacy.
Paris authorities had promised to make the Seine swimmable as a key legacy of the Games,and spent $2.3 billion on wastewater infrastructure to contain sewage.
Pollution levels have forced Paris 2024 to cancel a triathlon swimming training session for the second consecutive day. Here’s what you need to know.
How has a river carrying so much harmful bacteria that swimming in it has been illegal for a century become an official swimming venue at the 2024 Olympics?
Matthew Hauser is Australia’s top-ranked triathlete,and if the Seine is safe to swim in,nothing will stop him from getting to the start line.
Australia won bronze in the triathlon mixed relay,their coach declaring the podium at the Olympics in Paris was now realistic.
Matt Hauser has won Australia’s first medal of the Commonwealth Games,winning bronze in the triathlon and missing silver by just three seconds.
Aly Bull,who just missed out on a medal in Tokyo last year,is competing alongside the best athletes in surf lifesaving at the Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman series.