Category: Competition
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Heat Warning Hits Paris Amid Olympic Games As Temperature Soars | France 24 English
France’s meteorological agency has issued a weather warning for Paris and the surrounding areas with storms and highs of 35 degrees Celsius expected on Tuesday as it hosts the Olympic Games. The agency put in place a “yellow alert” — the second of four levels — for the capital as a heatwave brings searing temperatures…
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Day In The Life Of An Elite Swimmer | Loughborough University
Loughborough and Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen breaks down his typical day as a student athlete.
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Mona McSharry’s Coach Grace Meade | Dream Of A Podium Finish | Paris Plan | Off The Ball Breakfast
Grace Meade, hometown coach of Olympic medalist Mona McSharry, joins live from Paris to look back on Mona’s incredible journey from Grange in Sligo to the Paris La Défense Arena. Off the Ball Breakfast
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How Mollie O’Callaghan Beat Ariarne Titmus | Propulsion Swimming
We take a look through the iconic womens 200m freestyle race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming program, a fantastic head to head between Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan
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French Fiber Optic Cables Cut in Latest Olympic Attack | Bloomberg Television
A number of fiber optic cables carrying broadband service across France were cut overnight in the latest attack on the country’s infrastructure during the Olympic Games. Officials says the Games weren’t impacted. Bloomberg’s Benoit Berthelot reports.
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What It Takes To Be An Olympic-level Swimmer | USA Today
Three-time Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy raced his way to a bronze medal in a crowded 100-meter backstroke final Monday for his third podium in three consecutive Olympic Games.
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Olympics: Tatjana Smith Wins Swimming Gold | France 24 English
Tatjana Smith took South Africa’s first gold of the Paris Olympics on Monday and added the 100 metres breaststroke title to the 200 metres she won at Tokyo 2021 under her maiden name of Schoenmaker.
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‘I Felt Like I Had It’: Peaty Upbeat Despite Falling Short Of Third Olympic Gold | Guardian Sport
Team GB swimmer Adam Peaty said he would not let Paris 2024 define his career after he finished second to Italy’s Nicolò Martinenghi by just 0.02 of a second in the men’s 100m breaststroke to win joint silver with the USA swimmer Nick Fink
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Science Behind Mollie O’Callaghan’s Olympic Gold Win In Paris 2024
In this golden generation of Australian swimming superstars, Mollie O’Callaghan might yet emerge as the one who shines brightest. The quiet and unassuming sprinter with the instincts of a cold-blooded killer produced arguably the greatest swim performance of the Olympic Games by prevailing in the epic showdown with training partner Ariarne Titmus in an electric…