

PARIS (Reuters)
Paris 2024 received a pre-dawn green light for Wednesday’s triathlon swim leg to be held in the Seine, ending days of suspense. France’s Cassandre Beaugrand won the women’s race while Britain’s Alex Yee triumphed in the men’s contest.
Elsewhere, the IOC has sought talks to dampen a raw between United States and global anti-doping agency WADA, and Jamaican Shericka Jackson has pulled out of the 100 metres sprint.
Here’s what you need to know.
SEINE-SATIONAL TRIATHLON

Paris City Hall will be breathing a deep sigh of relief. The pre-dawn green light to hold the triathlon swim events in the Seine came shortly before 4 a.m. despite nearby overnight thunder storms.
In the women’s race, Beaugrand made her break for gold on the last lap of the run stage, propelled to the finish line by ecstatic cheers from crowds lining the streets. Switzerland’s Julie Derron won silver and Britain’s Beth Potter took bronze.
Britain’s Alex Yee ran a perfectly-paced 10km to snatch a dramatic gold in the men’s triathlon, overhauling a fading Hayden Wilde of New Zealand.

DOPING ROW
The International Olympic Committee has asked for talks between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the United States to resolve a dispute over jurisdiction in doping matters.
Earlier, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers threatened to cut U.S. funding for WADA, accusing it of failing to properly investigate alleged doping by Chinese Olympic swimmers.
SHERICKA JACKSON DROPS 100m

Jamaica’s twice 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris Olympics after dropping the 100m from her program, team manager Ludlow Watts said.
FIVE GOLDS IN SWIMMING

Five gold medals will be on offer in swimming at La Defense Arena, including the men’s 100 metres freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 breaststroke and the women’s 100 freestyle.
But all eyes will be on the women’s 1,500 freestyle final where Katie Ledecky, considered the greatest female distance swimmer of all time, will look to tie the record for most Olympic medals won by an American woman with a 12th.
GREAT ESCAPE
Andy Murray again staved off the end of his illustrious career as he and British doubles partner Dan Evans beat Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in a Roland Garros cliffhanger.
STOKED ON THE WAVES

Reigning Olympic champion Carissa Moore said she was “stoked” just to be a surfer after the Games’ venue in Tahiti showcased a perfect day of wave-riding to the world’s biggest sports audience.
BILES IS BACK
Simone Biles, who led the U.S. to the women’s gymnastics team gold medal, is a different person to the one who abruptly pulled out of the Tokyo Games three years ago amid a mental health crisis, her teammates said.
Biles told a packed press conference: “After I finished vault I was relieved because, phew, there were no flashbacks or anything.”
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