After more testing and an analysis of weather forecasts, World Triathlon gave the go ahead early Wednesday for both the men’s and women’s events to take place that morning.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Triathlon - Women's Individual - Paris, France - July 31, 2024. Beth Potter of Britain and Julie Derron of Switzerland in action. REUTERS/Benoit TessierAfter one postponement and many weeks of worry about water pollution, the triathlon competition finally got underway at the Paris Olympics Wednesday morning with 55 athletes in the women’s event plunging into the Seine River from a platform near the Pont Alexandre III for the 1,500 metre swim.
“We will swim”, the governing body declared on X. Bermuda’s Flora Duffy, who won gold in Tokyo, got out of the water first in the women’s race followed by Bianca Seregni of Italy and Vittoria Lopes from Brazil. That trio was quickly overhauled in the cycling leg which was led by a pack of nine riders.
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