July 29 at 9 p.m
Paris Olympics organizers also canceled the second day of triathlon training in the Seine River due to pollution.
Olympic organizers canceled the second day of triathlon training sessions in the river on Monday after rain in Paris polluted the Seine.
However, according to news agency AFP, organizers said they were “confident” that the medal competitions would go ahead as scheduled on July 30 and 31.
In a joint statement, Paris Olympics organizers and World Triathlon said they had decided to cancel Monday’s swimming training session because the water quality was too polluted.
On the other hand, the journey of Pakistani swimmers in the Paris Olympics ended in the first stage where Ahmed Durrani and female swimmer Ara Nabi, who participated in the event through wild card entry, were eliminated from the event after a disappointing performance.
In Sunday’s event, Ahmed Durrani clocked one minute and 58 seconds in the 200m freestyle, which was worse than his national record of one minute and 55 seconds.
Ahmad Durrani finished last among the 25 athletes while Romania’s world junior record holder David Popuviji finished first with a time of 1 minute 45 seconds.
Another Pakistani swimmer, Jahan Ara Nabi, also managed to cover this distance in 2 minutes 10 seconds in women’s 200m freestyle swimming and was ranked 26th in the list of 30 swimmers.
July 28 at 7:45 p.m
Paris Olympics The organizers have apologized for the opening ceremony on Sunday as Manu Bhakar became the first Indian woman shooter to win a bronze medal in air pistol events.
After a thrilling first day at the Olympics 2024, the big events continue on Sunday with Australia leading the way with a total of five medals so far and China second with four.
‘Sorry for the bold and quirky opening ceremony’
of the Paris Olympics Administrators said on Sunday that he was ‘truly sorry’ for any inconvenience caused by his ‘bold and quirky opening ceremony’.
He said that his aim or intention was not to ‘offend any religious group’.
Some Catholic groups and French bishops have condemned Friday’s opening ceremony of ‘scenes offensive to Christian beliefs’ choreographed by theater director Thomas Joly.
The performance was based on Da Vinci’s famous painting ‘The Last Supper’.
Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Deschamps told reporters on Sunday that management had no such intention, adding: ‘If they have inadvertently committed a crime, we are of course truly sorry.’
India’s first medal in Paris Olympics
Manu Bhakar on Sunday became the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal by winning bronze in the 10m air pistol event.
Korea’s Jin Yi won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol while his compatriot Kim Yiji bagged the silver medal.
Bronze medalist Manu Bhakar of India wears the crossbow during the 10m air pistol final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chatroux Shooting Center on July 28, 2024 (AFP)
According to the Press Trust of India, India opened its account at the Paris Olympics after this victory and the country won its first medal in the Games after a long wait of 12 years.
The last time India won a shooting medal at the Olympics was in the 2012 London edition where Vijay Kumar and Gagan Narang won silver and bronze respectively.
Palestinian boxer Waseem Abu Sal wore a shirt depicting the bombing of children in Gaza at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which is being described as a test for Olympic organizers with strict rules on political speech.
Abu Sal was one of two flag bearers who participated in the Palestinian delegation’s parade along the Seine River on Friday.
On his white shirt were pictures of warplanes, in which he was seen firing missiles at children playing.
“This shirt represents the current image of Palestine,” Abu Sal told AFP on Saturday.
“The children who were martyred and died under the rubble, the children whose parents were martyred and are without food.”
According to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, at least 39,258 people have died in Gaza during the Israeli offensive since October 7.
International Olympic Committee apologizes for declaring South Korea as North Korea
The International Olympic Committee (IOC). Paris Olympics 2024 apologized on Saturday for the mistake made during the opening ceremony of the South Korea Athletes of the wrongly North Korea was introduced as the athletes of
According to the AFP news agency, as the South Korean delegation was crossing the Seine River in the French capital, they were introduced to North Korea’s official name: “Republic Popular Democratic de Coeur” in French, then “People’s Democratic Republic” in English. Republic of Korea.’
In a post on its official Korean-language X account, the IOC said: “We apologize for the error in introducing the South Korean team during the opening ceremony broadcast.”
The blunder sparked a backlash in South Korea, a country with a culture and technological prowess that has strained relations with nuclear-armed North Korea.
In this July 26, 2024 photo, South Korean athletes raise their country’s flags during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics (AFP)
The Korean Sports and Olympic Committee said on Saturday it had received a message from the IOC saying its head Thomas Bach wanted to apologize directly to the South Korean president over the phone.
Earlier, South Korea’s sports ministry said in a statement that it regrets the announcement made during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics where the South Korean delegation was introduced as the North Korean team. .
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Meanwhile, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had contacted the French Embassy in Seoul, which expressed regret over what it called an “inexplicable mistake”.
At the event, North Korea was properly introduced with the country’s official name.
Relations between the two Koreas are at their lowest level in years, with North Korea strengthening military ties with Russia while sending South Korea thousands of balloons filled with garbage.
In response, Seoul’s military has broadcast K-pop and anti-North Korean government messages from border loudspeakers and recently resumed live-fire drills near the border islands and the demilitarized zone that divides the Korean Peninsula. have given
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