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Paris Olympics 2024: Irish double medallist Daniel Wiffen hospitalised after swimming in Seine, misses closing ceremony
• 1 year agoThe 800m swimming champion and 1500m bronze medallist was meant to be carrying the Irish flag during Sunday's closing ceremony, but did not appear.
Paris Olympics 2024: Marathon swim test cancelled over water quality concerns in Seine river
• 1 year agoThe cancellation of Tuesday's marathon swimming test event comes a day after the triathlon mixed relay event was held in the river that runs through the center of the French capital.
Nine days of Summer: The incredibly inspiring story of teenage Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh
Akaash Dasgupta • 1 year agoThe Paris Olympics was tagged as the edition where Summer McIntosh would make the transition from an exceptionally talented teenage prodigy to Olympic champion. And she lived up to the hype and how.
China shrug off doping controversy, win 12 swimming medals at Paris Olympics
• 1 year agoChina's haul — two gold, three silver and seven bronze — was an improvement on their total Tokyo collection of nine.
Paris Olympics 2024: No anthem, no flag as Belarusian wins gold medal
• 1 year agoIvan Litvinovich, instead of hearing the Belarusian national anthem after receiving his medal, heard a generic tune without words, as commissioned by the IOC
Paris Olympics: China's state media, netizens rally around Pan Zhanle after claims 100m swim not 'humanly possible'
• 1 year agoPan Zhanle smashed his own 100m freestyle world record, shaving 0.40 seconds off the previous mark, for China's first swimming gold at Paris 2024
Paris Olympics 2024: Majestic Marchand puts France in a frenzy with first pool gold
• 1 year agoLeon Marchand carried the expectations of a nation on the strongest of shoulders as he stormed to gold in the 400m individual medley in a cathartic victory at his home Olympics.
Paris Olympics 2024: TV commentator sacked by Eurosport over sexist remark during swimming competition
• 1 year agoIn a clip which went viral on social media, Eurosport commentator Bob Ballard said: 'Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make-up.'
Paris Olympics 2024: India's swimming campaign ends after Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu fail to qualify for semi-finals
Fpsports • 1 year agoIndia's swimming campaign at the Paris Olympics came to an end with both Srihari Nataraj and Dhinidhi Desinghu failing to progress to the semifinals of their respective events here on Sunday.
Paris Olympics 2024: Titmus dominates Ledecky, McIntosh to retain 400m freestyle gold
• 1 year agoThe decorated American Katie Ledecky was gunning for revenge after the Australian dethroned her in Tokyo three years ago, but it was Ariarne Titmus who again prevailed in an electric atmosphere at La Defense Arena.