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Slow waters in Paris: The puzzle of missing world records at the Olympics

As the Paris Olympics 2024 enters its sixth day, only one world record has been set in the swimming events

Paris Olympics 2024 HIGHLIGHTS, Day 5: Sindhu, Lakshya and Prannoy qualifies for pre-quartfinals

India at Olympics 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Lovlina and Nishant Dev qualifies for Q/F, Swapnil Kushale qualifies to play medal match. Check Paris 2024 highlights here

Olympics 2024: Paralympic legend Deepa Malik congratulates Manu Bhaker

Paralympic medallist Deepa Malik congratulated shooter Manu Bhaker for becoming first athlete in independent India to win two medals in the same Olympics games.

Superfan spends life savings to attend her 7th Summer Olympics in Paris

Vivianne Robinson said she had to work two more years to fund her passion.

Djokovic enters Paris Olympics quarterfinals; eyes his first gold medal

Novak Djokovic won his round 3 match against Dominik Koepfer of Germany in straight sets of 7-5 and 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals.

2024 Olympics: Lovlina wins first match at Paris; Assam CM congratulates

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated boxer Lovlina Borgohain on winning her first match and making it to the 2024 Paris Olympics quarterfinals.

Olympics 2024: Lakshya Sen stuns the crowd with his no-look backhand

While the victory was special in itself, what stayed with fans was his unbelievable no-look backhand shot against his opponent which had Christie surprised and beaten in the 1st game

Olympics: Jasmine Moore 1st US woman to play triple and long jump events

The 23-year-old parlayed all that leaping ability into not one but two chances for an Olympic gold medal. Moore is the first US woman to make the Games in both triple jump an

Local storms disrupts high speed trains, travellers left stranded in Paris

The SNCF said all the fast trains leaving from and arriving at the Gare de Lyon train station in the French capital were immobilised due to a tree that fell on the tracks and was hit by a train.

Paris Olympics 2024: Boxer Lovlina Borgohain advances to quarter-finals

Lovlina Borgohain prevailed 5-0 in the contest to remain on course for a second successive Olympic medal. She will take on top-seeded Chinese Li Qian in the last-eight stage on August 4.

Olympics: PV Sindhu tops her group, through to women's pre-quarter-finals

The two-time Olympic medallist won 21-5 21-10 in her second and last Group M match here. Sindhu, who had beaten Maldives' Fathimath Abdul Razzaq 21-9 21-6 in her first match, topped the group.

Swapnil Kusale books men's 50m rifle 3 positions final berth, finishes 7th

Kusale finished with an overall score of 590 (38x) while China's Liu Yukun finished with a total of 594 points at the first spot followed by Norway's Jon-Hermann Hegg at second with 593.

Simone Biles, Team USA redeem themselves with Olympic gold in gymnastics

So the oldest team the U.S. has ever sent to the Olympics has gone on to win the Olympic gold in a moment that surprised each and everyone.

Georgian shooter features in record 10th Olympics for father's last wish

The 55-year-old, who was Georgia's flagbearer at the opening ceremony, became the 1st woman and only the second athlete overall after Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar to compete in her 10th Olympics.

'A little Olympian': Egyptian fencer competes while being 7 months pregnant

Paris Olympics 2024: The 26-year-old athlete shared on Instagram that she competed not only for herself but also for her unborn baby

Olympics: India qualifies for QFs in men's hockey with 2-0 win over Ireland

India were, however, far from convincing in the second half, but the win has taken them to seven points from three matches while the defeat has ousted Ireland from the quarterfinal race

Paris Olympics 2024: When it rains, it pours bacteria in the Seine

Swimming in the Seine river had been forbidden for nearly a century because of poor water quality, with only rare exceptions for specific events

Olympic triathletes to swim in Seine after days of water quality concerns

The water quality in the Seine directly affected by rainfall that can lead to wastewater runoff flowing into the river

Biles celebrates another Olympic gold while Gauff fumes over call in loss

Biles became the most decorated American gymnast in front of a crowd that included Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Serena Williams, Spike Lee, Michael Phelps and Nadia Comaneci at a raucous Bercy Aren

Paris Olympics: Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz reach doubles quarterfinals

Nadal whose wife and 1 1/2-year-old son, Rafael Jr., were in the stands and Alcaraz will face the fourth-seeded American team of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram for a semifinal berth