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Paris river tests below Olympic safety standard

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Paris river tests below Olympic safety standard The latest tests for the River Seine showed the water quality was slightly below the standards needed to authorize swimming, just as the Paris Olympics start.

ESPN 1.0k 2024-07-27

Rybakina pulls out of Olympic tennis tournament

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Rybakina pulls out of Olympic tennis tournament Third seed Elena Rybakina became the latest high-profile withdrawal from the Olympic tennis competition on Thursday, hours after the draw was made at Roland Garros.

ESPN 1.2k 2024-07-26

Team USA tops Canada to open Olympic tune-up

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Team USA tops Canada to open Olympic tune-up Anthony Edwards scored 13 points to lead Team USA, which shook off a slow start to beat Canada 86-72 to open its tune-up schedule for the Olympics.

ESPN 873 2024-07-11

Poopy Water From The Streets Of Paris Is Fouling Up The Olympic Games

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Poopy Water From The Streets Of Paris Is Fouling Up The Olympic Games Paris 2024, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, are scheduled to begin later this month. A big part of summer Olympic games are the swimming events. The open water 10k swims are supposed to take place in the city’s famed river Seine, but if the city can’t get E. coli bacteria colony numbers down to a safe level, it’ll… Read more…

Jalopnik 795 2024-07-10

USMNT vet Zimmerman in U.S. pre-Olympic squad

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USMNT vet Zimmerman in U.S. pre-Olympic squad Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman was the only overage player selected Wednesday for the United States’ 25-man training camp roster ahead of its final pre-Olympic friendly, against Japan on June 11 at Kansas City, Kansas.

ESPN 1.0k 2024-05-30