TRIATHLON RACES CLEARED TO GO AHEAD ON WEDNESDAY

Athletes dive into the Seine River for the start of the women’s individual triathlon at the Paris Olympic Games on Wednesday.(Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)

 Organizers cleared the Olympic women's and men's triathlons to go ahead on Wednesday after the latest Seine river water tests showed lower levels of bacteria, ending days of uncertainty over whether the central Paris swim was viable after heavy rains.

The men's race had been postponed to Wednesday because of bacteria levels.

"The results of the latest water analyses, received at 3.20 a.m. (local time), have been assessed as compliant by World Triathlon allowing for the triathlon competitions to take place," Paris 2024 and World Triathlon said in a statement Wednesday.

The women's race is scheduled for 2 a.m. ET (8 a.m. local time) and the men's race at 4:45 a.m. (10:45 a.m. local). - Reuters

TRIATHLON-FRANCE'S PERIAUT CLINCHES GOLD AT YOKOHAMA TO SECURE OLYMPIC BERTH

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 Leonie Periault claimed a stunning victory at the Yokohama World Triathlon Championship Series on Saturday, finishing 36 seconds clear of the U.S.'s Taylor Knibb in second place and 40 seconds ahead of fellow Frenchwoman Emma Lombardi, who took bronze.

Periault, 29, sealed the second World Triathlon Championship Series gold of her career with a winning time of 01:52:28. She will join 22-year-old Lombardi at their home Games.

Knibb had already booked her place with a top-eight finish at the Paris test event in August last year. American Taylor Spivey missed out on the Olympic spot by finishing fourth while team mate Kirsten Kasper was fifth.

Rio Games and double world champion Gwen Jorgensen came in 15th, while the reigning Olympic champion, Flora Duffy, made a strong comeback after battling injury by securing seventh place.

Knibb set a challenging pace in the swim segment and Duffy made a significant comeback during the cycling leg, which saw Dutch Maya Kingma fall behind with a puncture at the end of lap four.

Once on the running course, Periault was unmatched. Lombardi managed to keep pace the longest but eventually fell back.

- Reuters

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