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Olympic triathlon tournaments got underway in Paris on Thursday morning, after levels of bacteria in the River Seine fell to low enough levels for the swimming leg of the contest to take place in its waters.

Team GB have had their mixed triathlon relay silver medal taken and downgraded to a bronze following the USA appealing the initial result.

A BBC commentator has offered an apology to viewers from Milngavie after being tripped up over the pronunciation of the East Dunbartonshire town at the Olympics.

Belgium has pulled out of the 2024 Paris Olympics mixed relay triathlon at Paris 2024 after Claire Michel fell ill.

It was a Polaroid moment brilliantly capturing another landmark on a journey that’s taken Beth Potter from the Rio to Paris via the depths of despair. The iron woman became the second Scot to land an Olympic medal as she bagged a brilliant bronze in the triathlon yesterday morning.

Alex Yee secured a gold medal for Team GB with a stunning finish in the men's triathlon final on the fifth day of the Paris Olympics. Yee dug deep to secure first place after overtaking front runner Hayden Wilde with just seconds to go.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent UPDATE: After being postponed on Tuesday due to pollution in the Seine river, the Olympics‘s triathlon swimming competition took place on Wednesday morning. Both the women’s and men’s races are going ahead today, ending a long saga involving daily water tests measuring levels of a faecal bacteria known as E.

A 60-year-old from Stockport nicknamed ‘Super Nan’ will take on the IronMan triathlon in Nottingham this Sunday, to raise vital funds for charity in her sister’s memory.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent French shark movie “Under Paris” made a sneak attack on worldwide streaming last week, scoring the best launch for a non-English language film on Netflix with 41 million views in its five first days on the service. Dropping a month before the start of the summer Olympics in Paris, the movie about triathlon athletes who get devoured during a swimming race in the Seine river ranked first on Netflix’s top 10 for non-English language films across 93 countries.

Netflix's latest shark thriller has caused a stir among fans of the genre - for all the right reasons.

Chace Crawford and Diplo are among the celebs who competed in the 2023 Malibu Triathlon!

Athletes will descend on Crossmichael this weekend for the Beltie Triathlon.

Entries are now open for this year’s Beltie Triathlon.

Newton Stewart Triathlon Club held their annual Aquathlon at Merrick Leisure Centre, Newton Stewart on Saturday.

Bafta-winning filmmaker Lesley Paterson has unveiled her next Mission Impossible project – persuading Tom Cruise to do a triathlon. The screenwriter graced last month’s Oscars red carpet after her movie All Quiet On The Western Front picked up a string of nominations.

Prince Harry showed his support for former Royal Marine Lee Spencer, who is an amputee, after he was unable to complete a triathlon challenge due to 'excruciating pain." On Tuesday, Spencer shared an Instagram video from a Zoom call between himself and the Duke of Sussex, in which Harry consoled and praised the veteran. Spencer had aspired to swim 22 miles, cycle 1,060 miles, and hike 45 miles across the United Kingdom before he withdrew from the challenge during the cycling leg after experiencing pain.  Prince Harry showed his support for an amputee former Royal Marine, who was unable to complete a triathlon challenge due to ‘excruciating pain.’ (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) "You basically circled the whole of the U.K.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes and Mat Nichols have completed a triathlon and raised funds for a Ukrainian LGTBQ+ charity.Over the weekend, Skyles and Nichols posted on Instagram, detailing their first-ever triathlon which consisted of swimming, cycling and running and shared that they’d surpassed their original goal of raising £3,000 for UKRAINEPRIDE.“We did it!” Oli said. “Thank u so much to everyone that sponsored us in our first triathlon 4 @ukraine.pride means the world.

Love Island 2019 finalist Molly-Mae Hague has shared a snap of herself with her lookalike sister Zoe and fans would be forgiven for thinking they were twins.Molly Mae took to Instagram to share the picture as she supported her sister and boyfriend, fellow Love Island contestant Tommy Fury, as they competed in a triathlon.The group travelled to York to take part in the competition, but Molly-Mae wrote on her Story that she was “glad she didn’t get the sporty gene”.READ MORE: Love Island's Luca Bish 'not liked by Gemma's dad Michael Owen', expert saysMolly-Mae has spoken about her sister in her YouTube videos and has told fans that Zoe is in the army.Boyfriend Tommy, half-brother to Tyson Fury, is a full time boxer and put himself to the test alongside Zoe.Molly-Mae supported from the sidelines, but not before sharing a quick picture with her sister before she darted off to bike, run and swim through the race.The former Love Island star stunned fans as she smiled at the camera, her signature blonde locks pulled back into a slick bun as she smiled with a coffee cup in her hand.She wore a brown aviator style leather jacket and showed off her manicure as she leaned in towards her sister’s face.Zoe stood behind her and wore her hair in the same style as Molly-Mae, which made them look even more alike.She pulled her ponytail over her shoulder and wore a bright blue anorak to keep her protected from the elements.Molly went on to show her 6.4million fans snapshots of their day, including a picture of Tommy with his hood up and a black bag slung over his shoulder.Later on, another snap showed Molly smiling sweetly as she hugged Tommy, who appeared to have completed the race as he wore a gold medal round his neck.Dressed in a

Former Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague has been supporting her boyfriend Tommy Fury as he took part in his first triathlon. Molly 23, and Tommy, also 23, met on the famous ITV2 dating show, Love Island, in 2019, and their relationship has gone from strength to strength, even having bought a house together - a £3.5million mansion in Cheshire. PrettyLittleThing creative director Molly took to social media over the weekend to show her support to her boyfriend - the brother of British boxer Tyson Fury, who is a boxer himself and is very into his fitness.The pair visited York with Molly-Mae's sister and her new fiancé, and all three except for Molly-Mae took part in the gruelling challenge, which includes swimming, cycling and running.

It's not quite been a year since Manchester-born triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Last summer, the 28-year-old went from being on crutches to an Olympic champion in the space of around three months.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes and Mat Nicholls have announced that they’ve signed up for a charity triathlon to raise money for UKRAINEPRIDE.In August, the singer and drummer will take part in the Allerthorpe Sprint Triathlon, which is described as “one of the fastest-sprint distance triathlon courses” in York.Raising money for the LGBTQ+ charity, Sykes pointed out in an Instagram post today (June 20) that UKRAINEPRIDE “needs all the help it get get right now”.“yooo so me & @mickypickles r doing a triathlon this august,” Sykes wrote alongside a photo of the two bandmates. “We wanted to raise money for 2 causes that r at the forefront of our mind right now so with the help of my good Ukrainian friend @yavashadasha we settled on @ukraine.pride an amazing organisation that supports the LGBT+ movement in Ukraine which as you can imagine needs all the help it can get right now.”He added: “We have never done any kind of marathon/sports event like this so we are pooping our pants just a little, so the more money we raise the more you’ll spur us on to smash it! Let’s gooo.”A post shared by Oli Sykes (@olobersykes)Sykes added on the Just Giving page that they’ve set a goal of £3,000 but that they would “love to f**king smash that”, adding that “anything you can give will be much apprciated [sic]”.UKRAINEPRIDE is “a propatriotic queer movement”, according to the charity’s website.