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Saudi Swimmer Comes First in Third Heat of 100m Race at Paris Olympic Games

Saudi swimmer Zaid Al-Sarraj came first in 51.21 seconds - SPA
Saudi swimmer Zaid Al-Sarraj came first in 51.21 seconds - SPA
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Saudi Swimmer Comes First in Third Heat of 100m Race at Paris Olympic Games

Saudi swimmer Zaid Al-Sarraj came first in 51.21 seconds - SPA
Saudi swimmer Zaid Al-Sarraj came first in 51.21 seconds - SPA

Saudi swimmer Zaid Al-Sarraj came first, in 51.21 seconds, in the third roundup of the 100m swimming competitions at the 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics in Paris.
Attending his performance were Sport Minister, Chairman of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and head of the Saudi delegation Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal and members of the official Saudi mission, SPA reported.
Coming first in the third heat, Al-Sarraj, who is 16, concluded his first ever Olympic participation, ranking 53rd among 79 participants.

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Women Triathletes Dive into River Seine at Paris Olympics

Triathletes dive into the River Seine at the start of the Olympic triathlon. Jeff PACHOUD / AFP
Triathletes dive into the River Seine at the start of the Olympic triathlon. Jeff PACHOUD / AFP
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Women Triathletes Dive into River Seine at Paris Olympics

Triathletes dive into the River Seine at the start of the Olympic triathlon. Jeff PACHOUD / AFP
Triathletes dive into the River Seine at the start of the Olympic triathlon. Jeff PACHOUD / AFP

Women triathletes dived into the River Seine on Wednesday, marking the start of the race and providing huge relief for organizers after problems with water quality marred the run-up to the competition.
Organizers had to cancel training this week in the river and postponed the men's race on Tuesday after the Seine was found to be too dirty for athletes following heavy rainstorms last week, AFP reported.
World Triathlon and the Paris Games' organizing committee announced around 4:00 am (0200 GMT) on Wednesday that the women's race would go ahead, followed by the rescheduled men's event.
"The results of the latest water analyses, received at 3.20 am, have been assessed as compliant by World Triathlon allowing for the triathlon competitions to take place," said a statement.
Rain fell overnight in Paris, but had stopped by the time athletes jumped off a pontoon laid over the river at the historic Alexandre III bridge in the heart of the City of Light.
The race started with a 1,500-meter swim in the Seine, with swimmers doing two laps in the river, with and against the current.
Flora Duffy of Bermuda, who took gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, led after the first lap.