PARIS OLYMPICS 2024: What you need to know right now
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PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) -Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all-time, is targeting her fifth Olympic gold for the United States in the women's team final on Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, the triathlon, set to be a centrepiece of the Olympics, was postponed due to excessive pollution levels in Paris' river Seine.
Here's what you need to know about the Olympics on Tuesday:
GOLD RUSH
Biles is hoping to clinch gold in the team final, due to start at 6.15pm (1615 GMT), in her second appearance at the Paris Games after her return to the Olympic stage on Sunday.
Japan's Takanori Nagase triumphed in the men's under 81kg judo, beating Georgian Tato Grigalashvili.
Britain's Nathan Hales clinched the men's trap gold at the Paris Games with a new Olympic record, while Serbian pistol shooters Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec stood atop the podium in the 10-metre air pistol mixed team contest.
North Korea's dream run in the mixed doubles table tennis came to an end, which China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha beating little-known rivals Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong in the final.
COVID STRIKES BACK
Tokyo these Games are not. But several athletes have tested positive, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, a medal hope in the women's 1,500 metres freestyle who had to withdraw from the event.
SWIMMING IN THE SEINE?
Pollution levels in the Seine remained too high for the men's triathlon to take place on Tuesday, World Triathlon said in a statement, leaving athletes facing more uncertainty.
The race is now scheduled for Wednesday, after the women's event. Should levels of bacteria remain too high, the men's and women's races are likely to be postponed to Friday.
SIZZLING OLYMPICS
And we're not just talking about the fight for medals. State forecaster Meteo France announced a high of 37 degrees Celsius (98.6°F) in Paris, triggering heat protocols in some events.
Soccer players were allowed water breaks, tennis players could use additional breaks to take a shower, BMX riders sat under umbrellas in between runs, and horses were monitored with thermal cameras.
SILVER TRIBUTE
Olympic debutant Stephane Landois won eventing silver on a grey gelding that once belonged to a close friend who died five years ago in a tragic riding accident.
TENNIS HEARTBREAK
Women's second seed Coco Gauff's challenge wilted as she was knocked out in the third round 7-6(7) 6-2.
Gauff was left in tears at a crucial moment of the second set when an over-ruled line call saw her slip 4-2 behind, the American becoming embroiled in a lengthy row with the umpire and tournament supervisor.
Spaniard Rafa Nadal is partnering world number three Carlos Alcaraz against the Netherlands team in the men's double second round. It could be Nadal's last match if he loses.
FAMILY AFFAIR
It is not often that siblings qualify for Olympic badminton together -- and even less common that two pairs of siblings meet in a women's doubles match. But that is what happened in badminton on Tuesday as Bulgarian sisters Stefani and Gabriela Stoeva overcame twins Annie and Kerry Xu of the United States.
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Compiled by Ingrid Melander, Rachel Armstrong, Simon Jennings and Ian Ransom; Editing by Peter Rutherford, Ken Ferris and Hugh Lawson
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