PARIS OLYMPICS 2024: What you need to know right now
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PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - The "middle" Sunday of the Games sees the final day of the swimming, a hotly-anticipated men's 100 metres final in the athletics, and Novak Djokovic trying for an Olympic gold to fill the one gap in his trophy cabinet.
Meanwhile, one of the main pain points of the Games - the river Seine's water quality - is back in focus after training for Monday's mixed triathlon relay was cancelled after heavy rain made it unsafe to swim.
Here's what you need to know about the Olympics on Sunday.
SEINE WATER QUALITY BACK IN FOCUS
Paris Olympics organisers have cancelled Sunday's swimming training session for the triathlon mixed relay event after recent heavy rain affected water quality levels in the Seine river.
The decision was made late on Saturday after tests showed water quality did not meet the required threshold following rain on July 31 and Aug. 1.
The mixed relay is scheduled for Monday
SPRINT FINALS
One of the hallmark events of the Games - the men's 100 metres - takes place later on Sunday, with the United States' Noah Lyles hoping to complete stage one of his quest to win a rare Olympic sprint double.
However, he was beaten in the heats by Britain's Louie Hinchcliff on Saturday and with Jamaica's Kishane Thompson also in good form Lyles has quite the challenge on his hands.
ST LUCIA'S ALFRED STUNNING WIN
Julien Alfred delivered a brilliant performance to win the women’s 100 metres final in a rain-sodden Stade de France on Saturday and claim Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal.
Alfred, 23, came home in a national record of 10.72 seconds, well ahead of world champion and race favourite Sha'Carri Richardson of the United States.
UKRAINE'S FIRST GOLD
Ukraine claimed their first gold medal of the Games in the women's sabre team event as they rallied to edge South Korea in a thrilling final bout on Saturday.
Olga Kharlan, who won individual bronze and Ukraine's first medal in Paris, put on a brilliant performance to lead her team to a comeback win.
SUMMER SPARKLES, LEDECKY CEMENTS LEGACY
Summer McIntosh became the first Canadian athlete to take three golds from a single Olympics when she won the 200 metres individual medley at the Paris Games on Saturday.
The 17-year-old swimmer did it in an Olympic record time of two minutes, 06.56 seconds, taking down the 2016 record of 2:06.58 set by Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, to complete a medley double after winning the 400 last Monday.
Katie Ledecky won the 800 metres freestyle to claim her ninth gold medal, matching the all-time record held by gymnast Larisa Latynina.
GENDER ROW
Algeria boxer Imane Khelif , who has been thrust into the centre of a gender row at the Paris Olympics, won her quarter-final against Hungary's Luca Anna Hamori on points.
Khelif's father said his daughter had brought honour to the family and described the attacks against her as "immoral."
International Olympic President Thomas Bach said there was no doubt Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting were women .
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Compiled by Rachel Armstrong; Editing by Peter Rutherford
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