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A general view of the Seine with theEiffel Tower in the background is seen in Paris, France, on July 29.

The men’s individual triathlon race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been postponed to Wednesday due to poor water quality levels in the River Seine, World Triathlon has announced.

Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the World Triathlon, its medical team, the International Olympic Committee, and city officials decidedto postponethe men’s race.

“Despite the improvement on the water quality levels in the last hours, the readings at some points of the swim course are still above the acceptablelimits.”

The women triathlon is still scheduled for Wednesday and will take place prior to the men’s race, according to Olympic officials.

Training for the swimming portion of the race was canceled for a second straight day on Monday after water quality testing deemed the water unsafe for athletes.

If the water levels don’t improve by Wednesday, the original contingency date remains in place for Friday, August 2.

USA GymnasticsannouncedMonday that Simone Biles will compete in all four events – vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise – in Tuesday’s women’s team final.

“Grateful to be doing what I love,” Simone Biles said Monday in anInstagram post, a day after fighting through a calf injury flareup during women’s gymnastics qualification.

After her performance on the balance beam, Biles landed awkwardly while warming up for her floor routine and exited the arena before reemerging to get her lower left leg heavily taped.

Despite the apparent discomfort Sunday, she still ended up on the top of the leaderboard in first place in the all-around rankings and with Team USA in first place in team standings.

Cecile Landi, her coach, told reporters after the competition that Biles had been dealing with calf pain a couple weeks before Paris that flared up again during Sunday’s competition.

Here is Biles’ 2024 Olympic schedule:

Manon Apithy-Brunet of France celebrates with her gold medal in fencing in Grand Palais, Paris, France on July 29.

If you’re just catching up now, a total of 19 gold medals were awarded Monday across 11 different sports. Here’s the full breakdown of who won gold today:

Archery

Artistic Gymnastics

Canoe Slalom

Cycling Mountain Bike

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Judo

Shooting

Skateboarding

Swimming

Chuck Schumer departs a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on July 23.

United States Senators from across the political spectrum told CNN today what events they are watching, and looking forward to checking out, during this summer’s Olympic Games.

“Swimming, swimming, swimming,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, though he noted that he spent one night also watching rugby.

“I sure liked that basketball game — 26 points. And women’s soccer, those two,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin. “And of course Simone Biles, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and is married to a Chicago Bear.”

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall said he has been watching, “swimming and gymnastics, for right now, a little bit of basketball,” too. However, he added that he is excited to watch the decathlon.

“I ran the decathlon in college, so I look forward to the track and field part,” he told CNN.

Independent Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis insisted they are watching “everything,” while Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin rattled off a list of his favorites so far.

“I like the beach volleyball. I just —we have a great team, our women are fabulous, so I’m enjoying watching that. Of course, the gymnastics is always just beautiful to watch,” he said, noting he is also watching women’s soccer.

Stephen Nedoroscik performs on the pommel horse during the men's artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena in Paris, France on July 29.

Stephen Nedoroscik, a pommel horse specialist on the bronze medal-winning USA men’s gymnastics team, called his clutch performance on the competition’s sixth and final rotation the “greatest moment of my life.”

Nedoroscik, who is dubbed the “Clark Kent” of the US team because he wears thick-rimmed glasses right up until the moment he performs, secured the bronze medal for the team with his routine.

“So, it was a really long day leading up to that moment. I thought about it before, abouthow I get to be the last person that goes at the Olympics. And I framed that in my head as like a positive — like ‘I can be the exclamation point,’” he said at a news conference Monday.

He said before it was his turn, he noticed that his teammates were doing well.

“I have this thing where it’s like if everyone hits before me, I’ve never missed. And I kind of, in that moment, was like, all right, let’s run it back then. Let’s go out there and do our thing,” Nedoroscik said.

Olympic records and photo finishes: The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are fully underway with more medals being added to the tally on Monday.

If you missed the action today, here’s a recap of some of the highlights:

What we’re watching tomorrow: USA Gymnasticsannouncedthat Simone Biles will compete in all four events – vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise – in Tuesday’s women’s team final. Biles has been fighting through a calf injury flareup during women’s gymnastics qualification.

A general view during the Women's Beach Volleyball match between France and Germany on day three of the Olympic Games at Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris, France on July 29.

The beach volleyball court at the Paris Games has an iconic backdrop: The Eiffel Tower looms over the stadium, which was built on the Champ de Mars.

As the sun set over the tower and stadium, France’s Lezana Placette and Alexia Richard defeated Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Louisa Lippmann as the sun.

And later at night, US duo Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss defeated Australia’s Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho as the Eiffel Tower’s glittered in the background. During that match, CNN’s Coy Wire reported that a party vibe broke out in the stadium, with music blasting, spectators dancing and cheering in the stands.

USA's Brittney Griner shoots over Japan's Saori Miyazaki, in a women's basketball game at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on July 29.

The USA women’s basketball team defeated Japan in its first Olympic game in Paris on Monday. Team USA came out on top after leading all game, 102-76.

This is the 56 consecutive Olympic win for the USA women’s basketball team, USA Basketball said in a post on X.

Japan kept itself in the game during the first half by hitting nine three-pointers, but USA pulled away by the third quarter — leading by more than 20 and scoring most of their points inside. That trend continued for Team USA through the fourth quarter.

USA assistant coach Kara Lawson told NBC at halftime that the team was focused on exploiting the size advantage inside the paint and sharpening up defense in the second half.

A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart led the way for the USA. Wilson has been the WNBA’s best player for years now and helped Team USA win gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Sabrina Ionescu contributed three three-pointers to the win.

Belgium and Germany, the other teams in the group, are next on the USA’s Olympic schedule in its hunt for another gold medal.

The USA women’s Olympic team has won a total of nine gold medals, boasting an undefeated record since 1996. If they are able to take home gold again this year in Paris, it will be the team’s eighth gold medal in a row, according to USA Basketball.

Ukraine's Olga Kharlan celebrates after winning the women's individual Sabre round of 16 competition against Azerbaijan's Anna Bashta at the Grand Palais.

Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan won her country’s first medal of the Paris Summer Olympics, claiming the bronze medal Monday in the women’s sabre individual event at the Grand Palais in the French capital.

France took gold and silver in the event, as Manon Apithy-Brunet defeated Sara Balzer by a score of 15-12.Apithy-Brunet won the bronze medal in this event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

In a thrilling bronze medal bout against South Korean Choi Sebin, Kharlan prevailed by a score of 15-14.

Choi led the match 11-5 before the 33-year-old Ukrainian reeled off seven consecutive points to take the lead.

Choi retook the lead at 13-12, but Kharlan showed nerves of steel as she once again rallied to secure her fifth Olympic medal.

Kharlan is a veteran of five Olympic Games, having previously won two team and two individual medals including team sabre gold at the 2008 Beijing Games.This was Kharlan’s third career bronze medal in individual sabre, equaling her result at London 2012 and Rio 2016.

Silver medalist, Katie Grimes, left, of the United States, stands with compatriot and bronze medalist Emma Weyant after the women's 400-meter individual medley final today in Nanterre.

American swimming fans are used to seeing their favorites draped in gold, but that’s not been the case in the first few days of competition here at La Défense Arena.

Team USA finished with Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant taking silver and bronze respectively in the women’s 400m individual medley, Luke Hobson taking bronze in the men’s 200m freestyle and Ryan Murphy taking bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke final.

So far Team US has won six bronze medals, three silver medals and one gold medal in the pool through the first few days of competition.

MollieO'Callaghan ofAustraliabefore the race.

Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia just set an Olympic record in the women’s 200m freestyle, taking the gold medal over fellow Aussie Ariarne Titmus in a blistering race.

It was two teammates in a battle for the ages. Finishing in 1:53.27, O’Callaghan topped Titmus’ Olympic record from the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Titmus finished this year’s edition of the race in 1:53.81 to take silver.

O’Callaghan and Titmus share the same training pool and the same coach. Earlier this year, Titmus set the world record at the Australian Olympic Trials — topping O’Callaghan’s previous world record.

A little more than a month later, O’Callaghan is taking Titmus’ Olympic record — and her gold medal.

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong took the bronze in 1:54.55.

Alonso Correa of Team Peru rides a wave during round three of surfing today in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia.

Sport is often a beautiful thing. But there are none more so than surfing.

The vibrant blue oceans, the rolling white-crested waves and the athletes attempting to tame those waves often make for stunning imagery.

The sport is making in its second Olympics at the Paris Games with both the men’s and women’s competition both in their early stages.

Hosted at Teahupo’o in Tahiti, it has offered spectators a different kind of sport. And according to one competitor, Peru’s Alonso Correa, he says tube riding is a “beautiful” art.

“Inside the barrel is a beautiful feeling. To see everything from the inside, it’s like being inside the ocean,” Correa said after winning his heat in the third round of the men’s competition and advancing to the quarterfinals where he will face Japan’s Reo Inaba.

“Pure nature. You have to be 100% focused on that precious moment. I was having a lot of fun. This place is a paradise. You can see the mountains from the ocean. It’s very beautiful but not when you fall because it’s like a washing machine.”

USA's #15 Brittney Griner and Japan's #32 Saori Miyazaki go for a rebound in the women's preliminary round group C basketball match at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on July 29.

Team USA leads Japan at the half 50-39 in its first women’s basketball Olympic game in Paris on Monday.

Japan came out of the gate with high-pressure defense, but Team USA has a significant size advantage.

Brittney Griner, who is 6’9, A’ja Wilson, standing at 6’5, and Breanna Stewart, checking in at 6’4, bring height and inside power to the USA team.

Wilson, a multiple-time WNBA MVP and the top player on the back-to-back WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, clocked 17 points for USA in the first half. Japan, meanwhile, has knocked down several three-pointers to keep it close.

The game is a rematch from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo where USA and Japan battled it out for the gold medal. Team USA came out on top, 90-75.

The world record holder in the women’s 100m breaststroke won’t be on the Olympic podium for the race this time around.

King, competing in her third Olympics, won bronze in Tokyo and was hoping for redemption this time around. She won gold in the race during the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

People cool off under a misting fountain while filling their water bottles on a hot afternoon on Monday in Paris.

Olympians – and fans – may have to contend with scorching temperatures this week as France experiences itsfirst major heatwave of the year,according to Meteo France.

Much of southern and central France, including Paris, areunder heatwave alerts for Tuesday.

Paris is expected to see its hottest day so far this year on Tuesday with an expected high of 34 to 36 degrees Celsius (93 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit) ; the hottest day in Paris so far was only 33 degrees Celsius (92 degrees Fahrenheit), according to data from Paris-Orly.

Bordeaux-Merignac, site of some Olympic football matches, reached a high of 38.7 degrees Celsius (101 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, according to the latest report from Meteo France.

Overnight lows across much of the country will only drop to the low to mid 20s degree Celsius, preventing much relief from occurring overnight.

The hot airmass will move southward through the rest of the week, significantly weakening its grip on France by Thursday.

The heat could also fuel thunderstorms that could impact any outdoor Olympic events on Tuesday and Wednesday. Storms capable of producing strong winds and heavy rain are forecast in the afternoon for much of central and northern France east towards the Belgian and German borders, according to Meteo France.

Here are temperatures expected in some Olympic venue cities for the week:

South Africa's Tatjana Smith reacts after winning the final of the women's 100m breaststroke swimming event.

Tatjana Smith is a back-to-back gold medal winner in the women’s 100m breaststroke, repeating her feat from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Smith posted a time of 1:05.28 to take home the gold and Tang Qianting of China was just behind at 1:05.54. Mona McSharry won Ireland’s first medal of the games by taking bronze, finishing in 1:05.59.

The USA’s Lilly King, who holds the world record in this event, finished in a disappointing fourth place — just .01 seconds behind McSharry.

ThomasCecconof Italy in action during the men's 100m backstroke final today at La Défense Arena.

Another men’s race, another photo finish.

World record holder Thomas Ceccon of Italy takes home the gold in the men’s 100m backstroke, finishing just .32 seconds ahead of Xi Jiayu of China.

Team USA’s Ryan Murphy came in just behind to take bronze at 52.39 seconds, equaling his performance in the Tokyo Games.

David Popovici of Team Romania is congratulated by Luke Hobson of Team United States after winning gold in the men’s 200m freestyle final.

Luke Hobson is standing on the podium after finishing just .07 seconds away from a gold medal — and he’s thrilled about it.

Hobson is receiving his bronze medal now at La Défense Arena.

An overview shows USA's #09 A'ja Wilson and Japan's #30 Evelyn Mawuli reach for the ball in the women's preliminary round group C basketball match at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on July 29.

The USA women’s basketball team tipped off against Japan in Paris on Monday.

Team USA is the defending champion, going 6-0 and winning gold at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, according to USA Basketball. The team has won a total of nine gold medals in the last 10 Olympic competitions.

Who to watch: With the likes of three-time WNBA champion Diana Taurasi and two-time WNBA MVPs A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart, the strength of Team USA goes deep.

Kahleah Copper, Sabrina Ionescu and Alyssa Thomas are all making their Olympic debuts and have a combined 12 WNBA All-Star appearances.

Chelsea Gray, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young all have a wealth of experience and knowhow coming into Paris and have excelled at the highest level of women’s basketball. Also returning to the team and making headlines before the Olympics is centerBrittney Griner.

After Japan, Team USA will also play Belgium and Germany, the other teams in its group, in its hunt for another gold medal.

Stephen Nedoroscik competes during the pommel horse at Bercy Arena today in Paris.

Stephen Nedoroscik had one job for the USA in the men’s team gymnastics final – and he delivered.

Nedoroscik, dubbed the “Clark Kent” of the US team, is a pommel horse specialist, unusually qualifying for the team solely based on his ability in that one event. He’s gained his nickname for wearing thick-rimmed glasses right up until the moment he performs.

The final gymnast to compete on the pommel horse on the competition’s sixth rotation, the 25-year-old stepped up when needed, scoring 14.866 to help the US to a famous bronze medal – the team’s first in 16 years.

Nedoroscik’s efforts earned him a huge cheer from the crowd when his name was announced during the medal ceremony.

That cameo surely justified his selection in the US team.

DavidPopoviciof Romania before the race today.

The men’s 200m freestyle race just came down to absolute millimeters.

Romania’s David Popovici sent his nation’s fans into exultation by reaching the pad just .02 seconds ahead of Great Britain’s Matthew Richards, who will take silver.

Luke Hobson of the USA took bronze, just .07 seconds away from gold. This is one of the closest races of these Games so far and the atmosphere here was ear-splitting down the stretch.

Summer McIntosh of Team Canada competes in the women’s 400m individual medley heats at Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre.

Canadian Summer McIntosh just took the gold medal over American Katie Grimes in the women’s 400m individual medley, a dramatic race that saw the world record holder pull away during the breaststroke portion.

Grimes held with McIntosh for the majority of the race but the Canadian was just too strong in the breaststroke and freestyle portions of the race, finishing in 4:27.71 to take home the gold.

But Grimes and fellow American Emma Weyant took silver and bronze respectively, adding to Team USA’s medal haul.

American flags are all over La Défense Arena and chants of “USA” are already echoing around the pool.

This is obviously one of Team USA’s signature sports, and it seems like the US fans are going to be extremely loud here tonight.

People walk towards Paris La Defense Arena before the swimming event in Nanterre, west of Paris.

Hello from the arena that possesses what appears to be the world’s strongest sound system, La Défense Arena outside Paris, for tonight’s swimming contest.

Highlights tonight include:

Japan's Takaaki Sugino competes in the men's team final on Monday.

Incredible drama in the men’s team gymnastics final.

Japan has snatched gold on the final rotation having outscored China on the horizontal bar, finishing on 259.594 points overall to China’s 259.062. The US takes bronze with 257.793, the team’s first medal in this event for 16 years.

China was in pole position to claim gold heading into that final rotation but some costly mistakes dented the team’s chances, with a visibly upset Su Weide scoring just 11.600 after falling twice.

China’s final athlete, Zhang Boheng, needed to score 15.266 for his country to win gold, and he has a history of doing so after scoring more than that in qualification.

But after a solid routine, a slight step on the dismount seemed to cost Zhang and he was scored 14.733, relegating China to silver.

There’s plenty of Japanese fans inside the Bercy Arena, and they’re making a huge amount of noise with that result.

Su Weide ofChinain action on the floor exercise of the men's artisticgymnastics'final at the Bercy Arena in Paris on July 29.

There’s a packed house at Paris’ Bercy Arena for the men’s gymnastics team final, which is approaching its conclusion.

China currently leads ahead of Japan and the USA, which has lots of support inside the arena. Chants of “USA! USA!” ring out as Fred Richard completes his floor routine, scoring 14.466.

Will there be a change in the current podium standings with the final rotation? We’ll find out soon enough.

Monday continues to be a jam-packed day at the 2024 Olympics.

It’ll be a big day for swimming with five gold medals up for grabs. Meanwhile, Team USA is feeling the pressure to keep up their streak of being number one in women’s basketball.

Here’s what to watch:

Team Australia pose with their medals after winning the women's 4x100m freestyle relay final in Paris La Défense Arena on July 27.

Olympics commentator Bob Ballard was dropped from Eurosport, the European pay TV company, on Monday after the veteran sportscaster madesexist comments about the Australian women’s swim team.

Following the conclusion of Sunday’s 4x100 meter freestyle relay, during which the Australian team won the gold medal, Ballard commented on the team’s apparent delay in exiting the Paris Aquatic Centre as they celebrated.

“Well, the women just finishing off. You know what women are like, hanging around, doing their makeup,” Ballard said.

Lizzie Simmonds, the former Olympian and Ballard’s Eurosport co-host, immediately rebuffed his comments.

“Outrageous, Bob,” Simmons said, as Ballard laughed. “Some of the men are doing that as well.”

A spokesperson for Eurosport, which distributes the Olympic broadcast in Europe and shares the same parent company as CNN, confirmed Ballard had been dropped over his comments.

Ballard, a veteran commentator who has reported on sports since the mid-’80s, has covered several Olympic games. He also works as a music and news presenter for BBC Local Radio.

In a statementposted Mondayon social media, Ballard offered an apology for his remarks.

“The comments I made during the Australian freestyle relay victory ceremony on Saturday have caused some offense. It was never my intention to upset or belittle anyone and, if I did, I apologize. I am a massive advocate of women’s sport,” he wrote.

Yuto Horigome, of Japan, executes a trick during the men's skateboard street final today.

Japan’s Yuto Horigomedefended his Olympic title in the men’s street skateboarding in dramatic fashion Monday at the 2024 Paris Games.

Sitting in seventh place in the eight-man competition before his final trick, the 25-year-old registered the best score of the event with 97.08 points. He would finish with a total score of 281.14.

USA’s Jagger Eaton andNyjah Huston earned silver and bronze, respectively. Eaton finished with 281.04 points. Huston had 279.38.

This event made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Canada's Christa Deguchi (in white) and South Korea's Huh Mimi (in blue) compete during the judo women’s 57 kg final contest on day three of the Olympic Games at the Champs-de-Mars Arena on July 29 in Paris.

Christa Deguchi won Canada’s first ever Olympic judo gold medal in a thrilling women’s 57kg final Monday with South Korea’s Huh Mimi.

There was nothing between Deguchi and Huh during regulation timewhich meant it wentto a golden score – an additional period to try and find a winner.

And in the extra period, Huh was given her third shido – a warning – for a false attack. Three shidos are equivalent to an automatic ippon, awarding the gold medal to Deguchi, with the Canadian appearing almost disbelieving at the ending.

The gold medal is Canada’s first gold of the Paris Games.

Bronzes were won by Japan’s Funakubo Haruka and France’s Sarah Léonie Cysique.

NicolasGestinof France celebrates winning gold in the men's canoe single final of the canoe slalom competition in Vaires-sur-Marne on July 29.

France’s Nicolas Gestin won gold in the men’s canoe slalom Monday, finishing over five seconds ahead of Adam Burgess of Team GB in second.

After Burgess had laid down an emphatic marker with a time of 96.84 seconds, the pressure was on Gestin to beat the time at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium who was going with the last attempt of the day having finished first in qualifying.

And the 24-year-old didn’t disappoint the home fans, producing a remarkably quick run down the course to finish with a time of 91.36 seconds and claim gold.

Burgess won silver while Slovakia’s Matej Beňuš won bronze.

Rafael Nadal of Team Spain acknowledges the crowd after losing to Novak Djokovic of Team Serbia at the end of their the men's singles second round match today.

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in a memorable match in the second round of the Olympics.

He finished the match with an exclamation mark ace. The 24-time grand slam singles champion won the final two games of the second set after Nadal had won four straight, sending the Roland Garros crowd into raptures.

Following the match, Nadal said, “I cannot complain. I have been playing on this(court)for 20 years, fighting for the most important things. I have achieved much more than what I could have dreamed. If that was the last match here, or when(ever) the last match will be, I am going to accept (it) in peace.”

Nadal is still competing with Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s doubles draw.

A view of the match ball during the women's group A match between France and Canada at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on July 28 in Saint-Etienne.

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canada Soccer areappealingFIFA’s six-point Olympics sanction imposed to the national women’s soccer team with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) amid the drone-spying scandal at the 2024 Paris Games.

On Saturday, football’s world governing body FIFA deducted six points from the team in group play and suspended coaches for one year.

“The appeal is based on the disproportionality of the sanction, which we believe unfairly punishes the athletes for actions they had no part in and goes far beyond restoring fairness to the match against New Zealand,” COC said in astatement.

A hearing is expected to take place Tuesday, according to Monday’s CAS press release, with a decision to be issued Wednesday.

CNN has reached out to FIFA for comment.

The COC formally apologized Wednesday after the New Zealand Olympic Committee lodged a complaint that its women’s soccer team practice was recorded by a drone in Saint-Étienne.

Canada, the defending Olympic champion, has won its first two matches of the Games – a 2-1 victory against New Zealand on Thursday and a 2-1 win over France on Sunday.

With the points deduction, Canada currently sits tied for third with New Zealand, behind Colombia and France in Group A.

Canada plays Colombia at Nice Stadium on Wednesday, still with a chance to advance to the knockout stage.

South Korea's Kim Je-deok shoots during the men's team quarterfinals Archery competition against Japan today in Paris.

The South Korean dominance over the sport of archery continued on Monday as the nation’s men won the team competition event in Paris.

South Korea thoroughly beat host France 5-1 in the final to claim its third Olympic gold medal in a row and seventh in 10 total Summer Games.

The team – comprised of Kim Je-deok, Kim Woo-jin and Lee Woo-seok – was dominant en route to the final, easing past Japan in the quarterfinals and China in the semifinals.

And in the final, the archers showed no sign of nerves, romping to the gold medal with extremely accurate shooting, missing out on the top score of 10 with just four of their 18 arrows.

They wrapped up the top spot with scores of 57-57, 59-58 and 59-56, not needing a decisive fourth set such was their margin of victory.

The men’s victory came a day after their women counterparts won their 10th consecutive gold medal in the team event – tied for the longest active gold medal streak at the Olympic Games.

Thomas Daley (left) and Noah Williams of Team Great Britain look on after winning silver in the Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final at the Aquatics Centre today.

On Monday, famed British diver Tom Daley said he was thrilled to win silver alongside partner Noah Williams in the men’s synchronized 10-meter platform.

That marked the fourth medal of Daley’s long Olympic career, dating all the way back to the Beijing Games in 2008 when he competed as a fresh-faced 14-year-old.

Daley didn’t rule out competing in Los Angeles for the 2028 Games.

“I live in LA now, so there are chances to do a second home Olympic Games. But right now, I just want to enjoy this moment, and we’ll see how it goes after that.”

NovakDjokovicof Serbia and RafaelNadalof Spain shake hands after their match.

Top tennis stars dominated the early competitions at Monday’s Olympic Games in Paris with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic advancing to the third round and Team USA’s Coco Gauff making easy work of her opponent.

If you’re just catching up, here’s what happened at the Games so far, today:

CocoGauffof United States in action during her match against Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina today.

Lian Junjie and Yang Hao of Team People's Republic of China compete in the Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Aquatics Centre today in Paris.

Ri Jong Sikand Kim Kum Yong of North Korea celebrate after winning their match against Chun Ting Wong of Hong Kong and Hoi Kem Doo of Hong Kong.

Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong of North Korea have produced a sensational run at the Paris Olympics to reach the final of the table tennis mixed doubles.

Remarkably, they are the lowest ranked pair in the tournament but beat the fourth seeds, Wong Chun Tingand Doo Hoi Kemof Hong Kong, to reach the gold medal match.

Ri and Kim have already beaten the second and eighth seeds en route to an improbable final appearance.

They will face China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, the world No. 1 pair, or Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin of South Korea in the final.

SimoneBilesof the United States performs on the uneven bars in women’s qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Bercy Arena on July 28.

USA GymnasticsannouncedMonday that Simone Biles will compete in all four events – vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise – in Tuesday’s women’s team final.

After her performance on the balance beam, Biles landed awkwardly while warming up for her floor routine and exited the arena before reemerging to get her lower left leg heavily taped.

Despite the apparent discomfort Sunday, she still ended up on the top of the leaderboard in first place in the all-around rankings and with Team USA in first place in team standings.

Cecile Landi, her coach, told reporters after the competition that Biles had been dealing with calf pain a couple weeks before Paris that flared up again during Sunday’s competition.

Here is Biles’ 2024 Olympic schedule:

Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts as he plays Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their men's singles second round match today at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.

Spanish star Rafael Nadal was reluctant Monday to say that he’s done playing at Roland Garros or against Novak Djokovic.

When asked about retirement after losing in straight sets to the Serb in their Olympic Games matchup, he seemed frustrated with the question.

Philippe Katerine attends the "Cesar - Revelations 2024" photocall at Elysee Montmartre on January 15 in Paris, France.

It was one of the more memorable moments of arguably the most unique opening ceremony in history, but one that hassparked controversyaround the world.

The scene in question has been described by some critics as a parody of “The Last Supper” and one which featured drag artists and multiple dancers.

The performance also included Philippe Katerine, a French entertainer who featured as the Greek god of wine, Dionysus, and quickly became known as the “semi-naked blue guy.”

His appearance went viral on social media, watched by millions of people around the world. In an interview with CNN, Katerine said his song “Nue” – or “Naked” – was a message for peace, inspired by war, such as those inGazaandUkraine.

Olympic organizers have already apologized for the scene after it was criticized by the Catholic Church and Christian groups.

You can read more here.

Britain's Adam Peaty competes in the final of the men's 100m breaststroke swimming event at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 28.

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Adam Peaty has tested positive for Covid, Team GB said in a statement on Monday.

The 29-year-old began to feel unwell before his men’s 100m breaststroke final on Sunday, according to the statement, with his symptoms worsening in the hours before the race. He went onto finish 0.02 seconds behind race-winner Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy to win silver.

“He is hopeful to be back in competition for the relay events later in the swimming programme,” the statement continued. “As in any case of illness, the situation is being managed appropriately, with all usual precautions being taken to keep the wider delegation healthy.”

Sunday’s silver medal takes Peaty’s tally of Olympic medals to six: three golds and three silvers.

Simone Biles competes on the uneven bars during a women's artistic gymnastics qualification round at Bercy Arena on July 28.

“Grateful to be doing what I love,” Simone Biles said Monday in anInstagram post, a day after fighting through a calf injury flareup during women’s gymnastics qualification.

Despite the apparent discomfort Sunday, she still ended up on the top of the leaderboard, with Biles in first place in the all-around rankings and with Team USA in first place in team standings.

After her performance on the balance beam, Biles landed awkwardly while warming up for her floor routine and exited the arena before reemerging to get her lower left leg heavily taped.

Cecile Landi, her coach, told reporters after the competition that Biles had been dealing with calf pain a couple weeks before Paris that flared up again during Sunday’s competition.

The men’s team final takes place Monday, while the women’s team final is Tuesday.

Germany's Michael Jung, riding Chipmunk Frh, competed in the equestrian jumping today in Versailles.

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Michael Jung won gold for Germany in the eventing individual final, becoming the first rider in history to win the Olympic title three times.

The 41-year-old finished with a score of 21.80, just ahead of Australia’s Christopher Burton on 22.40 in silver medal position.

Team GB’s Laura Collett picked up the bronze medal just hours after winning team gold.

Paris is known for its historical artifacts and world-renowned art.

One group of fans today showed their appreciation for the French capital’s traditions in a unique fashion.

The quartetdressed in images of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, which hangs in the city’s Louvre museum, with holes cut out to show their faces as they watched Germany’s men’s handball match against Japan.

With the four looking on, Germany was victorious 37-26 in their Group A encounter.

Costumed fans watch the men's preliminary round Group A handball match between Japan and Germany on July 29 in Paris.

Team USA’s figure skating team will finally receive the gold medals it earned from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on August 7 in a special reallocation event in Paris following the Kamila Valieva doping case fallout.

On Monday, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams announced the delayed ceremony will occur at the Paris Games’ Champions Park, where 2024 Summer Olympics’ medal winners receive their hardware.

Initially, Valieva and the other members of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) squad were awarded first in the team figure skating event. However, the results were removed when Valieva was disqualified after being found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation.

The reallocation also means the team from Japan will be awarded silver.

It is unclear who will receive bronze. Earlier this year, Canada filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) seeking to move up to bronze position. CAS said last week it is still considering Canada’s appeal. As of now, the ROC sits in third after the reallocation.

Adams also said that another allocation ceremony will take place in Paris on August 9. Ten other athletes will be awarded medals following retroactive results decisions from three previous Summer Olympic Games.

CNN is tracking every country in the race for the most gold medals in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Check back throughout the two weeks ofeventsfor the number of golds by country.

Below is the medal count, so far:

Thomas Pidco*ck of Team Great Britain sprints at finish line to win the gold medal during the Men's Cross-Country on day three of the Olympic Games today in Elancourt.

Team GB’s Tom Pidco*ck put in a heroic performance to recover from a puncture and still retain his mountain bike Olympic title on Monday.

Pidco*ck’s race looked to be over when he suffered a front wheel puncture on the third lap which cost him approximately 26 seconds and saw him slip down to ninth.

But the 24-year-old dug deep and clawed his way back despite falling almost 40 seconds behind the leading rider, France’s Victor Koretzky.

And in an astonishing finish, Pidco*ck passed Koretzky with just over a lap to go, with the pair going head-to-head all the way to the finish line.

Pidco*ck staved off a late charge from the Frenchman but in the end, had enough to finish 9 seconds clear to complete a remarkable race for the reigning Olympic gold medalist.

He was joined in celebration by his family, while Koretzky could be seen in tears having won silver. South Africa’s Alan Hatherly finished in third to claim bronze.

Pidco*ck – who turns 25 on Tuesday – becomes just the second man to win two Olympic mountain bike gold medals after France’s Julien Absalon.

After the race, Pidco*ck described his race as “suffering, suffering.”

“I enjoy the races where I put the work in and it’s kind of easier – Tokyo was better in that respect because I was in control.

“Here, I was not in control, I was fighting to come back. I made two mistakes, I punctured and fell off the course in the same place, so it was a battle out there.”

Here are the official race times:

This post was updated with remarks by Great Britain’s Tom Pidco*ck.

Novak Djokovic celebrates winning against Rafael Nadal on July 29.

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in an epic showdown in the second round of the Olympics, putting the Spaniard away in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.

He finished the match with an exclamation mark ace.

The 24-time grand slam singles champion won the final two games of the second set after Nadal had won four straight, sending the Roland Garros crowd into raptures. But the top-seeded Serb would not be denied in his quest for a first gold medal and the completion of the career golden slam.

Telecommunication operators in six parts of France were hit overnight, after fiber optic lines were damaged in what is described as “major sabotage,” three days after Friday’s railway infrastructure attack.

French internet provider Netalis CEO Nicolas Guillaume said in a post on X, that the “major sabotage” occurred at 2:15 a.m. local time Monday and that several operators were hit.

Images shared on X by Guillaume show at least four cables that appear to have been sliced through.

Guillaume said that the damage affected long-distance cables, adding that back-up routes were allowing traffic to be rerouted although latency was affected.

He said that it was a failure of the French state to unify small and large operators in France, which would have better protected the network infrastructure. “I am particularly angry,” Guillaume said.

French digital affairs minister Marina Ferrari said that the center for electronic defense communications is cooperating with carriers until communications and services are fully restored.

“I condemn these cowardly and irresponsible acts in the strongest possible terms,” she said.

CNN has reached out to local prosecutors for comment.

The incident comes three days after saboteurs targeted high-speed railway lines in an attack coinciding with the start of the Olympics, affecting thousands of travelers.

Novak Djokovic just put a halt to Nadal’s incredible second set rally after a hard-fought game.

With a break point, Djokovic is up 5-4 and just one game away from advancing toward his long-sought gold medal.

Nadal had all the momentum with him here at Roland Garros after Djokovic dominated the first set and the opening of the second. His back is now against the wall as he faces elimination in the second round of the tournament.

Rafael Nadal takes on NovakDjokovicon July 29.

Rafael Nadal has now taken four consecutive games from Novak Djokovic as the top-seeded Serb is reeling.

Roland Garros is rocking and Nadal looks a completely different player from earlier in the match.

Djokovic still is only two games away from taking this match but all the momentum is with his longtime rival.

Team USA's Coco Gauff serves against Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina during the women's singles match on July 29.

Coco Gauff advanced to the third round of the women’s singles tournament on Monday after a straight sets victory over María Lourdes Carlé.

The No. 2 seed raced into a 5-0 lead in the first set on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, eventually winning 6-1.

The US player broke Argentina’s Carlé in the opening game of the second set to continue to assert her control, racing away to clinch her spot in the next round 6-1.

Gauff has already shown she is formidable on Paris’ clay courts this year, having won the women’s doubles title at the French Open in June.

She will now face Croatia’s Donna Vekić in the next round after the 28-year-old beat Bianca Andreescu in straight sets earlier on Monday.

Vekić’s run to the third round continues her excellent form this season, after reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon earlier this month, her career-best performance at a grand slam.

The cheers of “Rafa!” began feeling a little half-hearted here in Paris as Novak Djokovic built a 4-0 lead in the second set, threatening to run away with this one.

But Rafael Nadal and Paris have a special relationship. And he’s riding that wave of love to a remarkable surge in momentum.

It’s now 4-3 in the second set and we are set for a crucial game. If Nadal breaks Djokovic here, then it’s all to play for. But if this wave of momentum breaks, then Djokovic is just one set away from victory.

Well, don’t look now but Rafael Nadal isn’t quite done yet.

The Spanish great has a tall mountain to climb against Novak Djokovic but he’s taken two straight games in the second set and now trails 4-2. He just broke Djokovic after the Serb double faulted.

If he takes this third game, expect Roland Garros to explode.

Rafael Nadal looks on during a match against Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros on July 29.

Rafael Nadal was just shown on the big screen here with sweat pouring off his face in between games.

It’s a bright and warm day here in the French capital and Nadal seems to be wilting under the combination of the heat and Novak Djokovic’s power. He’s now down 4-0 in the second set after dropping the first set 6-1.

This court has been Nadal’s playground for the better part of two decades. This might end up being one of his worst days here as Djokovic is doing whatever he wants.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts while playing Spain's Rafael Nadal during their men's singles tennis match on July 29.

Novak Djokovic just powered an ace past Rafael Nadal and is threatening to steam roll the Spaniard here in the second round of the Olympics.

The Serb is seeking a golden slam – something only accomplished by four other players in men’s and women’s tennis – by adding a gold medal to his career grand slam. He’s up 2-0 in the second set after winning the first.

He’s one of the all-time greats and he’s making another member of that club – Nadal – look like the oft-injured 38-year-old that he is. Djokovic, just a year younger, just feels a bit stronger at this point.

Novak Djokovic is one set away from clearing a major hurdle in his quest for a first gold medal.

With a 6-1 shellacking of Rafael Nadal in the first set, Djokovic has looked overpowering for much of this match so far.

Nadal looked a little better in the last two games of the opening set, but he’ll need all of the energy from the partisan Paris crowd to help him back into this one.

The heat might also become a factor here as the early afternoon sun beats down here in Paris. It’s a picture perfect day with not a cloud above Roland Garros – but it’s also in the mid-80s in Paris as the City of Light faces its first heat wave of the summer this week.

Both players are relaxing under the shade of umbrellas in between sets here.

Fans of Spain's Rafael Nadal wave a Spanish flag as they cheer him on against Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the men's singles tennis match on July 29.

He’s the King of Clay and beloved here in Paris, but Rafael Nadal started off this match seeming overwhelmed by Novak Djokovic.

The crowd favorite in Paris has won the French Open an unbelievable 14 times, more than anyone else, and might as well be charging rent to other players who take Phillipe-Chartrier Court.

With every point he scores, the crowd here explodes and chants of “Ra-fa!” follow most points.

He just won his first game of the match, but is down 5-1 to his longtime rival in the first set. But with the crowd on his side, momentum could switch quickly.

Marisol Casado, president of World Triathlon, told CNN on Monday that she was confident the men’s event would go ahead as planned on Tuesday, after training was suspended for the second straight day amid concerns over the water quality in the River Seine.

Quality testing deemed the river unsafe for athletes on both Sunday and Monday after heavy rainfall on Friday and parts of Saturday.

The men’s triathlon is scheduled for Tuesday and the women’s triathlon is scheduled for Wednesday. The contingency dates for those races are Thursday and Friday, respectively.

Despite this, Casado did not rule out the possibility of the race being moved if water quality does not improve to the required level, adding that the swimming leg of the triathlon could be eliminated in the “worst scenario,” converting the competition into a duathlon with a run, cycle and another run: “I hope we’re not going to arrive to this point.”

Asked how confident she is that the event will be held as planned on Tuesday, Casado said that her confidence level is 8 out 10 and that weather conditions are improving.

The all-time men’s grand slam leader is flying out of the blocks here.

He just took the third and fourth games of the match, breaking Nadal’s serve a second time to take a commanding lead in the first set – including not allowing Nadal to take a point in the third game of the set.

It’s probably a little earlier for a pressure moment than Nadal would have wanted, but he’s facing a crucial game.

Djokovic has also displayed a bit of sportsmanship: on a close shot that got by him on his left, the Serb went over to the ball mark to show it had landed in play.

Spain's Rafael Nadal waits to receive from Serbia's Novak Djokovic during the men's singles second round tennis match on July 29.

It didn’t take long for a major moment in the match to take place.

Novak Djokovic just got the first break of the match in only the second game. He’s now up 2-0 over Rafael Nadal in the early going.

Unlike in grand slam play, Olympic men’s matches are only three sets. That means there’s little margin for error from either competitor as the match gets going.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia is pictured in action during a match against Rafael Nadal of Spain, on July 29.

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic has taken the first game in his match against Rafael Nadal as this clash of the titans gets going at Ronald Garros today.

If the first game is any indication, we are in for a treat. The power of both men has been on display so far with both sending rockets past one another in the opening game.

While the crowd is mostly pro-Nadal, with loud chants of “Ra-fa!” after most points, bursts of noise follow every winner in this nearly 15,000 seat stadium.

Laura Collett of Team GB celebrates with horse London 52 after competing in the team eventing final on July 29 in Versailles, France.

Team GB defended its team eventing title Monday to earn the nation’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics.

Rider Laura Collett – teamed up with Rosalind Canter and Tom McEwen – put in a near-faultless final round to secure back-to-back Olympic titles ahead of host nation France, whose riders were overjoyed with securing silver.

It’s only the second time Team GB has successfully defended the team eventing title after also doing so in 1972, according to the BBC.

Team GB now has five Olympic golds in team eventing, the most in history.

Japan took the bronze medal, its first equestrian medal since 1932.

“Unreal feeling,” Collett said of retaining gold. “It felt so special in Tokyo, but this is blowing it out of the water.”

McEwen added: “Humans. Spectators. It’s been amazing. From yesterday’s cross-country with the noise as you were going around, it’s like a world of noise following you around. Today’s shown off the best of this sport’s abilities.

“These horses have been incredible and these people in this team is even better.”

This post was updated with remarks by Great Britain’s Laura Collett and Tom McEwen.

Rafael Nadal of Spain and Novak Djokovic of Serbia pose together before their match on July 29.

The anticipation is off the charts here. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal just posed for the prematch photo and are warming up to roars from Roland Garros.

Few people are sitting as the two men knock the ball back and forth across the clay. They’re both wearing the red shirts of their respective countries and Nadal is in his trademark white headband.

It’s one of the most storied rivalries in world tennis over the last two decades.

Monday’s match will be the 60th time Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have faced each other, extending their record. Over their previous matches, Djokovic has the slimmest of advantages over Nadal, 30-29.

They’ve met before in the Olympics, in the 2008 semifinals that Nadal won on his way to a gold medal. Their last meeting was in 2022 at Roland Garros in the French Open, which Nadal also won.

The crowd here in Paris is absolutely amped in preparation for this renewal of a legendary matchup, with Djokovic looking for his first gold medal in his career.

Olmpic officials remain confident that triathlon events will be able to go ahead despite concerns over the water quality of the River Seine.

Speaking at the daily International Olympic Committee press conference, Thobois said that “as you could see there’s been quite a lot of rain in the last couple of days, but we are monitoring very closely,” adding that the forecast is improving.

“We are very respectful of the athletes and they are the heart of the Olympic Games,” Thobois added when pressed on how he feels about the athletes going to bed tonight not knowing whether they will be able to compete when they wake up.

The Paris 2024 chief reiterated that everything possible has been done “to achieve the level quality to swim in the River Seine.”

Asked whether authorities are concerned about the current of the river, Thobois said that although “it’s been much higher than normally this time of the year,” there are no issues in this regard.

Poland's Iga Świątek, right, shakes hands with France's Diane Parry after their women's singles second round tennis match on July 29.

Iga Świątek of Poland, the top-ranked player in the world and one of the favorites for a gold medal here in Paris, is through to the third round.

Świątek eased past Diane Parry 6-1 6-1 and never really let the Frenchwoman into the match.

The three-time defending French Open champion will face China’s Wang Xiyu after she defeated Russian Diana Shnaider, who participated as an “Individual Neutral Athlete,” in the third round.

Next up at Roland Garros: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the day’s most-anticipated matchup.

It was another action-packed day at the Games yesterday and Day 3 shows no signs of slowing down.

Nadal vs Djokovic: A huge moment at this year’s Games is almost underway in the men’s singles tennis tournament. Two of the greatest players of all-time, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, are facing each other in the second round at Court Philippe-Chatrier with play set to begin very shortly.

Team USA women’s basketball: Much is expected of the US women’s basketball team at this year’s Olympics, as it bids to win an eighth consecutive gold medal. The squad’s campaign gets underway against Japan, with action due to start at 3 p.m. ET (9 p.m. local).

Men’s skateboarding final: We saw a 14-year-old win gold in the women’s street skateboarding final yesterday and it’s now over to the men. The men’s street skateboarding final is due to start at 11 a.m. ET (5 p.m. local) and defending Olympic champion Yuto Horigome is one to watch out for.

Gymnastics team final: The men’s team gymnastics final is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. ET (5:30 p.m. local). The US will be looking to win its first team medal in the event since 2008.

Swimming finals: A total of five gold medals are up for grabs in the pool later today. The finals will get underway at 2:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. local) and will feature the likes of Australia’s Ariarne Titmus, who is looking for yet more glory in the women’s 200m freestyle.

Poland's Iga Świątek reacts while playing France's Diane Parry during the women's singles second round tennis match at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris on July 29.

The partisan crowd here at Roland Garros is loud and behind its favorite Diane Parry, but the world No. 1 Iga Świątek is showing her quality.

The Polish star took the first set 6-1, with Parry only taking the penultimate game. Świątek has looked strong, keeping her French opponent – the 59th ranked player in the world – off balance with a series of powerful serves and deft volleys.

Parry seemed to come into the match during the last two games of the first set, leading to loud cheers from the crowd.

China's Sheng Lihao competes during the 10m air rifle men's final on July 29, in Chateauroux, France.

It’s turning out to be a brilliant start to the week for Chinese athletes at the Olympic Games.

Not long after Chinese divers Lian Junjie and Yang Hao picked up gold in the men’s synchronized diving, 19-year-old Sheng Lihao took the top podium spot in the men’s 10-meter air rifle final.

It’s the teenager’s second gold medal of these Games after he was also crowned Olympic champion in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event alongside Huang Yuting.

Sheng is already putting together a formidable Olympic record at such a young age, adding the two golds to a silver medal he won in the 10-meter air rifle as a 16-year-old at Tokyo 2020.

To make his victory even more impressive, Sheng took the win with a new Olympic Record score of 252.2.

Sweden’s Victor Lindgren, the reigning world champion, narrowly lost out to take second place with a score of 251.4 in what was a nail-biting battle right until the end.

Croatia’s Miran Maričić took bronze, but was incredibly emotional at realizing he won a medal.

This post was updated with remarks by Croatia’s Miran Maričić.

China's Lian Junjie and Yang Hao compete in the men's 10m synchronized diving final on July 29.

It was a dominant performance from China’s Lian Junjie and Yang Hao in the men’s synchronized 10m platform final, with the pair tallying a mammoth score of 490.35.

The duo, which have previously won three world championship titles, was making its Olympic debut in Paris and recorded the highest score in every round to win the gold medal.

“It has taken many years to get to this level. We have been doing this for six years,” Yang told reporters, speaking about his teammate Lian.

British pair Tom Daley and Noah Williams picked up the silver medal, making Daley the first diver to win three Olympic medals in the men’s 10m synchronized platform.

Daley made his Olympic debut back in 2008, when he was just 14. His husband and two children were in the crowd to watch his latest achievement.

“It was so special to see them here. I can’t wait to go and spend the rest of the afternoon with them,” Daley told reporters after receiving his medal.

Meanwhile, Canada’s Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray made history by claiming the bronze medal, marking the nation’s first podium finish in this event.

This post was updated with remarks by China’s Yang Hao and Great Britain’s Tom Daley.

The Olympic tennis tournament is underway, but the red clay of Roland Garros is missing some of the sport’s biggest stars, including world no. 1 Jannik Sinner.

While some are sidelined by illnesses and injuries, others are abstaining as a result of the professional circuit’s brutal schedule this summer.

Between the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, summer is always a busy season for those chasing an elusive Grand Slam title. Though the rest of the sports world sees the Olympics as the ultimate competition, the Games’ anthem falls flat amidst the prestigious yearly summer tournaments in Paris, London and New York.

Ben Shelton, the rising 21-year-old US star ranked No. 14 in the world, said the Olympics fall at a tough time in the tournament schedule, as he will be coming off a stint in Europe and wants to prepare for the US Open.

Read more on why this edition of the Olympic tennis tournament is a tough task for the world’s best players.

Iga Swiatek of Poland takes on French tennis player Diane Parry at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.

The first match of the day is about to get going at Court Philippe-Chatrier here at Roland Garros and it is going to be an electric afternoon in the Paris sunshine.

Today’s first contest is a second-round encounter in the women’s tournament between France’s Diane Parry and Poland’s Iga Świątek. While the home nation’s crowd will certainly be behind Parry, it’s the second clash on the schedule that has everyone’s mouths watering.

Rafael Nadal, the “King of Clay” and 14-time winner of the French Open held annually on this court, is the sentimental favorite. Nadal has endeared himself to the Paris faithful over the years with his dominance of the French Open and is attempting to make one final run for gold on what could potentially be one of his last runs on these famous clay courts as he alludes to a career which is slowly winding down.

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a forehand against Marton Fucsovics of Hungary during the men’s singles first round match on July 28 at Roland Garros in Paris.

Meanwhile, for Novak Djokovic — the winner of 24 grand slams, the most all-time in the men’s game — Nadal is a major obstacle to the one title he hasn’t won: an Olympic gold medal. The Serb has been open about his desire to win his first gold.

Nadal eked out a win in three sets on Sunday in his first-round match while Djokovic cruised on Saturday in his opening contest. The Spaniard has fought injuries for much of the last two years and his opponent will be favored — but there’s just something different about the Spaniard playing on Roland Garros’ clay.

Here’s how to watch this epic match:

US gymnast Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the Olympic qualification round on July 28.

Welcome to our Monday coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Fans saw plenty of standout performances at the Summer Games yesterday, from South Korean archers to newly crowned French swimming royalty. But the US in particular brought the star-power during an exciting day of action in Paris.

If you’re just catching up, here’s what happened at the Games on Sunday:

Gymnastics:

Basketball:

Great Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates during his doubles first-round match with partner Dan Evans on July 28.

Tennis:

Swimming:

Other key moments:

Ban Hyo-jin of South Korea poses following the women's 10m air rifle final on July 29.

Ban Hyo-jin is only 16, but she’s already got an Olympic gold medal to her name.

The South Korean teenager claimed victory in the women’s 10m air rifle final, beating China’s Huang Yuting in a shoot-off.

Both had equaled the Olympic record of 251.8 set at the Tokyo Games, before Ban held her nerve to take the gold.

“I did not expect for the last two shots to be that close but after the last two shots I thought this was a great chance for me to prove I could get a gold medal. So I focused very intensely on the last shot,” Ban said after the final.

Huang picked up the silver medal, while Switzerland’s Audrey Gogniat claimed bronze.

The post was updated with some remarks from Ban after her win.

Delegations arrive at the Trocadero in Paris, as spectators watch French singerPhilippeKaterineperforming on a giant screen during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26.

Organizers of the Paris Olympics have apologized for what some critics described as a parody of “The Last Supper” during the lavish opening ceremony on Friday.

The scene featured drag artists and dancers and was widely criticized by the Catholic church and Christian groups.

The French Catholic Church said the festivities “included scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity.”

Performers are seen on a catwalk erected along the Passerelle Debilly bridge in Paris during the opening ceremony.

While the scene has come under criticism, the opening ceremony was also widely praised, with some users pointing out that the scene was more reminiscent of other works, like “The Feast of the Gods” by Johann Rottenhammer and Jan Brueghel.

Thomas Jolly, the director of the opening ceremony, insisted that “The Last Supper” wasn’t the inspiration behind the scene in an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV on Sunday.

“Dionysus arrives at the table because he is the Greek God of celebration and that sequence is called ‘festivity,’” Jolly said.

“The God of wine, which is also a French jewel and father of Sequana, the Goddess linked to the River Seine.The idea was to create a big pagan party in link with the God of Mount Olympus — and you will never find in me, or in my work, any desire of mocking anyone.”

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the official Olympics account said the “interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings.”

A view across the Seine River in Paris, on Sunday, July 28. The Olympic triathlon swimming training sessions scheduled for Sunday and Monday were canceled after water quality testing deemed the water unsafe for athletes.

The rain that drenchedFriday’s opening ceremonymay have moved out of Paris, but its effects are still beingfelt in the River Seine, with water quality concerns throwing the triathlon competition into uncertainty.

The decision to hold some swimming events in the river that splits Paris raised eyebrows when it was first announced. Swimming in the Seine has been illegal for a century but, in their desire to put the host city on full display, organizers worked up a plan to clean up the river so the world’s best athletes could use it during Paris 2024.

It was a risky move: Pollution in the Seine typically jumps after heavy rains like the ones that fell on the French capital throughout Friday and most of Saturday. Training was canceled for a second straight day on Monday after water quality testing deemed the water unsafe for athletes.

Still, organizers are confident the race will go ahead. The men’s triathlon is scheduled for Tuesday and the women’s triathlon for Wednesday. The contingency dates for those races are Thursday and Friday.

“Given the weather forecast for the next 36 hours, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon are confident thatwaterquality will return to below limits before the start of the triathlon competitions on July 30,” Paris 2024 and World Triathlon said.

The Paris area is also set for itsfirst heat wave of the summerthis week, which will hit at the same time as the triathlon.

Read more about the Seine’s water quality.

Johanne Defay of Team France falls during round one of surfing on July 27, in Teahupo'o, on French Polynesia's island of Tahiti.

Picture surfing in most scenarios and usually you think of beautiful locales with people riding the waves, usually in laid-back or stress-free atmospheres.

But this isn’t any normal scenario on the water. The Olympic surfing competition — located very, very far from the River Seine and the picturesque atmosphere of Paris all the way in gorgeous Teahupo’o in Tahiti — features the top athletes on the planet competing fiercely for the one of the most coveted prizes in the sport.

And sometimes, surfing can prove to be a rough, or even dangerous, sport.

France’s Johanne Defay was surfing on day 1 of competition on Saturday when she fell off her board on her first wave, colliding with the rough coral reef and cutting her head.

Defay's injury is looked at by medical staff after a fall.

Defay required four stitches but returned, donning a helmet, and made it through the rest of the day before qualifying for the round of 16 on Day 2, taking down Australia’s Molly Picklum to lead the entire contingent of French surfers into the knockouts.

“Yesterday on my first wave I had a fall… it just went so big, I went straight into the coral with my head, I had four stitches,” Defay said after qualifying for the round of 16.

“They made me go through the concussion protocols and the results were so-so, so they made me go through them all again this morning… There’s no trauma, so we’re happy.”

Defay dons a helmet while riding a wave during round one on July 27.

So next time you watch surfing, just remember, behind the artistry and athletic ability on the water, it can be a contact sport.

Two people shelter from the heat in Toulouse, France, on July 28.

With the 2024 Paris Games in full swing, a very hot air mass from Spain will spread into France this week, with Wednesday expected to be the hottest day of the sequence on a national scale.

Both high temperatures and low temperatures are expected to be well above average for the next several days, leading France’s meteorological department, Meteo-France, to issue orange heat warnings beginning Monday and Tuesday for39 separate locations.

Here are temperatures expected in some Olympic venue cities:

Parts of southern France reached 100 degrees yesterday as the heat wave moved north.

And today temperatures could reachas high as 104 near the Mediterranean and the southwestern portion of the nation.

Paris has a high of 86 degrees today and could see a high of 95 degrees tomorrow.

The Paris Olympics kicked into full gear this weekend.

As day three gets underway, catch up with some of the best photographs from the second day of competition.

See more of the best photos from the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi celebrateswinning the men's 100-meter breaststroke goldon July 28. Martinenghi finished with a time of 59.03.

US forward Trinity Rodman jumps over the tackle of Germany's Alexandra Popp during the US women's soccer team's 4-1 victory over Germany on July 28.

Great Britain's Patrick James Brown swings at Keno Marley Machado of Brazil during a preliminary boxing round on July 28.

American swimmer Torri Huske, left, just edges teammate Gretchen Walsh as theyfinish 1-2 in the 100-meter butterflyon July 28.

Zambia's Martha Tembo consoles teammate Barbra Banda after Australiacame back from a 5-2 deficit to win 6-5in their soccer match on July 28.

Slovakia's Yang Wang competes in table tennis on July 28.

Lauren Scruggs, left, and Lee Kiefer, both of the US, celebrate after facing off in the women’s foil event on July 28.Kiefer overwhelmed Scruggs 15-6, winning her second career Olympic medal, while Scruggs won silver in her Olympic debut.

Athletes from South Korea's delegation sail in a boat along the river Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in on July 26.

Olympicsorganizers have “deeply apologized” to South Korea over a “human error” that saw its 143 athletes wrongly introduced as North Korean at the opening ceremony.

The mishap occurred on Friday, when the South Korean athletes made their debut on a boat cruising down the River Seine. Both the French and English announcements falsely identified them as being from the “People’s Democratic Republic of Korea.”

That’s the full name of North Korea.The official name of South Korea is the “Republic of Korea.”

The error is politically sensitive for the two Koreas, which are still technically at war. The Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, andno peace treaty has ever been signed.

On Sunday, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), spoke with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on a call, according toa statement.

“In this telephone call, the IOC President apologized sincerely for the mistake in the audio broadcast of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024… in which the team of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Korea… was wrongly identified,” it said.

“The problem was identified as a human error, for which the IOC is deeply sorry.”

The phone call followed a more immediate apology from the Olympics body, which was issued shortly after the blunder on its official Korean-language account on X.

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The crowd cheers for a lifeguard after he went into the pool to recover the swim cap of US swimmer Emma Weber on July 28.

They say in sports to expect the unexpected.

But really, who could have expected a lifeguard in a bright, multi-colored, very small swimsuit to jump into thepool at La Défense Arenaon Sunday in front of 15,000 people — and be hailed as a hero.

When American swimmer Emma Weberlost one of her swim caps in the pool, someone needed to fish it out. And it was up to the aforementioned hero lifeguard to plunge into the pool in front of thousands of fans to do the retrieval.

To huge cheers from the crowd, the lifeguard dove into the pool and picked up the cap at the bottom. After a quick swim to the edge of the pool, he pulled himself out — and allowed himself a wave to his new flock of adoring fans.

“This situation is common at swimming competitions,” a Paris 2024 spokesperson told CNN. “As the lifeguards are the only people wearing swimwear, apart from the athletes, a request may be made to fetch an item at the bottom of the pool prior to the next race. In this case, the request was made to the lifeguard closest to the item.”

The lifeguard declined to allow his name to be reported, the spokesperson said, in order to keep his attention on his duties for the rest of the competition.

Deemed “Bob the Cap Catcher” by NBC’s commentary crew, it was a moment of levity at one ofthe most pressure-packed venues at these Games.

SNCF employees and French gendarmes work at the scene of an attack on the high speed railway network, at Croiselles, northern France, on Friday, July 26.

France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said authorities have identified several people who carried out Friday’s attacks on the country’s high-speed railway.

Darmanin said the tactics used resembled methods of the far-left, although he said much was still unclear.

An intelligence source previously told CNN that“these methods have been used by the far-left in the past.” But the source said at the time that there was “there is no evidence to tie today’s actions to them.”

Australia, Japan, the US and France have all had strong showings in the early days of the Summer Olympics.

Here’s where the medal rankings stand:

The triathlon training swim at the Paris Olympics has been canceled for a second day due to poor water quality levels in the River Seine, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon said in a statement.

Triathletes were set to practice in the Seine ahead of their upcoming events but the recent heavy rain in Paris has meant they will no longer get the opportunity.

“Given the weather forecast for the next 36 hours, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon are confident that water quality will return to below limits before the start of the triathlon competitions on July 30,” the statement said.

On Saturday, Data provided by Fluidion, a technology company that is testing the quality of the Seine daily, showed a huge increase in E. coli compared to the previous two days.

France's Leon Marchand celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 400m individual medley final on July 28, in Nanterre, France.

Katie Ledecky aims to cement her legacy The 10-time medalist started off her Olympics with a bronze medal finish in Saturday’s 400-meter freestyle. She’ll also compete in the 800-meter and the 1,500-meter races over the next several days. She’s won gold in the 800 three times and gold in the 1,500 twice – and hasn’t been defeated in those races in any of the Olympics that she’s entered.

Fallout from Chinese doping scandal Ever since the New York Times reported in April that 23 Chinese swimmers had all tested positive for the same banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and were still allowed to compete at the games in 2021, resentment and frustration has been simmering in the water. Eleven of those Chinese swimmersare due to compete again in Paris,and many of their rivals are preparing to go against them with a sense of bitter resignation.

Australian-American rivalry reignited The heat is turned up on the rivalry between two of the greatest swimming nations. The tone was set early on when Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus faced off in the 400-meter freestyle and Titmus easily beat her American rival. The Australians medaled in all four medal races on Saturday to the Americans’ three. But in the last race of the night, the American men’s 4X100 freestyle team took back the momentum by winning Team USA’s first gold of the Olympics.

Leon Marchand carries French hopes in the pool Billed as a potential successor to Michael Phelps, the Frenchprodigy set an Olympic record and crushed the field in the 400m individual medley. Marchand entered the Games as the host nation’stop hope for gold in the pool. It had been 12 years since the French won a medal in swimming.

Caeleb Dressel hopes to use fatherhood to spring him to glory Having won seven gold medals in his Olympic career, Dressel will focus on the 100-meter butterfly, the 50-meter freestyle and has already won gold as part of the 4x100-meter relay team. Dressel has won gold in every Olympic event he’s entered so far in his career.

He told reporters last week that his son, August, is now his inspiration.