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Athletes from Belgium and Switzerland have fallen ill after competing in the triathlon held in the River Seine, officials announced, and several athletes have been forced to withdraw from the competition.

Paris Olympics: Mixed triathlon to proceed despite sick swimmers withdrawing

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The Belgian triathlon team has pulled out of the mixed relay on Monday with one of its members out with an illness, the Belgian IOC announced Sunday. Claire Michel, one of four Belgians that was supposed to compete in the mixed event, is ill after competing in the women's triathlon on Wednesday. Although the Belgian IOC did not give any details about Michel's illness, Belgian outlet De Standaard reported that Michel had been hospitalized for four days with an E. coli infection.

Belgium pulls out of triathlon mixed relay after relay member Claire Michel is ruled out with an unspecified illness

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 The second fighter at the centre of Olympic boxing’s gender row has booked her place in the quarter-finals of the competition with a comfortable points victory.Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan beat Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova by unanimous decision in their women’s 57kg bout at the North Paris Arena on Friday.Lin is one of two boxers who have been allowed to compete at these Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), despite having been disqualified from last year’s World Championships for failing a gender test.The other, Algeria’s Imane Khelif, started her campaign on Thursday in hugely controversial fashion, as Italian opponent Angela...

Olympics 2024: Lin Yu-ting wins first fight at Paris Games amid boxing gender row

Belgium has announced that it will not compete in the upcoming mixed relay triathlon after one of its athletes fell ill. The day before the event is set to take place at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee revealed in a French statement Aug. 4 that Claire Michel was battling health issues and could not participate.

Belgium withdraws from mixed relay triathlon after athlete falls ill

 The Paris Olympics’s boxing gender debate intensified on Thursday (August 1) after an Italian fighter abandoned her bout within a minute against a rival who had failed a testosterone test.Angela Carini broke down in tears as she pulled out of the fight after just 46 seconds, having been caught twice by powerful blows from Algerian fighter Imane Khelif.Khelif was disqualified from last year’s World Championships after failing a test set by the International Boxing Association (IBA), which said at the time that the 25-year-old’s “elevated levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria” for women’s competition.She has, however, been ruled eligible...

What is DSD? The condition at the heart of Imane Khelif boxing gender test scandal

 Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender "harms human dignity" as she called for an end to “bullying” athletes having been greatly affected by the international backlash against her.The Algerian athlete spoke about her tumultuous Olympic experience on Sunday night in an interview with SNTV, a sports video partner of The Associated Press."I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects," Khelif said in Arabic....

Olympics 2024: Imane Khelif pleas for 'human dignity' after 'bullying' over boxing gender questions

A young boy has died after a bouncy castle was blown into the air by high winds.The five-year-old was at the Regency Furniture baseball stadium in Waldorf, Maryland, in the United States when it happened, Sky News reported. Emergency services were called on Friday after the inflatable was lifted around “15 to 20 feet up in the air".Two children were flown to the Children's National Hospital in Washington DC by Maryland State Police and the 5-year-old from La Plata was pronounced dead later that evening.The second child was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.Witnesses told NBC News the bouncy castle had been secured by stakes hammeredinto the ground. A spokesman for Charles County, where the incident happened, said emergency services staff at the stadium for the game were joined by volunteers to look after the injured.Local government commissioner president Reuben Collins added: "We extend our deepest empathy to the children and their families during this difficult time."We thank our EMS team and the Maryland State Police for their swift actions to ensure the children received immediate care." 

Five-year-old boy dies as bouncy castle blown into the air by high winds

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

 A wide-ranging prisoner swap between Russia and Western nations has seen the release of various Russian citizens, including suspected spies, cybercriminals and a convicted assassin.On Thursday, the United States and Russia orchestrated their largest prisoner swap since the fall of the Soviet Union. This multinational agreement resulted in the release of two dozen individuals.Those freed by Moscow included Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal; Paul Whelan, a security consultant with Irish and British citizenship; and several dissidents, among them Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian-British national known for his criticism of the Kremlin.Here are the eight prisoners returned...

Who are the Russians freed in massive multinational prisoner swap?

 Tropical Storm Debby has been strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as the life-threatening storm approaches Florida.US forecasters have warned the hurricane, which is expected to reach land at around midday on Monday, could cause catastrophic flooding in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia.The hurricane is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Alberto, Hurricane Beryl and Tropical Storm Chris, all of which formed in June.Debby was expected to move east over northern Florida and then stall over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, thrashing the region with record setting rains, totaling...

Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Florida

 The father of the Algerian boxer at the centre of the olympics gender eligibility storm has said criticism of her is “immoral” and “not fair”.Imane Khelif hit the headlines when her Italian opponent Angela Carini quit less then a minute into their bout saying she feared for her safety.The 25-year-old Algerian was not allowed to fight at last year’s world championships after failing to meet gender eligibility criteria.Her father Amar Khelif said: “The attacks against her are immoral, it is not fair.”He told Mail Online she had loved sport since she was “a little girl” and said the criticism was...

Controversial Algerian boxer's father says attacks on daughter are 'immoral'

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Team USA earned silver in the second ever Olympic triathlon mixed relay in a photo finish. Seth Rider, Taylor Spivey, Morgan Pearson and Taylor Knibb gave the U.S. a second straight mixed relay silver medal after Team USA placed second in the inaugural event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Germany...

Team USA claims silver in thrilling triathlon mixed relay finish

Despite two athletes falling ill and an ongoing controversy around water quality in the River Seine, the mixed relay triathlon got underway on Monday with Germany securing a dramatic gold medal.

Germany wins dramatic gold medal after controversial mixed relay triathlon went ahead in River Seine

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Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful self-syndicated editorial cartoonist in the nation. His cartoons are reprinted many times in USA Today, Denver Post, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, The Week and The Washington Post. Joe’s cartoons have won numerous distinctions, including 10 Best of Gannett awards, eight Milwaukee Press Club awards and two Honorable mentions for the John Fischetti Award. He lives in Green Bay with his wife, Pamela. He is a regular featured cartoonist for the NKyTribune .

Joe Heller: Cartoonist views Olympics, court limits, last supper, eye-for-eye, orange/black

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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

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There was confusion on Monday morning after the quartet of Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Sam Dickinson and Beth Potter were awarded second after a photo finish, which was later changed to upgrade the USA from bronze.

Mike Cavendish makes 'rare' photo finish claim after Team GB's triathlon relay heartbreak

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My next stop is at an extremely popular restaurant that has one of the best outdoor patios in the suburbs. It also has a hamburger that people are saying tastes just like an “In-N-Out” burger. The restaurant I am talking about is Fuller House in Hinsdale.

The Best “In N Out” Replica burger is in this Popular Hinsdale Restaurant

Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday and Switzerland has had to mix up its roster after athletes from both countries fell ill following the initial triathlon races last week.

Belgium drops out of mixed triathlon and Switzerland shuffles line-up after athletes fall ill following race in River Seine

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In a deeply distressing event that has left the community of Padana village in Lahore reeling, a 15-year-old boy named Arsalan sadly ended his life by leaping from a water tank. The tragic incident is believed to have happened following Arsalan's receipt of poor grades in his final exams, a critical juncture in the educational structure of Pakistan.

Tragedy Strikes: Teenager Commits Suicide Over Exam Results in Lahore

 Olympics 2024 LIVE!The final week of the Paris Games begins with what could be a historic Monday evening on the track for Team GB. The highlight is Keely Hodgkinson's bid to win gold in the women's 800m final, and fellow British star Jemma Reekie will hope to join her on the podium, with USA's Athing Mu the big threat.There is also Daryll Neita, fresh from a narrow fourth in the women's 100m final, bidding to make the 200m final along with Dina Asher-Smith, while Joe Clarke, Kimberly Woods and Mallory Franklin will be looking to add multiple medals, hopefully at least one gold in the kayak cross events.The day kicks off with the mixed triathlon relay, where Team GB will be looking to defend the gold won in Tokyo. Cycling gets underway with the team and individual sprint races, with Emma Finuecane, Sophie Capewell and Katy Marchant will involved. Follow all the latest updates from the Paris Olympics live below!

Olympics 2024 LIVE! Team GB in mixed triathlon relay; cycling begins; day 10 latest from Paris

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