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Good morning Australia, from Paris. Would you swim in the Seine? Asking for a friend. At around 3:30am Paris time (in about five hours from now), officials will get the latest e-coli levels from the Seine so they can decide whether both the women's and men's triathlon events can take place. If not, the Olympic triathlon will become an Olympic duathlon. Officials have done all they could - including spending around AUD2.2 billion on cleaning the river up as part of the Paris 2024 - Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024 legacy program. But what do you do, when the entire average rainfall for July buckets down in one 36 hour period? #Olympics #Paris2024 #triathlon #duathlon #climatechange #weather

NEWS: How the Paris Olympic Triathlon New Flag races look with one month to go 🗓️ With just one month left in the Olympic qualification window, the world's top athletes brace for the final push. Read more 👇 #OlympicTRI #RoadToParis2024 #Paris2024 #Triathlon

“Focus on the big wins and don’t sweat the small stuff”. You will have heard this before but the problem with thinking this way is that it only gets you so far. Eventually you have made all the big gains, you have perhaps made the team, but to compete for the ultimate prize you have to get the small things right too. A focus on small incremental improvements is what lay behind Marginal Gains, a phrase first coined by Sir Dave Brailsford as the head of British Cycling. Here is how the maths works: Imagine you improve your performance by 1% tomorrow. Then the next day you do the same again. Then the next day and so on, in the same way compound interest builds. By day 71 you will be TWICE as good as you were at the start. Day 231 you would be TEN times as good. And by the end of the year you would be 37 times as good. Perhaps there are 1% gains to be made in multiple places. Think of what you might achieve. Pictured is Stehpen Clegg, moments after he won Gold at the Paris Paralympics, a man who is constantly seeking to improve. [Photo by Nick Hope] #ContinuousImprovement #MarginalGains #GoodToGreat

“Focus on the big wins and don’t sweat the small stuff”. You will have heard this before but the problem with thinking this way is that it only gets you so far. Eventually you have made all the big gains, you have perhaps made the team, but to compete for the ultimate prize you have to get the small things right too. A focus on small incremental improvements is what lay behind Marginal Gains, a phrase first coined by Sir Dave Brailsford as the head of British Cycling. Here is how the maths works: Imagine you improve your performance by 1% tomorrow. Then the next day you do the same again. Then the next day and so on, in the same way compound interest builds. By day 71 you will be TWICE as good as you were at the start. Day 231 you would be TEN times as good. And by the end of the year you would be 37 times as good. Perhaps there are 1% gains to be made in multiple places. Think of what you might achieve. Pictured is Stehpen Clegg, moments after he won Gold at the Paris Paralympics, a man who is constantly seeking to improve. [Photo by Nick Hope] #ContinuousImprovement #MarginalGains #GoodToGreat

The ✋ talking points! Has anyone else fully processed that finish in the men’s race at the #Paris2024 Olympics? As we try to regain our bearings from one of the most stunning finales of triathlon history, we dive into five of the many talking points that came out of the action. Read more 👇 #Triathlon #OlympicTRI #Olympics

Olympic Flashback: It’s day one of the Olympics. The athletes village is buzzing with excitement and anticipation for the next 16 days. Qualifying events, initial heats, finals, and good old-fashioned waiting around for your competition to start are all part of the experience. Reflecting on an Olympic dream has been a privilege to deliver over the last few decades. To relive that experience is an honor to share with audiences around the world. In August, I’ll have the honor of delivering my personal retrospect in Plano. Adding valuable takeaways is part of the offering. Check out this promo video for The 20… #MarketingStrategy #Storytelling #Olympics2024 #dreamscometrue #accelerategrowth Let’s stay connected Click🔝or 🔔 on my profile

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has recently announced a change in plans for the 2025 Track Cycling World Championships. Originally slated for San Juan, Argentina, the event will now be held in Santiago, Chile. Economic concerns prompted the withdrawal of the Argentine organisers, with Chile subsequently stepping in as the host. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gub3mj2U #AsiaOneMagazine #media #dailyupdates #todaynews #newsupdates #newstoday #todaysnews #newsupdate #breakingnews #latestnews #trendingnews #newsfeed #currentnews #chile #argentina #worldchampionship #cycling #sports #sportsnews

Only a small part of the problems regarding safeguarding the well-being of athletes is visible these days when we look at the Iceberg Theory. What is submerged underwater and therefore invisible? So much prevention and work to do on this day. And we will never give up on this matter. #SafeSportDay24 #TakeThePledge Sportieq - Ethisch Sporten Sportieq - Gezond Sporten Belgian Cycling Cycling Vlaanderen

Olympic Marathon pourTous (Paris, France (2024/08/10)): 3:44:10 No ranking (Open race for 20024 starters marathon) My own Olympic race. Running in the dust and footsteps of the Olympians was made true in Paris 2024. Having won a running challenge (out of many) late June 2023, the plan was to do great. Season 2024 having been on hold due to health issues, it was a surprise to even been able to train for this race. With a route far from easy, with major hills 15-20km and a 13% climb of 1.7km at km29. Exactly what I like...not! The plan: finish the race, if possible 3:15-30, due to the race elevation profile. Training was done on the base 3:05-10 (flat), hills were included, night runs and nutrition tests too. Got to Paris 2 days earlier. Nicest place on Earth under the Olympic Games 🌞 Calm, fun, smiles. Got my BIB the day prior to the race. And that was it. No visit and total rest until the race. Well, I did check the men's marathon cheering out loud to the French, the Swede, and all Olympians. Brutal! Checked the race replay afterwards to see the course better. 2pm: Final food intake, completed by sport drinks. 7:30pm: Got to the bag drop a bit early, met French runners I will meet again in future championships, made my way to the start and wave #1. Wait in 28°C, and the sun still up. 8:45pm: Starting to move towards the start, the crowd is already loud. Countdown starts... 9:00pm: BAM! All runners move towards the empty streets ahead, with so much crowd in both sides of the road. No time to think. Trying not to fall, skip those filming rather than running, already first turn, already 1km down. Loud is an understatement. The screaming of the crowd just carries us forward. Already at the Opera. Slightly different route than I thought, but ok. Km3 is soon down, place Vendôme ahead. Passing so many buildings and beauties of Paris, I cannot list all of them. Along Le Louvres, passing the Pyramid, turning right on the cobblestones, and 5km disappeared in 23min. I missed the Olympic torch lifting in the air, focusing on the tunnel to run down and up. And another one. My legs are not liking those, pounding on the pavement. Passing the Eiffel tower on the left, I just count the time needed to get to km12. Passing it under 5min/km, good. This is time spared, ahead of the long hilly party. Km15, 1h12. And the climb starts. Nothing hard, nor easy, but steady. I walk. I jog. Try to anticipate what's coming, but no success in that. Loose so much time and km20 is reached at my expected halfway time. The run up to halfway is tough. This annoying stuff in my throat is back, full speed. I stop. Difficult to breathe and swallow. Throwing up. Walk again. Drink water. Throw some more water on my hair to cool down. Downhill already... (cont'. below in comments)