The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has released the first 39 members

Simbine, 200m breaststroke defending champion Tatjana Smith (formerly Schoenmaker), and 200m butterfly Olympic

gold medallist Chad le Clos.Le Clos has already made history as the winner of the most Olympic medals

🥇 See who’s representing 🇿🇦 and how we're backing their Olympic journey!

10000m)Women: Marione Fourie (100mH), Zeney Geldenhuys (400mH), Rogail Joseph (400mH), Cian Oldknow (marathon

), Prudence Sekgodiso (800m), Gerda Steyn (marathon), Irvette van Zyl (marathon)CANOEING (4)Men: Andrew

Twelve years since he made his last Olympic appearance on the track in London, distance running great

Kenenisa Bekele has been selected to run the marathon for Ethiopia at Paris 2024.

Bekele, who turns 42 in June, finished second in April's London Marathon behind Kenya's Alexander Mutiso

The veteran's last marathon win came at Berlin in 2019 when he set an Ethiopian record of 2:01:41.

Only Eliud Kipchoge and the late Kelvin Kiptum have run quicker.With three Olympic golds, five world

team for @Paris2024 👀Bekele won his first of three Olympic golds in Athens 2004 and will turn 42 next

and Deresa Geleta who claimed the Seville Marathon in February.

Speaking exclusively to Inside The Games, Hugo Catrileo confirmed what he had said on social media, where he described World Athletics' decision to change the qualification system for Paris as a disgrace. "This decision has affected me psychologically and emotionally," he said.

opportunity to compete in Paris 2024.On 6 May, the WA announced that Hugo Catrileo had qualified for the Olympic

Together with Carlos Diaz, he was the representative for the marathon that will take place on 10 August

throwing or jumping event," complained the Chilean marathoner, who ran 2:08:44 in the Chevron Houston Marathon

I understand the Olympic spirit, it's good to give countries the opportunity to participate and make

had known that there would be 11 universal places, which is quite a lot, I would have looked for a marathon

With less than three months to go before he attempts to win a third consecutive Olympic marathon gold

he won the world 5,000m title as a teenager.In 2003, Kipchoge was just 18 when he outsprinted future Olympic

Ten years later, he began his dominance of the marathon with victory in Hamburg."

Faith Kipyegon is among them as she aims for a third consecutive Olympic gold in the 1500m.

In Paris, he could become the first athlete to win three Olympic marathons with Abebe Bikila (1960, 1964

TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty ImagesThe favourite for the Olympic marathon would have been Kelvin Kiptum

The race is run by the iconic two-time World champion, Olympic bronze medallist and former 110m hurdles

I came to run with my friends from university hoping to do a half marathon distance but ended up running

my first ever marathon distance and more!"

It may not have a spire, stained-glass windows or a nave, but the cavernous underground rainwater facility inaugurated in the French capital on Thursday ahead of the Paris Olympics has been compared to Notre Dame Cathedral.

organisers pledged to use the Seine for marathon swimming and triathlon events during the Games, which

water storage basin meant to help clean up the #RiverSeine.🏊 The river is set to be the venue for marathon

Three Olympic trials were cancelled last summer after heavy rain.

Some swimmers, including Brazilian Olympic champion Ana Marcela Cunha, have called for a Plan B in case

At the end of the Tokyo Olympic test event in 2019, swimmers protested about the quality of the water

French officials inaugurated a huge water basin in Paris on Thursday, in preparation for the upcoming Olympic

excess rainwater and prevent bacteria-laden wastewater from entering the River Seine; the venue for marathon

swimming and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons, as well as the Games’ opening

With the new basin in place, 20 Olympic swimming pools of dirty water can be stored and treated rather

water storage basin meant to help clean up the #RiverSeine.🏊 The river is set to be the venue for marathon

swimming at the #Paris Games and the swimming leg of the #Olympic and Paralympic triathlons ⤵️ pic.twitter.com

Alexander Mutiso Munyao, the surprise winner of this year's London Marathon, was rewarded for his victory

on Wednesday by being selected for the Kenyan marathon team for this year's Olympic Games in Paris.

The 27-year-old was relatively unknown in marathon circles —in spite of running 2:03:11 in Valencia in

admitted he was not sure if he had done enough to merit selection, but he was named alongside double-Olympic-gold-medallist

Olympic marathon hat-trick after struggling in March to a 10th-place finish in Tokyo behind Kipruto.

London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) May 1, 2024On the women's side, defending Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir

Timothy Kiptanui, who finished second in the Tokyo marathon and 2022 New York marathon champion Sharon

Hydrologists have seen significant signs of improvement in the river's health. With the arrival of the Olympics, the dream of many Parisians to swim in their river could finally come true. Paris will join Zurich and Munich in enjoying urban beaches.

on your back under the Eiffel Tower could be possible.The river will host the triathlon and swimming marathon

Unusually heavy rainfall and a faulty valve in the sewage system were blamed..Reigning Olympic marathon

following efforts to clean up the Seine for years, the weather will ultimately decide the fate of the Olympic

control station is in operation. 50 metres wide and 30 metres deep, it can hold the equivalent of 20 Olympic

On Île Saint Denis, where the Olympic Village is being built.

its impact on the Winter and Summer Games to artificial intelligence and e-sports, the International Olympic

intelligence (AI) could be used to assist doping, as well as the possible inclusion of e-sports in the Olympic

faced down successfully is in reversing the trend of countries not being interested in hosting the Olympic

He said, "We have never had so much interest in organising the Olympic Games, with 12, sometimes 16 years

Games.Increasingly frequent heat waves can also affect the summer version, as happened with the Tokyo 2020 marathon

Games, but you may see very soon its own Olympic e-sports Games."

attacks in Paris is increasing, so the perimeter of protection has been extended for the opening of the Olympic

boats carrying athletes will pass during the Opening Ceremony and where the Triathlon and Open Water Marathon

will be extended to all buildings overlooking the famed river during the opening of the thirty-third Olympic

the final number of security forces that will be deployed for the inauguration of the third Summer Olympic

was confirmed by the young man himself, who admitted to "wanting to carry out an attack during the Olympic

The national Olympic Committee wanted to honor the athletes who took part in the events that changed

That year, the Spanish city dared to use an archer to create the spectacle of the Olympic flame appearing

out of nowhere in the cauldron of the Montjuic stadium in the 'Olympic mountain'.

Both Olympics are to be remembered and enjoyed.This is what the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) wanted

Or Abel Antón, the double world marathon champion who failed to win a medal for his country.Also Jan

Abascal, the Cantabrian who won the Olympic gold medal in Moscow in 1980.

 With Olympic spirit heating up worldwide, Greece handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games

It was quite the captivating scene in a bright spring morning this Friday, as Hellenic Olympic Committee

Estanguet in the same site where the competition was revived nearly 130 years ago.In his speech to Olympic

#OlympicTorchRelay | #Paris2024 | @Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/2l7s5D1iCg— The Olympic Games (@Olympics

during the traditional summer holiday season.Hours before the handover ceremony, the flame passed from Marathon

, the town where the classic 42-kilometre endurance race, a key Olympic event, sets off annually.

The Hamburg Marathon takes place on Sunday 28 April, with several athletes aiming to break course records

and to qualify for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

18:18, the Ethiopian will be looking to finish in the top three in Hamburg to qualify for the Paris Olympic

one so far," said chief organiser Frank Thaleiser.Gebreslase has yet to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic

Games in the marathon.

Despite winning the European bronze medal in 2022, she has yet to run the Olympic qualifying time.

Marathon, won the Hamburg Marathon in 2:24:35.

The Seine will play a starring role at Paris 2024, but now all the eyes are focused on its waters. Pollution and dirt, the uncertainty surrounding the opening ceremony on barges on the river and the possibility of events being cancelled are all major concerns with just three months to go.

into contact with the water, including athletes.Last August, just one year before the thirty-third Olympic

Games of the modern era, the marathon swimming trials were cancelled because the water was too dirty

other famous landmarks, including the Musée d'Orsay and the Grand Palais.Open water, triathlon and marathon

kilometres across France, remains contaminated and potentially dangerous in the Paris area, where the Olympic

admitted that there was not only a Plan B, but even a Plan C for the party that will inaugurate the third Olympic