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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11720048" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kristian-Blummenfelt">Kristian Blummenfelt</keyword> won the Olympic <keyword id="6404434" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="triathlon">triathlon</keyword> title and widespread acclaim on Monday.</li><li>The Norwegian athlete claimed the gold, vomited everywhere, and left in a wheelchair.</li><li>The Olympic legend Matthew Pinsent called the performance "outstanding."</li></ul>Kristian Blummenfelt, 27, won Olympic triathlon gold and vomited everywhere before being taken away in a wheelchair on Monday.The timing for the three-pronged event, which features a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 40-kilometer cycle, and a 10-kilometer run, had to be <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/12/05/olympics/tokyo-2020-organizers-move-triathlon-start-times-due-concerns-extreme-heat/">moved up</a> to prevent <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/olympic-triathlon-tokyo-heat-11627299789">heat exhaustion</a> at <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/tokyo-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the 2020 Tokyo Games</a>.A fail of Olympic proportions plagued the swimming section of the triathlon: A media boat <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-olympic-triathlon-start-boat-2021-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked many competitors from safely diving in</a>, so half had to return to dry land after a bizarre false start.The triathletes then had to endure <a href="https://www.insider.com/tokyo-2020-is-hot-beach-volleyball-players-had-stop-practicing-2021-7">extreme heat</a> as they ran as fast and as hard as they could for the finish line.Alex Yee of Great Britain led the way for a long while during the final event, the run. But Blummenfelt, of Norway, overtook him with a well-timed burst at the end, winning by 11 seconds. New Zealand's Hayden Wilde finished third for bronze.With a pain-stricken face, Blummenfelt grabbed the finishing tape, collapsed, and puked. He had to be helped back to his feet.The champion then had to be taken away in a wheelchair, <a href="https://www.eurosport.com/triathlon/tokyo-2020/2021/tokyo-2020-kristian-blummenfelt-powers-to-olympic-gold-in-mens-triathlon-gb-s-alex-yee-wins-silver-i_sto8438962/story.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Eurosport</a>.Matthew Pinsent, who won four Olympic gold medals in rowing, was full of praise for the winner. "Outstanding gold from Blummenfelt - pushing till you vom is full on," <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewcpinsent/status/1419437855978311684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he wrote on Twitter</a>.The fierce heat meant Blummenfelt's all-white kit was drenched with so much sweat that it became see-through and his underwear was visible.But he said he actually would have preferred it to be hotter because he had been training in even harder conditions."Our team is world-leading for heat preparation so we were a bit disappointed it was not as warm as we were hoping for," <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/triathlon-i-wanted-it-hotter-says-champion-blummenfelt-2021-07-26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he told Reuters</a>."I'm from Bergen, where for two-thirds of the year it's windy, rainy and 10 degrees. But that just shows the strength of the team around us in getting that preparation," he said.Blummenfelt said he'd "been thinking about this race for so many years.""I was on holiday here many years ago and thought to myself 'OK, your goal is to win an Olympic gold medal here in 2020,'" he said.He added that he knew he "couldn't outkick them on the carpet" but "could use my engine and really bring it home."

A 27-year-old triathlete won Olympic gold, vomited everywhere, and had to be taken away in a wheelchair

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Seine River is too polluted for swimming events at the Paris Olympics, city officials said.</li><li>Paris invested $1.5 billion to clean the Seine, but heavy rainfall increased pollution levels.</li></ul>Despite a massive cleanup effort, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-paris-underwater-as-the-seine-floods-the-streets-hundred-year-flood-2018-1">Paris' Seine River</a> remains too polluted to host swimming events for the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/olympics">upcoming Olympic Games</a>, city officials have said.Samples taken from the river showed that E. Coli levels were above the recommended limit at four different sites for nearly the entire week of June 10 to June 16, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/06/21/paris-seine-river-water-too-dirty-to-allow-olympic-swimming-events_6675386_7.html">per Le Monde with AFP</a>."Samples from the Seine do not meet the standards we will have this summer," Paris region official Marc Guillaume added on Friday.The Seine was poised to be a centerpiece of the Paris Olympics, featuring prominently in both the opening ceremony and various swimming events.The city of Paris invested $1.5 billion in cleaning the river ahead of the games, with regular testing of bacterial levels to ensure athletes' safety.But officials say heavy rainfall has scuppered those plans thus far, leading to high rates of two kinds of fecal bacteria, including E. Coli — which is "the species of coliform bacteria that is the best indicator of fecal pollution," according to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/water/drinking/coliform_bacteria.htm">New York State Department of Health</a>."Water quality remains degraded due to... rain, high flow, little sunshine (and) temperatures below seasonal norms," a weekly report published by the Paris region and mayor's office said, per Le Monde with AFP.Paris' 19th-century sewage system can be overwhelmed by bad weather, leading to <a target="_blank" href="https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/nps_urban-facts_final.pdf">urban runoff</a>, which carries pollutants to streams and rivers.The Seine has been off-limits for swimming since 1923 due to high pollution levels.Last year, triathletes took part in a test event in the Seine, with some airing concerns about their safety.Norwegian Olympic gold medallist Kristian Blummenfelt said: "I always dive with open mouth. It's not going to be funny if I wake up tomorrow morning with ... whatever," <a target="_blank" href="https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/38201983/paris-triathlon-test-previous-water-quality-issues">per ESPN</a>.A number of other test events in the river have been canceled due to pollution levels and bad weather.Nevertheless, Guillaume said he was "confident" that swimming events would go ahead as planned."At one point or another, the weather will change, it's going to stop raining and we're going to have sunshine ... It is in summer conditions that we must be able to examine swimmability," he said, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/06/21/seine-polluted-paris-olympics">Axios</a> reported.The 2024 Olympic Games is set to kick off on July 26.The overall economic impact of the Olympic Games on the Paris region could range from 6.7 billion euros to 11.1 billion euros, or around $7.1 billion to $11.8 billion, <a target="_blank" href="https://cdes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024.04_Paris-2024_Economic-impact-study_final.pdf">according to a study published by Center for Law and Economics of Sport</a>.Business Insider contacted the Olympic Games Paris 2024 for comment.

Seine River in Paris still too polluted for Olympic events as opening ceremony looms

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hayden Wilde of <keyword id="22501" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="New-Zealand">New Zealand</keyword> won bronze at the men's individual <keyword id="6404434" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="triathlon">triathlon</keyword> event in <keyword id="4741" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tokyo">Tokyo</keyword> on Monday. </li><li>Reporters asked his ex if she had a message for him, and she said: "I regret breaking up with you!"</li><li>The ex-girlfriend then laughed and said she was "so proud" of Wilde. </li></ul>Breakups are always hard, especially when your ex wins a medal at the <keyword id="6360967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olympics">Olympics</keyword>. One New Zealand woman learned that the hard way as she watched Hayden Wilde score the bronze medal for their country during the men's individual triathlon event at <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/tokyo-2020">the Tokyo 2020 games</a> on Monday. Reporters from <a href="https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/hayden-wildes-ex-girlfriend-regrets-breaking-up-him">1News</a> approached the woman - who was at a watch party with Wilde's friends and family - and asked if she had a message for her ex. <div type="image" title="Hayden Wilde's ex-girlfriend" height="849" width="1133" msid="84805459" hostid="261"></div>"I regret breaking up with you!" she said with a big laugh. "Nah, I'm so proud of him," the woman added, revealing they went to primary school together. "He's grown so much. All the work he's obviously done to get there is amazing." There won't be any rekindled flame between the old exes. After the competition, Wilde revealed that he planned to call his girlfriend. "She was up in the early hours of the morning watching the race," he told reporters. Wilde finished behind Alex Yee, who won silver for Great Britain, and Kristian Blummenfelt, who secured gold for Norway <a href="https://www.insider.com/kristian-blummenfelt-wins-olympic-gold-vomits-leaves-in-wheelchair-2021-7">before he threw up after crossing the finish line</a>. Wilde rushed to Blummenfelt's aid, who had to be taken away in a wheelchair. <div type="image" title="Kristian Blummenfelt, Hayden Wilde after men's triathlon Tokyo games" height="1333" width="1777" msid="84805464" hostid="261"></div>Hamish Wilde, the Olympian's brother, later revealed that he celebrated his new bronze medal by going on another run. "I don't know whether he's happier with the new 6,000 Instagram followers, or if he's happier with the bronze medal," Hamish told <a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/125872708/tokyo-olympics-hayden-wilde-celebrated-his-triathlon-bronze-by--going-for-a-run">Stuff.co.nz</a>. "But at the end of the day, he's a happy man."

An Olympian's ex-girlfriend joked that she regrets breaking up with him after he won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Games

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The men's <keyword id="6404434" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="triathlon">triathlon</keyword> at the Olympics got off to an embarrassing start on Sunday.</li><li>Nearly half of the competitors were unable to jump in the water because a boat was in the way.</li><li>After the false start, the athletes reset to begin the race a second time.</li></ul>The men's triathlon started with a thud on Sunday at the Olympics.After the athletes got to their marks at the starting line, the starting horn sounded, sending them into the water. There was just one problem - a boat was blocking about half of the field from diving in.The drivers of the boat, which was carrying media equipment, attempted to get out of the way, but the crisis had already started, as some swimmers were in the water behind the boat as well.Another horn sounded to send the athletes back to the starting line for another start.According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/triathlon-mens-race-hit-by-rare-false-start-2021-07-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>, officials on jet skis stopped the leaders who were already barrelling through their 1,500-meter swim.About 10 minutes later, the race would start, with Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt eventually taking gold.Alex Yee of Great Britain took silver, while Hayden Wilde of New Zealand snagged bronze.

The Olympic triathlon got off to a disastrous start when a boat prevented half of the competitors from jumping into the water

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The men's individual <keyword id="6404434" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="triathlon">triathlon</keyword> has made headlines at the 2020 Olympic Games.</li><li>It featured a false start caused by a misplaced boat, vomiting, and a wheelchair.</li><li>The bronze medalist called the pandemonium "kind of annoying."</li></ul>An Olympic triathlon disaster that led to a false start was "kind of annoying," the bronze medal winner <keyword id="11720049" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hayden-Wilde">Hayden Wilde</keyword> of New Zealand said after the event.Pandemonium ensued when the swimming leg of Monday's event in Tokyo had to be brought back by a false start because a broadcasting boat blocked around half of the competitors from diving into the water.The other half were unaware and kept swimming until they were eventually hauled back to dry land to start over."I was caught up in that but it was kind of good but kind of annoying at the same time," Wilde said, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/tokyo-2020-olympics-07-26-21-spt/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>."I looked to the left and I was like: 'Oh, man. I've had a great start, this doesn't happen to me.' But then I realized that half of the field wasn't actually there, so we turned back."Wilde was one of the triathletes to have dived in during the false start. Rather than complain about potentially wasted energy, he claimed it was "actually quite good to tick the arms over for 50 plus meters."He said: "It kind of got the heart rate up a bit too much. It is what it is and you've just got to keep composed, and sometimes that happens and you've just got to roll with the punches."The 27-year-old Norwegian athlete <a href="https://www.insider.com/kristian-blummenfelt-wins-olympic-gold-vomits-leaves-in-wheelchair-2021-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kristian Blummenfelt won the Olympic triathlon title before vomiting everywhere. He left on a wheelchair</a>, according to reports.Alex Yee, of Great Britain, claimed the silver medal, with Wilde finishing third for the bronze.

The Olympic triathlon pandemonium that led to a false start was 'kind of annoying,' bronze medal winner says

Good afternoon. Here are the top stories so far today.For more daily and weekly briefings, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter">sign up for our newsletters here</a>.What happened today:It's a matter of safety. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-department-of-veterans-affairs-requiring-covid-vaccine-healthcare-workers-2021-7">About 115,000 of the US Department of Veterans Affairs' healthcare workers will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19.</a> It's the first federal agency to require COVID-19 vaccinations. "I am doing this because it's the best way to keep our veterans safe, full stop," Denis McDonough, the secretary of veterans affairs, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/politics/veterans-affairs-coronavirus-covid-19.html">The New York Times</a>. Putting up with Fox <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">News</keyword>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/psaki-biden-doesnt-want-fight-fox-after-trump-destroyed-trust-2021-7">The White House said the Biden administration didn't want to pick a fight with an outlet like Fox News</a> after President Trump made undermining the media a tenet of his politics. The White House was defending the decision to put representatives on the conservative network, saying it's too important to ignore. China leads the pack. As we begin the fourth day of the Tokyo Olympics, China has the most medals, with 18, followed by the USA, with 14, while host nation Japan rounds out the top 3, with 13. Day 4 of the Olympics will kick off at 5:30 p.m. on the US East Coast on Monday. <a href="https://www.insider.com/tokyo-2020-olympics-live-updates-2021-7">Follow Insider's live coverage of events including the men's and women's surfing finals here</a>. That's quite the headline. <a href="https://www.insider.com/kristian-blummenfelt-wins-olympic-gold-vomits-leaves-in-wheelchair-2021-7">A 27-year-old triathlete won Olympic gold, vomited everywhere, and had to be taken away in a wheelchair.</a> The event was plagued by several problems, such as a media boat that blocked many competitors from safely diving into the water to extreme heat as they bolted for the finish line. For Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt, a well-timed burst in the final moments bagged him the gold - but cost him the contents of his stomach.A protest against leotards. German gymnasts continued their stand against the sexualization of their sport <a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-german-gymnasts-wear-full-body-suits-olympic-first-round-2021-7">by wearing full bodysuits during the Olympics</a>. Their goal? To make younger athletes more comfortable not wearing the revealing leotards that are normal in gymnastic competitions. That's all for now. See you later.

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