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Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE updates: Day 6 - Gone in 46 seconds: Uproar at the boxing, panic in the pool, Opals take on Canada
The Opals are engaged in a must-win match and are looking to get their Paris campaign restarted. Earlier, Jemima Montag picked up a bronze and Cam McEvoy dazzled in the pool in a night not short of drama. Follow the action.
- by Billie Eder, Greg Dundas and Marnie Vinall
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Everywhere you look in Paris, there are French police. Then you look again
The French police turning heads throughout Paris have sleek uniforms and jaunty hats but a chequered reputation.
- by Jordan Baker
Analysis
Paris 2024
This was classic backs-to-the-wall Matildas – and that was the problem
An Olympic campaign sputtered to an end in Marseille as the Matildas succumbed 2-1 to the US, their forever nemesis. It was an unprepossessing way to go out.
- by Greg Baum
Opinion
France
I tried to be a ‘cool’ traveller in Paris. It didn’t work
Like most who visit, I had my Parisian fantasy. I’d do as the locals do and have an “authentic” experience. It was a mistake.
- by Natasha Bazika
Glamour sprinters, marathon mums, pole power: 10 athletics events you can’t miss
The athletics program for Paris 2024 kicks off on Thursday, with plenty of drama and intrigue – and potential world records – to watch out for.
- by Michael Gleeson
Olympic triathlon events to go ahead as Seine passes water quality tests
The decision comes as a relief for the 110 athletes expecting to compete, and for Paris authorities who have promised a swimmable Seine as a long-term legacy.
- by Billie Eder
Opinion
Paris 2024
A noble failure: The Paris opening ceremony was a creative tour de force, but let athletes down
The IOC should insist that athletes enter a stadium, their rightful environment, to be introduced to the world rather than being treated like tourists coming to town.
- by Ric Birch
Draw your quivers: Archers aim for gold in the grandest of venues
The ranking round of Olympic archery began on Thursday, but the setting was the story. The historic Hotel des Invalides might be one of the grandest stages in an already grandiose Games.
- by Konrad Marshall
Taco Tuesdays, baristas and cardboard beds: How the Australians are embracing village life
There’s an endless supply of Weet-Bix, Nutri-Grain and Vegemite, as well as enough coffee for about 20,000 shots.
- by Rob Harris
‘Social cleansing’: To make way for Olympics, Paris clears thousands of homeless
Last week, about 470 people were removed from camps along the Canal de l’Ourcq, on the route of the Olympic torch relay.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Column 8
Care packages sent via snail mail
While EV indicating proves to be a Fiat worse than death.