Seine-Sational Triumphs and Controversies at Paris Olympics

Olympians dive into the Seine for a triathlon, rescuing France’s Paris 2024 pledge. The IOC seeks to resolve U.S.-WADA doping disputes. Shericka Jackson drops the 100m sprint, and five swimming golds are on offer. Andy Murray survives in doubles, Robbie Manson turns to OnlyFans, and Simone Biles makes a comeback.

Olympians dived into the Seine on Wednesday after a pre-dawn notice informed teams that its murky waters were at last safe enough to proceed with the triathlon, sparing France the embarrassment of a central Paris 2024 promise being swept away.

Elsewhere, the IOC has sought talks to dampen a row between the United States and global anti-doping agency WADA, and Jamaican Shericka Jackson has pulled out of the 100 metres sprint. Here's what you need to know.

SEINE-SATIONAL TRIATHLON Paris City Hall will be breathing a deep sigh of relief. The pre-dawn green light to hold the triathlon swim events in the Seine came shortly before 4 a.m., despite overnight thunderstorms.

France's Cassandre Beaugrand won the women's race while Britain's Alex Yee triumphed in the men's contest. DOPING ROW

The International Olympic Committee has asked for talks between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the United States to resolve a dispute over jurisdiction in doping matters. Earlier, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers threatened to cut U.S. funding for WADA, accusing it of failing to properly investigate alleged doping by Chinese Olympic swimmers.

SHERICKA DROPS 100m Jamaica's twice 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris Olympics after dropping the 100m from her program, team manager Ludlow Watts said.

FIVE GOLDS IN SWIMMING Five gold medals will be on offer in swimming at La Défense Arena, including the men's 100 metres freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 breaststroke, and the women's 100 freestyle.

But all eyes will be on the women's 1,500 freestyle final where Katie Ledecky, considered the greatest female distance swimmer of all time, will look to tie the record for most Olympic medals won by an American woman with a 12th. GREAT ESCAPE

Andy Murray again staved off the end of his illustrious career as he and British doubles partner Dan Evans beat Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in a Roland Garros cliffhanger. ADULT-THEMED

While many athletes scrabble for sponsors to keep their Olympic dreams afloat, gay rower Robbie Manson has taken a novel approach by setting himself up on the adults-only OnlyFans website. OLYMPIC FEVER

Stadiums are packed. Crowds are going wild, chanting, applauding, supporting the home team. And the French are also tuning in by the millions to watch the Games on TV. After months of doom and gloom, Olympic fever has caught on in France. NAIL-BITER

Spain survived a nail-biting finish against Puerto Rico to win 63-62 and Serbia downed China 81-59 in the second round of Group A women's basketball at the Pierre Mauroy stadium on Wednesday. WANING WIND

Racing in the debut women's windsurfing marathon was abandoned as the wind faded during a gruelling hour for the Olympic sailors competing in a long-series off Marseille. BILES IS BACK

Simone Biles, who led the U.S. to the women's gymnastics team gold medal, is a different person to the one who abruptly pulled out of the Tokyo Games three years ago amid a mental health crisis, her teammates said. Biles told a packed press conference: 'After I finished vault I was relieved because, phew, there were no flashbacks or anything.'

(Compiled by Ingrid Melander, Rachel Armstrong, Simon Jennings and Ian Ramson; Editing by Peter Rutherford, Ken Ferris and Hugh Lawson)