Paris Olympics day five — in pictures
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- JIM BULLEY
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![Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson face Switzerland's Zoe Verge-Depre and Esmee Boebner at Eiffel Tower Stadium in on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/e9775a17-e8ce-48f1-b076-99af4b8075b7.jpg)
Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson face Switzerland's Zoe Verge-Depre and Esmee Boebner at Eiffel Tower Stadium in on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
Day five of the Paris Olympics kicked off with the long-awaited triathlon starting in the not-too-polluted Seine, as crowds settled in for a very hot day of sports across the French capital.
Here's some of the best photos from the fifth day of competition.
![Denmark's Anders Lind faces Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto during a men's singles round of 16 table tennis game in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/39ace7d8-ef7b-4015-be10-070e017da814.jpg)
Denmark's Anders Lind faces Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto during a men's singles round of 16 table tennis game in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Lukas Maertens of Germany competes in the men's 200-meter backstroke semifinal in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/7146e2e2-a921-48f9-a7dc-c26e0c803e09.jpg)
Lukas Maertens of Germany competes in the men's 200-meter backstroke semifinal in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Grae Morris of Australia foils to a finish during a men's iQFOiL windsurfing class race in Marseille on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/a77e0fd6-4963-4f64-9623-ae5ef349ebd4.jpg)
Grae Morris of Australia foils to a finish during a men's iQFOiL windsurfing class race in Marseille on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Justin Dowell of the United States performs a trick during the cycling BMX freestyle men's park final in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/a4571da0-ffc3-46b3-9a70-4e21e4de7cf1.jpg)
Justin Dowell of the United States performs a trick during the cycling BMX freestyle men's park final in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![A Poland fan attends a women's volleyball match between Poland and Kenya at the South Paris Arena in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/81f4038a-5775-4b51-af78-0d93ac182b37.jpg)
A Poland fan attends a women's volleyball match between Poland and Kenya at the South Paris Arena in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]
![Japan's Kodai Naraoka plays Korea's Jeon Hyeok-jin in the men's singles badminton group stage match in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/7f8125ef-5edc-4e38-8ada-57a30544becb.jpg)
Japan's Kodai Naraoka plays Korea's Jeon Hyeok-jin in the men's singles badminton group stage match in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![France's Leo Bergere lays on the floor at the end of the men's individual triathlon competition in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/d09bb1eb-f7f3-4805-9f2b-7c0b2f9f7f35.jpg)
France's Leo Bergere lays on the floor at the end of the men's individual triathlon competition in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Ahmed Adel of Egypt holds the ball during a men's handball match against France in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/59f89cee-409f-405d-8531-d3dcc68fc4dc.jpg)
Ahmed Adel of Egypt holds the ball during a men's handball match against France in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Iran's Mahsa Javer and Zeinab Norouzi Tazeh Kand compete during the lightweight women's double sculls rowing final in Vaires-sur-Marne, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/77d6b425-e26e-48dc-ac2e-e3b6d637759c.jpg)
Iran's Mahsa Javer and Zeinab Norouzi Tazeh Kand compete during the lightweight women's double sculls rowing final in Vaires-sur-Marne, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![North Korea's Jo Jin-mi and Kim Mi-rae compete in the women's synchronized 10m platform diving final in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/d0f05e31-be7e-4295-9c4f-43ac102081ba.jpg)
North Korea's Jo Jin-mi and Kim Mi-rae compete in the women's synchronized 10m platform diving final in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Mountain bike men's cross-country silver medallist Victor Koretzky of France interacts with fans during the Champions Park medalists celebrations at Trocadero in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/5f9d1b06-7849-4c74-b2fa-8f81fbf99728.jpg)
Mountain bike men's cross-country silver medallist Victor Koretzky of France interacts with fans during the Champions Park medalists celebrations at Trocadero in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]
![Germany's Teo Hinrichs stops the ball after a shot hit by the Netherlands' Justen Blok during a men's hockey match at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/90da18b7-261b-4d66-a786-59854ae1e65d.jpg)
Germany's Teo Hinrichs stops the ball after a shot hit by the Netherlands' Justen Blok during a men's hockey match at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Marjorie Delassus of France competes in the women's canoe single finals at the in Vaires-sur-Marne, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/4f71de3f-2242-47d6-9b2c-aa38aa1078e3.jpg)
Marjorie Delassus of France competes in the women's canoe single finals at the in Vaires-sur-Marne, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Adrian Bogucki of Poland passes, defended by France's Jules Rambaut, back, and Franck Seguela, right, in a men's 3x3 basketball match between Poland and France in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/af27a599-6d50-4cb2-871c-86d7c86dc21f.jpg)
Adrian Bogucki of Poland passes, defended by France's Jules Rambaut, back, and Franck Seguela, right, in a men's 3x3 basketball match between Poland and France in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Daiki Hashimoto of Japan performs on the horizontal bar during the men's artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/2730e13c-41aa-48d7-b313-9f108f80502c.jpg)
Daiki Hashimoto of Japan performs on the horizontal bar during the men's artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![A staff member sprays water on spectators during a women's beach volleyball match at Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/ead7b9f3-8984-4737-bfd6-d156c7c47b67.jpg)
A staff member sprays water on spectators during a women's beach volleyball match at Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Spectators cool off in the hot weather before the start of the archery at the Paris Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/5a60775b-a316-47e7-8813-ffafacacf402.jpg)
Spectators cool off in the hot weather before the start of the archery at the Paris Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]
![Snoop Dogg attends a women's beach volleyball match between the United States and France in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/407309af-9521-480d-adf3-cbcbfc936d35.jpg)
Snoop Dogg attends a women's beach volleyball match between the United States and France in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![France's Bolade Apithy celebrates after a point in the men's sabre team bronze medal bout between Iran and France at the Grand Palais in Paris on Wednesday. [AFP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/15f16ca2-cefe-4e96-b6d3-0de0a927e9d8.jpg)
France's Bolade Apithy celebrates after a point in the men's sabre team bronze medal bout between Iran and France at the Grand Palais in Paris on Wednesday. [AFP/YONHAP]
![49er class boats sail past the Chateau d'If as they compete in a men's skiff race in Marseille on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/8de2b1fe-bce4-464e-8fbe-4674962775d7.jpg)
49er class boats sail past the Chateau d'If as they compete in a men's skiff race in Marseille on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Panama's Atheyna Bylon celebrates after defeating Kazakhstan's Valentina Khalzova in a women's 75kg boxing match in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/5946b32b-59a2-4c7f-a219-93fa47d4edfe.jpg)
Panama's Atheyna Bylon celebrates after defeating Kazakhstan's Valentina Khalzova in a women's 75kg boxing match in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]
![Athletes compete in the swimming segment of the women's individual triathlon at the Paris Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/01/52ff30b3-9186-414d-a1b5-09fcc20ba857.jpg)
Athletes compete in the swimming segment of the women's individual triathlon at the Paris Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]
BY JIM BULLEY [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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