Paris streets littered by bicycle crashes during Olympics triathlon amid wet conditions

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The cycling leg of the women's triathlon at the Paris Olympics descended into a flury of bicycle crashes on Wednesday as competitors slipped across wet cobblestone. 

The conditions for the event featured rainstorms, heat and humidity. It resulted in several competitors being unable to control their bicycles around various turns on the cobblestone roads of Paris, as several athletes crashed and fell onto the ground. 

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Guam's Manami Iijima was the first athlete to crash, and her tumble was soon followed by Brazil's Vittoria Lopes, Germany's Lisa Tertsch and Belgium's Jolien Vermeylen.

Guam's Manami Iijima crahses as she competes in the cycling race during the women's individual triathlon at the Paris Olympic Games in central Paris on July 31. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)

"I don’t really have any words for the last two hours that we just experienced," Australian triathlete Sophie Linn told reporters, via the Sydney Morning Herald. "That was every single possible adverse weather condition, you know, a high current, rain, heat, humidity like it was just everything and the crowds."

Some athletes even withdrew from the competition due to the constant crashing, including Norwegian athlete Lotte Miller, who withdrew from the event after crashing and falling off her bicycle twice.

For the competitors who stayed in to finish the event, the constant crashing had an inevitable impact on the final results. 

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Germany's Laura Lindemann fell off her bike with three laps remaining after being part of the 10-rider leading group. After the crash, she never regained