Paris Olympics day five — in pictures

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.

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]