Paris Olympics day 13 — in pictures

The marathon swimmers braved the Seine again on Thursday and Noah Lyles controversially raced the 200 meters with Covid-19. Here's some of the best photos from the 13th day of competition.

Portugal's Iuri Leitao and Belgium's Fabio Van Den Bossche compete in the men's track cycling omnium points race in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France on Thursday. [AFP/YONHAP]

The action continued on track and field Thursday as the heptathlon started to heat up and Arshad Nadeem wins Pakistan's first ever athletics medal with gold in javelin. Elsewhere, the marathon swimmers braved the Seine again and Noah Lyles controversially raced the 200 meters after testing positive for Covid-19.

Here's some of the best photos from the 13th day of competition.

Egypt's goalkeeper Hamza Alaa concedes a goal during the men's bronze medal match against Morocco in Nantes, France on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

Sport shooter Chiara Leone of Switzerland takes a selfie at Champions Park in Paris on Thursday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Maria Jose Mailliard of Chile competes in the women's canoe single 200-meter heats at Vaires-sur-Marne in France on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

United States fans watch a semifinal women's volleyball match against Brazil in Paris on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Noah Lyles of the United States reacts after the men's 200-meter final in Paris on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

Athletes compete in the women's 100-meter hurdles the repechage round in Paris on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting and Turkey's Esra Yildiz Kahraman compete in the women's 57-kilogram semifinal boxing match in Paris on Thursday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev of Bulgaria competes in the men's 73-kilogram weightlifting event in Paris on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Britain's Jack Laugher competes in the men's 3-meter springboard diving final in Paris on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Jordi Bonastre of Spain vies for the ball during the men's hockey bronze medal match between India and Spain in Colombes, France on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

Australia's Sienna Hearn shoots during a women's water polo semifinal match between Australia and USA in Paris on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Gold medallist Britain's Eleanor Aldridge jumps in the air to celebrate after the women's kiteboarding final in Marseille on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Chen Jiapeng of China competes in the men's 4X100-meter relay in Paris on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

The Australian team competes in the men's kayak four 500-meter canoe sprint in Vaires-sur-Marne, France on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

Korea's Kim Sun-woo, right, and Italy's Alice Sotero react after competing in the women's individual fencing portion of modern pentathlon in Villepinte, France on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Anna Hall of the United States competes during the women's heptathlon high jump in Paris on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

Japan's Hina Hayata, left, and Miu Hirano face Germany's Xiaona Shan and Yuan Wan in the women's table tennis teams semifinal in Paris on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Slovenia's Mia Krampl competes in the women's sport climbing lead semifinal in Paris on Thursday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Margarita Kolosov of Germany performs her ribbon exercise in the rhythmic gymnastics individuals all-round qualification round in Paris on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

An underwater view shows China's Wang Zongyuan competing in the men's 3-meter springboard diving final in Paris on Thursday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Canada's Skylar Park competes with Lebanon's Laetitia Aoun in a women's 57-kilogram taekwondo match in Paris on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Ruoning Yin of China putts on the 15th green during the second round of the women's golf event at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP]

Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy competes in the women's 10-kilometer marathon swimming in Paris on Thursday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

BY JIM BULLEY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]