Paris Olympics triathlon CHAOS with crashes all over the place and one horror fall leaving BBC commentators gasping
CHAOTIC scenes were on show at the Olympic triathlon in Paris as a host of crashes caused "carnage" in the women's race.
The discipline had already been plunged into doubt when it was postponed on Tuesday due to pollution levels in the River Seine.
And when it eventually did get underway on Wednesday, a strong current impacted the swim.
But it was on the bike where the drama really began to unfold as the wet Parisian roads began to dry out, causing difficult conditions.
Manami Iijima was the first to go down as the commentators gasped when they saw a replay of her hitting the cobblestones hard coming out of a corner.
Brazil's Vittoria Lopes then went down in another crash, before Germany's Lisa Tertsch and Belgium's Jolien Vermeylen were also seen getting back on their bikes after a crash.
France's Leonie Periault was then also spotted hitting the deck as crashes continued in the field, with Norway's Lotte Miller and Colombia's Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto also seen on the floor.
The BBC commentator went on to describe the scene as "carnage" as multiple athletes were forced to pick themselves up from hard falls.
One athlete was even seen in tears by the side of the road as she was consoled by a man checking on her wellbeing.