Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: Gender row boxer Lin Yu-ting WINS featherweight gold with dominant victory – after medals pour in for Team GB in athletics and swimming
Published: 08:50 BST, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 20:57 BST, 10 August 2024
Advertisement
Team GB win historic artistic swimming silver
A result to update you on.
Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe have become the first British artistic swimming medallists at the Olympic Games.
I mentioned the pairing were leading earlier on.
Shortman and Thorpe were overtaken by China’s Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi, who led after the technical routine. The Chinese pairing finish 7.9416 ahead of the British pair to win gold.
Shortman and Thorpe take silver, while the Netherlands’ Bregje and Noortje de Brouwer win the bronze.
Rebecca McGowan miss out on taekwondo bronze
Heartbreak for Team GB’s Rebecca McGowan, who has missed out on taekwondo bronze.
McGowan lost the final round of the women’s over 67kg bronze medal bout to Turkey’s Nafia Kus Aydin.
There is still British hope though.
Caden Cunningham is going for gold in the over 80kg final now.
Breaking:Gender row boxer Lin Yu Ting wins gold
A unanimous points victory for Taiwan’s Lin Yu Ting.
Lin won each of the rounds to clinch Taiwan’s first ever gold medal in boxing at the Olympic Games.
The top seed lived up to that status.
Lin is one of two boxers to have been at the centre of controversy at the Olympics after being disqualified from last year’s World Championships.
Both boxers have now won gold in Paris without ever really being threatened.
Lin Yu Ting wins second round
Lin Yu Ting looks poised to win gold in the women’s 57kg boxing final.
She has won the second round on all the judges’ scorecards.
Poland’s Julia Szeremeta has to do something extraordinary now to win gold.
McGowan battling for taekwondo bronze
Britain’s Rebecca McGowan is battling Turkey’s Nafia Kus Aydin in the taekwondo bronze medal bout.
McGowan won the opening round 9-7, but the top seed won the second 4-2.
Who will triumph after the third and final round?
Lin Yu Ting in boxing gold medal fight
Taiwan’s Lin Yu Ting, who is the second boxer at the centre of a gender eligibility row at the Games, is currently going for gold in the women’s 57kg final at Roland Garros.
Lin is facing Poland’s Julia Szeremeta in the final.
She has won the opening round, with all of the judges giving Lin the verdict 10-9.
United States cruise to women’s 4x400m gold as Team GB win bronze
United States have stormed to victory in the women’s 4x400m relay final in a stunning time of 3:15.27.
The US quartet of Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas and Alexis Holmes were well clear and secured gold in 3:15.27.
Dutch star Femke Bol led her team to silver, overtaking Team GB and Ireland in the closing metres.
Team GB’s Victoria Ohuruogu, Laviai Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin and Amber Anning take bronze.
The final track event of Paris 2024
From the men’s 4x400m final to the women’s.
The United States are favourites to secure gold, while Team GB will be bidding for another medal.
Victoria Ohuruogu, Laviai Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin and Amber Anning are the British quartet.
United States hold off Botswana in men’s 4x400m as Team GB win bronze
It is gold for the United States! But what an effort from Botswana.
Letsile Tebogo is chasing down Rai Benjamin in the closing lap of the men’s 4x400m and keeps closing him down in the final metres.
Benjamin just does enough to hold on as the United States win in an Olympic record 2:54.43.
Botswana finish as runners-up in 2:54.53.
It is a bronze medal for Team GB as well, who finish in a time of 2:55.83.
Botswana lead the at halfway in the men’s 4x400m
Two laps into the men’s 4x400m final.
Botswana lead from the United States, with Britain in third.
Looks like these three nations for the medals.
Shortman and Thorpe in artistic swimming medal contention
In the artistic swimming, the British duo of Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe have just gone in the free routine.
Their overall score, combined with the technical routine, puts them top of the standings at the moment with 558.5367.
Britain bid for medal in the men’s 4x400m final
Time for the men’s 4x400m relay final.
Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey and Charles Dobson go for Team GB.
Britain were the fastest qualifiers through to the final.
The United States have changed up their line-up for the final though.
Japan’s Kitaguchi wins women’s javelin gold
In the other field event.
Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi has won the women’s javelin with a throw of 65.80m.
South Africa’s Jo-Ane van Dyk takes the silver medal on 63.93m, with the Czech Republic’s Nikola Ogrodnikova taking bronze.
Kerr and McEwen decline to share gold
Gold was shared at Tokyo 2020 in the men’s high jump when Barshim and Tamberi finished level.
Hamish Kerr and Shelby McEwen have ended level after three failures, with the pair both having cleared 2.36m.
The pair have decided to carry on with a jump off set to decide who wins gold.
Kerr and McEwen battle for high jump gold
New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr and United States’ Shelby McEwen are going for gold in the men’s high jump competition.
Kerr and McEwen have both gone clear at 2.36m.
Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, who won joint gold at Tokyo 2020, has crashed out in third place after three failures having gone clear at 2.34m.
McGowan through to taekwondo bronze medal bout
A brief respite in the track again with attention turning to the 4x400m relays later in this final session at the Stade de France.
There is good news from elsewhere for Team GB though.
Rebecca McGowan has won her women’s 67kg taekwondo repechage bout 2-0 against the Ivory Coast’s Astan Bathily.
McGowan will fight for bronze later tonight.
Caden Cunningham is going for gold in the men’s over 80kg final in just under an hour’s time.
Kipyegon wins third women’s 1,500m gold as Team GB’s Georgia Bell wins brilliant bronze
Kipyegon takes on the pace in the final lap, followed by Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji.
Australia’s Jessica Hull and Georgia Bell remain in contact with Laura Muir desperately trying to make contact.
Kipyegon pulls clear to win gold in an Olympic record time of 3:51.29 to claim a third consecutive gold in the 1,500m.
Hull and Bell come through to overtake Welteji to claim silver an bronze, with the Australian holding off the Team GB star on the line.
Hull takes silver in 3:52.56, with Bell running a British record 3:52.61 for bronze.
Tsegay’s sets blistering early pace
Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay has set a lightning fast pace through in the opening stages of the women’s 1,500m final.
Faith Kipyegon bids for a third women’s 1,500m gold
The women’s 1,500m has just started on the track with two-time defending champion Faith Kipyegon bidding for a third straight gold.
Britain’s Laura Muir and Georgia Bell are in this one.
Finucane through to women’s sprint semi-finals
Racing has resumed over at the velodrome after that awful looking crash earlier.
There is good news for Britain, with Emma Finucane through to women’s sprint semi-finals.
She triumphed in straight rides against Colombia’s Martha Bayona Pineda.
Sophie Capewell has bowed out in the quarter-finals though.
She lost in straight rides to Hetty van de Wouw.
Brilliant Ingebrigtsen storms to men’s 5,000m gold
Redemption for Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the men’s 5,000m after finishing fourth in the 1,500m.
The Norwegian tracks Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet, who turned the burners on heading into the closing two laps of the race.
Ingebrigtsen reeled him in and then pulled clear to streak to gold in 13:13.66.
He finishes two seconds clear of Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi, who takes the silver medal.
United States’ Grant Fisher wins the bronze medal ahead of the refugee team’s Dominic Lokingyomo Lobalu and the Ethiopian duo of Gebrhiwet and Biniam Mehary.
A real battle for the silver and bronze, but a clear, clear winner in Ingebrigtsen.
Men’s 5,000m into closing laps
Into the closing stages of the men’s 5,000m with Addisu Yihune of Ethiopia leading the way.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen is still in contention.
Ill Tamberi bows of men’s high jump
Gianmarco Tamberi cleared his first height in the men’s high jump final at the third and final attempt.
Tamberi needed to do the same on the second height at 2.27 metres, but was unable to repeat the feat.
The Italian, who was in hospital earlier today, has bowed out of the competition.
There will be no repeat gold for Tamberi. Again, hopefully he gets better soon.
Kwesi Browne suffers major crash in men’s keirin
Some real concern over at the velodrome with Trinidad and Tobago’s Kwesi Browne suffering a major crash in the men’s keirin event.
Racing was suspended as Browne received treatment on the track following the incident.
He has since been stretchered away, but reportedly raising his hand after being applauded by the crowd.
Hopefully a promising sign.
George Mills goes in the men’s 5,000m final
George Mills has had an eventual Olympics it is fair to say.
Mills, the son of former Premier League footballer Danny, battled his way through to the men’s 1,500m semi-finals through a repechage earlier in the Games.
He then almost came to blows with a French rival after being taken out during the 5,000m heats.
Mills was ultimately advanced through to the final.
Wonder what is coming up tonight. The men’s 5,000m final goes off in the next few minutes.
United States’ Masai Russell wins 100m hurdles gold
United States’ Masai Russell and France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela require a photo finish to decide gold in the women’s 100m hurdles final.
Russell gets the verdict with the American winning in a time of 12.33 seconds, just 0.01 ahead of the French favourite.
Samba-Mayela still seems delighted and screams after being confirmed as the silver medallist. French president Emmanuel Macron is seen in the stands applauding.
The French hurdler wins their first athletics medal of these games.
Defending champion Jasmin Camacho-Quinn takes the bronze, paying for a slow start as she comes across the line in 12.36.
A faster start and she probably would have had that.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn bids to retain 100m hurdles title
The women’s 100m hurdles final is next on the track.
Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is the reigning champion, but has a trio of Americans bidding to take her crown.
Team GB’s Choong finishes ninth in modern pentathlon
No repeat for Team GB’s Joseph Choong in the men’s modern pentathlon event.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion has finished in ninth on this ocassion.
Choong has been very vocal too about changes being made to the sport.
The riding discipline will be replaced by an obstacle race at Los Angeles 2028.
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi wins gold in thrilling men’s 800m final
Emmanuel Wanyonyi replicates the great David Rudisha by winning the men’s 800m final.
The Kenyan lead from the front until the finish in a blisteringly quick final.
Wanyonyi was challenged by Canada’s Marco Arop in the closing straight and clings on.
The dip for the line proves enough for Wanyonyi to claim gold by fractions.
He wins in 1:41.19, finishing a thousandth of a second ahead of Arop.
Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati finishes in third in 1:41.50, while Team GB’s Max Burgin faded in the final lap to finish in eighth.
Burgin goes through the bell in fourth
Max Burgin goes through the bell in fourth place with Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi leading.
Max Burgin in men’s 800m final action
Time for the men’s 800 metres final, featureing Team GB’s Max Burgin.
Can Burgin get amongst the medals?
Gianmarco Tamberi in high jump action despite being taken to hospital
Remarkably, Italy’s joint defending men’s high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi is competing in the final.
He posted earlier today that his hopes were over after being taken to hospital after vomiting blood.
Tamberi has been suffering from renal colic while in Paris.
Tamberi posted two hours ago writing ‘I’ll be there’ on Instagram.
United States claim women’s football gold
It is gold for the United States in the women’s football tournament.
Mallory Swanson’s goal has proved the difference against Brazil, with Emma Hayes’ side earning a 1-0 win in front of a watching Tom Cruise.
The United States win gold for the first time since London 2012.
The US top the podium for the fifth time.
It is another silver medal for Brazil and their legendary forward Marta.
Portugal win dramatic men’s madison gold!
What a conclusion to the race with Portugal’s Rui Oliveria and Iuri Leitao taking a lap and moving into the lead.
The duo moved into the lead on 45 points, with Italy following on 43 and Denmark third on 41.
The Portuguese pairing go for the final sprint as well and scoop up the final sprint worth 10 points to secure gold on 55.
Italy’s Elia Viviani and Simone Consonni finish second on 47 points having led for so long, with Denmark taking the bronze.
It is Portugal’s first gold medal at this Olympics!
Laura Kenny has described the race as ‘chaos’ and she’s not wrong.
Crashes everywhere in closing stages
Blimey, crashes all over the place.
Spain’s Albert Torres has effectively flipped over the top of a Belgian rider who crashed.
Leaders Italy have also had a crash, but they are back up and cycling now.
In fact, it was Italy’s own fault with a botched change between their two riders.
Just two sprints remain in this race with the final one worth double points.
Italy leading as the men’s madison reaches closing stages
We are 15 sprints into the men’s madison final and it is not looking good for hopes of a British medal, with Ollie Wood and Mark Stewart way down.
In fact, they have just crashed! Oliver Wood has just crashed after a collision with a Dutch rider. He is back on his feet now.
At the front of the race Italy remain in front on 42 points, four clear of Denmark.
Czechia and Japan are in a battle for bronze on 32 and 28 respectively.
New Zealand are fifth on 20 points having won all of their points from sprints.
Athletics action is coming up shortly.
Britain’s Max Burgin will be on the track in the men’s 800 metres final, which starts in roughly 30 minutes.
The 22-year-old may be on the cusp of Olympic glory, running for a shot at gold in Paris tonight, but the athlete’s short career has been blighted by injuries, some of which have threatened to derail his dreams altogether.
Most prominently, Burgin’s struggles with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) led to his withdrawal from the World Championships in Eugene two years ago.
Mail Sport takes a closer look at Burgin’s path to the Olympic final.
Can Marta make a difference?
Brazil’s captain Marta has come on in the women’s football final.
The South Americans are running out of time through, as they still trail 1-0.
Around 15 minutes of normal time remaining at the Parc des Princes
The men’s madison reaches the halfway mark
At the halfway mark of the men’s madison, Italy look to be in control.
Simone Consonni and Elia Viviani have gained a lap to move to 40 points, with the 20 points from gaining a lap matched by sprint points.
Denmark have just gained a lap to move to 32 points.
There is then a gap to Spain and New Zealand, who have 13 points.
Italy take the lead in the men’s madison
Austria’s early effort has cost them dearly. The Austrian pairing have now been lapped by the field in the men’s madison and have lost the 20 points they earned.
Italy are on the attack and have secured five points for winning the eighth sprint. They will look to push on to claim a lap.
Simone Consonni and Elia Viviani currently lead on 15 points, with Spain and New Zealand following on 11 and 10 points respectively.
Britain’s Mark Stewart and Ollie Wood are down in ninth on four points.
Swanson puts United States ahead in women’s football final
Emma Hayes could be about to enjoy a golden start to life as United States boss.
The US have just gone ahead in the women’s football final.
Mallory Swanson has marked her 100th national team appearance with the opening goal of the final.
Swanson was player through on goal by Korbin Albert’s ball and produced a calm finish into the far corner.
Can Brazil mount a response?
Austria are early leaders in the men’s madison
Four sprints into the men’s madison.
Austria are top of the standings on 25 points, aid by gaining a lap early on.
Australia and Belgium are joint second on six points, while Team GB are currently down in 10th on two points.
Plenty of time for this all to change.
Germany and New Zealand were victims on an early crash but are back up.
A legend prepares to bow out
Brazil and the United States could not be seperated in the first half of the women’s football final.
The gold medal match will also see the end of the international career of Brazil legend Marta.
The six-time women’s world player of the year, however, is on the bench for the final.
Marta had missed the quarter and semi-final matches due to a suspension after being sent off in the group stage.
She is having to wait for her moment.
Marta is an Olympic silver medallist from Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, so will be hoping to finally get her hands on gold!
Men’s madison underway
The 200 lap men’s madison is underway, with a sprint every 10 laps.
Austria have already gone on the attack in a bid to lap the field and earn 20 points!
The chaos has already begun.
A change to Team GB’s madison line-up
The men’s madison is coming up on the velodrome in the next couple of minutes.
Team GB will be represented by Mark Stewart and Ollie Wood in this.
Ethan Hayter had been due to compete but has been forced to withdraw due to thigh muscle strain.
The injury was sustained in the men’s team pursuit, where if you remember he sharply pulled up the track in the final lap of the gold medal ride.
We’re also underway in the women’s football final and a familiar face is on the touchline
Former Chelsea boss Emma Hayes is currently barking orders at her USA team as they take on Brazil in the women’s football final this evening.
Plenty more action coming for you tonight!
While the closing curtain on the 2024 Paris Olympics will fall tomorrow, there is still a ton of action coming your way!
From cycling to artistic swimming, Team GB can still pick up several medals before the end of tonight!
Olly Wood and Ethan Hayter are gunning for medals in the men’s madison at 5pm.The final event of the men’s pentathlon kicks off at 4.30pm.Max Burgin will race in the men’s 800m final at 6.15om.Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe are in action in the artistic swimming free routine at 6.30pm.Laura Muir and Georgia Bell will take part in the 1500m final later at 7.15pm.And the women’s 4x400m final will take place at 8.14pm.Caden Cunningham takes part in the final of the men’s heavyweight taekwondo at 8.19pm while Rebecca McGowan gets underway in the women’s event at 8.37pm.Look who’s in Paris!
Runmours are spreading that Tom Cruise may be set to play a part in the Olympic closing ceremony tomorrow, taking the baton off Paris and taking it back to the USA ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
The Mission Impossible star has just been spotted at the Women’s football final as Emma Hayes’ side take on Brazil.
Breaking:Caden Cunningham is into the Olympic final!
Cunningham wins it! That was a close one! And what a fight too. Both competitors left everything out there in that third round.
He’ll have a shot at gold after beating Ivory Coast’s Cheick Sallah Cisse in the semi-final by the barest of margins.
It looked as though he just did enough at the end of that fight to take the win before letting out a huge roar!
Cunningham loses second round!
A tough result for the Brit!
He loses the second round despite coming back into the bout with Cheick Sallah Cisse getting a foothold in the fight.
We’re into the deciding third round and it’s going right to the wire with both fighters level on 5-5!
There was a heartwarming moment in the women’s climbing earlier!
There was a heartwarming moment in the women’s climbing earlier after Janja Garnbret of Slovenia claimed her second gold medal in the boulder and lead event.
As dismounted the wall she realised that she had won gold, with rival competitor Brooke Raboutou, of team USA, ran over to congratulate her on her victory!
The moment Noah williams clinched bronze!Caden Cunningham dominating
Caden Cunningham is currently also in action at the Grand Palais as he looks to book his place in the men’s 80kg+ final.
The Brit faces a stern challenge against Ivory Coast’s Cheick Sallah Cisse after he beat Jonathan Healy of the USA in the quarter-finals.
Cunningham though has taken the first round 11-8, but Sallah Cisse has bounced back to take a 6-1 lead in the second.
Just as I’m writing, Cunningham has whipped a huge kick into the head of his opponent to bring the score back to 6-4.
Looks like this fight might go down to the wire.
Rebecca McGowan suffers defeat… but can still win bronze!
Rebecca McGowan has suffered defeat in her quarter-final taekwando clash against Uzbekistan’s Svetlana Osipova.
Osipova took an 8-2 lead in the second round before going on to claim victory.
It’s not over yet though for the Brit. She’ll still have a chance to get on the podium and will need to win in her repechage fight to clinch a bronze medal.
A hug from a team-mate!
Tom Daley has stepped down to the pool and has given a huge hug to his team-mate Noah Williams after he took bronze in the men’s 10m diving.
Daley and Williams had also won silver in the men’s synchronised diving event last week and was watching from the stands as his diving partner dazzled in the men’s final.
Kothari drops back
A tough break for Kothari after his third dive! He scores 44.55 and drops down the leaderboard to second from bottom.
Williams moves to fifth after carding a score of 63.00.
Breaking:German swimmer reveals she has fallen ill after 10km swim in the River Seine
German swimmer Leonie Beck has revealed that she has ‘vomited nine times’ after competing in the women’s 10km swim in the River Seine on Thursday.
It comes amid reports of alarming pollution and e-coli levels in the Parisian waterway.
Ahead of the 10km race concerns had further concerns had arisen over the river’s pollution levels, but World Athletics confirmed that the latest tests had come back compliant.
French Authorities had spent 1.4billion euros to upgrade the city’s sewage systems ahead of the games.
Yet, Beck isn’t the first athlete to report side effects after swimming in the river. Portuguese athletes Vasco Vilaça and Melanie Santos had, per Euro News, also become ill after competing in the triathlon.
Ahead of her race, Beck had also reportedly said: ‘I hope we don’t get anything from it.’
Williams goes second as Kothari goes sixth
This is some fightback here from the British pairing, with Williams taking second in the leaderboard while Kothari goes to sixth.
Speaking on the impressive second dives from Williams and Kothari, Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor told BBC Sport: ‘Much, much better. In the semi-final he shouldered the dive, that’s not a million miles away, but that’s much more of a safe distance.
‘He’s got wonderfully gifted hands without any splash. Look at that. Well done Kyle.’
Kothari delivers!
Williams and Kothari have both bounced back in their second dives.
Kothari deliveres a stunning reverse 3 1/2 summersaults and drops into the water to score an 81.60.
Tom Daley in the crowd loved that dive too! He claps his hands together in elation for his team-mate.
Williams also delivers to score an impressive 86.40.
Lydia Ko looking strong in her final round at Le Golf National
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko leads the field in the final round of the women’s golf at Le Golf National.
She’s five shots clear of Germany’s Esther Henseleit and China’s Yin Ruoning.
She’s got off to a strong start through her first nine holes and is two-under through the turn.
There is a chasing pack of players behind her, but they have a lot of ground to make up, with Nelly Korda and Hannah Green, Lin Xiyu and Miyū Yamashita five-under through 11 holes.
Team GB’s Charley Hull, meanwhile, has fallen back to T24 going one over par for her final round, while Georgia Hall is seven-over through 16.
Kyle Kothari steps up to the 10m board
Noah Williams got off to a solid start in the men’s 10m platform final.
He qualified 12th and has already claimed silver alongside Tom Daley in the men’s synchronised diving.
Williams gets underway with a score of 78.40, while Kothari also produces a fine first dive, scoring 70.40 putting him ninth in the leaderboard.
Breaking:Cunningham through to the semi-final!
Caden Cunningham hits back to clinch the third round and takes the match 2-1!
It was a smart final round from the British athlete, who took the lead in the round but showed his composure stepping back off from his opponent as he attempted to pull back points late on.
He’ll now take on the winner of Jonathan Healy or Cheick Sallah Cisse in the men’s 80kg+ final at around 3.35pm.
It’s all square through two rounds!
Cunningham just lost out on the second round with Alba taking the second round 4-0.
The Brit just let his guard down there in the second round allowing the Cuban to come back!
Cunningham takes the lead!
Cunningham has taken the first round 3-0 after registering more hits on his opponent Rafael Alba.
He just needs to win the upcoming contest to book his spot in the semi-finals.
Here comes Caden Cunningham!
Caden Cunningham is stepping out onto the mat at the Grand Palais here in Paris as he loooks to book his spot in the men’s taekwando semi-finals!
He is due to go up against Cuba’s Rafael Alba.
Nigerian cyclist forced to borrow a bike from German team
Nigeria’s first ever Olympic cyclist Ese Ukpeseraye was forced to borrow a bike from the German Olympic team to compete in Paris.
The 25-year-old had been unable to source her own. She had initially only registered to compete in the women’s road race but also competed in the women’s kerin and the sprint, thus requiring a bike that was designed specifically for the indoor track.
Gold for China’s Huanhua Liu in the weight lifting
Let’s just catch up quickly on a few medals that are coming in and China’s Huanhua Liu has just taken gold in the men’s 102kg weightlifting event.
The 22-year-old beat Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan and Yauheni Tsikhanstou to gold, with the latter winning silver and bronze.
Elsewhere, Serbia’s men’s basketball side clinched a bronze medal by outdoing Germany 93-83 in what was a hotly contested meeting between the two nations.
France will take on the United States in the final with Lebron James and Steph Curry hoping to clinch their fifth Olympic gold medal.
So what’s coming up next?
We’ve already had a jam packed day of action, but there have been no medals as yet for Team GB!
The Brits will have a chance to get on the podium very shortly though, with Noah Williams and Kyle Kothari gunning for gold in the final of the men’s 10m diving.
Here’s what’s coming up later today in paris:
Olly Wood and Ethan Hayter are gunning for medals in the men’s madison at 5pm.The final event of the men’s pentahlon kicks off at 4.30pm.Max Burgin will race in the men’s 800m final at 6.15om.Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe are in action in the artistic swimming free routine at 6.30pm.Laura Muir and Georgia Bell will take part in the 1500m final later at 7.15pm.And the women’s 4x400m final will take place at 8.14pm.Caden Cunningham takes part in the final of the men’s heavyweight taekwondo at 8.19pm while Rebecca McGowan gets underway in the women’s event at 8.37pm.Inside the next Olympics as LA prepares to host the Games
It’s the penultimate day of the Paris Olympics, and with the curtain set to fall on what’s been a sensational two weeks of sporting action, all eyes will quickly be turning to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
While there is still plenty of sport to come over today and tomorrow, Los Angeles has already been putting plans in place to host the world’s greatest athletes.
It’ll be the first time the American city has hosted the Games for 44 years, and it’s set to be an event for the ages.
Tom Cruise is also rumoured to be in France for tomorrow’s closing ceremony and is set to take the baton from the previous hosts to LA.
And there are plenty of big plans being drawn up for the event, with a sporting shake-up incoming and a ton of A-listers set to be on the guest list.
Mail Sport takes a look at what’s to come at the LA Games below…
What a performance from McNeice!
Despite missing out on a podium spot Erin McNeice has dazzled today in the women’s climbing and will take plenty away from this performance.
She stands up out of her chair to applaud Janja Garnbret, who took gold, in the women’s boulder and lead final, but the 20-year-old has impressed throughout the Games.
Gold for Garnbret!
Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret has sped her way up to the top of the wall and the leaderboard to clinch gold in the women’s climbing.
She seals first place with a score of 84.1, surpassing Brooke Raboutou of America who drops to silver, with a score of 168.5.
Jessica Pilz will displace Japan’s Ai Mori in third, with 147.4, while Erin McNeice of Team GB finishing in fifth with a score of 127.6.
Breakdancer disqualified for ‘political outfit
More controversy in the breakdancing now as Afghanistan’s Manizha Telas has been disqualified for wearing a cape that had the words ‘Free Afghan women’ printed on it.
The 21-year-old was competing for the Refugee Olumpic team in Paris after fleeing from her homeland following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021.
McNeice falls out of medal contention
It’s a tough break for Erin McNeice as she drops to fourth in the standings after Austrian Jessica Pilz produces receives a score of 88.1 in her final climb.
It looks like the Austrian has claimed bronze, while McNeice drops to fourth.
But the 20-year-old Brit, also known as ‘McBeast’ has been sensational througout this event, dazzling in the women’s boulder final.
It’s an emotional finish for Pilz who breaks down in tears after her attempt on the wall, with American Brooke Raboutou sitting in the gold medal spot.
McNeice is gunning for bronze
Erin McNeice moves up to the top of the leaderboard after a fantastic climb in the lead.
She clocks up a score of 68.1 moving to 127.6 points overall!
But has she done enough to secure a podium spot with Oriane Bertone still to climb?
Who is Australian Olympic breakdancer Raygun?
The Olympic athlete was the talk of social media on Saturday with users reacting to her performance at the Paris Olympics.
Some went as far as calling her routine ’embarrassing’ but Raygun has since blasted her detractors on social media.
Raygun, meanwhile, is Australia’s top-ranking breakdancer – and an expert researcher on breaking. She works for Sydney’s Macquarie University as a creative arts researcher.
Find out more about her here!
A great result for Rebecca McGowan
She was dominant in that fight and attacked from the front, delivering a flurry of kicks to keep Fiji’s Venice Traill on the back foot.
Breaking:McGowan wins it!
A dominant performance from the British fighter who kept advancing on her opponent, Fiji’s Venice Traill, winning both rounds 13-0 11-0.
She’ll move to the quarter-finals to face Svetlana Osipova of Uzbekistan.
It’s straight to the video review team!
McGowan comes out strong, getting a kick away at Traill and appears to land a strong kick to the head of her Fijian opponent.
The officials go to the video monitor to check the kick and subsequently hand the Brit a three-point lead!
She countinues to advance on her oppenent getting some good kicks away to take a 13-point lead just as the bell goes.
A strong first round from McGowan.
What a stunning venue this is too!
Here comes Rebecca McGowan!
We’re heading back to the Grand Palais now for the Women’s taekwando for the women’s +67kg round of 16 matches.
Rebecca McGowan is just making her way out to the arena here as she prepares to face Fiji’s Venice Traill.
Brits advance to the diving final!
Noah Williams and Kyle Kothari have both advanced to the men’s 10m diving final.
Williams made it through by the barest of margins, finishing 12th, just 0.25 points ahead of Italy’s Riccardo Giovannini.
Kothari, meanwhile, produced a low score of 88.80 to book his place in the final, finishing in sixth place.
Emile Cairess: ‘I have no regrets’
Team GB’s marathon runner Emile Cairess stated he had ‘no regrets’ after giving everything he could during the men’s marathon earlier this morning.
The 26-year-old, who took bronze at the U23 World Championships in 2019 in the 10,000m, finished fourth this morning with a time of 2:07:29.
But after the race, he told BBC Sport that his Yorkshire roots may have helped him during the race.
‘It was a good race. I tried to just pace myself and be sensible and keep myself cool and just try and finish well,’ he told the BBC.
‘I think I’m good in hills. I come from Yorkshire so I used to do fell running and it comes quite natural running uphill anyway.
‘I just didn’t want to leave anything on the course and really give my best and give 100 per cent to the race and have no regrets.’
Imagine all the people!
A humerous moment occurred in the women’s volley ball on Saturday after a dispute erupted on the court between Brazil and Canada’s beach volley ball teams.
Both sets of players engaged in a heated row across the net, before the DJ inside the arena started playing John Lennon’s ‘Imagine All The People’.
Big dives for the Brits!
Team GB’s divers Kyle Kothari and Noah Williams are also in action this morning and both have been firing in form.
Kothari has registered an 88.80 in the men’s semi-final, putting him around 60 points around China’s Cao Yuan who leads the event.
Meanwhile, Williams’s backwards summarsaults brings up a score of 86.40!
McNeice drops to fifth
Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret has taken the lead in the women’s bouldering and is battling it out at the top with team USA’s Brooke Raboutou.
Garnbret has amassed a score of 74.8 out of 75 – a staggering performance.
Erin McNeice, meanwhile, has dropped to fifth after struggling to take a hold on the 25-point boulder.
She’ll finish the bouldering part of the final with 59.5 points.
Here comes McNeice again!
A little bit of pressure on the Brit here as she looks to take more points here.
She’s started well and is looking for the 10-point hold at the top of the wall, but just can’t quite find a grasp on the top boulder.
But the resilient 20-year-old bounces back and gets up to the top of the wall.
She’s gunning for the 25-point hold on the far-right side of the wall now! With 15 seconds to go she just quite grasp the boulder, dropping to the floor holding her head in her hands. A tough break for the Brit as she moves to 59.5 points.
In case you missed it…
If you missed it, here was Raygun’s performance in the women’s breakdancing event on Friday…
Breakdancer Raygun breaks silence
Olympic breakdancer Raygun has broken her silence after going viral on social media for her eye-catching performance in the women’s event yesterday.
Fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to raise eyebrows over her interesting routine – with some even going as far as calling it ’embarrassing’.
Raygun has now hit back on social media, posting a cryptic message in responce to her critics.
A tough break for McNeice – but she’s still in it!
Australia’s Oceana Mackenzie has jumped to the top of the leaderboard with a score of 54.7, surpassing Erin McNeice and Oriane Bertone both on 49.9 points.
McNeice though couldn’t come away with another score on her third attempts at the wall after falling – yet she’s still well in contention here in Paris.
Only Mackenzie has managed to take points off this very difficult third wall here.
Kipchoge takes a TAXI to the finish line!
It is a hot day here in Paris and it seems Eliud Kipchoge had to take a taxi to the finish line.
Many on social media had noticed earlier in the day that the two-time gold medallist was struggling during the race and was seen walking the course at one stage.
A new Olympic record!
Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola clinched gold in front of a raucaus crowd in Paris earlier this morning in the men’s marathon.
It was a dominant performance from the distance runner who clocked up a sensational time of 2:06:26.
Bashir Abdi of Belgium ran home to take silver, while Benson Kipruto of Kenya won bronze.
Team GB’s Emile Cairess agonisingly just missed out on a podium finish finishing behind Kipruto by just 27 seconds!
Oriane Bertone catches up!
Another stunning attempt from France’s Oriane Bertone who catches McNeice following her climb on the second wall.
She’s levelled McNeice on 49.9 points – can McNeice respond?
McNeice goes top!
After a sensational second climb, Erin McNeice has jumped to the top of the leaderboard in the women’s bouldering/lead.
Her attempt at the second wall was flawless and took a maximum 25 points.
She’s now out clear in first with 49.9 points out of 50.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson admits pride over silver medal
Team GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson spoke of her pride at winning her first-ever Olympic medal in Paris on Friday night.
While she narrowly missed out on clinching gold by a matter of just 36 points to rival Belgium’s Nafi Thiam.
Yet, Johnson-Thompson, insisted she had no hang ups after finally finding herself stood on an Olympic podium.
‘I’m just so relieved and so happy that I have an Olympic medal to add to my collection,’ said the 31-year-old, who has had to overcome injury issues since winning her first world title in 2019.
‘It was the only one I didn’t have and it’s been so hard getting back to this point.
‘I feel after the last two Olympics, I could have given up for different reasons. So I am grateful and emotional and overwhelmed. I have no regrets. To be on the podium is such an honour.’
McNeice gets off to a strong start
Erin McNeice gets off to a strong start on wall one here. She takes 24.9 points off her first attempt and is currently working her way across the second wall now.
She is calm, composed and collected and is methodically working her way across the course.
McNeice has just pulled off a sensational 360º rotation to reach the final boulder on wall two! The judges will surely love that!
It’s gold for Ethiopia!
Tamirat Tola crosses the line in the men’s marathon in a record time for the Olympics of 2:06:26.
It is a truly dominant display and a staggering time from the distance runner who clinched bronze in the 10,000m in Rio.
He laps up the applause from fans around the finish line in Paris after an outstanding race!
So what’s coming up today?
Right so, there’s plenty of action coming your way on the penultimate day of the Olympic Games.
First up, we’ve got Team GB’s Erin McNeice taking part in the women’s boulder/lead climbing final – while Toby Roberts also has a chance at a medal. Noah Williams and Kyle Kothari are in action in the Aquatics Centre today. Williams will take part in the 10m diving at 2pm, while Kothari is already underway in the men’s semi-final. Olly Wood and Ethan Hayter are gunning for medals in the men’s madison at 5pm. The final event of the men’s pentahlon kicks off at 4.30pm. Max Burgin will race in the men’s 800m final at 6.15om. Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe are in action in the artistic swimming free routine at 6.30pm.Laura Muir and Georgia Bell will take part in the 1500m final later at 7.15pm. And the women’s 4x400m final will take place at 8.14pm. Caden Cunningham takes part in the final of the men’s heavyweight taekwondo at 8.19pm while Rebecca McGowan gets underway in the women’s event at 8.37pm. Kipchoge having to dig deep
So let’s first head over to the men’s marathon and it looks like three-time gold medallist, Eliud Kipchoge is having a tough time out on the course.
The Kenyan is sitting at the back of the field and looks to be struggling. He’s just stopped running momentarily to catch his breath and is walking.
Good morning!
It’s the penultimate day of the Paris Olympics and boy have we got a bumper day of action ahead of us!
There’s 39 medals gold medals up for grabs on the final day of the Games with several British stars vying to claim Olympic glory on Saturday.
The men’s marathon is already underway this morning with Eliud Kipchoge gunning for his third gold medal at the Olympics. Meanwhile, The final round of the women’s golf is also underway, with Charley Hull and Georgia Hall teeing off later this morning!
Follow along here as we’ll be bringing you all the latest action, analysis and key moments from Paris!
United States cruise to women’s 4x400m gold as Team GB win bronze
View post
United States hold off Botswana in men’s 4x400m as Team GB win bronze
View post
Kipyegon wins third women’s 1,500m gold as Team GB’s Georgia Bell wins brilliant bronze
View post
Brilliant Ingebrigtsen storms to men’s 5,000m gold
View post
United States’ Masai Russell wins 100m hurdles gold
View post
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi wins gold in thrilling men’s 800m final
View post
United States claim women’s football gold
View post
Meet Team GB’s 800m medal hopeful who overcame potentially career-threatening condition
View post
Plenty more action coming for you tonight!
View post
Look who’s in Paris!
View post
Caden Cunningham is into the Olympic final!
View post
There was a heartwarming moment in the women’s climbing earlier!
View post
The moment Noah williams clinched bronze!
View post
Caden Cunningham dominating
View post
Rebecca McGowan suffers defeat… but can still win bronze!
View post
A hug from a team-mate!
View post
Noah Williams wins bronze!
View post
Kothari drops back
View post
German swimmer reveals she has fallen ill after 10km swim in the River Seine
View post
Lydia Ko looking strong in her final round at Le Golf National
View post
Kyle Kothari steps up to the 10m board
View post
Cunningham through to the semi-final!
View post
Cunningham takes the lead!
View post
Here comes Caden Cunningham!
View post
Nigerian cyclist forced to borrow a bike from German team
View post
So what’s coming up next?
View post
Inside the next Olympics as LA prepares to host the Games
View post
Gold for Garnbret!
View post
Breakdancer disqualified for ‘political outfit
View post
McNeice falls out of medal contention
View post
McNeice is gunning for bronze
View post
Who is Australian Olympic breakdancer Raygun?
View post
A great result for Rebecca McGowan
View post
McGowan wins it!
View post
It’s straight to the video review team!
View post
Here comes Rebecca McGowan!
View post
Emile Cairess: ‘I have no regrets’
View post
Big dives for the Brits!
View post
McNeice drops to fifth
View post
Breakdancer Raygun breaks silence
View post
A tough break for McNeice – but she’s still in it!
View post
Kipchoge takes a TAXI to the finish line!
View post
A new Olympic record!
View post
Oriane Bertone catches up!
View post
McNeice goes top!
View post
McNeice gets off to a strong start
View post
It’s gold for Ethiopia!
View post
So what’s coming up today?
View post
Kipchoge having to dig deep
View post
Share or comment on this article:
Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: Gender row boxer Lin Yu-ting WINS featherweight gold with dominant victory – after medals pour in for Team GB in athletics and swimming
