By Kyle Feldscher, Patrick Sung, Ben Church, Ben Morse, Samuel Joseph and George Ramsay, CNN
Updated 8:27 PM EDT, Fri August 9, 2024
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What we covered here
- It was a huge night for track and field at the Paris Games, with Sha’Carri Richardson and Team USA winning the women’s 4x100-meter relay, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet pulling off a rare double gold in distance running, and American Rai Benjamin winning the 400-meter hurdles.
- Elsewhere, Spain won a wild men’s gold medal soccer match, beating France 5-3 in extra time. And the US will officially play in both the men’s and women’s basketball finals, after the US women continued their historic Olympic dominance with a semifinal win over Australia.
- Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who has overcome an onslaught of online abuse in Paris, won her country’s first women’s gold in the event. Japan’s Ami Yuasa, known competitively as B-Girl Ami, won the first ever gold medal in breaking.
- Check out ourOlympic medal trackerto see which delegation is leading.
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In pictures: Day 14 of the Paris Olympics
From CNN Digital’s Photo TeamIn the pouring rain Friday, Team USA won Olympic gold in the women’s 4x100-meter relay.
The thrilling finishsaw superstar Sha’Carri Richardson surging past runners from Germany and Great Britain to win by .07 seconds. She shares the gold with teammates Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry and Gabrielle Thomas.
In other Olympic action Friday,Spain defeated France 5-3to win gold in men’s soccer. France scored two late goals in regulation to force extra time, but Spanish substitute Sergio Camello added two more goals to secure a victory in the wild match.
Check out some of today’s top photos:
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US sprinter Sha'carri Richardson celebrates after crossing the finish line to win gold in the women's 4x100 relay on Friday, August 9.
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China's Wang Zilu competes in rhythmic gymnastics on August 9.
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New Zealand's Lydia Ko carries spare tees in her hair during the third round of the women's golf tournament on August 9. Ko and Switzerland’s Morgane Métraux were atop the leaderboard before the fourth and final round.
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Spain's Álex Baena (No. 10) celebrates after scoring a goal to put his team up 3-1 in the soccer final against France on August 9. France fought back to tie the match and force extra time, but Spain went on to win 5-3.
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Uzbekistan's Razambek Zhamalov, left, wrestles Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau, a member of the neutral athletes team, on August 9. Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee announced in December that Russian and Belarusian athletes would only be eligible to compete as individual neutral athletes at this year’s Olympics.
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French cyclist Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé races during a sprint qualifier on August 9.
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Spain's rhythmic gymnastics team performs its hoop exercise in the all-around event on August 9.
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Here's what you may have missed during an action-packed Friday at the Summer Games
From CNN staffWe’ve entered the final three days of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and there’s plenty of action still in store this weekend.
Thrilling finishes and standout performers on Friday have set the stage for this final act.
If you weren’t able to watch, here’s what you missed:
Big night for track and field:
- Sha’Carri Richardson and Team USA used a late surge towin gold in the women’s 4x100-meter relay, passing Team Great Britain in the rainy closing stages.
- Meanwhile, Team Canada won the men’s 4x100 relay, allowing track star Andre De Grasse to move into a tie as the country’s most-decorated Summer Olympian.
- Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet pulled off a rare double gold in distance running, winningthe women’s 10,000-meterafter winning the 5,000 earlier this week.
- Chebet’s victory in the night’s longest race was clouded by concern for France’s Alessia Zarbo, who struggled throughout the run and eventually collapsed, having to be carried away on a stretcher. Fortunately, the French Athletics Federation told CNN Zarbo made a quick recovery from fainting and is now resting.
- Team USA’s Rai Benjamin took gold in the men’s 400-meter hurdles, blowing past Norway’s Karsten Warholm, the world record holder in the event.
Madness in the soccer final:
- Spain won a thrillingmen’s gold medal soccer match, disappointing the home fans and beating France 5-3 in a wild contest that went to extra time.
- It was a back-and-forth affair, with France taking an early 1-0 lead, only to see Spain storm back with three goals and take a seemingly commanding lead.
- It was time for the host nation to mount a comeback of its own, forcing extra time by leveling it at 3-3. In the extra period, Spain finally pulled away, scoring twice and finally putting the game to bed.
US women’s basketball greatness:
- After the US men’s basketball team endured a hard-fought battle against Serbia to move on to a gold medal match, the women’s team faced no such struggle in its semifinal against Australia.
- Led by New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart, the US women eased to an 85-64 win, locking up a spot in the gold medal game and securing its staggering 60th straight Olympic victory.
- France is up next in the final on Sunday.
Breaking’s big debut:
- Japan’s Ami Yuasa, who goes by the competitive name B-Girl Ami, won the first breaking gold medal in Olympic history as she took down B-Girl Nicka — 17-year-old Lithuanian prodigy Dominika Banevič — 3-0.
- In the event, which is makingits Olympics debut, competitors face off in one-on-one battles set to a DJ’s hip-hop soundtrack.
Embattled boxer takes gold:
- Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, the No. 5 seed entering the Olympic tournament, made history by becoming the first woman from her country to win a medal in the event — and she made it a gold, unanimously defeating China’s Yang Liu in a final bout.
- Khelif overcame a torrent of online abuse, with prominent anti-trans figures, right-wing commentators and politicians incorrectly calling her a man during the Summer Games. The controversy dates back to a 2023 ruling by a discredited boxing regulator. Read more context on the case here.
It's gold for Imane Khelif in the 66kg welterweight final!
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Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates winning the 66kg welterweight final Friday.
What a tournament for Imane Khelif!
The No. 5 seed of this tournament has just made history by becoming the first Algerian female boxer to win a medal, taking the gold over China’s Yang Liu, who earns silver.
The crowd is going wild on Court Philippe-Chatrier, waving Algerian flags and cheering the new Olympic champion, who won the final via unanimous decision.
Remember:Khelif is an accomplished amateur who won a silver medal at the International Boxing Association’s world championships in 2022.
She has beensubject to a torrent of online abuse, with prominent anti-trans figures, right-wing commentators and politicians incorrectly calling her a man — and using the controversy to fuel the wider culture war around gender identity.
It stems from Khelif’s disqualification from competition last year by the IBA, which said she had failed an unspecified gender test. The International Olympic Committee has dismissed the test as “arbitrary,” and previously stripped the IBA of its recognition as the official boxing body for the Games over corruption and financial related issues.
CNN’s Kara Fox contributed reporting to this post.
Imane Khelif wins round 2 of women's welterweight final against China's Yang Liu
From CNN's Kevin DotsonIt’s another unanimous round to Algeria’s Imane Khelif against Yang Liu.
It was more of the same in the second round as a stiff punch from the Algerian sent Yang bouncing off the ropes in the opening seconds.
With the pro-Khelif crowd chanting wildly, she punished Yang with a barrage of punches on her way to another victorious round on all the judges’ scorecards.
Imane Khelif unanimously wins round 1 of the women's 66kg welterweight gold medal match
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Algeria's Imane Khelif punches Yang Liu of China during the round 1 of the gold medal match Friday.
Imane Khelif landed a heavy blow on opponent Yang Liu of China in the opening round of their women’s 66kg gold medal bout.
Khelif takes the first round and really had the crowd on her side. The fans are really getting behind her.
France's Alessia Zarbo recovering after fainting during women's 10,000 meters
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher in ParisSome good news to end this night from the track on France’s Alessia Zarbo.
Alix Pearson, a spokesperson for the French Athletics Federation, told CNN that Zarbo made a quick recovery after fainting during her race and is getting some rest.
It was an unsettling scene in the Stade de France as Zarbo fell to the ground in the final third of the race. She had struggled for much of the run and had been lapped by the leading pack.
She was removed from the track on a stretcher and taken down the tunnel by medical staff.
Noah Lyles attends men's 200-meter medal ceremony in a mask after testing positive for Covid-19
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American sprinter Noah Lyles applauds while receiving his bronze medal from Thursday's 200-meter race during the medal ceremony Friday.
American sprinter Noah Lyles is here at the Stade de France to receive his bronze medal from the 200-meter race on Thursday, despite his positive Covid-19 test earlier this week.
Lyles said after his race yesterday that he tested positive for the virus earlier in the week, but he still managed to win bronze. He appeared at Friday’s ceremony wearing a mask and gave an elbow bump to the staff member who placed the medal around his neck when she went for a handshake.
Earlier in the day, IOC President Thomas Bach had said that Lyles was welcome to attend the ceremony if he would like.
It’s been customary at these Olympics for the medalists to take a selfie with each other with their medals before leaving the podium. That custom was passed up as Lyles quickly walked off the podium and kept his distance from his fellow medalists, gold winner Letsile Tebogo of Botswana and silver medalist Kenny Bednarek.
Lyles did not linger or mingle with fans as the other runners did, simply posing for a few photographs with his medal and then heading for the tunnel.
B-Girl Ami of Japan wins the first ever breaking gold medal in Olympic history
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Japan's Ami Yuasa, known as B-Girl Ami, celebrates winning the first ever breaking gold medal Friday.
Japan’s Ami Yuasa, who goes by the competitive name B-Girl Ami, won the first ever breaking gold medal in Olympic history as she took down B-Girl Nicka — Dominika Banevič of Lithuania — 3-0.
Yuasa won all three rounds in the eyes of the judges against the 17-year-old European prodigy to win the historic medal.
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Lithuania's Dominika Banevič, known as B-Girl Nicka, competes with Yuasa in the gold medal battle.
The 25-year-old Japanese breaker is a two-time RedBull BC One World Champion — and now, she is an Olympic gold medalist.
Banevič, who is the defending world champion, won the silver, while China’s B-Girl 671 (Liu Qingyi) won the bronze.
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Yuasa competes in the gold medal battle.
Read more about the new Olympic event here.
USA's Olivia Reeves wins gold in women's 71kg weightlifting
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Olivia Reeves competes to win the gold medal in the women's weightlifting 71kg class Friday.
Olivia Reeves won gold for the USA in the women’s weightlifting 71kg class, posting a combined 262kg total in the snatch and clean and jerk.
Reeves’ 117kg snatch set a new Olympic record.
Mari Leivis Sánchez of Colombia took silver with her last lift of 145kg on the clean and jerk, pushing Ecuador’s Angie Palacios down into bronze.
Team USA's Rai Benjamin pulls away to win gold in the men's 400-meter hurdles
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Team USA's Rai Benjamin, bottom, leads in the men's 400-meter hurdles Friday.
Team USA’s Rai Benjamin just blew away the world record holder in this event!
Norway’s Karsten Warholm was aiming to repeat as gold medalist today, but Benjamin just absolutely flew past him in the final 150 meters of this race!
Warholm led for the majority of the opening stages and went into the fourth turn of the final looking to be in pole position for the gold. But Benjamin found another gear that the Norwegian simply couldn’t match.
In the final straightaway, Benjamin pulls away and wins by six-tenths of a second as Warholm holds off Brazil’s Alison dos Santos for the silver.
It’s an incredible moment in the final action of the evening here!
After the race, Benjamin said, “I can’t believe I actually finally did it. It just happened at the right moment. My family is here, my friends are here. To do it in front of them means so much to me. I’m just so excited.
“(I knew I had won) probably five meters before the line. I thought I’d get dipped, but no one was there so I thought, ‘Wait a minute, hold on, I’m actually doing this.’ And I did it. Just a great feeling.”
This post has been updated with quotes from Team USA’s Rai Benjamin.
One race left here at the Stade de France: the men's 400-meter hurdles
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher in ParisWe’re down to our final event of the evening: the men’s 400-meter hurdles.
Here’s what we’re watching in this one:
- Norway’s Karsten Warholm has dominated this race and will be looking to defend the gold he won in Tokyo, where he set the world and Olympic records in this discipline.
- Team USA’s Rai Benjamin, Alison dos Santos of Brazil and Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands look to push him, while the crowd will be behind Frenchman Clément Ducos.
Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún takes the gold medal in the men's triple jump in his first Olympics
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Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún of Spain celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's triple jump Friday.
Well, that’s quite the way to make your debut on your sport’s biggest stage.
Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún of Spain is the gold medal winner in the men’s triple jump, going 17.86 meters to beat out Pedro Pichardo of Portugal by two centimeters. Pichardo missed his second straight gold medal by a truly tiny distance.
Andy Díaz Hernandez of Italy will take the bronze medal after going 17.64 meters.
Crowd roars for Megan Keith of Great Britain as she finishes her final lap
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher in ParisThere was a really nice moment to cap off a difficult race for Megan Keith of Team Great Britain.
Keith lagged behind the pack the entire race, only outpacing Alessia Zarbo of France until she needed to be removed from the race. Much of the field had passed Keith by and was finished by the time she hit the final straightaway.
But the crowd at the Stade de France roared for her down the stretch and exploded when she crossed the finish line. She may have been the last over the line, but she got as big of a cheer as the winners.
Beatrice Chebet of Kenya does the distance double by winning the 10,000 meters in thrilling finish
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Beatrice Chebet of Kenya competes in the women's 10,000m final.
The final lap of the race begins and the leaders kick it into another gear!
They’re flying around these final meters as the crowd goes nuts. Nadia Battocletti of Italy turns it up another notch in the final kick and she’s pushing Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet all the way to the line … and Chebet just stays ahead for the gold!
Chebet gets her second Olympic title in Paris — after winning the 5,000 meters earlier in the week — in a time of 30:43.25 and Battocletti will have to settle for setting the new Italian national record in this race at 30:43.35.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands takes the bronze.
Alessia Zarbo of France taken off the track on a stretcher after collapsing during women's 10K
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France's Alessia Zarbo receives medical attention in the women's 10,000m final.
Scary scenes here.
Alessia Zarbo of France has just collapsed on the track during the women’s 10,000 meters. She’s being taken to the back on a stretcher now.
Zarbo had struggled throughout the race and was far behind most of the pack throughout. She eventually was lapped by most of the field before she went down.
She is a first-time Olympian and had graduated from the University of Oregon in 2023.
She’s been taken down the tunnel at the Stade de France and is receiving treatment. We’ll update as we learn more.
CNN’s David Close contributed to this post.
Spain's Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún in the lead as men's triple jump comes to the final stages
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Spain's Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún competes in the men's triple jump final.
Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún is enjoying his first Olympics.
The Olympic debutant is sitting in first place in the triple jump at 17.86 meters after his first four jumps. That puts him two centimeters ahead of Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo, the reigning Olympic gold medalist.
Most of the competitors still have two jumps left in this contest. Whoever has the longest best jump of the day out of their six attempts goes home with the gold.
Eritrean Rahel Daniel pulls out of women's 10,000 meters early in the race
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher in ParisTough scenes in the eastern side of the Stade de France.
Rahel Daniel, who had set out at the front of the pack in the women’s 10,000 meters, has pulled up and left the race. She seems to be walking OK, but clearly, she’s got some sort of injury issue.
Daniel, of Eritrea, will have to DNF this race.
We’ll keep an eye out for more on why she had to leave this race.
The women's 10,000-meter run just started. Here's what we're watching in the longest race of the night
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Athletes are seen competing in the women's 10,000m final.
The women’s 10,000-meter race has just begun and will be going for quite some time — the world record in this race is a touch under 29 minutes.
Here’s what we’re watching for in this one:
World record holder Beatrice Chebet of Kenya is looking to achieve a distance double gold medal on the track, having already won the 5,000-meter race earlier this week. Earlier this year, she became the first woman to break the 29-minute mark in this race to set the new world record.
Defending champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, meanwhile, is aiming to retain.
There are three Americans in the race — Parker Valby, Karissa Schweizer and Weini Kelati Frezghi. There was some early concern over Valby: An awkward start to the race led NBC commentators to wonder if she’d be disqualified for the way she joined the pack off the starting line, but on review from a different angle, the analysts surmised she should be fine.
USA's Anna Hall runs an incredible 800-meter race but it's not enough for a medal in the heptathlon
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Anna Hall competes in the women's heptathlon 800m.
Anna Hall has just given everything she had in her body to get on the podium here in France.
The American just blew away the field here in the 800-meter run portion of the women’s heptathlon, looking to climb from fifth to a podium position. She breaks away from the pack in the first 200 meters and simply cannot be caught.
It’s a long wait to find out if she’s got enough points to get a medal though. She lays down on the track for a long time to catch her breath before huddling with the rest of the competitors, waiting for the official results.
Disappointment for Hall, but joy for Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam who has done enough to take home the gold over Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Noor Vidts completes a Belgian double on the podium by holding off Annik Kälin of Switzerland and Hall to take home the bronze.
Drama in the women's shot put as Germany's Yemisi Ogunleye wins the gold on her final throw
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Yemisi Ogunleye from Germany reacts during the women's shot put final.
Scenes at the Stade de France!
Yemisi Ogunleye had one throw left in the women’s shot put, needing to top New Zealand’s Maddison-Lee Wesche’s mark of 19.86 meters.
And on her final toss, Ogunleye throws the ball 20 meters even! She’s in shock at what she’s done, her hands covering her mouth as she stands in disbelief.
Wesche has one chance left and it’s an impressive toss, but not enough! She can’t go over her earlier best of 19.86 meters and she’ll have to settle for silver.
Ogunleye takes the German flag and celebrates with her compatriots in the stands. An incredible moment for the German, winning the gold medal with the last toss of the shot.
This post has been updated with quotes from Germany’s Yemisi Ogunleye.
Spain wins the men's soccer gold medal in an incredible final
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Sergio Camello of Spain celebrates scoring his team's fifth goal against France.
That’s it, Spain is the men’s football Olympic champion!
Sergio Camello’s brace in extra time secured a 5-3 win over host France in an all-time great final.
Enzo Millot opened the scoring early for France after a goalkeeping error from Arnau Tenas, but La Roja hit back with three goals in 10 minutes through Álex Baena and Fermín López’s brace to take a 3-1 lead at half time.
Roared on by a booming home crowd, France fought back in the second half as Maghnes Akliouche’s flick and Jean-Philippe Mateta’s last-minute penalty made it 3-3.
But France finally came unstuck in extra time as Sergio Camello scored two brilliant chips to make it 5-3 and seal the gold medal for Spain.
It caps a truly incredible couple of years for Spanish soccer. Its national teams have also won the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Euro 2024 and the 2024 Under-19 European Championship.
“What a game and what an extra time!” Spain’s Olympic tennis silver medalist Carlos Alcaraz wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Congratulations!”
VAMOOOOOOS!!!!! ⚽️❤️🇪🇸 Vaya partido y vaya prórroga! 🥵 Enhorabuena!!!!!
— Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) August 9, 2024
Sergio Camello makes it 5-3 to Spain against France in extra time
From CNN's Matias GrezIt’s the substitute Sergio Camello again!
It’s 5-3 to Spain with a minute to play — the gold is theirs.
Home nation crowd almost carries French heptathlete to 800-meter win, but she fades late
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher in ParisAuriana Lazraq-Khlassof France reacts after competing on Friday.
The sky is well and truly blue again here at the Stade de France and the home nation’s fans just had their thrill of the night in the first heat of the 800-meter race portion of the women’s heptathlon.
Auriana Lazraq-Khlass of France just left everything she had on the track as she tried to track down Sveva Gerevini of Italy. The two blue-clad racers were running right with each other all the way down the stretch, with Gerevini only just pulling away in the final 25 meters as Lazraq-Khlass fades.
For a moment, it seemed as if the roars from the crowd here in Saint-Denis would be enough to push the Frenchwoman over the finish line first, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Still, you can see how much it means to her. Lazraq-Khlass applauds the crowd and blows kisses around to each corner of the Stade de France as she soaks in her moment.
One more heat still to come in the heptathlon’s 800-meter race before an Olympic medalist is crowned.
Spain takes a 4-3 lead over France in extra time!
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Spain celebrates the team's fourth goal.
Is that the winning goal for Spain?
Adrián Bernabé plays a brilliant ball in for Sergio Camello, who dinks the ball over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
We have three minutes left in the first half of extra time.
Women's shot put final nears the halfway point
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Maddison-Lee Wesch of New Zealand competes in the women's shot put final.
Let’s take a look over to the other end of the stadium from the track start line to the shot put area.
Most of the competitors are on the third throw of six now, with the longest distance taking home the gold. Maddison-Lee Wesche of New Zealand has the top throw right now of 19.58 meters, putting her in pole position after three throws.
Americans Jaida Ross and Raven Saunders are currently in third and 11th place respectively.
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic sets an Olympic record on her way to 400-meter gold
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Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic leads in the women's 400-meter final Friday.
The sun has reappeared above the Stade de France and stadium staff are working to push the water off the women’s pole vault area as we get ready for the women’s 400-meter race.
The competition begins and Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic breaks away from the pack with 200 meters to go. Absolutely no one is going to catch her as she opens up a gap and refuses to give it up.
Paulino crosses the finish line in 48.17, a new Olympic record! She levels up her medal from the Tokyo Games when she won 400m silver. What an impressive feat on a wet track here outside Paris.
“I’m very happy. I still cannot believe that just happened. It was either going for the world record or the Olympic record, and thank God, I achieved the Olympic record,” Paulino said after her win.
Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain finishes in 48.53 seconds and Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland takes the bronze in 48.98 seconds.
Paulino takes great pleasure in ringing the victory bell in the northern end of the stadium, giving it a few extra rings for good measure.
This post has been updated with quotes from the Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino.
France vs Spain will go to extra time after thrilling 3-3 draw
From CNN's Matias GrezJean-Philippe Mateta ofFrancescores their third goal from the penalty spot.
Finally, a chance to catch your breath.
What a thrilling gold medal match this has been between Spain and France.
After trailing 3-1 at halftime, Les Espoirs fought back in the second half to level the scores late on.
In a frenetic final few minutes, both Spain and France had brilliant opportunities to score the winning goal.
Now, we’re in for another 30 minutes. What a treat!
Jean-Philippe Mateta equalizes for France against Spain from the spot in the men's soccer final
From CNN's Matias GrezWhat nerves of steel Jean-Philippe Mateta has.
He was made to wait a long time to take that penalty, but he dispatched it confidently to make it 3-3 with just two minutes of stoppage time to play.
Juan Miranda hauled down Arnaud Kalimuendo at the far post to concede the spot kick.
This one is surely going to extra-time.
Canada takes the gold in the men's 4x100m relay, USA disqualified
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Andre De Grasse of Team Canada celebrates winning gold.
The teams are out for the men’s 4x100-meter relay as the rain eases here. The sun is threatening to make an appearance, but the track is still bearing signs of the flash downpour we just had here.
An instrumental version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” plays over the loud speakers as the runners get themselves pumped up.
Another massive roar for the French team from the home fans. Team USA is introduced and Noah Lyles is not among the runners, as expected after he announced yesterday that he tested positive for Covid-19 and his Olympics are over. He was anticipated to be a part of this team, but instead, it’s Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Kyree King and Fred Kerley.
The stadium sings “Allez Les Bleus!” again and the public address announcer needs to ask them to be quiet for the start. The gun finally goes off and the stadium erupts again.
The runners are off on the wet track and there’s a collision with Team USA’s first handoff! Team USA struggles to get back into the race after the difficult transfer and, as the teams come down the final stretch, the Americans are far out of the running and the pack is breaking away.
Instead, it’s Canada that takes the gold in 37.50 seconds. South Africa finishes in 37.57 and Great Britain will take home the bronze.
With the win, Andre De Grasse tied Penny Oleksiak as Canada’s most-decorated Summer Olympian.
It appeared to be a disappointing seventh-placed finish for the US, but the team was eventually disqualified due to the poor handover of the baton. One has to wonder how a healthy Noah Lyles — and a clean baton handoff — would have helped that team in this race.
This post has been updated with quotes from Canada’s Andre De Grasse.
France has been awarded a penalty against Spain!
From CNN's Matias GrezAfter a VAR check, France has been awarded a penalty and will have the chance make it 3-3! What a men’s soccer final we’re having here at the Parc des Princes!
France pulls one back against Spain!
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Spain's concedes a goal scored by France's Maghnes Akliouche in the men's gold medal final.
It’s now 3-2 to Spain against France!
Michael Olise’s free kick was deflected into the back of the net by Maghnes Akliouche and the Parc des Princes erupts.
France has seven minutes to find an equalizer.
Sha'Carri Richardson and Team USA catch Team Great Britain in final moments to win women's 4x100m relay gold
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Sha'Carri Richardson crosses the finish line to win gold in the women's 4x100m relay final.
It is absolutely pouring at the Stade de France as the teams take their spots for the women’s 4x100-meter relay race.
Huge roars for the French team and Team USA as they take their spots, coming out into the deluge from under the stadium’s roof. The crowd sings “Allez Les Bleus!” to encourage the French team.
The gun sounds and the first leg is off. As the baton is handed off into the final leg, the crowd roars and, in the last leg, Sha’Carri Richardson has a lot of ground to make up.
But she is surging into the final stretch! Richardson absolutely blows by the German runner and she’s chasing down Team Great Britain here in the rain.
And she does it! She even has a moment to cast a little side eye at her competitors as she goes over the finish line, a truly unreal move in the closing milliseconds of an Olympic final. Over the line in 41.78 seconds, Team USA takes the gold! Great Britain is .07 seconds behind and Germany takes the bronze.
The adrenaline is absolutely surging through Richardson after the race as she nods toward the crowd, soaking in the moment. It’s her second incredible final 100 meters, repeating the feat she accomplished during qualifying by just hunting down and passing the competition in the final moments of the race.
Twanisha Terry added, “Honestly, it feels amazing. Each and every one of us came out to these Games to drive for greatness and I feel like we all did a very good showing of that. Whether it was individually or all together.”
It’s clear that the rain didn’t affect Team USA all that much — that run was the fastest relay the US has run in this race this season.
The Stade de France has truly just been an American playground throughout this week of track competition as the US’ dominance continues.
This post has been updated with quotes from Team USA’s Sha’Carri Richardson and Twanisha Terry.
Rain coming down at the Stade de France ahead of tonight's track and field competitions
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher in ParisWell, the weather had cooperated for much of this week’s competitions here in Saint-Danis. But it looks like we’re in for a bit of a change of pace.
Rain has just started to fall at the Stade de France as the medals for last night’s races are being awarded. There are a bunch of footraces taking place tonight, so it will be very interesting to see how the conditions affect those times.
So far the track does not look wet, but the women warming up for the shot put competition will likely be having trouble holding onto the shot.
France hits the crossbar against Spain in the men's soccer final
From CNN's Matias GrezTrailing 3-1 at half-time, France has come out on the front foot in the second half as the host attempts to get back into the game.
Thierry Henry’s squad has been the best team since the break and Manu Koné just came within a whisker of halving the deficit, but his header struck the crossbar.
The noise is increasing with each passing minute inside the Parc des Princes.
Tara Davis-Woodhall emotional as she receives her long jump gold medal
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Women's long jump gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall, of the United States, reacts on the podium on Friday, August 9.
Look at what it means to Tara Davis-Woodhall.
The gold-medal winner in the women’s long jump, Davis-Woodhall is over the moon as she receives her prize here at the Stade de France.
She’s shaking and smiling as the medal is put around her neck and tries to hold back her tears, but the emotion is too much. She jumps up and down, waves to the crowd and puts her hands over her mouth as if she can’t believe this is really happening.
The “Star-Spangled Banner” plays and Davis-Woodhall can’t hold it in any more. Tears run down her cheeks and the cameras catch her telling herself, “You did it.”
An amazing moment as a dream is realized.
Team USA dominates Australia to advance to women's basketball gold medal game
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USA’s A'ja Wilson shoots during the women's semifinal basketball game against Australia on August 9.
After the US men’s basketball team endured a hard-fought battle against Serbia last night, the women’s team faced no such struggle in its semifinal against Australia.
Team USA eased to an 85-64 win at the Bercy Arena, moving on to the final where it will take on either France or Belgium on Sunday. It was the team’s 60th straight Olympic victory.
Australia kept things close early on and only trailed by four points after the first quarter, but were soon overwhelmed by the star power of the loaded American squad.
New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart led all scorers with 16 points, while Jackie Young, Kahleah Copper and A’ja Wilson all scored in double figures.
Team USA is looking for its eighth straight gold medal in women’s basketball. Australia will now play for a bronze medal against the other losing semifinalist.
See why artistic swimming has its roots in Roman theater
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Artistic swimming is now in its 40th year as an Olympic sport, but its theatrical roots go back to Roman times.
CNN has spoken with members of the British team and an artistic swimming expert to find out more about the sport’s long and unconventional lineage.
Italy win gold in the women’s Madison
From CNN's Ben MorseItaly’s Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini celebrate after winning gold in the women’s Madison on Friday, August 9.
The Italy duo of Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini were crowned the Olympic champions of women’s Madison after an enthralling race at the National Velodrome on Friday.
The pair finished on 37 points after the 120 laps, consisting of 20 lap points after a stunning mid-race lapping of the rest of the field and 17 points from the various in-race sprints.
Upon realizing they had secured gold, the pair locked arms and drove around the track in celebration as they took in the applause.
A late sprint from Great Britain, the reigning Olympic champions, won them silver with 31 points while the Netherlands won bronze with 28.
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Guazzini and Consonni celebrate after the women's Madison final on Friday.
France stunned in men's gold medal soccer match, trails 3-1 at half-time
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French players reacts to Spain’s third goal in the men’s gold medal soccer match on Friday, August 9.
Expectations were high for France going into the men’s gold medal soccer match, but the reality has been brutal for Les Espoirs.
The Parc des Princes stadium was a sea of tricolore flags ahead of the game and spectators had high hopes for Thierry Henry’s squad playing on home soil.
A lot is riding on French legend Henry, who is used to winning as a player but not as a coach.
After France took an early lead, Spain hit back with three goals in 10 minutes to take a 3-1 lead into half-time.
France did get back into the game late in the first half and Spain had goalkeeper Arnau Tenas to thank for a stunning save to deny Jean-Philippe Mateta.
That’s just given this French crowd something to cheer again, a welcome sound for those home players after the stadium had earlier been stunned into silence.
US lead reaches 30 points in women's basketball semifinal
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USA's Kahleah Copper goes to the basket in the women's semifinal basketball match against Australia on August 9.
This is utter dominance from Team USA.
A Kahleah Copper layup in transition has pushed the lead against Australia to 30 points with over 7 minutes to go in the game.
This matchup has been lopsided for some time now, despite the perseverance of the Aussies.
Team USA leads by 26 heading into fourth quarter of women's basketball semifinal
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USA’s Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner slap hands during the women's basketball semifinal against Australia on August 9.
Team USA has been cruising since the start of the second quarter and now leads Australia by 26 points with the final quarter about to get underway.
An Alyssa Thomas and-one right at the end of the third pretty much sums up this game so far, with Australia just unable to cope with the deep, multi-talented American offense.
Breanna Stewart has a game-high 16 points as the US looks set to advance to Sunday’s final.
Here's what we're watching tonight from a golden night in track and field at the Stade de France
From CNN's Kyle Feldscher in ParisThere are two nights left in the athletes’ competition here in Paris and both nights are absolutely jam-packed with gold medal opportunities.
Eight golds are up for grabs tonight. Here’s what we’re watching at the Stade de France:
- Women’s 4x100 meter relay: This race features a dominant USA team that looked unreal in qualifying, particularly when Sha’Carri Richardson hit her stride in the final leg. With Gabby Thomas also expected to be on the team, it’s Team USA’s race to lose.
- Women’s shot put: Team USA’s Raven Saunders caught the public’s eye with their mask and sunglasses during the qualifying rounds, but all eyes will be on Canada’s Sarah Mitton here. The world no. 2 is the top-ranked woman in the competition and had the longest toss in qualifying by some distance.
- Men’s 4x100 relay: This race is as much about who is in it as who is not. For one, Jamaica failed to qualify for the final in an incredible shock on Thursday. And then later on, the track world got an even bigger surprise: American sprinter Noah Lyles said after his bronze medal finish in the men’s 200-meter race that he had Covid-19. Early Friday morning, Lyles said his Olympics are over and he won’t be racing tonight. Still, the US is the favorite in the race.
- Women’s 400-meter run: One lap around the track for glory for these women. The top three 400m runners in the world – Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic, Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland and Rhasidat Adeleke of Ireland are all going to be crammed into the middle of the track in this lung-buster of a race.
- Men’s triple jump: Pedro Pichardo of Portugal is looking to defend his gold medal from the Tokyo Games, but Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso enters the competition No. 1 in the world looking to level up his bronze medal from Tokyo. But don’t overlook Jordan Alejandro Díaz Fortún of Spain, who is ranked second in the world and has the longest personal best jump of anyone in the field.
- Women’s heptathlon 800-meter: Just one event remains in the women’s heptathlon. So far Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium leads on total points with Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain in second place. Anna Hall of the United States needs a massive result to try and get on the podium as she currently sits in fifth, 27 points out.
- Women’s 10,000-meter run: The longest race of the night, world record holder Beatrice Chebet of Kenya is looking to do the distance double on the track having already won the 5,000 meters earlier this week. Earlier this year, she became the first woman to break the 29-minute mark in this race to set the new world record. Defending champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands is aiming to retain.
- Men’s 400-meter hurdles: Norway’s Karsten Warholm has dominated this race and will be looking to defend the gold he won in Tokyo, where he set the world and Olympic records in this race. Team USA’s Rai Benjamin, Alison dos Santos of Brazil and Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands look to push him, while the crowd will be behind Frenchman Clément Ducos.
This post has been correct to update with the proper name of the final event.
Largest lead of the game for Team USA in the women's basketball semifinal
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USA’s Brittney Griner shoots during the women's basketball semifinal against Australia on August 9.
Australia has been unable to make any inroads on the USA after halftime in this women’s basketball semifinal.
The star-studded US team is scoring at will and now leads by 22 points, 58-36, in what is turning into a one-sided affair.
The Aussies are battling hard but shots just aren’t falling.
Álex Baena makes it 3-1 to Spain with stunning free kick
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Spain's Álex Baena celebrates scoring his team's third goal against France on August 9.
Wow! France is stunned.
Spain has now scored a third goal in quick succession to lead the host 3-1.
This time, it was a stunning Álex Baena free kick that left France goalkeeper Guillaume Restes rooted to the spot.
Three goals in 10 minutes for La Roja and the Parc des Princes is stunned.
Spain takes the lead against France in the men's gold medal soccer match
From CNN's Matias GrezFermín López scores Spain’s second goal against France on Friday.
And just like that, this game has turned around. It’s 2-1 to La Roja.
It’s Fermín López with his second goal in eight minutes, this time pouncing on a loose ball in the box.
Lydia Ko and Morgane Métraux lead women's golf competition after end of third round
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Switzerland’s Morgane Métraux, left, and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko embrace on the 18th green on August 9.
Lydia Ko of New Zealand put together a complete 18-hole performance on Friday to have a share of the lead after three rounds of the women’s golf competition.
Ko, who already has silver and bronze from the last two Olympic Games, carded a four-under-par 68 to finish the day nine-under and tied atop the leaderboard with Switzerland’s Morgane Métraux.
Métraux, who had been in sole possession of the lead after two rounds, struggled for consistency, finishing with one eagle and three birdies but also had four bogeys in a one-under 71 third round.
Ko and Métraux sit two shots ahead of USA’s Rose Zhang who rose up the rankings thanks to her brilliant five-under-par 67 at Le Golf National.
With 18 holes remaining, it’s all left to play for in the women’s golf.
Spain equalizes immediately against France in the soccer gold medal match
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Spain’s Fermín López celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the men's soccer gold medal match against France on August 9.
In its first attack of the match, Spain has drawn level against France almost immediately after conceding in the men’s soccer gold medal match.
Spain Goalkeeper Arnau Tenas’ error had gifted France the opener from Enzo Millot’s shot.
But Álex Baena’s pass found Fermín López completely unmarked and without a France defender in sight to turn the ball into the net to make it 1-1.
France takes the lead in the men's soccer gold medal match
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France’s Enzo Millot, right, celebrates scoring his team's first goal against Spain on August 9.
France has taken the lead against Spain in the 10th minute of the men’s gold medal match.
A huge roar goes up at the Parc des Princes as Enzo Millot’s goal somehow finds the back of the net.
It wasn’t a particularly ferocious shot, but Spain goalkeeper Arnau Tenas somehow got wrong-footed and off balance. That has to go down as a bad error.
La Roja has offered little threat going forward so far. “Allez Les Bleus,” rings out around the stadium.
US lead balloons to double digits at halftime of women's basketball semifinal
From CNN's Sam JosephBrittney Griner of the United States shoots as Ezi Magbegor of Australia defends on Friday.
It was always going to be a tough ask to keep up with this dominant American side.
Team USA’s lead has reached 18 points as the squad packed full of WNBA All-Stars begins to show its quality, shooting over 50% as a team to start the game.
Breanna Stewart now leads all scorers with 11 points, with Jackie Young close behind with 10.
The ball movement has also been excellent, as has the transition offense. The Aussies are having a hard time generating shots that are anywhere near open and look somewhat overwhelmed on defense.
No lead is ever safe in basketball – as we saw last night – but Team USA is really turning the screw now and Australia already has a mountain to climb.
B-Girl Manizha on representing the Refugee Olympic Team in Paris
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Refugee Team's Manizha Talash competes on Friday.
Breaker Manizha has had to sacrifice so much to achieve her dream of becoming an Olympian.
Born in Afghanistan, the 21-year-old fled her country after the Taliban began seizing control in 2021. She is now living in Spain, but is representing the Refugee Team at this year’s Olympic Games.
As she made her debut on the stage today, Manizha wore a jacket with the words “Free Afghan Women” on the back.
“I didn’t leave Afghanistan because I’m afraid of the Taliban or because I can’t live in Afghanistan,” she said before action got underway. “I left because I want to do what I can for the girls in Afghanistan, for my life, my future, for everyone.”
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Talash shows a cape that says "Free Afghan Women" on it as she competes on Friday.
Manizha found the sport of breaking through watching videos on social media. Her ability to train, however, was disrupted as she looked for somewhere to settle.
The breaker is now one of 37 athletes representing the Refugee Olympic Team in Paris, and is proud to do so.
“All refugees have a very difficult life, but they will go to the Games,” she said. “So to me, to be part of the team, it means strength.”
She added: “People from my country and also girls would tell me: ‘You need to learn how to cook and clean the house.’
Darja Varfolomeev continues imperious form to win gold in individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics
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Darja Varfolomeev of Germany competes on Friday.
Darja Varfolomeev of Germany put in an impressive performance to win gold in the individual all-around event in rhythmic gymnastics on Friday.
The 17-year-old finished with a total of 142.850 points over the four apparatus after topping the standings on three elements – the hoop, ball and clubs – while finishing second in ribbon.
It continues her imperious form over the last year having won all five individual gold medals at the 2023 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Valencia, Spain, as a 16-year-old, becoming the youngest ever rhythmic gymnast to achieve a clean sweep at a world championships.
Bulgaria’s Boryana Kaleyn won silver with 140.600 points while with Sofia Raffaeli of Italy claimed bronze with 136.300 points.
Noah Lyles has been invited to attend the 200-meter medal ceremony after testing positive for Covid
From CNN's Coy Wire and George RamsayNoah Lyles is seen in a protective face mask after receiving medical attention after the men's 200m final on Thursday.
US sprinter Noah Lyles will be invited to the 200-meter medal ceremony despite revealing that he has tested positive for Covid-19, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) told CNN.
Lyles won bronze in the 200m final on Thursday, adding to the 100m gold medal he won last week, but later explained how he had woken up on Tuesday “just feeling really horrible” before testing positive for Covid.
According to USOPC’s Kate Hartman, Lyles has been invited to attend Friday’s ceremony for the 200m medalists and, should he choose to attend, will be wearing a mask and following protocols.
Lyles wants to make sure that whomever hands him the medal is comfortable doing so, Hartman also said.
On Friday, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said that Covid “is being treated like any other respiratory disease” at the Games, adding: “It is being treated like flu. So there is no obligation for any special measures of notifications.”
In an Instagram post on Friday, the 27-year-old Lyles said that he believes that his Olympics are over.
China continues domination of table tennis at Paris Games, winning men’s team event
From CNN's Ben MorseChina's men's table tennis team celebrate after winning gold on Friday.
China continued its dominance over table tennis at the Paris Games on Friday, winning the men’s team event.
The team made up of Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and Ma Long beat Sweden without losing a match, 3-0, in the final.
Wang played in the deciding match against Kristian Karlsson and, although he dropped two games to the Swede, he was in control in the deciding fifth, winning gold on the first of eight gold medal points.
The result means China has won the gold medal in the men’s team event at every Olympics since it was introduced in Beijing 2008.
It also continues China’s domination of table tennis in Paris, as it now has won gold in all four events that have been completed so far, with the women’s team scheduled to face Japan in the final of the women’s team event on Saturday.
The gold continues Ma’s perfect outing at the Olympics, as he picks up his sixth gold in the six events he’s played in over the years, extending his record as the most successful table tennis athlete in Olympic Games history.
Germany wins women's soccer bronze as world champion Spain misses out on medals entirely
From CNN's Matias GrezGiulia Gwinn of Germany, right, celebrates with teammate Lea Schüller after scoring a goal against Spain on Friday.
Wow. Who would have expected this ahead of the Olympics?
Spain, the defending Women’s World Cup champion, has missed out on the medals altogether in Paris after losing 1-0 to Germany in the football bronze medal match.
Giulia Gwinn’s penalty in the 65th minute was the difference between the two sides.
Alexia Putellas, a two-time Ballon d’Or Féminin winner, missed a penalty in the 99th minute that would have taken the game to extra-time.
Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger was the hero, diving to her left to keep Putellas’ effort out.
Spain was the second favorite to win gold behind the US Women’s National Team ahead of the Olympics, but will leave Paris empty handed on its Olympic debut in women’s football.
Germany, meanwhile, adds its fifth Olympic medal. It now has four bronzes (2000, 2004, 2008) and a gold won at Rio 2016.
Australia keeping pace with Team USA, within four points after first quarter
From CNN's Sam JosephThe US holds a narrow 20-16 lead over Australia after the first quarter in the women’s basketball semifinal.
Both teams have been plagued by turnovers and have given the ball away a combined nine times.
The Americans have been effective in transition, scoring 14 points on the fast break and capitalizing on Aussie turnovers.
Jackie Young can’t miss so far for Team USA – she has eight points on 4-for-4 shooting from the field.
Bulgaria’s Karlos May Nasar breaks multiple world records in path to men’s 89kg weightlifting gold
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Karlos May Nasar of Bulgaria performs a clean and jerk, setting a new world record during the men's 89kg weightlifting on Friday.
Karlos May Nasar of Bulgaria had an afternoon to remember in Paris as he set multiple world records on his way to gold in the men’s 89kg weightlifting event.
The 20-year-old lifted 180kg in the snatch part before smashing the previous world record in clean and jerk with his 224kg attempt.
The 2021 world champion finished the event on 404kg, which broke the world record for the total lifted in that particular weight category.
Colombia’s Yeison López took silver with 390kg and Antonino Pizzolato of Italy won bronze with 384kg.
As the competition got into its latter stages, the record for the clean and jerk portion was the target for multiple competitors.
Nasar broke it with his first lift at 213kg. Armenia’s Andranik Karapetyan, Iran’s Mirmostafa Javadi Aliabadi and Yu Dong-ju of South Korea were all unsuccessful in their first efforts. Javadi Aliabadi failed on one more attempt.
And then it was time for Nasar to shine.
The Bulgarian – who already held the world record in the formats and the total – blew his opponents out of the water with his world record lift of 224kg, making it look effortless.
Not only did it break his own world record for the clean and jerk and total weight, it also broke the hitherto elusive 400kg mark.
Team USA taking on Australia with a place in the women’s basketball final on the line
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Alanna Smith of Australia goes up for a basket past Breanna Stewart of the United States on Friday.
The US women’s basketball team continues its quest for an eighth straight gold medal in its semifinal game against Australia.
Team USA – led by the likes of A’ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu and Diana Taurasi – beat Nigeria 88-74 to advance to this stage. Meanwhile, Australia eased past Serbia 85-67.
The women’s squad will be hoping that its matchup is more straightforward than the men’s game against Serbia last night, which saw LeBron James and Stephen Curry lead a thrilling 17-point comeback to make the final against France.
Will there be an American team in both basketball finals? We’re about to find out. The game has tipped off!
Surfing photographer tells CNN about entering "another dimension" at the Olympics
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Joan Duru of France gets into the barrel during the men's surfing on July 27, in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia.
The world-famous waves off the coast of Teahupo’o in Tahiti — far from the metropolitan bustle of Paris — played host to the Olympic surfing events at this year’s Games.
Amid all the chaos of competition, Ben Thouard was one of only two photographers allowed in the ocean to capture the athletes up close.
While the majority of photographers were confined to shooting their images from boats or the beach, Thouard spent around 10 hours in the water every day during the events, gaining a rare perspective of the competition.
“I feel like you give so much more information and emotion when you’re in the element with the surfer, and especially when shooting underwater,” Thouard told CNN Sport, reflecting on his work at the Olympics.
“Tahiti has clear water, so it allows you to be underwater and witness the surfer passing by, or the surfer being trapped by the turbulence.
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Japan's Connor O'Leary is captured in the barrel during a training session in Teahupo'o on July 26.
The French photographer moved from his homeland to Tahiti in 2008, having visited the French Polynesian island for a trip the year before.
He’s spent the last 16 years immersing himself in the ocean and said it’s “amazing” to work at a home Olympics, despite being so far away from France itself.
The 38-year-old used his surfing knowledge to position himself in the best places during the contest and said that shooting the Olympics from the water was actually very peaceful.
China now just one event away from winning clean sweep of diving golds
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China's Chen Yiwen smiles after the women's 3m springboard diving final on Friday.
China’s Chen Yiwen won the women’s 3m springboard final, to bring her country within one gold medal of a clean sweep of the diving events.
“I was under a big amount of pressure, but I just pretended that I wasn’t,” Chen said.
“I fought. I am satisfied with the performance. Compared to my training, I could have done a little better, but to do that at the Olympic Games is good.”
Chen added: “It is a relief. It is not easy to win. I thought I’d cry after the last dive, but when I entered the water after the last dive, I was calm. So I didn’t cry. I am strong.
The Asian nation has now won seven of the eight diving disciplines at this year’s Games, with just the men’s 10m platform final to go.
Chen was dominant in today’s final and won comfortably. The one surprise, perhaps, is that Australia’s Maddison Keeney finished with a silver medal, preventing yet another Chinese one-two.
China’s Chang Yani had to settle for the bronze medal.
Gold: Chen Yiwen (China) – 376.00
Silver: Maddison Keeney (Australia) – 343.10
Bronze: Chang Yani (China) – 318.75
This post has been updated with quotes from China’s Chen Yiwen.
Austria's Valentin Bontus dominates to win men's kite gold medal
From CNN's Matias GrezValentin Bontus of Austria, left, competes in the men's kite final on Friday.
There are dominant victories, and then there was what Valentin Bontus did.
The Austrian was in fine form in the men’s kite final, winning the first three races to clinch the gold medal at the earliest opportunity.
The final requires surfers to reach three race wins, with a total of six races.
The first-place surfer in qualifying automatically qualifies for the final with two race wins to his name, with second place awarded one win.
Bontus qualified from the semifinals, meaning he had zero wins coming into the final.
Slovenia’sToni Vodišek, the top qualifier, took silver and Singapore’sMax Maeder, the second placed qualifier,won bronze.
At 17, Maeder is the youngest sailing medalist at an Olympics since 1952.
Turkey’s viral Olympian inspires new celebration with nonchalant stance
From CNN's Ben ChurchYusuf Dikec is pictured during a training session in Ankara, Turkey, on August 8.
Turkey’s understated Olympian Yusuf Dikeç went viral for hisnonchalant stancewhile competing in the air pistol mixed team competition event last week.
While his opponents took to the competition wearing specialized equipment, Dikeç helped Turkey win its first ever Olympic medal in shooting in what looked to be his everyday glasses and with one hand in his pocket.
Now, it appears Dikeç’s“insane aura”has inspired a new celebration that has spread across this year’s Games.
Chief among the athletes to adopt the new craze isMondo Duplantis. The Swedish star – one of the greatest athletes of his generation – broke the world record on the way to winning yet another Olympic gold in the pole vault on Monday.
Duplantis is not the only athlete to pay tribute to Dikeç’s laid-back look.
Jamaican discuss thrower Rojé Stona performed the same celebration after winning gold on Wednesday, while Australia’s Nina Kennedy was inspired to do the same after winning the women’s pole vault title.
Read more about the celebration craze
Letsile Tebogo thought his career would end after his mother died. Now he's an Olympic gold medalist
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Letsile Tebogo of Botswana celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 200m final on Thursday.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo made history on Thursday when he won the men’s 200 meters, beating favorite Noah Lyles on the way to the gold medal.
It was Africa’s first sprint gold medal in history and the president of Botswana marked the occasion by declaring Friday afternoon a half-day public holiday.
Following his victory, Tebogo paid tribute to his late mother, who passed away in May by displaying her birthday emblazoned on the side of his spikes.
Tebogo’s time of 19.46 seconds saw him finish ahead of Americans Kenny Bednarek and Lyles, who later revealed that he ran the race after testing positive for Covid-19.
The victory will be a cause for celebration back home in Botswana.
“When I heard that they were given a public holiday, I was happy because everybody stayed up late at night, they celebrated the way they celebrated, and I personally knew that they need a day to freshen up before they get back to work,” Tebogo said.
Breaking makes its debut at the Paris Olympics today. A timeline of when every Olympic sport was introduced
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Canada's Philip Kim, known as b-boy Phil Wizard, practices during a breaking training session for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Ouen, France, on August 6.
Nearly 50 summer sports — including long-discontinued ones like motorboating and tug-of-war — have made appearances at the Olympic Games since its start in 1896.
This year, athletes arecompeting across 32 sports and 329 eventsat the Paris Olympics. That’s more than three times the number of sports featured at the very first modern Games held in Athens 128 years ago, according to a CNN analysis ofOlympic Studies Centredata.
Breaking, or elite breakdancing, is thenewest addition to the summer lineup. The sport wasproposed by the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee of the Olympic Gamesalong with skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing — which made their debuts at the last summer Olympics in Tokyo — in an effort toattract a newer, younger audience.
Only five sports — aquatics, athletics, cycling, fencing and gymnastics — have appeared in each of the 30 iterations of the Olympic Games. Others, such as croquet and karate, have had much shorter Olympic runs and were discontinued immediately after their debut.
Click here to read more about how sports get added to the Olympics.
World records continue to tumble in the velodrome, this time in women's sprint qualifying
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Ellesse Andrews of team New Zealand celebrates after setting a new world record during the women's sprint qualifying on Friday.
The Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesVelodromeis proving to be a rapid venue for the track cyclists at the Paris Olympics.
We’ve seen multiple world records smashed in a number of events so far at these Games, but a new best mark has just been set twice in women’s sprint qualifying, while the Olympic record was broken six times!
The top four qualifiers of Lea Friedrich (Germany), Emma Finucane (Great Britain), Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) and Sophia Capewell (Great Britain) all beat the previous world record mark as the riders get closer to breaking the 10-second barrier in the 200m sprint.
The 32 riders will now be placed in the head-to-head knockout races that last three laps, with the winner advancing to the next round.
This post has been updated with additional details about today’s world records.
"We’ve got be able to handle the emotions of it all." Curry talks about the gold medal matchup against France
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LeBron James and Steph Curry of Team USA celebrate at the end of the men's semifinal basketball match between USA and Serbia on August 8.
After mounting a dramatic comeback last night against Serbia, Team USA can now turn its attention to the gold medal game against host nation France on Saturday.
Led by LeBron James and Steph Curry, the star-studded group overturned a 17-point deficit to win the semifinal 95-91 and avoid what would have been an all-time Olympic upset.
Curry, who made his Olympic debut at this tournament, has struggled at times but had easily his best performance against Serbia, posting 36 points to lead all scorers. He described the atmosphere in the Bercy Arena as a “playoff-type vibe” and stated that the importance of tomorrow’s matchup is not lost on the squad.
France held on to defeat Germany 73-69 in the other semifinal to delight the partisan home crowd.
Though Curry acknowledges that the crowd will be a factor, he explained that the players are no strangers to playing in a “hostile environment.”
Martin f*cksa men's canoe single 1000m gold in Olympic-best time
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Martinf*cksaof Czech Republic reacts after winning gold in the men’s canoe single 1000m event on Friday.
Three-time world champion Martin Fuska added to his impressive résumé as he won gold in the men’s canoe single 1000m event on Friday.
The 31-year-old looked impressive throughout the race, crossing the finish line in a time of 3:43.16, an Olympic best time in the discipline.
The Czech canoeist finished over a second ahead of Brazil’s Isaquias Queiroz – gold medalist in Tokyo 2020 – who claimed silver while Moldova’s Serghei Tarnovschi won his second bronze in the event after finishing third in Tokyo.
New Zealand win women's kayak double 500m gold as bronze is shared after teams cross finish line at same time
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Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin of Team New Zealand celebrate winning gold in the women's kayak double 500m final on Friday.
The New Zealand team of Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin won gold in the women’s kayak double 500m on Friday.
Carrington and Hoskin lead from the start and crossed the finish line over two seconds ahead of second-placed Hungary, made up of Tamara Csipes and Alida Dora Gazo.
The gold medal is Carrington’s seventh Olympic title. She is already New Zealand’s most successful Olympian but she is now just one gold medal shy of eight-time Olympic champion Birgit Fischer.
For the bronze medal, two teams – the second Hungarian team of Noemi Pupp and Sara Fojt and Germany’s Jule Marie Hake and Paulina Paszek – crossed the finished at exactly the same time meaning the medal was awarded to both.
Would Parisians swim in the Seine, which has been subject to water quality concerns throughout the Games?
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Paris’ little-known canals are a summer haven for the city’s swimmers. The Olympics promised to make the River Seine clean and safe for Parisians too.
But will locals take the plunge?
Parisians have no hesitation when it comes to splashing around in the canals, but getting into the Seine itself is another matter entirely. In this video, CNN’s Saskya Vandoorne spoke to some locals who were not keen on taking a swim in the famous river.
The canals – which date back to the Napoleonic era in France – come from a separate water source and are tested for pollution and bacteria daily.
About $1.5 billion (1.4 billion Euros) was spent trying to clean up the Seine ahead of the Games, in order to host swim leg of the triathlon events and the open-water marathon swimming. Paris officials made a big show of displaying its suitability, including Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo taking a dip in the water.
Despite the efforts, there were concern over water-quality levels ahead of and during the Olympics, which resulted in the men’s triathlon being postponed along with multiple familiarization sessions. Heavy rainfall on June 17 and 18 contributed to quality levels not meeting the required standards.
For much of the month before the games, E. coli levels were above acceptable standards.
All events eventually went ahead.
The athletes did not seem to share the apprehension of the city’s residents though, with women’s 10k marathon swim champion Sharon van Rouwendaal taking her appreciation of the river to another level.
Team GB's Toby Roberts wins surprise climbing gold
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Toby Roberts of Great Britain celebrates winning gold in the men's boulder and lead climbing final on Friday.
Toby Roberts produced the performance of his life to win the men’s boulder and lead title.
The Team GB climber looked in shock as his gold medal was confirmed, after Japan’s Sorato Anraku slipped in the last run of the final.
Many had expected Anraku to become Olympic champion and everything looked to be going to plan as the Japanese climber topped the standings after the boulder round earlier today.
The 17-year-old then looked to be breezing through his lead climb, but slipped in the final stages to hand Roberts, 19, the victory.
Anraku finished with a silver medal, while Austria’s Jakob Schubert finishing in bronze.
Sport climbing has been one of the most popular sports at this year’s Games and today’s final didn’t disappoint.
China retains its Olympic title in women's canoe double 500m with Olympic-best time
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Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya of China celebrate winning gold during the women's canoe double 500m final on August 9.
The Chinese duo of Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya retained their title in the women’s canoe double 500m event on Friday with an Olympic-best time.
The pair, who had also won gold in Tokyo three years ago, finished the race in a time of 1:52.81. The time is over a second off the world record held by Canada’s Laurence Vincent Lapointe and Katie Vincent.
Xu and Sun started brilliantly on Friday and never were troubled as they romped to gold.
There was a photo finish needed to determine who won silver, with Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Rybachok pipping Canada’s Vincent and Sloan Mackenzie to the finish line by just 0.06 seconds.
Egyptian wrestler detained over alleged sexual assault outside café, Paris prosecutor's office says
From CNN's Chris Liakos and Saskya Vandoorne in ParisA wrestler from the Egyptian Olympic team has been detained over suspected sexual assault, Paris officials said on Friday.
According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the man, born in March 1998 in Egypt, was stopped outside a café in central Paris and was detained by police early Friday for allegedly touching a female customer’s buttocks.
The statement did not name the man.
CNN has reached out to the Egyptian Olympic Committee for comment.
Here is the latest medal count for the Paris Olympics
CNN is tracking every country in the race for the most gold medals in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
Below is the medal count, so far:
Japan's Sorato Anraku leads men's climbing final at the halfway mark
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Japan's Sorato Anraku competes in the men's sport climbing boulder final on August 9.
Sorato Anraku of Japan is the current leader in the men’s boulder and lead climbing final.
He is only narrowly ahead of Team USA’s Colin Duffy after the boulder round finished this morning. The climbers will be back out on the stage for the lead round soon.
The scores from both the boulder and lead rounds will be combined to crown the men’s Olympic champion.
Team GB’s Toby Roberts is currently in the bronze medal spot, but there is still everything to play for still.
Top 3 so far:
Sorato Anraku (Japan) — 69.3
Colin Duffy (USA) — 68.3
Toby Roberts (Great Britain) — 63.1
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat appeals her disqualification from gold medal match to Court of Arbitration for Sport
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India's Vinesh Phogat is pictured following the women's freestyle 50kg wrestling semi-final match on August 6.
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has appealed her disqualification from her gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Games to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), according to a press release from CAS.
Phogat was disqualified from the gold medal match of the women’s 50kg freestyle category on Wednesday after she failed to make the required weight on the morning of the bout.
Phogat, who had become the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, later appeared to announce her retirement from the sport on social media.
“Mom, wrestling defeated me. I have lost. Please forgive me. Your dream, my spirit, it’s all shattered. I don’t have more strength than this now,”she said on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024”
“I’ll forever be indebted to you. Please forgive me,” she added.
On Friday, CAS released a statement saying that Phogat has submitted an appeal against her disqualification by United World Wrestling (UWW).
The statement added that Phogat had initially sought a decision from CAS to “annul” the disqualification and hold another weigh-in before the final as well as “a declaration that she be declared eligible and qualified to participate in the final.”
“However, she did not request urgent interim measures,” CAS said. “The CAS Ad hoc Division procedure is fast, but it was not possible for a decision on the merits to be issued within an hour, bearing in mind that the Respondent UWW would have had to be heard first.”
Phogat is seeking an annulment of her disqualification and to be awarded a shared silver medal with Yusneylis Guzmán López of Cuba.
One of India’s greatest stars, cricket’s Sachin Tendulkar, weighed in Friday on the situation, saying that Phogat’s disqualification robbed her “of a deserving silver medal [which] defies logic and sporting sense.”
This post was updated with Tendulkar’s posting on social media.
“I feel so overwhelmed right now!”: Kenny Bednarek’s mom reacts to his 200m silver
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Kenny Bednarek’s mom, Mary, reacts as she watches her son win silver in the men’s 200m at the Stade de France on Thursday.
Plenty of Olympians will have proud parents. But none more so than the mother of US sprinter Kenny Bednarek.
Bednarek’s mom, Mary, was in attendance at the Stade de France on Thursday to watch her son win silver in the men’s 200m, three years after he had done the same in Tokyo.
And decked out in her “Kung Fu Kenny” t-shirt with a picture of Bednarek and Mary on the front, she said she was awash with emotion afterward.
And Bednarek’s Paris Games aren’t done yet.
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Silver medalist Kenny Bednarek of Team USA celebrates after competing in the men's 200m final.
He is part of the US’ team competing in the 4x100m relay. And although he didn’t take part in the heats where the American team booked its spot in Friday’s final, Mary is touting her son to play a big part in a gold-medal winning effort.
“He’s leg three. And he’s getting the gold!”
Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo says he's not "arrogant" enough to be the face of athletics
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Letsile Tebogo of Botswana celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the men's 200m final.
Letsile Tebogo made history last night by winning Botswana its first ever Olympic gold, making him the first African in history to win the Olympic 200m sprint.
His victory was initially overshadowed by Noah Lyles, who finished a shock third-place before announcing he had tested positive for Covid-19.
Lyles was considered the face of athletics heading into the Paris Games — as he looked to complete a clean sweep of the sprinting gold medals — but Tebogo said he’s not interested in taking up that mantle now that he’s become the Olympic champion.
Tebogo has led the charge for Botswana on the track this week, helping the country to punch above its weight on the global stage.
The 21-year-old also made the men’s 100m final, but only managed to finish sixth.
Testament to his humble nature, Tebogo dedicated the win to his late mother, holding his racing spikes up to the camera to show they were marked with her birth date.
“I believe she could be one of the happiest people on the planet because she believed in me, and I had so much doubt for myself,” he told reporters after the win.
Quincy Wilson becomes youngest ever US male track Olympian
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Quincy Wilson of Team USA competes in the men's 4x400-meter relay on August 9.
Teenage sprinting sensation Quincy Wilson became the youngest ever US male track Olympian when he took part in the 4x400-meter relay on Friday.
Wilson, just 16 years old, ran the first leg for Team USA as the American quartet moved on to the final with a time of 2:59.15.
The US finished third behind Botswana and Team GB to make it through to the final on Saturday.
Wilson ran his leg in 47:27, which put the US in the back of the pack. His teammates Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Christopher Bailey picked up the pace to get through to the final.
According to his Olympics profile, Wilson said his pre-race meal since he was 8 years old is bacon, eggs and waffles. “If it gets you around the track, good — then I’m gonna keep doing it,” he is quoted as telling US Magazine last month.
Before the relay, the talented teen posted to Instagram Thursday, teasing his appearance.
“Tune in Friday Morning @ 5:05am est,” Wilson said.
Born in 2008, Wilson has quickly established himself as one of the most promising rising stars in track and field.
The sprinter came up short at the US Olympic trials in qualifying for the individual 400 meters but is in Paris as part of the relay pool and has now arrived on the world’s biggest stage alongside his veteran teammates.
Pakistan celebrates first medal in decades as Arshad Nadeem wins gold and breaks Olympic javelin record
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Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan competes during the men's javelin throw final on August 8.
Arshad Nadeem ensured that this will be a Games to remember for Pakistan.
The javelin thrower won the country’s first ever track and field medal with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters on Thursday to win gold.
The normally cricket-mad nation stayed up late to watch Nadeem clinch Pakistan’s first Olympic medal since the men’s field hockey team won bronze in Barcelona 32 years ago.
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Family members and supporters of Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem watch the Olympic men's javelin throw final on a screen in Khanewal District in Pakistan, on August 9.
Nadeem shattered the previous Olympic record of 90.57m, set by Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen at Beijing 2008, with his second throw of the competition.
In winning gold, the 27-year-old defeated India’s sporting hero and reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra, who took silver with a throw of 89.45m, and Grenada’s Anderson Peters, who threw 88.54m for bronze.
The friendship between the top two medalists, Nadeem and Chopra, has defied the historic animosity between Pakistani and Indian sporting teams, andwhenthe results were confirmed, the two embraced each other, their flags wrapped around their shoulders.
Read more about Nadeem’s performance here.
After war threatened to derail their preparation, these twins are on an Olympic "mission" to serve Ukraine
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Ukraine's Maryna Aleksiiva and Vladislava Aleksiiva are pictured at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on July 5.
Ukrainian twins Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva joined more than 10,000 athletes at this year’s Olympics in Paris, but the artistic swimmers’ preparation for the Games has been truly unique.
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, the sisters have had to navigate the grim consequences of war as they trained for what should be the most exciting weeks of their sporting careers.
In the buildup to the Games, the twins joined the Ukrainian synchronized swimming team in Kharkiv, a city near the Russian border which continues to be the target of attacks.
The twins know what it takes to prepare for an Olympics. The duowon bronzeat the Tokyo Games in 2020 and have continued to compete at the highest level, bringing joy to the sport through their relentless optimism.
But their ability to remain hopeful has been tested in the buildup to Paris, with their training hampered by the daily threat of violence.
“One day, we were on our way to training and there was an explosion near us. You are not able to think at that moment where to go, what to do,” Maryna tells CNN.
The Aleksiiva twins will begin their campaign for gold at the Paris Games when the artistic swimming duet technical routine starts at 7:30 p.m. local time.
“It is an important mission to represent Ukraine appropriately.”
Read more about their journey here.
Botswana to have public holiday on Friday to honor Letsile Tebogo’s history-making 200m victory
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Letsile Tebogo of Team Botswana celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the men's 200m final on August 8.
Letsile Tebogo’s gold in the 200m on Thursday was special for many reasons — and now his compatriots will also be able to celebrate it too.
Tebogo’s victorious dash marks Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold and made him the first African in history to win the Olympic 200-meter sprint.
And on Friday, Botswana’s president Mokgweetsi Masisi announced that Friday will be a public holiday to recognize the “Botswana’s Sensation’s” achievement.
“Furthermore, the President underscores, recognizes and acknowledges Letsile’s performance and achievement as markedly outstanding, and deserving of the nation to pause and celebrate him in a most unique, appropriate and responsible manner, that will be etched in the annals of the history of the Republic,” the statement read.
After his gold in the 200m on Thursday, Tebogo dedicated the win to his late mother.
“She’s watching up there, and she’s really, really happy,” Tebogo, who won the 200-meter bronze at last year’s world championships, told reporters after the race.
Tebogo’s mother, Elizabeth Seratiwa, passed away last May, according to Olympics.com. On the track tonight, Letsile showed the camera that his racing spikes were marked with her birth date, and had her initials painted on his fingernails.
Hungary's Kristóf Rasovszky wins first gold of the day in men's marathon swim
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Hungary's Kristof Rasovszky celebrates after winning the men's 10k marathon swimming final on August 9.
Another day and another early gold medal moment.
Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Rasovszky stormed to victory in the men’s 10k marathon swim, hitting the front after the halfway mark and holding on until the finish line.
Rasovszky’s gold comes after he finished with a silver medal at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Germany’s Oliver Klemet finished with the silver this year — just two seconds behind the new champion — while Hungary’s David Betlehem claimed third.
Rasovszky said that “it means a lot” to share the podium with Betlehem.
The race got underway in the River Seine, the focus of much controversy at this year’s Olympics.
Gold: Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary) — 1:50:52.7
Silver: Oliver Klemet (Germany) — 1:50:54.8
Bronze: David Betlehem (Hungary) — 1:51:09.0
This post has been updated with quotes from Hungary’s Kristóf Rasovszky.
We had arguably the most eventful 3-hour stretch of the Olympics so far on Thursday
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Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, second from left, wins gold in the men's 200m final on August 8.
We were treated to a truly stunning few hours of the Olympic Games on Thursday night in Paris.
From LetsileTebogo’s historic upset of Noah Lyles in the 200-meter final to the US men’s basketball 17-point comeback against Serbia, here are some of the standout moments from a historic evening in Paris:
- 200m drama: First up, Tebogo stormed clear to take the 200-meter Olympic title ahead of the USA’s Kenny Bednarek in silver and Lyles in bronze. Tebogo’s victorious dash marks Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold and made him the first African in history to win the Olympic 200-meter sprint — and he did it in honor of his late mother.
- Surprise Covid reveal: After the final, it emerged that Lyles had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week. He had to be wheeled off the track after feeling light-headed following the race, though he told US Olympic broadcaster NBC he never considered dropping out of the race. He implied he may not race in an upcoming team relay.
- More stars of track and field: Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won the javelin gold medal with a huge Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters, defeating the favored Indian sporting heroNeeraj Chopra. Rising track and field superstar Tara Davis-Woodhall took gold in the long jump for the US.
- Sydney’s speed makes history: Then it was the turn of US track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone to stun the crowd. She set a new world record of 50.37 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles final, retaining her title in emphatic fashion and making history as the first ever woman to win two Olympic 400-meter hurdles crowns.
- LeBron and Steph step up to save Team USA: As if the track and field drama wasn’t enough, the US men’s basketball team survived a massive scare and had to fight back from 17 points down to finally topple NBA MVP Nikola Jokić and Serbia. That sets up an enthralling gold medal matchup with host nation France. It was the elder statesmen — LeBron James with a triple-double and Steph Curry scoring 36 points — that helped lead the US back from the brink.
- Refugee Olympian wins medal: Finally, and somehow still within a roughly three-hour span, Cindy Ngamba earned bronze in the women’s 75kg boxing semifinal to make history as the firstRefugee Olympic Teammedalist since the team was formed in 2016.
"Breaking has total freedom for me," says Menno van Gorp, a medal hopeful in the newest Olympic sport
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Menno van Gorp competes during the World Breaking Championships in Leuven, Belgium, in 2023.
To the tune of a Miles Davis trumpet solo, Menno van Gorp is stepping up his training ahead of this year’sParis Olympics.
The jazz musician has been an influential figure in van Gorp’sbreakingcareer, his smooth sound and freewheeling rhythms a constant source of inspiration for each new routine.
“I love to practice on jazz,” van Gorp tellsCNN Sport. “It gives me more freedom and it just triggers more creativity when I move to jazz. Also, the part of improvisation in jazz is huge. I think that really reflects well with breaking.”
The 35-year-old van Gorp, a competitive b-boy from the Netherlands known simply as Menno, is a medal hopeful at the upcoming Olympics, where breakdance – or breaking – will make its debut as the Games’ newest sport.
Suddenly seeing their discipline labeled as a sport isn’t something that necessarily sits comfortably with b-boys and b-girls – the name given to men and women who compete in breaking.
It has some similarities with pre-existing Olympic events like martial arts, gymnastics, and skateboarding, but will also bring its own subversive identity to this year’s Games.
A high-scoring breakdance routine requires a unique blend of strength, stamina, agility, and flexibility, as well as the mental wherewithal to ensure that moves aren’t repeated and flow seamlessly into each other.
“You use literally every part of your body,” says van Gorp, “including your ears and your brains and your heart and your toes and your heels … I use my fingertips; I use the point of my elbow –every part in your body that you can use.
“It takes a lot of physical abilities, I think, to be a good breaker.”
Van Gorp practiced judo before he took up breaking, which found a foothold in his hometown of Tilburg during the 1990s.
Some background: Originating in New York in the late 1960s, breaking has since gained global popularity and today is synonymous with a specific subgenre of street style – sneakers, sweatpants, and baseball caps worn at an angle.
Van Gorp, like many kids discovering breakdance for the first time in the early 2000s, gained insight from watching grainy videos and talking through routines with his friends before joining practices around the Netherlands and overseas.
It was in winning the UK championships in 2007 that van Gorp says he “exploded onto the scene” and started to compete more regularly.
He has gone on to win titles all over the world, including at the 2019 WDSF World Breaking Championship and three victories at theRed BullBC One World Finals – a feat only matched by South Korean b-boy Hong 10.
This teenage breaking superstar wants to "write history" in the Olympics’ newest sport
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17-year-old Dominika Banevič is going for breaking's first ever gold medal in the B-girls competition.
Breaking’srising star Dominika Banevič knows all too well about believing in yourself and success from a young age.
She was exposed to thenewest Olympic sportwhile watching cartoons online, and now the Lithuanian prepares for her debut at the Paris Games as the defending world champion after beating more than 90 other B-girls in Belgium in 2023.
Banevič – who goes by the competitive name of B-Girl Nicka – is one of the frontrunners to stand atop the podium waving a gold medal – all before she turns 18.
“It’s crazy because, two years ago, I wouldn’t believe that I will be where I’m at now,” Banevič toldCNN Sportback in February.
“But I knew that it was possible – I wasn’t overthinking too much, I was just practicing hard because I knew exactly what I needed to do to achieve my goal.”
The ambitious 17-year-old is not your usual teenager – she exudes confidence and is driven, with her achievements on the dancefloor inspiring an entire nation.
Lithuaniahas not been blessed with Olympic success in the past – it has won only six gold medals since the country broke away from the Soviet Union in 1990, and the last time a Lithuanian stood on top of the podium was at the London 2012 Games, when Laura Asadauskaitėclaimed victoryin modern pentathlon.
US Olympic committee says it supported Noah Lyles' decision to race Thursday under "all necessary protocols"
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Noah Lyles following the men's 200m final on August 8.
US sprinting star Noah Lyles’ surprise defeat in Thursday night’s 200-meter race, his signature event, was quickly bumped from the headlines by revelations hetested positive for Covid-19earlier this week.
Kate Hartman, the chief external affairs officer for the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said in a statement that the group supported Lyles’ decision to compete despite his illness.
After Lyles’ positive test, Hartman said, officials with the committee and USA Track and Field “swiftly enacted all necessary protocols to prioritize his health, the wellbeing of our team, and the safety of fellow competitors.”
Lyles was seen wearing a mask before the race and said he “quarantined off” following his diagnosis, but further details were not immediately available on the measures taken to prevent the spread of his illness to others.
“Our primary commitment is to ensure the safety of Team USA athletes while upholding their right to compete. After a thorough medical evaluation, Noah chose to compete tonight. We respect his decision and will continue to monitor his condition closely.”
Other positive tests:Covid-19 has made its unfortunate presence known at these Paris Games, as Lyles is far from the only athlete to test positive for the virus during the Olympics.
Five players on Australia’s women’s water polo team and Team GB swimmer Adam Peatytested positive for Covid-19last week.
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