Paris Olympics 2024, Day 9 highlights: USA's Noah Lyles claims gold in 100m final; Novak Djokovic completes Golden Slam
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Thank you for reading HT's live blog of the Paris Olympics. World champion Noah Lyles became the fastest man on the planet as the USA sprinter claimed a stunning win in 9.79sec to win gold in the men's 100m final. Top seed Novak Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in the men's singles final to seal his first Olympic gold. On Day 10 of the Paris Games, India's Lakshya Sen will fight for bronze against Zii Jia Lee of Malaysia in the badminton singles medal playoff.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - In a photo-finish, World champion Noah Lyles claimed victory in the dramatic men's Olympic 100m final in Paris. Jamaica's Kishane Thompson claimed silver; he was just five-thousandths of a second off Lyles' pace in the men's 100m final. Fred Kerley of the USA finished third. Defending champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy was fifth in 9.85sec at the Paris Games.
Here are the final standings of the men’s 100m final!
1.Noah Lyles (USA) – 9.79 (.784)
2.Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) – 9.79 (.789)
3.Fred Kerley (USA) – 9.81
4.Akani Simbane (South Africa) – 9.82
5.Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Italy) – 9.85
6.Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 9.86
7.Kenneth Bednarek (USA) – 9.88
8.Oblique Seville (Jamaica) – 9.91
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Defender Amit Rohidas will miss India’s Paris Olympics semifinal. The key defender was suspended for a game for the red card he received during the quarterfinal clash with Great Britain. Earlier, Dilip Tirkey, confirmed that Hockey India had appealed against the decision.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - WOW - By the barest of all margins! Jamaican pairing of Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville have been upstaged by World champion Noah Lyles, who claimed the gold medal in the men's 100m final at the Paris Games 2024. Thompson of Jamaica took the silver medal and Fred Kerley of the US has bagged bronze.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - World champion Noah Lyles and defending Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs have arrived at the Stade de France to feature in the men's 100m final of the Summer Games 2024. Jamaican pair of Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville hit top gears in the semi-finals at the famous venue in Paris. USA’s Lyles clocked 9.83sec in finishing second behind Seville in the semi-final 1. South African Akani Simbine won the second semi-final in 9.87sec. Thompson was also impressive as Jamaican won the third and final semi-final in 9.80sec.
Here's the lineup for the men's 100m final:
1. Bednarek
2. Kerley
3. Thompson
4. Simbine
5. Seville
6. Simbine
7. Lyles
8. Teboco
9. Jacobs
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh was forced to flee her country due to the war with Russia. On Day 9 of the Summer Games, the Ukrainian high jumper bagged Ukraine's first individual gold of at the Paris Games. Mahuchikh cleared 2.00 meters to finish ahead of Nicola Olyslagers of Australia. Eleanor Patterson of Australia and Gerashchenko shared the bronze at 1.95.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Novak Djokovic has described defeating Carlos Alcaraz to claim the Olympic singles gold medal as the biggest achievement of his career. The 37-year-old Serbian ended an eight-month trophy drought to win his first-ever gold medal at the Olympics. Did you know? Djokovic is the oldest man to win the Olympic singles title since tennis returned to the Summer Games in 1988.
"I won the bronze in my first Olympic Games (2008) and ever since then failed to win the medal and played three out of four Olympic Games in semi-finals and couldn't overcome that obstacle," Djokovic told reporters. "And then now at age 37, with a 21-year-old that is probably the best player in the world right now, winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon back-to-back and playing incredible tennis. When I take everything into consideration, this probably is the biggest sporting success I've ever had in my career," he added.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - World champion Noah Lyles and defending champion Marcell Jacobs have qualified for the showdown clash of the men's Olympic 100m final. Jamaican pair of Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville were in top form in the semi-finals. Lyles clocked 9.83sec in finishing second behind Seville. Oblique was first with his blistering personal best of 9.81sec.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Kishane Thompson, Oblique Sevilla, Marcell Jacobs and Noah Lyes are featuring in the star-studded lineup of the men’s 100m final at the Paris Olympics. Let’s check out the qualified stars for the summit clash in Paris. The final will take place at 1:30 AM IST.
Men’s 100m final lineup:
Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) 9.87
Oblique Sevilla (Jamaica) 9.81
Fred Kerley (USA) 9.84
Noah Lyes (USA) 9.83
Akani Simbine (RSA) 9.87
Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) 9.91
Marcell Jacobs (Italy) 9.92
Kenny Bednarek (USA) 9.93
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson (9.80) has crossed the finish line first. Fred Kerley of the USA is following him for the second spot. South Africa's Benjamin Richardson is third. Italy's Marcell Jacobs shocked the world by winning men's 100m gold with his personal-best 9.80 in Tokyo.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jamaica's Kishane Thompson is the fastest man in the world this year. He has a world-leading time of 9.77. Andre De Grasse of Canada is the defending 200m champion. Zharnell Hughes of Great Britain is also in action. Here we go!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - South African Akani Simbine (9.87) finished first while Letsile Tebogo of Botswana has taken the second spot in the men's 100m semi-finals 2. There are three semifinal heats in the men’s 100m.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jamaica’s Oblique Seville finishes zoomed past USA’s Noah Lyles to finish first in the semi-finals. Total domination from Seville (9.80) in the 100m semi-finals.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - United States' Noah Lyles is aiming to win a rare Olympic sprint double. Lyles was upstaged by Britain's Louie Hinchliffe. Jamaica's Kishane Thompson is also set to test Lyles, who is facing a tough challenge in the men's 100m.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - The Belgian Olympic Committee (COIB) has revealed that the nation will not take part in the triathlon mixed relay event at the Paris Olympics. Belgium's Claire Michel fell ill and training sessions for the swimming leg of the triathlon have been cancelled due to poor water quality in the River Seine. "Claire Michel, a member of the relay team, is unfortunately ill and must withdraw from the competition," the COIB said in a statement. "The COIB and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for future triathlon competitions at the Olympic Games. We are thinking here of the guarantee of training days, competition days and the competition format, which must be clarified in advance to ensure that there is no uncertainty for athletes, entourage and supporters."
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - The United States of America set a new world record! The US claimed a historic gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay while Australia took home silver and China finished with a bronze medal. The USA's time of 3min 49.63sec has upstaged the previous record of 3:50.40 set by the Americans back in 2019.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Charles Dobson of Great Britain bagged the top spot while Belgian Alexander Doom came in second. The men's 100m semi-final will take place after the women's high jump final.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider became the first Russians to win a medal at the Paris Olympics. The duo won silver in the women's tennis doubles. For the unversed, Andreeva and Shnaide played as neutrals at the Paris Games. The Russian duo was beaten in three sets in the final by Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Great Britain’s Mathew Hudson-Smith finished first; He is followed by USA’s Christopher Bailey in men's 400m round 1. In the men's 400m round 1 heat 2 - USA’s Michael Norman bagged the first position while Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago took the second spot. In heat 3 - Musala Samukonga of Zambia finished first while Bayapo Ndori of Botswana was second. In heat 4 - USA’s Quincy Hall was first while Samuel Ogazi of Nigeria finished second. In heat 5 - Kirani James of Grenada finished first. He was followed by Canadian Christopher Morales-Williams.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - American iron-man Bobby Finke has shattered the men's 1,500 metres freestyle world record at the Paris Games 2024. Finke retained the Olympic gold medal in a thrilling swim. Finke touched the wall in 14 minutes, 30.67 seconds at La Defense Arena. He surpassed Sun Yang's 12-year-old mark of 14:31.02 set at the London Games. Gallant Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri won silver while Daniel Wiffen, the 800m gold medallist, claimed the bronze for Ireland.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 — The men's 100 metres is one of the blue riband events of the Summer Games. The 100m men’s final of the Paris Olympics 2024 will take place later at night. United States' Noah Lyles is aiming to complete stage one of his quest to win a rare Olympic sprint double. Noah was beaten in the heats by Britain's Louie Hinchliffe. Jamaica's Kishane Thompson is also in good form.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - More gold for USA in Paris! American Kristen Faulkner claimed the women's cycling road race gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took silver and Belgian Lotte Kopecky was awarded the bronze medal.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin won Taiwan's first gold of the Paris Olympics. Lee and Wang became the first men's doubles pair to retain the Olympic title. Taiwan's first gold in Paris also prevented China from winning its third badminton gold of the 2024 Summer Games. The badminton competition concludes on Monday.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Record-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic finally got his first Olympic goldat age 37. Djokovic defeated Spain's Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in the men's singles final to complete his career Golden Slam in Paris. “I put my heart, my soul, my body, my family — my everything — on the line to win Olympic gold,” Djokovic said. “Incredible battle. Incredible fight.”
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9:Taiwanese supporters, who arrived in the men's doubles badminton final between Taiwan and China in Paris, had to rub off face paint and their banners were also confiscated. Security staff has enforced Olympic rules on political messaging at the Paris Games 2024. "I wrote (on my banner) in Taiwanese, not Chinese, because I want to cheer for them," Mina Syue told Reuters. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ruling prohibits flags or signs that include political messages or support countries that are not participating in the Olympics.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam by defeating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in the men's singles final. Novak suffered heartbreaks in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo before he ended his long wait for gold. The top seed is the fifth player to win all four singles Grand Slams and the Olympic title.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Chile won its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years today! Francisca Crovetto recorded the historic win for Chile in the women's skeet. Just over three months after becoming a mother, Britain's Amber Rutter won the silver medal at the Paris Games. Crovetto won the gold in a shoot-off!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - American archer Brady Ellison's bid for a gold was thwarted by South Korean Kim Woo-jin in the men’s individual final. Both scored 10 points on their single arrow in the shoot-off! “This is the match I’ve been dreaming of since we first shot against each other in 2009 or 2010," the 35-year-old Ellison said. "It’s the match I’ve always wanted. I think world archery and the fans across the world have always wanted it."
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - The historic wait for a gold has ended! Novak Djokovic claimed his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz in the men's tennis singles final. Djokovic has become the 5th player to complete Golden Slam!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour claimed gold in the artistics gymnastics women’s uneven bars final with a score of 15.700. China’s Qiyuan Qiu won silver with 15.500. Sunisa Lee of USA took home a bronze with 14.800.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - China surpassed USA to take the top spot in the Paris Games medal standings. With 18 golds, China is four ahead of USA in the current standings. USA have won a total of 64 medals while China have 41. Here’s a quick look at the medal winners in Paris.
ARCHERY
MEN’S INDIVIDUAL
Gold: Kim Woo-jin, South Korea
Silver: Brady Ellison, United States
Bronze: Lee Woo-seok, South Korea
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
MEN'S RINGS
Gold: Liu Yang, China
Silver: Zou Jingyuan, China
Bronze: Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece
WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS
Gold: Kaylia Nemour, Algeria
Silver: Qui Qiyuan, China
Bronze: Sunisa Lee, United States
EQUESTRIAN
DRESSAGE INDIVIDUAL
Gold: Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Germany
Silver: Isabell Werth, Germany
Bronze: Charlotte Fry, Britain
TABLE TENNIS
MEN’S SINGLES
Gold: Fan Zhendong, China
Silver: Truls Moregard, Sweden
Bronze: Félix Lebrun, France
ARCHERY
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL
Gold: Lim Si-hyeon, South Korea
Silver: Nam Su-hyeon, South Korea
Bronze: Lisa Barbelin, France
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE
Gold: Carlos Edriel Yulo, Philippines
Silver: Artem Dolgopyat, Israel
Bronze: Jake Jarman, Britain
MEN’S POMMEL HORSE
Gold: Rhys McClenaghan
Silver: Nariman Kurbanov, Kazakhstan
Bronze: Stephen Nedoroscik, United States
WOMEN'S VAULT
Gold: Simone Biles, United States
Silver: Rebeca Andrade, Brazil
Bronze: Jade Carey, United States
BADMINTON
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
Gold: Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan, China
Silver: Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, China
Bronze: Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida, Japan
BOXING
WOMEN'S 60KG
Bronze: Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira, Brazil and Wu Shih Yi, Taiwan
CYCLING
MEN'S ROAD RACE
Gold: Remco Evenepoel, Belgium
Silver: Valentin Madouas, France
Bronze: Christophe Laporte, France
EQUESTRIAN
DRESSAGE TEAM
Gold: Germany
Silver: Denmark
Bronze: Britain
FENCING
WOMEN'S TEAM SABER
Gold: Ukraine
Silver: South Korea
Bronze: Japan
JUDO
MIXED TEAM
Gold: France
Silver: Japan
Bronze: Brazil and South Korea
ROWING
MEN'S EIGHT
Gold: Britain
Silver: Netherlands
Bronze: United States
WOMEN'S EIGHT
Gold: Romania
Silver: Canada
Bronze: Britain
MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS
Gold: Oliver Zeidler, Germany
Silver: Yauheni Zalaty, AIN
Bronze: Simon van Dorp, Netherlands
WOMEN'S SINGLE SCULLS
Gold: Karolien Florijn, Netherlands
Silver: Emma Twigg, New Zealand
Bronze: Viktorija Senkute, Lithuania
SAILING
MEN'S WINDSURFING
Gold: Tom Reuveny, Israel
Silver: Grae Morris, Australia
Bronze: Luuc van Opzeeland, Netherlands
WOMEN'S WINDSURFING
Gold: Marta Maggetti, Italy
Silver: Sharon Kantor, Israel
Bronze: Emma Wilson, Britain
SHOOTING
WOMEN'S 25M PISTOL
Gold: Yang Jiin, South Korea
Silver: Camille Jedrzejewski, France
Bronze: Veronika Major, Hungary
MEN'S SKEET
Gold: Vincent Hancock, United States
Silver: Conner Lynn Prince, United States
Bronze: Lee Meng Yuan, Taiwan
SWIMMING
MEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY
Gold: Kristof Milak, Hungary
Silver: Josh Liendo, Canada
Bronze: Ilya Kharun, Canada
MIXED 4X100 MEDLEY RELAY
Gold: United States
Silver: China
Bronze: Australia
WOMEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada
Silver: Kate Douglass, United States
Bronze: Kaylee McKeown, Australia
WOMEN'S 800M FREESTYLE
Gold: Katie Ledecky, United States
Silver: Ariarne Titmus, Australia
Bronze: Paige Madden, United States
TABLE TENNIS
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Gold: Chen Meng, China
Silver: Sun Yingsha, China
Bronze: Hina Hayata, Japan
TENNIS
MEN'S DOUBLES
Gold: Matthew Ebden and John Peers, Australia
Silver: Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram, United States
Bronze: Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, United States
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Gold: Qinwen Zheng, China
Silver: Donna Vekic, Croatia
Bronze: Iga Swiatek, Poland
TRACK AND FIELD
MEN'S SHOTPUT
Gold: Ryan Crouser, United States
Silver: Joe Kovacs, United States
Bronze: Rajindra Campbell, Jamaica
MIXED 4X400M RELAY
Gold: Netherlands
Silver: United States
Bronze: Britain
WOMEN'S 100M
Gold: Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia
Silver: Sha'Carri Richardson, United States
Bronze: Melissa Jefferson, United States
WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
Gold: Thea LaFond, Dominica
Silver: Shanieka Ricketts, Jamaica
Bronze: Jasmine Moore, United States
Friday, Aug. 2
ARCHERY
MIXED TEAM
Gold: Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon, South Korea
Silver: Michelle Kroppen and Florian Unruh, Germany
Bronze: Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold, United States
BADMINTON
MIXED DOUBLES
Gold: Zheng Siwei and Huang Ya Qiong, China
Silver: Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun, South Korea
Bronze: Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, Japan
DIVING
MEN'S SYNCHRONIZED 3M SPRINGBOARD
Gold: Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan, China
Silver: Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera, Mexico
Bronze: Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher, Britain
CYCLING BMX RACING
MEN'S
Gold: Joris Daudet, France
Silver: Sylvain Andre, France
Bronze: Romain Mahieu, France
WOMEN'S
Gold: Saya Sakakibara, Australia
Silver: Manon Veenstra, Netherlands
Bronze: Zoe Claessens, Switzerland
EQUESTRIAN
TEAM JUMPING
Gold: Britain
Silver: United States
Bronze: France
FENCING
MEN'S TEAM ÉPÉE
Gold: Hungary
Silver: Japan
Bronze: Czech Republic
JUDO
MEN'S 100KG
Gold: Teddy Riner, France
Silver: Kim Min-jong, South Korea
Bronze: Temur Rakhimov, Tadzhikistan and Alisher Yusupov, Uzbekistan
WOMEN'S 78KG
Gold: Beatriz Souza, Brazil
Silver: Raz Hershko, Israel
Bronze: Romane Dicko, France and Kim Ha-yun, South Korea
ROWING
MEN'S PAIR
Gold: Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic, Croatia
Silver: Tom George and Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Britain
Bronze: Andrin Gulich and Roman Roeoesli, Switzerland
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS
Gold: Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan, Ireland
Silver: Stefano Oppo and Gabriel Soares, Italy
Bronze: Petros Gaidatzis and Antonios Papakonstantinou, Greece
WOMEN'S PAIR
Gold: Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester, Netherlands
Silver: Roxana Anghel and Ioana Vrinceanu, Romania
Bronze: Annabelle McIntyre and Jess Morrison, Australia
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS
Gold: Emily Craig and Imogen Grant, Britain
Silver: Ionela Cozmiuc and Gianina van Groningen, Romania
Bronze: Zoi Fitsiou and Dimitra Kontou, Greece
SAILING
MEN'S SKIFF
Gold: Diego Botín and Florián Trittel, Spain
Silver: Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie, New Zealand
Bronze: Ian Barrows and Hanks Henken, United States
WOMEN'S SKIFF
Gold: Annette Duetz and Odile van Aanholt, Netherlands
Silver: Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler, Sweden
Bronze: Charline Picon and Sarah Steyaert, France
SHOOTING
WOMEN'S 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS
Gold: Chiara Leone, Switzerland
Silver: Sagen Maddalena, United States
Bronze: Zhang Qiongyue, China
SWIMMING
MEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold: Léon Marchand, France
Silver: Duncan Scott, Britain
Bronze: Wang Shun, China
MEN'S 50M FREESTYLE
Gold: Cameron McEvoy, Australia
Silver: Benjamin Proud, Britain
Bronze: Florent Manaudou, France
WOMEN'S 200 BACKSTROKE
Gold: Kaylee McKeown, Australia
Silver: Regan Smith, United States
Bronze: Kylie Masse, Canada
TENNIS
MIXED DOUBLES
Gold: Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac, Czech Republic
Silver: Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen, China
Bronze: Gabriela Dabrowski and Felix Auger Aliassime, Canada
TRACK AND FIELD
MEN'S 10,000M
Gold: Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda
Silver: Berihu Aregawi, Ethiopia
Bronze: Grant Fisher, United States
TRAMPOLINE
MEN'S
Gold: Ivan Litvinovich, AIN
Silver: Wang Zisai, China
Bronze: Yan Langyu, China
WOMEN'S
Gold: Bryony Page, Britain
Silver: Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, AIN
Bronze: Sophiane Methot, Canada
Thursday, Aug. 1
CANOE SLAM
MEN'S SINGLE KAYAK
Gold: Giovanni De Gennaro, Italy
Silver: Titouan Castryck, France
Bronze: Pau Echaniz, Spain
FENCING
WOMEN'S TEAM FOIL
Gold: United States
Silver: Italy
Bronze: Japan
GYMNASTICS
WOMEN'S ALL-AROUND
Gold: Simone Biles, United States
Silver: Rebeca Andrade, Brazil
Bronze: Sunisa Lee, United States
JUDO
MEN'S -100KG
Gold: Zelym Kotsoiev, Azerbaijan
Silver: Ilia Sulamanidze, Georgia
Bronze: Peter Paltchik, Israel and Muzaffarbek Turoboyev, Uzbekistan
WOMEN'S -78KG
Gold: Alice Bellandi, Italy
Silver: Inbar Lanir, Israel
Bronze: Ma Zhenzhao, China and Patricia Sampaio, Portugal
ROWING
MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS
Gold: Andrei-Sebastian Cornea and Marian Enache, Romania
Silver: Stef Broenink and Melvin Twellaar, Netherlands
Bronze: Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch, Ireland
WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS
Gold: Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors, Australia
Silver: Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis, Romania
Bronze: Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne and Rebecca Wilde, Britain
MEN'S FOUR
Gold: United States
Silver: New Zealand
Bronze: Britain
WOMEN'S FOUR
Gold: Netherlands
Silver: Britain
Bronze: New Zealand
SHOOTING
MEN'S 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS
Gold: Liu Yukun, China
Silver: Serhiy Kulish, Ukraine
Bronze: Swapnil Kusale, India
SWIMMING
MEN'S 200M BACKSTROKE
Gold: Hubert Kos, Hungary
Silver: Apostolos Christou, Greece
Bronze: Roman Mityukov, Switzerland
WOMEN'S 200M BUTTERFLY
Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada
Silver: Regan Smith, United States
Bronze: Zhang Yufei, China
WOMEN'S 200M BREASTSTROKE
Gold: Kate Douglass, United States
Silver: Tatjana Smith, South Africa
Bronze: Tes Schouten, Netherlands
WOMENS 4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold: Australia
Silver: United States
Bronze: China
TRACK AND FIELD
MEN'S 20KM RACE WALK
Gold: Brian Pintado, Ecuador
Silver: Caio Bonfim, Brazil
Bronze: Álvaro Martín, Spain
WOMEN'S 20KM RACE WALK
Gold: Yang Jiayu, China
Silver: María Pérez, Spain
Bronze: Jemima Montag, Australia
Wednesday, July 31
GYMNASTICS
MEN'S ALL AROUND
Gold: Shinnosuke Oka, Japan
Silver: Zhang Boheng, China
Bronze: Xiao Ruoteng, China
CANOE
WOMEN'S SINGLE
Gold: Jessica Fox, Australia
Silver: Elena Lilik, Germany
Bronze: Evy Leibfarth, United States
CYCLING
BMX FREESTYLE
WOMEN’S PARK
Gold: Deng Yawen, China
Silver: Perris Benegas, United States
Bronze: Natalya Diehm, Australia
MEN’S PARK
Gold: Jose Torres Gil, Argentina
Silver: Kieran Darren David Reilly, Britain
Bronze: Anthony Jean Jean, France
DIVING
SYNCHRONIZED 10-METER PLATFORM
WOMEN
Gold: Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, China
Silver: Jo Jin Mi and Kim Mi Rae, North Korea
Bronze: Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson, Britain
FENCING
MEN'S SABRE TEAM
Gold: South Korea
Silver: Hungary
Bronze: France
JUDO
WOMEN'S 70KG
Gold: Barbara Matic, Croatia
Silver: Miriam Butkereit, Germany
Bronze: Michaela Polleres, Austria, and Gabriella Willems, Belgium
MEN'S 90KG Gold: Lasha Bekauri, Georgia
Silver: Sanshiro Murao, Japan
Bronze: Maxime-Gael Ngayap Hambou, France, and Theodoros Tselidis, Greece
ROWING
MEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULLS
Gold: Netherlands (Lennart van Lierop, Finn Florijn, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)
Silver: Italy (Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Andrea Panizza, Giacomo Gentili)
Bronze: Poland (Dominik Czaja, Mateusz Biskup, Miroslaw Zietarski, Fabian Baranski)
WOMEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULLS
Gold: Britain (Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw)
Silver: Netherlands (Laila Youssifou, Bente Paulis, Roos de Jong, Tessa Dullemans)
Bronze: Germany (Maren Voelz, Tabea Schendekehl, Leonie Menzel, Pia Greiten)
SWIMMING
WOMEN'S 100M FREESTYLE
Gold: Sarah Sjoestroem, Sweden
Silver: Torri Huske, United States
Bronze: Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong
WOMEN'S 1,500M FREESTYLE
Gold: Katie Ledecky, United States
Silver: Anastasiia Kirpichnikova, France
Bronze: Isabel Gose, Germany
MEN'S 100M FREESTYLE
Gold: Pan Zhanle, China
Silver: Kyle Chalmers, Australia
Bronze: David Popovici, Romania
MEN'S 200M BREASTSTROKE
Gold: Léon Marchand, France
Silver: Zac Stubblety-Cook, Australia
Bronze: Caspar Corbeau, Netherlands
MEN'S 200M BUTTERFLY
Gold: Léon Marchand, France
Silver: Kristof Milak, Hungary
Bronze: Ilya Kharun, Canada
SHOOTING
WOMEN'S TRAP
Gold: Adriana Ruano, Guatemala
Silver: Silvana Maria Stanco, Italy
Bronze: Penny Smith, Australia
TRIATHLON
WOMEN
Gold: Cassandre Beaugrand, France
Silver: Julie Derron, Switzerland
Bronze: Beth Potter, Britain
MEN
Gold: Alex Yee, Britain
Silver: Hayden Wilde, New Zealand
Bronze: Leo Bergere, France
Tuesday, July 30
FENCING
WOMEN'S EPEE TEAM
Gold: Italy
Silver: France
Bronze: Poland
GYMNASTICS
WOMEN'S TEAM
Gold: United States
Silver: Italy
Bronze: Brazil
JUDO
WOMEN'S 63KG
Gold: Andreja Leški, Slovenia
Silver: Prisca Awiti Alcaraz, Mexico
Bronze: Clarisse Agbegnenou, France and Laura Fazliu, Kosovo
MEN'S 81KG
Gold: Takanori Nagase, Japan
Silver: Tato Grigalashvili, Georgia
Bronze: Lee Joon-hwan, South Korea and Somon Makhmadbekov, Tajikistan
RUGBY SEVENS
WOMEN'S
Gold: New Zealand
Silver: Canada
Bronze: United States
SHOOTING
MIXED TEAM 10M AIR PISTOL
Gold: Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec, Serbia
Silver: Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Yusef Dikec, Turkey
Bronze: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh, India
MEN'S TRAP
Gold: Nathan Hales, Britain
Silver: Qi Ying, China
Bronze: Jean Pierre Brol, Guatemala
SWIMMING
WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE
Gold: Kaylee McKeown, Australia
Silver: Regan Smith, United States
Bronze: Katharine Berkoff, United States
MEN'S 800M FREESTYLE
Gold: Daniel Wiffen, Ireland
Silver: Bobby Finke, United States
Bronze: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy
MEN’S 4x200M FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold: Britain
Silver: United States
Bronze: Australia
TABLE TENNIS
MIXED DOUBLES
Gold: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, China
Silver: Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong, North Korea
Bronze: Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin, South Korea
Monday, July 29
ARCHERY
MEN'S TEAM
Gold: South Korea
Silver: France
Bronze: Turkey
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
MEN’S TEAM
Gold: Japan
Silver: China
Bronze: United States
CANOE SLALOM
MEN'S CANOE SINGLE
Gold: Nicolas Gestin, France
Silver: Adam Burgess, Britain
Bronze: Matej Benus, Slovakia
CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE
MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY
Gold: Tom Pidcock, Britain
Silver: Victor Koretzky, France
Bronze: Alan Hatherly, South Africa
DIVING
MEN’S SYNCHRONIZED 10M PLATFORM
Gold: Lian Junjie and Yang Hao, China
Silver: Tom Daley and Noah Williams, Britain
Bronze: Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray, Canada
EQUESTRIAN
EVENTING TEAM
Gold: Britain
Silver: France
Bronze: Japan
FENCING
WOMEN'S SABER INDIVIDUAL
Gold: Manon Apithy-Brunet, France
Silver: Sara Balzer, France
Bronze: Olga Kharlan, Ukraine
MEN'S FOIL INDIVIDUAL
Gold: Cheung Ka Long, Hong Kong
Silver: Filippo Macchi, Italy
Bronze: Nick Itkin, United States
JUDO
WOMEN'S 57KG
Gold: Christa Deguchi, Canada
Silver: Mimi Huh, South Korea
Bronze: Sarah Leonie Cysique, France and Haruka Funakubo, Japan
MEN’S 73KG
Gold: Hidayat Heydarov, Azerbaijan
Silver: Joan-Benjamin Gaba, France
Bronze: Soichi Hashimoto, Japan and Adil Osmanov, Moldova
SHOOTING
WOMEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE
Gold: Ban Hyo-jin, South Korea
Silver: Huang Yuting, China
Bronze: Audrey Gogniat, Switzerland
MEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE
Gold: Sheng Lihao, China
Silver: Victor Lindgren, Sweden
Bronze: Miran Maricic, Croatia
SKATEBOARDING
Gold: Yuto Horigome, Japan
Silver: Jagger Eaton, United States
Bronze: Nyjah Huston, United States
SWIMMING
WOMEN’S 100M BREASTSTROKE
Gold: Tatjana Smith, South Africa
Silver: Tang Qianting, China
Bronze: Mona McSharry, Ireland
WOMEN’S 200M FREESTYLE
Gold: Mollie O'Callaghan, Australia
Silver: Ariarne Titmus, Australia
Bronze: Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong
WOMEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada
Silver: Katie Grimes, United States
Bronze: Emma Weyant, United States
MEN’S 100M BACKSTROKE
Gold: Thomas Ceccon, Italy
Silver: Xu Jiayu, China
Bronze: Ryan Murphy, United States
MEN’S 200M FREESTYLE
Gold: David Popovici, Romania
Silver: Matthew Richards, Britain
Bronze: Luke Hobson, United States
Sunday, July 28
ARCHERY
WOMEN'S TEAM
Gold: South Korea
Silver: China
Bronze: Mexico
CANOE SLALOM
WOMEN'S KAYAK SINGLE
Gold: Jessica Fox, Australia
Silver: Klaudia Zwolinska, Poland
Bronze: Kimberley Woods, Britain
CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE
WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY
Gold: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, France
Silver: Haley Batten, United States
Bronze: Jenny Rissveds, Sweden
FENCING
WOMEN'S FOIL INDIVIDUAL
Gold: Lee Kiefer, United States
Silver: Lauren Scruggs, United States
Bronze: Eleanor Harvey, Canada
JUDO
WOMEN’S 52KG
Gold: Diyora Keldiyorova, Uzbekistan
Silver: Distria Krasniqi, Kosovo
Bronze: Larissa Pimenta, Brazil and Amandine Buchard, France
MEN’S 66KG
Gold: Hifumi Abe, Japan
Silver: Willian Lima, Brazil
Bronze: Gusman Kyrgyzbayev, Kazakhstan and Denis Vieru, Moldova
SHOOTING
MEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL
Gold: Xie Yu, China
Silver: Federico Nilo Maldini, Italy
Bronze: Paolo Monna, Italy
SWIMMING
MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Gold: Léon Marchand, France
Silver: Tomoyuki Matsushita, Japan
Bronze: Carson Foster, United States
WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY
Gold: Torri Huske, United States
Silver: Gretchen Walsh, United States
Bronze: Zhang Yufei, China
SHOOTING
WOMEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL
Gold: Oh Ye-jin, South Korea
Silver: Kim Ye-ji, South Korea
Bronze: Manu Bhaker, India
SKATEBOARDING
WOMEN’S STREET
Gold: Coco Yoshizawa, Japan
Silver: Liz Akama, Japan
Bronze: Rayssa Leal, Brazil
Saturday, July 27
CYCLING
MEN’S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL
Gold: Remco Evenepoel, Belgium
Silver: Filippo Ganna, Italy
Bronze: Wout van Aert, Belgium
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL
Gold: Grace Brown, Australia
Silver: Anna Henderson, Britain
Bronze: Chloe Dygert, United States
DIVING
WOMEN'S SYNCHRONIZED 3M SPRINGBOARD
Gold: Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, China
Silver: Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, United States
Bronze: Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen, Britain
FENCING
WOMEN’S EPEE INDIVIDUAL
Gold: Vivian Kong, Hong Kong
Silver: Auriane Mallo-Breton, France
Bronze: Eszter Muhari, Hungary
MEN’S SABER INDIVIDUAL
Bronze: Luigi Samele, Italy
JUDO
WOMEN 48KG
Gold: Natsumi Tsunoda, Japan
Silver: Baasankhuu Bavuudori, Mongolia
Bronze: Shirine Boukli, France, and Tara Babulfath, Sweden
MEN 60KG
Gold: Yeldos Smetov, Kazakhstan
Silver: Luka Mkheidze, France
Bronze: Ryuju Nagayama, Japan and Francisco Garrigos, Spain
RUGBY SEVENS
Gold: France
Silver: Fiji
Bronze: South Africa
SHOOTING
10M AIR RIFLE MIXED TEAM
Gold: Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao, China
Silver: Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun, South Korea
Bronze: Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev, Kazakhstan
SWIMMING
MEN’S 400M FREESTYLE
Gold: Lukas Maertens, Germany
Silver: Elijah Winnington, Australia
Bronze: Kim Woo-min, South Korea
MEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold: United States
Silver: Australia
Bronze: Italy
WOMEN’S 400M FREESTYLE
Gold: Ariarne Titmus, Australia
Silver: Summer McIntosh, Canada
Bronze: Katie Ledecky, United States
WOMEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY
Gold: Australia
Silver: United States
Bronze: China
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Cameroonian boxer Cindy Ngamba is the first athlete on the Refugee Olympic Team to clinch a medal at the Paris Games. Ngamba scripted history after a fierce bout with French boxer Davina Michel in the women’s middleweight quarterfinals. Ngamba was the flag bearer for the 37 athletes, making up the biggest Olympic Refugee Team.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Hockey India has mentioned key issues in the official statement after the men’s side defeated Great Britain at the Paris Games. According to Hockey India, the incidents in the match have undermined confidence in the officiating process among players, coaches, and fans. Hockey India called for a thorough review of these matters to uphold the integrity of the sport and ensure fair play in future matches.
Key issues highlighted include:
1. Inconsistent video umpire reviews, particularly regarding the red card decision for an Indian player, which has eroded trust in the video review system.
2. Coaching of a goalkeeper from behind the goalpost during the shoot-out.
3. Use of a video tablet by a goalkeeper during the shoot-out.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Hockey India released a statement on Amit Rohidas' red card after PR Sreejesh guided India to the Paris Olympics semifinals. Hockey India has officially raised concerns about the quality of umpiring and decision-making in the ongoing Paris Olympic Games 2024. The complaint focuses on a critical match between India and Great Britain, where several inconsistencies in officiating potentially influenced the game's outcome.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen was all praise for Lakshya Sen after winning the semi-final clash of the Paris Games. Lakshya lost to Viktor by 20-22, 14-21. Axelsen said that Lakshya will be one of the favourites to win an Olympic gold 4 years from now.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon are out of the women's skeet qualification in Paris. Chauhan finished 13th with a score of 118. Dhillon was 23rd with 113 points. Both shooters missed out on qualification places.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jessica von Bredow-Werndl defended her Olympic title in individual dressage while German Isabell Werth repeated the result from the Tokyo Games. The one-two underscores extended Germany's dominance in equestrian disciplines. "She is such a cool dude, but I could feel, especially during her victory lap, how much she enjoys it," von Bredow-Werndl said of the horse. "I don't know when I will have a horse like her again, or if."
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Shooters Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala have bowed out in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol qualification. Sidhu and Bhanwala struggled in the second qualification round. Vijayveer started his round with 100 and 98. He bagged a 92 in the last series to exit the qualification position. Anish had 99 and 97 but with a 93 in the last series, he finished 13th.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team (male or female) to enter the Olympic quarterfinals in basketball. Ezinna Kalu scored 21 points as Nigeria defeated Canada 79-70. Did you know? Nigeria already have doubled the number of wins in pool play. Nigeria earlier arrived in Paris for its first Olympic victory since the 2004 Athens Games.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - China's Fan Zhendong has earned an Olympic gold in the men's singles table tennis. World champion Fan outclassed the lower-ranked Truls Moregard 4-1 in a pulsating final at the Paris Games. China has the undisputed side in the sport. The world-beaters have dominated the sport again in the Olympics.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Eighth-ranked Spain dumped reigning champions Belgium out of the Paris Games 2024 in men's hockey. Captain Marc Miralles landed the third goal three minutes before the end. Spain have not made it past the last eight since Beijing 2008. Defending champions Belgium reached the last two Olympic finals. Jose Maria Basterra opened the scoring in the 40th minute while Marc Reyne put Spain back in front after 55 minutes. "I think today is the best day of my life," Basterra said. "We had pointed to this day in our calendar, and now we are so happy. We have to enjoy today and tomorrow we will see (face) our opponents and we will see how to beat them."
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - In the second series of men's 25m rapid-fire pistol qualification, Anish Bhanwala began with 49/50 to take the 6th spot. With a 48/50, Vijayveer Sidhu was dropped from second to fourth. The top 6 athletes will secure qualification berths.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - South Korea's Kim Woojin has bagged the gold medal in the individual men's archery event at the Paris Olympics. Brady Ellison of the United States took silver while South Korea's Lee Wooseok won the bronze medal in the individual men's archery event.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Australian Brett Sutton had an interview with Swiss TV channel RTS about Julie Derron's performance after the triathlon event. Sutton, a convicted sex offender, coached women’s triathlon silver medallist Julie. He has left the Paris 2024 Games; the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking into the matter. In 1999, Sutton pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old Australian swimmer he had been coaching. He was sentenced to two years in prison. The sentence was suspended for three years.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Lin Yu-ting defeated Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria by unanimous decision in a featherweight quarter-final fight. The boxer has ensured Taiwan its third boxing medal at the Paris Olympics. Lin and Algeria's Imane Khelif have been at the centre of a social media storm after the boxers were disqualified for failing gender tests during the 2023 World Championships.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - An emotional Dhanraj Pillay backed India to win a historic gold medal in Paris after PR Sreejesh made splendid shootout saves in a 4-2 victory over Great Britain. "I couldn't stop my tears. I have never seen such performance in many years and now I am convinced that this team can bring us the Olympic gold after 44 years," the former India skipper told PTI. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Rajkumar Pal were on target for India.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Indian golfer Shubankar Sharma is T43 in the men's round 3 of individual stroke play at the Paris Games. Spain's Jon Rahm has claimed the first spot and USA's Xander Schauffele is second in the third round. Round 4 is underway at Le Golf National.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Spain stunned Belgium 3-2 to enter semi-finals in men’s hockey tournament at the Paris Games 2024. Belgium, the reigning Olympic gold medallists are out of the Paris Games!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) claimed that the gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA) on two female fighters at last year's world championships were illegitimate and lacked credibility. The sex tests led to their disqualification at the 2023 World Championships. "Those tests are not legitimate tests. The tests themselves, the process of the tests, the ad hoc nature of the tests are not legitimate," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams told a press conference. "The testing, the method of the testing, the idea of the testing which happened kind of overnight. None of it is legitimate and this does not deserve any response," Adams added.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India athlete Jeswin Aldrin failed to cross the qualification mark in the men's long jump event at the Stade de France. Aldrin's best attempt was 7.61m in the Group B men's long jump qualification, which was also his single successful jump at the Stade de France. His best attempt secured a lowly 13th spot out of 16 in Group B. Thus, he failed to breach the qualification standard of 8.15 m.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Another blockbuster clash gets underway in Paris. Novak Djokovic is up against Carlos Alcaraz for the gold medal match at the Paris Games. Follow live scores and updates of the men's singles tennis final at Roland Garros.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo bagged the women's tennis doubles bronze medal for Spain at the Paris Olympics. This was their second event as a team. The duo defeated Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 at the Paris Games. Bucsa and Sorribes Tormo earned Spain's fifth medal in women's doubles at a Summer Games.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Femke Bol have advanced to the next round of the women's 400m hurdles. US star McLaughlin-Levrone is the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder. She cruised through her heat to win in 53.60sec at the Stade de France. Bol is the current world champion. The Dutch star eased through her heat in a leading 53.38sec.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Maheshwari Chauhan has 22 targets as she is shifted to the 13th spot. Chauhan was earlier placed 6th in the standings. She is outside the qualification spots in the final series. Raiza Dhillon is yet to enter the final series.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In the 25m rapid-fire pistol men's qualification results, India's Vijayveer Sidhu is placed fifth after stage scores of 98, 98 and 97. Anish Bhanwala is seventh with scores of 98, 98 and 97. The second phase is set to start shortly.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: What’s next? We have men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification. The second round will get underway shortly! Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu are in the last relay.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: “He is an amazing player,” World No.2 Viktor Axelsen said after an epic come-from-behind win over Lakshya Sen at the Paris Games. Talking about his thrilling encounter, Axelsen admitted that the semi-final clash was the toughest match for him at the Paris Games. The defending champion also backed the Indian shuttler for gold. Axelsen asserted that in four years, Lakshya will become a gold medal contender at the Olympics.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lakshya Sen's tattoo says "Sky is the limit" - something we all agree with! The badminton future is in safe hands because Sen is in sensational form this season. The Indian shuttler became the first men's singles player to reach the semifinals at the 2024 Olympics. At 22, the Indian shuttler is still a frontrunner to take home a historic bronze medal. "He can get a bronze medal," Parupalli Kashyap said after Sen's power-packed performance in the semi-finals.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Folks, it was a badminton exhibition in Paris. Lakshya Sen won hearts with his sensational run at the Paris Games. World No.2 Viktor Axelsen thwarted the gold medal bid of the Indian shuttler in the semi-finals. After the heartbreaking defeat, India's Lakshya will now fight for bronze after losing the badminton men's singles semis to Axelsen of Denmark 20-22 and 14-21.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Viktor Axelsen has outplayed Lakshya Sen! He is on match-point. Axelsen hammers the crushing blow to clinch the second game - the defending champion saved three match points in game 1. He then recovered from 0-7 to take the game from Lakshya. It can be a straight-game win on paper but Lakshya took the World No.2 to the extremes in Paris. Sen goes down fighting in semi-finals.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Viktor Axelsen has taken a 3-0 point lead over India’s Lakshya Sen, who was dominating the second game. Make that 4 - Axelsen is putting on a show at the Paris Games. From 0-7 to 17-13 in game 2 - the Olympic champion already bagged the first game. In comes Lakshya with a heavy blow - he cuts the lead to three. The Indian trailing 14-17 in game 2.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Even Steven! Viktor Axelsen produces another comeback in game 2. The defending champion is one point ahead of India’s Lakshya in game 2. This is the first time that the Olympic champion has taken the lead in game 2. He was down 0-7 in the same game. What a turnaround!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Comeback in game 1 is followed by an insane fightback in game 2 - Viktor Axelsen truncates the 7-0 lead of India’s Lakshya Sen to get on level terms. A crucial point follows and Lakshya goes ahead - the Indian shuttler leads the defending champion 11-10 at mid-break.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Who is controlling this game? Is it India’s Lakshya Sen, who is 9-7 ahead of Viktor Axelsen, or is it the defending champion - who is busy staging a comeback? Sen and Axelsen fired one each and the scoreline reads 10-8 in game 2.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The World No.2 and defending champion is behind 7-0 in game 2! Lakshya Sen is on a free-scoring run but make no mistake - every point is a hard-earned one against Viktor Axelsen. As soon as we finish giving the recent update - Axelsen has scored two points against the Indian - IN NO TIME! It’s 8-3 to India’s Lakshya in game 2. Axelsen threat is still looming large.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Picking up from where he left off - Lakshya Sen opens the second game with a 4-0 lead over World No.2 Viktor Axelsen. Make that 5-0! Lakshya is on a mission after a narrow defeat in game 1. The Indian leads Axelsen 6-0 in game 2.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: World No.2 Viktor Axelsen saves 3 game points to get himself on level terms! Lakshya Sen is behind now - Axelsen gets the lead and he nails the game point like a champion player he is - The reigning Olympic champion with a come-from-behind 22-20 win in the first game.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Who was the underdog when the semi-final showdown started? Lakshya Sen. Who is in charge now? Lakshya Sen. The badminton superstar from Almora is making his presence felt. He is one point away from the game-point. World No.2 Viktor Axelsen is still posing a threat. How can you do that to the defending champion Lakshya? A stunning point and Sen is on game-point. His second-game point as Axelsen is keeping himself alive. Into the 3rd game-point we go folks! Axelsen has saved two!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: An epic long rally between World No.2 Viktor Axelsen and India’s Lakshya Sen! A towering smash follows and Axelsen hits the net - the defending champion is the UNDER THE PUMP! Lakshya is two points away from wrapping up the game!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Who would have thought? The World No.2 Viktor Axelsen is behind five points and India’s Lakshya Sen is five-point away from game-point. Axelsen cuts the gap and makes the game a four-point affair! What a point - Lakshya, aka the aggressor, extends the lead to five points. Axelsen is clearly the second-best right now! Another one - the Indian leads 17-11!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Viktor Axelsen is behind four points now! Lakshya Sen trying to up the ante after taking the lead. The reigning Olympic champion loses another point as Sen gets the better of him. The Indian shuttler is leading 14-9 in game 1!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Goodness gracious! Lakshya Sen smashes to get himself in the lead. What a shot! He is timing it to perfection at the moment. There’s no margin of error when you take on Viktor Axelsen, the reigning Olympic champion. First challenge by Axelsen and it’s in - it’s mid-game break and Lakshya is in the charge! Sen is 11-9 ahead of Axelsen.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Smashing Lakshya Sen aces the shot to take the lead! Absolute perfection by the ace shuttler, who is India’s only medal hope in badminton singles. Viktor Axelsen bounces back in no time to get the score level-pegging. It’s 7-7 in the thriller!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: What a comeback by Lakshya Sen! From 0-3 down to 5-5 in the first game. That’s how you take on a champion player like Viktor Axelsen in the semi-finals. Sen with the diving effort to save a point - the reigning Olympic champion takes the lead. Sen trailing 5-6 against Axelsen!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Three points for reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the first game. Lakshya Sen made three errors in the opening game before drawing his first point against Axelsen. “India-India” chants reverberate as fans want Lakshya to be in ‘Sen’ mode in the blockbuster clash.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The ranking of 22 is not doing justice as Lakshya Sen has been a champion player at the Paris Olympics in the men's badminton event. Lakshya is up against reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles semifinals at the Paris Games. We are moments away from the blockbuster clash as players have completed their warm-ups.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Round 3 is over! It looks like Lovlina will lose this too! Waiting for the judges! QIan gets 10, 10, 9, 10, 10. Lovlina gets 9, 9, 10, 9 ,9! Qian wins!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lovlina loses ROund 2 too! Qian gets 9, 9, 10, 10, 10. The Indian boxer gets 10, 10, 9, 9, 9.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India beat Great Britain 4-2 (1-1) in penalty shootouts to enter men's hockey semifinal.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: There wasn't much to differentiate in the first round as both boxers failed to find an opening! Qian wins the first round, gets 10, 10, 9, 9, 10. Lovlina gets 9, 9, 10, 10, 9.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Now it is time for Lovlina's quarter-final bout vs China's Qian! The Tokyo medalist will be looking progress! Last chance for India for a medal in boxing!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The men's 25m rapid pistol qualification stage 1 is over and Vijayveer comes fifth! Anish is seventh!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: With four rounds done, Maheshwari is sixth with a total of 96 points. She bagged 23, 24, 24, 25. Raiza is 25th with 89 points, shooting 21, 22, 23, 23. One more round to go! Top six will go to final!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: OH NO! Aldrin's first attempt is a foul, disqualified attempt! Two more to go!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Long jump qualification begins! Jeswin Aldrin is in action for India!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lovlina's quarter-final women's 75kg bout is coming up! The Tokyo medalist is up against Li Qian of China, and it will begin at 3:02 PM IST!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The second quarter is over and India, Great Brtain are level! 1-1!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Anish shoots 98, 98 and 97 in relay 3 and is fourth overall in stage 1! Meanwhile, Vijayveer's 98, 98, 97 keeps him at fourth, wiht a higher average!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: With three minutes to go in the second quarter, Morton gets the equaliser! He receives a cross and slots it past Sreejesh! 1-1!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: 8 minutes to go in the second quarter and India get a penalty corner! Harmanpreet drives it straight to the centre and it is 1-0! SUPER QUICK!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Rohidas received a red card in the 17th minute and Great Britain are pressing hard! But even India are equal to it and are infact tne strong team right now!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Relay 2 is over and Vijayveer is in third place! Anish's relay 3 is coming up next!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The first quarter is over and brilliant job by both goalkeepers! India will be looking to break the deadlock in the second quarter!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India's Parul Chaudhary clocked 3:04:2 in the first 1000m of the women's 3000m steeplechase qualifying round to stand eighth among the 12 competitors in Round 1 Heat 1. She dropped to the 10th spot after completing the reaching the 2000m mark in 6:13.3. She eventually finishes eighth, clocking 9:23.39, her season best. However, she fails to qualify for the final as only top 5 athletes from each heats will advance to the final.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India get a penalty corner with around 2 minutes to go for the first quarter to end! It is a mix up and it goes out! Poor one!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Parul is in action for India in the women's 3000m steeplechase round 1!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The men's quarter-final hockey match between India and Great Britain has begin! IT IS GOING TO BE A THRILLER!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Relay 2 has begun! Anish's is relay 3! Vijayveer has fallen to 8th now!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Maheshwari has shot 23, 24, 24 and 6 (round 4*), and has 77 points in total! She is 8th!
Meanwhile, Raiza has 21, 22 and 23, with 66points and is 25th!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Day 2 of women's skeet qualification has also begun, with Maheshwari and Raiza in action for India!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Vijayveer is third with 98, 98, 97 and a total score of 293! Anish is in a different relay and is yet to start!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day The two stages are split into three, where shooters shoot a series of five shots each at targets that are next to each other. First, the interval between shots is eight seconds, then a six-second interval in the second series, and a four-second interval in the third. The top six make it to the final!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The action begins! In golf, we have Subhankar and Gaganjeet in action! Meanwhile, in shooting we have Vijayveer and Anish in action in 25m men's fire pistol qualification stage 1!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Golf and shooting will start at 12:30 PM IST! Stay tuned folks! Day 8 is set to begin for India in sometime! We also have the hockey quarterfinal at 1:30 PM IST!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lakshya has faced Axelsen before, and trails 1-7 in terms of head-to-head! After getting dropped from the Thomas Cup team, Lakshya trained with Axelsen in Dubai. According to his coach, Vimal, Lakshya learned a lot from the Danish shuttler! His sole win vs Axelsen came in the 2022 German Open semis, where he won 21-15 12-21 22-20.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Day 9 will begin with golf and shooting! In golf, we will see Subhankar and Gaganjeet in action in the men's individual strokeplay round 4. Meanwhile, Vijayveer and Anish will be in action in stage 1 of 25m rapid fire pistol men's qualification!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In sailing, we will have Vishnu Saravanan in action in the men's dinghy race 7 and 8. Meanwhile, Nethra will be in action in women's dinghy race 7 and 8.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The Indian men's hockey team were in good form in their Pool B games, with wins vs New Zealand, Ireland and Australia. Meanwhile, they drew 1-1 vs Argentina and lost to Belgium. Finishing second in Pool B behind defending champions Belgium, they face Great Britain in the quarters, who were third in Pool A.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lakshya is the only medal prospect left for India in badminton! He has been impressive and defeated China's Tien Chen in the quarters! India's other shutters Prannoy, Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag are knocked out! He will be up against Axelsen, who has defeated him seven out of eight times.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: We also have Lovlina's quarter-final bout at 3:02 PM IST! She will up against China's Li Qian! Meanwhile, Lakshya will have his semi-final match vs Axelsen at 3:30 PM IST!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In athletics, we will have Parul Chaudhary in action in the women's 3000m steeplechase round 1 at 1:35 PM IST. Meanwhile, Jeswin Aldrin will feature in the men's long jump qualification, at 2:30 PM IST.
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In shooting, we will have Stage 1 of the 25m rapid fire pistol men's qualification, where we will see Vijayveer and Anish in action at 12:30 PM IST. Stage 2 will take place at 4:30 PM IST. Then we will also have the women's skeet qualification's day 2 at 1:00 PM IST, where Raiza and Maheshwari will represent India!
Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Hello and welcome everyone to our live coverage of Day 9 of the ongoing Paris Olympics! We will have some intense events for India, with Lakshya Sen, Lovlina Borogohain and the men's hockey team in action!
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