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Track and Field is fully underway in Paris with everything from nail-biting semi-final races setting up the drama tomorrow, multiple broken records in one event and thrilling finishes for gold.

Here’s what happened on the track and on the field on Wednesday:

And here’s a look at how other events played out today:

After the USA had opened up a 30-point lead in the third quarter, Nigeria cut the deficit to 14 by the horn with an impressive fourth-quarter performance.

However, the late run was never going to be enough and the Americans cruised to an 88-74 win to reach the semifinals.

There was some drama late on as the USA took umbrage with Ezinne Kalu playing until the final buzzer and scoring a late layup, leading Kahleah Copper to receive a technical foul for petulantly throwing the ball at Kalu’s leg.

Two-time MVP A’ja Wilson had a dominant night with game-high 20 points to go with 11 rebounds and two blocks.

Promise Amukamara, Amy Okonkwo and Kalu impressed for Nigeria, registering 19, 17 and 16 points respectively.

Mykolas Alekna reacts after finishing second in the men's discus throw final in Paris, on August 7.

It was quite a few minutes of whiplash for Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna.

First, he set a new Olympic record to take the lead in the discus throw event, besting his father’s mark from the 2004 Games in Athens. And then, not long after, he was in second place and looking up at Rojé Stola of Jamaica, who had just topped his Olympic record and – eventually – his gold medal.

“I had an Olympic record for a few throws; it was great to break it. It was a great experience and I am happy to bring home a medal. I am not sad or anything, it is just pure joy. Of course, my expectation was to win, but sometimes, it does not happen. I am so glad for this silver,” he said after.

But when asked how it felt to break the record set by his father Virgilijus, Alekna only said: “I am happy with a medal.”

Sarah Hildebrandt celebrates after winning gold in the women's freestyle wrestling 50kg class in Paris, on August 7.

The USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt won gold in the women’s freestyle wrestling 50kg class with a 3-0 victory over Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzmán.

Hildebrandt had originally been scheduled to fight Vinesh Phogat in the final, but the Indian wrestler sensationally failed to make weight earlier on Wednesday, meaning Guzmán – who had lost to Phogat –was moved up into the gold medal bout.

It’s fair to say Hildebrandt couldn’t believe what she had done.

“Oh my gosh I just won the FREAKING OLYMPICS hahahahah DUUUUDE,” she wrote on X.

The bronze medals went to Japan’s Yui Susaki, who had never before tasted defeat until her stunning loss to Phogat, and Feng Ziqi of China.

The US’ lead grew to as much as 30 in the third quarter of its women’s basketball quarterfinal against Nigeria.

A buzzer-beating layup means the advantage will be 28 going into the fourth, but the Americans have been utterly dominant since the start of the second half and are well worthy of their 76-48 lead.

Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting beat Esra Yildiz Kahramanof Turkey on Wednesday to advance to the women’s 57kg boxing gold medal match.

Lin won by a unanimous points decision (5-0) at Roland Garros Stadium.

After the bout, Kahraman opened the ropes so Lin so could exit the ring in a show of sportsmanship.

The 28-year-old Lin will face Poland’s Julia Szeremeta in the final on Saturday.

Lin finished ninth in this competition at 2020 Tokyo.

Alongside Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, Lin has become a flashpoint for an often misinformed debate about how women are allowed to compete in sports.

An overview shows USA's #15 Brittney Griner (Top C) go for a rebound next to Nigeria's #33 Nicole Enabosi (Top R) in the women's quarterfinal basketball match between Nigeria and USA today at the Bercy Arena in Paris.

Team USA is in complete control at halftime in its women’s basketball quarterfinal against Nigeria.

The star-studded squad is leading 52-33 at the break, but the US didn’t have it all its own way.

After the Americans opened up an early double-digit lead, Nigeria managed to reduce the deficit to just four points in the second quarter.

However, the USA’s quality began to shine through as the first half wore on. The team is being led by two-time WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart, who has a game-high 13 points at the half and has made five of her seven shots, including 2-of-3 from three-point range.

Nigeria’s Ezinne Kalu is having a game to remember with 12 points at halftime on 67% shooting.

Soufiane El Bakkali of Team Morocco celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 3000m steeplechase final at Stade de France on August 7.

What a thrilling finale to tonight’s action here at the Stade de France!

Soufiane El Bakkali charges in the final stretch to win the 3,000-meter steeplechase, chasing down Kenneth Rooks in the final stages after the American had led much of the final lap.

There’s a big concern on the western side of the track after Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia, who had been among the leaders the entire race, is being tended to by medical staff. Girma failed to clear a barrier about 200 meters from the finish line and landed extremely hard on the track.

The Ethiopian didn’t get up and laid on the track for several minutes after falling.

He’s carried off by medical personnel on a backboard and is being taken to the back.

El Bakkali rings the winners’ bell and goes off on his victory lap, celebrating with the Moroccans here.

Australia's Nina Kennedy competing today in the women's pole vault final of the athletics event at Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

Australia’s Nina Kennedy is going to beat Katie Moon in the pole vault after the American failed two attempts at clearing 4.95 meters.

Moon had failed her first attempt at getting over 4.90 meters and then opted to pass the rest of that height, which meant she only got two opportunities to clear 4.95 meters. Kennedy passed the 4.90-meter height on her first attempt.

Kennedy and Moon both failed on their first attempts at 4.95 meters, which meant that it all came down to Moon’s last jump. If she cleared the bar, then Kennedy would have had to match her and clear it herself. But if she missed, she handed the Aussie the gold and would have to settle for silver.

Moon ran down the runway and planted her pole, but just couldn’t get her body over the bar. It fell to the ground and Kennedy began to sob as she was mobbed by her family in the stands.

This post has been updated with quotes from Australia’s Nina Kennedy.

Rojé Stonaof Team Jamaica celebrates after breaking the Olympic record during the men's discus throw qualification at Stade de France today.

Rojé Stona has just ruined the Alekna family’s plan for a party in Paris.

The Jamaican has topped Mykolas Alekna, the top-ranked discus thrower in the world and the owner of the world record. Stona takes home the gold and the Olympic record that Alekna held for a few short minutes earlier tonight.

Alekna had beaten his father’s Olympic record with a toss of 69.97 meters on his second throw of the competition. But just a bit later, Stona tossed the discus 70 meters even, setting a new Olympic record and doing enough to take home the gold.

The stage was set for Alekna to top Stona on his final throw, but the disappointing effort fell well short.

“It’s a very special night. It’s everything I wanted, but for it to actually happen, it’s a very good feeling,” Stona said post-final.

Stona finished 19th in the world championships in 2023, yet became an Olympic champion one year later, a feat that surprised even the Jamaican.

This post has been updated with quotes from Jamaica’s Rojé Stona.

Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan (red) wrestles Iran's Mohammadhadi Saravi (blue) in their men's greco-roman 97kg wrestling final match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on August 7.

Iran’s Mohammadhadi Saravihas beaten Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia 4-1 to take home the gold medal in the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling 97kg class.

Cuba’sGabriel RosilloandUzur Dzhuzupbekovof Kyrgyzstan took bronze.

QuincyHallof United States crosses the finish line to win the final alongside second placed Matthew Hudson-Smith of Britain and third palced Muzala Samukonga of Zambia.

The competitors are out for the men’s 400-meter final race and American Quincy Hall is the favorite here in an otherwise wide-open race

Running out of lane eight, Hall seemed to barely get out of a jog during qualifying for this race and feels likely to take home the gold here — possibly with a new world record.

The gun sounds and they’re off! A massive roar from the Stade de France crowd as 80,000 watch the first gold medal race of the evening.

Hall trails most of the race and is in sixth as they come around the final curve. But here comes Hall!

Charging down the final straightaway, Hall makes up ground quickly — the effort written on his face — and he’s suddenly passing runners.

In the final meters, Hall overtakes Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith in a thrilling finish, beating the Team GB runner to the line by .04 seconds!

On his unbelievable finish, Hall told reporters afterwards: “I was just thinking, ‘Get home, sir. Get home, sir.’”

As a result, it’s a gold for Quincy Hall, silver for Hudson-Smith and bronze for Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga.

Hall rings the victory bell here at the Stade de France and takes off his shoes to pose for a photo.

He grabs Old Glory and goes for a shoeless victory lap around the track here, being cheered as he goes. It’s an incredible moment for the American, who ran a personal best and led for only a tenth of a second in the race, leaning across the finish line to take the gold from Hudson-Smith.

This post has been updated with quotes from Team USA’s Quincy Hall.

Rojé Stona, of Jamaica, competes during the men's discus throw final on Wednesday in Saint-Denis.

An incredible moment here at the Stade de France!

Mere minutes after Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna beats his father’s Olympic record in the discus throw, Jamaica’s Rojé Stona outdoes him and takes it for himself.

With an incredible 70-meter throw, Stona is now in the lead for gold and has the Olympic record. It’ll take another Olympic record to top him, but Alekna owns the world record in this competition and will feel like he can do it.

Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek (L) crosses the finish line ahead of Britain's Amber Anning (R) in the women's 400m semifinal of the athletics event today.

Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland is on to the finals after winning the third semifinal heat here in the women’s 400-meter run.

Amber Anning of Great Britain finishes in second.

Kaczmarek finishes in 49.45 seconds, Anning in 49.47.

Team China compete in the team acrobatic routine of the artistic swimming event today at the Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.

Some of the best athletes in Paris are competing right now!

The artistic swimmers representing 10 countries that have qualified for the team acrobatic routine are delighting the packed Saint-Denis Aquatic Center.

Jaw dropping synergy and stunts … it’s like watching swimming combined with dance, gymnastics, cheerleading and the endurance of water polo.

Team USA was thrilled with their performance scoring a 271.3166, which put them in gold medal position for a brief time.

China followed the USA with a more difficult routine and grabbed gold.USA finishes in silver.Spain in third.

Canada used Snoop Dog music, so clearly the People’s Choice award!

Amálie Švábíkováreacts after her vault.

Amálie Švábíková of the Czech Republic is out of the women’s pole vault competition after failing to clear the 4.85-meter bar.

Heading into the 4.90-meter height, only Australian Nina Kennedy, American Katie Moon, Canadian Alysha Newman and Swiss Angelica Moser remain.

Moser decided to pass on her third attempt at 4.85 meters, meaning she has to clear 4.90 meters on her first attempt or else she is eliminated from the competition.

MarileidyPaulinoof Dominican Republic in action during the women's 400m semifinal at Stade de France.

Marileidy Paulino just ran away from the pack in the second women’s 400-meter semifinal, easily qualifying for the final. She finished in 49.21 seconds.

Alexis Holmes of Team USA finished almost a second later to take the second qualifying spot, running her lap of the track in 50 seconds flat.

Nao Kusakaof Japan celebrates winning gold in the men's greco-roman 77kg final match against Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan.

Japan’s Nao Kusaka has won gold in the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling 77kg class, beating Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan on points in the final.

Kusaka, the 2023 World Championships bronze medalist, outscored Zhadrayev 5-2.

Armenia’sMalkhas Amoyan and Akzhol Makhmudov of Kyrgyzstan won the bronze medals.

This post has been updated with quotes from Japan’s Nao Kusaka.

Salwa Eid Naser, center, of Bahrain, competes in the women's 400-meter semifinal on Wednesday in Saint-Denis.

Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain won the first semifinal heat of the women’s 400-meter run, qualifying for the finals with a time of 49.08 seconds.

Rhasidat Adeleke of Ireland took the second qualifying spot in the race with a time of 49.95 seconds.

Mykolas Alekna of Team Lithuania competes in the men's discus throw final on day twelve of the Olympic Games today at Stade de France.

Mykolas Alekna will take an Olympic record and family bragging rights home from Paris.

Alekna broke his father’s record in the discus throw with a massive second effort, going 69.97 meters. That tops his dad, Virgilijus Alekna, who had a 69.89 throw 20 years ago in Athens.

The world record holder was always the favorite tonight, but now he’s got a record under his belt and four more attempts to lengthen it.

The field is set in the men’s 200-meter run, with the final scheduled for Thursday night at the Stade de France.

Here’s the lineup:

Katie Moon, of the United States, competes in the women's pole vault final on Wednesday in Saint-Denis.

The women’s pole vault field was once 20 — and it’s now down to five.

Wilma Murto of Finland, Aikaterini Stefanidi of Greece, Elisa Molinarolo of Italy and Eliza McCartney of New Zealand all failed to clear 4.80 meters, and their Olympics are over.

Amalie Svabikova of the Czech Republic cleared the 4.80-meter bar on her third and final attempt, allowing her the opportunity to go after 4.85 meters, which is the next height.

So far, Katie Moon of Team USA is in pole position to win the gold, having not missed a jump yet. World No. 1 Nina Kennedy missed one attempt at 4.7 meters, which could cost the Australian at the end of the competition.

The first tiebreaker, should two competitors both fail to clear a height on three attempts, is based on the number of misses earlier in the competition. The athlete with the fewest number of misses wins the tie break.

World record holder and favorite Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania leads the field here after each competitor throws their first of six attempts in the men’s discus championship.

Alekna, who is looking to achieve the same feat that his father did in 2000 and 2004 with a gold medal, tossed his discus 68.55 meters to pace the field.

Each thrower gets six chances to throw the discus and the longest toss wins.

Erriyon Knighton of United States is seen after winning a 200m semifinal on Wednesday.

A third American is headed for the finals of the 200-meter run.

Erriyon Knighton wins this third and final semifinal heat with a time of 20.09 seconds in a come-from-behind effort, where he made up ground in the straightaway.

Liberia’s Joseph Fahnbulleh takes the second qualifying spot with a time of 20.12 seconds. Zimbabwe’s Tapiwanashe Makarawu is going to be disappointed not to take that second spot after leading into the final 50 meters but fading at the very end.

Olivia McTaggart of New Zealand fails to clear in the women's pole vault final on Wednesday.

Four more women have been eliminated from the pole vault finals here at the Stade de France.

Robeilys Peinado of Venezuela, Marie-Julie Bonnin of France, Imogen Ayris of New Zealand and Olivia McTaggart of New Zealand all failed to clear the 4.70-meter height in three chances.

The bar now moves to 4.80 meters, which American Katie Moon just cleared in her first attempt.

Noah Lyles of the United States competes in the men's 200m semifinal on Wednesday.

The 100-meter sprint champion will be trying to make it a double.

Noah Lyles, who won the 100-meter race here on Sunday, qualified for the 200-meter final easily on Wednesday. But in a bit of a surprise, Lyles finished second to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, who finished in 19.96 seconds.

Lyles took second with a time of 20.08 seconds.

Lyles hyped up the crowd ahead of the race, waving to cheers as the charismatic sprinter soaked in the moment. The newly crowned “World’s Fastest Man” has said he draws energy from the crowd before a race and looks to get them as rowdy as possible.

Kenny Bednarek of the United States reacts after competing in a men's 200m semifinal on Wednesday.

Kenny Bednarek of Team USA just coasted into the finals of the men’s 200-meter final.

With a time of 20 seconds flat, Bednarek took the first spot and Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic took second with a time of 20.09 seconds.

Running in the next heat: men’s 100-meter sprint gold medalist Noah Lyles.

Mykolas Alekna competes at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in 2023.

Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: Just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball player in history.

For some, the pressure and expectations might forge diamonds — andParis 2024has no shortage of this type of athlete.

Lithuaniandiscus throwerMykolas Aleknais poised to carry on the legacy of his father,Virgilijus, who holds an Olympic record in the same discipline.

His 69.89-meter throw in Athens 2004 guaranteed the then-32-year-old a second Olympic gold medal, having also won in Sydney 2000.

Despite Virgilijus Alekna cementing his family’s name in the record books, his son has already one-upped him, achieving a 74.35-meter throw in April that broke the longest-standing men’s track and field world record: Jürgen Schult’s 1986’s throw of 74.08 meters.

It was a record the elder Alekna was chasing his entire career and got close to only once: a personal record of 73.88 meters thrown just before the Sydney Games.

After successfully navigating qualifying, Alekna said his goal now is “to win the final.”

You can read more about the Alekna family’s remarkable story here.

And the field is set for Friday night’s 400-meter hurdles final

Here’s who will be racing:

Rai Benjamin of the United States competes in the men's 400m hurdles semifinal on Wednesday.

A walk in the park for Rai Benjamin.

The American jogs through the final 100 meters of this third semifinal, cruising in a time of 47.85 seconds, a half-second ahead of second place Roshawn Clarke of Jamaica. Both men are through to the finals on Friday night.

Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands competes in a men's 400m hurdles semifinal on Wednesday.

Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands is through to the final of the 400-meter hurdles, winning the second semifinal in 48.15 seconds.

McMaster likely would have won by more but appeared to ease up in the final steps, allowing Estonian Rasmus Mägi to come just .01 seconds behind him.

Mägi qualified with a time of 48.16 seconds, much to the delight of the Estonian journalists here in the press stands.

Here’s the field for tomorrow’s final in the men’s 110-meter hurdles final:

Correction: This post has been updated with the correct team for Rasheed Broadbell.

The USA has picked up gold in the women’s team pursuit after a dominant ride in the final against New Zealand.

The American trio of Lily Williams, Chloe Dygert and Kristen Faulkner went out hard and opened up a big lead early on.

It looked as though things might unravel at one point as the riders got separated, but they regained their composure to finish more than 0.6 seconds ahead of the Kiwis.

Team GB took bronze after beating Italy.

Karsten Warholm of Norway reacts after winning a men's 400m hurdles semifinal on Wednesday.

The world No. 1 in the 400-meter hurdles is through to the semifinal. Karsten Warholm of Norway takes the first semifinal in this race at 47.67 seconds.

But the crowd is electrified by Clément Ducos as the Frenchman powers his way into second place, qualifying for the final with a time of 47.85 seconds.

Marie-Julie Bonnin of France competes during the women's pole vault final on Wednesday.

Twenty women qualified for the final round of the pole vault competition here in Paris and all of them cleared the 4.40-meter mark in the first height of the day.

But the field is starting to winnow after the 4.60-meter round.

Tina Šutej of Slovenia, Lene Onsrud Retzius of Norway, Anjuli Knäsche of Germany, Roberta Bruni of Italy, Elina Lampela of Finland and, to the disappointment of the home crowd here, France’s Ninon Chapelle are the first five competitors eliminated.

The next height is 4.70 meters.

Orlando Bennett of Jamaica crosses the finish line ahead of Daniel Roberts of the United States in a men's 110m hurdles semifinal on Wednesday.

Orlando Bennett of Jamaica takes the third and final semifinal in the men’s 110-meter hurdle race, pacing the field in 13.09 seconds.

Daniel Roberts from Team USA finishes just behind him in 13.10 seconds to take second and the second automatic qualifying bid.

Rasheed Broadbell of Jamaica, left, and Freddie Crittenden of the United States, right, cross the finish line ahead of Louis Francois Mendy of Senegal, center, in the men's 110m hurdles semifinal on Wednesday.

French hearts are broken by that one.

France’s Sasha Zhoya led that 110-meter semifinal heat for much of the race, leading to a massive roar from the Stade de France crowd, but in the final sprint, Jamaican Rasheed Broadbell and American Freddie Crittenden were able to outrace him to the finish line.

With their 1-2 finish, Broadbell (13.21 seconds) and Crittenden (13.23) automatically qualify for the final.

Zhoya finishes in 13.34, and it doesn’t appear to be enough to send him through to the finals in this competition.

This post has been updated with quotes from Team USA’s Freddie Crittenden.

Grant Holloway of Team United States (C) competes during the men's 110m hurdles semi-final at Stade de France today.

American hurdler Grant Holloway is through to the finals in the 110-meter hurdles after easily topping the field in his semifinal heat on Wednesday.

Holloway finished with a time of 12.98 seconds to take first in the heat. Spain’s Enrique Llopis finished in 13.17 to take second and also qualify for the final.

Hansle Parchment will have to wait until the next two semifinals are done to see if his 13.19 is enough for him to go through to the medal race.

TeamAustralia's Oliver Bleddyn, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy and Kelland O'Brien compete in men’s team pursuit today at Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Montigny-le-Bretonneux.

Australia won the gold medal in the men’s cycling team pursuit after a thrilling final with Team GB on Wednesday.

There was little to separate the two quartets as the race progressed, but an apparent error from Great Britain rider Ethan Hayter — who seemingly fell off the front of his saddle — meant Australia could ride home with gold in a time of 3:42.067.

After the race, TV cameras showed Hayter in tears, being consoled by his teammates.

It sealed a victory for the Australian team — made up of Oliver Bleddyn, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy and Kelland O’Brien — for the first time in 20 years in the discipline. They last won it in 2004 in Athens, while Team GB has won it in 2008, 2012, and 2016.

The team had consistently been the fastest team at the Paris Games, setting a new world record for the event in the qualification period.

“It is pretty crazy to call ourselves Olympic champions now. We probably did not have these expectations when we started training together. To come together like we did in the last month was pretty special,” he added.

Earlier, Italy won the bronze medal, beating Denmark after a collapse from the Danes as the race approached its home stretch. It was the second time in as many Games that Italy have been victorious against Denmark in a medal race, after beating them in the gold medal race in Tokyo in 2021.

This post has been updated with quotes from Australia’s Sam Welsford.

Wilfredo Leon Venero (9), Jakub Kochanowski (15) and Marcin Janusz (19) of Poland block a volley by Thomas Jaeschke, of the United States, during a semifinal men's volleyball match on August 7.

Poland are gold-medal game bound for the first time since 1976 after a wild five sets full of epic back and forth play.

It looked like it would go the US’ way when they won two sets back-to-back, but Poland, on their death bed at the end of the fourth set, stole all the momentum and rode off that through the 15-point final set.

Never out of it, the US fought off three match points but could not overcome Poland on the fourth.

Both teams await the winner of Italy and France’s semifinal this afternoon.

The US will play for bronze on Friday at 10 a.m. ET and Poland will play for gold on Saturday at 7 a.m. ET.

KatieMoonof the United States during the women's pole vault final today at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The pole vaulters are on to the next height here at the Stade de France.

No competitors were eliminated at the first height of 4.4 meters, though it took Greek Stefanidi Aikaterini and New Zealander Imogen Ayris until their third attempt to clear the bar.

The favorites, American Katie Moon and Australian Nina Kennedy, easily cleared the bar — with Kennedy having what seemed like a mile between her and the bar — to move through to the next height.

The bar now goes up to 4.6 meters. Each athlete has three attempts to clear it, and the competitor who clears the highest height wins. The world record in this event is a staggering 5.06 meters and has stood for 15 years.

Quincy Hall of Team United States competes during the Men's 400m Semi-Final on day eleven of the Paris Olympic Games 2024 at Stade de France on August 6.

Bonsoir from the Stade de France outside Paris where four gold medals are up for grabs tonight in track and field.

Here’s what we’re watching tonight:

CélineBoutierhits out of a bunker on the 12th hole in the first round of women's individual stroke play at Le Golf National today in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Home favorite Céline Boutier has a three-shot lead after the first round of the women’s golf tournament in Paris.

Boutier shot a seven-under-par 65 comprised of eight birdies and just one bogey to seal her spot at the top of the leaderboard.

The Frenchwoman sits first with South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai second after carding a four-under-par 68.

Four golfers – Gaby López, Morgane Metraux, Mariajo Uribe and Lilia Vu – sit in third at two under.

It proved a tricky day of golf at Le Golf National with only 12 players of the 60-strong field recording scores under par.

World No. 1 and reigning champion Nelly Korda finished the day on level par.

Gold medalist Keegan Palmer of Team Australia (C) celebrates rise by Tate Carew of Team United States (L) and Pedro Barros of Team Brazil during the Men's Park Final today at Place de la Concorde in Paris.

Keegan Palmer is the last skater to complete his third run in the men’s park final, but he’s already got the gold medal in the bag.

Palmer’s first run score of 93.11 is enough to top the leaderboard, successfully defending his title from Tokyo three years ago. The other competitors are clearly delighted for the Australian, embraced him before and after his final run.

USA’s Tom Schaar, who showed excellent consistency throughout the final, wins silver with 92.23, while Brazil’s Augusto Akio takes bronze with a score of 91.85.

Snoop Dogg attends the men's skateboarding park final on Wednesday.

We’re into the closing stages of the men’s park skateboarding final and it’s still Keegan Palmer who leads.

The Australian tops the standings with a big score of 93.11, ahead of USA’s Tom Schaar and Brazil’s Augusto Akio, who celebrated his third run by jumping off his skateboard and juggling with three juggling clubs.

Snoop Dogg has also made an appearance, walking around the edge of the concrete bowl and greeting some of the competitors.

He’s been a constant presence throughout these Games, carrying the Olympic torch at the opening ceremony and also being involved with NBCUniversal’s coverage.

“Amazing event,” Snoop said about the skateboarding. “I got to see Tony Hawk and the skaters. And a bunch of good kids doing their thing.”

Pressed to reveal his favorite Olympic sport, Snoop remained impartial: “All of them,” he responded.

Tony Hawk and Snoop Dogg talk ahead of the final.

Members of the US Olympic figure skating team pose for a photo in front of the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday after receiving gold medals following the disqualification of Team Russia for doping after the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

They say good things come to those that wait – and the wait has certainly been worth it for the USA’s figure skating team.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the US finished second behind the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the team event, with Japan coming third.

However, after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva had a doping test come backpositive for the performance-enhancing substance trimetazidine, no medals were awarded.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) then handed down a decision todisqualify Valieva of “all competitive results” achieved since her positive test, and announced the US and Japan would move up to first and second respectively.

Instead of receiving their medals in front of empty stands in Beijing, though, Team USA had their golds placed around their necks at a packed Champions Park in Paris today.

A huge roar went up from the crowd as the skaters held their medals and bouquets aloft.

The Japanese team members – who were awarded their silver medals alongside the USA and emerged from the tunnel with beaming smiles while doingthe conga– stepped off the platform to allow the Americans to have their gold medal moment.

Read more about the controversial saga surrounding the 2022 figure skating medals here.

Keegan Palmer of Australia competes during the men's park prelims on Wednesday.

The men’s park skateboarding final is underway at Place de La Concorde and it’s Australian Keegan Palmer, the defending champion in this event, who leads with a big score of 93.11.

As he comes out of the bowl, Palmer gets a big hug from Tate Carew, the world’s top-ranked skater who’s clearly impressed with what he’s seen.

USA’s Tom Schaar is the only other person to complete a run, scoring 90.11.

Each competitor has three runs in total with their highest score counting towards the final standings.

China’s Li Fabin successfully defended his men’s 61kg weightlifting title on Wednesday, as he set a new Olympic record along the way.

The 31-year-old lifted 143kg in the snatch portion of the contest for the Olympic record – Fabin also holds the world record of 146kg in that discipline for his weight category.

Fabin then was able to lift 167kg in the clean and jerk portion before failing at his attempt at 172kg.

Nevertheless, Fabin was able to hold onto his Olympic gold, which he won in Tokyo three years ago with a combined score of 310.

Theerapong Silachai of Thailand won silver with 303 points while Team USA’s Hampton Morris won bronze with 298.

There was drama with the last attempt of the event as Morris, who already had bronze wrapped up, aimed for silver with a world record attempt at a 178kg clean and jerk – he holds the current record at 176kg.

Having successfully performed the clean aspect of the lift, Morris couldn’t quite maintain the jerk part. Although Morris was clearly disappointed, he left the stage with a smile and loud applause from the crowd at his effort.

France's Leon Marchand prepares to compete in a heat of the men's 4x100m medley relay swimming event during at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre on August 3.

No matter where Léon Marchand goes, a mass hysteria tends to follow.

The support reached its peak when France’s new hero was competing for medals inside Paris’ La Defense Arena, a venue which generated arguably the best atmosphere of the Games so far.

But amid all the swirling noise and electric energy, there was still a swimmer bidding to do his best against a world-class field of rivals.

Speaking to CNN Sport’s Coy Wire, Marchand explained what went through his mind as he stood poised on the starting blocks at this year’s Olympics.

“The pool was really noisy, I was trying to focus on myself, keep building my energy up,” he said.

“When I got on [the starting block], I thought about what I did in the last few years. A lot of work, really hard.

Matt Wearn of Team Australia competes in the men's dinghy ILCA medal race on day twelve of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Marseille Marina on August 7.

Australia’s Matt Wearn retained his men’s dinghy sailing Olympic title on Wednesday after a weather-disrupted medal race in Marseille.

Wearn, who had been the overall fleet leader heading into the medal race, was made to wait after it had to be resailed due to the weather in southern France.

But when it eventually got back underway, the 28-year-old made no doubt of his gold medal by winning the medal race to finish on 40 points, finishing five seconds ahead of Cyprus’ Pavlos Kontides in second on 56 points.

Wearn becomes the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in this format of sailing.

It was a momentous silver medal for Kontides, who claims Cyprus’s second ever Olympic medal in any sport – Kontides won the other one as a silver medalist in London in 2012.

Bronze went to Peru’s Stefano Peschiera, who won the South American nation’s first Olympic medal in any sport since 1992.

Léon Marchand is arguably the best swimmer in the world right now, but it could have been so very different.

Speaking to CNN’s Coy Wire, the Frenchman said his parents initially weren’t keen on him starting a swimming career.

Both his mother and father swam in the Olympic Games, so were aware of how much work was required to compete at the very top level.

Thankfully, Marchand didn’t listen and the rest is history.

France's Leon Marchand competes in the final of the men's 200m butterfly swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena on July 31.

The sight of Léon Marchand flying through the pool, to the deafening sound of the Paris crowd cheering him on, will be one of the lasting memories of this year’s Olympics.

Swimming’s latest superstar won a total of five medals – four gold and one bronze – at his home Games and became a household name as a result.

“It was amazing. The first day was definitely the most impressive for me. I just came on the pool side and the whole pool was cheering for me,” he told CNN’s Coy Wire.

Out of all his races, Marchand said the 200m butterfly final was his favorite.

He beat world record holder Kristóf Milák in a tense battle which almost blew the roof off Paris’ La Défense Arena.

From left, three medalists Line Flem Hoest of Norway, bronze medal, Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands, gold medal, and Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark, silver medal, celebrate at the end of the ILCA 6 women's dinghy class final race during the 2024 Summer Olympics, on Augusy 7, in Marseille, France.

Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands became the most successful woman in Olympic sailing as she won her fourth medal on Wednesday, winning the women’s dinghy gold.

She finished fourth in the medal race – the race had been delayed until winds picked up – but her 38 points were enough to ensure she left Marseille as an Olympic champion again.

“I should have probably gone for the win a bit more,” she said after the race. “It was quite hard because I’ve already seen family and I spent some time with my daughter, but it was nice being out there, nice to see the fight, and it was a good race.

“It’s incredible. I’m so proud. I always say the big example is when people dominate and change the sport and not do it once, but do it multiple times, and to be one of them is incredible.”

The 36-year-old now has two golds – the other coming 8 years ago in Rio – one silver and a bronze medal to her name.

Denmark’s Anne-Marie Rindom won silver with 61 points, while Line Flem Hoest of Norway claimed bronze with 75.

Meanwhile, the men’s dinghy race was abandoned midway through due to weather.

The sailors were heading to the third mark when race control flew the blue and white checkered flag to signal racing should be stopped. According to Olympics.com, the resailing has been delayed due to weather.

This post has been updated with quotes from The Netherlands’ Marit Bouwmeester.

Great Britain's Andrew Macdonald during the men's park prelims at La Concorde during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on August 7.

Skateboarding at this year’s Olympic Games has seen some of sport’s best and brightest talent shine on the world’s biggest stage.

Fourteen-year-old Arisa Trew won gold in the women’s skateboarding park event on Tuesday. The event also saw 15-year-old Cocona Hiraki finish second and 16-year-old Sky Brown complete the podium with a bronze medal.

In the men’s skateboarding park event, there is also a competitor defying the odds and age-based expectations – just at the complete other end of the spectrum. What he lacks in youthful exuberance, 51-year-old Andy Macdonald more than makes up for in experience.

Macdonald, representing Great Britain at the Olympics, is somewhat of a skateboarding icon. He has a record 23 X-Games medals in skateboarding, has skateboarded through the White House and is also good friends with the iconic Tony Hawk – who made the trip to Paris to see Macdonald skate.

While Macdonald did not advance to the men’s park final, he seemed to have a brilliant time skating in front of a packed crowd and proved to millions around the world that age is just a number.

Ukraine's Olga Kharlan celebrates after winning in the women's sabre team gold medal bout against South Koreain Paris, on August 3.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tanks and troops into Ukraine in February 2022, it triggered Europe’s largest land invasion since World War II.

Nearly two-and-a-half years later, the war grinds on with Ukrainians fighting a battle for survival and trying to push Russian forces out of their country.

After missing out on a medal at the last Games in Tokyo in 2021, the world of Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan – and that of her countrymen and women – was turned upside down.

Kharlan competes during the women's sabre team gold medal match against South Korea on August 3.

Kharlan, competing at her fifth Olympic Games, is making up for lost time in Paris.

Days after the opening ceremony, she claimed a dramatic individual bronze medal, rallying from a six-point deficit to beat South Korea’s Choi Se-bin and hand her country its first medal at the 2024 Games.

It served as a tonic for her to put on a brilliant performance and lead Ukraine to a stunning comeback win against South Korea for the country’s first gold in Paris.

Read more about Kharlan’s decision not to shake hands with a Russian fencer

ArisaTrewof Australia competes in the women’s skateboarding park finals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at La Concorde on August 6.

Win an Olympic gold medal and some might want a new car or a new phone from their parents or sponsors. But for 14-year-old Arisa Trew, she had a different gift in mind.

Trew, who won skateboarding gold in the women’s park event to become Australia’s youngest ever Olympic champion, revealed that she’d asked her parents for a pet duck if she won the Olympic title.

“My dad’s been like saying yes this whole time, but my mom was saying no,” she told 10 Sport. “But then I said, ‘If I did win, could I get a duck?’ And she said yes.”

What does someone do with a pet duck? Well, Trew already has some ideas in mind. “I’m going to take the duck to the skate park as well and take it on walks.”

But aside from the promise of a mallard mascot, just having her parents in Paris has been reward enough.

“It was really cool having my parents here because I was just really excited to have them there and watch me skate because they’ve been there through all my training,” she said.

“They’ve taken me to the skate park at like 9 p.m. some nights. It’s just like late night and all this effort and them supporting me through it all, taking me everywhere around the world. It’s just amazing to have them see what I’ve done.”

Trew also revealed that members of her skateboarding school back in Australia, Level Up, slept out in the skate park to watch her win gold.

Katie Ledecky competing in the mixed 4x100m medley relay final on day eight of the Olympics at Paris La Defense Arena on August 3.

Katie Ledecky is only 27 years old, so has many more years of racing ahead of her. But, inevitably, her reign of dominance will have to end one day.

The American swimmer, though, told CNN that she wants to stay involved in the sport for as long as possible, even after retiring.

Given she is one of the greatest swimmers in history – not to mention the most decorated female US Olympian of all time – few would be better placed to take up a coaching role in Team USA.

However, having seen the sacrifices her own team makes to help her achieve her dreams, she’s unsure whether a career as a coach is for her. Although, she didn’t totally rule it out.

“I’ll always be attached to swimming in some respect,” she added.

Behind every Olympian stands a support network that has had to make sacrifices for their loved one to achieve on the global stage.

For Katie Ledecky, it was her parents who helped lay the foundations for her incredible career.

In her interview with CNN, the American swimmer paid tribute to those early years when her parents would wake up at the crack of dawn to ferry their child to training.

Ledecky comes from a family of high-achievers. Her father David is a Harvard-educated lawyer and her mother Mary Gen was a collegiate swimmer. Her uncle Jon co-owns the NHL’s New York Islanders, while her brother also graduated from Harvard.

Katie Ledecky of Stanford rests after competing in the 1650 yard freestyle during the Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championship held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the Ohio State University campus on March 17, 2018.

Not only is Katie Ledecky one of the best swimmers in history, she is also a Stanford alumnus.

The American studied psychology at the famed university and told CNN that the experience has helped her excel in the pool, as well as everyday life.

Needless to say that Ledecky excelled on the Stanford swim team where she won eight NCAA titles and set an impressive15 NCAA records.

Stanford, naturally, hasn’t forgotten about Ledecky either. The famous ‘Stanford Tree’ – the university’s mascot – was in Paris and posed for a picture with the legendary swimmer.

Stanford University student Sam Weyen, who portrays the Stanford Tree poses for a portrait on the university's campus in Stanford, California, on October 19, 2016.

USA's Katie Ledecky poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 1500m freestyle final at the Paris La Defense Arena on the fifth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France on July 31.

A number of athletes have praised the special atmosphere created by thousands of fans at this year’s Olympics, but few venues can compete with Paris’ La Defense Arena which hosted the swimming events.

Katie Ledecky helped create some of those magical moments with her brilliant performances in the pool, where she won four medals – two gold, one silver and one bronze.

Her success also saw her became the most decorated female US Olympian of all time.

Speaking to CNN Sport’s Coy Wire, Ledecky said the atmosphere in Paris was made all the more impressive considering the lack of crowds in Tokyo three years ago due to Covid-19 restrictions.

“The energy here in Paris has been incredible,” she said.

First Matthew Richardson and then Harrie Lavreysen.

The world record was broken twice at the National Velodrome in Paris as qualifying for the men’s sprint cycling event took place.

The previous record of 9.100 seconds – held by Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul, set in 2019 – was first broken by Australia’s Richardson with a time of 9.091.

But moments later, Lavreysen of the Netherlands went one better to best Richardson’s record, finishing at a time of 9.088 to set a new world record.

It means that of the 30 riders to take part in qualifying, Lavreysen and Richardson finished first and second respectively, with the top 24 riders advancing to the knockout stage of the competition.

The beginning of the heat stage of the men’s sprint will be held later on Wednesday.

Alice Finot of Team France hugs her partner after competing in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at Stade de France on August 6.

Paris is known as the “City of Love” for a reason.

After claiming fourth place and setting a new European record in the women’s 3000m steeplechase, French athlete Alice Finot made sure that it was a day to remember for multiple reasons.

She headed over to her boyfriend in the stands after the race to propose to him in a heartwarming moment at the Stade de France.

Finot smashed the existing European record to finish with a time 8:58.67, finishing behind medalists Winfred Yavi, Peruth Chemutai and Faith Cherotich. It was the first time in the history of the event that four women had completed the race in under 9 minutes.

This is at least the third proposal at the Games. After winning gold in the mixed doubles event, Chinese badminton player Huang Yaqiong’s was proposed to by her boyfriend and fellow badminton player Liu Yuchen. Also, two of Argentina’s athletes — handball’s Pablo Simonet and hockey’s Maria Campoy — got engaged in the Olympic Village,according to Olympics.com.

An Australian hockey team member is in custody after being brought in for questioning on Tuesday, the Australian Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.

The Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN that police on Tuesday detained an Australian man, “who is said to be a member of the Australian field hockey team,” on suspicion of buying cocaine in central Paris. The seller was also detained, prosecutors said.

The prosecutor’s office said that, due to the quantity seized, the investigation was passed on to the narcotics unit.

The Australian Olympic Committee said that “no charges have been laid” and that they are “continuing to make enquiries and arrange support for the Team member.”

After the first men’s 5000m heat ended with athletes strewn across the track, the second heat almost saw a repeat.

This time, it was an oblivious camera operator who threatened to derail the race.

With four laps left to go, the athletes were bunched together as they took the first bend.

However, seemingly focused on filming the javelin event taking place at the same time, an operator unwittingly walked straight into the path of the runners.

Fortunately, everyone was able to avoid a collision and stay on their feet, but it did force many to take a break in their stride.

Poland's Aleksandra Mirosław celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the the women's sport climbing speed competition on Wednesday.

Aleksandra Mirosław has just made Olympic history at the climbing wall in Le Bourget, winning the first-ever gold medal in speed climbing.

The Polish athlete, who set a world record in qualifying, defeated China’s Deng Lijuan in the women’s final with a time of 6.10 seconds – 0.08 ahead of Deng and 0.04 off her world record.

Mirosław explained that making history as the event’s first Olympic champion “means a lot.”

In the bronze medal race – here called the “small final” – another Polish climber, Aleksandra Kałucka, won the bronze medal against Indonesia’s Rajiah Sallsabillah.

An error ultimately derailed Sallsabillah’s chances, allowing Kałucka to cruise to victory in 6.53.

Climbing made its Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago, but this is the first time that speed climbing is being contested as a medal event on its own; the other discipline at these Games is boulder and lead.

This post has been updated with quotes from Poland’s Aleksandra Mirosław.

Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzmán Lopez, left, competes against India's Vinesh Phogat in the women's freestyle 50kg wrestling semifinal on Tuesday.

After Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the gold medal match for missing her weight at the Paris Games, the Indian wrestler’s replacement in the women’s 50kg freestyle category final has been announced.

Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzmán Lopez will step into face American wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt in Wednesday’s final, wrestling’s international governing body – United World Wrestling – said on social media.

Phogat, the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, did not make the weight required to compete on Wednesday morning, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said.

Vinesh Phogat waves after winning the match against Yusneylis Guzmán Lopez on Tuesday.

“Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning,” the IOA said in a statement posted to X.

Competition rules say wrestlers must stay in their weight category on both days of the tournament. After Phogat’s disqualification, only the gold and bronze medals will be awarded in this event.

The Indian Olympic Association has lodged “a strong protest against the international wrestling federation” following the decision to disqualify Vinesh Phogat, the country’s sport minister said on Wednesday.

VineshPhogatof India, right, celebrates winning the match against Yusneylis Guzmán López of Cuba during the women's freestyle 50kg semifinal on August 6.

The Indian Olympic Association has lodged “a strong protest against the international wrestling federation”following the decision to disqualify Vinesh Phogat, the country’s sport minister said on Wednesday.

State broadcaster All India Radio News (AIR News) reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked the head of the country’s Olympic association to lodge a protest and “explore the options India has.”

Phogat, the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, did not make the weight required to compete Wednesday morning, the IOA said.

Competition rules say wrestlers must stay in their weight category on both days of the tournament. After Phogat’s disqualification, only the gold and bronze medals will be awarded in this event.

Phogat, a three-time Olympian, was set to face Team USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt in today’s final.

A little over a year ago, Phogatwas sleeping on the streets of New Delhi as part of an athlete-led protest calling out sexual harassment allegations within her sport.

Paul O'Donovan, left, and Fintan McCarthy of Team Ireland celebrate with their gold medals after winning the men's lightweight double sculls A final at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games on August 2.

You might expect an Olympic champion would travel in style upon their return home with gold medal in tow.

But that wasn’t the case for Ireland’s men’s lightweight double sculls champions, Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan.

Having arriving back at Dublin Airport, the duo had planned to get the bus to Cork with all their gear, a journey of about 160 miles. But a fan who had been on the same flight from Paris took pity on them.

The man, identified only as Ciaran, offered McCarthy and O’Donovan a ride in his car after meeting them on the flight. And despite the pair acknowledging the multitude of bags they had with them, off they went.

As McCarthy put it in a comment on Dublin Airport’s Instagram post about their arrival in Ireland: “Ciaran coming in clutch.”

Both rowers are from Skibbereen in County Cork.

Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar receives medical treatment during the high jump qualification at the Stade de France on August 7.

Olympic champion Mutaz Essa Barshim gave fans in the Stade de France a scare when he pulled up with an apparent injury during high jump qualification.

The Qatari athlete was attempting to clear 2.27m at the first time of asking but didn’t even attempt his jump, going to ground on the field inside the stadium clutching his right leg.

Who was first to check on Barshim? His friend and co-gold medalist in Tokyo, Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi. The two jumpers shared the gold in the Japanese capital in a historic moment where they both opted to not continue with a jump-off.

Thankfully, for Barshim, he was able to recover and clear the height on his second attempt, though he appeared to still be troubled by the injury, immediately grabbing at the leg after the jump.

It remains to be seen whether the injury will affect his participation in the final.

Tamberi, meanwhile, failed to make 2.27 on all three of his attempts but still advances to the final having cleared 2.20 and 2.24 with a clean record.

Thierry Ndikumwenayo of Team Spain, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu of the Refugee Olympic Team, George Mills of Team Great Britain (C) and Mike Foppen of Team Netherlands fall to the ground during a heat of the Men's 5000m at the Stade de France.

There is simply never a dull moment at this year’s Olympics.

What started off as a routine heat in the men’s 5000m event, ended in utter chaos as multiple athletes were left strewn over the track.

The race had been heating up slowly and then sprung into action as the runners approached the final lap.

Just as the athletes took the bell, Canada’s Mohammed Ahmed fell down, leaving him way behind the leading group which raced on frantically to the finish line.

But that was just a taste of things to come.

As the leaders swung around the bend onto the home straight, four men were sent flying to the track.

The incident seemed to start with a tussle between Team GB’s George Mills and France’s Hugo Hay, and resulted in the British runner bumping into two runners on his outside. All three men fell to the track, tripping up another runner behind them.

“I got stepped out on. I was about to kick in the home straight and, boom, the French lad took me down,” Mills told BBC Sport after the race.

Great Britain's George Mills and France's Hugo Hay react following the men's 5000m heats at the Stade de France on August 7.

Mills was clearly annoyed at Hay and angrily confronted his rival at the finish line, shrugging off the Frenchman’s attempts at reconciliation.

When asked what he said to his opponent, Mills added: “I’m probably not allowed to say.”

Hay finished seventh and was one of eight men to qualify for the final, while Mills eventually crossed the line in 18th after picking himself up off the floor.

After a series of appeals, Mills, Mike Foppen, Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu have all since been added to the final after the falls.

This post has been updated with quotes from Team GB’s George Mills and information of appeals.

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens attend a game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers at Toyota Center on January 29, in Houston, Texas.

While Simone Biles always looks like the coolest person in the room every time she performs, it turns out watching the 11-time Olympic medalist as a loved one is a nerve-wracking experience.

In the latest episode of HBO’s Hard Knocks, Biles’ husband – Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens – headed to Paris to watch his wife represent Team USA on the world’s biggest stage.

Before he boarded the flight to the French capital, Owens video called Biles where the gymnast said hello to her dogs and reminded her husband on Europe’s rules on bringing liquids past airport security.

“I try to remember her routines, so it’ll be like random times she’s on the floor and she does something, and I try to be up there [mimics a dance move] and like knowing the piece, just so I know what’s going on.”

But as for millions of spectators around the world, watching Biles on beam is a more stressful experience for the NFL player.

“I’m just sitting there watching and especially when she’s on beam, oh my gosh, beam like trips me out. I’m like ‘Babe, there’s no way y’all are like doing flips, just landing on it.’ But landings, all this type of stuff and I’m just watching like [deep inhale].

Hard Knocks then shows Owens in the stands watching with the Biles family, keeping score of the events and cheering at every opportunity for the record-breaking star before heading back home where he supports Biles from the sofa.

South Africa's silver-medallist Midian Leah Ganyaza, aka B-girl Midian Leah, Morocco's gold-medallist Fatima Zahra El Mamouny, aka B-girl Elmamouny, and Algeria's bronze-medallist Maessane Boumedjane, aka B-girl Maessane, pose on the podium after the WDSF Breaking Continental Championship Africa, in Rabat, Morocco, on May 13, 2023.

For Moroccan b-boy Bilal Mallakh and b-girl Fatima El-Mamouny, the Paris Games will always hold a special significance. They’re the first Olympics to feature the sport of breaking, and the Moroccan pair are the only Africans competing in the discipline.

Mallakh and El-Mamouny earned their ticket to Paris by winning their respective finals at the inaugural World DanceSport Federation’s (WDSF) African Championship in Rabat in May 2023.

El-Mamouny says the biggest challenge so far is training with the rigor of an Olympic athlete while keeping the essence of breaking in each performance. “We’ll encounter several difficulties like any athlete on the eve of the Olympics, but I’m not going to give up. It’s both stressful and exciting,” she added.

Breaking – or breakdancing, as it is most commonly known – originated on the streets of New York’s South Bronx in theearly 1970s. Dancers would show off their moves during percussion “breaks” in songs played at clubs and block parties, giving the discipline its name.

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Belgian Claire Michel pictured in action during the women's individual triathlon race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on July 31.

The Belgian triathlete who fell ill after swimming in the women’s race says that she did not contract E.coli.

In a post on her Instagram page Tuesday, Claire Michel said she felt the need to “clarify a few things” following “conflicting information.”

“Blood tests showed that I contracted a virus (not E. Coli),” Michel said, adding that after three days of vomiting and diarrhea, she ended up needing “significant” medical attention at the Polyclinic in the Olympic village.

Michel did not specify the virus she contracted.

On Sunday, the Belgium Olympic Committee announced that its team was dropping out of the triathlon mixed relay race after Michel fell ill.

The statement did not specify Michel’s illness but had pointed words that appeared to be aimed at organizers: “The COIB and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for future triathlon competitions at the Olympic Games such as guaranteeing training days, competition days and the competition format, which must be clarified in advance and ensure that there is no uncertainty for the athletes and support personnel.”

Michel, who has now returned to Belgium, said she is “gradually” doing better.

The triathlon races took place in the River Seine after water quality results were deemed “very good” by the organizers. The marathon swimming races are also scheduled in the Seine for Thursday and Friday.

Marathon swimmers were cleared to enter the water to train Wednesday morning in the French capital, a day after organizers canceled a training session due to “water quality concerns.”

Paris 2024 said in statement Wednesday that the latest test results “have been assessed as compliant by World Aquatics,” allowing for the familiarization session to go ahead.

Maria Perez and Alvaro Martin of Team Spain pose with the flag of Spain after crossing the finish line during the mixed marathon race walk relay on day twelve of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on August 7.

It has taken until day 12, but Spain is finally in the gold medal column in an athletics event at the Paris Olympics.

María Pérez crossed the line first in marathon mixed relay race walk to make her and partner Álvaro Martín the event’s first ever champions.

The Spanish duo eventually won by a commanding margin of 51 seconds, with Pérez extending the gap to Ecuadorian rival Glenda Morejón in the latter stages of the race to post a time of 2:50:31.

The 30-year-old confirmed that this would be his last Olympics.

“I only came here without an Olympic medal and, thanks to María, I return with two,” he added.

Pérez became a triple crown champion with the win, having previously won gold at the European and world championships.

Morejón took silver with her partner Brian Pintado, who became the first Ecuadorian to ever win two medals at the same Games – he claimed gold in the men’s 20km (approximately 12.4 miles) event.

The Australian duo of Rhydian Cowley and Jemima Montag took bronze, finishing with a time of 2:51:38.

Spain won its first gold medal in the skiff sailing competition on Friday.

This post has been updated with quotes from Spain’s María Pérez and Álvaro Martín.

People enjoy themselves at the bank of River Seine on August 6.

A dayafter organizers canceled a training session for Paris 2024 marathon swimmers in the River Seine, athletes were cleared to train in the water Wednesday morning in the French capital.

The decision was reached at an early morning meeting on water quality attended byrepresentatives from World Aquatics, including their Technical Delegates and Medical Delegates, Paris 2024,MétéoFrance, DRIEAT, the City of Paris and the Prefecture of the Île-de-France Region involved in carrying out water quality tests, the statement said.

The training session in the Seine is being held from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. local time.

All teams participating in the swimming marathon will also be provided with a “detailed water quality report with the exact E.coli and Enterococci values,” World Aquatics said.

CNN’s Natasha Maguder contributed to this report.

India's Vinesh Phogat reacts to beating Japan's Yui Susaki in their women's freestyle 50kg wrestling early rounds match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on August 6.

An Olympic story of hope and perseverance quickly turned to one of heartbreak after an Indian wrestler known for her role in anti-sexual harassment protests was disqualified from the gold medal match of the women’s 50kg freestyle category.

Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, did not make the weight required to compete this morning, the Indian Olympic Association said.

“Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning,” the association said.

Competition rules say wrestlers must stay in their weight category on both days of the tournament. After Phogat’s disqualification, only the gold and bronze medals will be awarded in this event.

Phogat, a three-time Olympian, was set to face Team USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt in today’s final.

Before the latest cruel twist of fate, she had appeared guaranteed to come away with either a gold or silver medal.

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is detained by police during a protest in New Delhi on May 28, 2023. She was later released.

A little over a year ago, Phogatwas sleeping on the streets of New Delhi as part of an athlete-led protest calling out sexual harassment allegations within her sport.

In India, she and her fellow wrestlers have become the very public face of an ongoing protest movement that has created global headlines and sparked a fierce #MeToo debate.

They camped for weeks last year demanding action on sexual harassment claims made against the president of the Wrestling Federation of India.

Police chargedBrij Bhushan Sharan Singhwith assault, stalking and sexual harassment. He has denied all allegations against him.

Phogat’s fellow wrestlers had hailed her journey to the final as both a personal and collective triumph for India’s wrestling community.

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Left to right, US' Simone Biles (silver), Brazil's Rebeca Andrade (gold) and US' Jordan Chiles (bronze) pose during the podium ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise event on August 5.

One of the enduring images of these Olympic Games will be Simone Biles and her USA teammate Jordan Chiles bowing to Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade as she took her place atop the podium after winning gold in the floor exercise.

It was a display of sportsmanship and humility, and encapsulated what it means for athletes to have the Olympic spirit.

Without doubt, it will go down as one of the most iconic Olympic moments.

“I think it was really important for that moment,” Biles tells CNN Sport’s Coy Wire. “Obviously, it was just me and Jordan being me and Jordan, but I know it was really special and it was very impactful for kids to see that. You win with grace, you lose with grace.”

During these Olympics, Biles faced comments online about her appearance, specifically her hairstyle.

She hit back at those critics in an Instagram post and had a message for young girls around the world who have faced similar disparaging comments.

“You guys are beautiful, confident,” she said.

Sophia Smith, center, celebrates with teammates Trinity Rodman and Lynn Williams after beating Germany in Lyon, France, on August 6.

Another day of the Olympics played out yesterday with athletes from around the world fighting for gold.

If you’re just catching up now, here’s what you should know from Tuesday:

Postponed and canceled events:

Wins:

Records: