August 4, 2024, Olympics news and results

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With the undeniable swagger of an athlete in his prime, American sprinter Noah Lyles talked the talk this week ahead of the 100-meter dash. But in qualifying for the final, he left some measure of doubt, finishing second in his first round and semifinal heats Saturday and Sunday.

Not anymore. Lyles has earned the title of world’s fastest man, winning gold Sunday night by the thinnest of margins.

The victory ends a 20-year Olympic drought in the event for the US, and cements Lyles as the premier American superstar in this sport, with his blazing speed and viral moments. It also handed the Americans a lead in the gold and overall medal race, as of Sunday evening.

Lyles’ big win was the centerpiece of a night of track and field action at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. It also featured an inspiring victory for Ukraine’s high jumper, a Canadian gold medal in the hammer throw and — yes — remote-controlled cars.

Here are some of the other key moments from Sunday:

Also keep an eye on health concerns: Swiss triathlete Adrien Brifford has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon due to “a gastrointestinal infection,” according to the country’s National Olympic Committee. His withdrawal came hours after Belgium announced it was withdrawing its whole team from the mixed relay triathlon race after one of its triathletes, Claire Michel, fell ill.

While details are still scarce, it’s bound to raise more questions for Olympic organizers.

The individual triathlon competitions went ahead in Paris after concerns over water quality in the River Seine caused the men’s race to be postponed a day earlier. More rain came into Paris overnight ahead of the race, but World Triathlon and Paris 2024 determined the water quality was sufficient to move ahead for both the women’s and men’s races.

American sprinter Noah Lyles raced to take the gold and claim the title of world’s fastest man with a time of 9.784 seconds in the 100-meter sprint. The victory by Lyles ends an Olympic gold medal drought for the US in this race that had stretched back to the Athens Games in 2004.

On the clay courts of Roland Garros, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic won his first Olympic gold in a dramatic men’s singles tennis final against Carlos Alcaraz. The 24-time grand slam champion has now completed a career golden slam and bested the Spanish prodigy who beat him at Wimbledon.

See more photos from the day’s events.

American sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 100-meter race Sunday.

Rhiannan Brown and Brin Liddell of Australia compete in a sailing event.

Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour competes in the women's uneven bars final. She made history winning her country's first gold medal in the sport - and the first gymnastics medal in Africa's history.

Athletes compete in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates match point against Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles tennis final.

American golfer Scottie Scheffler celebrates with his wife Meredith Scudder and child after winning the gold medal in men’s individual stroke play.

It’s fair to say that Noah Lyles has been through the wringer.

Despite being routinely one of the fastest men alive, Lyles suffered set-backs in journey to Olympic glory.

He won world championship gold in the 200m and as part of the United States’ 4x100m relay team in Doha in 2019, but could only muster a bronze medal in Tokyo in 2021.

Despite the big step back, Lyles continued to push forward, winning four more world championship golds – two 200m titles, one more 4x100m relay title and the 2023 100m title – all while oozing confidence and saying that he was going to do it in Paris.

But still, doubters remained if he could do it on the biggest stage in the Olympics’ premier sprint, especially after faltering slightly in the heats and semifinals leading up to Sunday evening’s showpiece event.

Yet when the lights shone brightest and silenced echoed around Saint-Denis, Lyles put his doubters to rest by winning the 100m gold and the title of “World’s Fastest Man” by just five-thousandths of a second.

Afterwards, he described his journey as being of “rollercoasters, ups and downs.”

“I think back to Tokyo when I messed up handling the rounds. From then on, I was like: ‘I’m never going to do that again. I’m going to handle this correctly and practice over the years.’ It’s accumulated to this point. You only need one. As long as that’s the last one, that’s all that matters.”

American swimmer Bobby Finke stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men's 1500-meter freestyle final Sunday.

If you’re just catching up now, a total of 20 gold medals were awarded on Sunday.

Here’s the full breakdown of who won gold today:

Archery

Artistic Gymnastics

Athletics

Badminton

Cycling

Equestrian

Fencing

Golf

Shooting

Swimming

Table Tennis

Tennis

Athletes compete in the men's 100-meter final Sunday.

Here are the final times, showing just how close this epic race was:

Gold: Noah Lyles (USA) — 9.784

Silver: Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) — 9.789

Bronze: Fred Kerley (USA) — 9.81

Noah Lyles’ 100m gold was not only significant for him but also for his Team USA.

It was the United States’ 19th gold medal in Paris, the same amount as China, but by virtue of having more medals overall, it moves to the top of the medal standings.

Team USA now has 71 overall medals: 19 golds, 26 silvers and 26 bronzes. 

Check out our Olympic medal tracker for the latest standings:

American sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 100-meter final Sunday evening.

Noah Lyles’ victory ends an Olympic gold medal drought in this race that stretched back to the Athens Games in 2004.

Justin Gatlin was the last American to win Olympic gold in the world’s fastest race. After that came three Olympics dominated by sprinting legend Usain Bolt and Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs took home the gold in Tokyo.

Jacobs finished in a distant fifth in this edition of the race.

Japan won gold in the men’s team foil in the fencing on Sunday, beating Italy in the final.

The eventual winners had to come from behind after the Europeans had taken the lead twice at the Grand Palais.

But showing form befitting of being the top seeds, Japan made a late surge, winning 12 of the last 14 points to win 45-36.

The team made up of Kyosuke Matsuyama, Kazuki Iimura, Takahiro Shikine and Yudai Nagano now goes home gold medal winners.

Earlier on Sunday, France beat Team USA to take bronze.

It has to be one of the closest editions of this race in history.

American Noah Lyles just beat the favorite in the 100-meter sprint by .005 — five-thousandths of a second.

It’s a truly insane margin of victory in a race that is one of the most hyped events in any Olympic Games.

Lyles is running around the Stade de France infield now holding the American flag, simply shouting in every direction. He’s a charismatic ball of energy pretty much all the time, but in this moment of victory, he is truly letting the emotion out.

Some context: After what was the definition of a “photo finish,” it’s worth noting what precisely counts as crossing the finish line in a race like this. It’s the runner’s torso — not their feet — that stops the clock.

So if you were watching at home and noticed Lyles’ feet appeared to be behind those of other runners, that’s why he still emerged victorious.

American sprinter Noah Lyles, left, crosses the finish line to win the men's 100-meter final Sunday evening. 

Oh, it’s so incredibly close, but Noah Lyles has done it!

In a time of 9.79 seconds, the American races home to take the gold and the title of world’s fastest man.

Lyles tops Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second, and American Fred Kerley takes home the bronze with a 9.81.

Lyles celebrates winning the gold medal.

Music played for what seemed like an eternity, building up the tension before the horn went off to start the race. The crowd fell silent — and then they were off.

Not a single soul was in their seat at the Stade de France as 80,000 people roared the competitors on. Truly a moment of incredible tension being broken by a wave of amazing noise.

Athletes line up before the race.

All the competitors are out, including an incredibly hyped Noah Lyles of the USA, and they’re ready for this marquee race.

Here we go!

Light show ahead of the men's 100-meter final at the Stade de France on Sunday.

It’s lit in the Stade de France!

Lights on the wristbands of fans here at the Stade de France are twinkling as the races are introduced.

It’s almost time for the main event.

Athletes compete in the men's 100-meter semifinal Sunday.

We’re just a few minutes away from runners lining up at one of the most intimidating starting lines in sports: the 100-meter sprint.

We saw some extremely quick men’s 100-meter semifinals, with historic results. All eight sprinters for the men’s final reached the race with times under 10 seconds.

As a result, it is the first time in Olympic history that a sub-10 second 100m did not guarantee a spot in the final, according to World Athletics.

Canada’s Andre De Grasse, South Africa’s Benjamin Richardson, Japan’s Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and Louie Hinchcliffe of Great Britain all failed to reach the final despite running sub-10 seconds in the semifinals.

World leader Kishane Thompson qualified fastest with 9.80 seconds, with his countryman Oblique Seville just 0.01 seconds behind him.

Here’s a list of the men’s 100m finalists which will race shortly:

Ethan Katzberg of Canada celebrates after winning the men's hammer throw final Sunday.

The world No. 1 just took home the gold for Canada!

Ethan Katzberg, with a mighty toss of 84.12 meters that was easily clear of second place Hungary’s Bence Halász’s 79.97 meter throw, confirmed his place as the new standard bearer in the sport. Halász would take the silver medal and Mykhaylo Kokhan of Ukraine the bronze.

Ukraine's Mykhaylo Kokhan competes in the men's hammer throw final Sunday evening.

Ukrainian Mykhaylo Kokhan just guaranteed his nation a first hammer throw medal in 28 years.

With his best toss traveling 79.39 meters, Kokhan is going to take the bronze medal in the hammer.

That comes just after Iryna Gerashchenko won the same medal in the women’s high jump and their compatriot Yaroslava Mahuchikh took home the gold in that event.

A stellar evening for the nation’s athletes in track and field.

The men’s 1500m final is set after two gripping semifinals at the Stade de France.

In the first semifinal, two of the favorites for the gold medal — Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr – booked their spots in Tuesday’s final as they finished first and second respectively. Ingebrigtsen set the Olympic record at the distance in Tokyo three years ago.

The second race was a much quicker affair, with the American duo of Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler finishing atop the pack. Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot, silver medalist in Tokyo, also qualified thanks to a late charge.

Six runners apiece qualified from each semifinal. Here’s the full starting list for the final:

Dusk at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, just outside Paris, on Sunday night.

We’re getting ever closer to the main show of the evening, the 100-meter final, and the Stade de France is truly a sight to see.

Approximately 80,000 people fill the stands and, after a week of either driving rain or intense heat, it is finally a wonderful temperature with just enough clouds in the sky to make for an incredible sunset over France’s national stadium.

What a night at an incredible Olympic Games.

Gold medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine rings the bell after winning the women's high jump final Sunday.

Accompanied by her teammate, bronze medal winner Iryna Gerashchenko, Yaroslava Mahuchikh is completing a victory lap of honor here at the Stade de France — and getting a chance to ring the victory bell.

The bell in the northern end of the stadium is a replica of the bells that hang in Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral and will eventually be hung in the famous church. It has become a tradition during these Games — starting with the rugby sevens tournament held here last week — for the winners to ring the bell.

Gold medalists are the ones who have the honor during the track event, and Mahuchikh was obviously gleeful as she rang the bell before continuing around the stadium with her fellow medalist countrywoman.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh celebrates after winning the women's high jump final Sunday. 

Australian Nicola Olyslagers has failed in her third attempt at clearing 2.02 meters on the women’s high jump and finally hands the gold medal to Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine!

Mahuchikh wins on a tiebreaker for having the fewest failed jumps throughout today’s competition, so she didn’t even need to attempt a final jump. She did so anyway and didn’t make it, but that doesn’t change the result.

The Ukrainian was wrapped in her country’s flag by a teammate.

“Finally, I got this gold medal,” the defending world champion said, reflecting on her bronze medal from Tokyo. “I’m looking forward to the next competition.”

It’s another gold medal at these Games for the war-torn nation fighting off a Russian invasion, after Ukraine’s first gold came in women’s saber fencing Saturday.

Mahuchikh competes in the high jump final.

More background: Ukraine sent a team of more than 100 athletes to Paris — fewer than the country had in Tokyo three years ago — and they faced difficult circumstances, including their athletic facilities being destroyed, friends and relatives being killed, and uncertainty about what the future might hold as Russia wages its war.

According to Ukraine’s sports ministry, about 3,000 athletes – from Olympic and non-Olympic sports – have served for the country’s military, either voluntarily or by being drafted, and 479 have been killed while serving or in civilian life. 

CNN’s George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Madalena Araújo contributed reporting to this post.

This post has been updated with a quote from Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh.

The disappointed cries of the crowd are drowning out the music playing during the 1,500-meter race going around the track.

Nicola Olyslagers and Yaroslava Mahuchikh have both just knocked the bar over on their second attempt at clearing 2.02 meters.

Each woman going up for their third attempt shortly.

The bar for Nicola Olyslagers and Yaroslava Mahuchikh is now set at 2.02 meters.

Ahead of the jump, both women were a study in contrast as they tried to stay focused for the next round. Olyslagers held her head in her hands covered with a towel, while Mahuchikh simply laid down under her jacket and stared up at the sky, which has gone to the pale color of dusk.

The Australian fails in her first attempt, knocking the bar down. Mahuchikh gets the crowd to slow clap her run-up and only just knocks the bar down — it bounced for a second, as if it was deciding what to do before crashing to the ground.

And now they have to pause while the men’s 1,500-meter semifinal takes place.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine competes in the women's high jump final Sunday.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh just cleared two meters in the women’s high jump and has figuratively set the bar for Nicola Olyslagers of Australia, who failed in her first attempt.

Olyslagers fails again on the second and has one more jump to try and stay in the hunt for a gold medal. She’s jumping with a massive smile on her face, clearly enjoying the moment.

Australia's Nicola Olyslagers reacts after a jump.

It’s her final attempt and she’s getting the crowd fired up behind her, the smile staying on her face. The cameras catch her saying, “I don’t know if I can do it,” even with a huge smile on her face.

The crowd slow-claps for her run-up and she does it! A huge roar goes up — and the bar is going to go even higher.

Only Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine and Nicola Olyslagers of Australia were able to clear the 1.98-meter setting on the high jump as we get closer to a gold medal winner being crowned.

Mahuchikh is the favorite in the event, but Olyslagers is keeping right with her.

The next jump will be 2 meters and takes place after the next women’s 800-meter semifinal, which is going around the track at the Stade de France now.

Remote-controlled cars speed along the infield at the Stade de France on Sunday night.

Amid the competition here, there are also two little stars that catch the eye.

Remote-controlled cars are being used to transport athletes’ equipment back and forth around the stadium, including returning the hammer thrown in that event.

They are the R2-D2 of the athletics competition here in France.

A remote-controlled mini car transports a javelin back to the takeoff area in the men's decathlon javelin throw yesterday.

So much to keep your eye on here at the Stade de France.

On the southern end of the stadium, the women’s high jump continues, as the bar is now set at 1.95 meters. The crowd cheers in the run-up to each jump, and then gives either an approving roar or a disappointed, “Ooooooh,” if the women fail in their attempt.

Meanwhile, on the northern end of the stadium, the men’s hammer throw final has begun, with competitors spinning in a circle and tossing the projectile upward of 70 meters.

And if that’s not enough, the qualifiers for the women’s 800-meter run have begun, and the crowd is cheering as the women book it around the track.

The kinds of things you don’t see on TV: The Olympics are a jumble of chaos at times.

Kishane Thompson of Jamaica, center, competes in the men's 100-meter semifinal heat Sunday.

Jamaican sprinter Kishane Thompson is the favorite in tonight’s 100-meter final — and he just showed why.

He finished with the top time in the semifinal heat, finishing in 9.8 seconds. Fred Kerley of the US also went through to the final after finishing second in 9.84 seconds.

Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs will get the chance to defend his Tokyo gold, slipping into the finals as one of the top two third-place finishers.

The reigning Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi posted on Instagram that he is back in Italy dealing with a “likely kidney stone” and in a race against time to make it to Paris to defend his title.

“Now I find myself, three days from the competition for which I’ve sacrificed everything, lying on a bed, weak, with 38.8 degree fever … I should have left today for Paris to begin my path toward this great dream, and instead I have been advised to postpone my flight to tomorrow in the hopes that, with a bit of rest, this nightmare will end.

The men’s high jump qualification is on Wednesday, with the final taking place on Saturday.

Tamberi’s gold medal in Tokyo three years ago shot him to prominence when he and Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim decided to share the gold medal and become joint winners. 

Lamont Marcell Jacobs may not be in the finals of the race that he won three years ago.

The Italian finished his race in 9.92 seconds, ahead of American Kenneth Bednarek by the slimmest of margins. He now has to wait to see if he makes it into the final field of eight. The winners of each semifinal and the next two fastest finishers will go through.

Akani Simbine of South Africa won the semifinal and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana took second, heading through to tonight’s final.

Elena Kulichenko of Cyprus competes in the women's high jump final on August 4.

All eyes now turn to the southern end of the stadium for the women’s high jump event.

The competitors in this event will have to clear 1.86 meters, 1.91 meters, 1.95 meters, 1.98 meters and 2 meters. The woman with the highest jump after all those rounds — or going even higher if need be — wins.

Six women cleared the bar on their first attempt while two more did it on their second. France’s Nawal Meniker failed on both her attempts.

American Noah Lyles is through to the finals of the 100-meter dash, but he’s getting sent some warning signs.

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville just topped him in the semifinal race, going the distance in 9.81 seconds compared to Lyles’ 9.83.

Louie Hinchliffe of Great Britain will also go through to the final.

Swiss triathlete Adrien Brifford has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon on Monday due to “a gastrointestinal infection,” a statement released by its National Olympic Committee on Saturday said.

Swiss Olympic Chief Medical Officer Hanspeter Betschart noted that it is unclear if Briffod’s infection is related to the Seine’s water quality, as there have been no reported clusters of similar illnesses among other nations, he said. Brifford swam in the Seine during the men’s triathlon on Wednesday.

Brifford’s withdrawal comes hours after Belgium announced it was withdrawing its whole team from the mixed relay triathlon race after one of its triathletes, Claire Michel, has fallen ill.

Some context: The triathlon competitions went ahead in Paris after concerns over water quality in the River Seine caused the men’s race to be postponed a day earlier. Heavy amounts of rain during the Olympics’ opening weekend had reignited concerns about the river’s water quality, which usually declines after rainfall.

Training sessions in the days before the competition were canceled after testing had deemed the water unsafe for athletes, but organizers said further testing on the day of the triathlon had confirmed the event would go ahead as planned.

And the final three men to run in the 400-meter race are Charlie Dobson of Great Britain, Alexander Doom of Belgium and Jevaughn Powell of Jamaica.

The semifinals will take place on Tuesday and the final is scheduled for Wednesday.

The women’s 4x100-meter medley relay final was the last race in the pool we’ll see at the 2024 Games — and what a way to finish.

Team USA claimed a dominant victory, setting a new world record in the event to win the gold medal. It also gave them the edge in what’s been a fun competition throughout these Games: The battle for swimming supremacy with Australia. The Americans clinched it with this race, earning eight gold medals to Australia’s seven.

Despite trailing early, a late burst from Regan Smith in the first leg meant the US led when Lilly King joined the action.

And the pace didn’t drop from there, with King and then Gretchen Walsh further extending the US’ lead over the rest of the pack, and keeping it on pace for a new world record.

Torri Huske was the anchor swimmer for the US and she didn’t slow down, putting her pedal to the metal as the US claimed another swimming gold — and in a record time of 3:49.63, lowering it from the record it had previously set at the 2019 World Championships.

Australia won silver and China claimed bronze.

This post was updated with quotes from Team USA’s Lilly King.

Kirani James of Grenada, Christopher Morales-Williams of Canada and Aruna Dharshana Singhapurage of Sri Lanka are the next three members of the semifinal field in the 400-meter race.

First round qualifying heats are now almost completed and we move toward our first medal event of the evening, the women’s high jump.

First Novak Djokovic, and now Sara Errani.

In the space of just a few hours, two of tennis’ great players have completed the career golden slam, with Errani completing the feat in doubles alongside her Italian teammate Jasmine Paolini by winning gold in the women’s doubles final.

Errani and Paolini beat Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider, who are Individual Neutral Athletes from Russia in a deciding tie break.

Andreeva and Shnaider comfortably won the first set, only for the Italian pairing to come racing back and claim the second set 6-1.

As a result, the game went to a championship tie-break which Errani and Paolini managed to win 10-7 on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Errani, 37, now can add the Olympic gold medal to her already bulging trophy cabinet alongside the titles of all four grand slams. 

The Team USA men’s 3x3 basketball team has been knockout of the Paris Games after suffering a heavy 21-6 loss to the Netherlands on Sunday.

The result means that it sits in seventh after seven pool games with just two wins and five losses. The top two in the pool of eight qualify to the semifinals while the next four advance to the play-in games to determine the final two semifinal spots.

The US team is comprised of Jimmer Fredette, Canyon Barry, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis, with Fredette missing the last six games in the pool stage after suffering an injury in the opener.

In his absence, Barry, Maddox and Travis all scored two points apiece against the Netherlands.

Worthy de Jong led the way for the Netherlands with 11 points as it booked its spot in the semifinals as the second placed team.

The US lost its first four games against Serbia, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia before two wins against France and China gave it a hope of qualification. However, the defeat against the Netherlands eliminates it from Paris.  

Team China celebrates winning the men’s 4x100-meter swimming medley relay final on August 4.

In what has been an amazingly successful day for the nation at the Olympic Games, China raced to the gold medal in a dramatic men’s 4x100m swimming medley relay that saw four teams battling at the front for much of the race.

China, the USA, France and Great Britain were all in medal contention on the breaststroke leg, which featured a showdown between hometown hero Léon Marchand and Team GB’s Adam Peaty.

The British side faded away towards the end of the race with Maxime Grousset surging into the lead for France in the butterfly leg to the delight of the home crowd.

The host nation had the lead going into the freestyle, but was reeled in by impressive final legs from the Chinese and American swimmers.

Pan Zhanle roared past Florent Manaudou to take gold, with the Frenchman also being caught by the US’ Hunter Armstrong who sealed silver for the States, finishing 0.55 seconds behind.

France settled for bronze, 0.92 behind the leaders.

USA’s Quincy Hall competes in a men’s 400-meter heat on August 4.

Quincy Hall of Team USA just glided around the track here at the Stade de France to qualify for the semifinals of the 400-meter race, finishing in 44.28.

Samuel Ogazi of Nigeria and Reece Holder of Australia also went through to the semifinals by rounding out the top three.

Zambia's Muzala Samukonga reacts after winning a men's 400-meter heat on August 4.

Another heat down and three more runners are into the semifinals for the 400-meter race.

Muzala Samukonga of Zambia won the third heat to lock in his place. Bayapo Ndori of Botswana and Luca Sito of Italy also qualified by finishing second and third respectively.

USA’s Michael Norman, center, competes in a men’s 400-meter heat on August 4. 

Michael Norman just breezed through the second qualifying heat here tonight for the men’s 400-meter race, finishing in 44.10 seconds.

Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago finished in second and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi of Botswana finished in third to also qualify.

Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain competes in the men’s 400-meter qualifying round on August 4. 

Track star Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain has taken the first heat of qualifying for the men’s 400-meter race here at Stade de France and is on to the semifinals.

Christopher Bailey of Team USA finished a close second, and Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen of Norway took third to qualify for the semifinals.

Belgian Claire Michel competes in the women's individual triathlon race on July 31.

Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday after one of its triathletes, Claire Michel, has fallen ill, its National Olympic Committee said in a statement.

The statement did not specify Michel’s illness, which was reported days after she swam in the River Seine during the women’s triathlon on Wednesday.

“The COIB and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for future triathlon competitions at the Olympic Games,” the statement said, “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.”

The triathlon competitions went ahead in Paris after concerns over water quality in the River Seine caused the men’s race to be postponed a day earlier. Heavy amounts of rain during the Olympics’ opening weekend had reignited concerns about the river’s water quality, which usually declines after rainfall.

Training sessions in the days before the competition were canceled after testing had deemed the water unsafe for athletes, but organizers said further testing on the day of the triathlon had confirmed the event would go ahead as planned.

US swimmer Bobby Finke competes in the 1500-meter freestyle final on August 4.

What a stunning performance from Team USA’s Bobby Finke!

The American wins his third career gold medal in the men’s 1500-meter final, finishing with a time of 14:30.67 to smash the previous world record of 14:31.02, set by China’s Sun Yang in 2012.

This marks the US’ first individual men’s gold in swimming at the Paris Games — and it came at the country’s last opportunity, as the swimming events wrap up.

Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy stuck with Finke all the way — at times swimming at world record pace himself — but was unable to catch his opponent, finishing 3.88 seconds behind to take silver.

Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, the Olympic 800m champion, claimed his second medal of the Games with the bronze, posting a time of 14:39.63.

This post has been updated with quotes from Team USA’s Bobby Finke.

US basketball player Jackie Young works around Germany’s Satou Sabally during a preliminary round game on August 4.

After trailing at the close of the opening quarter, the US kicked it into high gear and wound up winning the game 87-68 to extend their win streak to 58 games.

Both teams had already clinched spots in the quarterfinal, but remained focused on the quest for the top of Group C.

The usual suspects of A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart led the US through the first half, but Wilson’s Aces teammate Jackie Young was the second half star.

The US enter Tuesday’s quarterfinal stage as the winners of Group C. Group A winners Spain are also undefeated, and France has the chance to win Group B and win all of their games this afternoon when they play Australia to finish the group stage.

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is finally on the podium at the Olympic Games, a thrilling moment even if the medal around her neck is silver rather than gold.

Richardson was beaten out in the 100-meter sprint on Saturday by Julien Alfred of St. Lucia as rain poured down here in Saint-Denis. It’s a much nicer night tonight for her medal ceremony.

Melissa Jefferson of the USA also received her bronze medal.

Team USA’s Bobby Finke is setting the pace in the men’s 1500m freestyle final at the halfway stage.

The two-time gold medalist in Tokyo will be keen to add to his Paris medal tally, having won a silver in the 800m freestyle on Tuesday. Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen claimed gold in that event – he currently occupies third place.

Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy is Finke’s closest challenger for now and looks like he will push the American all the way.

Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström celebrates after winning gold in the 50-meter freestyle final on August 4.

Swedish swimming star Sarah Sjöström won the women’s 50m freestyle to take her second gold medal of the Games, after winning the 100m freestyle event earlier this week.

The world record holder clocked a time of 23.71, with Australia’s Meg Harris taking the silver, finishing 0.26 seconds behind Sjöström.

Team USA’s Gretchen Walsh missed out on the bronze medal by an incredibly fine margin, finishing 0.01 seconds behind Zhang Yufei of China.

This post has been updated with quotes from Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström.

The night here at Stade de France begins with four medal ceremonies, the first for men’s shot put.

Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs are 1-2 on the podium, just as they were in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2021 in Tokyo — a remarkable run of American dominance in the sport.

The sounds of the “Star-Spangled Banner” are ringing out here in the national stadium.

Taiwan's Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin celebrate after winning the doubles badminton final against China on August 4.

The duo of Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin retained their badminton men’s doubles Olympic title defeating Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang to win Taiwan’s first gold medal in Paris.

It was an intense 74-minute match that saw the Taiwanese team snatch the first game before China leveled in the second but took the third game 21-19 to claim gold in a hard-fought effort.

“I’m very moved to win the medal again. I want to thank my partner and my coach for their ongoing support,” Lee said. “We received many messages and we are touched.”

China and Taiwan have a hostile history.

While Taiwan’s official name is the “Republic of China” (ROC), Beijing views the democratic, self-governing island as its own territory, and any recognition of Taiwan as a separate nation is resisted forcefully by China – including in the world of sport.

Taiwan competes at the Olympics as “Chinese Taipei” as the result of a political compromise – but not under its own name, flag or anthem.

On Friday, security at the Paris Games ejected a fan brandishing a green banner – a color used by the island’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, as well as those who advocate for Taiwanese independence and greater autonomy – that read “Go Taiwan” at a badminton match, sparking anger from the island’s authorities and refocusing attention on the complex rules that require Taiwan to compete as “Chinese Taipei.”

The bronze medal was claimed by the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh, who defeated Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark.

This post has been updated with quotes from Taiwanese duo Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin.

US basketball player A'ja Wilson goes to the basket and scores during a preliminary round game against Germany on August 4.

The Americans closed out the half up double digits after the German’s women’s basketball team ended the first quarter on top.

And now in the third quarter, the US remains on top by double digits though the Germans are refusing to go away.

The US took their first lead of the game in the middle of the second quarter, 24-22 and have not let it go.

The Americans have looked better since the conclusion of the first quarter as they defend their 57-game win streak. The US women’s basketball team has not lost at the Olympics since 1992.

Satou Sabally and Leonie Fiebich lead the Germans, while the Americans are led by their one-two punch of A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart.

US cyclist Kristen Faulkner competes in the road race on August 4.

Kristen Faulkner just launched a stunning late attack to win a thrilling women’s road race and take the Olympic gold medal for the USA under the arch of the Eiffel Tower.

Along with Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky, she chased down the leading duo of Marianne Vos and Blanka Vas in the closing kilometers of the race, before attacking them as soon as she caught them — knowing she would not be able to out-sprint Vos or Kopecky at the line.

As the other three faltered, wary of expending too much energy by chasing Faulkner down, the American rode away to the gold medal and kept riding past the finish line, apparently still in shock at her achievement.

Faulkner is originally from a small fishing village in Alaska and attended Harvard where she was a varsity rower and set a college record for the fastest indoor two-kilometer rowing time for lightweight women. Alongside her athletic career, she has also worked at a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley.

Vos won the sprint for the silver medal behind while Kopecky settled for bronze.

This post has been updated with quotes from the USA’s Kristen Faulkner.

US golfer Scottie Scheffler plays in the final round of the competition on August 4.

Scottie Scheffler produced a remarkable final round to clinch gold in the men’s golf competition on Sunday.

The world No. 1 carded a nine-under 62 in Sunday’s fourth round to finish on 19-under-par over the four days at Le Golf National as he showed why he’s the best player in golf at the moment.

Scheffler finished his final round level with Tommy Fleetwood, but a bogey on the 17th hole for the British golfer dropped him down to 17-under. Fleetwood then carded a par on the final hole, allowing Scheffler to clinch the victory and giving the Brit the silver.

The gold medal adds to the extraordinarily successful year Scheffler is having; the American has picked up six wins on the PGA Tour, including the Masters at Augusta in April.

It’s been an extraordinary year off the course, too: Scheffler warmed up in a jail cell before competing in the PGA Championship in Kentucky a few months ago. His charges, stemming from a strange encounter at a police roadblock outside the tournament, were ultimately dismissed. Scheffler also recently became a father, adding a private wrinkle to his year in the spotlight.

Hideki Matsuyama, after losing in a seven-man playoff for bronze in his home country of Japan three years ago, claimed bronze this time out. 

Germany finished the first quarter with a 19-16 lead over the US in the final game of the women’s basketball group stage.

Dallas Wings star Satou Sabally led the Germans with 7 points in the first quarter.

While off to a slow start, the American women have been dominant throughout the tournament and have demonstrated an ability to keep this game close and are not to be counted out.

The American women have not lost a game at the Olympics in 1992.

Bonsoir from the Stade de France in Saint-Denis where we are getting ready for one of the most exciting nights of competition at any Olympics.

There are three gold medals up for grabs tonight, in the women’s high jump, men’s hammer throw and the men’s 100-meter final.

The men’s 100m is one of the fastest races at these Games and is one of the signature Olympic events. Team USA’s Noah Lyles is hoping to sprint his way to a gold today, but Kishane Thompson of Jamaica is hoping to keep the charismatic American from the center spot on the podium.

Lyles got a shock in qualifying, finishing second in one heat after appearing to underestimate the field. Under the bright lights, on the most pressure-packed starting line in sports, he can’t make that same mistake again tonight.

In the high jump, all eyes on Ukrainian world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh as she tries to bring home a gold medal for her war-torn nation. Vashti Cunningham of the United States is also aiming for a spot on the podium.

And in the hammer throw, Canada’s Ethan Katzberg, the world No. 1, is looking to take the gold medal away from Poland’s Wojciech Nowicki, who won this event in Tokyo three years ago.

Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo reacts after winning gold in the men’s vault final on Sunday, August 4.

Carlos Edriel Yulo makes history again!

The Filipino gymnast won his second gold medal of these Olympics on Sunday, this time in the vault.

On Saturday, Yulo became the first Filipino man ever to win an Olympic gold medal when he won the men’s floor exercise. He’s also the first Filipino to win any medal in gymnastics and the second Filipino to ever win a gold medal.

He admitted after his vault gold that he felt tired following his floor victory, but took matters into his own hands to prepare for Sunday’s event.

Armenia’s Artur Davtyan and Great Britain’s Harry Hepworth silver and bronze, respectively.

This post was updated with quotes from The Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates match point against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on August 4.

Novak Djokovic has a late addition to his near-perfect tennis resumé: Olympic gold medalist.

He defeats Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3) 7-6(2) at Roland Garros to complete a career golden slam, winning the Olympic title on top of all four grand slams.

This was 37-year-old Djokovic’s fifth appearance at an Olympics and the victory sees him become the oldest man to win a singles gold medal.

In a pulsating match of high quality, the Serbian avenged his loss to Alcaraz at Wimbledon last month. He’s just the fifth player to win a singles gold and all four majors, joining Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Serena Williams and Steffi Graf in an exclusive group.

This post has been updated with quotes from Serbia’s Novak Djokovic.

USA’s Scottie Scheffler celebrates during the men’s golf competition on Sunday.

The ending of the men’s golf competition is heating up after a dramatic few holes shook up the leaderboard and put an American on top.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has produced an extraordinary late comeback to pass Tommy Fleetwood. He now sits in the lead at 19-under par, while the British Fleetwood is one behind also playing some brilliant stuff.

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama is still in the mix at 17-under while Spain’s Jon Rahm has stuttered somewhat and fallen below the leaders. He is tied with the home favorite, Victor Perez.

It did look like Ireland’s Rory McIlroy was on for a late charge, too, but he has wavered over recent holes.

Scheffler is on the 17th hole while the final group of Fleetwood, Rahm and American Xander Schauffele have just finished the 14th hole. 

Nigeria’s Promise Amukamara, left, and Ezinne Kalu celebrate during the women’s basketball game against Canada on August 4. 

History has been made by Nigeria.

With a 79-70 win over Canada in its final Group B game, Nigeria’s women’s basketball team reached the quarterfinal stage, becoming the first ever African team – men’s or women’s – to accomplish this feat.

After a closely matched first two quarters, Nigeria came out of halftime on fire, outscoring Canada 23-5 in the third quarter. Ezinne Kalu led Nigeria in scoring with 21 points, while Shay Colley had 17 for Canada.

Nigeria are the only African team in the women’s competition. South Sudan represented the continent on the men’s side but was eliminated yesterday after a loss against Serbia.

Francisca Crovetto Chadid won the women’s skeet on Sunday, claiming Chile’s first-ever shooting gold and first medal in Paris. She also becomes the first Chilean woman to win Olympic gold in any sport.

The 34-year-old was ahead for most of the contest but showed no signs of the pressure getting to her, hitting the majority of her shots and keeping her nose in front.

However, on the final set of targets, Crovetto Chadid did have a wobble as she missed two of her first four attempts. It brought her tied with Team GB’s Amber Jo Rutter.

The pair hit three of their final four shots meaning the final went to a dramatic shoot-off. The first to miss would crown the opponent an Olympic champion.

The duo were perfect through their first four shots apiece, before Rutter missed one only for Crovetto Chadid to also miss one of hers, meaning the shoot-off continued.

Rutter was next up and missed one of hers – she contested that she did not miss, although the judges ruled against her – and Crovetto Chadid was successful in her two attempts, winning her the gold medal.

She put her hand over her mouth as the moment dawned on her while the small contingent of Chile fans in attendance at the Chateauroux went wild.

Rutter won silver while Team USA’s Austin Smith claimed bronze. 

This post was updated with quotes from Chile’s Francisca Crovetto Chadid.

Boxer Cindy Ngamba will become the first ever medal-winning athlete for the Refugee Olympic Team, after winning her women’s middleweight quarterfinal and guaranteeing herself at least a bronze medal.

Ngamba was born in Cameroon and moved to the UK aged 11, where she now trains, but represents the Refugee Olympic Team, which has allowed refugee athletes to compete at the Games since 2016.

Ngamba took up boxing in the UK aged 15 where she rose through the age-group ranks to become a world-class prospect and came out as gay at 18 – if she returns to Cameroon, she could be sent to prison since homosexuality is banned in the country.

However, Ngamba’s UK citizenship status is not yet confirmed, so she cannot represent Team GB, but as a refugee, she is able to represent the Refugee Olympic Team.

As Ngamba left the ring following her 5-0 victory over France’s Davina Michel, she raised the Refugee Olympic Team’s flag.

This post has been updated with more background information on and quotes from Cindy Ngamba.

Kaylia Nemour of Algeria reacts after receiving her score for the uneven bars on Sunday.

Kaylia Nemour has made history by becoming the first Algerian athlete to win a gold medal in gymnastics.

The 17-year-old Nemour edged out China’s Qiu Qiyuan to take the gold in the uneven bars. Both finished pretty far ahead of bronze medalist Sunisa Lee of the United States.

Nemour was born in France but competes for Algeria due to a dispute between the French gymnastics federation and her club gym.

With the win, she is not just the first Algerian to win a gymnastics medal in Olympic history, but the first of any athlete representing an African national Olympic committee in the history of the Games.

What an achievement for the teenager!

This post has been updated with quotes from Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour.

USA’s Sunisa Lee competes in the women's uneven bars final on August 4. 

Team USA’s Sunisa Lee is on the podium!

Lee, who already has a gold in the women’s team all-around and a bronze in the individual all-around this Olympics, turned in a masterful uneven bars performance to win bronze in the individual event on Sunday.

Lee’s journey back to the Olympic podium has been an inspiring one. She was diagnosed with two kidney diseases in 2023 which threatened her gymnastics career.

Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour took gold and China’s Qiu Qiyuan took silver.

A new move: Lee was expected to break out a new move at the Games – a full-twisting, layout Jaeger that, if completed successfully, would be named in her honor.

However, it did not appear that Lee attempted the move.

The plan had initially been to try the skill out at the World Championships earlier this year, Lee and her coach told Olympics.com earlier this year. Lee said she had been working on the move for about two years.

However, the Tokyo all-around champion was not among the gymnasts selected to head to the event in Baku, Azerbaijan.

CNN’s Penelope Jennings contributed to this post

This post has been updated with quotes from Team USA’s Sunisa Lee.

Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour competes in the women's uneven bars final on Sunday, August 4.

Kaylia Nemour of Algeria is in pole position to take home a gold medal in the women’s uneven bar – for now.

She turned in a stunning routine, earning a 15.700 to overtake Qiu Qiuyan for the top spot just after the Chinese gymnast had taken the top spot herself with a score of 15.500. Both gymnasts had the same level difficulty, but Nemour was given a higher execution score.

Nemour was the event’s top qualifier with a 15.600. She was born in France but competes for Algeria, a former French colony that won its independence after a bloody war. Nemour has become a fan-favorite here in Paris, especially among the many Parisians who trace their roots to North Africa.

Team USA’s Sunisa Lee, however, is still yet to compete.

Novak Djokovic celebrates during his match against Carlos Alcaraz on August 4.

After one hour and 33 minutes of gripping action at Roland Garros, it’s Novak Djokovic who takes the early lead.

A tie-break was needed to separate the two players, and it seemed evenly poised at 3-3 before a few Alcaraz errors hand Djokovic the advantage.

With three set points to play with, a brilliant drop volley helped the 37-year-old capitalize on the opening and edge ahead in a thrilling encounter.

The 21-year-old Alcaraz will have to come from behind if he wants to become the youngest man to win an Olympic singles title, while Djokovic is a set away from becoming the oldest.

An intriguing second set awaits.

China's Liu Yang competes in the men's rings final on August 4, 2024.

It’s all China once again in the men’s rings competition.

Liu Yang earned his second-straight Olympic gold medal in the event after taking the top spot in Tokyo three years ago.

And, like in Japan, the silver medal went to one of Liu’s compatriots, with Zou Jingyuan coming in second in the competition.

Despite the victory, Liu admitted that he wasn’t totally happy with his Olympic campaign.

Despite the disappointment of missing out on the top prize in the team event, Liu was able to bounce back today in a big way.

Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias followed up his bronze medal-winning performance in Tokyo with another third-place finish in Paris. Petrounias, who won gold in the event in Rio in 2016, is known as “the Lord of the Rings” in Greece for his continued dominance in the event.

This post has been updated with quotes from China’s Liu Yang.

China's Fan Zhendong celebrates after winning the men's singles table tennis final against Sweden's Truls Möregårdh on August 4.

China’s Fan Zhendong produced an impressive performance to take the gold medal in the men’s singles table tennis final at the South Paris Arena, where a partisan crowd cheered on every point so loudly it seemed as if the roof was about to blow off.

He defeated Sweden’s Truls Möregårdh 4-1 in front of a sea of red. Fans waved Chinese flags and stood up to cheer on Fan, with the kind of response you might expect to see at a Taylor Swift concert.

China’s global dominance of table tennis continues.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot in the men’s singles gold medal match against Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday, August 4.

The standard of this men’s tennis final is astonishingly high from both players, and neither will crack in the first set.

Alcaraz had the best chance to get his nose in front at 4-4 on Djokovic’s serve, creating five break points during the course of the game. The 37-year-old was equal to the challenge, however, and fended off the onslaught.

Alcaraz then holds his serve the following game and it’s now 5-5 after an hour and 11 minutes of play.

As if the crowd need any more encouragement, a brass band starts playing in the short break between games.

South Korea's Kim Woo-jin releases an arrow in the men's archery individual elimination round on August 4.

Kim Woo-jin won his third gold of the Paris Games after a thrilling shoot-off in the men’t individual final against the USA’s Brady Ellison.

Both men were in remarkable form at Invalides, with Ellison winning the opening set and then Kim taking the second.

A similar pattern unfurled in the third and fourth – Ellison winning then Kim – taking it to a deciding fifth set.

But in the decider, both men showed why they’re the best of the best, getting 10s with each of their three arrows, forcing the final to a one-arrow shoot-off.

Kim went first, hitting a 10 with his arrow. Ellison stepped up and, while he also scored a 10, his arrow was just three millimeters further away from the center than Kim’s, giving the South Korean the dramatic win.  

The result means South Korea has completed a clean sweep of golds in archery at these Games, winning every one possible across the five disciplines: men’s and women’s individual, men’s and women’s teams and mixed teams.

Kim had personally already picked up golds in the men’s team and the mixed team events. He also becomes the first archer to win five gold medals at the Olympics.

Earlier, Kim’s countryman Lee Woo-seok won bronze. 

This post has been updated with quotes from South Korea’s Kim Woo-jin.

China's Fan Zhendong serves during the men’s singles table tennis final on August 4.

The men’s singles table tennis final is currently underway at South Paris Arena 4.

This is the first Olympics men’s singles final since 2008 that does not feature two Chinese players: China’s Fan Zhendong, the No. 2 seed, is facing off with 22-year-old Truls Möregårdh of Sweden.

Möregårdh is a first-time Olympian and the 19th-seeded player in this tournament. The youngster was in tears of disbelief after winning his semifinal on Friday to advance to the gold medal game. And well should he be happy – he’s the first Swede to reach the final since Jan-Ove Waldner did it in 2000.

It’s a rematch of the 2021 World Championship final during which Fan swept to victory, winning the title game 4-0. Today, though, is a different story: Möregårdh took the first game 11-7 but narrowly dropped the second 9-11. Can the Swede pull off one of the biggest upset of these Games?

Spain’s Jon Rahm tees off on the seventh hole on August 4.

After three-and-a-half days of grueling action at Le Golf National in Paris, a winner of the men’s golf competition will soon be crowned.

Spain’s Jon Rahm is in pole position to claim gold, leading by three shots at 18-under-par through eight holes.

2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, defending Olympic champion Xander Schauffele and Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood all sit at 15-under as they approach the back nine.

South Korea’s Tom Kim is at 14-under while world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler lurks a shot behind Kim.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz serves during the men's singles match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic on August 4.

To give a sense of just how tight this men’s singles final is at Roland Garros, we’ve been playing for 30 minutes and it’s only 2-2 in the first set.

The standard has been exceptional from both players. Djokovic had a huge opportunity with three break points at 2-1, but Alcaraz, after a quick change of rackets, proceeded to save them all superbly, wrapping up the hold with an exquisite drop volley.

It’s anyone’s guess which way this one is going to go.

Félix Lebrun of France celebrates after winning bronze in men’s single table tennis on August 4.

Revenge is a dish best served bronze for Félix Lebrun.

The French table tennis player, one of the host country’s most popular Olympians, defeated Brazilian Hugo Calderano in straight sets on Sunday to win the bronze medal match in men’s single table tennis.

With the win, Lebrun becomes the first French table tennis medalist since Jean-Philippe Gatien and Patrick Chila won a doubles bronze in 2000.

The win is almost certainly extra sweet for Lebrun, as Calderano had defeated the 17-year-old’s older brother, Alexis, earlier in the tournament.

This post has been updated with quotes from France’s Félix Lebrun.

There’s a huge match ahead at Roland Garros this afternoon with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic going head-to-head in the men’s singles gold medal match.

In a repeat of last month’s Wimbledon final, when Alcaraz won his fourth grand slam title, Djokovic is looking to complete a career golden slam by winning the Olympics and all four majors.

Only four other players – Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Serena Williams and Steffi Graf – have achieved that feat before, and Olympic gold is one of the few accolades missing from the Serbian’s packed trophy cabinet.

For Spain’s Alcaraz, victory here would cap off a sensational few months having won titles at the French Open and Wimbledon.

The sun is out, the players are on the court – this promises to be a thrilling contest.

Germany's Jessica Von Bredow-Werndl pets her horse TSF Dalera BB after competing in the equestrian dressage individual grand prix on August 4. 

The first gold of Day 9 goes to Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany, who retains the individual dressage title she won in Tokyo on her horse TSF Dalera BB, with a score of 90.093. It is the 38-year-old’s fourth Olympic gold and second in Paris having already won the team event.

Von Bredow-Werndl compatriot Isabell Werth scored 89.614 to claim her 14th medal – the 55-year-old’s first medal was a gold in the team dressage in Barcelona in 1992.

Great Britain’s Charlotte Fry took bronze, posting a score of 88.971.

This post has been updated with quotes from Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic before the men’s singles gold medal match on Sunday, August 4. 

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz’s rivalry has come to embody the changing of the guard in men’s tennis, the moment when the Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic were finally surpassed by a younger generation.

Djokovic has never won an Olympic gold, it is the one goal that has eluded him throughout his giittering career, while Alcaraz has never competed at an Olympic Games before. At 21, Alcaraz is the youngest ever player to reach the men’s singles final while Djokovic is the oldest ever at 37.

They are just about to emerge onto the clay at Roland Garros for this historic gold medal match.

Germany's Florian Unruh competes in the men's archery individual elimination round on August 4.

German archer Florian Unruh beat France’s Baptiste Addis in a single-round shoot-off to advance to the semifinals on Saturday.

While both competitors scored 10 points in the shoot-off, Unruh was declared the winner because he was mere millimeters closer to the center of the target than Addis.

Addis had huge support from his compatriots in the crowd at Esplanade des Invalides, one of the most impressive venues at an Olympics full of them.

Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk competes in the women's hammer throw qualification on August 4.

Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk may have expected an easier qualification to Tuesday’s hammer throw final.

The world record holder from Poland claimed the last qualifying spot on Sunday with a throw of 71.06 meters.

Team USA’s two-time world medalist DeAnna Price and Annette Echikunwoke also made it through. Only five athletes managed to throw above the qualifying standard of 73.00, led by Finland’s Krista Tervo who scored a national record.

Athletes train ahead of the kiteboarding events in Marseille, France, on July 30.

Strap yourselves in and prepare for perhaps the coolest sport at this Olympic Games.

Kiteboarding is scheduled to make its Olympic debut today in Marseille, though it is currently delayed. When it begins, it will offer an exhilarating spectacle as athletes, known as riders, seem to fly across the water on a short board, powered by huge kites that they control using special lines attached to a bar.

The riders will reach speeds of up to 50 mph in this event and so wear helmets, goggles and impact vests to give themselves some sort of protection. Their board is lifted a meter clear of the water by a hydrofoil and there are four different kite sizes available that can be changed depending on the wind conditions.

Who to keep an eye on? Singapore’s Max Maeder is the reigning world champion in the men’s event and is one of the favorites to take the gold medal home. In the women’s competition, France’s Lauriane Nolot is the reigning world champion though she will be pushed all the way by the USA’s Daniela Moroz who has six world titles.

What is the format? On the first four days of the competition, riders compete in up to 16 races to earn ranking points. At the end of this phase, the top two ranked riders will then automatically qualify for the final and the next eight best go to the semifinals.

In the knockout stages, the goal is to pick up three race wins – those who qualified first start with two race wins and those who qualify second start with one race win. The winners from the semifinals then compete in the final too where the same format applies, meaning that knockout rounds can last for just one race or as many as six.

USA’s Scottie Scheffler chips onto the second green during the final round of the men's golf on August 4.

Three straight birdies for World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has put him right on the tail of the leaders on the final day of men’s golf. The American began today tied for sixth, but currently shares the bronze medal position with Team GB’s Tommy Fleetwood.

The Brit opened with a bogey on the par-4 first but quickly recovered with a birdie on the second.

The pair are 13-under, one shot behind the leading duo of Xander Schauffle and Jon Rahm. Schauffle is attempting to defend his gold medal that he won in Tokyo while two-time major winner Rahm is seeking to stand on an Olympic podium for the first time.

Denmark’s Nicolai Højgaard, Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and Ireland’s Rory McIlroy are tied for fifth, close behind at 12-under.

USA’s Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone competes in the women’s 400-meter hurdles on August 4. 

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone closed out the heats in the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a dominant performance.

The world-record holder and reigning gold medalist in the event finished far ahead of the rest of the field to advance to the semifinals.

Morocco’s Noura Ennadi came in second and France’s Louise Maraval, who competed Saturday night in the 4x400-meter mixed relay.

Dutch star Femke Bol finished round 1 with the fastest time of all competitors, followed by Americans Jasmine Jones, McLaughlin-Levrone and Anna Cockrell.

USA’s Grant Holloway competes in the men's 110-meter hurdles on Sunday, August 4.

The USA’s Grant Holloway has been utterly dominant in the men’s 110m hurdles in recent years, winning three world titles, and he confirmed his status as the gold medal favorite by qualifying fastest for the semifinals, streaking ahead of the competition in his heat.

Despite his dominance, Holloway has never won an Olympic title after he was stunned by Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment in the final in Tokyo and finished with the silver medal. Holloway’s semifinal is on Wednesday and, if he qualifies, his final will be on Thursday.

USA’s Anna Cockrell competes in the women's 400-meter hurdles on August 4.

Four out of five heats in the women’s 400-meter hurdles are now complete.

Team USA’s Anna Cockrell won the contest, with Great Britain’s Lina Nielsen in second and Jamaica’s Janieve Russell in third.

American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who won gold in this event in Tokyo and holds the world record in it, is up next. She’s favored to win again in Paris.

The Netherlands' Femke Bol reacts to winning the third heat of the women's 400-meter hurdles on August 4.

The Netherlands’ Femke Bol won the third heat of the women’s 400-meter hurdles to advance to the semifinal.

She was followed by Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon and South Africa’s Zeney Geldenhuys

Bol won a gold medal Saturday night after leading her country’s 4x400-meter mixed relay team to a come from behind victory, overtaking Team USA during the race’s dramatic final moments.

Bol won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in this event. The reigning gold medal-winner, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, will compete in heat five.

USA’s Jasmine Jones crosses the finish line in the second heat of the women’s 400-meter hurdles on August 4.

American Jasmine Jones, South African Rogail Joseph and Canadian Savannah Sutherland will advance after finishin in the top three spots of the second heat of the women’s 400-meter hurdles.

Femke Bol, the Dutch runner who anchored the country’s gold medal-winning 4x400-meter mixed relay team on Saturday night, is up next.

Jamaica’s Rushell Clayton competes in the women's 400-meter hurdles on August 4.

The first heat of the women’s 400-meter hurdles is done.

Jamaica’s Rushell Clayton, Portugal’s Fatoumata Binta Diallo and Norway’s Amalie Iuel took the top three spots and will qualify for the next round.

There are four more heats to go.

Athletes compete in a women's 200-meter heat on August 4.

Athletes as well as viewers are getting accustomed to a new system World Athletics has introduced for the first time at Paris Olympics.

The so called repechage round allows athletes “who do not qualify by place in round one heats” to have essentially a second chance to qualify in the semis.

Previously, automatic qualifiers and the next fastest overall times would make it through round one. Now, everyone has the opportunity to come back and compete again in the repechage round.

Only athletes who made a false start or did not finish are excluded from the repechage round.

“The new format means that every athlete competing in the events with a repechage round will have at least two races at the Olympic Games,” World Athletics said.

The new system is introduced to all individual track events from 200 meters to 1500 meters, including all hurdles event.

The new track and field system for this Olympics resembles the repechage round in rowing events where non-automatic qualifiers also get a second change to qualify to the semifinals. Other sports like judo and wrestling feature repechage rounds as well.

USA’s Freddie Crittenden competes in a men's 110-meter hurdles on Sunday, August 4.

There was a bizarre sight in the second men’s 110m hurdles heat as Freddie Crittenden appeared to take it easy in his Olympic debut.

The American jogged through the race, finishing with a time of 18.27, almost five seconds behind race winner Louis François Mendy of Senegal. He finished fourth in 2023 World Championships with a time of 13.16 seconds and set a personal best of 12.93 at the US trials in June.

His run provided cause for concern, but Crittenden told the Eurosport broadcast that it was a deliberate move. He explained that he felt pain prior to the sprint and did not want to risk injury, so eased off in order to give his body a break, knowing that he would have another opportunity due to the new repechage system.

Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece participates in the men’s long jump qualification on August 4.

One jump was enough for Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou to advance to Tuesday’s long jump final where he will be looking to defend his Tokyo title.

Italy’s teen superstar Mattia Furlani, Jamaica’s 2023 silver world medalist Wayne Pinnock and Carey McLeod as well as Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer are also through, promising a tight contest.

All three American jumpers failed to qualify, as did twice world medalist Tajay Gayle from Team Jamaica.

Lin Yu-ting embraces her coach after winning the Women's 57kg quarterfinal match against Svetlana Kamenova Staneva on August 04.

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won her quarterfinal women’s featherweight bout by a unanimous points decision against Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva to reach the semifinal and guarantee herself at least a bronze medal.

Lin has been subjected to questions raised by some spectators about her participation in the competition, citing a 2023 decision by a now-discredited boxing regulator to bar her from a women’s tournament. Alongside Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, she has become a flashpoint for an often misinformed debate about how women are allowed to compete in sports. You can read more about Khelif and Lin here.

Shericka Jackson is seen at the World Athletics Championships in 2023.

Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson, a potential favorite to win the women’s 200m, bowed out of the competition on Sunday.

Team Jamaica said on X that the the sprinter had been dealing with injury concerns in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics.

Jackson won the 200 meter at last year’s World Athletics Championship and was expected to vie for the gold medal this year.

Another blow for Jamaica: Jackson’s withdrawal comes just a day after her teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, a contender to win last night’s 100m race, pulled out of the race.

The two-time Olympic 100m gold medal winner had been scheduled to run in the second semifinal, but just minutes before was listed as a non-starter.

USA’s Gabby Thomas competes in the women's 200-meter on August 4.

USA star Gabby Thomas clocked a 22.20, won her heat and qualified fastest for the women’s 200m semifinals – the event in which she won the bronze medal in Tokyo.

After winning the women’s 100m last night, St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred was back out on track this morning and she won her 200m heat ahead of France’s Gemima Joseph to also qualify for the semifinals.

Carolina Marin of Spain leaves the court after retiring from the match against Bing Jiao He of China in the women's singles badminton semifinals on August 4.

Carolina Marín has withdrawn from her semifinal against China’s He Bingjiao in a truly heartbreaking end to the match.

The Spaniard has twice suffered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries that have required surgery in the past and it appears that a knee injury has got to her once again.

After winning the first game and leading the second 10-5, Marín fell to the ground clutching her right knee after an overhead smash and was attended to by her coaches.

She returned to the court wearing a knee sleeve in an attempt to battle on but her movement was severely restricted and she retired from the matchup two points later, visibly distraught.

An Se-young of South Korea will be He’s opponent in the gold medal match.

The flags of various countries are seen along the River Seine in Paris on August 1.

A training event for the swimming leg of the mixed triathlon relay was canceled on Sunday after tests revealed the River Seine’s water quality had deteriorated, Paris 2024 organizers said in a statement. 

“Given the heavy rain over the nights of the 31 of July and 1st of August, which had been particularly intense upstream of the Paris, we still see impact on the water quality in our venue,” the statement read.

The training session was due to be held at 8 a.m. Paris time on Sunday. The mixed triathlon relay competition, which features 17 teams of two men and two women, is scheduled for Monday morning.

Last week, swimming training sessions for both the men’s and the women’s triathlon had to be canceled over water quality levels. The men’s race had to be postponed for a day as well.

Don’t forget: Swimming had been banned in the Seine for more than 100 years until the Paris Olympics.

But France spent about $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) trying to clean up the river so it could be used to swim for the Games – and after. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the river last month to display her confidence in its water quality and promised to put a swimming pool in the river after the Games. The French sports minister has also gone for a dip in the Seine. 

Remco Evenepoel celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the men's cycling road race on August 3.

Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel made history on Saturday, becoming the first male cyclist to claim gold in both the road race and time trial at the same Olympic Games.

Paris, a city well-versed in putting on a spectacular show as the traditional end point of the Tour de France, once again provided a stunning backdrop for this monumental event. Evenepoel’s victory not only showcased his remarkable talent but also added a new chapter to Paris’s rich cycling history, marking an unforgettable day in Olympic sport.

The 24-year-old attacked relentlessly in the final stages as the peloton completed three climbs of Côte de la Butte Montmartre, leaving his rivals in his wake and etching his name into the history books.

Read more about Evenepoel’s performance here

Noah Lyles reacts after competing in the men's 100m heat on August 3.

Noah Lyles (USA) The 27-year-old is the world champion in the 100-meter dash but enters Paris as an underdog to Jamacia’s Kishane Thompson, setting up one of the most dramatic editions of the race in years – especially as the American has frequently talked about beating the world record set by Thompson’s countryman, Usain Bolt back in 2009. Watch out for Great Britain’s Louie Hinchliffe too who beat Lyles in their heat.

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) The 24-time grand slam champion has never won an Olympic gold medal and he is seeking that elusive goal today as he takes on Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles final. Alcaraz is the youngest man to reach this stage since 1904 and defeated Djokovic comprehensively in the Wimbledon final last month.

Sunisa Lee (USA) The 2020 all-around gold medalist will be looking to add to her medal tally later today in the women’s uneven bars final. Lee has already added more hardware to her collection in Paris as part of Team USA’s victorious team all-around group and winning a bronze in the women’s individual all-around event.

Xander Schauffle (USA) The fourth and final round of men’s golf begins today, with Schauffle currently tied with Spain’s Jon Rahm for the lead. The 2020 gold medal winner is experiencing a hugely successful 2024, having won his first two majors at the PGA Championship and the Open Championship. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler sits four strokes behind, tied for sixth place.

Léon Marchand (France) The Frenchman has become one of the stars of the Games, and perhaps the star in France where his exploits have made the front pages and galvanised a partisan crowd watching poolside. Already, he has won four gold medals at these Olympics, and he has an opportunity to go for a fifth today in the men’s 4x100m medley relay.

Simone Biles reacts after her performance in the individual vault final on August 3.

The United States on Saturday became the first team to reach the 50-medal benchmark.

It was a day full of dramatics with a rocking La Défense Arena for swimming, speed showcases in the track and field events, and a morning gymnastics showdown.

Here’s what else you should know about the 2024 Summer Games from Saturday:

Gymnastics vault showdown:

World’s fastest woman:

Swimming feats:

Algerian boxer moves forward to semifinal:

Team USA's Trinity Rodman, second from right, scores a goal during the women's quarterfinal match between USA and Japan on August 3.

USWNT advances in soccer:

France takes home gold in judo:

US men’s basketball victory:

Tennis medals:

American swimmer Katie Ledecky won the 800-meter freestyle, a history-making victory. With it, she earned her fourth medal of the Paris Games and her fourth straight gold in the race, joining fellow American Michael Phelps as the only swimmer to win four Olympic golds in the same event. It’s also a record-equalling ninth gold medal, drawing level with former Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina’s nine golds for the most for women in any Olympic sport.

In the gym, American gymnast Simone Biles continued her dominant run in the individual vault event, earning her third gold medal for the Paris Games. Biles shared the podium with Brazilian Rebeca Andrade and fellow American Jade Carey.

As Sunday’s events kick off, catch up with the best pictures from Saturday at the Paris Olympics.

US swimmer Katie Ledecky competes in the women's 800-meter freestyle final on Saturday, August 3.

A bee flies near South Korean archer Lim Sihyeon on August 3. She won her third gold medal in the women’s individual archery event.

Riders start the men's cycling road race at the foot of the Eiffel Tower on August 3.

US gymnast Simone Biles celebrates winning gold in the individual vault final on August 3. 

Goggles slide down the face of Congo's Vanessa Bobimbo as she swims in the women's 50-meter freestyle on August 3.

Carlos Edriel Yulo reacts to the results of the men's gymnastics floor exercise final on August 3. He made history as the first man from the Philippines to ever win an Olympic gold medal. 

The USA's Sam Kendricks competes in the men's pole vault qualification on August 3.

See more of the best photos of the Paris Olympics.

Ukraine's Olga Kharlan, left, celebrates with her teammates after winning the women's team sabre final match on August 3.

Ukraine took home the country’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a win from the women’s saber fencing team, providing a moment of catharsis during an emotional Games.

South Korea took home silver and Japan won bronze in the competition.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky celebrated the win with a post on social media.

Some background: Ukraine sent a team of more than 100 athletes to Paris, and — though that’s fewer than the country had in Tokyo three years ago — their participation will likely feel more significant.

Ukrainian athletes competing at the games have endured a myriad of challenges since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country, including their athletic facilities being destroyed, friends and relatives being killed, and uncertainty about what the future might hold for their nation.

According to Ukraine’s Sports Ministry, about 3,000 athletes – from Olympic and non-Olympic sports – have served for the country’s military, either voluntarily or by being drafted, and 479 have been killed while serving or in civilian life. 

CNN’s George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Madalena Araújo contributed reporting to this post.