August 5, 2024, Olympics news and results

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Gold medal winner Alice D'Amato of Italy cries with happiness after the balance beam finale in Paris, on August 5.

It was another dramatic day at the Olympic Games that saw world records, legends slip, others soar and a relatively new sport to these Games have its breakout moment.

The day started with a dramatic triathlon. Germany took home the Olympic gold medal in the mixed relay triathlon after a late comeback by Laura Lindemann helped overcome a 12-second deficit to help the Germans get the win. The USA defending its silver medal from Tokyo and Great Britain picked up the bronze in a photo finish in front of the packed Paris streets.

The build up of the race was dominated by ongoing discussions around the safety of the River Seine.

The action then moved to the gym, where Simone Biles was aiming to go for her fourth and fifth gold medals in Paris. Instead, in the women’s floor exercise, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won the gold, with Biles winning her 11th medal with a silver and Jordan Chiles taking home the bronze medal.

Biles had fallen off the beam earlier in the day and then struggled with another fall during her warm up. She took to the floor with her left calf strapped with tape.

In the men’s horizontal bar, the vast majority of competitors struggled with either staying on the bars or with their landings.

Alice D’Amato’s sterling routine won her the gold medal in the women’s balance beam competition, a final that was also marked by disappointing performances from some of the sport’s top stars, who struggled to stay on the beam.

On the track, there was an early huge upset when Molly Caudery from Team Great Britain failed to clear 4.55 meters in the women’s pole vault qualification round. She will not be in Wednesday’s final.

The winners of the men’s and women’s 100-meter sprints – Noah Lyles and Julien Alfred cruised into the finals of the 200-meter sprint.

A frantic finish in the women’s 5,000-meter final saw Kenyan Beatrice Chebet streak away from her compatriot and two-time Olympic medalist Faith Kipyegon in the closing stages. Kipyegon endured some drama after the race. She was initially disqualified and then appealed the decision. Two hours after the race was over, she was reinstated, taking the silver.

Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson led from the front to win the women’s 800-meter final, upgrading the silver medal she won at the Tokyo Olympics.

American discus thrower Valarie Allman struck gold for the second consecutive Olympic Games. Her best throw of the day went 69.50 meters, more than half a meter better than her gold medal throw in Tokyo in 2021.

And Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis won the gold again in the men’s pole vault. Not satisfied with just taking the gold, Duplantis then beat his own world record, raising the bar to 6.25 meters.

And in the nightcap, the 3x3 basketball tournament had a breakout moment with thrilling finals in both the men’s and women’s gold matches. Both matches went down to the last shot, with Germany winning the women’s gold and The Netherlands edging out host nation France to take the gold in the men’s game.

In other events:

Two hours after being disqualified from the 5000m, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon has been reinstated as the runner-up in the race.

Kenya officially goes 1-2 in the race with Beatrice Chebet’s gold and the Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan was bumped back down to bronze.

Kipyegon’s original disqualification appeared to be for shoving Gudaf Tsegay, and at the time commentators argued Tsegay should have been disqualified instead.

The final whistle blows and it’s France which comes out on top, 3-1 against Egypt!

With the result, Les Espoirs seize their spot in the gold medal game against Spain, the runner-up in Tokyo three years ago.

The hosts finished the game with all the momentum and hope to carry that into the final against a nation which has been tasting soccer success on both club and international levels, including the senior squad winning Euro 2024.

Egypt will play Morocco in the bronze medal match on Thursday, marking the first time two African nations play in an Olympic soccer medal match.

France and La Roja will follow them in Friday’s final at 12 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. local time.

It’s probably all over now.

Désiré Doué somewhat accidentally sets up Michael Olise in the 108th minute and Olise just put his entire body into it.

Doué hits the ball with his shoulder, then an Egyptian player kicked it off his back and Olise grabs the rebound to make it 3-1 for Thierry Henry’s young squad.

It’s looking like it will be France and Spain in the final.

France's forward Jean-Philippe Mateta heads the ball and scores his team's second goal during the men's semi-final football match between France and Egypt.

France leads Egypt 2-1 thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second goal of the night.

Mateta’s 99th-minute header put Les Espoirs up on 10-man Egypt.

Egypt had what may be their best chance at a goal with a free kick taken by Zizo, but he went wide.

Looks like the match is running away from The Young Pharaohs.

Micah Christenson, Maxwell Holt, and Aaron Russell, of the United States, block a ball during a men's quarter final volleyball match between the United States and Brazil.

After finishing 10th in Tokyo, the US men’s volleyball team is into the semifinals in Paris.

The Americans won a strong first set, dropped the second and then won two more straight to knock out Brazil.

Regardless of how they fare in the next game, they are guaranteed a chance at a medal.

Seven members of this team, and their coach, played together in Rio, where they won bronze. They’ll now meet Poland in the first semifinal 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

Worthy de Jong of Netherlands in action against Franck Seguela of France.

And it’s heartbreak for this French crowd!

Worthy de Jong starts off overtime with a two-point shot for the win. He bricks it and the French get the rebound.

Timothe Vergiat drives into the lane and lays it in to make it 17-16 and putting the French on the verge of the gold medal.

But then de Jong takes the ball past the arc and heaves up another two-point shot to try and win it here, and he buries it.

The Dutch fans lose their minds as the French crowd falls silent in shock. An unreal contest to end this tournament and a moment that future Olympic 3x3 basketball tournaments will be chasing for years.

France's Jean-Philippe Mateta, right, scores his side's first goal past Egypt's goalkeeper Hamza Alaa

Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a late equalizer for France against Egypt in the men’s football semifinals to make it 1-1 and take the match to extra time.

Mahmoud Saber gave Egypt the lead on 62 minutes and looked to have earned his team a shock victory, but great work by new Bayern Munich signing Michael Olise set up former Crystal Palace teammate Mateta for the leveler in the 83rd minute.

There was then controversy as France thought it should have been awarded a penalty, but after a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review that lasted more than five minutes, the referee ruled that France’s Loic Bade had committed a foul.

That decision did not go down well with the home fans inside Lyon’s stadium!

We now have 30 minutes of extra time, with penalties deciding the winner if the scores remain level.

Unbelievable scenes are unfolding here in the center of Paris.

It’s 16-16 after regulation — and now we head to overtime. The first team to score two points wins. It’s unreal between the Dutch and the French.

The crowd is exploding here in Paris!

France has just taken the lead in this gold medal match after a layup, and then a Dutch turnover, gets the ball back.

This tournament is very young, this is only its second edition, but this is quickly becoming an iconic Olympic moment as the home team is locked in this tight contest.

It’s 12-11 to the French — first to 21 wins, or whoever is up when the clock expires; and there’s two minutes to play.

Netherlands' Worthy de Jong knocks over France's Jules Rambaut during the men's 3x3 basketball gold medal game.

It’s an intensely physical start to the game as both teams are refusing to give an inch.

It’s still only 2-2 here, but the drama has been intense with the heavily partisan French crowd living and dying on every bounce of the ball.

The Netherlands just sank two free throws to take a 4-2 lead and the French will have to fight from behind.

The chant won’t stop: “Allez les bleus! Allez les bleus!”

It’s the gold medal match of the men’s 3x3 basketball championship and the French team is looking to beat the Netherlands and delight this massive crowd — inside and outside the basketball area at La Concorde — that is all on their feet.

And here we go!

Spain's Gracia Alonso shoots the ball against Germany player Svenja Brunckhorst.

Gracia Alonso’s desperation shot at the buzzer hits the rim and it’s Germany who will take the gold medal in women’s 3x3 basketball. Germany wins 17-16 as time expires.

Sonja Greinacher of Germany had hit a two-point shot to give the Germans a 17-15 lead with 30 seconds to play. It was Greinacher’s second massive shot of the day; she had sank a buzzer beater in the semifinal to send the Germans through to the final.

Juana Camilion of Spain scored an easy lay-up to cut the deficit to one and then Marie Reichert of Germany traveled on the ensuing possession, giving the Spanish one last shot.

The play broke down and Alonso heaved a shot as the buzzer sounded. It bounced off the rim and the second-ever gold medal in this sport goes to Germany.

Spain's Sandra Ygueravide drives past Germany's Marie Reichert during the Women's 3x3 basketball Gold medal game.

It’s a drama worthy of any French theater.

Spain and Germany are tied at 15 with 55 seconds to go in this gold medal match up.

Here we go!

Sweden's Armand Duplantis passes 6.25m and sets the new world record in the men's pole vault final.

It’s a world record for Mondo Duplantis!!

The pole vault star clears 6.25 meters on his third attempt with the final act of the evening, springing to his feet and sprinting away from the mat in delight.

That’s the ninth time in his career that Duplantis has broken the world record, and now he’s done it on the biggest stage of them all.

Armand Duplantis of Sweden in action.

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet crosses the finish line ahead of Kenya's Faith Kipyegon in the women's 5000m final.

Faith Kipyegon initially crossed the line in second in the final of the women’s 5,000m but she’s since been disqualified from the race for obstruction.

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet still takes the gold, but Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan is provisionally upgraded to silver and Italy’s Nadia Battocletti gets bronze on top of her national record.

Kipyegon, a two-time Olympic champion and one of the world’s most decorated runners, will still be able to appeal the decision.

Spain's Vega Gimeno and Germany'sElisa Mevius compete in the women's 3x3 basketball gold medal game.

And we are onto the gold medal matches.

The German and Spanish teams are warming up here at La Concord in a winner-take-gold, first-to-21 match up.

The Germans get the first bucket and we are off!

Valarie Allman competes during the women's discus throw final.

American discus thrower Valarie Allman struck gold for the second consecutive Olympic Games Monday in the Stade De France outside Paris.

The 29-year-old was expected to top the podium after dominating her competitors in the event all year. Entering the Olympics, Allman’s longest throw of the year was three full meters further than any other athlete in the field.

Allman’s best throw of the day went 69.50 meters, more than half a meter better than her gold medal throw in Tokyo in 2021.

The silver medal went to Feng Bin of China, and Croatia’s Sandra Elkasević took the bronze medal.

He may already have the gold medal wrapped up, but Mondo Duplantis isn’t done yet.

The Swedish star clears 6.10 meters to break Thiago Braz’s Olympic record, and now he has his sights set on his own world record.

The bar goes up to 6.25m and chants of “Mondo! Mondo!” ring around the Stade de France. This could be huge…

Lithuania's Evaldas Dziaugys, Gintautas Matulis and Aurelijus Pukelis celebrate winning the men's 3x3 basketball bronze medal against Latvia.

Now you can hear the Lithuanian fans.

In front of a crowd containing NBA legends Pau Gasol, Carmelo Anthony and Dirk Nowitzki, the Lithuanians took down Latvia 21-18.

The players are dancing in at center court and now are running over to the Lithuanians who’ve gathered along the sidelines.

They’re surely partying in Vilnius right now.

Britain's Keely Hodgkinson crosses the finish line to win in the women's 800m final on Monday, August 5.

Silver three years ago, gold today.

Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson leads from the front to win the women’s 800 meter final, upgrading the silver medal she won at the Tokyo Olympics.

Hodgkinson crosses the line in a time of 1:56.72, while Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma is second and Kenya’s Mary Moraa, the world champion in this event, is third.

Armand Duplantis from Sweden in action during the pole vault final on Monday, August 5.

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis has successfully defended his Olympic title in the pole vault as the only man to clear six meters.

USA’s Sam Kendricks is second, while Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis finishes third.

Duplantis, the world record holder in this event, was a strong favorite to take a second gold medal and he did so without failing any of his attempts.

Beatrice Chebet of Kenya reacts after winning gold.

A frantic finish in the women’s 5,000-meter final sees Kenyan Beatrice Chebet streak away from her compatriot and two-time Olympic medalist Faith Kipyegon in the closing stages.

That’s the first Olympic medal of Chebet’s career and an incredible effort to pull away from one of the most decorated runners of this generation.

Her winning time is 14:28.56, while Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan, who was the reigning champion in this event, crosses the line in third.

Karlis Lasmanis of Latvia in action against Aurelijus Pukelis of Lithuania during the bronze medal game on Monday, August 5.

It’s the battle of the Baltics here at La Concorde in Paris.

Lithuana and Latvia are playing now for the bronze medal in the men’s version of the 3x3 basketball tournament.

What was a baking day has settled into a truly lovely summer evening in the French capital as the night turns a darker shade of dusk. Chants of “Lat-vi-a!” are ringing out around the stadium here as it seems like the Latvians have the better crowd support here.

United States' Cierra Burdick drives on Canada's Paige Crozon during the women's 3x3 basketball bronze medal gamm on Monday, August 5.

After all the concerns about how Team USA’s women’s 3x3 basketball team started, Hailey Van Lith, Cierra Burdick, Rhyne Howard and Dearica Hamby are leaving Paris with a bronze medal.

With a 16-13 victory, the US women clinched a spot on the podium after starting this tournament 0-3.

Julien Alfred races McKenzie Long and Bianca Williams in the women's 200m semifinals.

The women’s 200-meter semifinals are complete and 100-meter champion Julien Alfred, who won Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal with her victory on Saturday, is through to the final.

So are Americans Brittany Brown and Gabby Thomas, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and was the quickest in these semifinals today with a time of 22.12 seconds.

Nigeria’s Favour Ofili, Ivory Coast’s Jessika Gbai, and the British duo of Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita will complete the lineup in Tuesday’s final.

The sun is setting here in the center of Paris and the bronze medal match in this 3x3 women’s basketball tournament is about to kick off.

It’s Canada and the USA facing off for a place on the podium. If the USA were to win, it would mark a remarkable comeback from a tournament that started with a losing streak in an event that it was expected to win handily.

It’s an absolute stunning scene in Paris as this edition of the Olympic Games continues to just show off the scenery in the French capital.

USA's Kenny Bednarek competes in the men's 200m heats in Paris on Monday.

Not 24 hours after the men’s 100-meter final on Sunday, many of the athletes are back at the Stade de France for the 200-meter heats.

Among them is USA’s Noah Lyles, who comes off winning his first Olympic gold medal by the narrowest of margins.

He’s safely through to the semifinals after winning his heat in a time of 20.19 seconds, while Andre De Grasse, Canada’s defending champion in this event, progresses in the same heat in 20.30.

The 200m is Lyles’ preferred event, and having just taken victory in the 100m on this track, he will be desperate to improve on the bronze medal he won at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.

Also into the next round are Americans Erriyon Knighton and Kenny Bednarek, who clocked the fastest time of the heats with 19.96, as well as Botswana’s 21-year-old Letsile Tebogo, who finished sixth in the 100m final.

The men’s 200m semifinals are scheduled for Wednesday.

Spain celebrates scoring their second goal against Morocco on Monday.

In a nerve-shredding semifinal, Spain needed a late goal to beat Morocco and reach the gold medal match for the second straight Olympics.

Spain had to come from behind after Morocco took the lead in the first half through Soufiane Rahimi’s penalty.

Fermin Lopez found the equalizer at 66 minutes, but Spain had to wait until the 86th minute for Juanlu Sanchez to fire home the winner.

Spain will be hoping to go one better than three years ago in Tokyo, where it lost to Brazil in the final.

Host France faces Egypt in the other semifinal later on Monday.

Sophie Capewell of Great Britain celebrates winning gold on Monday.

Another race, another world record — and this time a gold medal to go with it for Team GB.

The trio of Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane beat New Zealand in the final of the women’s team sprint with another blistering performance to set the new best mark at 45.186 seconds.

That is the fifth time the world record has been broken today and Team GB had to come from behind after a rapid start for the Kiwis.

Germany earlier beat the Netherlands to bronze in the third-place final.

Armand Duplantis of Sweden in action during the men's pole vault final on Monday.

The biggest cheer of the evening at the men’s pole vault final so far came when Sweden’s defending champion Mondo Duplantis entered the competition.

The world record holder passed on the first height of 5.50 meters but is comfortably over the bar on his first attempt at 5.70.

For context, that’s more than half a meter less than Duplantis’ world record height, which many in the stands will be hoping he can have a crack at later on.

Lots of jumping to go until then, though.

Timothe Vergiat of France drives past Latvian players during the men's 3x3 basketball semifinal on Monday.

The stands at La Concorde are bouncing and shaking, and Les Bleus are playing for a gold medal tonight in Paris.

The French men’s 3x3 basketball team hit a final free throw to beat Latvia 21-14 in the semifinal game to the cheers of throngs of supporters inside and outside the stadium.

The French team rode a wave of emotion as they were urged on by the rowdy home fans throughout the game. And as the game went on, hundreds of fans gathered just outside the gates of the basketball stadium here in Paris’ largest square to partake in the singing and chanting.

It’s party time now, the final takes place in about three hours on the same court.

Britain's Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane compete during the women's cycling team sprint event on Monday.

It has been a truly remarkable day of cycling at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome.

After Team Great Britain broke China’s world record earlier in qualifying, that new best mark has now been bettered three times — in only four races.

First Germany set a new world record in its heat win over Mexico, before New Zealand and then Team GB broke it again.

The rules for this event have recently changed, with the teams increasing from two to three riders.

The medal races have now been decided, with Team GB facing New Zealand for gold and Germany taking on the Netherlands for bronze.

In the men’s team, sprint the Netherlands set a new Olympic record to finish top of qualifying.

Supporters of France cheer for their team during the men's 3x3 basketball semifinal game against Latvia on Monday.

The atmosphere has gotten distinctly ramped up.

The tricolore is waving all around this outdoor arena and the French fans are in fine voice singing along with “Que je t’aime,” a French classic.

Now the singing of “Allez les bleus!” begins and it’s unlikely to stop for the remainder of this game.

France plays Latvia for the right to play Spain in the gold medal game tonight.

Germany's Sonja Greinacher shoots against Canada during the women's 3x3 basketball semifinal on Monday.

A thrilling finish here at La Concorde!

Sonja Greinacher just hit a buzzer beater shot to put Team Germany up 16-15 with less than a second to go, completing a comeback to defeat Canada in the semifinals of this tournament.

Germany goes on to play Spain in the gold medal match in about three hours. Team USA and Canada will duke it out for the bronze in about two hours.

Athletes compete in the men's 400m hurdles heat at Stade de France on Monday.

Fans are starting to stream into the Stade de France in northern Paris for what promises to be an excellent night of track and field.

There are four gold medals up for grabs in this session and plenty of big names hoping to win them.

Sweden’s pole vault world record holder and defending champion Mondo Duplantis will be in action, as will former 5,000-meter record holder Faith Kipyegon of Kenya.

Athing Mu’s failure to qualify for these Olympics means that Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson is the outright favorite to win the women’s 800 meters, while there’s also the final of the women’s discus throw, plus heats in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase and the women’s and men’s 200 meters.

It’s a warm night in Paris, but the track is almost entirely covered by shade — no doubt a welcome relief for those running the 5,000m.

The men’s pole vault final is the first event underway at 1 p.m. ET.

Canada's Paige Crozon, left, shoots over Germany's Elisa Mevius during their women's 3x3 basketball semifinal on Monday.

Canada and Germany have just got going in their semifinal matchup for the right to take on Spain in the women’s 3x3 basketball final.

The games here are fast-paced and are played under almost pick-up basketball rules where a team must bring the ball behind the three-point line to move from defense to offense, shots from inside the arc count as one and behind the three-point line count as two with the teams playing to 21.

There’s a 12-second shot clock, which encourages teams to move quickly. As the announcers here say, half-a-court, half-a-shot-clock (the shot clock is 24 seconds in the NBA’s full-court game).

Canada out to the early 5-4 lead here. The loser of the game will play the USA in the bronze medal game later tonight.

Algeria's Imane Khelif is seen between rounds against Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match on Saturday.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has called for an end to “bullying all athletes,” saying “it can destroy people.”

Her comments follow the online abuse Khelif received after her boxing match against Italy’s Angela Carini on Thursday, when Carini quit after 46 seconds.

The fight became a flashpoint for an often misinformed debate about how women are allowed to compete in sports. It also triggered an onslaught of online abuse, with transphobic commentators incorrectly calling Khelif “a man” because of an alleged physical advantage.

Speaking in Arabic to SNTV, a sports video partner of the Associated Press, Khelif urged people “to uphold the Olympic principles, according to the Olympic charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes because this thing has effects, massive effects.

“It can destroy people, it can kill people’s thoughts, spirit and mind,” she said, adding that it was not easy to go through what followed her match with Carini.

Khelif has guaranteed herself an Olympic medal after winning her women’s 66kg welterweight quarterfinal bout by unanimous points decision against Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori on Saturday.

She is due to face Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng on Tuesday in a semifinal bout for a place in Friday’s final.

Dimeo van der Horst of Netherlands drives past Sarunas Vingelis of Lithuania during their men's 3x3 basketball semifinal match on Monday game between Lithuania and the Netherlands on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Esplanade Des Invalides on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

There’s a lot of happy people in orange dancing at La Concorde’s basketball court right now.

The Netherlands has just routed Lithuania 20-9 to go on to the gold medal game later on tonight. They’ll play the winner of Latvia and France, which is taking place in about 30 minutes.

It’s quite the scene at this very unique Olympic venue. The Luxor Obelisk — more than 3,000 years old and installed on the site where the guillotine stood during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution — sits just outside the basketball court and the press riser here has wonderful views of the spires of Notre Dame and the dome of Les Invalides.

Music is playing constantly at this venue that’s geared more toward alternative sports and younger fans. Across the way are two skateboarding stadiums and the breaking finals will be held here this week.

Spain's Sandra Ygueravide, left, drives on United States' Cierra Burdick during the women's 3x3 basketball semifinal game.

The Team USA team was knocked out at the semifinal stage of the women’s 3x3 basketball tournament on Monday following an overtime 18-16 defeat to Spain.

The US started strongly at La Concorde, racing into a five-point lead with just over six minutes remaining.

But Spain clawed its way back into the contest and by the end of the regulation 10 minutes, the two were tied at 16-16.

So the game went to overtime – with a winner being decided by which team can score two points first.

Spain’s Sandra Ygueravide scored the opening bucket and then she was fouled, allowing Ygueravide to hit the game-winning free-throw. 

US swimmer Bill May (front) had hoped to become the first man to compete in artistic swimming at the Olympics, but he wasn't selected.

The artistic swimming competition begins today at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with one major change compared with previous games: Men are allowed to compete for the first time.

Under rule changes announced by the International Olympic Committee in December 2022, a maximum of two men can form part of the eight-athlete team event, but not the two-athlete duet event.

However, not even the most eagle-eyed observer would spot this change: Not a single man has been selected among the 96 athletes from 18 countries set to battle it out in the pool.

One American swimmer, 45-year-old Bill May, had hoped his Olympic dream would finally be realized in Paris, but he was not ultimately selected for the Team USA squad announced in June.

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China's He Bingjiao celebrates on the podium after winning the silver medal at the badminton women singles. He can be seen holding a pin of the Spanish Olympic Committee in honor of her injured opponent in the semifinals, Carolina Marín of Spain.

It’s a moment that exemplifies the spirit of the Olympics.

China’s He Bingjiao held up a little Spain pin on the podium alongside her silver medal as a tribute to Carolina Marín, who had to retire injured from their semifinal on Sunday.

Marín, who has suffered two ACL injuries in her career, collapsed to the floor after hitting a smash and later came back out wearing a knee brace.

However, she was unable to continue for long and left the arena in tears, giving He a place in the final.

The Chinese player lost to South Korea’s An Se Young in Monday’s final.

Miles Partain, left, and Andrew Benesh of Team USA celebrate after winning a match against Team Italy.

Just a few hours after their countrymen Chase Budinger and Miles Evans suffered a round of 16 loss, Miles Partain and Andy Benesh stayed alive in the beach volleyball competition, thanks to a victory over Italy’s Samuele Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai.

The Americans won their first set 21-17, then were victorious 21-18 in the second.

Cottafava served into the net and out of bounds, allowing the Americans to advance with his error.

Partain and Benesh await the winner of Qatar and Chile’s matchup this afternoon. Their quarterfinal game will be on Wednesday.

Great Britain's Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane during the women's team sprint qualifying event on August 5.

The track cycling portion of the Paris Games has begun with a bang.

The Team GB set a new world record in the women’s team sprint event, just moments after the New Zealand team set a new Olympic record.

New Zealand first set a time of 45.593 in its 750m on track, but the British riders went one better, setting a new world record with a time of 45.472.

It betters the previous record of 45.487 set by China earlier this year.

At the end of qualification, Team GB sits atop the eight-team standings, with New Zealand in second and Germany in third.

The first round of the event takes place later today, with the finals happening afterwards.

Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes during the men's pole vault qualification on August 3.

Few athletes can claim to be as dominant in their discipline as Mondo Duplantis, the pole vault star who has broken the world record a staggering seven times.

His latest record of 6.23 meters, achieved at last year’s world championships, is seven centimeters higher than anyone else has managed in the history of the sport, a testament to his supremacy in the pole vault over the past four years.

Duplantis’ medal haul is also impressive, boasting an Olympic gold and four world championship titles – two indoor and two outdoor – with his sights set on further Olympic success in Paris later this year.

And as for world records, Duplantis promises that he’s not done yet.

“I want to be dominant in the sport because I know that’s what I’m capable of, trying to win every competition and get the most out of myself at every meet that I’m at.”

Duplantis puts chalk on his hands August 3.

Sporting pedigree runs in the Duplantis family: his father was a former top pole vaulter and his mother a heptathlete who competed for Sweden.

He has been pole vaulting for almost as long as he could walk, taking his first steps in the sport as a three-year-old in his parents’ backyard in Lafayette, Louisiana, where a runway, bar and crash mat were installed for him and his siblings to use.

While most athletes would take up the sport in their teenage years, it has been a lifelong affair for Duplantis, his childhood hobby gradually morphing into a successful career.

Duplantis speaks with American Sam Kendricks prior to competing in a qualification round August 3.

He will never tire, he explains, of the feeling of climbing into the air, bending his body over a bar and falling back down to earth.

One of the more technical events in track and field, pole vault requires a unique blend of speed, strength and flexibility, though the mental aspect, says Duplantis, is just as important as the physical demands.

Finn Butcher of Team New Zealand celebrates after winning gold in the canoe slalom men's kayak cross final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

The kayak cross has been one of the most hectic and chaotic races of these Olympics.

The discipline made its Olympic debut at Paris 2024 and has proven to be a very popular addition with fans, going viral several times on social media.

Easy wins are hard to come by given athletes have to perform a 360-degree kayak roll while racing down the rapids and also battle through an upstream gate, but New Zealand’s Finn Butcher has just dominated the men’s final.

Butcher led from start to finish and even had enough of a gap to cross the line with his arms in the air.

“It’s crazy. I don’t believe it yet,” Butcher said. “Once I got out in front and turned in front, I was like: ‘No way.’ Those guys are so good. I’m proud to be the champion. The first one – that’s pretty sick.”

Butcher said he had dreamed of this moment “probably a bit too much.”

“It’s crazy to think I’ve got friends and family in the stand that have been there the whole way.”

Joe Clark, who won gold in the K1 discipline at Rio 2016 and is a three-time kayak cross world champion, took silver for Team GB and Germany’s Noah Hegge took bronze.

This post has been updated with quotes from New Zealand’s Finn Butcher.

The balance beam final was marked by several of the competitors — Simone Biles and Suni Lee included — slipping off the beam in key moments.

The atmosphere was hushed during the beam and was marked by several moments of shushing from the crowd, even toward the gymnasts who were cheering on their own teammates.

Biles said the atmosphere was just off in the Bercy Arena.

“You know, beam final is always the most stressful. Usually, we have like music or background noise, whatever that may be. And honestly, we do better in environments when there’s noise going on because it feels most like practice. So, today, like you can hear some of the Android ringtones going off and photo flickers, whatever that was, and so, you know, trying to stay in your zone.

“But yeah, not our favorite. None of us liked it. Yeah, it was an odd beam final.”

Noémie Fox of Australia reacts at the finish area of the women's kayak cross finals during the canoe slalom at the 2024 Summer Olympics on August 5.

French-born Australian Noémie Fox, the younger sister of C1 and K1 gold medalist Jessica Fox, won gold in the brand-new kayak cross event on Monday. 

This marks the 27-year-old’s first Olympic medal. Her sister Jessica jumped into the water to celebrate her victory. Together, the Fox sisters swept gold for the three canoe slalom events — an outstanding achievement.

France’s Angèle Hug won her first Olympic medal with silver and Great Britain’s Kimberley Woods added another bronze to her match her K1 bronze.

The exhaustion after competing had set in for Jordan Chiles when she saw her score pop up on the big screen at Bercy Arena after the floor exercise final.

But that wasn’t the end of the story. Chiles’ coaches challenged the final total — something the gymnast didn’t even realize was happening.

“I was so tired, I didn’t even realize my coaches were putting in inquiry and I was like, ‘OK, yeah, like let’s see, it can vary,’” she told reporters.

The inquiry resulted in .1 points being added to her difficulty score, enough to move her from fifth to third place and earn her a bronze medal.

“So, when it came through, I was like very proud of myself. You know, it’s my first [individual] event final and my first event medal, like this is crazy. So I was just very proud of myself.”

Simone Biles of United States celebrates with her medals on August 5.

Simone Biles said Monday she’s keeping a wider perspective after failing to win a gold medal in the balance beam and floor exercise finals.

When asked for her thoughts on the day, Biles said she was looking at her performance in Paris as a whole – three gold medals and one silver – instead of the two results on Monday.

“And it’s such an honor to compete with these girls on both the beam and on the floor. Obviously wasn’t my best performances, but at the end of the day, whoever medaled medaled and that’s what’s so exciting because you just never know with gymnastics.

“I’m not – I’m not very, very upset or anything about my performance at the Olympics. I’m actually very happy, proud and even more excited that it’s over.”

Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu thought she had claimed her first Olympic medal – until she realized it wasn’t to be.

Bărbosu scored 13.700 in the women’s floor event, which put her in third place behind eventual winner Rebecca Andrade of Brazil and the legendary Simone Biles with one competitor still to come.

The final run of the day was by Team USA’s Jordan Chiles who initially posted a score of 13.666, leaving the Romanian in bronze medal position.

She celebrated with her nation’s flag but dropped it in shock as she stared at the scoreboard.

Chiles successfully challenged the difficulty score, adding 0.1 to her score and moving her up to third.

A distraught Bărbosu was later spotted on the broadcast visibly emotional after being bumped from bronze at the last minute. A devastating moment for the 18-year-old.

It’s been a dramatic morning in Paris as the 2024 Paris Olympics gymnastics competition has come to a close.

In the women’s floor exercise, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won the gold, with USA’s Simone Biles winning her 11th medal with a silver and Jordan Chiles taking home the bronze medal.

It was unclear if Biles was going to make it through her floor routine, having fallen off the beam earlier in the day then struggling with another fall during her warm up. She took to the floor with her left calf strapped with tape.

In the men’s horizontal bar, the vast majority of competitors struggled with either staying on the bars or with their landings.

The Eurosport commentary said it was “quite unusual” to see so many gymnasts botch their landings and lose their grip on the bar, putting it down to perhaps a lack of concentration or fatigue at the end of the competition. Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka won gold in that competition — his third in Paris.

Alice D’Amato’s sterling routine won her the gold medal in the women’s balance beam competition, a final that was also marked by disappointing performances from some of the sport’s top stars, who struggled to stay on the beam.

In other events:

Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen successfully defended his men’s singles badminton title on Monday, beating Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the final.

No. 2 seed Axelsen never looked trouble against Vitidsarn, winning the first game 21-11 before easing to victory thanks to the same scoreline in the second game.

Axelsen is now a two-time Olympic champion as well as having two World Championship titles to his name.

“Viktor, Viktor” rings around the La Chapelle Arena as he becomes just the second player to defend his title since China’s Lin Dan did so in 2008 and 2012.

Axelsen might have become sporting royalty with the result, but there was an actual monarch in attendance at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena – King Frederik X of Denmark was delighted with the result.

Axelsen was asked post-match about what the victory meant to him.

The 30-year-old said that he “didn’t even dare to dream” about retaining his title.

“This is crazy. What a life,” he added.

Vitidsarn, who had knocked out No. 1 seed Shi Yuqi in the quarterfinals, goes home with a silver medal while Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia had earlier won bronze. 

This post has been updated with quotes from Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen and King Frederik X.

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 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 5.

With Rebeca Andrade of Brazil taking the gold and Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles taking the silver and bronze, the podium for the medal ceremony in the women’s floor exercise could prove to be iconic.

“She’s so amazing. She’s queen,” Biles said of Andrade on Monday. “And first it was an all-Black podium, so that was super exciting for us. But then Jordan was like, ‘Should we bow to her?’ And I was like, ‘Absolutely.’ So we’re like, ‘Are we gonna do it now?’ And then, that’s why we did it.

“But she’s, she’s such an excitement to watch. And then all the fans in the crowd, always cheering for her. So, it was just the right thing to do. She’s sweet.”

Chiles said she wanted to make sure that Andrade got the praise that she felt the Brazilian deserved and that the new gold medalist is one of the kinder competitors to go up against.

“You know, she’s an icon, a legend herself,” Chiles said. “So I feel like being recognized is what everybody should do when it comes to somebody who’s put in the work, put in the dedication. So yeah, in that moment, I was like … first off, again, yes, it was an all-Black podium.

Gold medallists, Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti of Team Italy and Silver medallist, center, Austen Jewell Smith and Vincent Hancock of Team United States, left, and Bronze Medallists, Maheshwari Chauhan and Jeet Singh Naruka Anant of Team India pose for a photo on the podium after the skeet mixed team competition on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Italy won its ninth gold of the Games with victory in the shooting skeet mixed team final.

The duo of Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti eked past the American pair of Austen Smith and Vincent Hancock 45-44 in the gold medal match. They wrote themselves into the history books as the first ever winners of this event.

Bacosi claimed her a medal in her third straight Games after winning gold in the individual skeet in Rio and taking silver in Tokyo.

With the silver in Paris, Hancock picked up his fifth career medal, having won four golds in the past.

Jiang Yiting and Lyu Jianlin of China defeated India’s Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka 44-43 in the bronze medal matchup.

This post has been updated with quotes from Italy’s Diana Bacosi.

Rebeca Andrade was the rival Simone Biles was most worried about and she certainly showed why on Monday.

On Thursday after the individual all-around competition, in which Biles topped Andrade for the gold, the American said she didn’t want to compete against the Brazilian any more.

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil competes during women's floor exercise final of the artistic gymnastics on Bercy Arena on August 5.

Going up against Simone Biles has to be one of the most daunting prospects in all of sports.

While at times if must have felt like she was unbeatable to her rivals, Biles said in her Netflix documentary, which premiered last month, that Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade “scares” her the most out of all her competitors.

At the World Championships last year, Andrade took gold in the vault, while Biles took silver. This victory made Andrade the first athlete to surpass Biles on the vault in that competition since 2015. Andrade also won the world all-around gold medal in 2022.

Now Andrade can add a gold medal in the floor exercise of Paris 2024 to her list of victories over Biles.

But the Brazilian gymnast’s trajectory to success wasn’t smooth sailing.

After dealing with what can be career-ending injuries to gymnasts not once, not twice, but three times - ACL tears in 2015, 2017 and 2019 - and going through three knee surgeries, she has shown grit in the face of adversity.

You can read more about Andrade’s rise to the top here.

Simone Biles’ silver medal in the floor exercise is her fourth medal of these Olympic Games — three golds and one silver — and will add to her record total.

Biles is the most decorated American Olympic gymnast of all time with 11 total medals. She’ll be disappointed to not add more gold to her career tally, but it’s still been an incredibly historic Olympics for the 27-year-old Texan.

Team USA’s Jordan Chiles just pulled out everything she had in this final performance on the floor in her attempt to take the gold medal away from Rebeca Andrade of Brazil.

Simone Biles’ stumbles out of bounds in her routine left her in second place and Andrade in first with a score of 14.166. Chiles hardly put a foot wrong in her routine, but she is looking on nervously to see if it was enough to beat the Brazilian.

And the score is in … it’s 13.666, only good enough for fifth place. But wait! She challenges the difficulty score and wins! Another .1 points are added to her score to finish with 13.766, enough for the bronze!

Andrade takes the gold, Biles the silver and Chiles beats Ana Bărbosu of Romania to the bronze! What an epic ending to these artistic gymnastics!

With penalties taking away Simone Biles’ golden opportunity on the floor, it’s now up to Jordan Chiles to beat out Brazilian Rebeca Andrade to the gold.

Here we go.

Simone Biles in action.

Simone Biles just bounced back in incredible fashion. But penalties are going to keep her form taking home the Olympic gold medal on the floor.

Still, what a routine from the American legend. She gets a standing ovation here in Paris after just crushing that routine.

She stepped out of bounds at two points, which earned her the deductions, but her power was on full display throughout the difficult routine.

The unbelievable speed and torque that Biles gets on her spins are just incredible to see and her flips made her appear to soar through the air and defy gravity itself. Just an unreal performance after disappointment on the beam earlier.

And her score is 14.133 and she’s behind Rebeca Andrade — two more gymnasts to go to see if it’s enough for gold for the Brazilian. The penalties cost Biles .6 points — far more than she would have needed to overtake Andrade.

Drama here in Paris!

Simone Biles is up and has a fresh wrapping of tape on her leg.

A fall in her warm-up appeared to affect the American legend ahead of her final performance here in Paris. The floor exercise will be Biles’ last moment to add a fourth gold medal to her haul and an eighth in her Olympic career.

Simone Biles' leg is seen wrapped after falling during warmups for the floor exercise final on Monday.

Biles appeared to be smarting from the fall in warm-ups. She had dealt with pain in her left calf after a similar incident last week, aggravating an injury she suffered in the lead up to Paris.

Alice D’Amato, who just took the gold in the balance beam earlier today, went ahead of Biles.

She scored a 13.600 and Romanian Ana Bărbosu scored a 13.700. They’re in third and second respectively.

Chase Budinger in action against Norway on Monday.

Chase Budinger’s journey from the NBA to participating in the Olympics in beach volleyball is now well known.

But on Monday, he and his playing partner Miles Evans were knocked out of the men’s competition in Paris after losing to the Norwegian pairing of Christian Sandlie Sørum and Anders Berntsen Mol in the round of 16 in straight sets.

The USA team of Budinger and Evans battled hard in the opening set, eventually succumbing 21-16. And they fell behind early in the second set and never recovered, losing 21-14.

After playing more than 400 NBA games with Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns, Budinger decided to leave the hardwood and turn his attention to beach volleyball, making his professional debut in 2018.

When asked what he would take away from the Paris Games, Budinger said the “memories” would stick with him, adding that playing at the Olympics would “definitely be up there with some of my greatest basketball memories.”

Sørum and Mol, who are the reigning Olympic champions, will face the Spanish pairing of Pablo Herrera Allepuz and Adrián Gavira Collardo in the quarterfinals.

Read more about Budinger’s journey here. 

This post has been updated with quotes from Team USA’s Chase Budinger.

Four of the nine women to perform here in the floor exercise have gone and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade remains top of the field.

Andrade’s score of 14.166 is pacing the group, with China’s Ou Yushan at 13.000, Manila Esposito of Italy at 12.133 and Japan’s Rina Kishi at 13.166.

Two more gymnasts are set to perform before Biles’ next attempt at gold — Romania’s Ana Bărbosu and Italy’s Alice D’Amato who just took gold in the balance beam.

Biles just fell during her warm up for the floor routine, but appeared to be fine after walking back to the bench.

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil competes on Monday.

Rebeca Andrade just absolutely crushed her floor routine and the Brazilians here are going mad.

Andrade scored a 14.166, a solid score that still may not be enough to beat Simone Biles if the American legend performs to her standards.

She set the tone early, pulling off incredible twisting flips and soaring high above the floor. The crowd clapped to the beat of her music as she hardly put a foot wrong the entire time.

It was a swift recovery from a disappointing performance on the balance beam. She failed to medal in that event, taking fourth place.

She was clearly thrilled with her floor routine, her final performance here in Paris. The entertaining Brazilian has been one of the stars of these Games, pushing Biles in multiple competitions.

Andrade has to watch six more competitors perform — including Biles and American Jordan Chiles — before she finds out if she’s done enough for gold.

Manila Esposito of Italy competes in the floor exercise on Monday.

Manila Esposito just claimed a bronze medal in the balance beam, but she seems unlikely to end up on the podium in the floor exercise.

Esposito’s high-energy routine included a fall to her knees and a stumble off the floor for a penalty off a double pike.

Her score sets the initial bar — 12.133.

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade up next to a big cheer from the crowd.

From left to right: silver medalist Angel Barajas of Colombia, gold medalist Shinnosuke Oka of Japan, and co-bronze medalists Zhang Boheng of China and Tang Chia-Hung of Taiwan smile during the medal ceremony for the men's gymnastics individual horizontal bar finals on Monday.

The national anthem of Japan has been played and they’re clearing the podium off the floor. It’s time for the final artistic gymnastics event of these Olympic Games and Simone Biles’ attempt to end an incredible Olympics on a high.

Biles fell off the balance beam earlier in the day, finishing in fifth place in the competition and failing to win gold for the first time in Paris. But the floor has been her stage all week and she’s had the top score on the apparatus each time she’s performed.

Biles is scheduled to be up seventh in the competition. Team USA’s Jordan Chiles will be the final performer of the artistic gymnastics competition as the last athlete scheduled to go on the floor.

Shinnosuke Oka of Team Japan celebrates winning the gold medal after competing in the artistic gymnastics men's horizontal bar final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 5.

Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka just won the gold medal in the men’s horizontal bar here at the Bercy Arena in an insanely close contest.

It was a remarkable final that will be remembered for errors and falls for the vast majority of the competitors.

The Eurosport commentary said it was “quite unusual” to see so many gymnasts botch their landings and lose their grip on the bar, putting it down to perhaps a lack of concentration or fatigue at the end of the competition.

In the end, Oka emerged victorious to pick up his third gold medal of Paris 2024 – in the individual all-around and team events – to go with a bronze in the parallel bars. What a remarkable Games this has been for him.

Ángel Barajas of Colombia and Oka both finished with scores of 14.533, but Oka had the better execution score – 8.633 to 7.933 – to end up with the Olympic title.

The 17-year-old Barajas takes silver to earn a historic first medal in gymnastics for Colombia, while China’s Zhang Boheng and Taiwan’s Tang Chia-Hung share the bronze with a joint score of 13.966.

Marios Georgiou of Cyprus was one of the gymnasts to fall and he tried to explain why so many had made mistakes.

“It’s high bar, it’s 50-50,” he told Eurosport. “50[%] chance to make it, 50[%] chance to not make it. A pity this time it was 50-50 not to make it.”

Georgiou said the lesson he’d learned was “to not give up until your routine is finished.

This post has been updated with more information about the event and quotes from Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka and Cyprus’ Marios Georgiou.

Aleksandra Miroslaw of Team Poland, left, finishes and breaks a new world record from her first heat against Aniya Holder of Team South Africa during the women's speed climbing on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue.

Aleksandra Mirosław was already the world record holder in the women’s speed climbing event.

But the 30-year-old had quite the Monday to remember as she broke her own record twice on the same day.

Speed climbing sees athletes competing to reach the top of a 15-meter wall in the fastest possible time.

Competing in the qualification seeding heats for the event, Poland’s Mirosław pipped her own previous world record of 6.24 seconds by 0.03 seconds.

And that seemed to push her to even greater heights, blowing all other scores out of the water in her second run, recording a time of 6.06 seconds.

In her run in the qualification elimination heat, she posted a time of 6.10 seconds, which also would have broken her previous record.

Mirosław – who finished fourth in Tokyo three years ago in the women’s combined sports climbing event – will now be the strong favorite to win gold in Paris as the competition continues to the knockout stages on Wednesday. 

American gymnast Simone Biles has one more chance for a gold medal today in the floor final.

Biles was the last gymnast on the floor in last week’s team final and delivered an incredibly strong performance that clinched the gold for Team USA. Two nights later, she again crushed her routine to complete a remarkable comeback over Brazilian Rebeca Andrade in the all-around competition.

Qualifying: Biles finished with the top score of 14.600 (difficulty of 6.800, execution of 7.900 with a .01 penalty)

Team final: Biles finished with the top score of 14.666 (difficulty of 6.800, execution of 8.066 with a .02 penalty)

Individual all-around final: Biles finished with the top score, a massive 15.066 (difficulty of 6.900, execution of 8.166)

Katie Moon of the United States competes in the women's pole vault qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis on August 5.

A crowded women’s pole vault final is set for Wednesday after 20 athletes made it through the qualification round.

None of the competitors needed to reach the qualifying standard of 4.70m, as lower heights proved to be more than enough.

A total of 11 athletes cleared 4.55m and nine others tied in 12th place having cleared 4.40m.

Usually, field event finals feature 12 athletes. Although, in pole vault and high jump in particular, sometimes more athletes can make it through if there is a tie and judges allow it.

Team USA’s Katie Moon, the defending Olympic champion, made it through to the final and looked in impressive form.

“I felt amazing. This runway is incredibly fast. Morning sessions are tricky for someone who’s not a morning person at all, so I was a little nervous,” Moon said after making the final.

Italy's Alice D'amato competes in the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 5.

Alice D’Amato’s sterling routine has won her the gold medal in the women’s balance beam competition, a final that was marked by disappointing performances from some of the sport’s top stars.

Italian D’Amato scored a 14.366 to take home the gold. China’s Zhou Yaqin wins silver with a score of 14.100 and Italy’s Manila Esposito takes bronze with a score of 14.000.

“I don’t know what to say. I can’t believe it. I didn’t even expect to win a medal on beam, let alone the gold. I will soak in all the emotions and will do that for as long as I can,” a very emotional D’Amato told reporters after the win.

With the gold medal, D’Amato becomes Italy’s first ever Olympic champion in women’s gymnastics.

What a moment here for Italy as stars Simone Biles, Suni Lee and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade all fail to make the podium.

This post has been updated with quotes from Italy’s Alice D’Amato.

Simone Biles of United States reacts after falling off during her performance in the women's balance beam final on August 5.

There’s still a chance for Simone Biles to ensure this incredible Olympics experience ends on a positive note. She competes later in the floor exercise, which she has twice dominated so far in Paris.

But the disappointing result on beam means that Biles won’t be putting her name into the history books on some new accomplishments today. If she had won gold in both events, she would have tied Katie Ledecky for the most Olympic gold medals ever won by an American woman and tied Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina and Ledecky for the most gold medals ever won by a female Olympian.

USA's Simone Biles falls from the beam during the women's balance beam final at the Bercy Arena on the tenth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France, on August 5.

An agonizing wait for a score here at the Bercy Arena as the judges take their sweet time. The crowd cheers as the judges deliberate, but the tension is off the charts.

Simone Biles is given a score of 13.100, leaving her off the medal podium. She sits in fourth place with just Rebeca Andrade of Brazil left to go.

Alice D’Amato is now guaranteed at least a silver medal after that result.

Truly a shocking moment here at an arena that Biles has dominated over these Games.

Simone Biles of Team United States competes during the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 5.

Simone Biles just fell off the beam, a shocking turn of events for the favorite in this final.

She finishes strong, but it seems unlikely to be able to top Alice D’Amato of Italy’s 14.366.

Over to the judges.

The star of these Olympic Games is now going for her fourth gold medal in Paris and her eighth overall.

Simone Biles is up on the balance beam and the competition appears wide open for her. The score to beat is now Italian Alice D’Amato’s, who just guaranteed herself a medal with a score of 14.366.

The gymnasts are really going for it in this final and it’s just not paying off for some of them.

Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea just went off the beam twice – losing her balance and falling off to her feet early in the routine and then again later on when she fell after losing her footing. It’s a tough break for the 17-year-old who won the gold in this event in the 2023 World Championships.

She scores a 11.733, a disappointing one in her first Olympic Games.

Earlier, Manila Esposito of Italy had scored a 14.000 to put her in second place in the competition.

So far, it’s still Chinese gymnast Zhou Yaqin in the lead with a score to beat of 14.100

And right after Suni Lee goes to the floor in the balance beam finals, Brazil’s Júlia Soares does the same.

While performing a spinning jump split, Soares simply failed to get her footing. She looked for a moment like she’d stay on, but then she was forced to jump to the mat below to keep from falling forcefully.

She scores a 12.333 and is similarly looking like she’s out of the running for a medal.

Sunisa Lee of Team United States during the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 5.

A terrible moment here for Suni Lee.

The bronze medalist in the all-around and the uneven bars just completely fell off the balance beam, crashing to the floor.

Up to that point, Lee had been performing an elegant and stellar routine that was among one of her best so far in these Games. It’s a heartbreaking moment for the gold medalist in the all-around competition in Tokyo.

It appeared that Lee’s foot simply slipped off the beam, leading her to first fall with the beam between her legs before she rolled over the edge to the mat below.

She scores a 13.100 and looks out of the running in this event, her last in Paris.

She had been so solid on the balance beam all week. It had marked her turnaround in the individual all-around competition and helped seal Team USA’s gold in the team event two nights earlier.

Zhou Yaqin of China, warms up on the balance beam before the women's artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals at Bercy Arena on August 5.

It’s time for Suni Lee to take the stage at the Bercy Arena.

China’s Zhou Yaqin just performed the first routine of the day here in this final, having one major misstep in which she bent over and kicked a leg out in order to get her balance. She otherwise had a very solid routine.

Zhou sets the initial bar with a score of 14.100.

Now, it’s Lee’s time on the beam.

Simone Biles of Team United States enters the arena prior to the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 5.

Big cheers inside the arena as the competitors make their way to the floor.

Biles gets the loudest cheer, unsurprisingly, but big noise as well for Team USA’s Sunisa Lee, fresh off her bronze medal in the uneven bars yesterday. She also claimed a bronze in the individual all-around competition last week and a gold with Biles and the rest of the American team.

A loud cheer as well for Rebeca Andrade of Brazil – plenty of green and yellow in the stands here.

Simone Biles of Team United States competes on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 1.

As we get close to Simone Biles taking to the gym here at the Bercy Arena, here’s a brief recap of her incredible week in Paris:

July 28: Biles returns to Olympic competition during the qualification rounds. She aggravated a pain in her calf that she had suffered a couple of weeks before Paris, leading to her needing a heavy tape job and looking to be in obvious pain through the day. Still, she performs well and qualifies for four individual events along with the team final.

July 30: Biles leads Team USA to a dominant win in the team final, finishing the night with an epic floor routine that sealed her comeback on the Olympic stage.

August 1: Now on her own, Biles reclaims her crown as the individual all-around gold medalist in a tight battle with Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, sealing her as the sport’s Greatest Of All-Time – something she alludes to with her goat necklace.

August 3: In another battle with Andrade, Biles takes the gold medal in the vault with a huge score, winning her third gold medal of the Games.

Zou Jingyuan of China in action on the parallel bars at the Bercy Arena, Paris, France, on August 5.

An absolutely dominant performance here by China’s Zou Jingyuan to win the gold in the men’s parallel bars.

With the win, Zou becomes the first gymnast since 1976 to win two consecutive golds in the parallel bars, according to Olympics.com.

His victory is made all the more impressive by fact that he overcame an apparent shoulder injury to take the top prize.

Zou’s score of 16.200 far outpaced Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun, who took the silver with a score of 15.500. Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka takes home the bronze with a score of 15.300.

Kovtun finally gets his Olympic medal after finishing just off the podium in the men’s floor and individual all-around competitions.

This post has been updated with quotes from China’s Zou Jingyuan.

Snoop Dogg attends the equestrian's team dressage final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Chateau de Versailles, Paris, on August 3.

As the Games in Paris continue, there is more on show than world-class sporting prowess.

Whether it be foreign dignitaries, Hollywood celebrities or dedicated athletes, everyone seems to have brought their sartorial A-game to Paris.

Perhaps it’s no surprise that these Games have felt the most fashion-forward, considering luxury conglomerate LVMH is the official sponsor of the event – a partnership estimated to be worth $166 million. Even the Olympic athletes are letting their personalities shine through via arty manicures or spray-painted hair.

From Serena to Starmer to Snoop: click here to see some of the most stylish moments in Paris.

Few people have transcended the climbing world like Alex Honnold.

The American shot to global stardom after climbing Yosemite’s El Capitan without any safety ropes in 2017 – an eye-watering feat captured in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo.

Honnold was spotted at Le Bourget’s sport climbing venue on Monday, where he spoke about being “inspired” by the athletes competing on the global stage.

“It’s great. It’s inspiring to see. Look at all the people,” he said.

He added: “Climbing can use the boost, as it were. Climbing’s been growing in popularity, there are better gyms all over the world.

“So many of us can make a living from rock climbing now in a way that didn’t exist 20 years ago. The Olympics is part of that.”

Great Britain's Molly Caudery reacts after being eliminated in the women's pole vault qualification at the Stade de France on the tenth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Molly Caudery from Team Great Britain will not compete on Wednesday’s pole vault final after failing to clear 4.55 meters in the qualification round.

The Glasgow world indoor champion has jumped 4.92 meters this year, leading the field and was seen as a main contender for the gold medal.

Teammate Holly Bradshaw, who grabbed bronze in Tokyo, also failed to advance.

This post has been updated with quotes from Team GB’s Molly Caudery.

South Korea's An Se-young celebrates after defeating China's He Bingjiao during their women's singles badminton gold medal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics on August 5.

An Se-young of South Korea won the gold medal in the women’s individual badminton event, beating China’s He Bing Jiao in the final.

2023 world champion An was the favorite heading into the final as the tournament’s No. 1 seed. He was the No. 6 seed.

The match largely played out to those rankings, with An comfortably claiming the opener 21-13 after an impressive run of points at the end of the game. In the second game, An had six match points to claim the title before eventually claiming it as He’s shot sailed long to win the game 21-16.

In doing so, An won South Korea’s first medal in the women’s singles badminton event since 1996.

“It feels amazing today, so unbelievable. I took my chances. I’m so very happy,” An said after the gold-medal match.

He won her first Olympic medal by picking up silver. 

This post has been updated with quotes from South Korea’s An Se-young.

Australia's Luke Willian, left, competes in the cycling race, during the mixed's relay triathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on August 5.

Triathletes from the Australian Olympic team were administered medication against E.coli bacteria a month ago, the team’s doctor told reporters on Monday.

Broderick added that the Australian team has been in touch with infectious diseases experts and “we’ve got good opinions prior to coming into that to try and minimize the risk.”

The remarks come after Belgium withdrew from the mixed relay triathlon race which was held earlier today and Switzerland was forced to mix up its roster after athletes from both countries fell ill following the initial triathlon races last week.

The Belgian Olympic committee did not specify their athlete’s illness and the Swiss federation said it was unclear if their athlete’s infection was related to the Seine’s water quality.

Gold medalist Simone Biles of Team United States poses with the Olympic Rings and a goat charm on her necklace during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final medal ceremony on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 1.

Good morning from the City of Light! We’re here at the Bercy Arena for the last day of the high-profile gymnastic competition and all eyes are on one woman: American Simone Biles.

Biles is competing today in the balance beam and the floor exercise, looking to win her fourth and fifth gold medals of these Games.

Biles is already able to say she’s come all the way back from the disappointment of the ‘twisties’ three years ago in Tokyo, and these two competitions are looking to be the icing on the cake for the individual all-around gold medalist.

Biles and the balance beam will get started at roughly 6:30 a.m. ET and we’ll be here to provide you updates all the way through.

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 – and Paris 2024 has no shortage of this type of athlete.

Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna is 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 cementing his family’s name in the record books, his son has already one-upped him, achieving a 74.35-meter throw in April which 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 only once: a personal record of 73.88 meters thrown just before the Sydney Games.

“If you don’t change anything, you’ll be just like your father: without the world record,” Virgilijus said to Lithuanian news outlet Lrytas when asked what he said to his son a month prior to his record-breaking effort.

And the younger Alekna is well on his way to bolstering the family name: Mykolas has just finished competing in the discus qualification, booking his spot in Wednesday’s final with a 67.47m throw.

Read more about Alekna’s journey here.

This post has been updated with quotes from Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna.

L’amour continues to be in the air in Paris with yet another marriage proposal from Olympians. You see, there’s a reason it’s called the ‘City of Love.’

The latest to get engaged was Team USA shot putter Payton Otterdahl, who dropped to one knee and popped the question to girlfriend Maddy in the most scenic of spots, at the base of the Eiffel Tower.

Maddy said yes and the newly engaged couple celebrated with a kiss under the famous monument.

Payton Otterdahl (USA) in the men's shot put final during the Paris 2024 Olympics at Stade de France, on August 3.

It’s not the first proposal we’ve seen at the Paris Games.

The boyfriend of China’s badminton star Huang Yaqiong popped the question just moments after winning she had won gold in the mixed doubles to her surprise — of course, she said yes too.

Huang returns home to China a gold medalist having won silver three years ago and engaged.

And two of Argentina’s athletes — handball’s Pablo Simonet and hockey’s Maria Campoy — got engaged in the Olympic Village, according to Olympics.com.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret during the sport climbing women's combined final at Tokyo 2020.

Sport climbing has just gotten underway in Paris, after making its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games.

It was an instant hit during the last Games with spectators stunned by the speed and dexterity of the athletes.

Janja Garnbret is one the greatest female sport climbers of all-time and the Slovenian will be back in action again this year, hoping to add to the combined gold she won three years ago.

Garnbret, who recovered from a serious injury to be ready to compete this week, spoke to CNN Sport ahead of this year’s Games about her goals.

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“Once you have one Olympic medal, you always want another one. So I’m working really hard,” she said.

The men’s boulder and lead semifinals are currently underway, with Garnbret scheduled to start competing tomorrow in the women’s event.

Read more about Garnbret’s preparation for this year’s Olympics here.

Dominican Republic's Yeral Nunez, Qatar's Abderrahman Samba, Sweden's Oskar Edlund and Norway's Karsten Warholm compete in the men's 400m hurdles heat at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, on August 5.

Norwegian world record holder Karsten Warholm dominated the second 400 meters hurdles heat, booking his spot in the semifinal.

The defending world and Olympic champion is looking to pick up his second gold in the event.

France’s Clément Ducos finished second with a big personal best, followed by Abderrahman Samba from Qatar.

Team USA’s Rai Benjamin comfortably won the first heat advancing to the semis.

Three more heats to go with the first three automatically going through to the next round. The rest will be back for the repechage round.

This post has been updated with quotes from Norway’s Karsten Warholm.

Kimia Yousofi of Afghanistan holds up a sign after competing in the women's 100m preliminary round in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on August 2.

For Kimia Yousofi, it was never about winning the gold.

The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights to the ruling Taliban.

“Education. Sport. Our Rights,” said a handwritten note on the back of Yousofi’s race bib that she proudly displayed after finishing in 13.42 seconds at the Stade de France on Friday.

“I am fighting for a land where the terrorists came. If they get into your house, you say, ‘OK, get out, this is my house.’ What should I feel? They took my land,” she said after the race. “No one in Afghanistan recognizes them as the government. No one. They cannot talk. I can talk.”

Afghanistan under Taliban rule is the most repressive country in the world for women’s rights, according to the United Nations. Since it returned to power in 2021, the hardline Islamist group has closed secondary schools for girls, banned women from attending university and working at NGOs, restricted their travel without a male chaperone, and banned them from public spaces such as parks and gyms.

The Taliban’s so-called morality police have also disproportionately targeted women and girls, creating a “climate of fear and intimidation,” according to a UN report published last month.

Yousofi, 28, is Afghanistan’s sole female track representative in Paris, part of the country’s six-member Olympic team – made up of three men and three women in a symbolic sign of gender equality.

Read more about Yousofi’s journey here.

Li Yuehong of Team People's Republic of China competes in the shooting 25m rapid fire pistol men's final at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on August 5, in Chateauroux, France.

China retook top spot in the Paris Games medal table following Li Yuehong’s gold in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol on Monday.

Li, who holds the world record in the shooting discipline, was dominant in the final, finishing seven shots ahead of second-placed Cho Yeongjae of South Korea.

Li took part in two weeks of military training last December to help him prepare for the Paris Games, and he paid tribute to it afterwards.

His gold comes after bronze medals in both Rio in 2016 and Tokyo three years ago.

China had relinquished first place in the medal table last night following Noah Lyles’ 100m gold, but Li’s skeet first place puts the nation back on top with 20 golds.

Li’s countryman Wang Xinjie took bronze. 

This post has been updated with quotes from China’s Li Yuehong.

Gold medal winners Germany's Tim Hellwig, Lisa Tertsch, Lasse Luehrs, Laura Lindemann celebrate during a medal ceremony for the mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics, on Augusy 5, in Paris, France.

Germany took home the Olympic gold medal in the mixed relay triathlon on Monday after a dramatic comeback as Laura Lindemann helped overcome a 12-second deficit to help the Germans get the win.

The USA defending its silver medal from Tokyo and Great Britain picked up the bronze in a photo finish in front of the packed Paris streets.

The British team was unable to defend its title from the Tokyo Olympic Games, the first edition of the mixed relay triathlon.

The build-up of the race was dominated by ongoing discussions around the safety of the River Seine.

There were questions if the event would go on as planned on Monday morning, but Paris 2024 said water levels in the Seine “showed the quality to be at a level considered ‘very good’ by World Triathlon’s criteria.”

On Sunday, Belgium had to withdraw from the race and Switzerland had to mix up its roster after athletes from both countries fell ill following the initial triathlon races last week.

The swim section of the mixed relay is shorter than in individual races.

The race itself was equally as dramatic as the build-up.

Led by men’s gold medalist Alex Yee, Team GB looked to be in pole position, but a strong final leg from Germany’s Lindemann and USA’s Taylor Knibb made it a three-horse race.

Lindemann and Knibb, alongside team GB’s Beth Potter, had a late sprint to the finish line and the German managed to cross the line in first to win her country the gold.

This is Germany’s first triathlon medal in any discipline — men’s, women’s and mixed relay — since 2008.

The medalists were helped by an early crash that impacted hosts France and medal contenders New Zealand.

Men’s silver medalist Hayden Wilde and French athlete Pierre Le Corre collided during the cycling segment of the first leg and dashed their respective country’s chances of finishing on the podium.

France ended up finishing fourth despite the crash.

This post has been updated with quotes from Germany’s Tim Hellwig, Lisa Tertsch and Laura Lindemann

With its breakneck competition, exhilarating starts and whitewater waves, the kayak cross has proven to be one of the most unique and exciting spectacles at these Olympic Games, already going viral on social media.

First, the four competitors are dropped into the water from a two-meter high ramp and paddle furiously down the 210-meter course, trying to barge each other out of the way before they take on obstacles like barrel-rolling their kayak under a bar, as well as navigating upstream and downstream buoys.

And as if that wasn’t enough, competitors can be disqualified if they break the start, miss a buoy, paddle dangerously or don’t complete the 360-degree eskimo roll.

Read more about the viral new Olympic sport here.

Gold medallists Team China China's Xu Jiayu, China's Qin Haiyang, China's Sun Jiajun and China's Pan Zhanle pose on the podium of the men's 4x100m medley relay final swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, on August 4.

China’s internet exploded with joy and pride after the country’s swimmers ended Team USA’s decades-long reign in the men’s 4x100m medley at the Olympics.

It was a spectacular win for a Chinese team that has faced intense scrutiny in the wake of a doping controversy.

Pan Zhanle, who set the world record in the 100m freestyle last week, powered China from third into the lead in the final leg of the relay on Sunday, overtaking his American and French rivals in a stunning reversal.

It was the nation’s second swimming gold in Paris, but outside of China, their success has been met with scrutiny — including from some of their peers in the world of elite swimming.

Read more about the controversy around China’s swimmers here.

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.

As Monday’s events kick off, catch up with the best pictures from Sunday.

Athletes compete in an incredibly close men's 100-meter final on Sunday, August 4. American Noah Lyles, third from bottom, beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second. 

Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour competes in the women's uneven bars final on August 4. She made history winning her country's first gold medal in the sport - and Africa's first ever gymnastics medal of any kind.

A spectator watches the women's cycling road race on August 4. 

American swimmer Bobby Finke competes in the men’s 1500-meter freestyle final August 4. Finke won his third career gold medal in the race and finished with a time of 14:30.67 to smash the previous world record. 

Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates match point against Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles tennis final on August 4. This was Djokovic's first gold medal and earned him a career golden slam. 

Athletes compete in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase on August 4. 

American golfer Scottie Scheffler celebrates with his wife, Meredith Scudder, and child after winning the gold medal in men’s individual stroke play August 4. 

See more of the best photos of the Paris Olympics.

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

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.