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Athletics: Lyles wins men's 100m gold in photo-finish

Here we go then. Introductions for each of the runners. All of them get big cheers, the biggest reserved for Noah Lyles and Marcell Jacobs.

Lyles beats his chest as he runs out onto track. He looks confident.

After what seems like an interminable wait, the referee finally gives the call for on your marks. The runners were jumping up and down to stay warm.

This is remarkable. It's a great start from Thompson. Lyles is slow out of the blocks but he's quickly catching.

It'sa photo finish at the line!

They've given it to Lyles! 9.79 (9.784) PB, by five-thousandths of a second! He sets off running around the track in celebration, jumping up and down, as his win is confirmed.

Thompson in 9.789.

Fred Kerley bronze in 9.81.

Lyles has found his mother in the crowd and is getting massive hugs from her. The world champion is the Olympic champion.

Team sports results from Paris 2024, Day 9, 4 August 2024

Let's check out the results from all the team sports today, and what they mean:

Men's 3x3 basketball

• France 21-12 People's Republic of China
• Poland 16-22 Latvia
• Lithuania 20-18 Serbia
• USA 6-21 Netherlands

That meant Latvia and Netherlands qualified for the semi-finals, with Lithuania, Serbia, France, and Poland qualifying for the play-in round.

• Lithuania 21-15 Poland
• Serbia 19-22 France

The semi-finals are set as follows: Latvia vs France, Netherlands vs Lithuania

Women's basketball

• Japan 58-85 Belgium
• Canada 70-79 Nigeria
• Germany 68-87 USA
• Australia 79-72 France

The quarter-finalist teams are: USA, Spain, France, Serbia, Germany, Australia, Nigeria, Belgium

Men's handball

• Sweden 40-27 Japan
• Egypt 34-27 Argentina
• Germany 36-29 Slovenia
• Hungary 20-24 France
• Denmark 32-25 Norway
• Spain 32-31 Croatia

The bracket is set as follows, starting with the quarter-finals: Germany vs France, Spain vs Egypt, Norway vs Slovenia, Denmark vs Sweden

Men's hockey quarter-finals

• India 1 Great Britain 1 (India win 4-2 in a shootout)
• Belgium 2 Spain 3
• Netherlands 2 Australia 0
• Germany 3 Argentina 2

Netherlands play Spain and Germany face India in the semi-finals.

Women's volleyball

• Italy 3-0 Türkiye
• France 0-3 USA
• China 3-1 Serbia
• Brazil 3-0 Poland

The bracket is set as follows, starting with the quarter-finals: Brazil vs Dominican Republic, USA vs Poland, China vs Türkiye, Italy vs Serbia

Women's water polo

• Hungary 12-14 Australia (penalty shootout, 9-9 after regulation)
• Italy 11-13 Spain
• Canada 11-20 Netherlands
• France 4-11 Greece

The bracket is set as follows, starting with the quarter-finals: Australia vs Greece, Hungary vs USA, Netherlands vs Italy, Canada vs Spain

Athletics: Lyles reacts to gold

Here is some immediate reaction from the 100m championNoah Lyles:

"It’s been a rollercoaster, ups and downs. I’m usually a guy who likes to come out blazing in all my rounds, especially in the 200m. But the 100m, it’s my first time here on the Olympic stage.

"You only need one. As long as that’s the last one, that’s all that matters."

He added to UK broadcasters BBC Sport:

"I had to take every round as it was and I was a little upset after the first round so I came with the aggression and after I ran that (9.)83 (in semis) and I was done with the aggression. My sports therapist told me you need to let go, you're holding on. Let go and release it."

Athletics: Silver medallist Thompson - "I didn't trust myself enough"

We've just heard from a reflectiveKishane Thompson in the mixed zone, where he was remarkably serene about having missed out on gold by just 0.005 seconds.

"To make it here and to give off one of my best performances, not my best, I'm really grateful for it," he said. "I mean, I made a mistake. I'm just going to keep on working and doing as best as I can.

"I didn't trust myself enough, and my speed, to bring me to the line in the right position I needed to be.

"Today I really gained a lot of experience running with all these great competitors. Big up to all of them. But I really beat myself today in that I didn't trust myself and my speed to bring myself to the line in first place.

"I don't look at it as to do it over. I just have to take it and move on, there's no going back. I'm disappointed but I'm also glad, I'm grateful. At the same time I've finished injury-free, I made my mistakes, and I know what I should improve on now, so for that experience I'm super proud of myself."

Athletics: How quick was the men's 100m final at Paris 2024?

According to World Athletics, that race made a bit of history: the first time a single 100m race, with a legal wind, has seen eight men crack 10 seconds.

1. Noah Lyles, USA, 9.79 (.784) PB
2. Kishane Thompson, JAM, 9.79 (.789)
3. Fred Kerley, USA, 9.81 SB
4. Akani Simbine, RSA, 9.82 NR
5. Lamont Marcell Jacobs, ITA, 9.85 SB
6. Letsile Tebogo, BOT, 9.86 NR
7. Kenny Bednarek, USA, 9.88
8. Oblique Seville, JAM, 9.91

Athletics: National records set in men's 100m final

Congratulations go, too, toAkani Simbine in fourth andLetsile Tebogo in sixth for setting new national records for South Africa and Botswana respectively: 9.82 and 9.86.

Athletics: Lyles celebrates with champions' bell

Noah Lyles cups his ears as he heads over to the Olympic champions' bell at the Stade de France – it will be donated to Notre-Dame after the Games – and rings it about eight times.

The camera cuts to Snoop Dogg in the stands cheering with a big USA flag.

What a finish that was from Lyles, who didn't look in it about halfway through!

Athletics: Time for the men's 100m final

Ahead of the men's 100m final, we have a light show accompanied by music from a DJ in the Stade de France!

The final lines up as follows:

• Lane 2: Kenny Bednarek, USA
• Lane 3: Fred Kerley, USA
• Lane 4: Kishane Thompson, JAM
• Lane 5: Akani Simbine, RSA
• Lane 6: Oblique Seville, JAM
• Lane 7: Noah Lyles, USA
• Lane 8: Letsile Tebogo, BOT
• Lane 9: Lamont Marcell Jacobs, ITA

Fencing: Japan win men's team foil gold

Over in the fencing, top seedsJapan have taken the men's team foil title against second seedsItaly!

Italy actually led 20-18 and 25-23 earlier, but the Japanese team have been on a run, taking 12 of the last 14 points to win 45-36.

Earlier,France took bronze over USA.

Athletics: Ethan Katzberg (CAN) wins men's hammer throw

We're into the final round of throws in themen's hammer throw final now.

World championEthan Katzberg of Canada leads with a mammoth 84.12m first-round effort, which came within 0.68m of the Olympic record that stands from 1988!

No one else is close, withBence Halász of Hungary sitting in second on 79.97m andMykhaylo Kokhan of Ukraine on 79.39 in third.

Can anyone shake that up in this final round?

None of the men in fifth to eighth can. So Norway'sEivind Henriksen is up next as the only man who can knock one of the top three out of the medals. But that effort is well short, and our top three is set.

Kokhan gets his effort close to the 80m line but that doesn't look like an improvement. So we're down to two.

That looks like it's right around 80m or so for the Hungarian Halász, perhaps. He will walk away with silver on his birthday, with no improvement.

So our world champion is also the Olympic champion. Can Katzberg improve on his best mark?

The Stade de France claps as one for the Canadian. That's well over the 80m mark but won't be an improvement, it doesn't matter, he is the gold medallist! He runs over to celebrate with his coaches, giving one of them a big bear hug as he punches the air.

Athletics: Men's 1500m finalists set

The contest between Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway andJosh Kerr of Great Britain is the biggest draw in the men's 1500m, and here in the semi-finals Kerr just matches Ingebrigtsen on the final 200m as they cross first and second.

The top six from each semi-final qualified for the final, and they are: Ingebrigtsen, Kerr, Cole Hockey (USA), Brian Komen (KEN), Stefan Nillessen (NED), Pietro Arese (ITA); Yared Nuguse (USA), Hobbs Kessler (USA), Neil Gourley (GBR), Niels Laros (NED), Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN), Narve Gilje Nordås (NOR).

Athletics: Mahuchikh wins gold after 2.04m miss

Mahuchikh misses her one and only attempt at 2.04m.

Joint-bronze medallistIryna Gerashchenko immediately runs across to her and gives her a big hug, draped in their national flag.

Two Ukrainians and two Australians will share the podium: Mahuchikh gold on 2.00m, Nicola Olyslagers silver on countback on 2.00m, and joint-bronze for Gerashchenko and Eleanor Patterson on 1.95m, who couldn't be separated on countback.

Athletics: Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women's high jump gold

Two misses at 2.02. Nicola Olyslagers needs to clear this… and she doesn't.

Gold forYaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine. Olyslagers will take silver for a second Olympic Games running.

Mahuchikh, who also has two misses at 2.02, will have one more shot at that height with the gold medal to her name. If she clears it, she could potentially try for a new record.

In fact, she is passing at 2.02 and will have one attempt at 2.04m.

Athletics: Women's 800m finalists confirmed

A little earlier, we had the three semi-final heats in thewomen's 800m.

Here are the eight women who have reached the final, to be held tomorrow night:

Mary Moraa (KEN) 1:57.86, Worknesh Mesele (ETH) 1:58.06; Tsige Duguma (ETH) 1:57.47, Shafiqua Maloney (VIN) 1:57.59, Juliette Whittaker (USA) 1:57.76, Renelle Lamote (FRA) 1:57.78; Keely Hodgkinson (GBR) 1:56.86, Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA) 1:57.57

Athletics: Nicola Olyslagers clears 2.00m to keep high jump going

So here we go. Two misses forNicola Olyslagers, while Mahuchikh has cleared 2.00m.

Can Olyslagers do it too? She does! On we go.

Athletics: Patterson (AUS) and Gerashchenko (UKR) tie for bronze

Two women are left in the race in thewomen's high jump final: world record holderYaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine and defending silver medallistNicola Olyslagers of Australia.

Their teammatesIryna Gerashchenko andEleanor Patterson respectively are out at 1.98m, tying for bronze on 1.95m with three total misses each.

Athletics: World leader Thompson, Tokyo silver medallist Kerley through to 100 final

This third semi-final includesAndre de Grasse of Canada,Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain,world leaderKishane Thompson of Jamaica,Abdul Hakim Sani Brown of Japan,Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya, andFred Kerley of USA.

It's a stacked heat, and some of those big names are going to miss out. Who, is the question.

And it's Thompson, in 9.80, from Fred Kerley in 9.84.

It means Jacobs and Bednarek qualify from semi-final 2 on time.

Hughes got a really slow start and never caught up.

Athletics: Simbine, Tebogo qualify from second 100m semi-final

Defending championMarcell Jacobs gets a pretty big cheer in this second semi-final. Others in this heat includeAckeem Blake of Jamaica, Botswana'sLetsile Tebogo, South Africa'sAkani Simbine, and USA'sKenny Bednarek.

Simbine takes it in 9.87, just pipping Tebogo in 9.91!

Jacobs 9.92 in third and Bednarek 9.93 in fourth are on the bubble ahead of the third heat.

Athletics: Seville, Lyles qualify from fast first 100m semi

Men's 100m semi-finals time. The top two per semi-final, and the next two fastest, qualify for the final at 9:50pm tonight.

This first heat features world champion Noah Lyles of USA, and eight of the nine men in it have a personal best under 10 seconds.

Lyles gets a big roar and he shows off for the camera. Also in this heat isLouie Hinchliffe of Great Britain and Jamaica'sOblique Seville.

It's a slow start from Lyles, but he catches up, and it'sSeville who wins in a 9.81 PB.

Lyles in 9.83 right behind him, but that was fast!

A decent 0.7m/s tailwind.

Athletics: Recap of men's 400m heats

We've had the men's 400m heats earlier this evening and we can now bring you the qualifiers for the semi-finals.

There was a big surprise as defending championSteven Gardiner did not make the start line.

USA'sMichael Norman andQuincy Hall were the top qualifiers in 44.10 and 44.28 respectively.

Athletics: Tamberi fighting illness to make Paris start line

Some breaking news from reigning men's high jump Olympic championGianmarco Tamberi: he's still in Italy and recovering from "probably kidney stones", and fighting hard to make it to Paris.

"I did everything for this Olympics, everything. I really don't deserve this.

"One thing is certain, I don't know how I'll get there, but I'll be on that platform and I'll give my soul until my last jump, whatever my condition is."

Tennis: Nadal offers encouragement to Alcaraz

Rada Nadal has sent a post on X offering encouragement to men's singles silver medallist and his doubles partner here,Carlos Alcaraz.

"Although I know that today is a difficult day, value a medal that is very important for the whole country, and you will see in time, for you too.

"Thanks for this incredible week and for a medal that you have given us, to Spanish sport."

Swimming: USA break women's 4x100m medley relay world record to close swimming at Paris 2024

Would you believe it, this is thelast swimming final of Paris 2024.

It's thewomen's 4x100m medley final. Australia are top qualifiers, with Canada in 5, USA in 6, and People's Republic of China in 3 the other teams who will fancy their chances.

Away they go andKaylee McKeown leads early on in the middle for the Aussies. There's very little to separate the favourites though!

USA lead at 50 throughRegan Smith but on the turn she has taken a chunk out of the field! She will hand over toLilly King in the lead.

King has a clear lead now and the world record line has popped up on screen. She is over a length clear ofJenna Strauch.

Gretchen Walsh has a massive lead as she hits the pool for the fly. This is three lengths, if not more. Nearly three seconds ahead.

Walsh is well inside the world record split now!Maggie Mac Neil has pulled Canada clear in second.

Torri Huske is on anchor for USA and a length ahead of the world record pace.Summer McIntosh is trying to chase her down for Canada.

Mollie O'Callaghan andYang Junxuan are both closing on McIntosh!

Have they both taken her?

World record for USA and gold! 3:49.63, lowers the U.S.'s own mark from the 2019 World Championships.

Australia take silver and China bronze, with Canada dropping back to fourth.

Tennis: Errani and Paolini win women's doubles gold

A career golden slam in doubles forSara Errani!

She and Italian compatriotJasmine Paolini have won women's doubles gold, beatingMirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider (AIN) in a match tie-break.

Each of the two sets were pretty uneven, but there was a close match-tie-break in which Errani and Paolini triumph.

2-6 6-1 [10]-[7].

Swimming: CHN win men's 4x100m medley relay

Time for the last two events in the pool: the medley relay finals.

First, themen's 4x100m medley relay, in which hostsFrance qualified fastest. CanLéon Marchand add a fifth gold medal?

Great Britain are in lane 2, USA in 3, People's Republic of China in 5, and Australia – perhaps surprisingly – in 7.

Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle. That means we get to watchAdam Peaty back in action, having recovered from Covid which he suffered with last week.

Florent Manaudou gets the French home crowd pumped up with a Viking clap as the host team is introduced. "Allez les Bleus!" rings out, as it has all week, once more.

Off they go to a deafening roar withRyan Murphy andXu Jiayu leading the race at the 50 turn, under world record pace.

Peaty,Nic Fink, Qin Haiyang, and Marchand are now in the water. "Allez!" every time Marchand comes up for air. It's Peaty who leads at 150.

But Marchand is dropping back slightly against the three breaststroke specialists. Qin will giveSun Jiajun the lead for the fly. Here comesCaeleb Dressel for USA. Wait, here come France!

Maxime Grousset hits the front on the back 50 of the fly and the place goes absolutely wild!

France lead going into freestyle. Here goes Manaudou.Hunter Armstrong is right behind him. And here comesPan Zhanle for China!

France from China and USA as they make the final turn.

Pan wins it for China from USA and France!

3:27.46 the winning time, with USA in 3:28.01 and France in 3:28.38.