At least eight U.S. squads are competing across six team sports, 25 sports in total are in action, and USA TODAY Sports will bring you live results, the medal count, highlights, and more throughout the day. Follow along.
American Tommy Paul defeated Corentin Moutet in their third-round matchup at Roland-Garros. Paul persevered in the first set before cruising in the second for a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win. Paul is trying to become the first American since 2016 in Rio to reach the medal finals.
Novak Djokovic beat Dominik Koepfer, 7-5, 6-3, in their third round men's singles match in Paris. Next up for Djokovic will be Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the quarterfinals.
VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Team USA rowers Michelle Sechser and Molly Reckford finished third in their semifinal heat of the lightweight women’s doubles sculls Wednesday to advance to Friday’s finals at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
Sechser and Reckford qualified in a time of 7:05.03, behind rowing power Great Britain (6:59.79) and New Zealand (7:02.86). Sechser and Rexford finished fifth, a second behind the gold-medal winning Italian team, at the 2020 Olympic games. — David Birkett
PARIS — A day that looked to be golden for United States BMX freestyle rider Hannah Roberts ended in disappointment, but American teammate Perris Benegas took silver in the women’s BMX park freestyle competition Wednesday at Place de la Concorde. China’s Yawen Deng took gold with a best score of 92.60. Australia’s Natalya Diehm won bronze.
Roberts’ first run started auspiciously and looked to be cruising into first, the position in which she entered finals. But she could not nail a front flip at the end of her first run.
Then in her second run of two, Roberts could not land her first jump and conceded the attempt in agony. The five-time world champion and Tokyo silver medalist left Paris empty-handed. — Chris Bumbaca
Serbia star Novak Djokovic fought off Germany's Dominik Koepfer in their first set, 7-5, and has jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third-round match. Djokovic beat Spain's Rafael Nadal in straight sets during the second round.
Alex Yee of Great Britain barely edged Hayden Wilde of New Zealand down the stretch to win the gold medal in the men's triathlon Wednesday. The event was staged after two days of uncertainty over unsafe bacteria levels in the Seine.
Leo Bergere of France placed third for the bronze.
Yuxi Chen and Hongchan Quan came away with the gold medal in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform event.
Jin Mi Jo and Mi Rae Kim of North Korea placed second to take silver, while Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson of Great Britain will take home the bronze.
Americans Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell, who won silver in Tokyo, placed sixth. Schnell will compete in the 10-meter individual event later in Paris.
Kate Douglass and Lilly King were among the top 16 finishers in the 200-meter breaststroke prelims and will swim in Wednesday's semifinals.
Douglass finished first in her heat -- and second overall -- with a time of 2:23.44. The only swimmer to post a better time was South Africa's Tatjana Smith with 2:21.57.
King barely missed a medal in the 100 breaststroke earlier in the week.
Regan Smith, who has already won a silver medal in Paris in the 100-meter backstroke, posted the second-best time in prelims – and best time in her heat – for the 200m butterfly (2:06.99). Smith will move on to the semifinals in the event in which she won the silver medal in Tokyo.
Teammate Alex Shackell, at 2:07.49, also advanced with the fifth-fastest time.
American Ryan Murphy moved on to the 200-meter backstroke semifinals after finishing his heat in second place with a time of 1:57.03. Murphy finished 0.41 seconds behind Roman Mityukov of Switzerland.
Keaton Jones, 19, placed fourth in his heat and qualified for the semifinals with the 11th-fastest time at 1:57.54.
PARIS – After two days of uncertainty about whether the Olympic triathlon would be held as a full event due to unsafe bacteria levels in the River Seine, athletes finally got the go-ahead early Wednesday morning and plunged into the river under a sprinkle of rain.
By the time the women’s event entered the final few kilometers, the skies had parted and a pack of four runners were bunched tightly together, far ahead of the field.
In the end, France’s Cassandre Beaugrand made a late surge to win gold, finishing the circuit in 1 hour, 54 minutes and 55 seconds. Switzerland’s Julie Derron took silver six seconds behind, while Great Britain’s Beth Potter won the bronze.
Defending Olympic champion Flora Duffy finished in fifth place. The top American was Taylor Spivey in eighth place.
After more than 100 years of banning swimming in the Seine, France spent 1.4 billion Euros to clean it up and prevent sewage from spilling into the river in order to hold this competition. It is also a legacy project: After the Olympics, the hope by city leaders is that citizens will be able to swim in it. — Dan Wolken
Taylor Knibb (USA) leads a group of riders across the Pont Alexandre III with Les Invalides in the background. Andrew Nelles, USA TODAY Sports
Beiwen Zhang will compete in the knockout rounds of the women's badminton tournament after winning her group (2-0) with a 22-20, 22-20 victory over Thuy Linh Nguyen (Vietnam) on Wednesday.
Here are some Olympic schedule highlights . Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds in Paris. All times Eastern .
Swimming heats start at 5 a.m. The finals for the women’s 100m backstroke and men’s 100m free are back to back, starting at 4:27 p.m. The final for the men’s 4x200m free relay is at 3:50 p.m. NBC is airing the finals. USA Network is airing heats.
The men’s gymnastics all-around final is at 11:30 a.m. NBC is airing.
Women’s soccer has six group play matches: Japan vs. Nigeria (11 a.m.), Brazil vs. Spain (11 a.m.), Zambia vs. Germany (1 p.m.), Australia vs. USWNT (1 p.m., E!), New Zealand vs. France (3 p.m.), Colombia vs. Canada (3 p.m.).
Men’s basketball has two group stage games: Puerto Rico vs. Serbia (11:15 a.m.), U.S. vs. South Sudan (3 p.m., USA Network).
Women’s basketball has two group stage games: Spain vs. Puerto Rico (5 a.m.) China vs. Serbia (7:30 a.m.)
The 3x3 basketball slate has eight games starting at 11:30 a.m. and running through 4:35 p.m. NBC is airing the U.S. men’s (4:35 p.m.) and women’s games (3:30 p.m.).
BMX freestyle holds park finals for the women (7:10 a.m., USA Network) and men (8:45 a.m., USA Network).
Open water swimming — and the Seine — are in the spotlight again with the women’s triathlon (2 a.m.). USA Network is airing.
Other sports in action: Archery, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe slalom, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, handball, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, water polo.
NBC is airing and streaming the Paris Olympics from all angles: Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds; NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! are carrying various live events and replays throughout the day. Here are six tips and tricks for getting the most out of Peacock during the Olympics .
Heats for the following events start at 5 a.m.: women’s 200m breaststroke, 200m fly; men’s 200m backstroke
Semifinals for the following events start in the afternoon: women’s 200m fly (2:42 p.m.), men’s 200 backstroke (3:34 p.m.), women’s 200m breaststroke (3:46 p.m.)
Katie Ledecky has looked superhuman in the 1,500 free, an event she has dominated since winning gold at the 2013 world championships when she was 16. In Tokyo, the women’s 1,500 was finally added to the Olympic program. She won gold by 4 seconds. Will she repeat in Paris?
Team USA’s star-studded team of LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and company are set to play South Sudan, a team making its first Olympic appearance. The Bright Stars are led by guard Carlik Jones, who averaged 26 points while playing for the Chicago Bulls’ G League team in 2022-23. Phoenix Suns center Bol Bol, son of Manute Bol, could also make the South Sudan roster along with Khaman Malauch, who is headed to Duke. Malauch is a 7-foot-1, 250-pound center who honed his game at the NBA Academy in Senegal.
Twenty-one-year-old Nevin Harrison of Seattle won gold in the women’s canoe sprint at the Tokyo Olympics. The women’s canoe 200 sprint was added to the Olympic program for Tokyo as a push toward gender equity. Harrison overtook veteran Laurence Vincent Lapointe of Canada in the Tokyo final.
Organizers cleared the 2024 Paris Olympics women's and men's triathlons to go ahead on Wednesday after the latest water tests on the Seine river showed lower levels of bacteria, ending days of uncertainty over whether the central Paris swim was viable after heavy rains.
The men's triathlon had been scheduled to take place on Tuesday but was postponed until Wednesday after the river failed water quality tests. — Reuters
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