Olympics LIVE: Katie Ledecky wins historic ninth gold as Julien Alfred beats Sha’Carri Richardson in 100m final

It has been another action-packed day at the Olympics with Team GB extending their record start to Paris 2024 .

Julien Alfred is the new queen of the track after storming to gold in the women’s 100m final. The St Lucian had too much for the USA’s Sha’Carri Richardson , producing a national record in 10.72. Daryll Neita came fourth and Dina Asher-Smith failed to qualify for the final.

Katie Ledecky won her ninth Olympic gold medal to set swimming history and equal the all-time women’s record as she defend her 800m freestyle title. Great Britain lost both their title and world record to the United States in the mixed 4x100m medley relay . Adam Peaty, who said earlier that he has not has not sufficiently recovered from Covid , was not part of the team.

Simone Biles was back in action and dominated proceedings to grab her third gold of the Games with a scintillating performance in the vault final , after Jake Jarman claimed bronze in the men’s floor final. However, Max Whitlock agonisingly missed out on a medal by finishing fourth in the pommel horse as he failed to claim a historic third straight gold medal but rides into retirement as an Olympic legend.

It was the final day of rowing this morning and Great Britain ended a hugely successful regatta by claiming a superb gold in the men’s eight and taking a creditable bronze medal in the women’s eight. Emma Wilson then added bronze in the women’s windsurfing as she dominated the class all week but could only come third in the medal race, while Remco Evenepoel added men’s road race gold to his time trial victory last weekend.

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