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Paris 2024 Olympics day 10: Andrade pips Biles to floor gold on day of drama; athletics, cycling and more – live

By Sarah Rendell (now) Will Unwin andJoey Lynch (earlier) and Daniel Harris and James Wallace (later),

12 hours ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3B8nUL_0ungw88N00 — Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates with her national flag after winning gold. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

3.39pm BST

Women’s 10m platform : Heartbreak for GB’s Lois Toulson as she finished 13th, the top 12 qualified for the final.

China’s Hongchan Quan and Yuxi Chen are through, one and two on the leader board. GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix finished third to qualify for Tuesday’s final.

Australia’s Ellie Cole and Melissa Wu also join them.

3.37pm BST

Kayak cross : The women’s and men’s small finals – determining fifth to eighth – will take place before the finals.

3.36pm BST

Men’s kayak cross : The second semi sees Czech Republic’s Lukas Rohan in for the disqualified Titouan Castryck.

Oh my word, Rohan is into the final. France’s Boris Neveu had one eye on the finish line and it slows him down on the last gate. Wow. Germany’s Noah Hegge joins him.

Women’s final to come now.

3.29pm BST

Men’s kayak cross : The first semi-final sees GB’s Joe Clarke start really strongly, he has raced to a good lead here. The lead really helps when it comes to the gates, there is less of a battle around each.

It is Clarke and New Zealand’s Finn Butcher who are through to the semis.

3.27pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : The USA’s Simone Biles has spoken to reporters after her silver medal win on floor.

She said: “Today has been wild. I’ve been out on that floor so many times this week, so exhaustion sets in... I’m not very upset or anything. I’m happy, proud and even more excited that it’s over.”

3.24pm BST

Men’s badminton : The gold medal match is happening and Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen has won the first game 21-11 against Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn.

3.22pm BST

Women’s kayak cross : The second semi-final is stacked full of stars with France’s Angele Hug probably favourite here.

GB’s Kim Woods is battling well and is well ahead at the moment but anything can happen in this sport! But Woods does qualify and Hug does expertly to battle back to a qualification spot. Wow.

No room for a breather, men’s semi-finals inbound.

3.18pm BST

Women’s 10m platform : In the semi-final there is no change at the top of the leaderboard.

GB’s Lois Toulson is currently 17th, it is just the top 12 who go through to the final.

3.17pm BST

Women’s kayak cross : The first of the semi-finals here and it is Australia Noemie Fox who gets ahead, this is absolutely electric.

The three behind Fox are in such a close battle but New Zealand’s Luuka Jones picks up a penalty as did Algeria’s Carole Bouzidi. So it is Fox and Germany’s Elena Lilik who are through to the final.

3.15pm BST

Men’s kayak cross : Well there has been a bit of drama, France’ Titouan Castryck has been pinged for a fault and so his qualification to the semis have been revoked.

3.14pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : There has been such a touching moment at the women’s floor medal ceremony. The USA’s Jordan Chile and Simone Biles, who won bronze and silver, have put a guard of honour for Rebeca Andrade, who won gold.

3.11pm BST

3.09pm BST

Men’s kayak cross : France’s Titouan Castryck and Germany’s Noah Hegge are the last paddlers to qualify for the semis.

This sport does not slow down as we head straight to the women’s semis.

3.07pm BST

Italy win skeet mixed team gold

Italy have won a gold medal for skeet mixed team after beating the USA 45-44.

The bronze medal went to China who beat India 44-43.

3.04pm BST

Men’s kayak cross : This sport is absolutely crackers, it looks so much fun to participate in. France’s Boris Neveu revs up the crowd as he qualifies for the semi-finals.

Switzerland’s Martin Dougoud joins him from the third quarter-final.

2.59pm BST

Men’s kayak cross : That has now been confirmed that Ochoa faulted on the final gate and so he is not through to the semis.

In the second is Italy’s Giovanni di Gennaro, who won gold in the individual kayak event. Di Gennaro has an error and he doesn’t qualify. It’s New Zealand’s Finn Butcher and Poland’s Mateusz Polaczyk who will feature in the semi.

2.56pm BST

Women’s 10m platform : So the semi-finals have just finished the third round of five and the top of the leaderboard hasn’t changed. China’s Hongchen Quan and Yuxi Chen first and second, third is GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix.

2.54pm BST

Men’s kayak cross : The quarter-finals are underway in these quarter-finals.

GB’s Joe Clarke is in a real battle with Spain’s Manuel Ochoa and they both look like they are going to go through. Clarke is through but Ochoa has a penalty on the last gate and so Slovakia’s Jakub Grigar is through. That hasn’t been confirmed yet as the judges review the decision. I’ll bring you the confirmation when we have it.

2.50pm BST

Women’s kayak cross : Mallory Franklin looks devastated after that result, if GB did log a challenge then it has been rejected as the result is now official.

Anthony has emailed me and said:

Hi Sarah, first time I’ve ever seen Kayak Cross. Or It’s a Knockout in a Boat as I’m calling it. It is definitely my favourite new addition to the Olympics. Carnage!

It is such a fun sport isn’t it, it’s one I’d definitely want to try.

2.48pm BST

Women’s kayak cross : In the last quarter-final France’s Angele Hug had a lovely run, so clean and she is through. GB's Mallory Franklin thought she had gone through but she is pinged for a fault on the roll gate and so it is Brazil’s Ana Satila who is through.

The semi-finals will take place in just under half an hour.

2.44pm BST

Men’s badminton : Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee has won the men’s singles badminton bronze in a brilliant comeback. He lost the first game to India’s Lakshya Sen 21-13 but then won the second and third 21-16 and 21-11 respectively.

2.42pm BST

Women’s kayak cross : There are quarter-finals happening right now and the first saw Germany’s Elena Lilik and Algeria’s Carole Diana Bouzidi qualify for the semi-final.

In the second Australia’s Noemie Fox and New Zealand’s Luuka Jones through.

The third has just happened and GB’s Kim Woods and Switzerland’s Alena Marx have semi-final spots. One more to go there and then the men’s quarters will get underway.

2.38pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : So we have official confirmation now. Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea’s mark did not change. However, Team USA challenged Jordan Chiles’ score and it was bumped up into the bronze medal position.

So Rebeca Andrade wins gold, Biles has silver and Chiles with bronze.

2.37pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Will we see Simone Biles at another Olympics? The USA athlete has not confirmed either way but if that is her last outing then that silver medal is her 11th Olympic medal. What an advert she is for the sport.

2.35pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea put in a challenge on her score, she currently sits in fourth.

As things stand Simone Biles is in silver position and bronze is the USA’s Jordan Chiles (according to the Olympic website). Chiles initially came in at fifth but she has jumped up.

2.33pm BST

Andrade wins women's floor exercise gold

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade has her gold.

The silver and bronze is yet to be confirmed, there have been an inquiry logged.

2.30pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : The USA’s Jordan Chiles is concluding this floor final. She really is a crowd favourite with some elegant moves in her routine. It is also a clean performance.

Can she knock Andrade off the top spot? That will be confirmed shortly.

2.28pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : So as we recover from the shock of those errors putting Simone Biles into second (shock only coming because Biles is such a star), her feet were out of bounds on two landings and so she was penalised – Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea has performed a great routine.

She has scored 13.7 and she is in fourth.

2.25pm BST

Women’s 10m platform : After the first round of dives in the semi-final it is the Chinese pair of Hongchan Quan and Yuxi Chen who are in first and second respectively with GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix in third.

2.23pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Here is Simone Biles and it is the last time we will see her at this Games. Her first move is executed perfectly, she does step out of bounds which will be a slight penalty but her routine has so much pizazz. It just such beautiful gymnastics and she receives a standing ovation and is applauded by Andrade.

She scores 14.133, my word! It isn’t gold, she goes into silver position. Andrade looks stunned.

2.18pm BST

Men’s badminton : This bronze medal match is being taken into a third game as Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee has won the second game following his first game loss.

2.18pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Alice D’Amato is next and she has already won gold today in the beam, it will take a lot to knock Andrade off the gold position but she could slot onto the podium here.

The Italian has some excellent elements to her routine and only makes a few errors. She scores 13.6 to slot into third.

2.13pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Romania’s Ana Barbosu is up now and it is a hauntingly beautiful routine, I say haunting just because of the music chosen.

She receives a huge cheer after her performance. Barbosu scores 13.7 to go second and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade remains in the gold medal position.

2.08pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Japan’s Kishi Rina is next up and she moves so eloquently with the music, her twists and flips almost perfectly executed too.

She scores 13.166 and she goes into second position.

2.04pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : China’s Yushan Ou is now on the floor and she is bringing the artistry here, there are some small errors to the routine but not too many.

A solid performance and she scores 13, slotting into second place.

1.59pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Wow, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade has just put in an absolutely stunning routine. It may have been the cleanest version we have seen from her, which is saying something because she really is in form.

Andrade goes into the lead with a score of 14.166.

1.56pm BST

Men’s badminton : India’s Sen Lakshya has won the first game against Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee in the bronze medal match.

1.55pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : Italy’s Manila Esposito is up first in the women’s floor exercise final but she doesn’t land one of her flips cleanly, landing on her knees. She has a few more errors but while it isn’t completely clean it is styled well.

She scores 12.133 which probably won’t see her medal here.

1.51pm BST

Women’s 10m platform : The semi-final here is due to start at 2pm BST and it features GB’s Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, Canada’s Caeli McKay and China’s Hongchen Quan.

The top 12 will progress to the final.

1.48pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : The athletes have been introduced to the arena ahead of the women’s floor exercise final, it’s not surprising that Simone Biles gets the biggest cheer – she really is shining.

1.47pm BST

Cyprus’ Marios Georgiou I don’t know what happened , I just fell. I felt okay in the air but I ended up falling, it is what it is.

“What I can learn from today is to focus until my routine is over.”

Also apologies, the men’s singles badminton is the bronze medal match. India’s Sen Lakshya is leading Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee 17-11 in the first game.

1.40pm BST

Novak Djokovic has congratulated his rival and friend Carlos Alcaraz, who he beat in the men’s singles tennis final yesterday:

Updated at 1.57pm BST

1.37pm BST

Women’s gymnastics : This is the last final in the sport at this Games and it contains some stars. Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade and Manila Esposito among the athletes in this one. Alice D’Amato is also competing, she has already won gold on the beam today.

1.34pm BST

Here’s some colour from the pool:

1.31pm BST

If you would like uninterrupted gymnastics coverage have a read of our dedicated blog:

Updated at 1.32pm BST

1.28pm BST

We will stay with the gymnastics as we have the women’s floor exercise final up next. I’ll also bring you the updates from the men’s singles badminton gold medal match.

1.25pm BST

Oka wins men's horizontal bar gold

It’s a second medal of the day for Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka as he wins gold after his earlier bronze.

Barajas wins Colombia’s first gymnastics medal on this apparatus in silver and China’s Boheng Zhang and Chinese Taipei’s Chia-Hung Tang share bronze.

1.22pm BST

Men’s gymnastics : China’s Weide Su, who fell in the team final and didn’t get support by his teammates, is up and he is the last athlete on this apparatus. Everyone is holding their breath with a lot of errors in this final. It is a clean routine but the dismount is messy, he falls to his knees.

I have no clue why this is happening, it’s not just a step but a huge stumble. I don’t think he will challenge for gold.

1.19pm BST

Men’s gymnastics : Croatia’s Tin Srbic starts so well and it looked promising but then in his next move he falls! He is cheered by the crowd as he returns to the bar to finish his routine. I think he hurt his elbow on his fall and he makes another error, he gets back on the bar to do his dismount.

He scores 11.333 and he looks devastated. This bizarre amount of mistakes in this final continues. One athlete to go.

1.15pm BST

Men’s gymnastics : China’s Boheng Zhang is the top qualifier and he is looking to pick up his first gold of these Games. There’s some lovely moves, there are some bent arms but this is thoroughly impressive. Can he land this cleanly? No he can’t, he stumbles and almost lands on his face. That might have cost him gold.

The whole arena is stunned, he looks frustrated. He scored 15.133 in qualification but in the final he has a score of 13.966. He is in tied bronze medal position with two athletes to go.

Updated at 1.15pm BST

1.11pm BST

Men’s gymnastics : So next up in this horizontal bar is Japan’s Takaaki Sugino is up. The first move he has over done it and he almost falls and with the next he does. He is cheered as he gets back onto the bar and completes his routine.

He receives a score of 11.633.

1.05pm BST

Men’s gymnastics : Cyprus’ Marios Georgiou has his head in his hands. He had a very clean routine but his dismount is messy and that will cost him.

He scores 13.333 and he is out of the medals.

1.03pm BST

Men’s gymnastics : Barajas has slotted into second place. He scored the same as Oka with 14.533 but when the score is the same in gymnastics the athletes are split into execution score and the Japanese athlete has a higher one.

1.01pm BST

Hughes out of 200m

Team GB’s Zharnel Hughes has pulled out of the 200m heats, which are due to take place later today, because of injury.

He failed to qualify for the 100m final and no decision has been made about his participation in the 4x100m relay later this week.

1.00pm BST

Men’s gymnastics : Colombia’s Angel Col Barajas has made the crowd oo and ah throughout his routine and he could rocket into the lead here. His dismount was incredible, a perfect landing. His score to come but there is some breaking news…

12.58pm BST

Oh I love that Bridgerton introduction Will, thank you! So the men’s horizontal bar is well underway and Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka, who won parallel bar bronze earlier today, just pulled off an outstanding routine. He is full of confidence and why wouldn’t he be?! A bronze earlier today but he has also won two golds at this Games so far. A midas touch but will it stretch to this event? It may as he scores 14.533, he is in the lead.

Updated at 1.27pm BST

12.55pm BST

Wonderful news dear readers, Sarah Rendell has returned to run you through the afternoon’s action.

12.54pm BST

Men’s gymnastics: We are onto the high bar final. Tang is up first. He is really good at ‘catchers’ but then completely misses the bar soon after and drops to the ground. Lots of nerves in the arena today. The rest of the routine is really impressive to the end and concludes with a great landing. The score is 13.966, which is decent but he would have been in with a shout of a medal without the fall.

12.38pm BST

At the start of the Games, Marchand, 22, was a richly gifted kid, burdened with an almost unfathomable weight of expectation. France doesn’t have a bona fide star to light up the athletics competition at the Stade de France, which means Marchand, who only won his first world championship title in 2022, came into the Games as the biggest hope they had in either of the Olympics’ two main sports. Marchand’s parents, both Olympic swimmers, encouraged him to move to the USA to get away from all the attention, which only meant the college swimming circuit all of a sudden had a French press pack for the season.

Andy Bull on France’s new hero.

12.34pm BST

Australia’s triathletes have been taking medicines to combat E.coli for a month, the team doctor said on Monday after they took precautions ahead of the event amid concerns over pollution levels in the river Seine.

The triathlon team of Luke Willian, Matthew Hauser, Natalie van Coevorden and Sophie Linn had earlier finished 12th in the mixed relay where the swimming leg was in the river Seine. The four athletes also took part in last week’s men’s and women’s individual triathlon events. The men’s event was postponed due to pollution levels in the Seine.

“We started by administering a medication that’s good against E.coli, which is the main bacteria in this water, a month ago,” Carolyn Broderick told reporters. “After the race, we’ve also been using prophylactic antibiotics and we’re using skin washes, ear washes, eye washes. So we’re trying to account for everywhere that may get infected essentially and similarly for our marathon swimmers.”

12.26pm BST

Alice D'Amato wins balance beam gold

D’Amato holds onto gold, Zhou with silver and Esposito earns Bronze. The headline will be that Simone Biles ended up with nothing but D’Amato will not care. Andrade looked like she would challenge for top spot but scored 13.933 and came fourth.

Updated at 12.54pm BST

12.23pm BST

Women’s gymnastics: Andrade has a shot at gold – she is last up. There is not issue with her leaping and the backflips come off. The cartwheel is almost perfect, too. She shows great flexibility and concludes with a double pike. Surely that is gold …

12.21pm BST

Women’s gymnastics: Biles is not happy with the atmosphere inside the arena by the looks of it. Biles is given 13.100, putting her fourth – and out of the medals - after a lengthy delay from the judges.

12.16pm BST

Women’s gymnastics: The noise around the arena increases with Biles stepping onto the beam. There is a perfect bit of spinning to the tune of three but she comes off the beam after a couple of back flips. Is that gold gone? The dismount is beyond impressive but that error looks set to cost her gold.

12.13pm BST

Women’s gymnastics: D’Amato knows she can put herself on the podium with her routine. She looks confident and controls her backflips and somersault. It is a beautiful dismount and she must be going into first, purely for not even threatening to fall off. It is 14.336. That is the score to beat.

Updated at 12.53pm BST

12.09pm BST

Women’s gymnastics: What’s that? Another gymnast falling off the beam? This time it is Romania’s Voinea who ends up on the mats prematurely twice to add to the total of errors in this final. The dismount is great but she is another who will not trouble the podium. To be fair, she is only 17 and will be back. The score is 11.733.

Zhou is still top with 14.100. Only three more to go.

Updated at 12.11pm BST

12.03pm BST

Women’s gymnastics: Italy’s Esposito looks to be the first gymnast to not at least threaten to fall off the beam in this final. She does wobble slightly but keeps her balance, ending with a double pike and fine landing. She goes into second with 14.000.

11.58am BST

Women’s gymnastics: Soares is on the beam, mounting it with a backflip on the half turn. The Brazilian is showing fine composure and plenty of variety she also falls off. Has someone greased the beam? She produces some incredible blackflips as she exits the beam but she is set to be marked down for her fall. The judges give her 12.333.

11.53am BST

Women’s gymnastics: Sunisa Lee steps up next. She starts with a triple spin and everything is going steady until she produces three stunning cartwheels but slips off at the end. She gets back on and finishes in style but the damage has been done. Biles gives Lee a hug, who is just about maintaining a smile. The score is 13.100. Such a shame.

Updated at 12.14pm BST

11.49am BST

Women’s gymnastics: China’s Zhou Yaqin is first on the beam, a piece of apparatus she fell of twice in the team event. She almost falls again but just about keeps her balance, although it will cost her in the score. She finishes with a stunning dismount but it probably will not be enough for a medal. The judges give her 14.100.

11.44am BST

At the end of an exceedingly successful Paris Olympics swim meet for Australia, after the women’s medley relay had won silver in the final race of the event , there was an impromptu celebration. Having collected their medals and stood on the podium for yet another time this past week, the relay team jumped in the pool together – fully clothed.
Kieran Pender on Australia’s successful time in the pool.

11.41am BST

Women’s gymnastics: The gymnasts have made their entrance and Biles gets the loudest cheer. She looks very relaxed.

Updated at 12.05pm BST

11.37am BST

Molly Caudery: “It is totally heartbreaking, it is not the Olympics experience I was hoping for. I am so sorry for everyone back home. I will take everything I can from the experience.

“I’ve been asking myself why [I failed]'; I am in the best shape of my life, I wasn’t nervous, it’s a great crowd. I will go to talk to my coach and try to work out what went wrong.”

11.27am BST

Getty Images photographer Hector Vivas has created a series of astonishing images called Layers of the Games, which aim to show in one image the multiple moments that happen in a game or a day of competition in Paris.

Check out this stunning gallery.

11.26am BST

Women’s pole vault: It is a massive shock that Caudery is out – she was hoping to be in contention for gold but has fallen well short.

Here she is speaking to Sean Ingle about mishaps and chaos.

Updated at 12.03pm BST

11.25am BST

Women’s 400m heats: Miller-Uibo failed to finish. She has barely had a race since giving birth in April. Poland’s Kaczmarek won the race, with Gomez of Cuba second and Sada Williams from Barbados. GB’s Victoria Ohuruogo was pushed to fourth, meaning she will be waiting on repechage to see if she goes through.

11.21am BST

Women’s pole vault: Molly Caudrey is out having failed to succeed on three attempts at her starting height of 4.55m, which is a huge shock.

11.17am BST

Men’s discuss: GB’s Okoye’s final throw is a foul and his best of 61.17m will not be good enough for the final.

11.15am BST

Women’s 400m heats: We have a call back in the third heat but no one is given a false start. At the second time of asking, everyone begins as it should and GB’s Anning ambles just ahead of Klaver, with Moran from Mexican getting third. A solid start for the Brits on the track today.

11.11am BST

Holly Bradshaw after failing to make the pole vault final: “I am just crushed, I knew this was going to be my last champs. I am heartbroken, it’s been a really hard year. I wanted to come out and do myself proud and I haven’t.

“I wanted to come out and do my dad proud, he passed away in November, so hopefully I’ve done that.

“I fought hard to get back and to be here is a privilege.

“My priority now is to be a mum and I want to start a family with my husband.

11.06am BST

Women’s 400m heats: Pryce runs well within herself to win the second heat. She will be in the semi-finals alongside Nielsen, who just pipped Jaeger for second.

Updated at 11.19am BST

11.04am BST

Hi, sorry to all James Wallace fans but he has been unavoidably detained, hopefully not by our boys in blue. The focus is on the women’s 400m heats. GB’s Laviai Nielsen is in the second race.

11.01am BST

To take you through the next few hours is Will Unwin, I will be back later today. Enjoy the feast of sport.

10.59am BST

Taylor Knibb is directly or indirectly responsible for two of the USA’s most thrilling medals of the last 24 hours, if not the Games as a whole.

Knibb, according to our analysis of research provided by Olympic statkeepers Olympedia, has become the first athlete to compete in two sports in the same Summer Olympics since 1992.

But her time in Paris had been rough – several falls in the rain-soaked road cycling time trial and a difficult swim in the triathlon. She finished 19th in both events despite being a medal contender in triathlon.

Knibb had also earned a spot in the women’s road race as well despite a lack of road racing experience. She relinquished her spot, and USA Cycling reassigned it to Kristen Faulkner, who won gold.

Today, Knibb’s decision to rest up yesterday paid off as the US took a stunning silver behind Germany . Knibb’s time of 22:13 was the fastest of any woman in the event.

10.58am BST

The women’s 400m heats have got underway and the first three in each heat will qualify. The rest will run in repechage races.

The first saw a really strong field with Stacey Williams having an impressive race but it is the former world champion Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser who wins it. Williams comes in second and Romania’s Andrea Miklos is third.

10.55am BST

In the men’s parallel bars final GB’s Joe Fraser has been confirmed as to not be competing. He was the first reserve but the top eight are competing.

The first to go is Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun and has scored 15.500.

Updated at 10.58am BST

10.51am BST

An wins women's singles badminton gold

The Republic of Korea’s Se Young An has beaten China’s Bing Jiao He in straight games to win the gold in the women’s singles badminton event.

The Republic of Korea athlete took a while to settle into the match but after she did she raced to a 21-13, 21-16 win.

Updated at 11.14am BST

10.49am BST

The penultimate round of the women’s 10m platform has just been completed and China’s Hongchan Quan is still leading with compatriot Yuxi Chen in second and Canada’s Caeli McKay in third. Lois Toulson is in seventh and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is fifth.

10.47am BST

The final men’s 400m repechage race and Qatar’s Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim takes it.

It was a smooth start from a lot of the field but Jamaica’s Sean Bailey pulled up around 200m and didn’t finish. It’s a strong finish from Yahia Ibrahim to hold off his competitors.

The two fastest losers are yet to be confirmed but I’ll bring you that as soon as we have it.

10.41am BST

As well as getting athletics , diving and badminton updates, the action in the gymnastics is about to begin. The men’s parallel bars final will get underway shortly.

10.40am BST

The second men’s discus throw qualification group is underway. Remember the automatic throw to qualify is 66, if 12 athletes don’t hit that then the next best performers will go through. Three athletes hit 66 in the first group.

10.38am BST

The third men’s 400m repechage saw South Africa’s Zakithi wins and qualifies.

Rounding the final bend all the athletes were so close but the South African raced clear.

10.36am BST

In the women’s pole vault GB’s Molly Caudery – who is arguably the best in the world in the sport at the moment – has failed to clear 4.55 on the first time of asking. Italy’s Elisa Molinarolo is one of six athletes to clear that height.

Updated at 10.51am BST

10.34am BST

Just going back through some earlier action as a women’s hockey quarter-final has finished with China pipping Australia 3-2 to reach the semis.

10.33am BST

In the men’s volleyball Poland have secured a first semi-final spot for the nation since 1980 with a 3-1 win over Slovenia. Tennis star Iga Swiatek was on court to celebrate with the team.

10.30am BST

South Africa’s Lythe Pillay has won the second men’s 400m repechage to bag himself a place in the semi-finals. He was in full control throughout that race.

10.27am BST

In the women’s singles badminton gold medal match it is Republic of Korea’s Se Young An who won the first game 21-13. She had gone behind early on to China’s Bing Jiao He but has rallied.

10.24am BST

After the conclusion of the third round in the women’s 10m preliminary the top three remain the same. Lois Toulson is in eighth and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is fourth.

10.23am BST

In the men’s 400m the winners of all four heats will see the winner qualify and the next two fastest qualify.

In the first one only three have started with the rest of the field not running for various different reasons. Argentina’s Elian Larregina wins the first and qualifies, the others will have a nervous wait as the other repechage races take place.

10.20am BST

Bradshaw has failed to clear 4.4 and so that looks like her Olympic is over.

We now have the men’s 400m repechage, it is all go in the athletics this morning.

10.18am BST

In the women’s pole vault the automatic qualification level is 4.7, if 12 athletes don’t meet that criteria it will be the next best performers who go through. We are up to 4.4 at the moment with GB’s Holly Bradshaw failing on two attempts, she has one more or she is out.

10.15am BST

If you are just tuning in this morning you may have missed the GB and USA photo finish mixed triathlon. GB were initially awarded silver but it was downgraded after judges reviewed the photo finish. Germany took the gold. You can catch up with that here:

10.09am BST

The last repechage race in the women’s 400m hurdles sees France’s Shana Grebo win and qualify, she struggled over every hurdle but her strides and fast pace in the last few metres is enough. Ukraine’s Anna Ryzhkova is also through.

10.07am BST

China’s Bing Jiao He is currently 8-7 ahead in the women’s badminton singles gold medal match against the Republic of Korea’s Se Young An.

10.05am BST

In the women’s 10m platform preliminary the athletes are in the third round and China’s Hongchan Quan is still leading the field with her compatriot Yuxi Chen in second and Canada’s Caeli McKay in third. GB’s hopefuls Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix in fourth and 10th respectively with the latter yet to take her third dive.

10.01am BST

China’s Jiadie Mo wins the second women’s 400m hurdles repechage to qualify for the semis.

GB’s Jessie Knight is in tears as she thought she had missed out but she just clinches the second spot to pip Panama’s Gianna Woodruff.

9.57am BST

The first group in the men’s discus throw have finished their throws and it is just those three athletes who have thrown enough to be automatically through to the semi-finals. The rest of the field must wait until the second group finish to see if they go through – a nervous wait.

9.55am BST

In the end Van den Broeck and Yukich have both qualified for the semi-finals. They crossed the line at exactly the same time and with them not being able to be separated they both go through, wow.

9.53am BST

There are three repechage women’s 400m hurdles and the top two of each will progress.

The first heat and there is another photo finish! That was such a close contest and Italy’s Ayomide Folorunso is through as the fastest. The judges are just looking between Belgium’s Naomi van den Broeck and Australia’s Alanah Yukich. It is taking them quite some time to make a decision, it was that close.

Updated at 10.48am BST

9.47am BST

GB’s Alastair Chalmers has told Eurosport after his automatic qualification for the 400m hurdles semi-finals : “It is absolutely incredible, it is an honour to be standing here, to be racing and competing.”

9.45am BST

Australia’s Matthew Denny has bagged himself and automatic qualification spot on the men’s discus throw after a throw of 66.83. Three athletes have automatically qualified now with Austria’s Lukas WeissHaidinger and Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna also through.

Updated at 10.46am BST

9.43am BST

So the men’s 400m hurdles heats are over and the women’s pole vault qualification begins.

The women’s 400m hurdles repechage is also coming up.

9.41am BST

The final 400m hurdles heat and there’s another photo finish in third with Alastair Chalmers falling over the line but he clinches the automatic spot.

In first was Jamaica’s Malik James-King and second was Brazil’s Matheus Lima.

On hurdle four Qatar’s Ismail Doudai Abakar fell and hit the track. He did not get up and finish the race which means he cannot compete in the repechage race.

Updated at 10.44am BST

9.37am BST

Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna has become the second athlete to automatically qualify for the men’s discus throw with a second throw of 67.47.

9.34am BST

Heat number four in the 400m hurdles sees Jamaica’s Roshawn Clarke take it with Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel second and France’s Wilfried Happio third.

It was a really close finish at the end there, most of the field fighting for the top three spots.

A reminder once all of these heats are over the three fastest finishers will also qualify. The rest of the fields will have a repechage to have another chance of qualifying.

9.27am BST

In the men’s discus throw qualification the athletes need to hit 66 in three throws to automatically qualify. Austria’s Lukas Weisshaidinger has qualified with his first throw and he is the only one in the first group to do it with his first throw.

The second group will compete after this one is wrapped up.

Updated at 9.27am BST

9.25am BST

Why Dos Santos pulled up towards the end I do not know because that could impact which semi-final he is in and which lane position he has.

9.24am BST

Brazil’s Alison dos Santos is in heat three in the men’s 400m and he has a really strong run, so much so he slows down before crossing the line which sees him finishing third.

Estonia’s Rasmus Magi was first and the USA’s CJ Allen second.

9.21am BST

Heat two sees defending Olympic champion Norway’s Karsten Warholm win and qualify. France’s Clement Ducos is second and third is Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba

9.18am BST

The first men’s 400m hurdles heats has been completed and the USA’s Rai Benjamin, Jamaica’s Jaheel Hyde and British Virgin Islands’ Kyron McMaster have all qualified. The top three of each heat progress with the next three fastest progressing and so fourth in heat one – Sweden’s Carl Bengtstrom – will have to wait and see if he has done enough.

9.14am BST

GB’s triathlon performance director Mike Cavendish has spoken to the BBC about the photo finish which saw them demoted to a bronze medal. He explained how the judges review a still from the finish to determine who came second and third after it being so close between the USA and GB.

He added on their reaction to the decision: “When it is as close as that you are always going to have to go to a photo finish. It is relatively rare in the triathlon that it goes to a photo finish so that’s probably why it took a little bit longer. They might be a little bit disappointed with the silver [being downgraded] but ultimately a bronze medal is still an amazing achievement.

“To be completely frank it was an incredible advert for the sport to have such a brilliant finish, a brilliant race. The tactics went as well as it could for us.”

9.08am BST

In diving the preliminary round of the women’s 10m platform is underway, the top 18 athletes progress to the semi-finals. So far China’s Hongchan Quan is leading with a score of 81. Only seven athletes have completed their first dive so far so a long way to go in that one. GB’s Lois Toulson is currently seventh with 54.

9.04am BST

Li wins 25m rapid fire pistol gold

China’s Li wins the gold with a flawless last round.

In his final round Yeohong Li shot five out of five. He fist pumps.

Republic of Korea’s Yeongjae Cho wins silver. A great final.

Updated at 9.05am BST

9.03am BST

The bronze medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event has gone to China’s Xinjie Wang and he finishes with 23. So will Li or Cho win gold? They head into the final with Li three ahead.

9.00am BST

The final of the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol final has been cut down to the three who will win a medal and they will now battle it out for where they finish.

Li, Cho and Wang are the top three after Peter and Wang had to have a shoot off as they were both on 20 heading into the cut off moment. The German only manages to hit three and he finishes fourth.

8.53am BST

We are heading into the start of a busy few hours in the athletics track and field events. Men’s 400m hurdles heats, men’s discus throw qualification and women’s pole vault qualification are among what’s happening this morning.

8.51am BST

This is the closing moments of that photo finish. The quotes from the BBC have the athletes reacting to silver as at that point they thought they had won it. If there is any reaction to it being changed to bronze I will let you know.

8.48am BST

There’s been a change of medal position in the mixed triathlon, the photo finish was that close the silver and bronze medals were called wrong.

Silver is now going to the USA and GB have bronze.

8.44am BST

Li Yuehong put his hand up before he took his shots in the third round , there seems to be a problem with the target. That’s been fixed and he hits four out of five. That sees him out in front by himself with Peter in second and Wang in third.

8.39am BST

Germany’s Florian Peter is pushing the joint leaders with a five out of five on his second round. Both Chinese athletes missed two shots in the second round and so they jointly lead but are only one ahead of Peter.

8.34am BST

China’s Li Yuehong , who holds the world record in the 25m rapid fire pistol, has taken his first five shots and not missed a single one to slide into joint first position with compatriot Xinjie Wang early on.

Updated at 8.35am BST

8.31am BST

So from one medal event – which I will try and get some reaction to – to another. The final in the 25m rapid fire pistol men’s event is underway.

8.28am BST

“Allez les Bleues” rings around as Cassandre Beugrand comes in fourth, wow.

There was a photo finish between GB and the USA for the silver and bronze medals but it was GB to pip them. All three of the front pack collapsed over the line.

8.26am BST

Germany win mixed triathlon gold

It is Germany with gold, GB with silver and the USA with bronze.

Knibb, Lindemann and Potter were all together at the start of the run but the GB athlete slipped back to third. Alex Yee shouts “believe” at Potter as she ran past.

Potter closes down the gap and will she time her attack well? Or can Knibb and Lindemann stay ahead and battle between themselves? Potter goes for it but Lindemann is over the line!

8.23am BST

Cassandre Beugrand is now up to fourth, what a heroic effort from the Frenchwoman. After that early crash the medal hopes were dealt a blow and it won’t be for France today but that is a brilliant performance.

8.21am BST

Potter did look to be tiring but seeing them overtake her but she has remained with her rivals. They transition off the bike and go into the run. It is the USA’s Knibb came in off the bike with a second advantage but her transition isn’t the best and so GB’s Potter is back in front.

8.19am BST

Knibb and Lindemann are working together and they have both overtaken Potter, what an impressive stint from both the German and American athletes.

8.16am BST

After the first lap of the bike leg Potter is ahead by 12 seconds. But Lindemann and Knibb still firmly have her in their sights, this could be a nail-biting finish.

8.13am BST

There was such a good shot as GB’s Potter was cycling on a straight and Germany’s Lindemann whipped around a corner as she hunts down the lead. Germany are hot on the heels of GB but if Potter is still in the lead come the run their gold medal hopes will look more certain, Potter is a very strong runner.

8.11am BST

There are so many intricate details these athletes have to get right in the triathlon. They not only have to put in solid performances across the three different elements but they have to get transitions between athletes and equipment done quickly. The front three are doing everything so smoothly that they just keep opening the gap on the rest of the field.

8.09am BST

So coming out of the water after the swim in the Seine it is GB’s Potter who exits first. She has extended the team’s lead to seven seconds before the ride. From second in Lindemann of Germany to the USA’s Knib is nine seconds.

8.05am BST

France are around a minute back from the lead so Cassandre Beaugrand has a lot to do to get into the medals. The crash at the end of the first leg really putting a blow in for the host nation.

Updated at 8.21am BST

8.04am BST

Thank you Joey , a clean transition which wouldn’t get us penalised if we were in this mixed relay.

In this mixed relay Samuel Dickinson has handed over to Beth Potter to GB in the lead but Germany are only 0.05 seconds behind. The chasing pack two seconds behind.

8.01am BST

And in the great spirit of the relay, it’s now time for me to depart and hand over the baton to Sarah Rendell for the next few hours.

Fortunately, my stint on the blog hasn’t required me to jump in the Yarra River down here in Melbourne because, unlike the Seine, that probably would see me grow a second head.

7.59am BST

“The French goose is cooked here,” says the world feed commentary, Leo Bergere battling valiantly to try to make up time after Pierre Le Corre’s crash at the start of the race to little avail.

Britain’s Samuel Dickinson and Germany’s Lasse Luehrs continue to lead as they prepare to commence the running portion of their race.

7.46am BST

What a massive run from Lisa Tertsch of Germany, who has overhauled Georgia Taylor-Brown of Team GB to put Lasse Luehrs into the lead as dives into the Seine ahead of Samuel Dickinson.

7.29am BST

The Olympics are a time for getting lost in the excitement and joy that comes with being exposed to new sports and the stories of the athletes that compete in them -- I for, instance, am in the midst of finding a newfound appreciation for the mixed triathlon relay.

And perhaps there’s been no better exemplar of this phenomenon in Paris than none other than Snoop Dogg, who as Deborah Cole writes has been in the hizzle at a wide variety of sports throughout the Games.

7.24am BST

Looking away from the mixed triathlon for a moment, and while the swimming portion of the Games has concluded -- the controversy that has at the pool over the past ten days will probably continue to be felt in the months ahead.

The latest flashpoint? After a fourth-placed finish in the men’s 4x100m medley relay on day nine, British swimmer Adam Peaty has said that he “might have to step away from the sport” because “it hurts too much” before rebuking “cheating” in the sport.

7.22am BST

After the early rise for the 8am start of the mixed triathlon relay, three further events will commence at 9am Parisian time – women’s beach volleyball, shooting and men’s volleyball all getting under way.

Updated at 7.30am BST

7.21am BST

The first handover has taken place in the mixed triathlon relay and newly crowned men’s triathlon gold medallist Alex Yee putting Britain into the lead as he hands over to Georgia Taylor-Brown. He’s followed by Germany’s Tim Hellwig and Switzerland’s Max Studer.

Disaster, however, for two of the biggest medal candidates, with France’s Pierre le Corre and New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde crashing towards the end of the cycling leg, sending them to the back of the pack.

7.02am BST

We’ve hit 8am in Paris and that means that the mixed triathlon relay has kickstarted today’s events!

It’s going to be a faced and furious race, the event seeing a team’s four athletes – two men and two women – completing a 300-meter swim, followed by a 5.8K bike ride and then finishing with 1.8K run. The race order will be mixed, going from man to woman to man to woman.

It looks like we’ve had a few false starts as well, which means there’s going to be a few time penalties dished out.

Updated at 7.02am BST

6.48am BST

How tight was the men’s 100 meter final? This close.

6.47am BST

There were tears of joy at Roland Garros yesteday, as Novak Djokovic -- just months after tearing his meniscus at the same venue -- took out gold for Serbia in the men’s singles against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.

What did it mean to the 37-year-old? He would declare it the “biggest sporting success I’ve ever had in my career.”

6.39am BST

Rivalries between two dominant athletes so often prove to be among the most engaging storylines to come out of the Games and that’s certainly the case for men’s 1500m competitors Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr – the duo cruising through their semi-final yesterday and set up a gold medal showdown on Tuesday evening.

6.36am BST

Swimmer Kyle Chalmers has an endorsement deal with grooming brand Wahl here Down Under, with ads during the games advertising their facial hair trimmer. It got me thinking how much of a massive flex it would be for a swimmer to rock up at the Olympics with a massive beard – aerodynamics be damned – and take out the gold.

Even then, though, it would only be the second most impressive beard to scoop swimming gold at the Olympics, after Amanda Beard.

6.29am BST

The velodrome has proved a happy hunting ground for Team GB in recent Games, and as the track cycling gets under way anticipation is high that the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines will prove a bountiful host for Great Britain’s cyclists -- even in the absence of the likes of Laura and Jason Kenny and Katie Archibald.

6.23am BST

The phrase ‘Put in the Louvre’ is getting a bit old hat these days. Maybe we can put this incredible image of the men’s 100 metre final in the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris instead.

6.12am BST

A night after Olha Kharlan secured Ukraine’s first gold medal of the Games in fencing, Yaroslava Mahuchikh doubled her country’s haul in the women’s high jump yesterday, the nap-powered world record-holder taking the crown ahead of Australian duo Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson .

Nick Ames was on hand at the Stade de France to take it all in, as Ukraine’s women continued to embody their nation’s resilience on the world stage – Mahuchikh dedicating the win to the athletes and coaches that have been killed since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.

6.10am BST

This is the Guardian’s live coverage of the tenth official day of competition at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
That’s the post.

Updated at 6.28am BST

6.01am BST

There was always going to be significant pressure on host nation France to deliver on the football pitch in these games.

But while Les Bleus’ women were eliminated by Brazil in the quarter-finals – ensuring living legend Marta will have a chance to sign off her amazing career with a medal – their men have advanced through to the semi-finals, where they will take on Egypt later today.

And in guiding the side to this point, Philippe Auclair observes that Thierry Henry has taken great strides in restoring his reputation as a coach and, just maybe, is beginning to put together a case to succeed Didier Deschamps at the helm of the senior side.

I can see what they’re doing, what he’s doing. I can see it, I can feel it. He’s cooking .

5.55am BST

For those European-based types getting up and checking the live blog as you begin to get ready for the day, what’s on the menu for breakfast? If you’re after a breakfast of champions, maybe I can suggest two breakfast burritos made with nine eggs, sausage or bacon, cheese, sour cream and salsa – just like American shot putter Ryan Crouser.

It’s not like this is some kind of new thing for him, either, as this 2016 tweet would suggest.

5.52am BST

The first event to take place today will be the mixed relay triathlon, which is scheduled to begin at 8:00 am Parisian time.

Amid concerns over the water quality in the Seine, training sessions for the swimming leg of the event had been cancelled in the lead-in had been cancelled but the IOC has confirmed the event will go ahead as planned after tests of the river’s water quality.

Belgium, however, will not take part in the race after its Olympic committee announced on Sunday that it was withdrawing after Claire Michel, who competed in the women’s triathlon last Wednesday, fell ill.

The Swiss outfit, meanwhile, has been forced to replace Adrien Briffod with Simon Westermann after the former fell ill with a gastrointestinal infection. Swiss Olympic chief medical officer Hanspeter Betschart, however, has not directly linked Brifford’s condition with the Seine.

Updated at 6.57am BST

5.37am BST

As ever, there was a series of incredible images to come out of day nine in the Olympics. I in particular found the image of Egypt’s Mohamed Essam and the United States’ Alexander Massialas really cool.

Massialas may need to brush up on his Wu-Tang Clan: Protect Ya Neck!

5.29am BST

There are few things on earth more capable of capturing the imagination than the 100-metre dash at the Olympics. For ten seconds, it feels as if the World takes a breath as a collective, stops what it’s doing, and loses itself in the moment, as the bounds of humanity are tested.

Julien Alfred first wrote herself into Olympic and St Lucia folklore as she took out the women’s 100m on Saturday and the great Barney Ronay was at the Stade de France last night as Noah Lyles etched his name into legend with a gold medal-winning run.

Not to be outdone, Sean Ingle was also on hand at the Stade De France and broke down a dramatic, photo-finish race.

5.20am BST

And on Simone Biles, given that she is 27 years old, you’d be forgiven for thinking that today could be the last time we see her competing at an Olympic Games. The average age of women in artistic gymnastics has been creeping up in recent years but, at the same time, she has said at these Games “I am getting really old” (ouch, nothing makes you feel as old as when someone younger than you says something like that).

But while she’s definitely retiring her Yurchenko double pike vault after Paris, the superstar isn’t ruling out a run at the Games in Los Angeles in 2028.

5.17am BST

Medal Tally Heading into Day 10

And if we’re going to be discussing medal events, we may as well use that as a segue to see what the medal tally looks like after day nine.

And well, no more creative counting metrics are needed for the United States of America to sit atop the count, with Team USA moving to its summit after drawing level with China’s 19 gold medals and outpacing their rival’s silver and bronze tallies.

Hosts France retains its position in third and Australia follows in fourth but with the latter’s girt-powered run in the pool now at an end, the likes of Team GB, South Korea and Japan will be eyeing closing in on their 12 gold medals. Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, then round out the top ten.

Updated at 5.54am BST

5.13am BST

Medal Watch

For those more inclined to a bit of scoreboard-watching, there’s a swathe of gold medals available today.

All eyes will inevitably be on the Bercy Arena for women’s gymnastics as Simone Biles --the 🐐GOAT🐐 -- competes for the final time in Paris in the finals of the women’s beam and floor.

🥇Athletics – Men’s Pole Vault / Women’s Discus, 500m, 800m
🥇Triathlon – Mixed Team Relay
🥇Shooting – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
🥇Badminton – Women’s Singles / Men’s Singles
🥇Gymnastics – Men’s Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar / Women’s Beam, Floor
🥇Shooting – Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol / Team Mixed Skeet
🥇Surfing – Women’s Shortboard / Men’s Shortboard
🥇 Basketball – Women’s 3x3 - Men’s 3x3
🥇Canoe – Women’s Kayak Cross / Men’s Kayak Cross
🥇Track Cycling – Women’s team sprint

Updated at 5.53am BST

5.11am BST

Day 10 Schedule

The swimming portion of the Games concluded yesterday, giving the athletics greater scope to take the spotlight, with athletes such Team GB’s Keely Hodgkinson and Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis in action. Focus will shift to the velodrome as the track cycling commences, alongside the beginning of artistic swimming, sport climbing, and the purist’s Olympic event, wrestling. Conversely, today will be the final day for badminton, the basketball 3X3, canoe slalom, gymnastics, shooting, and triathlon events.

Updated at 5.53am BST

5.00am BST

Preamble

Howdy folks! Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the tenth official day of competition at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. I’m Joey Lynch and I’ll be taking you through the first few hours.

The big news from day nine, undoubtedly, was the crowning of Noah Lyles as the new fastest human on Earth: the American backing up the hype by taking the gold after a dramatic finish in the men’s 100m, edging out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to the crown by just five-thousandths of a second, with fellow American Fred Kerley claiming bronze.

Indeed, it was a good day nine for the Americans, with Team USA’s women setting a new world record in winning the 4x100m medley and Bobby Finke setting a new world record as he took out gold in the men’s 1500m freestyle.

Elsewhere, Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour became the first African to win Olympic gold in gymnastics, holding off a challenge from reigning world champion Qiu Qiyuan to take out the women’s uneven bars while Carlos Yulo continued a golden run for the Philippines in claiming his second gold in as many days in the men’s vault. Novak Djokovic took out one of the few prizes that have eluded him in his illustrious career as he beat Carlos Alcaraz at Roland Garros to take gold in the men’s tennis singles and, in a history-making moment, Cindy Ngamba became the first-ever athlete from the Refugee Olympic Team to ensure themselves a medal as she reached the semi-finals of the women’s 75kg boxing.

But there’s plenty on tap for day ten to keep this momentum going and, with my handy-dandy Australian time zone making it possible, I’ll be getting you set for all the action for the next few hours as those in Europe rise from their slumber.