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Paris 2024 Olympics day 10: Biles goes for more gold, athletics, cycling, gymnastics and more – live

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

7 hours ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Z4Xwi_0ungw88N00 — Simone Biles will hope to add to her medal tally at Paris 2024 when she competes in the beam and floor events. Photograph: Amin Mohammad Jamali/Getty Images

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.

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.

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

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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.

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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.