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    Olympics 2024 LIVE: Katarina Johnson-Thompson takes silver in thrilling heptathlon 800m finale

    By Jack Rathborn,Lawrence Ostlere and Jamie Braidwood,

    2 days ago

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    It’s a packed Olympics schedule on day 14 of the Paris 2024 Games with Team GB keen to add to their medal collection.

    Katarina Johnson-Thompson won her first Olympic medal in the heptathlon but had to settle for silver behind the now three-time reigning champion Nafi Thiam. Although Johnson-Thompson set a new personal best of 2:04:90 , Thiam managed to keep her within the eight-second margin required to defend her title.

    Great Britain’s Toby Roberts has won gold in the men’s boulder and lead competition, totalling 155.2 points in the two combined sections to beat Japanese favourite Sorato Anraku into second place. The 19-year-old was third after the boulder round at Le Bourget Climbing Venue but produced a brilliant lead climb for 92.1 points, and his gold was sealed when Anraku fell just under 10 points from Roberts’ mark.

    Team GB’s Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita took to the track for the women’s 4x100m relay final and won silver medals , while Louie Hinchliffe and Zharnel Hughes led the men’s team to bronze. In the velodrome, Neah Evans and Elinor Barker secured a brilliant silver in the women’s madison, while Jack Carlin secured another bronze in the men’s sprint.

    Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.

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