Thread: 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Originally Posted by cyrille

That Filipino gymnast is Killin it.

Great stuff.

Gold and he's got a house and land for that Gold from the Phils Govt

CONTROVERSIAL BOXER IMANE KHELIF WINS AGAIN

Khelif is one of 2 boxers competing in the Paris Olympics despite being banned from last year's World Championships after they were reported to have failed gender eligibility tests.

She is guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics after beating Hungarian Luca Anna Hamori in the 66kg category.

Hamori said prior to the fight she did not "think it is fair" Khelif was competing but the bout was largely fought in good spirits.

Someone should just Tonya Harding this tranny boxer.

The tranny is up against a Thai next round, some irony there

Two women boxing...in the women's boxing.

Yes, sooo ironic.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Two women boxing...in the women's boxing.

Yes, sooo ironic.

Night night Sympl

Still able to post, numpt?

Impressive.

Kind of.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Still able to post, numpt?

Impressive.

Kind of.

Not had a drop but you have, it's all you have now you have nothing to mark but TD.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Two women boxing...in the women's boxing.

Yes, sooo ironic.

She lacks a uterus and ovaries but has undescended testicles.

Julien Alfred wins St Lucia's first Olympic medal - 100m gold

What an astonishing run! She bossed Sha’carri Richardson in the semi, though you could imagine at that stage that Richardson might have been running cagey, holding something back.

This time, there was no scent of that. Alfred burns out of the blocks and gives nobody the slightest sniff of anything. She heads the field the entire way and there’s no chance, even with Richardson’s closing speed, to haul her back.

Ledecky wins 800-meter freestyle for the 4th time

Katie Ledecky wins the 800-meter freestyle swim.

Australia's Ariarne Titmus and America's Paige Madden won silver and bronze, respectively.

Ledecky won her ninth gold and 14th overall medal today, taking the 800-meter freestyle and concluding her fourth Olympic Games in style.

She became the most decorated female Olympic swimmer of all time Thursday when she won silver as part of the U.S. 4x200 freestyle relay team for her 13th career medal.

That’s about it for medals on Day 8. Where things stand

Highlights to follow throughout the day


Biles wins stunning vault final

Gymnastics: After winning gold in the individual all-around and helping the US to a dominant win in team all-around, Simone Biles picked up her third gold medal in five days at the Paris Olympics in the vault on Saturday.

Bronze medallist Jade Carey of United States takes a selfie on the podium with gold medallist Simone Biles of United States and silver medallist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil.

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Gold for Philippines in men's floor exercise! Silver for Israel, bronze for Team GB!

The Philippines have their first gold of the Games after Carlos Edriel Yulo scored 15.00 in the floor exercise. He was a whisker ahead of Artem Dolgopyat of Israel on 14.966, and Team GB’s Jake Jarman on 14.933.

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Men’s windsurfing: Tom Reuveny won Israel’s first gold of the Games, to add to Sharon Kantor’s silver in the women’s event. Silver in the men’s windsurfing went to Grae Morris of Australia, and Luuc van Opzeeland for the Netherlands took bronze. The Dutch seem to be having their very own super Saturday today.

Gold and silver for USA in men's skeet shooting!

Men’s skeet shooting: a USA one-two saw Vincent Hancock take gold by one shot from teammate Conner Lynn Prince. Meng Yuan Lee, competing for Taiwan under the Chinese Taipei banner, came third.

Lorenzo Musetti serves Italy its first tennis medal in a century

Lorenzo Musetti defeated Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets to earn Italy’s first medal — a bronze — in tennis since the 1924 Paris Olympics.

The last Italian tennis medal was a bronze for Umberto De Morpurgo in men's singles.

This is the second-ever Olympic medal for Italy in tennis, however, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini are playing in the women’s doubles gold medal match on Sunday and are guaranteed at least a silver medal.

Italy has never won a gold medal in tennis.

Gold for Germany in men's single sculls!

Men’s single sculls rowing: Oliver Zeidler (GER) takes gold, I wouldn’t say with ease, but he was undern no pressure at all in the last 300m. Simon Van Dorp (NED) picks up another medal for his country, who have had a brilliant few days on the water here. Belarus-born Yauheni Zalaty finishes third as a neutral athlete.

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Gold for South Korea in the women's 25m pistol shooting!

Women’s 25m pistol shooting: after a dramatic shootout round, Jiin Yang of South Korea has taken the gold medal, with Camille Jedrzejewski of France pushing her all the way for the hosts in second place. Veronika Major of Hungary took bronze.

There were tears from Jedrzejewski at the end, of joy and relief, as she enjoyed huge home support. It is France’s first medal in the shooting range at these Games.

China win tennis gold

Tennis: The Chinese player Qinwen Zheng has won the womenÂ’s singles final, beating CroatiaÂ’s Donna Vekic in straight sets: 6-2, 6-3.

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Ireland take pommel horse gold; Whitlock out of the medals

Gymnastics: The final competitor, Hur Woong, from South Korea, falls off the pommel horse during his routine, but still scores an impressive 14.3.

Men's pommel horse podium

Rhys McClenaghan (Ireland)

Nariman Kurbanov (Kazakhstan)

Stephen Nedoroscik (USA)

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Remco Evenepoel wins the men's road race

Cycling: With the Eiffel Tower serving as a stunning backdrop, Evenepoel crosses the finish line to win his second gold medal of these Olympic Games. For France, Valentin Madouas just about hangs in there to win the silver medal and his compatriot Christophe Laporte takes the bronze.

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MenÂ’s decathlon: a hugely entertaining contest kept Stade de France entertained as eventually EstoniaÂ’s Janek Oiglane went over at 5.30m for a personal best. NorwayÂ’s Markus Rooth also scored a PB of 5.30m. Harrison Williams and Zachery Ziemek of the USA also went over 5.10 and 5m respectively, and Leo Neugebauer also made a 5m vault.

Going into the javelin the top overall scores are Â…

Leo Neugebauer (GER) – 7,410
Markus Rooth (Nor) – 7,271
Lindon Victor (Gre) – 7,191
Ayden Owens-Delerme (Pur) – 7,153
Harrison Williams (USA) – 7,118

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Emma Wilson had to settle for a second consecutive Olympic bronze medal after falling away dramatically in the womenÂ’s windsurfing final off the coast of Marseille on Saturday.

The 25-year-old had dominated the qualification process, winning eight of the 14 races, and had been a heavy favourite to claim an elusive first major title. But despite holding a narrow lead at the halfway stage, Wilson finished well behind eventual winner Marta Maggetti of Italy, with IsraelÂ’s Sharon Kantor taking silver.

Gold for Germany in team dressage! Silver for Denmark and bronze for Team GB!

Equestrian dressage team: Germany have won the team event! It is by the narrowest of margins though – they score 235.790, bettering Denmark by just 0.121. They are ecstatic, but the final Danish round by Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Freestyle was nearly enough to steal it at the last. Team GB finish third.

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Australian pair Matthew Ebden and John Peers have produced a glorious comeback to win gold in the men’s tennis doubles at Roland Garros, defeating Americans Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek in a third set super tiebreak, prevailing 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1), 10-8.

It’s the first time Australia has won a gold medal in Olympic tennis sinc Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge triumphed in Atlanta in 1996.

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USWNT beats Japan 1-0, advances to semi-finals

It was far from a convincing win, but they got there in the end. Trinity Rodman's extra-time goal gave the United States a 1-0 win over Japan, meaning they will face either Canada or Germany in the semi-final Tuesday.

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Boxing: Omari Jones punches ticket to welterweight semifinals

American Omari Jones won his quarterfinal welterweight bout against Rami Mofid Kiwan, disposing of the taller Bulgarian southpaw by unanimous decision.

The Orlando, Florida native won each round on the cards of all five judges. He'll next fight on Tuesday.

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Gold for Netherlands in the 4x400 mixed relay

The USA were second after the first leg, then led, then led, and were leading into the final straight. I thought that Femke Bol was going to gobble up GB’s Amber Anning for silver, but she kept right on racing and caught Kaylyn Brown for gold! Ran that last leg a second and a half faster than Brown. Amazing finish, huge strides. Great Britain bronze.

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USA gold in the shotput

He was expected to, but Ryan Crouser hangs on after Rajindra Campbell launches a bomb with the last throw of the night but is flagged for a foul. So Campbell takes bronze and looks pumped with that. Joe Kovacs makes it a gold-silver for USA.

Gold in the pool for Hungary

Men’s 100m butterfly: Yes, the stroke that makes you feel like you’re drowning. Kristof Milak wins it ahead of a Canadian double of Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun. Which by North American maths means that Canada won 2-1 on medals.

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Gold for Ukraine! In the women's team sabre

Olga Kharlan, Yuliia Bakastova, and Alina Komashchuk take the gold.

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Team USA's Jasmine Moore wins bronze in triple jump

At a wet Stade de France, Jasmine Moore, from Grand Prairie, Texas, has finished third in the triple jump, bagging bronze.

Dominica's Thea Lafond takes the gold and Jamaica's Shanieka Rickets silver.

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Norwegian gold in the men's decathlon

Markus Rooth wins the most convoluted event at the Games, a huge effort over ten sports and two days. The 1500m race is the final event. Leo Neugebauer takes silver for Germany, Lindon Victor bronze for Grenada for another Caribbean success.

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Summer McIntosh wins gold in 200 IM

Summer McIntosh won the 200-meter individual medley in Olympic-record time, edging American silver medalist Kate Douglass McIntosh in a thrilling finish.

This win marks the third gold medal and fourth podium visit of these games for the Canadian prodigy.

Coming into Saturday, the 17-year-old had golds in the 200 fly and 400 IM and silver in the 400 free.

What is in the cardboard box medalists get at the Paris Olympics?

As athletes receive the medals during the Olympic Games, they also receive a cardboard box. But what’s inside?

Jessica Fox, an Australian canoer who has already won two gold medals in Paris, shared what was inside the box on her TikTok account.

Inside the cardboard box was a poster designed by French artist Ugo Gattoni.

“Usually, we get the mascot or we get flowers, but this time, it’s a little bit more unique, and I think it’s actually a really cool concept,” Fox said.

The poster also came with gold details on it, and Fox said it could be gold, silver or bronze depending on the medal the athlete wins.

Gattoni told olympics.com in March that the poster took more than 2,000 hours over four months to create a colorful “fantasy city” full of notable Parisian landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe.

The poster also features multiple symbols of the Games, such as the Olympic Rings and medals. It also includes depictions of various sports, such as breaking, swimming and diving.

“There are many small details; they’re stories within the stories,” Joachim Roncin, the director of design for the 2024 Paris Olympics, said.

Among the intricate details in the poster, Gattoni hid eight Phryges, the official mascot of the Games, that have left many spectators confused as to what it is. The mascot is inspired by a Phrygian cap, a hat often worn by 18th-century French revolutionaries as a symbol of freedom.

In addition to the poster, athletes who win medals also receive a plushie of the Phryge with a gold, silver or bronze medal emblem sewn onto its belly. However, they receive those off the podium.

In addition, Olympics.com said that the 515 volunteers for the Games will receive all the gifts the medalists get.

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Triathlon mixed relay training cancelled due to water quality in Seine

Medal events for day 9

Golf – men’s stroke play (from 9am)
Equestrian – dressage individual grand prix freestyle (10am)
Tennis – women’s doubles / men’s singles (12pm)
Cycling – women’s road race (2pm)
Table Tennis – men’s singles (2.30pm)
Archery – men’s recurve individual (2.33pm)
Badminton – men’s doubles & singles / women’s singles (3pm)
Gymnastics – men’s rings, vault, parallel bars & horizontal bar / women’s uneven bars, beam & floor exercise (from 3pm)
Shooting – women’s skeet / men’s 25m rapid fire pistol / mixed skeet (3.30pm)
Swimming – women’s 50m freestyle & 4×100m medley relay / men’s 15oom & 4×100m medley relay (from 6.30pm)
Fencing – men’s team foil (7.10pm)
Athletics – women’s high jump / men’s hammer throw & 100m (from 7.55pm)

Australian boxer Caitlin Parker guaranteed a medal

She has just won a points decision against Khadija Mardi of Morocco, with four out of five judges going her way.

Medal events are all but over for Day 9. Where things stand.

and again, highlights throughout the day


Lyles wins gold in 100m final

Team USA’s Noah Lyles wins gold in the men’s 100m final and Fred Kerley gets bronze!

That was the closest 100m final finish ever.