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Team USA's Grant Fisher took the 10,000-meter race bronze with a 26:43.46 time, just two hundredths of a second behind silver winner Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia.
Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the gold with a time of 26:43.14, setting a new Olympic record. Cheptegei is also the world record holder for the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter, and three-time world champion in the 10,000-meter race.
French cyclists took all medals in the men's BMX racing event. Joris Daudet won the gold, Sylvain André took the silver, and Romain Mahieu the bronze.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6–4, 6–2, advancing to the finals for a much anticipated match against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.
On Sunday, Djokovic and Alcaraz will play for the gold and silver, and Musetti will play Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada for the bronze.
The crowd was deafening during the men's 200-meter individual medley, with chants cheering on Leon Marchand of France, drowning everything out.
Marchand delivered, scoring his fourth gold medal this Olympics and setting an Olympic record with a time of 1:54.06. Few swimmers have won four golds in a single Olympics, and Marchand is the fourth ever and only Frenchman to do so.
Team USA's Regan Smith took her third silver medal this Olympics in the women's 200-meter backstroke.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia, defending record holder and Olympic champion, took the gold and set an Olympic record of 2:03.73. This is her fourth gold medal in a backstroke event.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia won gold at the 50-meter men's freestyle with a 21.25 time, the first for Australia.
Ben Proud of Great Britain won silver with 21.30, and Florent Manaudou of France won bronze with a 21.56 time.
With a game-high 15 points, Canyon Barry became the catalyst for the United States’s long awaited victory in 3x3 basketball.
The team, previously mired in a winless slump, finally tasted success, defeating France by a narrow margin of 21–19.
In a dramatic turn, the USA women’s 3x3 basketball team turned their Olympic campaign around with back-to-back one point victories. After a slow start, the defending gold medalists are back in contention for the podium.
A buzzard-beating two-pointer by Rhyne Howard secured a thrilling 18–17 overtime win against Canada, following a similarly dramatic 14–13 win over France.
The United States has just obliterated the world record in the mixed 4x400-meter relay setting a new standard of 3:07.41.
The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Kaylyn Brown, and Shamier Little dominated the first heat, leaving their competitors in the dust.
The U.S. men’s soccer team fell well short in its bid to play for an Olympic medal for the first time in program history with a 4–0 loss to Morocco in the tournament quarterfinals on Friday.
Soufiane Rahimi converted a penalty kick with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner in the 29th minute and Ilias Akhomach and Achraf Hakimi scored seven minutes apart in the second half. El Mehdi Maouhoub converted another penalty kick in the 91st minute for the lopsided victory.
The Americans were playing in their Olympic Men’s Soccer Tournament for the first time in 16 years. It was also just the third time in its 100-year history at the Games the United States advanced to the quarterfinals.
Teddy Riner, the 35-year-old French champion, defeated world number one Minjong Kim of South Korea to secure his third Olympic gold and sixth medal overall. This victory solidifies Riner’s status as the most decorated Olympic Judoka of all time.
As one of the two French athletes chosen to light the Olympic cauldron, Riner’s triumph helped France surge ahead of Great Britain in the gold medal count, boasting nine golds for the host country.
Iga Swiatek, ranked No. 1 in the world, won her women’s singles tennis match against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in two sets and took the bronze.
This is Poland's first Olympics tennis medal.
Sha'Carri Richardson is on her way to redemption.
The U.S. sprinter advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 100 meters at Stade de France on Friday, making her Olympic debut with an impressive time of 10.94 seconds.
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Richardson failed a drug test for marijuana, leading to a suspension by the United States Anti-Doping Agency that kept her from competing in the 100-meter event. Now, she is the favorite to medal at this summer’s Olympics in Paris and is off to a good start.
Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison won the bronze mixed archery match against Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara of India.
South Korea successfully defended its gold medal against Germany, which took silver.
For Team USA, Laura Kraut, Karl Cook, and McClain Ward won the second silver medal in two Olympics for the equestrian jumping event.
Great Britain won gold and France bronze.
The 21-year-old Carlos Alcaraz has qualified for the men's tennis singles finals, making him the second youngest in the history of the event to reach this stage.
Alcaraz won against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in two decisive 6–1 sets.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) responded to backlash in allowing Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yuting to compete in women’s boxing events despite both athletes failing a gender test administered by the Russia-based International Boxing Association (IBA) for the world championships last year.
“As with previous Olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport,” IOC stated. The committee also stated that the athletes had previously qualified for and competed in other women’s boxing competitions.
The women’s team got their second win with a close 14–13 over Team France. Now in fifth place, Team USA will play Canada today and China tomorrow to see if they can stay in the top six and advance.
Spain's Diego Botin and Florian Trittel took gold in the men's skiff on Friday, clinching the title with a consummate medal race performance on the Mediterranean.
New Zealand's Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie claimed silver with a third-position in the medals race, while the United States grabbed bronze on overall points.
Ireland took home the gold medal in the men's lightweight double sculls at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday.
Italy came in second to take the silver, with Greece picking up the bronze.
Britain won the women's lightweight double sculls gold medal at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nuatical Stadium on Friday.
Romania came in second to secure the silver, with Greece taking the bronze.
Friday sees the Olympic debut of kayak cross, a sport full of thrills and spills that pits racers against each other in a race to the bottom of the course.
There are also four medals up for grabs in the rowing regatta.
With only one game per team remaining at the end of Thursday, Friday’s sessions should reveal the first teams heading to the knockout phase.
Both U.S. teams are still in danger of elimination after a poor start, while Tokyo champions Latvia top the men’s pool.
American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is on the track Friday morning for a first-round heat in the 100 meters.
All things considered, this should be nothing more than a warm-up and tune-up for the 24-year-old, who arrived in France as a favorite and saw her status improve when Shericka Jackson of Jamaica announced she was bowing out of the 100 meters.
