Paris 2024 Live Blog - Olympic Live Updates & Breaking News (2024)

Artistic gymnastics: Zhang back in the medals with one rotation left

You just can't count outZhang Boheng. With the last two rotations on apparatus that favour him, he knew he always stayed in with a chance of still taking home this men's all-around title.

He's done his chances a world of good with a hit routine on parallel bars, scoring 15.300.

But teammateXiao Ruoteng and Japan's Oka Shinnosuke also both hit on parallel bars to remain ahead of him in the all-around scores, with just high bar left to go.

After 5/6 rotations:

1. Oka Shinnosuke (JPN) 72.332
2. Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 71.998
3. Zhang Boheng (CHN) 71.966

Archery and beach volleyball: Matches postponed

Over at theInvalides, due to forecast weather conditions and the risk of thunderstorms, the last six matches of today have been postponed to tomorrow, 1 August.

At theEiffel Tower Stadium, the same fate has befallen the day's evening session, featuring three matches.

Artistic gymnastics: Kovtun into top-three spot after strong parallel bars routine

The pick of the routines of that fourth rotation was Ukraine'sIllia Kovtun, the 2023 world all-around silver medallist behind Hashimoto (but in the absence of Zhang), on theparallel bars.

A rocking 15.400 for the Ukrainian moes him into the top three after four rotations.

This is heating up, withOleg Verniaiev, who got 15.000 on parallel bars, now in the lead and Oka back in joint-third.

After 4/6 rotations:

1. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 57.766
2. Illia Kovtun (UKR) 57.632
3. Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) and Oka Shinnosuke (JPN) 57.232

Jake Jarman is fifth andZhang Boheng sixth, still in with a chance.Hashimoto is ninth.

Surfing: Meet the water safety team!

We're hoping to hear soon from Tahiti on today's wave conditions, with Round 3 of the women's competition having been tentatively scheduled for 12pm local time today (midnight tonight Paris time).

In the meantime, why not get to know the team charged with taking care of the surfers in Teahupo'o's wild waves?

Artistic gymnastics: Hashimoto's struggles continue

The favourites' group have headed to rings, whereHashimoto Daiki has struggled again.

He put in a solid routine but did not get enough difficulty in his performance, and a score inquiry was rejected. His score of 13.400 almost certainly means he's out of the running.

Zhang Boheng scored 14.600 to haul himself up the standings, but it's Hashimoto's teammateOka Shinnosuke who leads at the halfway mark.

Elsewhere, Félix Dolci of Canada was third after two apparatus, but has had a nightmare on the high bar. First, his grips ripped during his first attempt, causing him to fall. He was granted a do-over, but fell during his second attempt, and will drop out of the top three.

After 3/6 rotations:

1. Oka Shinnosuke (JPN) 42.932
2. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 42.766
3. Xiao Ruoteng (CHN) 42.399

Judo: Matic (CRO), Bekauri (GEO) win judo golds on Day 5

Over at Champ-de-Mars, updates on two judo events for you:

Women's -70kg

🥇 Barbara Matic (CRO) beat Miriam Butkereit (GER) 🥈 1-0 by waza-ari

🥉 Gabriella Willems (BEL) and Michaela Polleres (AUT)

Men's -90kg

🥇 Lasha Bekauri (GEO) beat Murao Sanshiro (JPN) 🥈 10-1 by ippon (two waza-ari)

🥉Theodoros Tselidis (GRE) and Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou (FRA)

Artistic gymnastics: Hashimoto off on pommel horse

Well now. Not just Zhang has issues –Hashimoto Daiki has just come off the pommel horse.

This door is wide open now for the top group, and maybe even athletes from the second group.

After two rotations, the two favourites are 15th (Hashimoto) and 16th (Zhang).

Still time for things to change.

After 2/6 rotations:

1. Oka Shinnosuke (JPN) 29.066
2. Jake Jarman (GBR) 28.966
3. Felix Dolci (CAN) 28.699

Canoe slalom: Jess Fox adds C-1 to K-1 title

Australia'sJessica Fox is one of canoe slalom's most bemedalled athletes, and today she has another gold to add to her collection.

After taking the women's K-1 slalom crown in Vaires-sur-Marne a few days ago, she has now added the C-1 to go with the gold she also won in this event last time out in Tokyo.

She completes the course with two penalty seconds, totalling 101.06, 2.48 seconds ahead of silver medallistElena Lilik of Germany.Evy Leifbarth of USA wins bronze.

Football: Marta sent off for Brazil at last tournament

Some big news to bring you from theBrazil vs Spain women's football match, which is 0-0 at half-time.

LegendMarta, who is retiring from international football after the Olympic Games, was sent off in first half stoppage time, leaving the field in tears.

That means she will miss the quarter-finals should Brazil qualify – and after their shock loss to Japan, they have work to do against the world champions Spain.

Artistic gymnastics: Zhang crashes floor routine with errors

Over at theBercy Arena, the men's all-around final has begun, with the two favourites beingHashimoto Daiki andZhang Boheng, withOka Shinnosuke,Jake Jarman,Joe Fraser, andXiao Ruoteng also in the top group starting on floor.

Zhang has just had a very shaky start, looking wobbly on the landing to his first tumbling pass before losing control of his second and ending up crashing the pass, balancing his body with his head on the mat. 13.233 and he has work to do to make this up.

After 1/6 rotations:

1. Jake Jarman (GBR) 14.900, on floor
2. Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) 14.833, on pommel horse
3. Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) 14.633, on floor

Badminton round-up: Seeds Jonatan Christie, Anthony Ginting, Tai Tzu-ying eliminated as group stages close

Over in the badminton, we've had three big casualties today.

Indonesia'sJonatan Christie is out of the men's singles after losing to India'sLakshya Sen 18-21, 12-21.

It means Sen tops their group, with only the group winners making it through to the second round.

And there was double disappointment for Indonesia as a very loud French crowd roaredToma Junior Popov to a shock three-game 21-19, 17-21, 21-15 win over ninth-seeded Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.

The result sees Popov win Group H.

Women's singles third seedTai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei has also crashed out after being beaten by Thailand'sRatchanok Intanon 19-21, 15-21.

Tai, the Tokyo silver medallist, finishes second to Intanon in their group.

Elsewhere, there were wins in men's singles forLee Zii Jia and women's singles forCarolina Marín, who each move on.

Boxing: Cindy Ngamba takes down third seed Tammara Thibeault by split decision

Over at theNorth Paris Arena, the IOC Refugee Olympic Team'sCindy Ngamba has just moved a step closer to winning the team's first medal in history.

The British-based pugilist takes down women's 75kg third seedTammara Thibeault of Canada in a 3-2 split decision. She had loud support throughout, with the crowd chanting "refugee!" in support during the bout.

Both losing semi-finalists in boxing win bronze, meaning Ngamba, who's through to the quarter-finals, is one win away from history.

Tennis: Angelique Kerber's career comes to a close with defeat by Zheng Qinwen

Over at Roland Garros, a decorated career has just come to an end.

Germany'sAngelique Kerber, a three-time Grand Slam champion, had announced before Paris 2024 that this tournament would mark the finish of her career.

She took the lead againstZheng Qinwen (CHN), winning the first set 7-6 (4) in a tiebreak.

But Zheng hit back and took the last two sets, finishing with a third-set tiebreak. Zheng wins 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (6).

Tennis: Djokovic, Alcaraz through to quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic's quest for a first Olympic title continues after the Serbian player defeated Dominik Koepfer of Germany 7-5 6-3 in straight sets at Roland Garros this morning.

The top seed has set up a tantalising quarter-final tie against Greece'sStefanos Tsitsipas.

Spain'sCarlos Alcaraz, who will be in doubles action too later alongside Rafael Nadal, has also made it to the last eight of the singles, beating AIN Roman Safiullin 6-4 6-2.

He will face USA'sTommy Paul in the quarter-finals.

Paris 2024 Day 5 team sports round-up

We've had some amazing action today with plenty of individual medals won, but let's catch you up on the results from the team sports today.

Women's Basketball
Puerto Rico 62-63 Spain
People's Rep. of China 59-81 Serbia

Equestrian - Dressage Grand Prix Team Qualifier Day 2
Germany - 237.546
Denmark - 235.730
Great Britain - 231.196

Men's Handball
Norway 26-25 Hungary
Croatia 31-26 Germany
Spain 37-33 Japan

Women's Hockey
Argentina 2-1 Spain
France 1-5 Germany
South Africa 1-2 Great Britain
Australia 3-0 USA

Men's Volleyball
Poland 3-2 Brazil
Japan 3-1 Argentina

Women's Water Polo
Netherlands 14-15 Australia

Canoe slalom: Women's C-1 final set

Over in Vaires-sur-Marne, the women's C-1 canoe slalom semi-finals have just concluded withGabriela Satkova of Czechia the top qualifier for this evening's final.

K-1 championJess Fox of Australia was second, and Great Britain'sMallory Franklin qualified sixth of the 12 finalists.

Shooting: Ruano wins women's trap, Guatemala's first Olympic gold in history

This is a tense final. One by one, the athletes are eliminated after series of five shots.

Australia'sPenny Smith is knocked out in the bronze-medal position with a score of 32 of her 40 shots hit.

That leaves Guatemala'sAdriana Ruano and Italy'sSilvana Maria Stanco as the last two standing, and Ruano holds a four-point lead going into the last two series of five shots each.

The Olympic record, currently 43 by Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova set in Tokyo three years ago, is under threat.

Deep breaths, load the shotgun, wait for the target, fire. It's 42-37 with one series to go.

Ruano hits her first target. She cannot be caught now! She has tied the Olympic record and won gold. A wry smile from Stanco as she misses the first of the last series.

Some nerves? Ruano misses the next two. But she hits another to make the Olympic record her own!

This is historic - Guatemala's first Olympic gold medal ever. She finishes on 45 points for gold.

Italy's Stanco wins silver on 40.

The Guatemalan flags are flying in the stands! Ruano looks emotional. She is a history-maker for her country. The sobs are coming now as she is embraced by Stanco and Smith.

Shooting: Ruano leads women's trap final going into elimination rounds

In thewomen's trap shooting final, all six athletes have now completed Stage 1, firing at 25 targets.

Guatemala's Adriana Ruano leads the way, having hit 23 of the 25.

BMX freestyle: Jose Torres Gil (ARG) wins men's park final gold!

Torres Gil's (ARG) exceptional first run is enough to win gold!

In winning the event, the 29-year-old has created alotof history: it's the first individual medal in the sport of cycling for Argentina, the first medal of Paris 2024 for Argentina, the first gold in any sport since Rio 2016, and the first gold medal for an athlete representing a nation from South America at Paris 2024!

Needless to say - what an achivement!

World champion Kieran Reilly (GBR) put everything into his second run, but he just misses out on the top spot. Anthony Jeanjean (FRA) takes bronze for France, their first Olympic medal in BMX freestyle.

🥇Jose Torres Gil (ARG): 94.82
🥈Kieran Reilly (GBR): 93.91
🥉Anthony Jeanjean (FRA): 93.76

BMX freestyle: Jose Torres Gil (ARG) leads men's park final

We've got six riders to go at La Concorde in the men's BMX freestyle park final, but it's Torres Gil (ARG) who holds the lead after completing his second run - his first score of 94.82 good enough for gold as it stands.

Kieran Reilly (GBR), the 2023 world and European champion, is in second (93.70).

Athletics: Shericka Jackson (JAM) confirms she will not compete in the women's 100m

Big, big news from athletics, as Shericka Jackson has just confirmed in a press conference that she will not participate in the 100m at Paris 2024.

Jackson, who won bronze in this event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and silver at the 2023 world championships, will be replaced by Shashalee Forbes, who finished fourth at the Jamaican trials.

We are still awaiting confirmation as to whether she'll still race in the women's 200m or be a part of Jamaica's relay teams for the Games.

Tennis: Novak Djokovic (SRB) through to men's quarter-finals

Let's catch up quickly with the tennis, where two games in the men's singles third round have just finished.

Top seed Novak Djokovic (SRB) has won his match against Dominik Koepfer (GER) in straight sets, as has Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) (beating Sebastian Baez (ARG) 7-5, 6-1).

Both men now advance to the quarter-finals, but they'll have to wait to find out their opponents as we have plenty more action to come at Roland Garros today.

Deng completes her second run...and it's even better than the first!

She scores 92.60 to lay down the marker for the final rider of the competition - five-time world champion and Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Hannah Roberts (USA).

Roberts didn't have the best first run (scoring 70.00, only good enough for 7th), but she's more than capable of putting together a run to claim gold.

Here she goes...oh she loses her footing on the first jump, and that's it! Roberts steps off her bike, and Deng celebrates! It's a first medal for the People's Rep. of China in this event, and a first too for Australia as Natalya Diehm (AUS) takes the bronze!

Perris Benegas (USA), who finished in fourth in Tokyo, has her Olympic medal with silver.

🥇Deng Yawen (CHN): 92.60
🥈Perris Benegas (USA): 90.70
🥉Natalya Diehm (AUS): 88.80

BMX freestyle: Deng Yawen (CHN) leads after first run

Over at La Concorde, the best women's BMX freestyle park riders are pulling out all the stops as they contest the final!

At the moment its Deng Yawen (CHN) who leads with a mammoth 92.50 score following her first run.

Natalya Diehm (AUS) is second with a score of 88.80; Queen Saray Villegas Serna (COL) occupies the bronze medal position with 88.00.

Rowing: Lola Anderson fulfills childhood goal

Here's a truly touching story to bring you from the women's quad sculls, where Great Britain won gold earlier.

Months before he died of cancer, Don Anderson gave his daughter, Lola, a note from a diary entry that she had thrown away as a child.

What had Lola written?

That her dream was to one day win Olympic rowing gold.

At Paris 2024, she has fulfilled that dream.