The Olympics continues on what could be a record-breaking day at Paris 2024 for Simone Biles and a golden one for Keely Hodgkinson on the track.
The action kicks with the triathlon mixed relay. Great Britian won this event in Tokyo and will be led by Alex Yee, men’s champion in Paris, and Beth Potter, who won silver in the women’s event.
The race goes ahead despite more training sessions being cancelled due to poor water quality in the Seine, and amid the Belgium team pulling out because an athlete fell ill after swimming in the Paris river.
Biles has enjoyed a sensational Olympics but it could be about to get even better on the final day of the gymnastics. She will be involved in the balance beam on floor exercise finals knowing that two more gold medals at the Olympics would take her to nine and a share of the all-time women’s record.
Later on, attention switches back to the athletics and focuses on Hodkinson’s bid to win the 800m final. The Team GB star is determined to turn silver into gold after a series of near-misses, including in Tokyo three years ago, and set the fastest time in qualifying ahead of tonight’s final.
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Olympics 2024: Today at the Games
The headline star athlete of Monday and perhaps the entire Olympics is Noah Lyles. The Team USA sprinter is back from the thrilling 100m final in a bid to double up and take gold in the men’s 200m first round. Zharnel Hughes, Letsile Tebogo, Andre De Grasse and Erriyon Knighton are among the biggest threats to Lyles.
Keely Hodgkinson goes again in the women’s 800m final, with the Team GB star likely to face a challenge from Kenya’s Mary Moraa.
The triathlon is back with the mixed relay as Alex Yee, Sam Dickinson, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Beth Potter bid to retain gold after their success in Tokyo.
And look out for Sifan Hassan on the track, the Dutch runner goes in the women’s 5000m final as she bids to tackle a historic treble in Paris. She qualified second-fasted behind Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, who is the favourite, though Italy’s Nadia Battocletti and Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay pose threats too.
Jamie Braidwood4 August 2024 23:59
Olympics 2024: Yesterday at the Games
World champion, Olympic champion. Noah Lyles talked an awful lot of talk in the build-up to Paris 2024, but tonight he backed up the bluster with blistering speed on the Stade de France track, surging past the field to pip them all on the line. There can be no argument now. “What’s the title of Olympic champion?” Lyles said, referring to the ‘fastest man on the planet’ tag that goes with gold. “Amen.”
Lawrence Ostlere5 August 2024 05:03
