It’s a packed Olympics schedule on Day 13 of the Paris 2024 Games with Team GB keen to add to its medal collection.
Letsile Tebogo stormed to victory in the 200m final to deny Noah Lyles, the 100m champion, a sprint double at the Olympics. Botswana’s Tebogo won a dominant race in 19.46s, with Kenny Bednarek in second and Lyles adding bronze to his 100m gold. Lyles left the track in a wheelchair with the US Track and Field team revealing he ran the race with Covid-19.
Great Britain’s heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson is also in action and started strongly with season’s bests in the 100m hurdles and high jump this morning. She backed up those performances with a personal best in the shot put and a heat winning run in the 200m to lead the standings.
In cycling, Emma Finucane added to her Paris medal tally following up her gold in the women’s team sprint by clinching bronze in the women’s keirin in the velodrome.
Earlier, Britain’s Ellie Aldridge became the first ever Olympic gold medallist in kitesurfing with a brilliant performance in Marseille, but there was disappointment for a clutch of medal contenders elsewhere.
Diver Jack Laughermissed out in men’s diving 3m springboard final, while sailors Anna Burnet and John Gimson were disqualified from the mixed multi-hull medal race.
Taekwondo star Jade Jones also suffered a shock first-round defeat to end her bid for a historic third gold medal, having entered the Games amid a drugs test controversy earlier this year.
Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.
Olympics 2024: Women’s heptathlon
Here’s a replay of a historic 200m gold for Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo.
Chris Wilson8 August 2024 20:20
Olympics 2024: Women’s heptathlon
KJT gets a good start and is in contention for the lead as the runners go around the bend.
She takes the bend well and comes out of it in the lead, powering in front and eventually winning the heat in 23.44s.
She takes 1035 points to take her to 4055 – she finishes the day in the lead by 48 points!
Chris Wilson8 August 2024 20:16
Olympics 2024: Women’s heptathlon
Johnson-Thompson has had a good day so far at the Stade de France – can she make it a near-perfect one?
She lines up for the 200m and the final event of the day, before her long jump to start tomorrow.
Chris Wilson8 August 2024 20:11
Olympics 2024: Athletics
We’re underway in the 200m heats for the heptathlon, with KJT coming up soon.
Current leader Nafi Thiam of Belgium crosses the line in second place and picks up 937 points, lifting her on to 4007 points in total.
Chris Wilson8 August 2024 20:01
Olympics 2024: Athletics
The finals of the men’s javelin and women’s long jump have begun.
Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan leads the javelin with a distance of 92.97m – a new Olympic record – while the USA’s Tara Davis-Woodhall leads the women’s long jump at a distance of 7.05m.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is up soon in the heptathlon’s 200m heats.
Chris Wilson8 August 2024 19:51
Olympics 2024: Athletics
There’s some chatter about Lyles potentially having COVID, with the BBC saying that US Track and Field has confirmed that.
Michael Johnson isn’t too sympathetic though, saying that it wouldn’t have changed much.
Chris Wilson8 August 2024 19:47
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m final
Third! Lyles comes out of the blocks brilliantly and this is his best start of the Olympics so far. He flies around the bend beautifully but has work to do.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, who beat Lyles in the semi-finals, has the lead. His stride is on and he’s in full flow. There’s no catching him!
Kenneth Bednarek makes a late sprint and nudges ahead of Lyles as they approach the line.
Tebogo takes the gold, Bednarek the silver and Lyles the bronze! Tebogo’s winning time is 19.46!
Chris Wilson8 August 2024 19:35
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m final
Noah Lyles looks right up for this one. He bounces over to the starting apparatus and has a determined and energetic focus in his eyes.
He’s running from lane 5 with USA teammate Erriyon Knighton on his right. There’s a hush around the stadium…
Mike Jones8 August 2024 19:33
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m final
The athletes are out on the track and the crowd are very excited. There’s a loud cheer as the runners prepare for the start of the race.
Usain Bolt holds the world record in this event and it doesn’t seem as though any one these runners will challenge that. They are, however, very evenly matched and it’s a race that can be won from any lane.
All eyes are on Noah Lyles from the United States though. Will he win gold?
Mike Jones8 August 2024 19:28
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m final
Noah Lyles could make history tonight in the men’s 200m final tonight. He would become the first man since Usain Bolt to complete an Olympic sprint double after claiming the 100m title by just 0.005 seconds on Sunday.
In his 200m semi-final he finished second to Letsile Tebogo from Botswana, clocking 20:08s. Does he have more to give in the showpiece race?
Mike Jones8 August 2024 19:25
