Paris Olympics 2024, Day 9 highlights: USA's Noah Lyles claims gold in 100m final; Novak Djokovic completes Golden Slam

Thank you for reading HT's live blog of the Paris Olympics. World champion Noah Lyles became the fastest man on the planet as the USA sprinter claimed a stunning win in 9.79sec to win gold in the men's 100m final. Top seed Novak Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in the men's singles final to seal his first Olympic gold. On Day 10 of the Paris Games, India's Lakshya Sen will fight for bronze against Zii Jia Lee of Malaysia in the badminton singles medal playoff.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - In a photo-finish, World champion Noah Lyles claimed victory in the dramatic men's Olympic 100m final in Paris. Jamaica's Kishane Thompson claimed silver; he was just five-thousandths of a second off Lyles' pace in the men's 100m final. Fred Kerley of the USA finished third. Defending champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy was fifth in 9.85sec at the Paris Games.

Here are the final standings of the men’s 100m final!

1.Noah Lyles (USA) – 9.79 (.784)

2.Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) – 9.79 (.789)

3.Fred Kerley (USA) – 9.81

4.Akani Simbane (South Africa) – 9.82

5.Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Italy) – 9.85

6.Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 9.86

7.Kenneth Bednarek (USA) – 9.88

8.Oblique Seville (Jamaica) – 9.91

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Defender Amit Rohidas will miss India’s Paris Olympics semifinal. The key defender was suspended for a game for the red card he received during the quarterfinal clash with Great Britain. Earlier, Dilip Tirkey, confirmed that Hockey India had appealed against the decision.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - WOW - By the barest of all margins! Jamaican pairing of Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville have been upstaged by World champion Noah Lyles, who claimed the gold medal in the men's 100m final at the Paris Games 2024. Thompson of Jamaica took the silver medal and Fred Kerley of the US has bagged bronze.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - World champion Noah Lyles and defending Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs have arrived at the Stade de France to feature in the men's 100m final of the Summer Games 2024. Jamaican pair of Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville hit top gears in the semi-finals at the famous venue in Paris. USA’s Lyles clocked 9.83sec in finishing second behind Seville in the semi-final 1. South African Akani Simbine won the second semi-final in 9.87sec. Thompson was also impressive as Jamaican won the third and final semi-final in 9.80sec.

Here's the lineup for the men's 100m final:

1. Bednarek

2. Kerley

3. Thompson

4. Simbine

5. Seville

6. Simbine

7. Lyles

8. Teboco

9. Jacobs

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh was forced to flee her country due to the war with Russia. On Day 9 of the Summer Games, the Ukrainian high jumper bagged Ukraine's first individual gold of at the Paris Games. Mahuchikh cleared 2.00 meters to finish ahead of Nicola Olyslagers of Australia. Eleanor Patterson of Australia and Gerashchenko shared the bronze at 1.95.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Novak Djokovic has described defeating Carlos Alcaraz to claim the Olympic singles gold medal as the biggest achievement of his career. The 37-year-old Serbian ended an eight-month trophy drought to win his first-ever gold medal at the Olympics. Did you know? Djokovic is the oldest man to win the Olympic singles title since tennis returned to the Summer Games in 1988.

"I won the bronze in my first Olympic Games (2008) and ever since then failed to win the medal and played three out of four Olympic Games in semi-finals and couldn't overcome that obstacle," Djokovic told reporters. "And then now at age 37, with a 21-year-old that is probably the best player in the world right now, winning Roland Garros and Wimbledon back-to-back and playing incredible tennis. When I take everything into consideration, this probably is the biggest sporting success I've ever had in my career," he added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - World champion Noah Lyles and defending champion Marcell Jacobs have qualified for the showdown clash of the men's Olympic 100m final. Jamaican pair of Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville were in top form in the semi-finals. Lyles clocked 9.83sec in finishing second behind Seville. Oblique was first with his blistering personal best of 9.81sec.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Kishane Thompson, Oblique Sevilla, Marcell Jacobs and Noah Lyes are featuring in the star-studded lineup of the men’s 100m final at the Paris Olympics. Let’s check out the qualified stars for the summit clash in Paris. The final will take place at 1:30 AM IST.

Men’s 100m final lineup:

Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) 9.87

Oblique Sevilla (Jamaica) 9.81

Fred Kerley (USA) 9.84

Noah Lyes (USA) 9.83

Akani Simbine (RSA) 9.87

Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) 9.91

Marcell Jacobs (Italy) 9.92

Kenny Bednarek (USA) 9.93

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson (9.80) has crossed the finish line first. Fred Kerley of the USA is following him for the second spot. South Africa's Benjamin Richardson is third. Italy's Marcell Jacobs shocked the world by winning men's 100m gold with his personal-best 9.80 in Tokyo.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jamaica's Kishane Thompson is the fastest man in the world this year. He has a world-leading time of 9.77. Andre De Grasse of Canada is the defending 200m champion. Zharnell Hughes of Great Britain is also in action. Here we go!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - South African Akani Simbine (9.87) finished first while Letsile Tebogo of Botswana has taken the second spot in the men's 100m semi-finals 2. There are three semifinal heats in the men’s 100m.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jamaica’s Oblique Seville finishes zoomed past USA’s Noah Lyles to finish first in the semi-finals. Total domination from Seville (9.80) in the 100m semi-finals.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - United States' Noah Lyles is aiming to win a rare Olympic sprint double. Lyles was upstaged by Britain's Louie Hinchliffe. Jamaica's Kishane Thompson is also set to test Lyles, who is facing a tough challenge in the men's 100m.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - The Belgian Olympic Committee (COIB) has revealed that the nation will not take part in the triathlon mixed relay event at the Paris Olympics. Belgium's Claire Michel fell ill and training sessions for the swimming leg of the triathlon have been cancelled due to poor water quality in the River Seine. "Claire Michel, a member of the relay team, is unfortunately ill and must withdraw from the competition," the COIB said in a statement. "The COIB and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for future triathlon competitions at the Olympic Games. We are thinking here of the guarantee of training days, competition days and the competition format, which must be clarified in advance to ensure that there is no uncertainty for athletes, entourage and supporters."

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - The United States of America set a new world record! The US claimed a historic gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay while Australia took home silver and China finished with a bronze medal. The USA's time of 3min 49.63sec has upstaged the previous record of 3:50.40 set by the Americans back in 2019.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Charles Dobson of Great Britain bagged the top spot while Belgian Alexander Doom came in second. The men's 100m semi-final will take place after the women's high jump final.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider became the first Russians to win a medal at the Paris Olympics. The duo won silver in the women's tennis doubles. For the unversed, Andreeva and Shnaide played as neutrals at the Paris Games. The Russian duo was beaten in three sets in the final by Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Great Britain’s Mathew Hudson-Smith finished first; He is followed by USA’s Christopher Bailey in men's 400m round 1. In the men's 400m round 1 heat 2 - USA’s Michael Norman bagged the first position while Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago took the second spot. In heat 3 - Musala Samukonga of Zambia finished first while Bayapo Ndori of Botswana was second. In heat 4 - USA’s Quincy Hall was first while Samuel Ogazi of Nigeria finished second. In heat 5 - Kirani James of Grenada finished first. He was followed by Canadian Christopher Morales-Williams.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - American iron-man Bobby Finke has shattered the men's 1,500 metres freestyle world record at the Paris Games 2024. Finke retained the Olympic gold medal in a thrilling swim. Finke touched the wall in 14 minutes, 30.67 seconds at La Defense Arena. He surpassed Sun Yang's 12-year-old mark of 14:31.02 set at the London Games. Gallant Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri won silver while Daniel Wiffen, the 800m gold medallist, claimed the bronze for Ireland.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 — The men's 100 metres is one of the blue riband events of the Summer Games. The 100m men’s final of the Paris Olympics 2024 will take place later at night. United States' Noah Lyles is aiming to complete stage one of his quest to win a rare Olympic sprint double. Noah was beaten in the heats by Britain's Louie Hinchliffe. Jamaica's Kishane Thompson is also in good form.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - More gold for USA in Paris! American Kristen Faulkner claimed the women's cycling road race gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took silver and Belgian Lotte Kopecky was awarded the bronze medal.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin won Taiwan's first gold of the Paris Olympics. Lee and Wang became the first men's doubles pair to retain the Olympic title. Taiwan's first gold in Paris also prevented China from winning its third badminton gold of the 2024 Summer Games. The badminton competition concludes on Monday.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Record-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic finally got his first Olympic goldat age 37. Djokovic defeated Spain's Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in the men's singles final to complete his career Golden Slam in Paris. “I put my heart, my soul, my body, my family — my everything — on the line to win Olympic gold,” Djokovic said. “Incredible battle. Incredible fight.”

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9:Taiwanese supporters, who arrived in the men's doubles badminton final between Taiwan and China in Paris, had to rub off face paint and their banners were also confiscated. Security staff has enforced Olympic rules on political messaging at the Paris Games 2024. "I wrote (on my banner) in Taiwanese, not Chinese, because I want to cheer for them," Mina Syue told Reuters. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ruling prohibits flags or signs that include political messages or support countries that are not participating in the Olympics.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam by defeating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in the men's singles final. Novak suffered heartbreaks in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo before he ended his long wait for gold. The top seed is the fifth player to win all four singles Grand Slams and the Olympic title.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Chile won its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years today! Francisca Crovetto recorded the historic win for Chile in the women's skeet. Just over three months after becoming a mother, Britain's Amber Rutter won the silver medal at the Paris Games. Crovetto won the gold in a shoot-off!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - American archer Brady Ellison's bid for a gold was thwarted by South Korean Kim Woo-jin in the men’s individual final. Both scored 10 points on their single arrow in the shoot-off! “This is the match I’ve been dreaming of since we first shot against each other in 2009 or 2010," the 35-year-old Ellison said. "It’s the match I’ve always wanted. I think world archery and the fans across the world have always wanted it."

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - The historic wait for a gold has ended! Novak Djokovic claimed his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz in the men's tennis singles final. Djokovic has become the 5th player to complete Golden Slam!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour claimed gold in the artistics gymnastics women’s uneven bars final with a score of 15.700. China’s Qiyuan Qiu won silver with 15.500. Sunisa Lee of USA took home a bronze with 14.800.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - China surpassed USA to take the top spot in the Paris Games medal standings. With 18 golds, China is four ahead of USA in the current standings. USA have won a total of 64 medals while China have 41. Here’s a quick look at the medal winners in Paris.

ARCHERY

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Kim Woo-jin, South Korea

Silver: Brady Ellison, United States

Bronze: Lee Woo-seok, South Korea

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

MEN'S RINGS

Gold: Liu Yang, China

Silver: Zou Jingyuan, China

Bronze: Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece

WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS

Gold: Kaylia Nemour, Algeria

Silver: Qui Qiyuan, China

Bronze: Sunisa Lee, United States

EQUESTRIAN

DRESSAGE INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, Germany

Silver: Isabell Werth, Germany

Bronze: Charlotte Fry, Britain

TABLE TENNIS

MEN’S SINGLES

Gold: Fan Zhendong, China

Silver: Truls Moregard, Sweden

Bronze: Félix Lebrun, France

ARCHERY

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Lim Si-hyeon, South Korea

Silver: Nam Su-hyeon, South Korea

Bronze: Lisa Barbelin, France

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE

Gold: Carlos Edriel Yulo, Philippines

Silver: Artem Dolgopyat, Israel

Bronze: Jake Jarman, Britain

MEN’S POMMEL HORSE

Gold: Rhys McClenaghan

Silver: Nariman Kurbanov, Kazakhstan

Bronze: Stephen Nedoroscik, United States

WOMEN'S VAULT

Gold: Simone Biles, United States

Silver: Rebeca Andrade, Brazil

Bronze: Jade Carey, United States

BADMINTON

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

Gold: Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan, China

Silver: Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, China

Bronze: Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida, Japan

BOXING

WOMEN'S 60KG

Bronze: Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira, Brazil and Wu Shih Yi, Taiwan

CYCLING

MEN'S ROAD RACE

Gold: Remco Evenepoel, Belgium

Silver: Valentin Madouas, France

Bronze: Christophe Laporte, France

EQUESTRIAN

DRESSAGE TEAM

Gold: Germany

Silver: Denmark

Bronze: Britain

FENCING

WOMEN'S TEAM SABER

Gold: Ukraine

Silver: South Korea

Bronze: Japan

JUDO

MIXED TEAM

Gold: France

Silver: Japan

Bronze: Brazil and South Korea

ROWING

MEN'S EIGHT

Gold: Britain

Silver: Netherlands

Bronze: United States

WOMEN'S EIGHT

Gold: Romania

Silver: Canada

Bronze: Britain

MEN'S SINGLE SCULLS

Gold: Oliver Zeidler, Germany

Silver: Yauheni Zalaty, AIN

Bronze: Simon van Dorp, Netherlands

WOMEN'S SINGLE SCULLS

Gold: Karolien Florijn, Netherlands

Silver: Emma Twigg, New Zealand

Bronze: Viktorija Senkute, Lithuania

SAILING

MEN'S WINDSURFING

Gold: Tom Reuveny, Israel

Silver: Grae Morris, Australia

Bronze: Luuc van Opzeeland, Netherlands

WOMEN'S WINDSURFING

Gold: Marta Maggetti, Italy

Silver: Sharon Kantor, Israel

Bronze: Emma Wilson, Britain

SHOOTING

WOMEN'S 25M PISTOL

Gold: Yang Jiin, South Korea

Silver: Camille Jedrzejewski, France

Bronze: Veronika Major, Hungary

MEN'S SKEET

Gold: Vincent Hancock, United States

Silver: Conner Lynn Prince, United States

Bronze: Lee Meng Yuan, Taiwan

SWIMMING

MEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY

Gold: Kristof Milak, Hungary

Silver: Josh Liendo, Canada

Bronze: Ilya Kharun, Canada

MIXED 4X100 MEDLEY RELAY

Gold: United States

Silver: China

Bronze: Australia

WOMEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Silver: Kate Douglass, United States

Bronze: Kaylee McKeown, Australia

WOMEN'S 800M FREESTYLE

Gold: Katie Ledecky, United States

Silver: Ariarne Titmus, Australia

Bronze: Paige Madden, United States

TABLE TENNIS

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Gold: Chen Meng, China

Silver: Sun Yingsha, China

Bronze: Hina Hayata, Japan

TENNIS

MEN'S DOUBLES

Gold: Matthew Ebden and John Peers, Australia

Silver: Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram, United States

Bronze: Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, United States

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Gold: Qinwen Zheng, China

Silver: Donna Vekic, Croatia

Bronze: Iga Swiatek, Poland

TRACK AND FIELD

MEN'S SHOTPUT

Gold: Ryan Crouser, United States

Silver: Joe Kovacs, United States

Bronze: Rajindra Campbell, Jamaica

MIXED 4X400M RELAY

Gold: Netherlands

Silver: United States

Bronze: Britain

WOMEN'S 100M

Gold: Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia

Silver: Sha'Carri Richardson, United States

Bronze: Melissa Jefferson, United States

WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP

Gold: Thea LaFond, Dominica

Silver: Shanieka Ricketts, Jamaica

Bronze: Jasmine Moore, United States

Friday, Aug. 2

ARCHERY

MIXED TEAM

Gold: Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyeon, South Korea

Silver: Michelle Kroppen and Florian Unruh, Germany

Bronze: Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold, United States

BADMINTON

MIXED DOUBLES

Gold: Zheng Siwei and Huang Ya Qiong, China

Silver: Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun, South Korea

Bronze: Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, Japan

DIVING

MEN'S SYNCHRONIZED 3M SPRINGBOARD

Gold: Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan, China

Silver: Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera, Mexico

Bronze: Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher, Britain

CYCLING BMX RACING

MEN'S

Gold: Joris Daudet, France

Silver: Sylvain Andre, France

Bronze: Romain Mahieu, France

WOMEN'S

Gold: Saya Sakakibara, Australia

Silver: Manon Veenstra, Netherlands

Bronze: Zoe Claessens, Switzerland

EQUESTRIAN

TEAM JUMPING

Gold: Britain

Silver: United States

Bronze: France

FENCING

MEN'S TEAM ÉPÉE

Gold: Hungary

Silver: Japan

Bronze: Czech Republic

JUDO

MEN'S 100KG

Gold: Teddy Riner, France

Silver: Kim Min-jong, South Korea

Bronze: Temur Rakhimov, Tadzhikistan and Alisher Yusupov, Uzbekistan

WOMEN'S 78KG

Gold: Beatriz Souza, Brazil

Silver: Raz Hershko, Israel

Bronze: Romane Dicko, France and Kim Ha-yun, South Korea

ROWING

MEN'S PAIR

Gold: Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic, Croatia

Silver: Tom George and Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Britain

Bronze: Andrin Gulich and Roman Roeoesli, Switzerland

MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS

Gold: Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan, Ireland

Silver: Stefano Oppo and Gabriel Soares, Italy

Bronze: Petros Gaidatzis and Antonios Papakonstantinou, Greece

WOMEN'S PAIR

Gold: Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester, Netherlands

Silver: Roxana Anghel and Ioana Vrinceanu, Romania

Bronze: Annabelle McIntyre and Jess Morrison, Australia

WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS

Gold: Emily Craig and Imogen Grant, Britain

Silver: Ionela Cozmiuc and Gianina van Groningen, Romania

Bronze: Zoi Fitsiou and Dimitra Kontou, Greece

SAILING

MEN'S SKIFF

Gold: Diego Botín and Florián Trittel, Spain

Silver: Isaac McHardie and William McKenzie, New Zealand

Bronze: Ian Barrows and Hanks Henken, United States

WOMEN'S SKIFF

Gold: Annette Duetz and Odile van Aanholt, Netherlands

Silver: Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler, Sweden

Bronze: Charline Picon and Sarah Steyaert, France

SHOOTING

WOMEN'S 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS

Gold: Chiara Leone, Switzerland

Silver: Sagen Maddalena, United States

Bronze: Zhang Qiongyue, China

SWIMMING

MEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Léon Marchand, France

Silver: Duncan Scott, Britain

Bronze: Wang Shun, China

MEN'S 50M FREESTYLE

Gold: Cameron McEvoy, Australia

Silver: Benjamin Proud, Britain

Bronze: Florent Manaudou, France

WOMEN'S 200 BACKSTROKE

Gold: Kaylee McKeown, Australia

Silver: Regan Smith, United States

Bronze: Kylie Masse, Canada

TENNIS

MIXED DOUBLES

Gold: Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac, Czech Republic

Silver: Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen, China

Bronze: Gabriela Dabrowski and Felix Auger Aliassime, Canada

TRACK AND FIELD

MEN'S 10,000M

Gold: Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda

Silver: Berihu Aregawi, Ethiopia

Bronze: Grant Fisher, United States

TRAMPOLINE

MEN'S

Gold: Ivan Litvinovich, AIN

Silver: Wang Zisai, China

Bronze: Yan Langyu, China

WOMEN'S

Gold: Bryony Page, Britain

Silver: Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, AIN

Bronze: Sophiane Methot, Canada

Thursday, Aug. 1

CANOE SLAM

MEN'S SINGLE KAYAK

Gold: Giovanni De Gennaro, Italy

Silver: Titouan Castryck, France

Bronze: Pau Echaniz, Spain

FENCING

WOMEN'S TEAM FOIL

Gold: United States

Silver: Italy

Bronze: Japan

GYMNASTICS

WOMEN'S ALL-AROUND

Gold: Simone Biles, United States

Silver: Rebeca Andrade, Brazil

Bronze: Sunisa Lee, United States

JUDO

MEN'S -100KG

Gold: Zelym Kotsoiev, Azerbaijan

Silver: Ilia Sulamanidze, Georgia

Bronze: Peter Paltchik, Israel and Muzaffarbek Turoboyev, Uzbekistan

WOMEN'S -78KG

Gold: Alice Bellandi, Italy

Silver: Inbar Lanir, Israel

Bronze: Ma Zhenzhao, China and Patricia Sampaio, Portugal

ROWING

MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS

Gold: Andrei-Sebastian Cornea and Marian Enache, Romania

Silver: Stef Broenink and Melvin Twellaar, Netherlands

Bronze: Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch, Ireland

WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS

Gold: Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors, Australia

Silver: Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis, Romania

Bronze: Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne and Rebecca Wilde, Britain

MEN'S FOUR

Gold: United States

Silver: New Zealand

Bronze: Britain

WOMEN'S FOUR

Gold: Netherlands

Silver: Britain

Bronze: New Zealand

SHOOTING

MEN'S 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS

Gold: Liu Yukun, China

Silver: Serhiy Kulish, Ukraine

Bronze: Swapnil Kusale, India

SWIMMING

MEN'S 200M BACKSTROKE

Gold: Hubert Kos, Hungary

Silver: Apostolos Christou, Greece

Bronze: Roman Mityukov, Switzerland

WOMEN'S 200M BUTTERFLY

Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Silver: Regan Smith, United States

Bronze: Zhang Yufei, China

WOMEN'S 200M BREASTSTROKE

Gold: Kate Douglass, United States

Silver: Tatjana Smith, South Africa

Bronze: Tes Schouten, Netherlands

WOMENS 4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: Australia

Silver: United States

Bronze: China

TRACK AND FIELD

MEN'S 20KM RACE WALK

Gold: Brian Pintado, Ecuador

Silver: Caio Bonfim, Brazil

Bronze: Álvaro Martín, Spain

WOMEN'S 20KM RACE WALK

Gold: Yang Jiayu, China

Silver: María Pérez, Spain

Bronze: Jemima Montag, Australia

Wednesday, July 31

GYMNASTICS

MEN'S ALL AROUND

Gold: Shinnosuke Oka, Japan

Silver: Zhang Boheng, China

Bronze: Xiao Ruoteng, China

CANOE

WOMEN'S SINGLE

Gold: Jessica Fox, Australia

Silver: Elena Lilik, Germany

Bronze: Evy Leibfarth, United States

CYCLING

BMX FREESTYLE

WOMEN’S PARK

Gold: Deng Yawen, China

Silver: Perris Benegas, United States

Bronze: Natalya Diehm, Australia

MEN’S PARK

Gold: Jose Torres Gil, Argentina

Silver: Kieran Darren David Reilly, Britain

Bronze: Anthony Jean Jean, France

DIVING

SYNCHRONIZED 10-METER PLATFORM

WOMEN

Gold: Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, China

Silver: Jo Jin Mi and Kim Mi Rae, North Korea

Bronze: Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson, Britain

FENCING

MEN'S SABRE TEAM

Gold: South Korea

Silver: Hungary

Bronze: France

JUDO

WOMEN'S 70KG

Gold: Barbara Matic, Croatia

Silver: Miriam Butkereit, Germany

Bronze: Michaela Polleres, Austria, and Gabriella Willems, Belgium

MEN'S 90KG Gold: Lasha Bekauri, Georgia

Silver: Sanshiro Murao, Japan

Bronze: Maxime-Gael Ngayap Hambou, France, and Theodoros Tselidis, Greece

ROWING

MEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULLS

Gold: Netherlands (Lennart van Lierop, Finn Florijn, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)

Silver: Italy (Luca Chiumento, Luca Rambaldi, Andrea Panizza, Giacomo Gentili)

Bronze: Poland (Dominik Czaja, Mateusz Biskup, Miroslaw Zietarski, Fabian Baranski)

WOMEN’S QUADRUPLE SCULLS

Gold: Britain (Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw)

Silver: Netherlands (Laila Youssifou, Bente Paulis, Roos de Jong, Tessa Dullemans)

Bronze: Germany (Maren Voelz, Tabea Schendekehl, Leonie Menzel, Pia Greiten)

SWIMMING

WOMEN'S 100M FREESTYLE

Gold: Sarah Sjoestroem, Sweden

Silver: Torri Huske, United States

Bronze: Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong

WOMEN'S 1,500M FREESTYLE

Gold: Katie Ledecky, United States

Silver: Anastasiia Kirpichnikova, France

Bronze: Isabel Gose, Germany

MEN'S 100M FREESTYLE

Gold: Pan Zhanle, China

Silver: Kyle Chalmers, Australia

Bronze: David Popovici, Romania

MEN'S 200M BREASTSTROKE

Gold: Léon Marchand, France

Silver: Zac Stubblety-Cook, Australia

Bronze: Caspar Corbeau, Netherlands

MEN'S 200M BUTTERFLY

Gold: Léon Marchand, France

Silver: Kristof Milak, Hungary

Bronze: Ilya Kharun, Canada

SHOOTING

WOMEN'S TRAP

Gold: Adriana Ruano, Guatemala

Silver: Silvana Maria Stanco, Italy

Bronze: Penny Smith, Australia

TRIATHLON

WOMEN

Gold: Cassandre Beaugrand, France

Silver: Julie Derron, Switzerland

Bronze: Beth Potter, Britain

MEN

Gold: Alex Yee, Britain

Silver: Hayden Wilde, New Zealand

Bronze: Leo Bergere, France

Tuesday, July 30

FENCING

WOMEN'S EPEE TEAM

Gold: Italy

Silver: France

Bronze: Poland

GYMNASTICS

WOMEN'S TEAM

Gold: United States

Silver: Italy

Bronze: Brazil

JUDO

WOMEN'S 63KG

Gold: Andreja Leški, Slovenia

Silver: Prisca Awiti Alcaraz, Mexico

Bronze: Clarisse Agbegnenou, France and Laura Fazliu, Kosovo

MEN'S 81KG

Gold: Takanori Nagase, Japan

Silver: Tato Grigalashvili, Georgia

Bronze: Lee Joon-hwan, South Korea and Somon Makhmadbekov, Tajikistan

RUGBY SEVENS

WOMEN'S

Gold: New Zealand

Silver: Canada

Bronze: United States

SHOOTING

MIXED TEAM 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec, Serbia

Silver: Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Yusef Dikec, Turkey

Bronze: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh, India

MEN'S TRAP

Gold: Nathan Hales, Britain

Silver: Qi Ying, China

Bronze: Jean Pierre Brol, Guatemala

SWIMMING

WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE

Gold: Kaylee McKeown, Australia

Silver: Regan Smith, United States

Bronze: Katharine Berkoff, United States

MEN'S 800M FREESTYLE

Gold: Daniel Wiffen, Ireland

Silver: Bobby Finke, United States

Bronze: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy

MEN’S 4x200M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: Britain

Silver: United States

Bronze: Australia

TABLE TENNIS

MIXED DOUBLES

Gold: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, China

Silver: Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong, North Korea

Bronze: Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin, South Korea

Monday, July 29

ARCHERY

MEN'S TEAM

Gold: South Korea

Silver: France

Bronze: Turkey

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

MEN’S TEAM

Gold: Japan

Silver: China

Bronze: United States

CANOE SLALOM

MEN'S CANOE SINGLE

Gold: Nicolas Gestin, France

Silver: Adam Burgess, Britain

Bronze: Matej Benus, Slovakia

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY

Gold: Tom Pidcock, Britain

Silver: Victor Koretzky, France

Bronze: Alan Hatherly, South Africa

DIVING

MEN’S SYNCHRONIZED 10M PLATFORM

Gold: Lian Junjie and Yang Hao, China

Silver: Tom Daley and Noah Williams, Britain

Bronze: Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray, Canada

EQUESTRIAN

EVENTING TEAM

Gold: Britain

Silver: France

Bronze: Japan

FENCING

WOMEN'S SABER INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Manon Apithy-Brunet, France

Silver: Sara Balzer, France

Bronze: Olga Kharlan, Ukraine

MEN'S FOIL INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Cheung Ka Long, Hong Kong

Silver: Filippo Macchi, Italy

Bronze: Nick Itkin, United States

JUDO

WOMEN'S 57KG

Gold: Christa Deguchi, Canada

Silver: Mimi Huh, South Korea

Bronze: Sarah Leonie Cysique, France and Haruka Funakubo, Japan

MEN’S 73KG

Gold: Hidayat Heydarov, Azerbaijan

Silver: Joan-Benjamin Gaba, France

Bronze: Soichi Hashimoto, Japan and Adil Osmanov, Moldova

SHOOTING

WOMEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE

Gold: Ban Hyo-jin, South Korea

Silver: Huang Yuting, China

Bronze: Audrey Gogniat, Switzerland

MEN’S 10M AIR RIFLE

Gold: Sheng Lihao, China

Silver: Victor Lindgren, Sweden

Bronze: Miran Maricic, Croatia

SKATEBOARDING

Gold: Yuto Horigome, Japan

Silver: Jagger Eaton, United States

Bronze: Nyjah Huston, United States

SWIMMING

WOMEN’S 100M BREASTSTROKE

Gold: Tatjana Smith, South Africa

Silver: Tang Qianting, China

Bronze: Mona McSharry, Ireland

WOMEN’S 200M FREESTYLE

Gold: Mollie O'Callaghan, Australia

Silver: Ariarne Titmus, Australia

Bronze: Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong

WOMEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Silver: Katie Grimes, United States

Bronze: Emma Weyant, United States

MEN’S 100M BACKSTROKE

Gold: Thomas Ceccon, Italy

Silver: Xu Jiayu, China

Bronze: Ryan Murphy, United States

MEN’S 200M FREESTYLE

Gold: David Popovici, Romania

Silver: Matthew Richards, Britain

Bronze: Luke Hobson, United States

Sunday, July 28

ARCHERY

WOMEN'S TEAM

Gold: South Korea

Silver: China

Bronze: Mexico

CANOE SLALOM

WOMEN'S KAYAK SINGLE

Gold: Jessica Fox, Australia

Silver: Klaudia Zwolinska, Poland

Bronze: Kimberley Woods, Britain

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY

Gold: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, France

Silver: Haley Batten, United States

Bronze: Jenny Rissveds, Sweden

FENCING

WOMEN'S FOIL INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Lee Kiefer, United States

Silver: Lauren Scruggs, United States

Bronze: Eleanor Harvey, Canada

JUDO

WOMEN’S 52KG

Gold: Diyora Keldiyorova, Uzbekistan

Silver: Distria Krasniqi, Kosovo

Bronze: Larissa Pimenta, Brazil and Amandine Buchard, France

MEN’S 66KG

Gold: Hifumi Abe, Japan

Silver: Willian Lima, Brazil

Bronze: Gusman Kyrgyzbayev, Kazakhstan and Denis Vieru, Moldova

SHOOTING

MEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Xie Yu, China

Silver: Federico Nilo Maldini, Italy

Bronze: Paolo Monna, Italy

SWIMMING

MEN'S 400M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Gold: Léon Marchand, France

Silver: Tomoyuki Matsushita, Japan

Bronze: Carson Foster, United States

WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY

Gold: Torri Huske, United States

Silver: Gretchen Walsh, United States

Bronze: Zhang Yufei, China

SHOOTING

WOMEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL

Gold: Oh Ye-jin, South Korea

Silver: Kim Ye-ji, South Korea

Bronze: Manu Bhaker, India

SKATEBOARDING

WOMEN’S STREET

Gold: Coco Yoshizawa, Japan

Silver: Liz Akama, Japan

Bronze: Rayssa Leal, Brazil

Saturday, July 27

CYCLING

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

Gold: Remco Evenepoel, Belgium

Silver: Filippo Ganna, Italy

Bronze: Wout van Aert, Belgium

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

Gold: Grace Brown, Australia

Silver: Anna Henderson, Britain

Bronze: Chloe Dygert, United States

DIVING

WOMEN'S SYNCHRONIZED 3M SPRINGBOARD

Gold: Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, China

Silver: Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, United States

Bronze: Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen, Britain

FENCING

WOMEN’S EPEE INDIVIDUAL

Gold: Vivian Kong, Hong Kong

Silver: Auriane Mallo-Breton, France

Bronze: Eszter Muhari, Hungary

MEN’S SABER INDIVIDUAL

Bronze: Luigi Samele, Italy

JUDO

WOMEN 48KG

Gold: Natsumi Tsunoda, Japan

Silver: Baasankhuu Bavuudori, Mongolia

Bronze: Shirine Boukli, France, and Tara Babulfath, Sweden

MEN 60KG

Gold: Yeldos Smetov, Kazakhstan

Silver: Luka Mkheidze, France

Bronze: Ryuju Nagayama, Japan and Francisco Garrigos, Spain

RUGBY SEVENS

Gold: France

Silver: Fiji

Bronze: South Africa

SHOOTING

10M AIR RIFLE MIXED TEAM

Gold: Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao, China

Silver: Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun, South Korea

Bronze: Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev, Kazakhstan

SWIMMING

MEN’S 400M FREESTYLE

Gold: Lukas Maertens, Germany

Silver: Elijah Winnington, Australia

Bronze: Kim Woo-min, South Korea

MEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: United States

Silver: Australia

Bronze: Italy

WOMEN’S 400M FREESTYLE

Gold: Ariarne Titmus, Australia

Silver: Summer McIntosh, Canada

Bronze: Katie Ledecky, United States

WOMEN’S 4X100M FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold: Australia

Silver: United States

Bronze: China

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Cameroonian boxer Cindy Ngamba is the first athlete on the Refugee Olympic Team to clinch a medal at the Paris Games. Ngamba scripted history after a fierce bout with French boxer Davina Michel in the women’s middleweight quarterfinals. Ngamba was the flag bearer for the 37 athletes, making up the biggest Olympic Refugee Team.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Hockey India has mentioned key issues in the official statement after the men’s side defeated Great Britain at the Paris Games. According to Hockey India, the incidents in the match have undermined confidence in the officiating process among players, coaches, and fans. Hockey India called for a thorough review of these matters to uphold the integrity of the sport and ensure fair play in future matches.

Key issues highlighted include:

1.    Inconsistent video umpire reviews, particularly regarding the red card decision for an Indian player, which has eroded trust in the video review system.

2.    Coaching of a goalkeeper from behind the goalpost during the shoot-out.

3.    Use of a video tablet by a goalkeeper during the shoot-out.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Hockey India released a statement on Amit Rohidas' red card after PR Sreejesh guided India to the Paris Olympics semifinals. Hockey India has officially raised concerns about the quality of umpiring and decision-making in the ongoing Paris Olympic Games 2024. The complaint focuses on a critical match between India and Great Britain, where several inconsistencies in officiating potentially influenced the game's outcome.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen was all praise for Lakshya Sen after winning the semi-final clash of the Paris Games. Lakshya lost to Viktor by 20-22, 14-21. Axelsen said that Lakshya will be one of the favourites to win an Olympic gold 4 years from now.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon are out of the women's skeet qualification in Paris. Chauhan finished 13th with a score of 118. Dhillon was 23rd with 113 points. Both shooters missed out on qualification places.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Jessica von Bredow-Werndl defended her Olympic title in individual dressage while German Isabell Werth repeated the result from the Tokyo Games. The one-two underscores extended Germany's dominance in equestrian disciplines. "She is such a cool dude, but I could feel, especially during her victory lap, how much she enjoys it," von Bredow-Werndl said of the horse. "I don't know when I will have a horse like her again, or if."

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Shooters Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala have bowed out in the men's 25m rapid-fire pistol qualification. Sidhu and Bhanwala struggled in the second qualification round. Vijayveer started his round with 100 and 98. He bagged a 92 in the last series to exit the qualification position. Anish had 99 and 97 but with a 93 in the last series, he finished 13th.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team (male or female) to enter the Olympic quarterfinals in basketball. Ezinna Kalu scored 21 points as Nigeria defeated Canada 79-70. Did you know? Nigeria already have doubled the number of wins in pool play. Nigeria earlier arrived in Paris for its first Olympic victory since the 2004 Athens Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - China's Fan Zhendong has earned an Olympic gold in the men's singles table tennis. World champion Fan outclassed the lower-ranked Truls Moregard 4-1 in a pulsating final at the Paris Games. China has the undisputed side in the sport. The world-beaters have dominated the sport again in the Olympics.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Eighth-ranked Spain dumped reigning champions Belgium out of the Paris Games 2024 in men's hockey. Captain Marc Miralles landed the third goal three minutes before the end. Spain have not made it past the last eight since Beijing 2008. Defending champions Belgium reached the last two Olympic finals. Jose Maria Basterra opened the scoring in the 40th minute while Marc Reyne put Spain back in front after 55 minutes. "I think today is the best day of my life," Basterra said. "We had pointed to this day in our calendar, and now we are so happy. We have to enjoy today and tomorrow we will see (face) our opponents and we will see how to beat them."

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - In the second series of men's 25m rapid-fire pistol qualification, Anish Bhanwala began with 49/50 to take the 6th spot. With a 48/50, Vijayveer Sidhu was dropped from second to fourth. The top 6 athletes will secure qualification berths.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - South Korea's Kim Woojin has bagged the gold medal in the individual men's archery event at the Paris Olympics. Brady Ellison of the United States took silver while South Korea's Lee Wooseok won the bronze medal in the individual men's archery event.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Australian Brett Sutton had an interview with Swiss TV channel RTS about Julie Derron's performance after the triathlon event. Sutton, a convicted sex offender, coached women’s triathlon silver medallist Julie. He has left the Paris 2024 Games; the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking into the matter. In 1999, Sutton pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual abuse of a 13-year-old Australian swimmer he had been coaching. He was sentenced to two years in prison. The sentence was suspended for three years.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Lin Yu-ting defeated Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria by unanimous decision in a featherweight quarter-final fight. The boxer has ensured Taiwan its third boxing medal at the Paris Olympics. Lin and Algeria's Imane Khelif have been at the centre of a social media storm after the boxers were disqualified for failing gender tests during the 2023 World Championships.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - An emotional Dhanraj Pillay backed India to win a historic gold medal in Paris after PR Sreejesh made splendid shootout saves in a 4-2 victory over Great Britain. "I couldn't stop my tears. I have never seen such performance in many years and now I am convinced that this team can bring us the Olympic gold after 44 years," the former India skipper told PTI. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Rajkumar Pal were on target for India.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Indian golfer Shubankar Sharma is T43 in the men's round 3 of individual stroke play at the Paris Games. Spain's Jon Rahm has claimed the first spot and USA's Xander Schauffele is second in the third round. Round 4 is underway at Le Golf National.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9 - Spain stunned Belgium 3-2 to enter semi-finals in men’s hockey tournament at the Paris Games 2024. Belgium, the reigning Olympic gold medallists are out of the Paris Games!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) claimed that the gender tests conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA) on two female fighters at last year's world championships were illegitimate and lacked credibility. The sex tests led to their disqualification at the 2023 World Championships. "Those tests are not legitimate tests. The tests themselves, the process of the tests, the ad hoc nature of the tests are not legitimate," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams told a press conference. "The testing, the method of the testing, the idea of the testing which happened kind of overnight. None of it is legitimate and this does not deserve any response," Adams added.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India athlete Jeswin Aldrin failed to cross the qualification mark in the men's long jump event at the Stade de France. Aldrin's best attempt was 7.61m in the Group B men's long jump qualification, which was also his single successful jump at the Stade de France. His best attempt secured a lowly 13th spot out of 16 in Group B. Thus, he failed to breach the qualification standard of 8.15 m.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Another blockbuster clash gets underway in Paris. Novak Djokovic is up against Carlos Alcaraz for the gold medal match at the Paris Games. Follow live scores and updates of the men's singles tennis final at Roland Garros.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo bagged the women's tennis doubles bronze medal for Spain at the Paris Olympics. This was their second event as a team. The duo defeated Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 at the Paris Games. Bucsa and Sorribes Tormo earned Spain's fifth medal in women's doubles at a Summer Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Femke Bol have advanced to the next round of the women's 400m hurdles. US star McLaughlin-Levrone is the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder. She cruised through her heat to win in 53.60sec at the Stade de France. Bol is the current world champion. The Dutch star eased through her heat in a leading 53.38sec.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Maheshwari Chauhan has 22 targets as she is shifted to the 13th spot. Chauhan was earlier placed 6th in the standings. She is outside the qualification spots in the final series. Raiza Dhillon is yet to enter the final series.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In the 25m rapid-fire pistol men's qualification results, India's Vijayveer Sidhu is placed fifth after stage scores of 98, 98 and 97. Anish Bhanwala is seventh with scores of 98, 98 and 97. The second phase is set to start shortly.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: What’s next? We have men's 25m rapid fire pistol qualification. The second round will get underway shortly! Anish Bhanwala and Vijayveer Sidhu are in the last relay.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: “He is an amazing player,” World No.2 Viktor Axelsen said after an epic come-from-behind win over Lakshya Sen at the Paris Games. Talking about his thrilling encounter, Axelsen admitted that the semi-final clash was the toughest match for him at the Paris Games. The defending champion also backed the Indian shuttler for gold. Axelsen asserted that in four years, Lakshya will become a gold medal contender at the Olympics.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lakshya Sen's tattoo says "Sky is the limit" - something we all agree with! The badminton future is in safe hands because Sen is in sensational form this season. The Indian shuttler became the first men's singles player to reach the semifinals at the 2024 Olympics. At 22, the Indian shuttler is still a frontrunner to take home a historic bronze medal. "He can get a bronze medal," Parupalli Kashyap said after Sen's power-packed performance in the semi-finals.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Folks, it was a badminton exhibition in Paris. Lakshya Sen won hearts with his sensational run at the Paris Games. World No.2 Viktor Axelsen thwarted the gold medal bid of the Indian shuttler in the semi-finals. After the heartbreaking defeat, India's Lakshya will now fight for bronze after losing the badminton men's singles semis to Axelsen of Denmark 20-22 and 14-21.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Viktor Axelsen has outplayed Lakshya Sen! He is on match-point. Axelsen hammers the crushing blow to clinch the second game - the defending champion saved three match points in game 1. He then recovered from 0-7 to take the game from Lakshya. It can be a straight-game win on paper but Lakshya took the World No.2 to the extremes in Paris. Sen goes down fighting in semi-finals.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Viktor Axelsen has taken a 3-0 point lead over India’s Lakshya Sen, who was dominating the second game. Make that 4 - Axelsen is putting on a show at the Paris Games. From 0-7 to 17-13 in game 2 - the Olympic champion already bagged the first game. In comes Lakshya with a heavy blow - he cuts the lead to three. The Indian trailing 14-17 in game 2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Even Steven! Viktor Axelsen produces another comeback in game 2. The defending champion is one point ahead of India’s Lakshya in game 2. This is the first time that the Olympic champion has taken the lead in game 2. He was down 0-7 in the same game. What a turnaround!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Comeback in game 1 is followed by an insane fightback in game 2 - Viktor Axelsen truncates the 7-0 lead of India’s Lakshya Sen to get on level terms. A crucial point follows and Lakshya goes ahead - the Indian shuttler leads the defending champion 11-10 at mid-break.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Who is controlling this game? Is it India’s Lakshya Sen, who is 9-7 ahead of Viktor Axelsen, or is it the defending champion - who is busy staging a comeback? Sen and Axelsen fired one each and the scoreline reads 10-8 in game 2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The World No.2 and defending champion is behind 7-0 in game 2! Lakshya Sen is on a free-scoring run but make no mistake - every point is a hard-earned one against Viktor Axelsen. As soon as we finish giving the recent update - Axelsen has scored two points against the Indian - IN NO TIME! It’s 8-3 to India’s Lakshya in game 2. Axelsen threat is still looming large.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Picking up from where he left off - Lakshya Sen opens the second game with a 4-0 lead over World No.2 Viktor Axelsen. Make that 5-0! Lakshya is on a mission after a narrow defeat in game 1. The Indian leads Axelsen 6-0 in game 2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: World No.2 Viktor Axelsen saves 3 game points to get himself on level terms! Lakshya Sen is behind now - Axelsen gets the lead and he nails the game point like a champion player he is - The reigning Olympic champion with a come-from-behind 22-20 win in the first game.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Who was the underdog when the semi-final showdown started? Lakshya Sen. Who is in charge now? Lakshya Sen. The badminton superstar from Almora is making his presence felt. He is one point away from the game-point. World No.2 Viktor Axelsen is still posing a threat. How can you do that to the defending champion Lakshya? A stunning point and Sen is on game-point. His second-game point as Axelsen is keeping himself alive. Into the 3rd game-point we go folks! Axelsen has saved two!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: An epic long rally between World No.2 Viktor Axelsen and India’s Lakshya Sen! A towering smash follows and Axelsen hits the net - the defending champion is the UNDER THE PUMP! Lakshya is two points away from wrapping up the game!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Who would have thought? The World No.2 Viktor Axelsen is behind five points and India’s Lakshya Sen is five-point away from game-point. Axelsen cuts the gap and makes the game a four-point affair! What a point - Lakshya, aka the aggressor, extends the lead to five points. Axelsen is clearly the second-best right now! Another one - the Indian leads 17-11!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Viktor Axelsen is behind four points now! Lakshya Sen trying to up the ante after taking the lead. The reigning Olympic champion loses another point as Sen gets the better of him. The Indian shuttler is leading 14-9 in game 1!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Goodness gracious! Lakshya Sen smashes to get himself in the lead. What a shot! He is timing it to perfection at the moment. There’s no margin of error when you take on Viktor Axelsen, the reigning Olympic champion. First challenge by Axelsen and it’s in - it’s mid-game break and Lakshya is in the charge! Sen is 11-9 ahead of Axelsen.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Smashing Lakshya Sen aces the shot to take the lead! Absolute perfection by the ace shuttler, who is India’s only medal hope in badminton singles. Viktor Axelsen bounces back in no time to get the score level-pegging. It’s 7-7 in the thriller!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: What a comeback by Lakshya Sen! From 0-3 down to 5-5 in the first game. That’s how you take on a champion player like Viktor Axelsen in the semi-finals. Sen with the diving effort to save a point - the reigning Olympic champion takes the lead. Sen trailing 5-6 against Axelsen!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Three points for reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the first game. Lakshya Sen made three errors in the opening game before drawing his first point against Axelsen. “India-India” chants reverberate as fans want Lakshya to be in ‘Sen’ mode in the blockbuster clash.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The ranking of 22 is not doing justice as Lakshya Sen has been a champion player at the Paris Olympics in the men's badminton event. Lakshya is up against reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles semifinals at the Paris Games. We are moments away from the blockbuster clash as players have completed their warm-ups.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Round 3 is over! It looks like Lovlina will lose this too! Waiting for the judges! QIan gets 10, 10, 9, 10, 10. Lovlina gets 9, 9, 10, 9 ,9! Qian wins!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lovlina loses ROund 2 too! Qian gets 9, 9, 10, 10, 10. The Indian boxer gets 10, 10, 9, 9, 9.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India beat Great Britain 4-2 (1-1) in penalty shootouts to enter men's hockey semifinal.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: There wasn't much to differentiate in the first round as both boxers failed to find an opening! Qian wins the first round, gets 10, 10, 9, 9, 10. Lovlina gets 9, 9, 10, 10, 9.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Now it is time for Lovlina's quarter-final bout vs China's Qian! The Tokyo medalist will be looking progress! Last chance for India for a medal in boxing!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The men's 25m rapid pistol qualification stage 1 is over and Vijayveer comes fifth! Anish is seventh!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: With four rounds done, Maheshwari is sixth with a total of 96 points. She bagged 23, 24, 24, 25. Raiza is 25th with 89 points, shooting 21, 22, 23, 23. One more round to go! Top six will go to final!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: OH NO! Aldrin's first attempt is a foul, disqualified attempt! Two more to go!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Long jump qualification begins! Jeswin Aldrin is in action for India!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lovlina's quarter-final women's 75kg bout is coming up! The Tokyo medalist is up against Li Qian of China, and it will begin at 3:02 PM IST!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The second quarter is over and India, Great Brtain are level! 1-1!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Anish shoots 98, 98 and 97 in relay 3 and is fourth overall in stage 1! Meanwhile, Vijayveer's 98, 98, 97 keeps him at fourth, wiht a higher average!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: With three minutes to go in the second quarter, Morton gets the equaliser! He receives a cross and slots it past Sreejesh! 1-1!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: 8 minutes to go in the second quarter and India get a penalty corner! Harmanpreet drives it straight to the centre and it is 1-0! SUPER QUICK!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Rohidas received a red card in the 17th minute and Great Britain are pressing hard! But even India are equal to it and are infact tne strong team right now!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Relay 2 is over and Vijayveer is in third place! Anish's relay 3 is coming up next!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The first quarter is over and brilliant job by both goalkeepers! India will be looking to break the deadlock in the second quarter!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India's Parul Chaudhary clocked 3:04:2 in the first 1000m of the women's 3000m steeplechase qualifying round to stand eighth among the 12 competitors in Round 1 Heat 1. She dropped to the 10th spot after completing the reaching the 2000m mark in 6:13.3. She eventually finishes eighth, clocking 9:23.39, her season best. However, she fails to qualify for the final as only top 5 athletes from each heats will advance to the final.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: India get a penalty corner with around 2 minutes to go for the first quarter to end! It is a mix up and it goes out! Poor one!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Parul is in action for India in the women's 3000m steeplechase round 1!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The men's quarter-final hockey match between India and Great Britain has begin! IT IS GOING TO BE A THRILLER!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Relay 2 has begun! Anish's is relay 3! Vijayveer has fallen to 8th now!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Maheshwari has shot 23, 24, 24 and 6 (round 4*), and has 77 points in total! She is 8th!

Meanwhile, Raiza has 21, 22 and 23, with 66points and is 25th!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Day 2 of women's skeet qualification has also begun, with Maheshwari and Raiza in action for India!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Vijayveer is third with 98, 98, 97 and a total score of 293! Anish is in a different relay and is yet to start!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day The two stages are split into three, where shooters shoot a series of five shots each at targets that are next to each other. First, the interval between shots is eight seconds, then a six-second interval in the second series, and a four-second interval in the third. The top six make it to the final!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The action begins! In golf, we have Subhankar and Gaganjeet in action! Meanwhile, in shooting we have Vijayveer and Anish in action in 25m men's fire pistol qualification stage 1!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Golf and shooting will start at 12:30 PM IST! Stay tuned folks! Day 8 is set to begin for India in sometime! We also have the hockey quarterfinal at 1:30 PM IST!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lakshya has faced Axelsen before, and trails 1-7 in terms of head-to-head! After getting dropped from the Thomas Cup team, Lakshya trained with Axelsen in Dubai. According to his coach, Vimal, Lakshya learned a lot from the Danish shuttler! His sole win vs Axelsen came in the 2022 German Open semis, where he won 21-15 12-21 22-20.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Day 9 will begin with golf and shooting! In golf, we will see Subhankar and Gaganjeet in action in the men's individual strokeplay round 4. Meanwhile, Vijayveer and Anish will be in action in stage 1 of 25m rapid fire pistol men's qualification!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In sailing, we will have Vishnu Saravanan in action in the men's dinghy race 7 and 8. Meanwhile, Nethra will be in action in women's dinghy race 7 and 8.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: The Indian men's hockey team were in good form in their Pool B games, with wins vs New Zealand, Ireland and Australia. Meanwhile, they drew 1-1 vs Argentina and lost to Belgium. Finishing second in Pool B behind defending champions Belgium, they face Great Britain in the quarters, who were third in Pool A.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Lakshya is the only medal prospect left for India in badminton! He has been impressive and defeated China's Tien Chen in the quarters! India's other shutters Prannoy, Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag are knocked out! He will be up against Axelsen, who has defeated him seven out of eight times.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: We also have Lovlina's quarter-final bout at 3:02 PM IST! She will up against China's Li Qian! Meanwhile, Lakshya will have his semi-final match vs Axelsen at 3:30 PM IST!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In athletics, we will have Parul Chaudhary in action in the women's 3000m steeplechase round 1 at 1:35 PM IST. Meanwhile, Jeswin Aldrin will feature in the men's long jump qualification, at 2:30 PM IST.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: In shooting, we will have Stage 1 of the 25m rapid fire pistol men's qualification, where we will see Vijayveer and Anish in action at 12:30 PM IST. Stage 2 will take place at 4:30 PM IST. Then we will also have the women's skeet qualification's day 2 at 1:00 PM IST, where Raiza and Maheshwari will represent India!

Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates Day 9: Hello and welcome everyone to our live coverage of Day 9 of the ongoing Paris Olympics! We will have some intense events for India, with Lakshya Sen, Lovlina Borogohain and the men's hockey team in action!