New day at the Olympics in Paris, and of course it offers plenty of exciting disciplines. Everything from athletics to badminton will be contested this Friday. You can follow the most important news and results right here in the tracker.
At 22:00 – In the women’s BMX final, a dramatic race was won by Australian Saya Sakakibara, who was too fast for Dutch riders Manon Veenstra (silver) and Swiss Zoe Claessens (bronze).
At 21:55 – Patience is always key in long distance running and it was Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegi who showed more patience than anyone else to take a thrilling gold medal in the 10,000m final.
In a fast and frantic race where the Ethiopians were too quick out of the starting block, Cheptegi was calm and waited for his moment to attack and when he did, there was simply no one to catch him.
At 21:40 – The quarter-finals were the last stop for the men’s singles in badminton Anders Antonsen at this year’s Olympics.
Read more about that match here.
At 21:10 – Serbian star Novak Djokovic (37) was in excellent form as he won 6-4, 6-2 over Italian Lorenzo Musetti (22). He will now face the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in a very exciting final on Sunday.
At 20:45 – The gold just keeps raining down on Australia in the pool! This time it is Kaylee McKeown who wins the women’s 200m backstroke final. She was too fast for USA’s Regan Smith, who took silver, and Canada’s Kylie Masse, who took bronze.
20:40 – Ivan Livinovich of Belarus has taken a stunning gold medal after a flawless performance in the trampoline final! His score of 63.090 was too high for the Chinese duo of Ziasi Wang and Langyu Yan. Wang took silver with a score of 61.890 and Yan took bronze ahead of Great Britain’s Zak Perzamanos with 60.950.
At 20:30 – Antonsen has been in big trouble against a disgustingly good Malay, and the Dane loses the first set 17-21.
At 19:55 – Anders Antonsen will be on the field in Paris as the first of the two Danish men in the badminton singles.
Here he meets Zii Jia Lee from Malaysia.
At 19:29 – The United States broke its own world record in the 4×400 mixed relay in the opening heat of the Olympics, crossing the line in three minutes and 7.41 seconds. They set the previous record of 3:08.80 at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
At 18:55 – Brazil’s Beatriz Souza won the gold medal in the women’s weight class over 78 kg in judo at the Olympics.
Raz Hershko of Israel took silver, while Romane Dicko of France and Kim Ha-yun of South Korea got bronze.
At 18:00 – The French judo fighter Teddy Riner has just won Olympic gold. In front of a wild audience, which included French President Emmanuel Macron, among others, the 35-year-old Frenchman has secured another gold medal for France. It is Riner’s third Olympic gold medal in his fifth Olympics.
At 17:40 – The Chinese pair of Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong swept South Korea into the badminton mixed doubles final, winning 21-8, 21-11 to win gold. Japan’s Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe got bronze.
The Chinese mixed doubles thus defended the Olympic title.
At 17:02 – South Korea has won another medal. This time it has turned into gold in archery, where the two South Koreans beat the Germans quite convincingly in the final.
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At 16:40 – The Polish world star Iga Swiatek recovered from Thursday’s disappointment and has just secured an Olympic bronze medal after victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. The Pole won the match 6-2, 6-1.
At 16:15 – Taiwan’s two-time world champion Lin Yu-ting, one of the two boxers at the center of a gender row, won her featherweight round-of-16 bout against Uzbekistan’s Sidora Turdibekova on points in a unanimous decision at the Paris Olympics.
The 28-year-old Taiwanese, along with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won her welterweight round of 16 over Italy’s Angela Cariniin after 46 seconds on Thursday, have been the focus of the gender controversy after being cleared to compete at the Olympics.
Both had been disqualified from the 2023 world championships after breaching International Boxing Association rules, which prevent athletes with male XY chromosomes from competing in women’s competitions.
The Paris boxing event is run by the International Olympic Committee after it stripped the IBA of international recognition in 2023 due to management and financial problems, and the IOC has said women have every right to compete in Paris.
Read more about that story here:
At 15:34 – Great Britain have won their ninth gold medal of the Games as they won the team show jumping event. The USA got silver, while home nation France got bronze.
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At 14:58 – Carlos Alcaraz is ready for the Olympic final after a rock-solid victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Spanish world star made short work of it and won 6-1, 6-1.
At 14:50 – The Danish skeet shooter Jesper Hansen missed five of his shots, and it cost him dearly in the competition. Read more here.
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At 14:18 – World champion Sha’Carri Richardson’s long-awaited Olympic debut got off to a blistering start today as she cruised through the women’s 100m heats, while her Jamaican rival Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also advanced to her fifth Olympics.
At 13:55 – Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup failed to play in the Olympic final. You can read more here.
At 13:18 – We have a nail-biter of a semi-final between the Danish men’s doubles Astrup/Skaarup and Lee/Wang from Taiwan.
After a strong effort in the first set, which Denmark won 21-18, the Danes were in big trouble in the second set, which they lost 21-17. Now a horror of a third set awaits for the final place on Sunday.
At 12:35 – Great Britain win the women’s lightweight double sculls final, with Emily Craig and Imogen Grant running for Olympic gold. Romania was second and Greece was third.
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At 12:28 – Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka is undergoing medical examination after collapsing after her heat in the women’s 200m individual medley at the Paris Olympics on Friday, an Olympic official said.
Medical staff rushed to Potocka’s aid and carried her away from the poolside on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on her face after she finished seventh in the third heat of the morning session at La Defense Arena. The event’s media manager confirms that Potocka is conscious and under medical evaluation.
At 11:50 – The semi-final between the Danish duo Astrup/Skaarup and Lee/Wang has provisionally been postponed to 12.25, as the other semi-final must be decided first.
At 10:45 – Things have not gone as well for shooter Stephanie Grundsøe, who has just finished last in her Olympic final in the 50 meter air rifle.
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At 10:43 – Even though it didn’t turn out to be a big win, the Danish handball men can take note of another victory. The Danes have just beaten Hungary 28-25.
At 09:39 – The Danish national handball team is currently playing against Hungary, and for the first time in the tournament, Nikolaj Jacobsen’s team seems to have a hard time against the strong Hungarians. The two teams have just gone into the break with the score 16-14 with the Danes in the driver’s seat.
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Get an overview of the Danish athletes who will be in action
At 09.00 – Handball, group stage (m): Denmark-Hungary (DR)
At 09.30 – Shooting, rifle 50 m 3 positions (k), final: Stephanie Grundsøe (TV 2 and TV 2 Play)
At 09.30 – Shooting, skeet (m), qualification: Jesper Hansen (will not be televised)
At 09.33 – Golf, 2nd round (m): Nicolai Højgaard (TV 2 Sport X and TV 2 Play)
At 10.54 – Rowing, runners without coxswain (k), B-final: Fie Udby Erichsen and Lærke Berg Rasmussen (TV 2 Play)
At 11.06 – Golf, 2nd round (m): Thorbjørn Olesen (TV 2 Sport X and TV 2 Play)
At approximately 12.00 – Badminton, semi-final: Astrup/Skaarup – Lee/Wang (TV 2 and TV 2 Play)
At 12.15 – Sailing, Ilca 6 (k), races 3 and 4: Anne-Marie Rindom (DR – race 4 will not be televised)
At 15.35 – Sailing, Ilca 7 (m), races 3 and 4: Johan Schubert (DR – race 3 will not be televised)
At 18.55 – Athletics, discus throw (k), qualification: Lisa Brix Pedersen (DR)
At 19.55 – Badminton, quarter-final: Anders Antonsen – Lee Zii Jia (TV 2 Sport and TV 2 Play)
At 21.05 – Badminton, quarter-final: Viktor Axelsen – Loh Kean Yew (TV 2 Sport and TV 2 Play)
2024-08-02 16:10:42
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