Paris 2024 Olympics day 10: Biles goes for more gold, athletics, cycling, gymnastics and more – live
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Women’s pole vault: It is a massive shock that Caudery is out – she was hoping to be in contention for gold but has fallen well short.
Here she is speaking to Sean Ingle about mishaps and chaos.
Women’s 400m heats: Miller-Uibo failed to finish. She has barely had a race since giving birth in April. Poland’s Kaczmarek won the race, with Gomez of Cuba second and Sada Williams from Barbados. GB’s Victoria Ohuruogo was pushed to fourth, meaning she will be waiting on repechage to see if she goes through.
Women’s pole vault: Molly Caudrey is out having failed to succeed on three attempts at her starting height of 4.55m, which is a huge shock.
Men’s discuss: GB’s Okoye’s final throw is a foul and his best of 61.17m will not be good enough for the final.
Women’s 400m heats: We have a call back in the third heat but no one is given a false start. At the second time of asking, everyone begins as it should and GB’s Anning ambles just ahead of Klaver, with Moran from Mexican getting third. A solid start for the Brits on the track today.
Holly Bradshaw after failing to make the pole vault final: “I am just crushed, I knew this was going to be my last champs. I am heartbroken, it’s been a really hard year. I wanted to come out and do myself proud and I haven’t.
“I wanted to come out and do my dad proud, he passed away in November, so hopefully I’ve done that.
“I fought hard to get back and to be here is a privilege.
“My priority now is to be a mum and I want to start a family with my husband.
Women’s 400m heats: Pryce runs well within herself to win the second heat. She will be in the semi-finals alongside Nielsen, who just pipped Jaeger for second.
Hi, sorry to all James Wallace fans but he has been unavoidably detained, hopefully not by our boys in blue. The focus is on the women’s 400m heats. GB’s Laviai Nielsen is in the second race.
To take you through the next few hours is Will Unwin, I will be back later today. Enjoy the feast of sport.
Beau Dure
Taylor Knibb is directly or indirectly responsible for two of the USA’s most thrilling medals of the last 24 hours, if not the Games as a whole.
Knibb, according to our analysis of research provided by Olympic statkeepers Olympedia, has become the first athlete to compete in two sports in the same Summer Olympics since 1992.
But her time in Paris had been rough – several falls in the rain-soaked road cycling time trial and a difficult swim in the triathlon. She finished 19th in both events despite being a medal contender in triathlon.
Knibb had also earned a spot in the women’s road race as well despite a lack of road racing experience. She relinquished her spot, and USA Cycling reassigned it to Kristen Faulkner, who won gold.
Today, Knibb’s decision to rest up yesterday paid off as the US took a stunning silver behind Germany. Knibb’s time of 22:13 was the fastest of any woman in the event.
The women’s 400m heats have got underway and the first three in each heat will qualify. The rest will run in repechage races.
The first saw a really strong field with Stacey Williams having an impressive race but it is the former world champion Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser who wins it. Williams comes in second and Romania’s Andrea Miklos is third.
In the men’s parallel bars final GB’s Joe Fraser has been confirmed as to not be competing. He was the first reserve but the top eight are competing.
The first to go is Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun and has scored 15.500.
An wins women’s singles badminton gold
The Republic of Korea’s Se Young An has beaten China’s Bing Jiao He in straight games to win the gold in the women’s singles badminton event.
The Republic of Korea athlete took a while to settle into the match but after she did she raced to a 21-13, 21-16 win.
The penultimate round of the women’s 10m platform has just been completed and China’s Hongchan Quan is still leading with compatriot Yuxi Chen in second and Canada’s Caeli McKay in third. Lois Toulson is in seventh and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is fifth.
The final men’s 400m repechage race and Qatar’s Ammar Ismail Yahia Ibrahim takes it.
It was a smooth start from a lot of the field but Jamaica’s Sean Bailey pulled up around 200m and didn’t finish. It’s a strong finish from Yahia Ibrahim to hold off his competitors.
The two fastest losers are yet to be confirmed but I’ll bring you that as soon as we have it.
As well as getting athletics, diving and badminton updates, the action in the gymnastics is about to begin. The men’s parallel bars final will get underway shortly.
The second men’s discus throw qualification group is underway. Remember the automatic throw to qualify is 66, if 12 athletes don’t hit that then the next best performers will go through. Three athletes hit 66 in the first group.
The third men’s 400m repechage saw South Africa’s Zakithi wins and qualifies.
Rounding the final bend all the athletes were so close but the South African raced clear.
In the women’s pole vault GB’s Molly Caudery – who is arguably the best in the world in the sport at the moment – has failed to clear 4.55 on the first time of asking. Italy’s Elisa Molinarolo is one of six athletes to clear that height.
Just going back through some earlier action as a women’s hockey quarter-final has finished with China pipping Australia 3-2 to reach the semis.
In the men’s volleyball Poland have secured a first semi-final spot for the nation since 1980 with a 3-1 win over Slovenia. Tennis star Iga Swiatek was on court to celebrate with the team.
South Africa’s Lythe Pillay has won the second men’s 400m repechage to bag himself a place in the semi-finals. He was in full control throughout that race.
In the women’s singles badminton gold medal match it is Republic of Korea’s Se Young An who won the first game 21-13. She had gone behind early on to China’s Bing Jiao He but has rallied.
After the conclusion of the third round in the women’s 10m preliminary the top three remain the same. Lois Toulson is in eighth and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is fourth.
In the men’s 400m the winners of all four heats will see the winner qualify and the next two fastest qualify.
In the first one only three have started with the rest of the field not running for various different reasons. Argentina’s Elian Larregina wins the first and qualifies, the others will have a nervous wait as the other repechage races take place.
Bradshaw has failed to clear 4.4 and so that looks like her Olympic is over.
We now have the men’s 400m repechage, it is all go in the athletics this morning.
In the women’s pole vault the automatic qualification level is 4.7, if 12 athletes don’t meet that criteria it will be the next best performers who go through. We are up to 4.4 at the moment with GB’s Holly Bradshaw failing on two attempts, she has one more or she is out.
If you are just tuning in this morning you may have missed the GB and USA photo finish mixed triathlon. GB were initially awarded silver but it was downgraded after judges reviewed the photo finish. Germany took the gold. You can catch up with that here:
The last repechage race in the women’s 400m hurdles sees France’s Shana Grebo win and qualify, she struggled over every hurdle but her strides and fast pace in the last few metres is enough. Ukraine’s Anna Ryzhkova is also through.
China’s Bing Jiao He is currently 8-7 ahead in the women’s badminton singles gold medal match against the Republic of Korea’s Se Young An.
In the women’s 10m platform preliminary the athletes are in the third round and China’s Hongchan Quan is still leading the field with her compatriot Yuxi Chen in second and Canada’s Caeli McKay in third. GB’s hopefuls Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix in fourth and 10th respectively with the latter yet to take her third dive.
China’s Jiadie Mo wins the second women’s 400m hurdles repechage to qualify for the semis.
GB’s Jessie Knight is in tears as she thought she had missed out but she just clinches the second spot to pip Panama’s Gianna Woodruff.
The first group in the men’s discus throw have finished their throws and it is just those three athletes who have thrown enough to be automatically through to the semi-finals. The rest of the field must wait until the second group finish to see if they go through – a nervous wait.
In the end Van den Broeck and Yukich have both qualified for the semi-finals. They crossed the line at exactly the same time and with them not being able to be separated they both go through, wow.
There are three repechage women’s 400m hurdles and the top two of each will progress.
The first heat and there is another photo finish! That was such a close contest and Italy’s Ayomide Folorunso is through as the fastest. The judges are just looking between Belgium’s Naomi van den Broeck and Australia’s Alanah Yukich. It is taking them quite some time to make a decision, it was that close.
