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For those in Australia, we also have quite a lot of Australians in action – you can read all about it and get the event times in this great guide.
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Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of the ninth official day of competition of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
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I hope you’ve all been enjoying it so far – here in Australia there have been a lot of late nights and early mornings, but Australian sports fans are well accustomed to dealing with sport induced sleep deprivation.
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Day eight was full of action, with probably the biggest news of the day being the huge upset of St Lucia’s Julien Alfred taking out the 100m women’s gold ahead of Sha’carri Richardson. Elsewhere on the track, Dutch runner Femke Bol came from nowhere to drag her team to victory in the 4x400m mixed relay. There was more Simone Biles magic, as the star gymnast picked up her seventh gold medal, and over in the pool Katie Ledecky got the better of Ariarne Titmus to win her fourth 800m gold in a row. Snoop Dogg stole the show at the equestrian (words I never could have imagined typing in my wildest dreams) and Remco Evenepoel picked up the gold for Belgium in the men’s cycling road race.
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So that’s the whirlwind tour, but we’ll do a deeper dive over the next few hours and very soon I’ll be getting into the day nine schedule and what to expect and look forward to throughout today! I’ll be your host for the next three hours or so, so settle in, relax and let’s get into some Olympics!
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Important Events
Kieran Pender has been working hard in Paris and has written some great articles about how Australian women are leading the way in bringing home gold at the upcoming Olympics.
The women’s high jump is set to be a tough contest after Ukraine’s Yaroslava Makhchik recorded 2.10m at the Diamond League three weeks ago, but Australia’s Nicola Olli-Lagers and Eleanor Patterson will be determined to match her. The final takes place today and promises to be thrilling. Jack Snape has a great interview with Olli-Lagers and will bring you the latest updates before the final gets underway.
Speaking of medals, let’s look at the medal totals. China maintains its top spot, the United States is back in second place, hosts France are stable in third place, and Australia has dropped to fourth place as the swim draws to a close. Great Britain, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Holland and Canada round out the top ten with plenty of medals still to be won.
If you’re looking for medals, there are plenty available today! Here’s what you can expect:
Medal Events
🥇 Golf – Men’s Stroke Play
🥇 Equestrian – Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle
🥇 Tennis – Women’s Doubles / Men’s Singles
🥇 Cycling – Women’s Road Race
🥇 Boxing – Women’s 54kg / Men’s 51kg, 63.5kg, 80kg, 92kg
🥇 Table Tennis – Men’s Singles
🥇 Archery – Men’s Recurve Individual
🥇 Badminton – Men’s Doubles & Singles / Women’s Singles
🥇 Gymnastics – Men’s rings, vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar / Women’s uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise
🥇 Shooting – Women’s Skeet / Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol / Mixed Skeet
🥇 Swimming – Women’s 50m Freestyle & 4x100m Medley Relay / Men’s 15om & 4x100m Medley Relay
🥇 Fencing – Men’s foil team
🥇 Athletics – Women’s High Jump / Men’s Hammer Throw & 100m
🥇 Surfing – Men’s & Women’s Shortboards
Schedule for Day 9
There is a lot of fun in store for all of us today. It is the most amazing moment of the Olympics where swimming and athletics come together and there are always some chaotic surprises. Check out the live schedule to get all the latest updates and time zone timings.
If you’re based in Australia, there are plenty of Australian events happening too – find out all the event details, event times and more in this great guide.
preamble
Megan Morris
Hello everyone and welcome to our live coverage of the 9th day of official competition at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
I hope you’ve enjoyed it so far everyone. Despite the many late nights and early mornings here in Australia, Australian sports fans are used to dealing with sport-induced sleep deprivation.
Day 8 was action-packed, but perhaps the biggest story of the day was the upset of St. Lucia’s Julianne Alfred, who beat Shakari Richardson to win the women’s 100m gold medal. On the track, Dutch runner Femke Boll appeared from nowhere to lead her team to victory in the 4x400m mixed relay. There was more magic as star gymnast Simone Biles won her seventh gold medal, and in the pool, Katie Ledecky beat Ariarne Titmus to win her fourth consecutive gold medal in the 800m. Snoop Dogg stole the show (a word we never dreamed of) in equestrian events, and Remco Evenepoel won gold for Belgium in the men’s road cycling race.
So that’s it for our whirlwind tour, but we’re going to be digging deeper over the next few hours. I’ll be sharing with you shortly the schedule for Day 9 and what to expect and look forward to throughout the day. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the Olympics as I host you for the next three hours or so.
