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And well, no more creative counting metrics are needed for the United States of America to sit atop the count, with Team USA moving to its summit after drawing level with China’s 19 gold medals and outpacing their rival’s silver and bronze tallies.
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Hosts France retains its position in third and Australia follows in fourth but with the latter’s girt-powered run in the pool now at an end, the likes of Team GB, South Korea and Japan will be eyeing closing in on their 12 gold medals. Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, then round out the top ten.
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The swimming portion of the Games concluded yesterday, giving the athletics greater scope to take the spotlight, with athletes such Team GB’s Keely Hodgkinson and Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis in action. Focus will shift to the velodrome as the track cycling commences, alongside the beginning of artistic swimming, sport climbing, and the purist’s Olympic event, wrestling. Conversely, today will be the final day for badminton, the basketball 3X3, canoe slalom, gymnastics, shooting, and triathlon events.
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Howdy folks! Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the tenth official day of competition at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. I’m Joey Lynch and I’ll be taking you through the first few hours.
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The big news from day nine, undoubtedly, was the crowning of Noah Lyles as the new fastest human on Earth: the American backing up the hype by taking the gold after a dramatic finish in the men’s 100m, edging out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to the crown by just five-thousandths of a second, with fellow American Fred Kerley claiming bronze.
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Indeed, it was a good day nine for the Americans, with Team USA’s women setting a new world record in winning the 4x100m medley and Bobby Finke setting a new world record as he took out gold in the men’s 1500m freestyle.
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Elsewhere, Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour became the first African to win Olympic gold in gymnastics, holding off a challenge from reigning world champion Qiu Qiyuan to take out the women’s uneven bars while Carlos Yulo continued a golden run for the Philippines in claiming his second gold in as many days in the men’s vault. Novak Djokovic took out one of the few prizes that have eluded him in his illustrious career as he beat Carlos Alcaraz at Roland Garros to take gold in the men’s tennis singles and, in a history-making moment, Cindy Ngamba became the first-ever athlete from the Refugee Olympic Team to ensure themselves a medal as she reached the semi-finals of the women’s 75kg boxing.
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But there’s plenty on tap for day ten to keep this momentum going and, with my handy-dandy Australian time zone making it possible, I’ll be getting you set for all the action for the next few hours as those in Europe rise from their slumber.
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Important Events
As always, the ninth day of the Olympics brought with it some amazing images, especially those of Egypt’s Mohamed Essam and America’s Alexander Massialas.
Massialas might need to relearn Wu-Tang Clan’s “Protect Ya Neck!”
Few things in this world capture the imagination quite like the Olympic 100-meter sprint. For 10 seconds, the world seems to take a collective breath, stop what it’s doing, and lose itself in a moment that tests the limits of humanity.
Julianne Alfred first wrote herself into Olympic and St. Lucian folklore with her victory in the women’s 100m on Saturday, and the great Bernie Ronay was at the Stade de France last night with Noah Lyles’ gold medal-winning run.
Not to be outdone, Sean Ingle was also at the Stade de France to analyse the dramatic photo-finish race.
And as for Simone Biles, it’s fair to assume that today may be her last time competing at the Olympics, given that she’s 27 years old. In recent years, the average age of women in gymnastics has been gradually increasing, but at the same time, she said at this Olympics, “I’m really old” (Ouch, when someone younger than you says that, it makes you realize how old you are).
But while he is certain to retire from the Yurchenko double pike jump after the Paris Games, the superstar has not ruled out competing at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
Medal count on 10th day
If we are going to discuss medal events, it might be a good idea to use that as an opening to see what happens to the medal count after Day 9.
And the U.S. didn’t need any more creative tallying to put itself on top: The U.S. team came out on top, tied with China with 19 gold medals and surpassing its rival’s total with two silver and two bronze medals.
Host nation France maintains third place and Australia follows in fourth place, but this ends Australia’s strong pool performance as other teams including Great Britain, South Korea and Japan close in on 12 gold medals. Italy, the Netherlands and Germany complete the top ten.
Medal Watch
For those who enjoy watching the scoreboard, there are plenty of gold medals up for grabs today.
In women’s gymnastics, all eyes will surely be on the Bercy Arena as GOAT Simone Biles competes in the women’s balance beam and floor exercise finals, her final competition in Paris.
🥇Athletics – Men’s pole vault / Women’s discus, 500m, 800m
🥇Triathlon – Mixed Team Relay
🥇Shooting – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
🥇Badminton – Women’s Singles / Men’s Singles
🥇 Gymnastics – Men’s parallel bars, horizontal bar / Women’s balance beam, floor
🥇Shooting – Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol / Team Mixed Skeet
🥇Surfing – Women’s Shortboards / Men’s Shortboards
🥇 Basketball – Women’s 3×3 – Men’s 3×3
🥇Canoeing – Women’s Kayacross / Men’s Kayakcross
🥇Track Cycling – Women’s Team Sprint
Schedule for Day 10
The Olympic swimming events finished yesterday, giving athletics more of a chance to take center stage, with athletes such as Great Britain’s Keeley Hodgkinson and Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis doing well. Attention shifts to the velodrome as the track cycling events begin. Artistic swimming, sport climbing and the purist Olympic sport of wrestling also begin. Conversely, today marks the final day of competition for badminton, basketball 3X3, canoe slalom, gymnastics, shooting and triathlon.
preamble
Hello everyone! Welcome to The Guardian’s live coverage of the 10th day of official competition at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Joey Lynch here with us for the first few hours.
The big news from Day 9 was undoubtedly the crowning of Noah Lyles as the fastest man on the planet. The American confirmed that by taking gold in the men’s 100m with a dramatic finish, beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by just half a second, with fellow American Fred Curley taking the bronze medal.
It was indeed a good ninth day for the USA, with the women’s team setting a new world record to win the 4x100m medley and Bobby Finke setting a new world record to win the gold medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle.
Meanwhile, Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour became the first African to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics when she beat off a challenge from reigning world champion Qiu Qiyuan to win the women’s uneven bars, while Carlos Yulo continued the Philippines’ winning streak by winning his second gold medal in two days in the men’s vault. Novak Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz to win the men’s tennis singles gold medal at the French Open, securing one of the few prizes that have eluded him in his illustrious career. And Cindy Ngamba made history by reaching the semi-finals of the women’s 75kg boxing event, becoming the first member of the Refugee Olympic Team to win a medal.
But there’s plenty of room to keep the momentum going on day 10, and thanks to the convenient Australian time zone, it’ll be all set for the action in the next few hours as Europeans wake up from their slumber.
