Rowing: Netherlands win women's four gold! (2024)

Gymnastics: Simone Biles (USA) wins women's vault gold!

It's another gold for Biles - her third of Paris 2024 and seventh of her career!

Those two vaults she executed to near perfection were the difference, and despite two very good attempts from her teammate Jade Carey, no athlete is able to better Biles' 15.300, which means Biles is the Olympic champion!

The crowd goes nuts as Biles celebrates, and there are equally loud cheers for Andrade in second, who ties ties sailors Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt as the most decorated Brazilian Olympians ever with five medals.

🥇Simone Biles: 15.300
🥈Rebeca Andrade: 14.966
🥉Jade Carey: 14.466

Football: USA beat Japan in extra time to advance to semi-finals

The USA's quest for a fifth Olympic gold medal in women's football is still alive after a scrappy 1-0 win over Japan!

They needed extra time to get the win, but Trinity Rodman's excellent finish in the 107th minute was a worthy match-winner.

They now await the winner of the other semi-final between Germany and defending Olympic champions Canada.

Road cycling: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) completes TT-RR double

There is no one close to him!

After that moment of worry,Remco Evenepoel can raise his left hand to start celebrating as he rides towards the line.

On the streets of Paris, the Belgian will become the first man to win both the time trial and road race at a single Olympic Games.

He rides across the bridge andwins gold under the Eiffel Tower!

Evenepoel gets off his bike and punches the air. 6:19:34.

Behind, Madouas is still pushing hard for silver but he might be caught here!

Madouas looks behind him as he takes the final turn, he cannot believe it! He wins silver at home!

And behind him,Christophe Laporte makes it a French two-three by winning the sprint for bronze!

The fans packing the streets along the Trocadéro break out into chants ofAllez les Bleus.

Road cycling: Evenepoel mechanical

Mechanical for Remco Evenepoel!

With under 4km to go, Evenepoel raises his hand to signal urgently to his team – he needs a replacement bike!

As he ditches his original, he yells at his team for another, quick!

His lead is still a minute over the chasers. Madouas is just 18 seconds clear of a four-strong chase.

Road cycling: Evenepoel headed to finish at Trocadéro

Evenepoel is done with the climbs. He's in the final 8km of this race, heading towards the Trocadéro now. And it looks like no one will catch him.

Behind him,Madouas's lead on the chasers –Christophe Laporte andMatteo Jorgenson – is down under half a minute.

Laporte and Jorgensen are trade teammates on the World Tour, but here Laporte is representing the hosts while Jorgenson reps the USA.

Road cycling: Evenepoel lead over half a minute

Remco Evenepoel is now on the final climb for the day, the cobbled ascent up the Butte Montmartre.

The cheers are deafening as he, alone in the lead, rides up the street with 36 seconds on his nearest opponent,Valentin Madouas.

Madouas himself is around 50 seconds clear of a hard-chasing group.

Gymnastics: Defending champion Rebeca Andrade (BRA) now up

Here we go - the Tokyo 2020 champion is up!

She pulls off a round off, half-turn, one-and-a-half turn and absolutely sticks the landing to massive roars from the crowd inside Bercy Arena.

A big score! 15.100. Let's see if she can knock Biles out of top spot with her second vault.

No.

A slight hop on her landing - combined with a lower difficuilty than what Biles had - scores her 14.833 for her second attempt, giving her an average of 14.966. She moves into the silver medal position.

Biles congratulates her competitor immediately after the second vault - great sportsmanship between these two stars.

Badminton: Top seeds Chen/Jia win women's doubles gold

At Porte de la Chapelle Arena, an all-Chinese women's doubles gold medal match has gone the way of top seeds and Tokyo 2020 silver medallistsChen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.

They beat compatriotsLiu Shengshu and Tan Ning 22-20, 21-15.

Earlier, bronze went to Japan'sMatsuyama Nami and Shida Chiharu.

Road cycling: Evenepoel attacks with 15km to go

The two in the lead are battling it out for gold between them now, with one more ascent of the Butte Montmartre to come.

AndRemco Evenepoel attacks with 15km to go!

Before this year, Evenepoel had never even raced in France. In the past month, he's finished third and won the young riders' jersey at the Tour de France, won Olympic time trial gold, and is leading the road race.

No man has ever done the Olympic time trial-road race double in a single year.

Road cycling: Evenepoel, Madouas open lead to 53 seconds

Wow. That front group – mostlyRemco Evenepoel, as Valentin Madouas isn't helping much – has now opened its gap to 53 seconds.

Van der Poel is in a group with Alaphilippe a ways behind, from which Spain'sJuan Ayuso tries a move but is closed down by Van Aert.

20km to go.

Gymnastics: Simone Biles delivers stunning vaults to take the lead

It's time for Biles' two vault attempts.

There's an excitable energy in the crowd as she thunders down the runway on her first attempt - the Biles II. Biles launches herself high into the air and lands almost perfectly, scoring 15.7!

The crowd erupts, but there's still one more attempt to come (the average of the two vaults is what counts).

Here comes the second vault (the Cheng)...she lands it, but its not quite as stunning as that first attempt, but it won't matter as she scores 14.9, taking her average to 15.3 and the gold medal position!

The crowd goes bananas, and rightly so. That was stunning.

Football: USWNT headed to extra-time

In the first women's football quarter-final, the USWNT and Japan are goalless after 90 minutes of play.

Extra time awaits.

Road cycling: Van der Poel, Van Aert attack on Montmartre

The lead group is down to two – Evenepoel and France'sValentin Madouas – as they're up the second climb of the Butte Montmartre.

Behind them in the peloton,Mathieu van der Poel attacks and Wout van Aert goes with him!

Archery: Lisa Barbelin (FRA) shares her medal moment with Philippe Croizon

There was a lovely moment earlier in the archery we wanted to share with you.

After Barbelin became the first French woman to win an Olympic archery medal, she shared her moment with Croizon - the first quadruple amputee to swim across the English Channel and the man whose autobiography inspired Barbelin in her own sporting journey.

Road cycling: Remco Evenepoel group catches Healy

Wow. Remco Evenepoel just obliterated that chase group on a climb leading towards Montmartre and they've caught Ben Healy.

Five in the lead, including Evenepoel and Küng.

Shooting: Vincent Hanco*ck (USA) wins men's skeet gold

Hanco*ck is a four-time Olympic champion!

The American hits 58 out of 60 targets to successfully defend the title he won in Tokyo. Silver goes to his compatriot Conner Lynn Prince, who finishes just one score behind Hanco*ck.

Lee Meng Yuan (TPE) wins bronze for Chinese Taipei - their first ever Olympic medal in shooting!

🥇Vincent Hanco*ck (USA): 58
🥈Conner Lynn Prince (USA): 57
🥉Lee Meng Yuan (TPE): 45

Road cycling: State of the men's road race with under 40km to go

The lead group is down to one, with Lutsenko having been dropped by Healy. He has around 30 seconds on a chase group which includesMichael Woods (CAN) andStefan Küng (SUI), with another 40 seconds to another chase group includingMathieu van der Poel (NED),Wout van Aert (BEL), and two-time world champJulian Alaphilippe (FRA).

Behind them, there is brief acceleration out of the peloton from Tom Pidco*ck (GBR) andRemco Evenepoel (BEL). Here goes Remco!

That van der Poel group has been caught by the peloton. Evenepoel has made it across to the Woods group.

Gymnastics: Huge roar for Simone Biles (USA), Rebeca Andrade (BRA) ahead of women's vault final

The crowd inside Bercy Arena applaud as the eight athletes enter the competition floor ahead of the women's vault final, and there's huge cheers in particular for both Biles and Andrade.

Andrade and Biles had a spectacular battle in the women's all-around final two days ago, with Biles winning gold as Andrade took silver.

Road cycling: 45km to go

Under 45km to the finish line for themen's road race and they're now back on the streets of central Paris.

The next major test is three laps of a circuit including the tough cobbledButte Montmartre climb.

Ben Healy of Ireland andAlexey Lutsenko of Kazakhstan are the two in the lead.

Table tennis: Chen retains Olympic title over Sun

Chen Meng, the defending champion up 9-6 in the sixth game, calls a timeout. As is traditional in medal matches between two Chinese players, there is no coach present and it's all down to the players.

Chen takes a moment to gather her thoughts, then returns to the table to see out the match.

The relative underdog in this match has won 4-2. She has successfully defended her title against the favourite, her teammateSun Yingsha.

There are no exuberant celebrations – two arms in the air, a hug for her teammate.

Chen Meng is a two-time individual champion at the Olympic Games!

Artistic gymnastics: Carlos Edriel Yulo (PHI) wins men's floor gold!

What a moment for Yulo! The 24-year-old absolutely nails his routine, scoring 15.000. He faces a long wait though with several athletes to follow, but no one can surpass his score, which means Yulo has just become the firstPhilippine man to win Olympic gold and just the second ever athlete from the Philippines to achieve the feat after Hidilyn Diaz at Tokyo 2020!

Silver goes to 2023 world champion Artem Dolgopyat (ISR), while Jake Jarman (GBR) takes bronze.

🥇Carlos Edriel Yulo (PHI)
🥈Artem Dolgopyat (ISR)
🥉Jake Jarman (GBR)

Tennis: Fritz/Paul win men's doubles bronze

The men's doubles podium in tennis is now set, withTaylor Fritz and Tommy Paul (USA) completing a U.S. two-three.

Earlier, their teammatesAustrin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram won silver, and now Fritz/Paul have beaten Czechia'sTomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek 6-3 6-4.

🥇 AUS - Matthew Ebden/John Peers

🥈 USA - Austin Krajicek/Rajeev Ram

🥉 USA - Taylor Fritz/Tommy Paul

Table tennis: Sun and Chen locked at 2-2 in repeat of Tokyo final

Over at the South Paris Arena, the women's singles competitions are coming to an end with the gold medal final between two paddlers from the People's Republic of China.

World number oneSun Yingsha and world number fourChen Meng are locked at 2-2 in the match, with the first to four games winning.

This is a repeat of the Tokyo 2020 final, which Chen – then the top seed – won. Now, Sun is far and away the top-ranked player, but Chen has the experience of winning on this stage…

Earlier, Japan'sHayata Hina won bronze by defeatingShin Yubin from Republic of Korea.

Equestrian: Germany win dressage team gold!

Germany win gold...just!

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on TSF Dalera BB scores 79.954%, giving Germany a final score of 235.790, just 0.121 ahead of Denmark in second.

There's history for Isabell Werth (GER), who wins her eighth gold and 13th total Olympic medal - both records for a German athlete. She also becomes first athlete to win a medal at seven different Olympic Games editions (Summer or Winter). She has won a gold at all seven.

Bronze goes to Great Britain.

🥇Germany: 235.790
🥈Denmark: 235.669
🥉Great Britain: 232.492

Athletics: Warner (CAN) fails to clear opening height in pole vault portion of decathlon

We've had some big drama in the decathlon!

Warner, the defending Olympic champion and a favourite for a podium position after two event wins in the decathlon thus far, failed to clear his opening height in the pole vault, dropping him all the way down to 18th place.

Sander Skotheim (NOR) also failed to jump over his opening height, putting him in 19th. The pole vault is ongoing, but at the moment Leo Neugebauer (GER) is leading the competition on 7410 points.