Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) wins women's cross-country gold! (2024)

Surfing: Gabriel Medina (BRA) has won the Bronze

With the waves improving in both size and consistency, 3x World Champion Gabriel Medina of Brazil put on quite a show en route to winning the Bronze Medal.

After failing to find a second scoing wave in his semi-final heat, Medina (BRA) was throwing away 7.5s in his Bronze Medal heat against Peru's Alonso Correa. Wether he was double hand-dragging in the day's deepest barrels or attempting a high flying alley-oop over nearly dry reef, the Brazilian goofy foot was the definition of high performance surfing this heat. He won with a pair of7.77s, one earned courtesy of the day's most impressive tube to date and the other with a wave that featured 4 consecutive turns, each one different from the next but all of them undeniably committed and progressive.

Correa (PER) took an early lead thanks to some proper tube time and stylish cutbacks but his total heat score of 12.43 was no match for a very in form Medina.

With the win, Medina (BRA) has improved on his 4th place finish in Tokyo and swapped it out for a Bronze here at Teahupo'o.

Round up of team sports, Day 10 of Paris 2024

Ten days down, six to go – here is a round-up of selected team sports results from Day 10:

Artistic swimming, team – after technical routine

1. People's Republic of China, 313.5538
2. Spain, 287.1475
3. Japan, 284.9017

Women's hockey – quarter-finals

• Australia 2-3 China
• Argentina 1-1 Germany (Argentina won shootout 2-0)
• Netherlands 3-1 Great Britain
• Belgium 2-0 Spain

Semi-finals: NED vs ARG, BEL vs CHN

Table tennis

• M: Sweden 3-0 Denmark
• W: Poland 0-3 Japan
• M: Egypt 0-3 Chinese Taipei
• W: Romania 2-3 India
• W: China 3-0 Egypt
• M: Japan 3-0 Australia
• W: France 2-3 Thailand
• M: Portugal 1-3 Brazil
• M: Slovenia 0-3 France
• W: Brazil 1-3 Republic of Korea
• M: Canada 0-3 Germany
• W: Hong Kong, China 2-3 Sweden

Men's volleyball – quarter-finals

• Slovenia 1-3 Poland (20-25, 26-24, 19-25, 20-25)
• Italy 3-2 Japan (20-25, 23-25, 27-25, 26-24, 17-15)
• France 3-2 Germany (18-25, 26-28, 25-20, 25-21, 15-13)
• USA 3-1 Brazil (26-24, 28-30, 25-19, 25-19)

Semi-finals: POL vs USA, ITA vs FRA

Men's water polo

• Hungary 17-13 Serbia
• Australia 13-14 Japan
• Greece 9-8 Italy
• Croatia 11-14 USA
• France 8-10 Spain
• Romania 7-10 Montenegro

Men's brackets are set as follows, beginning in the quarter-finals: GRE vs SRB, USA vs AUS, ITA vs HUN, CRO vs ESP

Surfing: Weston-Webb of Brazil has advanced to the finals

Using full rail turns and some keen tube riding acumen, Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil has posted the day's highest single wave score (an 8.33) and total heat score (a 13.66) on her way to winning her semi-final heat. She will surf later for gold against Caroline Marks of the United States.

Heat #2 of the Women's semi-finals was actually over well before the final horn sounded. Weston-Webb (BRA) had a slight lead early and was sitting with priority when Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy flagrantly interferred, dropping in on Weston-Webb (BRA)as the two women caught the same wave. The penalty for the accidental mishap meant that Hennessy (CRC) could only have one scoring wave count for her total heat score. As soon as Weston-Webb had a total heat score over 10.00, the heat was effectively over.

Despite making the fatal gaff, Hennessy (CRC)surfed with conviction on her backhand and turned in the heat's second highest scoring wave (a 6.17) thanks to a series of strong turns that threw buckets of roiling whitewater over the back of the wave.

Speaking with surf reporter Ash Tulloch after her win, Weston-Webb (BRA) offered, "Very happy I got to showcase my surfing. I really feel like I’m getting a handle of this wave and I’m glad it’s showing.For our country this means so much and I can’t wait to represent Brazil in the final.”

Surfing: Caroline Marks of Team USA reflects on having a chance at gold

Speaking with Olympics.com surf reporter Ash Tulloch on scene in Tahiti, Marks (USA) had this to say after advancing to the gold medal heat. "I’m so happy. It feels so good...I was really emotional about not medaling in Tokyo so I’m going to stop talking now because I’ll get emotional now that I know I’m going to get one. I sliced my foot a few times on the reef so I’m glad it worked out. I’m just so happy.Best feeling ever- such a big heat. I’ve had some big moments in my career and that win felt pretty big. Stoked I got the score."

Surfing: Marks (USA) has advanced to the Women's finals

Caroline Marks of the United States will surf for gold.

Marks (USA) and Johanne Defay of Team France both had a combined heat score of 12.17 in Women's semi-final heat #1 but the tie-breaker is settled by the best single wave score and that belonged to Marks with her heat best 7.0. That score was earned by catching one of the heat's biggest waves, pulling into a clean frontside barrel, exiting and carving back to the power source, and then snapping a crisp hammer off the lip to closeout the ride. It was easily the most complete ride of the heat.

Defay (FRA), surfing on her backhand, exclusively used turns to earn her points. Vertical and powerful turns perfectly timed with the crashing lip was her calling card in this heat. She was surfing fast and fluid and earned her best wave score, a 6.50, on a wave where she only performed 2 maneuvers, a near vertical snap in the pocket followed by the most radical turn of the heat, a fins-out slash into the closeout section before free-falling with the white water to the bottom of the wave and riding away.

Surfing: Jack Robinson (AUS) wins semi-final heat, will surf for gold

Australian Jack Robinson found the best barrel of the day so far and is now headed for the finals. The worst Robinson (AUS) can do is a silver medal.

Heat #2 of the Men's semis pittedRobinson (AUS) against Brazil's Gabriel Medina. Medina (BRA) took the early lead with a 6.3. It was one of the biggest waves of the morning and he surfed it with marked precision, flowing a carving top turn into a radical, fins-free snap into the close-out section. That was it, however, for the 3x World Champion. He never caught another scoring wave.

Robinson (AUS), on the other hand, stayed active in the lineup and caught several waves, including the aforementioned barrel. The tube time earned him a heat best wave score of 7.83 and he knew it- snapping his fingers with stoke after exiting the barrel and before banging a big lip bash into the closeout section, his board free falling to the bottom of the wave before riding away cleanly. His first wave score, a 4.5, proved to be his second best ride, giving him a heat total of 12.33.

Robinson (AUS) will surf against Kauli Vaast of France in the Men's final later today.

Athletics: Kipyegon reinstated to silver after Kenya appeal DQ

Word from thewomen's 5000m –Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, who had been disqualified for an apparent obstruction, has been reinstated to silver after an appeal from Kenya.

It means the final podium is Beatrice Chebet, Kipyegon, and Sifan Hassan, as confirmed by World Athletics.

Football: France to play Spain in men's final

It's all over in Lyon.

Two extra-time goals, one fromJean-Philippe Mateta and the other fromMichael Olise, mean the hosts have come back from 1-0 down to win 3-1 and reach the final.

One step away from Olympic gold at the Parc des Princes on home soil.

Morocco and Egypt will face off in an all-African bronze medal match.

Football: France score again

Michael Olise might have just put this game out of reach of the 10 men of Egypt!

A brilliant, smart finish the wrong side of the Egyptian goalkeeper in the 108th minute.

Hosts France are headed for the gold-medal game against neighbours Spain unless Egypt can mount a remarkable comeback.

Surfing: Team France's Kauli Vaast on advancing to the finals

"I don’t know if I can put any words to this feeling right now. I don’t really realize that I just made the finals. Since the beginning [of the contest], I've just been having fun and enjoying the moment and making heats so there is one more coming now...I’ll go home right now and rest a little- do my routine and get ready to go all in.”

Athletics: Duplantis - "Such an out of body experience"

Here's the immediate reaction fromMondo Duplantis after his remarkable 6.25m pole vault:

“I haven’t processed how fantastic that moment was. It’s one of those things that don’t really feel real, such an out of body experience. It’s still hard to kind of land right now.

"What can I say? I just broke a world record at the Olympics, biggest possible stage for a pole vaulter. The biggest dream since a kid was to break the world record at the Olympics, and I’ve been able to do that in front of the most ridiculous crowd I’ve ever competed in front of.

“I tried to clear my thoughts as much as I could. The crowd was going crazy. It was so loud in there, it sounded like an American football game. I have a little bit of experience being in a 100,000 capacity stadium, but I was never the centre of attention. Just trying to channel the energy everybody was giving me, and they were giving me a lot of it. It worked out.”

Surfing: Kauli Vaast (FRA) will surf for gold

Team France's Kauli Vaast has advanced to the finals. He will surf later today for a gold medal.

With a rising swell offering both tubes and some open-faces for turns, Vaast (FRA), who grew up surfing Teahupo'o, flexed his local knoweldge in heat #1 of the Men's semi-finals against Peru's Alonso Correaand used a strong combo of tube time and gouging, top turns to punch his ticket to the finals

Vaast's best wave, a 5.83, came after pulling into a crisp, clean tube direct from takeoff, exiting, cutting back to the pocket and then slamming it off the close-out section, blowing his fins out of the back of the wave. He backed it up with a5.13 courtesy of the heat's longest tube, albeit with a slighlty messy exit. His total heat score was a winning 10.96. You could hear the crowd in the channel errupting with cheers as the horn blasted signifying the end of the heat.

For his part, Correa (PER) kept it close until the very end, taking off on a wave in the final seconds that gave him a chance to pull out the win. The goofy foot managed to find a few barrels- including the biggest, cleanest one of the heat- and one particularly sylish layback snap but never found the consistency nor high perforamnce turns neccesary to matchVaast (FRA).He finished with a best wave score of 5.67and a total heat score of 9.60.

Football: Mateta heads France ahead in extra time

And it's made a difference!

France are ahead and it's that man again,Jean-Philippe Mateta!

Michael Olise delivers a cross, KiliannSildillia knocks the ball on in the air with his head, and Mateta is on hand to head it into the net.

France lead 2-1.

Football: Egypt down to 10 men in extra-time

There was no penalty awarded in second-half stoppage time, but Omar Fayed did get booked for dissent.

And that's made a difference here early into extra time.

The Egyptian has been sent off for a second bookable offence.

3X3 Basketball: Netherlands end France's hopes in OT in final

This is close. The gold-medal final betweenFrance andNetherlands is tied 13-13 with a little over a minute to play.

But France sink a couple of free throws to open the lead up.

Can the Dutch respond?

16-15 with 16 seconds left on the clock. Hang on, they're resetting the clock to 17.3 seconds. A two attempt is missed.

NETHERLANDS TIE IT WITH TWO SECONDS LEFT! 16-16!

Overtime beckons. First to two points wins. The Dutch miss a two attempt and France sink a layup.

Out the ball goes to the Dutch… an effort for two… AND IT'S GOOD!

Netherlands beat France in remarkable scenes. 18-17 in OT.

Earlier,Lithuania beatLatvia 21-18 for bronze – meaning the defending champs Latvia leave without a medal.

Football: France denied late penalty after VAR review

Drama! In the fifth added minute of stoppage time, we have a VAR review for a possible penalty for handball!

It's against Omar Fayed. The ref has been sent to the monitor to have a look; Omar Fayed has been booked for dissent. His argument is he was pushed – but his arms were in the air.

The crowd in Lyon are on tenterhooks and so are we.

This review has taken a while. The ref has his decision. No penalty!

Football: France equalise late on in semi-final

What a crucial goal this could be!

Facing a shock elimination at the hands of Egypt in the men's football semi-final, hostsFrance have just equalised in the 83rd minute throughJean-Philippe Mateta.

1-1 and we could be headed for extra time.

3X3 Basketball: Germany win women's gold

Over at La Concorde, we've had the medal finals in the women's 3X3 tournament.

Despite a rough 0-3 start to the tournament, theUSA women have come away with bronze, beating Canada 16-13 in the third-place game.

And, despitePau Gasol cheering them on, Spain could not hold off Germany in the gold-medal game, Germany winning 17-16 with the points spread around for all four of their players.

Gasol's fellow retired NBA superstarDirk Nowitzki, also in attendance, hugs the winners.

Athletics: Stade de France celebrates Duplantis

Ten rings of the champions' bell for Duplantis as the stadium crowd roars with him andFreed From Desire, one of the soundtracks of these Games in the venues, rings out.

Another huge roar as Duplantis, Kendricks, and Karalis continue their lap of honour.

Athletics: ABBA to celebrate Mondo

A blast of ABBA, that world-famous Swedish band, on the public address system to celebrate Duplantis's world record. Why not?

The three medallists pose for the obligatory photos with their national flags, and will set off on their laps of honour.

Athletics: Duplantis breaks pole vault world record

Here we go. One final attempt at raising his world record, set in Xiamen during a Diamond League meet in April, by 1cm.

The greatest pole vaulter of his generation,Mondo Duplantis.

Very few souls have left this stadium – it's still packed to the rafters!

A blast of French '60s rock icon Johnny Hallyday gets this crowd pumped up.

Mondo is ready for his last try. There go the claps again. Kendricks is asking the crowd to clap along too.

Can he? Off he goes…

A WORLD RECORD! HE'S DONE IT! 6.25M!

Mondo goes off running to hug his parents, girlfriend, and friends. It is hisninth world record.

It is ELECTRIC in the Stade de France!

Athletics: Duplantis off on second attempt too

Duplantis starts the clap to his rhythm and the whole Stade de France joins in.

Take two at 6.25m.

The roar is electric as he runs up… and brings the bar down for a second time. His right knee clipped the bar, then his hands went out naturally to grab it.

One final shot at the world record. The rest of the pole vaulters were all yelling him on, too.

Athletics: Duplantis misses first attempt at 6.25m

There's an almighty roar in the stadium as everyone's attention is on Duplantis.

He takes a long run-up and brings the far down with his trailing arm.

That "Mondo, Mondo" chant starts up again.

Before Duplantis takes his next attempt, we'll have the victory ceremony for last night'smen's 100m final, as Noah Lyles was in 200m heats action earlier.

Athletics: Stade de France expects from Mondo

"Mondo, Mondo" is the chant in the Stade de France. Everyone here wants to see a new world record.

Remember, Duplantis will get three attempts at 6.25m.

Meanwhile, Keely Hodgkinson's off on her lap of honour and rings the champions' bell.

Athletics: Duplantis breaks Olympic record

So, Duplantis will have three goes at 6.10m for the Olympic record, which stands at 6.03m.

And he easily clears it on his first attempt!

The Olympic record goes to Duplantis – who might not be done yet!

What's the next height? Surely 6.25m for the world mark?