'Unreal': France's Joris Daudet reflects on BMX French triple podium
The scene at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX stadium was mayhem as the crowd celebrated the first French triple podium in 100 years.
After the race, gold medalist Joris Daudet described what went through his mind as he realized he had won the race.
"We worked so hard and we knew we could do it today and we were able to deliver when it counted, an amazing performance," Daudet said.
The last time France medaled across the podium was during the 1924 Paris Games.
Whether this is the beginning of a new French BMX dynasty wasn't clear to Daudet.
"I'm getting old so I don't know how much longer for me, but yeah, we were the favorite and we were able to deliver on the home front, in front of our family and all the French people," Daudet said.
He described the roaring cheers of the crowd behind him as "unreal" and "so special."
After the race, the cyclists got a presidential pat on the back from Emmanuel Macron, who was rooting for the athletes from the stands during the race.
Soccer: Egypt defeats Paraguay in penalties, advance to semifinal
Egypt's Ibrahim Adel scored the decisive penalty in the team's win over Paraguay, 1-1 (5-4), advancing to the men's semifinal.
Although Paraguay got scoring underway in the 71st minute courtesy of Diego Gomez, Adel found the back of the net in the closing stages of the game, beating Paraguay's keeper in the 88th minute to tie the game at 1-1.
After 90 minutes and extra time, Egypt went a perfect 5 for 5 during the penalty shootout, sealing its victory.
Paraguay had more shots on target, but Egypt dominated possession of the game, capitalizing in key moments.
Egypt will now face either Argentina or France in Monday's semifinal. The second semifinal match has Spain taking on Morocco.
Track: In men's 10k final, Ugandan Cheptegei signs off in style
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei signed off in style, finishing what he has hinted to be the final track race of his career with a gold medal and an Olympic record of 26:43.14.
The world champion and world record holder hung out in the back of the lead pack for most of the race, but pushed past the leading Ethiopian runners to take home the gold.
The race happened at breakneck speed. During any other year, the top 13 finishers of the race would have all set Olympic records. All of them ran under the previous Olympic record of 27:01.
Cheptegei is expected to hang up his spikes and turn to the marathon after the Paris Games.
Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi came in second and America's Grant Fisher ran a season best to take home the bronze. Fisher is the first American to medal in the 10,000 meters since Galen Rupp won the silver at the 2012 London Games.
Cheptegei and Fisher both ran very smart races, rarely moving off the rail until the last 600 meters of the race.
Yomif Kejelcha, who had the best time of the year, was a favorite coming into the race but was ultimately denied a medal. He finished sixth.
Soccer: France leads Argentina at halftime in men's quarterfinal
France is leading 1-0 at halftime over Argentina after 45 minutes.
France scored the lone goal thus far in the 5th minute, courtesy of Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Despite the scoreline, the match has been even, with Argentina controlling possession while France has more shots on target.
Soccer: Paraguay & Egypt heading to penalties in men's quarterfinal
After 90 minutes plus extra time, Paraguay and Spain remain tied at 1-1 and are now heading for the penalty shootout.
Macron takes in BMX biking and celebrates the all-French podium
Pandemonium here at the men’s BMX racing final as France takes gold, silver and bronze.
French President Emmanuel Macron showed up just before the clean sweep, with Joris Daudet taking the top podium spot and sending this Gallic crowd into ecstasy on a balmy night.
Soccer: Egypt and Paraguay battle for spot in men's semifinal
Egypt and Paraguay are in extra time, vying for a coveted spot in the men's semifinal.
Paraguay scored the first goal in the 71st minute, courtesy of Diego Gomez. But Egypt found an equalizer in the 88th minute from Adel Ibrahim.
The winner will play either France or Argentina.
Spain and Morocco have already clinched their spot in the first semifinal, taking place Monday.
Track: World record for U.S. on 4x400 mixed relay
The U.S. set a world record in the 4x400-meter mixed relay, winning the race with a time of 3:07.41.
The quartet was made up of Bryce Deadmon, Shamier Little, Vernon Norwood and Kaylyn Brown.
This is the U.S.' first world record of the competition.
BMX: Americans moving on
Team USA’s Cameron Wood has just qualified for the final, the first American to do so in this competition.
BMX semifinals underway
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — The semifinals of the men’s and women’s BMX racing are now underway just outside of Paris.
It’s a beautiful evening at the open-air SQY BMX Stadium, whose speakers are pumping drum ’n’ bass into the pink evening skies.
It’s a mixed picture for Team USA so far, with riders battling to get into the finals later this evening. The big American hope is Alise Willoughby, who scored a valuable second-place finish in her first heat.