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2024 Olympics: Noah Lyles wins 100m in photo finish; Novak Djokovic wins first gold in tennis

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37w ago / 11:53 PM EDT

What’s coming tomorrow

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We've got a full slate ahead of us, with plenty of edge-of-your-seat action in store.

Simone Biles will look to continue her incredible comeback journey by adding more gold to her tally, this time in balance beam and floor exercises. She'll be joined on balance beam by fellow American Suni Lee, herself on a comeback journey that almost kept her out of the Games. On floor exercises, another American, Jordan Chiles, will look to challenge for a podium spot.

Here are some other events to look for:


Triathlon

Mixed team relay, 2 a.m. ET/8 a.m. Paris


Shooting

Men’s rapid fire pistol, 3:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. Paris  

Mixed team skeet, 9 a.m. ET/3 p.m. Paris


Badminton

Women’s singles, gold medal match, 4:55 a.m. ET/10:55 a.m. Paris

Men’s singles medal matches, 8:30 a.m. ET/2:30 p.m. Paris


Gymnastics

Men’s parallel bars, 5:45 a.m. ET/11:45 a.m. Paris

Women’s balance beam, 6:38 a.m. ET/12:38 p.m. Paris

Men’s high bar, 7:33 a.m. ET/1:33 p.m. Paris

Women’s floor exercise, 8:23 a.m. ET/2:23 p.m. Paris


Canoe Slalom 

Women’s kayak cross, 10:55 a.m. ET/4:55 p.m. Paris

Men’s kayak cross, 11 a.m. ET/5 p.m. Paris


Track and Field 

Men’s pole vault, 1 p.m. ET/7 p.m. Paris

Women’s discus, 2:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. Paris

Women’s 5000m, 3:15 p.m. ET/9:15 p.m. Paris

Women’s 800m, 3:47 p.m. ET/9:47 p.m. Paris


Cycling 

Women’s team sprint medal rounds, 1:54 p.m. ET/7:54 p.m. Paris   


Basketball 

Women’s 3x3 tournament medal games, 3 p.m. ET/9 p.m. Paris 

Men’s 3x3 tournament medal games, 3:30 p.m. ET/9:30 p.m. Paris


Surfing 

Men’s medal matches, 3:24 p.m. ET/9:24 p.m. Paris

Women’s medal matches, 4:05 p.m. ET/10:05 p.m. Paris

37w ago / 11:10 PM EDT

Team USA added 10 medals, 5 of them gold, on Day 9

Team USA added five gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals to its tally at the Paris Games today, bringing its total medal count to 71.

The five golds were in track and field, golf, road cycling and swimming; the two silvers were in archery and swimming; and the three bronze were in gymnastics, track and field and skeet shooting.

Twenty medals were handed out today, and the U.S. added half of those to its count.

It is top among competing nations and groups and tied for the most gold medals with China at 19. The Americans have 19 gold, 26 silver and 26 bronze medals.

37w ago / 10:56 PM EDT
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Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky just made history as the most decorated U.S. female Olympic athlete, with 14 medals. She sat down with NBC News’ Lester Holt to talk about how her latest victories felt and what she hopes to do next.

37w ago / 10:45 PM EDT

Track and field: Canada nails it with men’s hammer throw

Ethan Katzberg won Canada’s first gold in hammer throw today.

Katzberg’s medal is the first of any color in the event since 1912, when Duncan Gillis won silver. This is the third straight Games where Canada has won at least one track and field gold medal after having gone four consecutive Games without one.

Hungary’s Bence Halász won silver, and Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Kokhan won bronze.

Halász continues a tradition: Hungary has had six track and field medals in the last 50 years, all of which have been in throwing events.

37w ago / 10:43 PM EDT

Women's basketball highlights: A’ja Wilson leads U.S. to win over Germany

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A’ja Wilson led a balanced offensive effort while some ferocious defense helped propel the U.S. to a convincing win over Germany to conclude group play.

37w ago / 10:35 PM EDT

In a first, the 8 men of the 100-meter final field finished in under 10 seconds

Eight men — the entire starting field — in the 100 meters today finished in under 10 seconds, a historic first for a wind-legal race, according to World Athletics, the governing body for athletics, including track and field.

The race was so tight that the gold medalist, Team USA's Noah Lyles, and the silver medalist, Jamaica's Kishane Thompson, both posted times of 9.79, with Lyles winning the battle of decimal places by 0.005 seconds.

Today's last-place finisher, Jamaica's Oblique Seville, posted a 9.91, which would have been good enough for fourth place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to Olympic records.

Six finalists in Tokyo finished in under 10 seconds, with one runner disqualified and one posting a "did not finish."

A composite image of the eight men competing in the 100-meter final on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.Hector Vivas / Getty Images
37w ago / 10:29 PM EDT

Noah Lyles is the world’s fastest man — thanks in part to his torso

The photo finish in the men's 100-meter final at the Paris Olympic Games.World Athletics

Team USA’s Noah Lyles took the gold in the men’s 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics — by five thousandths of a second.

Lyles, who won today with a time of 9.784 seconds, came out just barely ahead of Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson (who ran in 9.789) and USA’s Fred Kerley (whose time was 9.81).

The race was so close that even the commentators nearly called the wrong winner before the photo finish, which showed Lyles being the first to lean over the finish line even as others managed to step over it before him.

Read the full story here.

37w ago / 10:26 PM EDT

Men's 100-meter final: Noah Lyles wins in photo finish for first of possible four gold medals

Andrew Greif
Reporting from Paris

Bold American sprinting star Noah Lyles arrived at the Paris Olympics announcing his intentions of leaving with four gold medals.

One down, three to go.

The 27-year-old from Virginia won his first gold medal today by bolting to the 100-meter title in a personal best 9.79 seconds in front of a deafening, sold-out Stade de France crowd.

A self-described showman who thrives on a large audience, Lyles ran from behind for much of the first 90 meters while chasing down Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to a photo finish. The sprinters waited nervously at the finish line, watching the scoreboard for results.

Lyles froze when it showed he had prevailed by one of the narrowest margins — five-thousandths of a second.

Read the full story here.

37w ago / 10:24 PM EDT

Men's team foil highlights: France conquers USA for bronze medal

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Americans Gerek Meinhardt, Alexander Massialas, Nick Itkin and Miles Chamley-Watson took on France in the bronze match of the men’s team foil event. France won 45-32 over the two-time defending bronze medalists.

37w ago / 10:22 PM EDT

Snoop finds fascination in the world of dressage with Martha Stewart

Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart took in equestrian competition today, with the rapper showing fascination with the traditions of the sport as it returned to its Olympics birthplace in Paris.

"Only in TV and movies have I seen things of this nature," Snoop, in formal dressage attire, said as he strolled equestrian grounds with Stewart.

The pair took in the grace and fancy footwork of dressage as English rider Becky Moody wowed spectators with her performance atop horse Jagerbomb.

Teammate Charlotte Fry used Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" for her performance as Snoop and Stewart watched from a studio. The U.K. equestrian team earned bronze in dressage.

Stewart said she has reserved a stall for Snoop at her stable when he's ready to get a horse. Snoop said the time in Paris is helping him get over a fear of horses.

"This is one of my new favorite sports," he said.