Gold medalist Julien Alfred moves forward in the women's 200 meter race after placing first in her semifinal heat.

The runner, who gave St. Lucia it's first Olympic medal, was followed by Nigerian Ofili Favour. Coming in third was American McKenzie Long.

Riders competed in the qualification round of the equestrian individual jumping qualifier. Julien Epaillard of France, Shane Sweetnam of Ireland and Karl Cook of the U.S., all rode perfect courses to top the scores and make the final. 

Noah Lyles, a favorite among the American runners, kept his momentum from yesterday's 100 meter race by giving the best time in his heat during the men's 200 meter round today.

Lyles finished with a time of 20.19, putting him in first place for his heat but just behind the two other Americans who ran today.

He was followed by the reigning Olympic champion, Canada's Andre De Grasse in second place and Japan's Towa Uzawa in third.

Spain defeated Morocco 2-1, in a come-from-behind performance with two goals in the second half, clinching their spot in the gold medal match.

Despite Morocco getting on the board first with a 37th-minute penalty goal from Soufiane Rahimi, Spain controlled the second half, scoring in the 66th minute from Fermin Lopez and Juanlu Sanchez scoring the go-ahead goal in the 85th.

The match was even throughout, with both teams controlling possession at different points and having similar shots on target. The main difference was Spain having more possession in the crucial final 45 minutes.

Spain's win secures their consecutive appearance in the men's final, after winning silver in the 2020 Olympics. Spain will face the winner of France versus Egypt.

The gold medal match will take place Friday at 12 p.m. ET.

Team USA's Erriyon Knighton dominated heat five of the men's 200 meter run with a time of 19.99, putting him first place and allowing him to move into the next race of the qualifying rounds.

His time was just a three seconds shy of American teammate Kenny Bednarek, who has had the best time of the day, so far.

After falling off the balance beam in Monday's apparatus final, Biles appeared to receive a deduction for failing to salute the judges properly after her routine.

Biles did make an effort to salute, but it was rather brief and perfunctory. The judges seemed to decide it was insufficient and took three tenths off her score. It had no impact on the medal standings, but Biles made a show of holding her salute for a comically long time after her next routine, in the floor final.

Her arms were still in the air as she walked off the stage.

"Making sure they don’t miss it this time!!!!! I love you so much baby, so proud," her husband Jonathan Owens said in a post to X, making light of her exaggerated salute.

Sweden’s Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is looking to repeat as a gold medalist in men’s pole vault.

Duplantis is the dominant force in the sport—the last time he won anything less than gold at an Olympics or world championship was in 2019.

So far in the final, Duplantis did not jump at 5.50 or 5.80 meters, with 5.85 and 5.90 still to come. American Sam Kendricks cleared his first three vaults, and is currently tied for first place.

Miles Partain and Andy Benesh of the United States knocked out Italy’s Samuele Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai in straight sets, advancing to the Olympic men’s beach volleyball quarterfinals.

Kenny Bednarek of Team USA advanced in the men's 200 meter race with a time of 19.96, the fastest time of the day so far.

He's the first American to compete in the first round of qualifiers, running in the fourth heat.

Bednarek was joined by Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic and Joshua Hartmann of Germany in second and third place of the heat.