2024 Olympics: U.S. women win gold in soccer; NBA stars clinch 5th straight basketball gold for Team USA

The 2024 Paris Olympics comes to a close Sunday, with the United States going into the final day of competition with the most medals, 122.

China will start Sunday, which includes competition and the closing ceremony, with the most gold medals, 39, compared to Team USA's 38. China has the second-most total medals, 90, as counted at the end of today.

Today, the last full day of competition, saw the United States add 11 medals to its total. They include five gold, three silver, and three bronze. It was the second-best day for medals for Team USA, bested only by Aug. 3's take of 18 medals.

The day's count was fueled in part by gold in women’s soccer, Masai Russell's gold in women’s 100-meter hurdles, gold in both men's and women's 4x400-meter relay and gold in men’s basketball.

Brooke Rabatou won silver in the inaugural boulder and lead sport climbing event, Nevin Harrison in women's canoe sprint C-1 and silver in men's high jump for Shelby McEwen.

The bronze medals came in breaking, the men's 5,000 and the men's freestyle wrestling 74kg — Victor Montalvo, Grant Fisher and Kyle Dake, respectively.

After two long days of intense breakdancing battles, the sport's first Olympic showing has come to an end with three men and three women crowned the best in the world.

The men's competition today brought the same energy as the women's yesterday — and perhaps more, as the French were likely losing their voices going crazy for hometown favorite and eventual silver medalist Dany Dann.

Like gymnastics, the men's contest brought more power, with tougher freezes and spins, sometimes executing skills that didn't seem humanly possible. But the women brought the personality, and of course, the outfits.

Neither set of breakers knew the music they'd be breaking to before they hit the stage, with the expert DJs throwing down tracks in real time that athletes had to free-style to. Musicality was an important factor in scoring this somewhat-subjective contest.

Cao Yuan won gold in the men’s 10-meter platform final, completing China’s sweep of the eight diving events at the Paris Olympics. Japan’s Rikuto Tamai and Great Britan’s Noah Williams took silver and bronze, respectively.

Grant Holloway stands on the top step of the podium and accepts his gold medal after winning the men’s 110-meter hurdles. He was joined by American teammate Daniel Roberts who took home the silver medal.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team won gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating Brazil 1-0 in today's final. The result returns Team USA to the summit of women’s soccer, with its fifth Olympic and first women’s gold medal since the 2012 London Games.

The first half was even, with both teams having multiple scoring opportunities. The U.S. team had one of its best chances halfway through the first 45 minutes, when forward Mallory Swanson had a shot denied at the near post by Brazil’s keeper Lorena.

Brazil, meanwhile, had several chances to get the go-ahead goal, including a kick from forward Ludmila that was ruled offside and a sensational save from U.S. keeper Alyssa Naeher that denied a shot from close range by Brazil’s Gabi Portilho in the final minutes of the first half.

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The last two races of the Paris Games were a gold rush for the U.S., with both the women and men dominating the 4x400-meter relays Saturday.

The women — comprising Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes — closed out the Olympics in a race that was not close.

When McLaughlin-Levrone built up a jet-heeled lead in the second leg, it took some of the crowd a second to realize quite what was happening. From then on, the gold medal was such a formality that many fans were paying more attention to the close battle for second, won by the Netherlands.

And in one of the fastest relays in history, the American team of Rai Benjamin, Christopher Bailey, Bryce Deadmon and Vernon Norwood took home the gold, setting a new Olympic record of 2:54.43. In the last lap, it came down to a race between two gold medalists: Benjamin and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo.

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Another Olympics, another iconic men's high-jump battle. Except this time Team USA’s Shelby McEwen and New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr didn’t share the gold, as Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim of Qatar did at Tokyo 2021, but instead opted for a dramatic and physically grueling jump-off.

McEwen suggested that Kerr took the initiative, and he agreed. “I’ve never had to face a decision like that,” he told reporters after winning silver. “He was down for a jump-off and I was open to it.”

Was he tempted by the $50,000 prize money for winning gold? “Most definitely. I mean, I got a family to feed!” he laughed.

But he also thought about the tight battle at the top of the medal table, with the U.S. and China closely matched on golds. “I did think about those things, just to be able to represent the country, because I want to win the medal count and I want to win more goals,” he said.

Kerr, who won the contest, said that sharing the gold in 2021, for which both he and McEwen were present, “was such a special thing for the sport.” But the jump-off tonight was “cool to add to the history in a different way.”

In his retelling of the moment, it was more of a joint decision. “I had my head that I wanted to do it,” he said. “And I’m pretty sure Shelby was in the same mindset because we just looked at each other, nodded, and off we went. It was pretty simple.”

Though she ended up winning gold, Masai Russell came into the 100-meter hurdles final with one goal: no regrets. Above all, she wanted to avoid a repeat of the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, last year, when she crashed into a hurdle and didn’t finish the semi final.

“I failed, but I always knew that I had the talent and the capability of being one of the best hurdlers ever,” she told reporters at the Stade de France. Her main aim was “not wanting to be in that bad place again, not regretting anything when I lined up here today,” she said. “I was like, I’m not gonna regret the things that I didn’t do in this race. I’m gonna make it happen."

She beat France’s Cyréna Samba-Mayela in a photo finish by one-hundredth of a second. Did she think she’d won on the line? “I felt like I was in the top three, because I knew my finish was super strong,” she said. “But when I was waiting, I was like: Come on, come on, come on. Give it to me, give it to me. And then I took off running. So, yeah, it was crazy.”

She put her win down to her explosive finishing power. “I knew it was gonna come down to a dive” for the line, she said. “I take a lot of pride in my last five hurdles. I know a lot of people can’t compete with me on the back end.”

As a well-done present for getting to Paris she bought herself a Mercedes-Benz. Her prize for winning gold? “Probably a house, now!”

She’s also known for accruing legions of followers on social media. Is she expecting more now she’s an official OLY? “Absolutely, they better go up, I’m not playing!” she laughed. “But it’s bigger than social media,” she added. “I love inspiring on social media, but what I do, my purpose, my path, is not to gain followers, it’s to honestly walk away with great performances.”

Faith Kipyegon took gold for Kenya in the women’s 1,500-meter, becoming the first athlete to win the race in three successive Games .

She set an Olympic record in the process — 3:51.29.

Kipyegon's win today adds to her golden collection from the Rio and Tokyo Olympics.

Australian Jessica Hull came in second and Great Britain’s Georgia Bell third.

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen took gold in the men’s 5,000-meter today, Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi the silver and America’s Grant Fisher the bronze.  

Fisher told NBC his legs were tired from the 10k, where he also took bronze, but he remembered his coaching to be patient.

“The seas parted in front of me and I was fighting to the line to get into those medal positions again,” he said. “And man, maybe it’s contagious, it feels good.”

Fisher’s bronze made him the first American to medal in both the 10,000 and 5,000.

U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles might lose her bronze medal.

Chiles was awarded third place in Monday’s floor exercise final after her coach filed an appeal of her score to the judges. But the Romanian team — whose gymnast was displaced from the podium in place of Chiles — appealed that ruling, saying Chiles’ coach filed the appeal four seconds too late.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled today that they agreed with the Romanians and were taking away the 0.1 points awarded to Chiles, reinstating her initial 13.666 score.

But it’s not up to the CAS whether Chiles will keep her medal.

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Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi narrowly edged out Canada's Marco Arop today to win gold in the men's 800-meter today. Not far behind was Djamel Sedjati who took the bronze for Algeria.

American Bryce Hoppel missed out on a medal but he took home a national record with a time of 1:41.67.

While the U.S. dominates in overall medals, China is now neck-and-neck with the U.S. when it comes to gold at the Paris games. China’s government puts a sharp focus on athletic excellence, investing heavily in their rigorous training.

Steph Curry’s late-game heroics and a lightning-fast American transition attack denied France its storybook basketball ending Saturday night.

The United States consistently cashed in French turnovers and misses into fast-break points, and Curry scored a team-high 24 points in a 98-87 American win in the men’s basketball gold medal game.

It was the fifth straight Olympic title for the Americans.

Kevin Durant and Devin Booker both scored 15 points and LeBron James added 14 for the victorious Americans. The devastating U.S. fast-break attack proved to be the difference as America held a 31-9 edge in transition points.

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Full prime-time coverage begins tonight on NBC and Peacock at 8 p.m. ET.

Dwyane Wade joins Mike Tirico to reflect on Team USA’s win over France in the men’s basketball gold medal game and how LeBron James and Steph Curry guided the U.S. to a win.

The table tennis arena was a churning sea of color, with spectators waving the Chinese five stars and the French tricolor. But despite its athletes competing on the floor, one competitor’s flag was nowhere to be seen: Taiwan’s.

At Paris 2024, Taiwan’s red and blue flag is banned, as is the name “Taiwan” and its anthem. The island, which is claimed by Beijing, is only one of three competitors whose flag is banned from these Olympics, the others being Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine.

The policy has seen several flashpoints at these Games.

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Two days after Noah Lyles revealed he had Covid when he ran in the men's 200-meter, he said he has tested negative.

"Thank God, I am Covid free," he wrote in a post on social media today.

Lyles' 200-meter performance Thursday was good enough for bronze, but he collapsed after the race Thursday and was eventually taken off in a wheelchair. The race was his last of this Games and he did not compete in the 4x100 relay.

He later said that he had tested positive on Tuesday and quarantined himself in a hotel.

While on the podium awaiting his silver medal, France’s Mathias Lessort pulled out the flag of Martinique and draped it around his shoulders.

Lessort was born in Fort-de-France, the capital of Martinique, which is an overseas department and region of France. 

He came off the bench to add 5 points and 2 assists in today's game.

Outside of playing for his national team, Lessort is a center for Panathinaikos, in the Greek Basket League.

It felt more fun than mean, but French fans couldn't resist booing Joel Embiid one last time, as the Philadelphia 76ers star was awarded his gold medal.

Embiid smiled and waved his arms to egg on more boos as his teammates also got in on the act, asking for more French tears.

Embiid, who was born in Cameroon, speaks French and holds a French passport, had flirted with playing for France in the past before opting to suit up for America.

He was loudly booed by French fans throughout the tournament.

With a gold medal win over France, two-time NBA finals MVP Kevin Durant becomes the most decorated Olympian in men's basketball.

He becomes the first men's player to win four gold medals and has become the all-time Olympics leading scorer.

Team USA Coach Steve Kerr praised his team of NBA stars after their gold medal-winning game against France.

“When you coach you just try to help them along, but we have the most incredible group of players,” he told NBC. “They were all so unselfish throughout this whole thing through all the noise, all the pressure.”

And it was a lot of pressure.

“I think we might be the only team in the world whose fans are ashamed of them if they get a silver medal, you know, and that’s the pressure that we face,” Kerr said. “But our players — and you saw Steph — they love the pressure. They appreciate this atmosphere, and they were fantastic.”

Kerr said the game was one of Steph Curry’s greatest.

“This is storybook stuff, but that’s what Steph does,” Kerr said. “He likes to be in storybooks.”

Sha'Carri Richardson, who won gold in the 4x100-meter relay and silver in the individual 100, was seen on the court after Team USA won its fifth consecutive men's basketball gold. She shook hands with Steph Curry, they hugged and exchanged a few words.

First-time Olympian Stephen Curry is no stranger to winning, but something about an Olympic gold medal still hits differently.

"I've been blessed," Curry told Mike Tirico after leading the U.S. to win its fifth consecutive gold medal in men's basketball.

"This ranks very high in terms of the excitement and the sense of relief in getting to the finish line," Curry added.

Curry came in clutch for Team USA, knocking down four straight 3-pointers late in the game.

"I knew if I got to my spot ... I could knock it down," he said casually.

USA's win maintains its dominance in international basketball with a fifth consecutive gold.

It also represents a potential changing of the guard, as LeBron James, 39, exits the international stage with three gold medals, making way for young NBA stars for the 2028 Olympics including Anthony Edwards and Devin Booker.

Team USA has done it again, defeating France in its own backyard, 98-87.

Steph Curry ended the game with magic, hitting four straight 3-pointers to seal the victory.

Curry led the U.S. with 24 points, and Victor Wembanyama led the French with 26.

France takes home silver for the fourth time, having lost to the U.S. in the gold medal games in 1948, 2000, 2020 and now 2024.

Steph Curry proves why he's one of the greatest shooters of all time, hitting three consecutive 3-pointers in clutch time. He may have just sealed the game for the U.S.

After France made an impressive run to bring the game within one possession, Steph Curry responded with a clutch 3-pointer, extending the lead to 85-79.

Kevin Durant followed up by sinking free throws, pushing the U.S. ahead 87-79 with just over 2 minutes remaining.

It's hard to believe this will be the King's final Olympics, as LeBron James flies to the board with a monster dunk.

Anthony Edwards has never hesitated to say who his basketball GOAT is — and it's his Team USA teammate Kevin Durant. Near the end of the third quarter, Edwards took a lob from Durant to throw down a dunk.

Meanwhile, Durant continues to showcase his masterful shooting, nailing his third 3-pointer of the game.

It feels like the United States is, or should be, in control of this gold medal game.

Yet France, which has not sustained rhythm on offense, is very much in this, with the U.S. leading 72-66, after three periods.

America’s transition game has been the difference, with the U.S. having a 29-8 edge in fast-break points.

The beauty of being in an Olympic city is that it’s not uncommon to see the athletes themselves mixing among the crowds. Not so the men’s U.S. basketball team.

Such is the A-list star power of this outfit that authorities had to close down an entire main road in central Paris so some players and coaches could leave their hotel.

Lakers center Anthony Davis and assistant coach Tyrone Lue were seen exiting the building while crowds of phone-wielding fans were held back by police, backed up by armed units in military fatigues and long rifles.

There are Germans, Belgians, French and other nationalities here just to catch a glimpse of NBA royalty.

“I stumbled across it too,” said Joseph Hamelin, 24, who was pressed against the police tape in a France soccer jersey. “This team is like the Avengers, they just pick all the best players and make a team from them. Since I don’t have tickets for the basketball, it’s my one opportunity to see them.”

After Kevin Durant showed off a brilliant jumper and Joel Embiid launched a full-court pass to LeBron for a slam, the USA increased its lead to 12 points.

But Victor Wembanyama quickly answered from beyond the arc, narrowing the gap to 65-56.

The French continue to feed off the energy of its passionate home crowd.

In the third quarter so far, Joel Embiid has sunk four free throws amid loud boos from the crowd. On at least two occasions, LeBron James set up Steph Curry with assists for 3-pointers, as the veteran duo expertly executes pick-and-rolls.

France's Guerschon Yabusele leads in scoring with 19 points.

The last time the U.S. men didn't win gold was 20 years ago at the 2004 Athens Games — and LeBron James was on that team too. Back then, he was a 19-year-old fresh off his NBA rookie season. Now, at 39, he's preparing to enter his 22nd NBA season this fall.

Meanwhile, four-time NBA champ Steph Curry is making his Olympic debut at 36. If the U.S. wins, he will join an elite group of just nine players in history to have won an NBA title, NBA MVP, NBA Finals MVP and Olympic gold — a feat already achieved by James and Kevin Durant.

Durant, on the other hand, will aim to become the first male athlete to win four gold medals in a team sport. In Tuesday's quarterfinal win over Brazil, Durant became USA Basketball's all-time leading scorer in Olympic history.

French misses are leading to fast American points.

The U.S. leads at halftime, 49-41, on the strength of America’s edge in fast-break points, 20-6.

The French are just 3-for-16 from long distance.

Devin Booker paced the American attack with 13 points.

LeBron ... to Steph ... to Kevin Durant ... for the 3!

The sequences in this men's basketball final are ones for the books. But France is putting up a tough fight, with Victor Wembanyama putting up 13 points and Guerschon Yabusele adding 15. Yabusele closed out the first half with a buzzer-beater in the paint.

Devin Booker leads the U.S. with 13 points, while 39-year-old LeBron James continues to defy age with 7 points and 5 rebounds.

It’s good to be Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird.

The sports super couple are living it up in Paris today, attending the women’s soccer gold medal match and now a night cap of the U.S.-France championship men’s basketball game.

Also courtside for this game are Jimmy Fallon, Carmelo Anthony and Scottie Pippen.

Lin Yu-ting captured featherweight gold as she defeated Poland’s Julia Szeremeta and shook off more than a week of specious allegations that she shouldn’t have been fighting as a woman.

Lin won by unanimous decision, using her 4-inch height advantage and technical superiority to keep the Pole at bay.

Joel Embiid has been booed throughout the Olympics after opting to play for Team USA over France, but the Philadelphia 76ers star is ready to hand it straight back when the U.S. faces France for gold tonight.

Embiid had considered representing France at these Games before ultimately opting to represent the United States, telling The New York Times ahead of the Olympics that it had been a “tough” choice but that he had felt rushed by France pressuring him into a decision.

Embiid has been booed pretty much whenever he has touched the ball in France as a result, but Embiid says he is thriving in that hostile atmosphere and is expecting a fun matchup when he meets France in the gold medal game.

“Frankly, I don’t understand why I’ve gotten a lot of criticism from the crowd,” Embiid said when asked by NBC News during a media call Friday whether the booing would give him extra motivation for tonight's gold medal game against the hosts. “Having a family, having built a lot of things and having to accomplish a lot of things in the U.S., and then knowing the group of guys deeply, it just made it easy [to opt for the U.S.].”

“I think a lot of people want it to be the storyline, but to me, it’s all about whatever it takes to win the gold. It’s all about Team USA against France.”

With a wry smile on his face, Embiid added: “I know myself. I’m going to interact and I’m going to enjoy it. They’re gonna boo me. I’m gonna go back at them and tell them to suck it. And so it’s going to be fun.”

Today's gold medal game between Team USA and France is a rematch of the contest three years ago in Tokyo.

Team USA won that game, 87-82, behind 14-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant, who had a game-high 29 points.

Durant, 35, is looking to become the first male athlete to win four gold medals in a team sport.

Gold: Phil Wizard (Canada)

Silver: Dany Dann (France)

Bronze: Victor (USA)

4th place: Shigekix (Japan)

It's been two long days of breaking, and history was made. The first — and possibly only — breaking medals have been awarded in Paris.

In the last battle for at least eight long Olympic years, Phil Wizard won gold and Dany Dann will take home silver.

This felt less like a battle and more like two friends showing each other their new tricks. Before it kicked off, the two embraced, knowing that they’d each earn a medal at the very least.

And throughout, Dany Dann and Phil Wizard were interacting heavily, laughing and smiling along as one dissed the other in between their best breaking skills. They ended the battle with a hug, too.

The crowd was on Dany Dann's side all day. The blue-haired Frenchman was a heavy hometown favorite throughout, and each time he took the stage, their screams seemed to get louder.

Some Canadian flags were seen flying through the sea of blue, white and red, in support of world champion Phil Wizard, too, who didn't let the cheering for his French opponent throw him off.

Phil Wizard celebrated with an unofficial fourth round, a huge smile plastered to his face as he threw a few more tricks for the crowd.

The U.S. blew the competition out of the water in the closing event of this Games’ track and field.

The Americans took gold in the women’s 4x400-meter relay in the hands of Alexis Holmes by a huge margin.

Shamier Little performed an impressive first lap, but it was the second lap that proved decisive, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone building in a comfortable gap for the team, which Gabby Thomas helped increase in the third lap. Holmes took it home in 3:15.27, setting a new American record.

Shockingly, Jamaica fell out of the race in the second lap, clearing the way for the Netherlands to take silver and Great Britain to take bronze.

Victor and Shigekix both had a lot to prove in the bronze medal battle.

Victor entered La Concorde the reigning world champion. Shigekix the top seed of the Olympic contest. It was their second battle of the night.

Ultimately, Victor came out victorious.

Shigekix showed off his conditioning and skill at the young age of 22. But Victor has years of experience under his belt — the 30-year-old has been breaking since he was a kid.

Victor has remained relatively stoic throughout the competition, but took some chances to rally the crowd in his final showing. They showed up for the breakdancing legend.

Shigekix's high-difficulty power moves couldn't get him a place on the podium, even though head spin after head spin left the crowd in dizzying delight.

In just moments, France and its young superstar Victor Wembanyama will take on NBA stars for the U.S. men's basketball team as it seeks its fifth consecutive gold medal.

The U.S. is coming off a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Serbia in the semifinal, winning after clutch plays from LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.

For James, this will be his final Olympics, as he's already disclosed he won't participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Meanwhile, Kevin Durant has an opportunity to become the most successful men's basketball player in Olympic history if he can capture his fourth gold medal.

With that Team USA win in the men’s 4x400-meter relay, Quincy Wilson, just 16 years old, becomes the youngest Olympic track-and-field gold medalist.

Though he didn’t race in the final, the Team USA alternate broke the record set at London 1948 set by then 17-year-old Bob Mathias.

Wilson is also the youngest American male Olympic medalist in any sport since diver Greg Louganis won gold, also aged 16, at Montreal 1976. And he is the youngest male American gold medalist in any sport since 1952.

There was a lovely moment during that race when cameras caught him yelling his teammates along with wild enthusiasm. A bright career awaits.

After a jump-off that seemed to take an eternity, Team USA’s Shelby McEwen was beaten to the gold medal by New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr.

McEwen picked up the silver after an epic one-on-one battle, some of which was playing out, as if often the case with Olympic track and field, as the men’s 4x400-meter was simultaneously racing around this arena.

Kerr finally won with a height of 2.34 meters.

Yesterday, Japan topped the women's breaking podium. Today, their only hope is a bronze medal.

Gold: Ami (Japan)

Silver: Nicka (Lithuania)

Bronze: 671 (China)

4th place: India (Netherlands)

It all comes down to this.

France's Dany Dann and Canada's Phil Wizard will battle to see who earns gold and who will walk away with silver.

Japan's Shigekix and USA's Victor will battle for the bronze. That battle is up next.

Experience was on display in this battle between Shigekix and Phil Wizard, as was personality and a ton of swag. These are the top two seeds of the contest, after all.

When push came to shove, though, the judges sided with Phil Wizard.

Shigekix will battle Victor for the bronze.

Shigekix's musicality was so on point, it almost seemed impossible that he was freestyling to a song he didn't know was coming.

And Phil Wizard's responses were so full of power, his next competitor better bring it if they want to win.

In this matchup between a U.S. breaker and Frenchman Dany Dann, the French prevailed, once again.

Team USA is officially out of the final, but Victor will compete in the bronze medal battle for a chance at third.

La Concorde went wild ahead of the semifinal battle, different versions of red, white and blue (or blue, white and red, if you will) flashed across the crowd.

With every one of Dany Dann's gravity-defying tricks, the home crowd lost their minds like they have been for their clear favorite all day. Ahead of his final throw-down, Dany Dann mimed crowning himself the winner. Maybe he's psychic.

But Victor proved why he's the reigning world champion — executing difficult freezes and putting together cohesive throw-downs throughout the battle. Eagle-eyed fans could see small details he includes that set Victor's moves apart from the rest.

American Shelby McEwan and New Zealand's Hamish Kerr are in a jump-off to decide who will take the gold.

For a moment, there was a question in the air of whether we would see a tied gold medal, as in Tokyo 2020, but both athletes seemed intent on settling it the old-fashioned way, confirmed by the stadium announcer.

The bar will stay at the top height, and if neither gets it, they will tick it down until someone does.

Battle 1: Dany Dann (France) vs. Victor (USA)

Battle 2: Shigekix (Japan) vs. Phil Wizard (Canada)

These are some of the top breakers in the world. Both Victor and Phil Wizard are world champions, and Shigekix is ranked as the top seed of this competition. Dany Dann's loving home crowd is definitely helping him move through the battles today.

Phil Wizard surely used some sorcery in that battle. Did you see that head spin? On the beat?

The judges thought so, too, awarding Phil Wizard a decisive 3-0 win in this last quarterfinal battle.

Three-quarters through the quarterfinal and Shigekix prevails to the semifinal, besting Menno for the day.

Both competitors showed off what it truly means to freestyle in this battle.

The DJs switched up the tracks before the final throw-down, where Shigekix took turns sticking out his tongue and pointing at Menno multiple times.

Faith Kipyegon took gold for Kenya in the women's 1500m race, crossing the finish line at 3:51.29.

Australian Jessica Hull came in at 3:52.56 to take the silver, and Great Britain's Georgia Bell third with 3:52.61.

The Americans in the race, Nikki Hiltz and Elle St. Pierre didn't podium, coming in back to back at seventh and eighth, respectively.

"If you're betting against Victor, you're betting against history," one of the announcers said as this battle between the reigning world champ and Kazakhstan's Amir kicked off.

The judges agreed decisively: Team USA is going to the semifinal

If you've been following breaking in Paris, you'll notice that breakers only performed two throw downs per battle in the round-robin, but in the knockout stage, they each perform three.

The extra round can really throw some competitors off their game. With such a short time to prove they're each worthy of a medal, each athlete throws their most intense and powerful tricks while trying to show off personality and musicality. Doing that three times in a row is exhausting.

The U.S.' Grant Fisher took bronze in the men's 5,000 meter race.

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigsten took gold with 13:13.66, and Kenya's Ronald Kwemoi silver with 13:15.04. Fisher was less than a second behind him, at 13:15.13.

"May it be auspicious to come home with even bigger gold," Italian Gianmarco Tamberi wrote after losing his gold engagement ring to the Seine in a now-viral story.

Tamberi came to Paris to defend his Tokyo 2020 gold medal in high jump. Tamberi leaves Paris after having lost his medal along with his ring. However, he leaves with the adoration of the crowd — and of the Internet.

After vomiting blood twice, Tamberi was hospitalized for kidney stones yesterday. Yet he rallied and showed up for the high jump finals at the Stade de France today.

He made it through three heights, rallying the entire crowd to clap along and cheer for him. After clearing the first height on his third attempt, the crowd roared.

Before the jump he needed to execute to stay in the competition, the joint gold medal holder turned to the crowd, arms outstretched as if to try to soak up their adulation. He then got them to slow clap, building up speed as he made his final approach.

When the bar fell, he lay motionless for a moment with his head in his hands, the audience distraught that one of the stars of Tokyo 2021 had been knocked out.

His friends and loved ones in the crowd wore Azzurri blue shirts with his face in gold on them, and a back that read "Here for a reason." He ran to them and wept in their arms, his coach crying with him.

It was a tough go for Jeffro in Team USA's first Olympic breaking quarterfinals appearance — it's never easy to go up against a home crowd favorite.

After three rounds, the crowd erupted when Dany Dann prevailed to the semifinals, 2-1.

Presentation and style are huge factors in this contest, and Jeffro continues to prove he's got what it takes. But Dany Dann easily breezed through three routines, sticking to the music in another crucial part of this contest.

"Ladies and gentleman, that's what we call breaking," one of the announcers said.

The other replied: "That was a battle."

After a thrilling semifinal loss to Japan's Daichi Takatani, USA's Kyle Dake had the opportunity to claim his second consecutive Olympic bronze in the men's freestyle 74kg.

And he almost lost it, trailing 4-1 to Serbia's Hetik Cabolov with under a minute remaining. But as Dake expressed his frustration while disputing a lost challenge with the referees, a fire seemed to ignite in the four-time world champion. Dake surged back with aggressive sequences, including a decisive five-point throw, and managed to turn the match around to win 10-4.

There was a collective intake of breath as the women’s 100-meter hurdlers crossed the line in a bunch impossible to pick apart with the naked eye. The stadium’s big screens, too, were only able to tell the crowd that it would be a photo finish.

After what seemed like an eternity, but was in reality only a few seconds, the name of Team USA’s Masai Russell flashed up on the screen. She had been hopping about with nervous anticipation before the result. And when it came she exploded into another sprint back down the track, before going to her coach to drape herself in the Stars and Stripes, and of course ringing the stadium's Olympic bell.

An even bigger cheer came for the second name to appear on the screen, that of France’s Cyréna Samba-Mayela, who took silver, France’s first athletics medal during these Games.

American Masai Russell wins gold in the 100m hurdles, finishing the race in 12.33 seconds.

France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela was right behind her, taking silver with 12.34.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn from Puerto Rico wins bronze at 12.36.

Team USA's Bryce Hoppel just misses out on a medal in the men's 800-meter final, coming fourth. He put in a good push on the final lap but was passed by Algeria's Djamel Sedjati, who took bronze.

At the head of the race it was an epic battle between Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who took gold by just one-tenth of a second from Canada's Marco Arop, in silver.

The crowd is in fine voice tonight, well aware that this is the last time they will watch track and field in Paris 2024, save for the women's marathon tomorrow morning. The din on the back leg reached 94 decibels on my smart watch, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers a "hazardous" level.

After a narrow victory in the semifinal against Kyrgyzstan's Aiperi Medet Kyzy, Kennedy Blades has earned a place on the women's 76kg podium and will fight for gold in tomorrow's final.

20-year-old Blades, competing in her first Olympics, will face the winner of the ongoing semifinal between Japan's Yuka Kagami and Colombia's Tatiana Renteria.

The USA has now medaled in three of the five women's freestyle wrestling events.

We’re underway at the Stade de France for what is, heartbreakingly, the final evening of athletics at these Olympics.

First up is the high-jump final, where Team USA’s Shelby McEwen will be hoping to get among the medal winners.

What the crowd would give for an iconic moment like the one that graced the denouement of this competition at Tokyo 2021. Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim decided to share the gold medal after being inseparable on the field.

Both men are competing tonight.

The U.S. women's national team won gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics, after a brilliant performance from goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher who saved numerous opportunities from Brazil. The U.S. scored in the second half courtesy of forward Mallory Swanson and never relinquished.

Today's gold medal is Team USA's first since the 2012 Olympics.

Team USA maintains a 1-0 lead with 10 minutes of extra time remaining.

Battle 1: Dany Dann (France) v. Jeffro (USA)

Battle 2: Amir (Kazakhstan) v. Victor (USA)

Battle 3: Shigekix (Japan) v. Menno (Netherlands)

Battle 4: Lee (Netherlands) v. Phil Wizard (Canada)

The quarterfinals will begin at 2 p.m. ET and will be in knockout style. Each battle will consist of three throw downs from each breaker, and the best of three moves on to the semifinal.

Menno will join his Dutch teammate, Lee, in the quarterfinal round, proving the Netherlands is not to be messed with in this new Olympic sport.

Morocco's Billy, who was out of quarterfinal contention before this round even began, still brought tons of power moves and tricky spins in his last chance on the Paris stage.

Brazil's forward Marta is a six-time FIFA world player of the year and is now onto the pitch in the 61st minute as a key substitution for Brazil. Marta is likely playing her final match, in what is her 6th career Olympics.

Amir proved his creativity in this battle, besting his opponent, Quake, 2-0. With four wins in the round-robin, we'll see him again in the quarterfinal.

Brazil makes a substitution as Vitoria Yaya leaves after being stretchered off the pitch with what appeared to be a non-contact/fatigue injury. Ana Vitoria comes on as a replacement as the match crosses into the 55th minute.

Following in the footsteps of his female teammate, India, yesterday, Lee earned a spot in the quarterfinal.

The home crowd gave his competitor, France's Lagaet, a huge applause as he exited the breaking stage for these Games.

A split decision in this round keeps Jeffro in a good position to head to the quarterfinal.

"I don't think he's leaving us a chance," the announcers said after Jeffro's first round, which he ended up winning. A host of signature moves kept the breaker on top, giving Team USA two chances in the quarter final.

Korea's Hongten, with only two wins today, is likely out.

The breakers dapped each other up after the round, showing appreciation for what they just did.

Algeria's Imane Khelif won the women's welterweight gold medal yesterday, despite facing unfair scrutiny over her gender. Her fans took to the streets of her hometown in Algeria's capital to celebrate the victory.

It was a close one for Kuzya and Dany Dann — Kuzya needed one win to move into quarterfinal position and Dany Dann needed two.

Much to the delight of the French crowd, Dany Dann is moving on.

An early power combo from Dany Dann had his home crowd going wild but Kuzya was quick to respond with fancy footwork.

The pair was engaging with each other on stage, pointing at the other's mistakes and indicating that they thought they were the winners of each round.

Team USA and Brazil enter halftime scoreless at 0-0, despite scoring opportunities for both teams.

The USWNT had their best chance halfway through the first 45 minutes, when forward Mallory Swanson had a shot denied at the near post by Brazil's keeper Lorena.

Brazil meanwhile had several chances to get the go-ahead goal, including a kick from forward Ludmila that was ruled offside and a sensational save from U.S. keeper Alyssa Naeher that denied Brazil's Gabi Portilho's shot from close range in the final minutes.

The U.S. will look to regain control in the second half, as Brazil thus far has the edge with shots on target and having more time on possession.

Phil Wizard's creativity was enough to earn him two more wins in a near-unanimous victory, clinching a quarterfinal space for the Canadian breaker.

J Attack, with no wins today, is out of the competition.

A 1-under par 71 gets it done for Lydia Ko, who will be taking gold home to New Zealand.

Germany's Esther Henseleit will take silver and China's Xiyu Lin bronze.

Ko, 27, built a five shot lead which ended up being a two shot victory over Ko. It was a clean podium with no playoffs for the medals.

While wiping away tears of joy after her victory, Ko embraced her sister off to the side and signed golf balls, hats and shirts for fans.

Ko has now entered the LPGA Hall of Fame at only 27 years old, the toughest sports hall to get into.

World No. 1 golfer, Nelly Korda, was hoping to bring some hardware back for the U.S. Her first round make her fall far below the field, however, and she ended up in a tie for 22nd place.

The U.S.' Rose Zhang ended up in a tie for eighth place.

In the final minutes of the first half, USA's Alyssa Naeher makes a stunning save, denying Brazil their first goal. Somehow, it's still 0-0.

Victor, the reigning world champ, just clinched Team USA's first quarterfinals spot in breaking. He only needed to win one round against Hiro10, but he got two.

Hiro10's teammate Shigekix will represent their native Japan in the knockouts.

Hiro10 came out strong, with fancy windmills to start off his first round of this final round-robin battle. But Victor was quick to respond with "East Coast flavor," per the announcers, and power combos galore.

Once Victor took the first round, and Hiro10 was officially out of the knockout, he left it all on the floor and had fun through his final showing. He walked off the stage in tears after embracing Victor.

A split in the final round between Shigekix and Lithe-Ing still puts the Japanese breaker at the top of his group, earning him a slot in the quarterfinals.

Repetition plagued the breaker from Taiwan, losing Quake the first round, and a host of signatures wasn't enough to prevail over Menno, who now sits at the top of the group and will likely reappear in the later quarterfinal round.

No other country has dominated Olympic table tennis like China.

After securing their fifth consecutive gold medal in men's team table tennis yesterday, China repeated the feat with a 3-0 victory over Japan in women's team table tennis today. No other nation has won gold in the men's or women's team events, since their debuts at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Japan took home the silver, as they did in Tokyo.

Amir showed off variety and levels of difficulty in this battle, winning 2-0 over Billy.

At one point, Billy spun on his back, head and arms for what seemed like forever, leaving me to wonder how he wasn't too dizzy to complete the round.

Team USA's best chance from Mallory Swanson is denied by Brazil's keeper in the 25th minute. Both teams are looking for a breakthrough in the final 15 minutes of the first half.

France's Lagaet and Korea's Hongten split this battle, but Hongten takes the win 11 votes to 7.

The home crowd just isn't enough to push Lagaet to a decisive win. After two rounds and three losses, he's likely done after the round-robin.

Hongten, on the other hand, "has signatures to spare," as the announcers said.

The music is one of the biggest components of breaking, as it is hip-hop, the culture from which breaking was born.

But these top-16 competitors don't know which tracks they'll be throwing down to before they take the stage. The ultimate challenge: Matching moves with musicality.

USA's Jeffro is seeded third in this competition, but he should probably be seeded first when it comes to personality.

As the announcers put it ahead of his second battle, "Jeffro's coming in funky."

Ultimately, Jeffro came up on top, again, winning 2-0 against his opponent and setting him up for a spot in the quarterfinal.

His first round was peppered with signature moves, which the Netherlands' Lee responded to with his own funk and flair.

Brazil 's forward Ludmila made a darting run on the left side, deftly getting the ball past the keeper, but was marked offside. The score remains 0-0 after 20 minutes.

Cao Yuan successfully defended his gold medal in the men's 10-meter platform, making China the first nation to sweep all eight diving gold medals at a single Olympics.

China had previously won seven out of eight golds at three Olympics, but today they finally completed the sweep.

China finished the diving competition with 11 medals overall, while the U.S. secured just one, a silver in the women's synchronized 3-meter earned by Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook.

Through the opening 10 minutes, the match is even between the U.S. and Brazil as both teams have one shot on target. The U.S. is however controlling possession as they seek a decisive, go-ahead goal.

Dany Dann brought his personality, delighting the home French crowd, who is cheering loudly for the blue-haired breaker.

He also delighted the judges with some funky freezes, besting Australia's Attack 2-0, whose experience shone through in his second throwdown.

Kuzya showed off his musicality and dynamic freezes and ultimately split the round with Phil Wizard, who came in second at Worlds.

It now goes to votes, where Phil Wizard narrowly prevails, 10 votes to 8.

"Let's go!"

USA's Victor just claimed a 2-0 win over China's Lithe-Ing, much needed to keep him in quarterfinal contention.

At one point, Victor bounced out of a headstand, and he engaged with Lithe-Ing a lot throughout the battle. When the results were announced, he danced in joy.

Each breaker is now on their second battle of the day. This one put two Japanese teammates, Shigekix and Hiro10 against each other.

In the end, the battle went to Shigekix, which shouldn't be a surprise: He's the top seed of the day. Hiro10 is seeded ninth.

The pair immediately looked like they were having fun, smiling and nodding at each other, getting in each other's faces, all while expressing swag and tons of power.

Hiro10 showed control in his beautiful power moves, but it was Shigekix who won the judges over. He now sits in first in his group, poised to move on to the knockouts.

Representing Chinese Taipei, Quake won over the judges easily, besting his opponent, Billy from Morocco 2-0 and earning all 18 votes.

In just moments, the U.S. women's soccer team takes on Brazil in pursuit of a gold medal.

The USWNT is coming of a 1-0 win over Germany, while Brazil defeated Spain 4-2. Today's matchup marks the 41st all-time meeting between the U.S. and Brazil in women's soccer.

Marta, who will be playing in her final Olympic match today, is considered one of the greatest women’s players of all time but a gold medal has eluded her so far.

Marta, 38, is playing at her sixth and final Olympics. She was a member of the 2004 and 2008 teams that took silver after losing to the USWNT.

Marta has not played in either of Brazil’s knockout round matches after receiving a red card in the final game of the group stage for inadvertently kicking a player in the head.

Now that her two-match suspension is over, Marta will return for the final. She has scored 13 goals in her Olympic career and is one goal shy of tying the all-time Olympic scoring record (men’s or women’s) of 14 goals, held by her former Brazilian teammate Cristiane.

The U.S. women's soccer team is going for its first gold medal since London in 2012 and will battle a familiar foe.

This is the third gold medal match between U.S. and Brazil. in both 2004 and 2008, the USWNT defeated Brazil after extra time to win gold. Those two silver medals are Brazil’s only two medals in women’s soccer.

It was a decisive win for Menno from the Netherlands, who bested Kazakhstan's Amir 2-0.

Menno will hope to follow his female teammate, India, who placed fourth yesterday in the women's contest after having to battle into the round-robin in a pre-qualifier round to earn the 16th seed.

Spain has won its first gold medal in women's water polo, defeating Australia 11-9.

Bea Ortiz led the charge with four goals, while Maica Garcia added three. Goalkeeper Martina Terre anchored Spain's defense with an impressive 15 saves.

Australia's Alice Williams scored a game-high five goals, bringing her total to 21 in Paris, as the team settled for silver.

Smooth moves from from both Hongten (Korea) and Lee (Netherlands), but Lee ultimately won over the judges, taking this battle 2-0.

Fun fact: Lee's mom is a B-girl, according to the NBC announcers.

USA's Jeffro bounced on stage, exploding with energy and power, hitting beats and breaking expertly to the music. After an exciting battle, he won 2-0 over France's Lagaet.

The crowd got loud for Lagaet, who proved he can break to the music in his own style. He used the crowd to his advantage in his second round, encouraging the home crowd to cheer him on.

A song change between the first two throw downs offered both breakers the chance to show of their range of style and expertise.

Ukraine's Kuzya won his first battle of the day against Australia's J Attack 2-0, earning 17 of 18 available votes.

Ukrainian fans were seen excitedly cheering on Kuzya from the crowd. We'll see if he can follow his female teammate, Kate, to the knockout round.

Breakers will face off in head-to-head dance battles at the Paris Games, taking turns — or throw downs — to show off their fiercest moves and tricks. 

Each battle will include a set number of throw downs from each competitor, which can’t be longer than 60 seconds. But, breakers won’t face penalties for too short or too long of a turn. 

Each of the battles will be scored by a panel of judges, who will rate each of the performances on six criteria — creativity, personality, technique, variety, performativity and musicality. 

The criteria: Each carry a different weight when it comes to scoring the battle, with technique, performativity and creativity counting for 60% of the total score and variety, musicality and personality making up the remaining 40%. 

After each round, the panel of judges will submit their scores and the breaker with the highest points wins and moves on to the next round. 

Read more on the rules of Olympic breaking here.

In the gold medal match in women's water polo, Spain extended its lead in the second half with a 3-0 run, all scored by Bea Ortiz. Australia battled back with goals from Danijela Jackovich, Alice Williams and Abby Andrews. Spain added a seventh goal with a penalty shot by Anni Espar.

France's Dany Dann, the 2023 Euro Games Champ, came onto the stage with a fresh first intro, delighting the home crowd.

But it wasn't enough to prevail, with last year's world champion, Phil Wizard from Canada, winning this battle 2-0.

Sportsmanship is on display again today, as the two men shook hands and hugged when they completed the battle.

The second battle of the day goes to China's Lithe-Ing, who boxed out Japan's Hiro10 2-0.

Hiro10 did not wait to show off his best moves, combining air flares with spins in his first turn of the day. He was quick to involve the crowd, encouraging them to cheer him on.

But the first round went unanimously to Lithe-Ing. In the second throw down, he was not slowing down, inexplicably flipping through the air and landing expertly on his head.

In the first battle, both top-seeded Shigekix (Japan) and reigning world champion Victor (USA) each won a round, meaning the results go to votes. Out of 18 available votes from the judges (9 per round), Shigex got 12 and Victor got 6.

Both started off strong, showing off gravity-defying freezes and dizzying head spins.

16 B-boys are about to battle it out for the gold. Reigning world champ Victor (USA) is facing one-seeded Shigekix (Japan) in the first battle.

As a reminder: The 16 men are placed in four groups of four based on pre-Games determined seeds. They will each face off against their three other group members in a round-robin. Each battle will consist of two rounds — or throw downs — and the judges will vote for the winner of each round.

At the end of the round-robin, the top two men in each group will move to the quarterfinals to begin the knockout rounds.

Yesterday, 17 B-girls battled it out in the first-ever Olympic breaking competition at Paris' La Concorde. A round-robin was followed by a knockout round to name the podium winners.

Japan's Ami won gold, Nicka from Lithuania took silver and powerhouse 671 from China walked away with bronze.

It was a day filled with joy, good sportsmanship and physics-defying moves. Today, the men follow suit in what could be the last-ever Olympic appearance for breaking. The sport won't be back in LA for the 2028 Games and it's unclear if and when it will ever return.

Even though Australia's Raygun took 16th place, she became an instant meme after the competition. Her moves — including a kangaroo-inspired move, a backwards roll and the sprinkler — captivated the internet.

The women's water polo gold medal match is a tight contest between Australia and Spain.

In the first quarter, Alice Williams continued her impressive Olympic debut by scoring Australia's first two goals. Spain responded with a brilliant backhander from Paul Leiton, followed by a penalty shot from Elena Ruiz.

The second quarter went nearly scoreless, with both goalkeepers making impressive back-and-forth saves, until Spain's Maica Garcia broke through with a goal.

Friday night was a “powerful moment for hip hop” and a “powerful moment for dance,” as one of the first-ever Olympic breaking hosts put it after Japan’s Ami was crowned the winner of an arduous day of dance battles.

She faced off against Lithuania’s Nicka in the final, proving her worth and her standing entering the arena as a two-time breaking, or breakdancing, world champion.

Today, Ami added another medal to that list.

After they had finished breaking, and before they knew who won, Ami and Nicka embraced. And although the Japanese dancer won gold, there was a genuine sense of shared victory among the athletes, with the Lithuanian silver medalist holding her arms aloft, celebrating just as much as the victor, on this newfound stage for the discipline.

Even before crowds got into La Concorde, the majestic outdoor arena nestled in the heart of Paris, it was clear that something out of the Olympic ordinary was going down in this historic part of town.

Break beats reverberated down the Rue de Rivoli, while an MC could be heard whipping up the crowd into an excitable frenzy.

Inside the venue it was a scene like no other in Games history.

Read the full story here.

Breaking, or breakdancing, is making its Olympic debut in Paris, and it could be the only time the dance-battle sport has a showing on the world’s biggest stage.

Team USA comprises four breakers: Sunny Choi (B-Girl Sunny), Logan Edra (B-girl Logistx), Victor Montalvo (B-Boy Victor) and Jeffrey Louis (B-Boy Jeffro).

They, along with breakers from other countries, will face off in solo dance battles as they go for gold.

Choi and Edra didn't medal in yesterday's women's event. They were both knocked out of the round-robin in a less-than stellar performance for Team USA. There's hope for a better showing from the men today.

Montalvo, who has been breaking for most of his life and is the reigning world champ, said the sport is “all about peace, love, unity and having fun.”

Montalvo was the first American to qualify for Paris after he won the 2023 World Championships. Choi followed closely behind and qualified after she won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games. 

The gold medal match in women's water polo is underway, and for the first time in two decades, the U.S. is out of contention for the title.

After a semifinal shootout against Australia's Stingers, the U.S. fell short again in the bronze medal match, losing to the Netherlands earlier today.

In the race for gold, Australia will be led by standout scorers Alice Williams and Gabriella Palm as they aim to reclaim their first Olympic title since 2000, when women's water polo made its debut at the Games. Meanwhile, Spain is determined to secure its first-ever gold, having previously lost to the U.S. in the London 2012 and Tokyo 2020 finals.

Team USA's Nelly Korda is one shot behind the silver and bronze medal positions as the race for the medals in the women's golf competition enters the final stages at Le Golf National.

Korda, who is the defending gold medalist, got her day off to the perfect start, birdieing the second and third holes. Bogeys at five and seven halted her momentum, but she went on to birdie the ninth to keep her in touch of the medals. She is through 11 of the 18 holes for the day and is five-under-par overall.

Teammate Rose Zhang's hopes of a medal are hanging by a thread after recording a double bogey on the ninth. She is through nine holes.

It would take an almighty collapse for New Zealand's Lydia Ko not to win gold. She is five shots ahead of Germany's Esther Henseleit and China's Yin Ruoning, who are tied for silver and bronze as it stands. Ko, on 11-under-par, is aiming to complete her set of Olympic medals having taken silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo. Morgane Metraux, who was tied with Ko for the lead coming into today's final round, has endured a nightmare day, finding the water on the first hole of the day and double bogeying the fifth. She is five-over for the day so far and her hopes of a medal are looking slim.

Tensions were high last night when Brazil and Canada faced off for gold as the two sides had a heated exchange of words at the net with the match on a knife-edge in the deciding set.

But peace was quickly restored, with the Eiffel Tower Stadium's resident DJ rather brilliantly putting out John Lennon's 'Imagine' across the speakers, to rye laughs from both teams.

Brazil went on to take gold in the tense encounter.

France has taken a dominant victory over Poland to claim the men's volleyball gold medal, defending the title they won in Tokyo.

Chants of 'Allez Les Bleus' and the national anthem, La Marseillaise - as it often does at French sporting events - rang out across the arena during the third set as a fervent French crowd witnessed their team claim a dominant win to take gold.

France's Jean Patry, who scored a game-high 17 points, and Trevor Clevenot, were standouts as the side claimed the gold with a straight-sets victory, winning the three sets 25-19, 25-20 and 25-23 - Poland saving four match points to ratchet up the nerves in the crowd before the pressure proved too much.

Team USA claimed the bronze medal in this event yesterday, beating Italy in the bronze medal match.

Defending gold medalist Nevin Harrison of Seattle, Wa. came just short of defending her medal in the women's Canoe Sprint, losing in a photo finish to Canada's Katie Vincent. Vincent edged Harrison out by .01 seconds at the finish line.

Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys of Cuba won bronze.

The C-1 200m event, which debuted at the Tokyo Games, is the fastest canoe sprint race on the Paris Olympic program.

Earlier this morning, Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola ran a sensational marathon on a very hilly course around the sites of Paris and Versailles to smash the Olympic record and end Kenya's dominant streak over the event.

Take a look below at how he did it.

Janja Garnbret of Slovenia solidified her status as the greatest female bouldering and lead climber as she won her second gold medal in the sport. Garnbret also won gold in Tokyo. This is Slovenia’s second gold of Paris.

American Brooke Raboutou won silver to earn the U.S.’s second climbing medal of Paris after Sam Watson won bronze in the speed event. It’s the first medal an American woman has won in the sport in its second Games. Both of Raboutou’s parents are former world champion climbers. Multiple Team USA climbers train in the Raboutou family gym in Boulder, Colorado.

After she guaranteed at least a bronze medal following her lead performance, jumping to the top spot in the Sport Climbing combined event with only two athletes remaining, the 23-year-old Raboutou flashed a huge smile and visibly teared up as thousands cheered.

“Even before the finals I was already crying because I was just really proud of the journey that I’ve been on and grateful for all the support I’ve had,” Raboutou told NBC News.

“I just felt good and today I was able to do that on the wall and feel calm the whole time. I don’t even have words…it feels incredible,” she said.

Raboutou is a French-American and daughter of world cup champion parents, Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou and Didier Raboutou. Her interview quickly turned emotional when asked about the confluence of winning and representing the U.S. while also performing in the City of Love.

“To be in France and to have those roots here and also to be able to represent my country at the same time—it’s like climbing…where I know that people were rooting for me, not because of my nationality but just because they enjoy my climbing and wanted me to do well for myself.”

Jessica Pilz of Austria won bronze for Austria’s second climbing medal in two days after Jakob Schubert earned bronze in the men’s bouldering and lead event.

American Natalia Grossman finished 11th in her Olympics debut.

It is LOUD at the South Paris Arena, and that is because the hosts are one set away from defending their Olympic men's volleyball title and winning France's 15th gold medal of the Games.

Led by star Trevor Clevenot, who has been outstanding for Les Bleus throughout the Games, France has taken the first two sets 25-19 and 25-20 to put themselves on the brink.

Poland are the top-ranked team in the world, but this match is starting to get away from them.

American Brooke Raboutou is guaranteed at least a silver medal with one competitor left in sport climbing combined. It’s the first medal an American woman has won in the sport in its second Games.

A seat at the South Paris Arena to watch hosts France take on Poland for men's volleyball gold is one of the hottest tickets in town in the French capital today.

France is the defending Olympic champion and victory in this match would hand the host nation their 15th gold medal of these Games.

Every seat in the arena is taken, and the action is now underway.

Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić and Charlotte Hornets guard Vasilije Micic each scored 19 points as Serbia’s swarming inside defense keyed a 93-83 victory over Germany in the bronze medal game.

After blowing a 17-point lead in a heartbreaking semifinal loss to the United States less than 48 hours ago, Serbia didn’t have a let down against Germany.

Jokić was active all over the floor, passing out 11 assists and grabbing 12 rebounds.

The Serbs aggressively and skillfully contested inside German shots as Germany shot just 35% from inside the arc through three periods.

Franz Wagner led Germany with 18 points but was just 5-for-14 from the floor.

Do the Serbians hear footsteps? 

After blowing a 17-point lead in a heartbreaking semifinal loss to the United States, Serbia seems to have been in control of this bronze medal game against Germany.

Serbia leads, 72-63, after three quarters, but the Serbs had been up by 19 points just a few minutes earlier.

The Germans are hanging around despite shooting just 35% from inside the arc.

In one third-quarter play that typified German frustration, Franz Wagner drove for what looked like an uncontested score. But out of nowhere, Filip Petrušev came to the rescue with a clean, not-in-my-house block.

Go inside the rings and relive all the biggest moments from Day 14 at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Kennedy Blades defeated an Olympic silver medalist to win the wrestling Olympic trials and punch her ticket to Paris. But there’s still something missing for her, and she can feel it.

“This whole time I’ve been thinking about Olympic gold rather than just being an Olympian. There’s something missing. That’s why I’m still hungry to keep training,” Blades said.

Blades’ father introduced her and her sister, Karina, to the sport when they were young. The sisters, 10 months apart, were quickly drawn to combat sports. Despite trying others, they couldn’t help but return to wrestling.

Read the full story here.

Brooke Raboutou is in prime position to claim the first-ever medal for a U.S. women’s sport climber as she is fractions of a point behind the world’s number one ranked climber Janja Garnbret after bouldering.

Only the lead event remains.

On the final of the four challenges in bouldering, Raboutou really took her time to evaluate the challenge. She had fewer attempts than the other climbers but that approach landed her a crucial 10 points and could be the difference in a gold or silver medal.

The Serbs don't feel sorry for themselves.

Less than 48 hours after a gut-wrenching semifinal loss to the United States, Serbia isn’t letting down in what could've been an anticlimactic bronze medal game against Germany.

Charlotte Hornets guard Vasilije Micic scored 12 points and reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić added 10 more as Serbia leads Germany at halftime, 46-38.

It was a dramatic ending to the women's water polo bronze medal match with the Netherlands mounting a huge comeback against Team USA to score the winner with just one second left on the clock.

It means they take the bronze medal, and Team USA — gold medalists in the last three Olympic Games — miss out on making the podium entirely for the first time since women's water polo made its Olympic debut in 2000.

It is back-to-back brutal losses for Team USA. They blew a three-goal halftime lead in their loss to Australia in the semifinals. Once again in control in the half, a four-goal lead was squandered this time.

The Netherlands outscored Team USA 5-1 in the final quarter, with Sabrina van der Sloot's winner coming with just one second left on the clock. She scored six of the Netherlands' 11 goals in this contest.

The momentum in the bronze medal match has certainly turned, with Team USA clinging on against the Netherlands.

Team USA were four goals ahead at halftime, but with two minutes left on the clock, the Netherlands are now back within a score. It's 10-9 and we're set for a tense finish in the battle for bronze.

The bronze medal is Team USA's to lose at this stage in women's water polo with the team 9-6 ahead against the Netherlands through three quarters.

After a tight first quarter, the Netherlands's defense was sloppy in the second, with their coach Evangelos Doudesis furious at his side as he called a timeout midway through the quarter. His words didn't massively help the Netherlands with U.S. racing out to a 7-3 halftime lead.

The Netherlands have managed to reduce the deficit by one in the third quarter. The score is 9-6 heading into the final eight-minute quarter.

Olympic weightlifting has a good amount of strategy involved.

Each event consists of only a final, which features two phases: the snatch, and the clean and jerk.

For each phase, competitors can take three attempts at weights of their choosing. Athletes’ best result from each category is added together to determine the total weight lifted, which will equal the total score. The athlete with the highest score takes the gold.

Before the start of each phase of the competition, athletes must indicate their intended weight for their first lift, with the option to change it twice before they’re up — perhaps in response to how competitors’ lifts are going.

Here’s the catch: The barbell only gets heavier with each lift.

U.S. water polo star Maddie Musselman is one of the stars on the U.S. women's water polo team. She told NBC News ahead of the Games that she is drawing strength from her ailing husband, Patrick Woepse — who is in the stands this morning cheering the team on.

“We’re not sharing our story for people to feel sorry for us or feel bad for what we’re going through,” Musselman, 26, told NBC News as the Games got underway. “If anything, it’s for inspiration and that you can get to the other side of things with the people that are right next to you. We hope for that.”

Woepse, 30, who has Stage 4 lung cancer, said being in Paris and being able to cheer his wife on as she goes for the gold has done them both a world of good.

“For me to be here and support her in her Olympic journey is really special,” Woepse said in a separate interview with "TODAY." “It’s really special for Maddie. It gives me a lot of strength watching her play and I think having me in the stands gives her a little extra energy.”

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U.S. sport climber Brooke Raboutou is reaching new heights after she qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“It’s been pretty crazy to see the sport evolve,” Raboutou, the first woman to represent the U.S. in sport climbing when she competed at the 2020 Tokyo Games, said in an interview Wednesday. “I was one of the first Olympians back in 2020. There was only 20 of us.

“Since then, we’ve seen a lot of growth in the sport, more participation, more gyms pop up, more funding for the athletes, and it’s really cool to see that growth and see our sport get to be loved by so many,” she added.

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It's been a strong start from Team USA in the women's water polo bronze medal match — they lead 3-2 after the first quarter against the Netherlands at La Defense Arena.

Goals from Maddie Musselman, Ryann Neushul and Rachel Fattal has given Team USA the best of the early running. The Netherlands have lacked a cutting edge in offense at times in the first quarter, but a score from Sabrina van der Sloot with three seconds left on the clock ensures the Netherlands remain in touching distance.

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Team USA's women's water polo team are in early action this morning as they look to lock up a bronze medal against the Netherlands at La Defense Arena.

After winning a nailbiting quarterfinal win against Hungary on Tuesday, the U.S. suffered a heartbreaking shootout defeat against Australia in the semifinals after the match ended 8-8 in regulation with the U.S. blowing a 5-2 halftime lead.

Now the team, who had won gold in the last three Olympic Games and have been on the podium in every Games since women's water polo made its debut in 2000, will need to put their heartbreak aside. They have just taken to the pool and their bronze medal contest is about to get underway.

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola has won the men's Olympic marathon as Kenyan distance running legend Eliud Kipchoge struggled with a hip problem to finish well behind as he chased an unprecedented third straight men's marathon gold.

Tola, who won last year's New York marathon, battled fellow runners and a grueling course with some 1,430 feet of climbing and descent that tested the world's best. He wasn't initially selected for Ethiopia's stacked marathon squad, but was called up a few weeks ago after an injury to one of his teammates. It was a stunning run, taking the Olympic marathon record in a time of 2:06:26 — an incredible feat given this was one of the most challenging courses in Olympic history.

Switzerland's Morgane Metraux and New Zealand's Lydia Ko hold the joint lead heading into the final round with Team USA's golfers in striking range of the medals.

Californian Rose Zhang, on seven-under-par heading into today's final 18 holes, is currently in a two-way tie for bronze, sitting two shots behind Metraux - who at world No. 137 would be a shock winner should she take the title - and Ko. World No. 1 and defending Olympic champion Nelly Korda could also contend for a medal if she had a strong round at Le Golf National today. She sits on four-under-par.

The competitors will tee off for the final round in leaderboard order. The backmarkers are already underway this morning with Zhang grouped together with the two leaders as the last group of the day to get underway. They will tee off at 6:39 a.m. ET, with Korda teeing off a little bit earlier at 6:17 a.m. ET.

As Team USA women’s soccer prepares for their gold medal match, NBC News’ Tom Llamas speaks with Sam Coffey’s parents, who are watching the journey of their daughter’s dream come true. 

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All eyes will be on Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge when the gun goes off in the men's marathon at 8 a.m. in Paris ( 2 a.m. ET). Kipchoge, 39, is aiming to make history as the only person to win three Olympic marathons. He is widely considered one of the greatest marathoners of all time, having set multiple world records at the distance and winning gold at the Rio and Tokyo Games.

Standing in his way will be worthy competitors like fellow countryman Benson Kipruto and marathon legend Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia.

But Kipchoge and the rest of the field will likely be less focused on each other and more so on battling a diabolical 42 km (26.2-mile) course, which includes a grueling approximately 1,430 feet of elevation gain and descent that will batter the runners' legs beginning around mile 15.