Recap of Day 10 and looking forward to Day 11
After a wonderful end to the surfing competition, Day 10 of Paris 2024 is over.
It was a memorable one, which featured world records falling in four different sports, headlined by Mondo Duplantis in the men’s pole vault, but also the Team GB women’s team sprint track cycling team, Aleksandra Miroslaw in the women’s speed climbing, and the Italian mixed team skeet shooters during qualifying.
Thanks for joining us today – there’s lots more in store tomorrow, on Day 11:
The men’s basketball competition reaches the quarter-final stage (from 11am), with the top eight teams from the groups going head-to-head as the competition switches from Lille to the Bercy Arena in Paris. Men’s hockey is also reaching its conclusion, reaching the last four, as is women’s football.
Elsewhere, the first gold medal will be awarded in boxing at the historic Roland-Garros Stadium, while the canoe sprint events begin at the Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne.
There are just 15 gold medal events on 6 August, but they include the second half of the women’s sprint double in athletics, which is one of our selected highlights of the day:
Athletics (track and field) – New champion to be crowned in absence of Jamaican stars and Richardson
The reigning women’s 200m Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, isn’t in Paris after missing the Jamaican championships and trials.
But her teammate Shericka Jackson isn’t in action either, after pulling out of the 200m heats having been struggling with an injury she recently picked up.
And USA’s Sha’Carri Richardson didn’t qualify in the 200m either.
That could make the biggest challenger for gold U.S. champion Gabby Thomas, the bronze medallist in Tokyo. Thomas is fourth all-time behind Flo-Jo, Jackson, and Thompson-Herah.
There are also two Britons in the final, including 2019 world champion Dina Asher-Smith, as well as St. Lucia’s newly crowned 100m Olympic champion Julien Alfred.
Skateboarding – Sky Brown goes for gold
The women’s park skateboarding event takes place today (prelims 12:30pm, final 5:30pm), which – as it did three years ago – could produce one of the youngest podiums of the entire Olympic Games.
All three medallists from Tokyo – Yosozumi Sakura, now 22; Hiraki Cocona, now 15; and Sky Brown, also 15 – are back, and they’re joined by the likes of 14-year-old Australian Arisa Trew and 16-year-old Kusaki Hinano, among others.
Yosozumi, the defending champion, nearly didn’t qualify – Brown’s final run at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest salvaged the day for her best friend, who now has a shot at retaining her title.
But in the face of the young guns, that’s by no means guaranteed.
Medal events
Athletics (track and field)
19:57: W hammer throw final; 20:15: M long jump final; 20:50: M 1500m final; 21:14: W 3000m steeplechase final; 21:40: W 200m final
Boxing
21:30–22:01: M 71kg semi-finals; 22:02–22:33: W 50kg semi-finals; 22:34–23:05: W 66kg semi-finals (losing semi-finalists win bronze); 23:06–23:22: W 60kg final
Cycling (track)
20:05–20:15: M team sprint finals
Diving
15:00–16:40: W 10m platform final
Equestrian
10:00–12:00: Jumping individual final
Sailing
14:43–15:23: W one-person dinghy medal race; 15:43–16:25: M one-person dinghy medal race
Subject to wind conditions
Skateboarding
17:30–18:30: W park final
Wrestling
19:30–20:05: M Greco-Roman 60kg medal finals; 20:05–20:40: M Greco-Roman 130kg medal finals; 20:50–21:25: W freestyle 68kg medal finals
Full daily schedule here.
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Publish date : 2024-08-05 21:43:28
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