Paris 2024 Olympics Highlights, Day 10: Duplantis sets Pole Vault World Record; Avinash Sable qualifies for steeplechase final; Lakshya misses out on bronze

Canoe Slalom: Men’s Cross Kayak: 1. Finn Butcher (Nzl), 2. Joseph Clarke (Gbr), 3. Noah Hegge (Ger); Women’s Cross Kayak: 1. Noemie Fox (Aus), 2. Angele Hug (Fra), 3.Kimberley Wood (Gbr). 

Shooting: Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol: 1. Le Yuehons (Chn) 32, 2. Yeongjae Cho (Kor) 25, 3. Xingjie Wang (Chn) 23; Mixed Team Skeet: Italy1 bt USA 1 45-44. 

Triathlon: Mixed relay: Germany (Tim Hellwig, Lasse Luehrs, Laura Lindemann) 1:25:39, 2. USA (Seth Rider, Taylor Spivey, Morgan Pearson, Taylor Knibb) 1:25:40, 3. Great Britain (Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Samuel Dickinson, Beth Potter) 1:25:40.

He’s done it!!! 6.25 metres in his final attempt to beat the World Record for the ninth time.

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The first record is now complete. Duplantis clears 6.10m to seal the Olympic record. He’s set his sight on 6.25m now to break his own World Record. 

Keely Hodgkinson wins gold in the women’s 800m! She wins the final with a time of 1:56.72 ahead of Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia (1:57.15) and Mary Moraa of Kenya (1:57.42). 

Ethiopia’s Faith Kipyegon has been disqualified from the Women’s 5000m final for obstruction. Sifan Hassan gets an upgrade to silver and Italy’s Battocletti wins a bronze!

Paris Olympics: Kipyegon disqualified in women’s 5000m final; Chebet wins gold medal

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon was disqualified for obstruction in the Women’s 5000m final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after finishing second, clocking 14:29.60.

Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis fail to make it past the 6m mark and that hands the gold medal to Sweden’s Armand Duplantis. Now the question is, will the athlete attempt to break the World Record. 

Paris Olympics: Armand Duplantis breezes to pole vault gold

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis won the men’s Olympic pole vault gold medal on Monday.

Feng Bin’s last attempt only gets her a distance of 65.98m. The Chinese athlete will have to settle for the silver ahead of Croatia’s Sandra Elkasevic who bags bronze. 

And Valarie Allman seals her gold! Her fourth throw of 69.50 being the farthest. Attempts a final throw despite the confirmed result but only manages a 69.21. 

Arman Duplantis takes the solo lead after clearing 6 metres. Sam Kendricks of USA and Emmanouil Karalis are the only others left in contention. 

Ethiopia’s Beatrice Chebet wins gold in the Women’s 5000m with a time of 14:28.56 ahead of compatriot Faith Kipyegon and Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan who both clocked season best times. 

Italy’s Nadia Battocletti sets a National Record of 14:31.64 to finish fourth. 

USA’s Valarie Allman extends her lead in the discus final with 69.50m throw. China’s Feng Bin is second with a 67.51 throw. Croatia’s Sandra Elkasevic stands third with a 67.51m throw. 

Armand Duplantis clears 5.95 with ease after opting to skip the 5.90m mark. Sam Kendricks of USA registers a season best to clear 5.95m too. 

Brittany Brown of USA wins semifinal 3 with a time of 22.12 to qualify for the final along with Daryll Neita of Great Britain. 

Cote D’Ivoire’ s Jessica Gbai and McKenzie Long of USA qualify with the two best times. 

Medal favourite Valarie Allman of the USA starts with a 68.74m throw to move to the top of the standings in the women’s discus final. 

Gabrielle Thomas of USA clocks 21.86 to qualify for the final of the women’s 200m. Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith finishes second with 22.31. 

St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred clocks 21.98 to progress to the final of the Women’s 200m ahead of Nigeria’s Favour Ofili and McKenzie Long of the USA. Only the top two qualify directly for the final. 

Arman Duplantis makes short work of 5.85m to move to joint-first in the Men’s Pole Vault final. 

100m champion Noah Lyles makes the semifinal with a 20.19 run in Heat 6. Defending champions Andre de Grasse (CAN) qualifies second with 20.30 ahead of Towa Uzawa of Japan. 

USA’s Erriyon Knighton wins Heat 5 with a time of 19.99 to make the semis along with Zimbabwe’s Tapiwanashe Makarawu and South Africa’s Shaun Maswanganyi.

USA’s Kenneth Bednarek wins Heat 4 with a sub-20 timing 19.96 to make the semifinal of the men’s 200m. Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic and Joshua Hartmann of Germany also qualify. 

Armand Duplantis opts to give 5.80m a skip. Latvia’s Valters Kreiss is the first person to be eliminated, failing to clear 5.70m. Netherlands’ Menno Vloon fails to clear 5.80 thrice and exits the competition too. 

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo wins Heat 3 with a time of 20.10. He makes the semifinal along with Makanakaishe Charamba of Zimbabwe and Filippo Tortu of Italy. 

Juanlu’s late goal proves the difference as Spain beats Morocco 2-1 to make the final of the men’s football tournament. 

Spain will face the winner of the other semifinal between France and Egypt. 

Uganda’s Gracious Orogot wins Heat 2 of the Men’s 200m Round 1 with a time of 20.32. The other qualifiers from the heat are Wanya McCoy of Bahamas and Renan Correa of Brazil. 

Liberia’s Joseph Fahnbulleh wins Heat 1 of the Men’s 200m Round 1 with a time of 20.20. Italy’s Fostine Desalu and South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk also qualify directly to the semifinal. 

Juanlu Sanchez puts Spain ahead in the 85th minute against Morocco in the first semifinal. A short VAR check to see if the ball went out of play but the officials seem to be happy. 

World record holder Lamecha Girma tops the third heat in the Men’s 3000m steeplechase Round 1 to qualify for the final. Kenneth Rooks (USA), Simon Kiprop Koech (KEN), Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui (TUN) and Jean-Simon Desgagnes (CAN) also qualify for the final. 

Fermin Lopez continues his hot streak in front of goal as he scores Spain’s equaliser in the men’s semifinal against Morocco with more than 20 minutes left to go in the game. 

Armand Duplantis starts his night with an easy clearance of 5.70m during the Men’s Pole Vault final.

Avinash Sable qualifies for the final of the Men’s 3000m steeplechase by finishing fifth in Heat 2. Sable recorded a time of 8:15.43 to finish behind Mohamed Tindouft (MAR), Samuel Firewu (ETH), Abraham Kibiwot (KEN) and Ryuji Miura (JAP).

Avinash Sable starts quick off the blocks, setting the pace in Heat 2 of the Men’s 3000m steeplechase Round 2. Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya is the closest to the Indian.

Morocco’s Soufiyane El Bakkali finishes first in Heat 1 with a time of 8.:17.90 to qualify for the final. The other four qualifiers include Leonard Chemutai (UGA), Getnet Wale (ETH), Daniel Arce (GER) and Ahmed Jaziri (TUN).

Kenya’s Amos Serem, winner of the national trials, finishes sixth after he messes up the water jump to go back around and try again. He won’t make the final tomorrow. 

The Men’s 3000m steeplechase Round 1 is now underway. India’s Avinash Sable will be part of Heat 2.

Goal!! Soufiane Rahimi slots in the penalty to give Morocco the lead against Spain in the football men’s semifinal. The penalty was awarded after Pau Cubarsi made contact with the attacker with a high foot while trying to clear the ball. 

MAR 1 - 0 ESP

Morocco: Munir El Kajoui, Achraf Hakimi, Mehdi Boukamir, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Soufiane Rahimi, Ilias Akhomach, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Oussama Targhalline, Abde Ezzalzouli, Oussama El Azzouzi, Amir Richardson.

Spain: Arnau Tenas, Marc Pubill, Juan Miranda, Eric Garcia, Pau Cubarsi, Pablo Barrios, Abel Ruiz, Alex Baena, Fermin Lopez, Aimar Oroz, Sergio Gomez.

Nisha Dahiya loses to North Korea’s Sol Gum Pak 10-8 in the quarterfinal. The arm injury looks to be too serious for Nisha who tried to brave on despite the evident pain. 

Nisha enjoyed a 8-2 lead when she suffered the injury and despite her will to continue and multiple attempts from the official doctor to tend to her, the injury causes her to concede points in the end and concede defeat. 

Nisha continues to fight on despite the pain. She clearly seems to be having an injury below the right wrist. The North Korean manages to turn her around and collect six more points. 8-8 now. 

India’s Nisha Dahiya suffers an injury scare in the middle of her quarterfinal against Sol Gum Park of North Korea. The official doctor is out to tend to her. Nisha currently has a comfortable 8-2 lead over her opponent. 

Gold - Shinnosuke Oka (JAP)

Silver - Angel Barajas

Bronze - Boheng Zhang (CHN) & Chia-Hung Tang (TPE)

Paris 2024 Olympics, Gymnastics: Japan’s Oka wins men’s horizontal bar gold medal

Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka won his third gold medal of the Paris Games on Monday with a powerful and precise routine on horizontal bar in a final riddled with mistakes.

Italian pair of Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rosetti beats USA’s Austen Jewell Smith and Vincent Hancock to win gold in the Skeet Mixed Team final.

Italy 45 - 44 USA

India’s Lakshya Sen suffered a 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 loss at the hands of Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee to miss out on bronze in the badminton Men’s Singles. 

Lakshya Sen loses to Lee Zii Jia in men’s badminton bronze medal match in Paris 2024 Olympics

Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia trumped India’s Lakshya Sen to clinch the bronze medal in the men’s badminton event of Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday.

A comeback 6-4 win for Nisha Dahiya over Ukraine’s Tetiana Sova Rizhko in the 1/8 elimination round of the Women’s 68kg wrestling takes her to the quarterfinal to be played later today.

India scores a perfect score of eight but the Chinese pair reply with a perfect score of their own to seal a 44-43 win and the bronze medal match.

Maheshwari Chahuhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka have to settle for a fourth place finish in the Skeet Mixed team event. 

A 21-16 reverse for Lakshya Sen in the second game vs Zii Jia Lee in the bronze medal match. Onto the deciding set now.

Another perfect set of eight from China in the fifth set. Maheshwari and Anantjeet reply a perfect set of their own to maintain the Chinese lead at one.

A perfect set of 8 from Jiang and Lyu gives China a slender 28-27 advantage over India at the end of four sets. 

Maheshwari misses her last shot and India and China remain level at 20-20 after the third set of eight shots. 

A flurry of misses for Yitling Jiang brings India back into the contest at 13-13 against China. 

India trails China 7-8 after the first set of eight shots in the Skeet Mixed Team Bronze medal match. 

Maheshwari Chauhan hits the target in all her shots while Anantjeet Singh Naruka missed the target once. 

Lakshya Sen wins Game 1 21-13 in the bronze medal match against Malaysia’s seventh-seed Zii Jia Lee. 

Gold - Alice D’Amato (ITA)

Silver - Zhou Yaqin (CHN)

Bronze - Manila Esposito (ITA) 

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Italy’s D’Amato claims balance beam gold as Biles finishes fifth after shocking fall

Italian gymnast Alice D’Amato emerged as the surprise champion on the balance beam at the Paris Olympics on Monday after favourite Simone Biles surprisingly fell off the 10cm wide apparatus during the final.

Lakshya Sen speeds to a 7-4 lead in the first game of the men’s singles bronze medal match against Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee. 

South Korea’s An Se Young beats China’s He Bing Jao 21-13, 21-16 to win gold in the Badminton’s Women’s Singles. Gregoria Mariska Tungjung claimed bronze after Spain’s Carolina Marin pulled out due to injury. 

The bronze medal match between Lakshya and Lee will begin at 6PM IST.

India will take on China for the bronze medal at 6:30PM IST. 

The team of Maheshwari and Anant shot 49 in the final series to finish tied on 146 points.

India will play the winner of USA vs Germany quarterfinal.

Manika Batra takes the final game 11-9 to seal the contest and the tie. INDIA WINS 3-2!

The second game goes right down the wire. Manika was trailing 5-8 at one point but just about hangs on to take the second round 11-9.

The Indian manages a timing of 52.51 and finishes seventh out of eight runners. She will now take part in the repechage and have another shot at making the semifinals.

A winning start for the Indian. She takes the opener 11-5 after leading all the way in the game.

The winner takes takes it all.

Archana loses the fourth game 11-9 and the India vs Romania tie moves to a decider.

Szocs opens up a lead again. She had four game point, Archana was able to save one but loses eventually. 

India’s Kiran Pahal will be in action in the fifth heat. She has to finish in the top three to qualify for the semifinals. If she is outside the top three, she will be in action in the repechage round.

Archana went down 5-11 in the first game but bounces back to take the second 11-8.

Archana Kamath now in the singles match, playing to get India through to the quarterfinals.

Sreeja first cut a 5-1 deficit to 6-6. But Samara uses all her experience to take the game 11-8 and force a fourth match in this tie. 

Manara takes the fourth game 11-6 to keep Romania in the fight.

Sreeja comes back from a 3-5 deficit to take the third game 11-7. India win game away from a spot in the last eight.

Samara fights back with a strong 11-4 win in the second game. This is the first game India has dropped in the three matches do far.

The 26-year-old Indian is given a fight by Elizbeta Samara but she is able to close out the game with some breathing room. 

Maheshwari and Anant begin their second series. They’re both 3/3 as of now and a combined score of 49 will be enough to take India back into the second spot.

Manika wraps the game 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 to give India a 2-0 advantage. Sreeja Akula will play the next singles and a win for her will take India through to the quarterfinals.

The second game goes 11-7 to the Indian. She led from the very start and is one win away from taking a win.

Nine points on the trot for the Indian as she pulls back from 2-5 down to take the opening game.

A straight games win for the Indian pair. They take the final game 11-7 and win 3-0. India leads 1-0 as we head to the singles matches. 

UP NEXT: Manika Batra vs Bernadette Szocs.

India leads 2-0 in this best of five doubles match. The Indian pair trailed 7-9 and then 9-10 but they won the crucial points to take the second game 12-10. One more game away from giving a 1-0 lead to the team.

Maheshwari misses one shot and ends with 24/25. A perfect 25 for Anant. India totals 49 after the first series and is tied in second place.

An 11-9 game for the Indian pair. They cut it close, allowing their opponents to come back from 8-2 down but Archana’s forehand smash finally gets India the game point.

India will be taking on Romania in the Round of 16.

Archana Kamath and Sreeja Akula will play the first doubles match. It will be followed by three singles.

Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka in the qualification round for India.

They will shortly be completing their first series of shots.