PARIS OLYMPICS 2024: What you need to know right now
Updates with last day of the Paris Olympics
PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - It is the last day of the Paris Olympics. But with more than a dozen gold medals up for grabs the top of the medals table is still very much in play, with the United States and China battling it out.
Late on Saturday, the U.S. teamhad a great evening on the track and broke French hearts in the basketball. China picked up gold medals in diving, table tennis and weightlifting.
Here is what you need to know about the Olympics on Sunday.
FINAL DAY
It might be the final day but there are still 14 gold medals on offer, including in the women's marathon, men's and women's wrestling and on the cycling track.
U.S. DOMINATE THE RELAYS
The United States won the men's and women's 4x400 metres relays, cementing a dominant performance on the track by the Americans at thisOlympics.
The women won by more than four seconds, clocking the second-quickest time in history and stretching the country's victory streak in the event to eight in a row.
The men cut it a bit finer, just holding off Botswana on the finish line.
Jamaica's dominance in the women's sprinting came to an end in Paris.
U.S. SPOIL FRENCH DREAMS OF BASKETBALL FAIRYTALE
There was no "Miracle on the Seine" for France in the basketball as the United States ground out a 98-87 win to claim a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
The American showmen crushed Gallic hearts, led by Stephen Curry and a fired up LeBron James.
James, the 39-year-oldLA Lakers star, said he could not imagine himself playing at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
TAIWAN'S LIN WINS BOXING GOLD
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, 28, one of two boxers at the centre of a gender eligibility row, beat Poland's Julia Szeremeta to claim the women's featherweight title.
Boxing's future at the next Olympics is uncertain. The International Olympic Committee ran the event at Paris after it stripped theInternational Boxing Association of its status as the sport's global body over governance and finance issues.
Rival body World Boxing said national boxing federations needed to join its ranks to ensure the sport is included in the Los Angeles line up.
KIPYEGON'S GOLDEN HAT-TRICK
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging through the final lap to finish more than a second ahead of the field.
She cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles.
Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen bounced back from his shock defeat in the 1,500 metres to win the 5,000 with a fierce final lap.
U.S. GYMNAST CHILES MAY LOSE MEDAL
American gymnast Jordan Chiles is set to lose her bronze medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics floor exercise competition after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of an appeal by Romania's Ana Barbosu, who will move up to third place, it said on Saturday.
MEDAL TABLE MACHINATIONS
Golds in the diving, the men's 102kg weightlifting and table tennis helped get China back on top of the medals table based on number of golds.
The United States trail by just one gold and will be looking for wins in the women's basketball and volleyball matches on Sunday to take the number one slot back.
France have gone up to fifth in the standings after winning gold in the men's volleyball final against Poland.
President Emmanuel Macron had set a target of a top five finish before the Games began.
CHINA'S GOLDEN SWEEP
Cao Yuan won the men's 10-metre platform event to complete a golden sweep for China, the first time a country has won all the diving events at one Games.
Rikuto Tamai of Japan took silver to land Japan's first ever Olympic diving medal, and Britain's Noah Williams finished in third place to claim the bronze.
BREAK OUT STARS
Canadian Philip Kim, better known as B-Boy Phil Wizard, produced a spellbinding performance to defeat France's Danis Civil and capture the first Olympic gold medal ever awarded for men's breaking on Saturday.
Kim's supernatural power moves, smooth transitions and unlimited energy overwhelmed hometown favourite B-Boy Dany Dann for a 3-0 win in the final.
Afghan B-Girl Maniza Talash, a member of the refugee Olympic team who competed on Friday, was disqualified for wearing a cape with the words "Free Afghan Women" on during her routine.
THE PRODUCT PLACEMENT GAMES
Winning athletes in Paris have received their medals on Louis Vuitton trays before being handed a Samsung flip phone to take a "victory selfie", heralding a new era of product placement at the Olympics which Los Angeles looks set to build upon.
Reuters Olympics coverage home https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/
Explainer: Olympics schedule, map, medals table, sports guides https://www.reuters.com/graphics/OLYMPICS-2024/EXPLAINER/byprqrwmqve/
Reporting by Hugh Lawson; Editing by Peter Rutherford
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