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What to watch on Day 2 at Paris 2024
Good Morning and welcome back to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 live blog!
After Saturday’s rain, Sunday is forecast to be a nice and sunny day in the French capital. Thirteen sets of medals are due to be handed out on Day 2 of Paris 2024, including in women's street skateboarding where Brazil's Rayssa Leal is the defending champion. Which ones will you be looking forward to? Don't miss our selection of the day's events:
Artistic gymnastics - Simone Biles returns to the Olympic Games
Three years after she withdrew from the women's team all-around final at Tokyo 2020 due to the twisties, Simone Biles is back competing in artistic gymnastics at an Olympic Games.
She is in action as the women's artistic gymnatics programme begins with qualification at the Bercy Arena (Subdivision 1 from 9:30am), with an eye on qualifying for the individual all-around as well as apparatus finals.
Basketball - South Sudan make historic bow
Barely seven years after playing their first official match, South Sudan's men's basketball team will make their Olympic debut on Day 2 when they face Puerto Rico (11am).
It's been a remarkable journey for the team representing the world's newest independent state, who earned their spot in Paris by finishing as the best African team at the 2023 FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup.
Team USA also begins its campaign, taking on Serbia (5:15pm; 11:15am Eastern time).
Swimming - Can Marchand end French drought in pool?
Hosts France haven't won gold in a swimming event in 12 years since French swimmers won four events at London 2012. On Day 2, one of the nation's biggest hopes this summer, world record holder Léon Marchand, will look to end the drought.
If he qualifies from the morning heats (11am), Marchand will take part in his favourite event, the men's 400m individual medley final (8:30pm), which happens to be the night's first swimming final and could set the tone for the rest of the evening for the home crowd.
There's also the men's 100m breaststroke final (9:54pm), where Adam Peaty will look to defend his Olympic title after having taken time off from the sport.
Medal events
Archery
16:48–17:34: W team medal matches
Canoe slalom
17:45–18:30: W K-1 final
Cycling (mountain bike)
14:10–15:30: W cross-country
Fencing
20:50–22:40: W foil individual medal bouts; M épée individual medal bouts
Judo
17:18–17:48: M -66kg medal contests; 17:49–18:19: W -52kg medal contests
Shooting
09:30–10:15: M 10m air pistol final; 12:00–12:45: W 10m air pistol final
Skateboarding
17:00–18:30: W street final
Swimming
20:30: M 400m individual medley final; 20:45: W 100m butterfly final; 21:54: M 100m breaststroke final
Full daily schedule here.
Women's team quarter-finals set
Over at Invalides - another spectacular venue of these Games - the women's team 1/8 elimination round has just finished, meaning the quarter-final bracket is now set.
The Rep. of Korea - who have won gold in this event at all nine Olympic Games where it has been on the Olympic programme - face Chinese Taipei.
Reigning world champions Germany take on Mexico, while the Netherlands face India.
Indonesia, who upset Korea at the world championships in 2023, take on the People's Republic of China.
South Sudan make Olympic history
The Bright Stars have just taken to the court in the men's Group C contest against Puerto Rico at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, meaning they are now competing in a Olympic basketball tournament for the first time in history! It's an amazing achievement for the African nation, especially when you consider they only played their first official game in 2017 (an 87-76 loss to Egypt).
Puerto Rico are back on the Olympic hardwood for the first time since Athens 2004.
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Final: Brazil 24-25 Hungary
Hungary get their first win at Paris 2024 thanks to Petra Simon, who finds the back of the net with just five seconds left in the match!
The result means Brazil, Netherlands, France and Hungary all sit on 2 points in women's Group B - though the Netherlands and France have played one game less. Angola and Spain, the other two teams in the group, remain winless.
Members of Team Hungary celebrate victory
Belgium lead People's Rep. of China, Germany vs Japan all square
Two hockey games are ongoing over at Yves-du-Manoir in women's Pool A.
Beglium have just taken the lead against the People's Rep. of China courtesy of striker Ambre Ballenghien.
Germany vs Japan has just started.
Medal Moment
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Xie Yu (CHN) wins 10m air pistol gold!
The first medals of Day 2 have been won, and it's Xie Yu (CHN) who is now an Olympic champion!
The 2024 World Cup champion in this event clinches the gold medal by just .9 points ahead of Federico Maldini (ITA).
This is the first tile for the People's Republic of China in this event since Beijing 2008.
🥇Xie Yu (CHN): 240.9
🥈Federico Maldini (ITA): 240.0
🥉Paola Monna (ITA): 218.6
Federico Nilo Maldini of Italy, Xie Yu of the People's Republic of China, and Paolo Monna of Italy
Beach volleyball underway
We're underway at one of the most stunning venues of these Olympic Games - the Eiffel Tower stadium, where the beach volleyball competition is taking place (just check out the shot taken last night below!).
Spanish pair Liliana Fernández and Paula Soria Gutiérrez have just won the first set of their match against the Italian duo of V****alentina Gottardi and Marta Menegatti 24-22.
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Italy in action against the Dominican Republic
We've also started in the volleyball!
In women's Pool C, Italy are leading the Dominican Republic 18-13 in the first set. Both teams are playing in their first match of Paris 2024.
Brazil vs Hungary kicks off day's handball action
The first handball game of the day has started between Brazil and Hungary - it's currently all square at 1-1 in the women's Group B contest.
Brazil are looking to make it two wins out of two after overcoming Spain 29-18 in their first game on Thursday. Hungary are looking to bounce back after losing to defending champions France 31-28 on the same day.
Three matches ongoing in badminton
The day's badminton action has just started over at La Chapelle Arena, with matches in men's singles, mixed doubles, and women's doubles.
In Group D, world No.2 mixed pair Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping (CHN) are in a tight battle with Terry Hee and Jessican Tan (SGP) - who also happen to be husband and wife. It's currently 13-11 in the first game.
Feng and Huang are the 2024 Asian champions and the 2024 French Open winners, with Huang the defending Olympic gold medallist in this event - though she partnered with Wang Yilyu in Toko.
Moore (USA) advances with a dramatic flury in the final moments of Heat #8
There is a reason why Carissa Moore (USA) is widely considered one of the best competitive surfers of all time. The defending Olympic champion and a 5x World Champion, Moore scored her two best waves in Heat #8 in the final 5 minutes. A feat made even more impressive by the fact that she earned her 9.0 and 7.5 in a span of roughly 90 seconds. Her total heat score of 16.50 was a heat winner and one of the highest of the day amongst both male and female waveriders.
Moore was trailing for most of the heat, surfing behind a very in form Shino Matsuda of Japan. Matsuda's (JPN) 8.33, courtesy of an all but flawless tube ride early in the heat, was the score to beat until Moore, sitting out the back with priority for several minutes, found the wave she was looking for and parked herself deep in a spinning, frothy barrel. She came out with the spit and then, less than two minutes later, paddled straight into another one. It was only after this wicked sequence of waves that Moore was able to move past Matsuda's total score of 11.16.
Teresa Bonvalot of Portugal finished third with a combined score of 10.34.
Moore's win in the final heat of the day means that all 5 Team USA surfers- John John Florence, Griffin Colapinto, Moore, Caity Simmers, and Caroline Marks- have advanced on to Round 3.
Defending Olympic Champion Carissa Moore (USA) on her heat winning wave in Round 1
All five Team USA surfers, pictured here during the Opening Ceremony, have advanced to Round 3
Spain's Nadia Erostarbe navigates big barrels to win Heat 7
With pristine conditions and some increasingly heavy waves on the offer at Teahupo'o, Nadia Erostarbe (ESP) was grinning in the tube while winning Heat #7. Surfing on her frontside, the goofy foot exuded style and joy while finding her way in to and out of multiple big barrels. Her best two, an 8.33 and a 5.50, had her handily advancing to Round 3.
However, Saffi Vette of Team New Zealand and Siqi Yang from The People's Republic of China were both impressive in their own right, turning in memorable performances in the day's second to last heat. Vette (NZL) was very much in the hunt for the win until the very end thanks to a 7.50 single wave score while Yang (CHN), the youngest competitor in the surfing comp at the age of 15, was absoluetly charging on the set waves. Though she never got the high scores to prove it, her committed approach was undeniably world class. This week marked the first time Yang has ever surfed Teahupo'o. Though the results weren't there today, she will be one to watch in Round 2 as she surfs to avoid elimination.
Nadia Erostarbe (ESP) pulls in to her heat winning wave in Round 1
Silva (BRA) moves on to Round 3
It wasn't the highest scoring heat of the day but it was one of the most fiercely faught. Two surfers from Brazil, Tainá Hinckel and Luana Silva, battled each other and Germany's Camilla Kemp for the right to surf in Round 3. After a series of exchanges, it was Silva (BRA) who came out on top thanks to a combined wave score of 5.73, a result that was anchored by the highest scoring wave of heat 6, a 4.50.
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Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy shines in Heat 5
Brisa Hennessey (CRC) knows a thing or two about escaping scary situations. The goofy foot recently survived a brain tumor, though you never would have known it while watching her charge in her Round 1 heat. Her wild, no-hand, backside barrel early in the heat set the tone for what was one of the more impressive showings of the day. She earned an 8.50 for that wave and backed it up with 6.50 a few minutes. The result was a heat win and one of the day's highest heat totals, a 15.56.
France's Johanne Defay recovered quickly from a brutal wipeout at the start of the heat to finish second with combined score of 9.50. While Candelaria Resano from Nicaragua never found a big second score after posting a 6.00. Her heat total of 9.43 was good for third place.
No hands no problem. Brisa Hennessy (CRC) charges her way to a Round 1 win
Simmers (USA) takes hotly contested Heat #4
In what was amongst the most anticipated heats of the day, Team USA's Caity Simmers punched her ticket on to Round 3.
This heat featured 3 of the current Top 10 Women surfers in the world and it didn't dissappoint. Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb took an early lead with strong, committed tube riding. But Simmers (USA) wasn't behind for long. She consistently took off deep and pulled into barrels that make would most amongst us blush with concern. Her trademark casual stye was on full display as she stacked multiple 6 point plus rides for a total heat score of 12.93. Weston-Webb (BRA) had a highest wave score of 5.83 on her way to a 10.33 total heat tally and a second place finish.
For her part, Molly Picklum (AUS), despite her third place finish, was in the hunt until the end thanks to a strong 5.77 single wave score but could never find a second high scoring wave.
It is safe to say that no one is looking forward to facing Picklum and Weston-Webb in Round 2.
Caitlin Simmers (USA) is in control as she readies for the tube in her Round 1 heat
Australia's Molly Picklum compresses off the bottom as she aims for the barrel
Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) with a late drop in Round 1
Wright (AUS) advances
Clean and consistent surfing was Tyler Wright's (AUS) formula for succes in Round 1. Surfing on her backhand, the 2x World Champion perfectly matched her approach to the waves available, expertly slowing herself in the barrel to maximize her points. Her total heat score of 7.67 was enough to move her on to Round 3.
Israel's Anat Lelior hunted the inside section of the wave for some clean, open-faced surfing that earned her a second place finish with a total score of 5.43. Third Place went to Canada's Sanoa Dempfle-Olin but it wasn't without drama as the Canadian very nearly stole the heat with a deep tube ride towards the end. It was looking to be a difference maker before she came off her board, leaving her with a heat score of 4.83.
Tyler Wright (AUS) draws her line through the barrel while on her way to winning her Round 1 heat
France's Vahine Fierro dominates Heat #2
Surfing with confidence and ease, Vahine Fierro (FRA), a regualr at Teahupo'o, out paced her competitors in Heat #2 of Women's Round 1. She mixed a couple clean tube rides with a layback snap and some carving top turns to earn a total heat score of 11.17. She was in complete control from start to finish.
Second place, with a heat score of 4.30, went to Team Peru's Sol Aguirre. With a heat score of 2.43, Spain's Janire Etxabarri came in third. Both Aguirre and Etxabarri will get a chance to advance during Round 2's repechage.
Speaking with Olympic Surf Reporter Ash Tulloch after her heat, Fierro beamed with pride, "This morning, I woke up with butterflies in my stomach and a little nervous. But it was such an honor surfing here at home for the Olympics."
Vahine Fierro (FRA) drags her hands to stall for the barrel while en route to winning her Round 1 heat
France's Vahine Fierro paddles back to the lineup with a smile on her way to winning her First Round heat
Team Peru's Sol Aguirre comes of the bottom and aims for the barrel
Marks (USA) opens Women's Surfing with a bang
Caroline Marks from the United States just put on a show in the first heat of the first round of Women's Surfing. Casual and calculated, Marks (USA) is the reigning World Champion and it showed as soon as the action began with an early 8.5 wave score. But that was just the lemon next to the pie. Before the heat was over, Marks air dropped into a double-overhead beast of a wave, pulled into the barrel, and came out with the spit for one of the day's highest scores yet, a 9.43.
Marks' combined heat score of 17.93 easily secured her place in Round 3 but that isn't to say that she was the only surfer showing out in the first women's heat of the day. Sarah Baum (RSA) charged multiple big barrel sections en route to a seond place showing and a total heat score of 8.47. While third place finisher, Yolanda Hopkins (PDR) surfed fearlessly on her way to a 7.0 total heat score. More than once, her heavy drops earned groans of concern from spectators in the channel.
An underwater view of Caroline Marks (USA) setting up a barrel in Round 1
Yolanda Hopkins (POR) makes her way back to the lineup after a heavy ride in her Round 1 heat
Reo (JPN) moves on to Round 3 with strong showing
Sporting a silver helmet and riding a red board, Japan's Inaba Reo just surfed his way into Round 3. Surfing with composure and using strong wave selection as a slight cheese breeze picked up and ruffled wave faces, Reo won his heat earning a 7.33 along the way to total score of 12.76.
Second place went to Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) with a total score of 8.87 while Rio Waida (INA) was the third place finisher with a combined score of 5.74.
Inaba Reo (JPN) feels the joy of victory in his Round 1 heat
Surprises headline Day 1 of boxing
A quick look at today's boxing action, where French women's 60kg favourite Estelle Mossely was eliminated in the round of 32 in a 4-0 points decision by the judges.
USA's Jajaira Gonzalez took four of the cards, while the fifth judge declared it a draw.
Great Britain's Charley Davison was also knocked out in the women's 54kg, losing a split 3-2 decision to Türkiye's Hatice Akbas.
Colapinto (USA) advances from Round 1
In rising surf, the current #2 surfer in the world, Team USA's Griffin Colapinto just advanced from Heat 7 in Round 1 of Mens Surfing. And he did so with near perfect techincal tube riding that included a 9.53 single wave score, the highest one wave score so far in today's competition.
The regular foot, with a combined score of 17.03, bested Tahitian local and French surfer Kauli Vaast who put together one of the longest tube rides of the comp so far earning a 7.80 on the ride. Vaast (FRA) had a total heat score of 13.63 while third place finisher, Lucca Mesinas (PER), had a heat total of 11.10.
Kauli Vaast (FRA) threads the needle on one of the longest barrels of the day
Griffin Colapinto (USA) waits for a wave in the midst of winning his Round 1 heat
Zhang takes round one in match-up against Hashimoto
Over in the artistic gymnastics, Zhang Boheng is the top individual qualifier for the men's all-around final.
The Chinese gymnast scored 88.597, leading his People's Republic of China teammates to top the team standings, too.
Meanwhile, defending champ Hashimoto Daiki fell on high bar and placed third in qualification.
Meanwhile, Jake Jarman and Joe Fraser finished fifth and sixth overall for Great Britain respectively, while there's likely to be an intriguing contest in the pommel horse final with Rhys McClenaghan of Ireland, Stephen Nedoroscik of USA, and two-time reigning champ Max Whitlock of Great Britain qualifying one-two-three.
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Athlete reactions from Day 1
Now, let's hear from some of the athletes who've won medals on Day 1.
Let's start with the individual time trial, and hear from gold medallist Grace Brown of Australia:
"It means so much. The same as for many athletes, I (have) had to make a lot of sacrifices. A big team behind me putting a lot of work and belief in me. Being away from Australia a lot of the year, being away from my family, that's given me the impetus to work really hard and make it all worth it.
"Because it was wet, we had to go a bit slower through the corners and that helped me take some little breaks along the way. I didn't really know that a lot of my competitors were crashing.
"So it sounds like I was lucky to stay upright in the end. Sometimes that is just bad luck, or luck to me this time. So I'm glad that was the case for me. And I'm sorry for my competitors."
Her men's counterpart champion, Remco Evenepoel, who won gold after finishing third at the Tour de France:
"It means a lot. Every four years we have a chance to win this one, so it was the last championship to achieve in my career, in time trial. It's incredible to win this after an amazing Tour. It's one of the most beautiful moments in my life.
"We will see (about the road race), I think it's a completely different race. I'm not the only leader in my team, we have multiple cards to play. We have a very strong team, there are strong riders in other teams. We'll have to see how it'll go, but first I'll enjoy this one and we still have one week to think about how to win this race."
Paulin Riva, France's men's rugby sevens captain:
"It's huge. Never ever would I have imagined playing at the Stade de France, twice in front of 70,000 people. It's incredible to win this final, after everything we told each other, making that dream come true is just unbelievable.
"Now I just need to realize what's happened. It's been so long we are thinking about it, taht we've been working for it and finally we get paid back for it, we got the results for this work."
Lukas Märtens, Germany's first swimming Olympic champion in 36 years:
"I was overwhelmed. I stopped, looked at the scoreboard and thought, 'nah, that can't be right.' That was anything but foreseeable, after this season and after all the exertion, even if all the performances beforehand were good.
"The goal was definitely a medal. If it had been bronze, it would have been OK. I was thinking about gold, and now it's actually come true."
Ariarne Titmus, on racing against Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh in the women's 400m freestyle which she won:
"I’m just happy to get the result for myself, and I'm so honoured to be part of the race and be alongside legends like Katie. I look up to her so much as an athlete, and it is certainly not a rivalry beyond the races. I really respect her as a person. Her longevity in the sport. It’s nice to catch up and have a chat.
"It’s fun racing the best in the world. It gets the best out of me; it gets the best out of them. I really hope all the hype lived up to the expectation. I really hope that I put on a good show tonight and everyone enjoyed it."
Kerber knocks out Osaka
Over in the tennis, a heavyweight clash in the first round of the women's singles has gone the way of Angelique Kerber.
The German is sublime in a straight-sets 7-5 6-3 win over Naomi Osaka, who committed too many unforced errors.