Follow along with the official Olympic Games Paris 2024 live blog to keep up with all the action from 24 July to 11 August, including full details on every event, live results and medallists, and athlete reactions straight from the competition.
Key Moments
Joy and despair at the gymnastics arena
There are two very happy teams in this arena celebrating right now, Japan and the USA.
People's Republic of China have won silver, but they are distraught and just walking around after narrowly missing out.
Big cheers from Japanese and U.S. fans, too.
- Artistic Gymnastics
Medal Moment
Japan claim men's team gold after dramatic final
It's a clean routine from Stephen Nedoroscik, the former pommel horse world champion, who runs over to his teammates and they start jumping up and down in a big bear hug.
The crowd erupts into a "U-S-A" chant – 14.866 for Nedoroscik, that's at least bronze for the U.S.!
Back to the high bar where Su Weide has scored just an 11.600 after his two falls.
That's huge – it means Japan have overtaken the People's Republic of China with just one gymnast left to perform for each team.
And the Japanese have Hashimoto Daiki, the reigning Olympic champion on the horizontal bar.
Nearly sticks the landing, just a small single step back, and the Japanese fans in this arena are up on their feet and roaring! He gestures a "1" with his finger to the crowd, then asks them to quiet down as rival and friend Zhang Boheng prepares to go for China.
They share a handshake before Zhang's routine.
14.566 for Hashimoto, Zhang needs 13.465 to pull China ahead the U.S., and 15.266 to go ahead of Japan. He scored higher than that in qualifying.
Zhang is the only man still competing in this arena and has everyone's eyes on him. It's a pretty good routine but he takes a pretty big left foot step back on the dismount, and that could make all the difference.
He immediately goes over and hugs Hashimoto and the rest of the Japanese gymnasts.
Su Weide is just distraught as his teammates comfort him while waiting for Zhang's score. 14.733! That's gold for Japan!
They realise and jump for joy, before embracing each other in a circle. A comeback win!
- Japan 259.594
- People's Republic of China 259.062
- United States of America 257.793
Su Weide falls twice on high bar
14.100 for Iliia Kovtun on floor closes the gap for Ukraine to the U.S., who have Brody Malone on the pommel horse now.
He seems pretty satisfied with his routine, letting out a big roar as he finishes the set. 13.700 for him.
Over on high bar, Xiao's score has been upped to 13.433 after a difficulty inquiry was submitted. Japan's Oka Shinnosuke follows that with a 14.433, and then Su Weide falls off high bar after a few worrisome moments! Is this the turning point?
And Su's off again! This could be huge!
Final rotation drama in men's team event
Sugino Takaaki likes his high bar routine!
It's mostly clean but for a slightly wobbly dismount. He pumps his firsts and gestures to the crowd to make more noise. Japan need to make up over three points to People's Republic of China, remember. 14.566 for him.
Xiao Ruoteng follows for China and it's a loose dismount, landing on his knee with a couple steps forward. 13.033 only. An opening for Japan?
Meanwhile, the battle for bronze is also a close one. Ukraine's first routine is from Nazar Chepurnyi, who struggles on his final pass and takes a big step while Paul Juda nails his pommel horse set, a well-executed routine with slightly lower difficulty. 13.366 for Chepurnyi and 13.900 for Juda means the U.S. pull further ahead.
Correa (PER) advances in first heat of the day
With a still rising sun casting a soft golden light over the lineup, Round #3 of Men's Surfing got under way in fine fashion this morning with rising west swell and pristine conditions- at least for now.
Within the first 3 minutes of Heat #1, there had already been 3 beautful barrels ridden, all of them bigger and more powerful than anything we have seen yet in the competition. If the wind cooperates, it is going to be a day to remember if you like watching world class surfers get barreled out of their minds.
Peru's Alonso Correa opened the scoring in his heat against South Africa's Jordy Smith by pulling into a standup tube straight from his takeoff. No bottom turn needed. For the effort, he earned a 4.83 before packing another, higher-scoring tube ride less than 60 seconds later. Smith (RSA) answered almost immediately with an air-drop to barrel that got him a 5.90.
But it was Alonso (PER) who advanced to the Quarter Finals thanks to his third wave of the heat, a sparkling, standup tube that he rode from behind the foam ball, driving across the reef to a flawless exit. It got him an 8.50 and the heat win.
Alonso Correa (PER) rides the foam ball during the first heat of Round 3
Zou scores 16.000 on parallel bars to help People's Republic of China extend team lead
There's nothing quite like a Zou Jingyuan routine on parallel bars.
He scores an impressive 16.000 for his routine, which is actually less than he got in qualifying.
It's still miles ahead of everyone else on the apparatus though.
Meanwhile, Team USA is doing its best to build up its score before reaching the pommel horse – Fred Richard scores a solid 14.466 on floor, which moves the U.S. ahead of Ukraine, but now behind Japan, whose strong parallel bars move them into second.
- China 219.296
- Japan 216.029
- USA 215.327
- Ukraine 213.529
- Great Britain 211.361
One rotation left.
People's Republic of China still hold lead after four rotations
After four rotations, China lead Ukraine by 0.433 points, 173.463 to 173.030.
USA sits third on 172.528.
But China are headed next to parallel bars, where they have arguably the best specialist on that apparatus, Zou Jingyuan, to help them increase that lead.
And Japan, back in fourth, are relying on lower scores from USA or Ukraine in the two remaining rotations.
The U.S. is on floor next, with pommel horse – probably the team's weakest apparatus – to finish.
Japan and People's Republic of China make headway on vault
The big scores are coming on the vault now with both China and Japan on that apparatus.
Hashimoto Daiki makes up for his earlier pommel horse error by scoring 14.900.
Meanwhile, over on parallel bars, Max Whitlock got a nice cheer, but he scores only 13.900, which is one of the lower totals on that apparatus today.
Halfway through the men's team artistic gymnastics final
We've had three rotations in the men's team final here in Bercy now, and as expected, People's Republic of China lead the way.
They're on 131.364, with USA sitting second on 130.163 and Great Britain third on 128.429.
Japan had another rough rotation on rings and are now back in fifth on 128.231.
- Judo
Medal Moment
Men's 73kg judo gold for Heydarov
Over at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, France have picked up another judo medal, but it's silver for Joan-Benjamin Gaba, to the slight disappointment of the home crowd.
Azerbaijan's Hidayat Heydarov gets a golden score ippon in a close bout to take the gold.
Adil Osmanov, representing Moldova, and Japan's Hashimoto Soichi claimed the bronze medals.
It is game ON for Surfing
Round 3 of both Men's and Women's Surfing has been called ON for today. The men will surf first with the first heat in the water within the hour.
Stay tuned for a full day of high-octane action live and direct from the South Pacific.
Medal Moment
- Skateboarding
Horigome retains men's street skateboarding title with last-trick heroics
Oh wow.
The defending champion in men's street skateboarding, Yuto Horigome of Japan, was sitting down in seventh before his final trick.
But he's absolutely nailed the 270 nollie bluntslide on the big hubba, his last chance to improve his score, receiving a massive 97.08 from the judges to catapult him into the lead on 281.14.
Only Jagger Eaton (281.04) and Nyjah Huston (279.38) can overtake him now.
But Huston bails on his last trick and will take bronze. Eaton can't do it either!
In dramatic fashion, Yuto Horigome is a two-time Olympic champion!
Yuto Horigome competes in the men's street skateboard final
On U.S. broadcaster NBC, analyst Ryan Sheckler says: "That final was the gnarliest final of competitive skateboarding that I’ve ever seen."
Advantage to the People's Republic of China in the men's team final?
Over on pommel horse, we've had the first misstep from one of the top two teams – China and Japan, who are favoured to take the top two steps of the podium between them.
It's Hashimoto Daiki, who comes off on pommel horse for Japan. Just 13.100 for him.
Advantage China?
- Judo
Medal Moment
Christa Deguchi wins historic judo gold for Canada
Canada had never won a judo gold medal at the Olympic Games. Until today.
Christa Deguchi and her Republic of Korea opponent Huh Mimi can't be separated in regulation time in the women's 57kg final, so they're off to golden score.
And in the golden score period, Huh picks up three shidos (warnings) – equivalent to an automatic ippon for her opponent, Deguchi, who can't quite believe it.
Bronzes went to Funakubo Haruka of Japan and home favourite Sarah Léonie Cysique.
Biles to compete all four apparatus in women's team final tomorrow
Meanwhile, some news to bring you regarding Simone Biles: she will do all four apparatus for the U.S. in tomorrow night's women's team final.
Paul Juda fired up on vault
USA's Paul Juda absolutely nails his Kasamatsu 1.5 vault, sticks the landing, and is fired up!
He goes running back down the side of the platform, high fiving all his teammates.
The crowd, which features a big contingent of U.S. fans, loved that too.
It's 14.666 for Juda and the U.S. – the highest score on vault so far today.
- Canoe Slalom
Medal Moment
France celebrate men's C-1 canoe slalom gold
Over in Vaires-sur-Marne, only one man can overtake Adam Burgess at the top now: the French top qualifier, Nicolas Gestin, who is getting strong home support.
His time to beat is 96.84, so no room for error!
This is a fast run and he has absolutely mastered the course! Gold for France! 91.36 seconds.
Burgess wins silver for Great Britain, and Slovakia win bronze through Matej Benus.
Men's team final: Standings after 1/6 rotations
Our first rotation is done and Great Britain, led by a big 15.266 from Max Whitlock on horse, are in the lead.
- Great Britain 43.332
- Japan 43.266
- Canada 43.166
Next, Japan and People's Republic of China are moving to pommel horse; Ukraine and Great Britain to still rings; Italy and USA to vault; and Canada and Switzerland to parallel bars.
Burgess leads men's canoe slalom C-1 final
Ireland's Liam Jegou – who received pretty loud cheers from the home crowd given his French ancestry from his father's side – clips the 23rd and final gate to pick up a two-second penalty, leaving him out of the medals.
But Great Britain's Adam Burgess, after a wait for the judges to check his run, can celebrate – he's gone fastest, clearing the course in 96.84 seconds.
Three men to go.
Hashimoto Daiki nails floor routine in team final
Hashimoto Daiki, the reigning all-around champion, struggled the other day in qualification.
But here, he hits his floor routine, much to the delight of his teammates watching from the sidelines.
Hashimoto too loves it - a big fist pump. He's showed up today. 14.633, 0.9 better than he did two days ago.
- Archery
Medal Moment
Republic of Korea continue archery domination, beating France in men's team final
Over at the Invalides, the Republic of Korea have continued their domination of the archery events.
They, as expected, reached the men's team final, where they defeated the hosts France, a surprise qualifier to reach this stage, 5-1 on set points.
Türkiye won bronze.
Men's team artistic final starting now
We're at the Bercy Arena tonight for the men's team artistic gymnastics final.
Here's how it will work: each team will nominate only three members for each apparatus, from their team of five. All three scores will count, with no discards. There is no room for error.
People's Republic of China and Japan start on floor, Great Britain and Ukraine on pommel horse, USA and Italy on still rings, and Switzerland and Canada on vault.
Max Whitlock of Great Britain gets perhaps the biggest cheer from the crowd during the introductions. There are a lot of fans who've made the short trip across the Channel for this, and GB will start on Whitlock's best apparatus.
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Ri and Kim from Democratic People's Republic of Korea reach table tennis mixed doubles final
Wow. The lowest-ranked team in the table tennis mixed doubles competition have reached the final.
They're the 16th and lowest seeds by virtue of not having played much internationally in recent years, but Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong of DPR Korea are now guaranteed an Olympic Games medal.
The duo have beaten the second, eighth, and now the fourth seeds, Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong China, to reach the final.
They win 4-3 (11-3, 10-12, 3-11, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6) and will play either the world number one duo of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha of People's Republic of China or Republic of Korea pair Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin in the gold medal match tomorrow afternoon.
Wang/Sun face Lim/Shin up next.
Tom Pidcock on second mountain bike gold: "It was suffering, suffering"
We've just managed to speak to the now two-time Olympic champion, Tom Pidcock, after his earlier win in the men's mountain bike cross-country race.
"It's certainly pretty special," he said of his remarkable comeback. "It was suffering, suffering. I enjoy the races where I put the work in and it's kind of easier – Tokyo was better in that respect, because I was in control.
"Here, I was not in control, I was fighting to come back. I made two mistakes, I punctured and fell off the course in the same place, so it was a battle out there."