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More reaction from medal winners on Day 2 at Paris 2024
And here are a few selected quotes from medal winners today you may have missed.
Archery, women's team
Olympic champion Lim Sihyeon, part of the winning Republic of Korea team:
"The weight of achieving the 10th consecutive Olympic title was very heavy, but I am extremely proud of (teammates Jeon) Hunyoung and (Nam) Suhyeon for overcoming that pressure so well.
"It would be a lie if I said that I didn’t feel any pressure. Over the past 40 years, members of the national team have changed, so it was a new challenge for us. I am grateful to be part of Korea’s archery history."
Canoe slalom, Women's kayak single
Bronze medallist Kimberley Woods, on bouncing back from finishing last in Tokyo to win a medal:
"I just knew I was happy that I'd done a good run, and there was a little mistake in it, but I'm really proud that I went out there and paddled who I wanted to be.
"I knew there was a bit of a nervous wait. I think it sunk in a little bit towards the end of the celebration."
Fencing, women's foil
Champion Lee Kiefer, who retained her title from Tokyo, is balancing competing with medical studies:
"I'm still stunned. I don't realise it happened just because it's been such a long day with a lot of highs and lows. But here we are making history, it's awesome.
"These have been the most epic last few days of my life, being on the boat for the parade at the Opening Ceremony and then just taking in the grandeur of the Grand Palais. This is not real life.
"I don’t think my life is going to change. That's just me, I’m chill. I’m a good fencer and I still have a lot of studying to do!"
Shooting, women's 10m air pistol
Manu Bhaker, bronze medallist, on becoming India's first female shooter to win an Olympic medal:
"I just put all my effort into staying in the moment until the last second, just not giving up and keep trying harder and harder. You have to hold yourself together, because that’s what all the hard work is for. Although the competition was neck-and-neck and I lost silver by .1, I’m still very grateful to win bronze for my country.
"The entire final was nerve-racking, and I knew I had to pull myself together and not do anything I normally wouldn’t do. Just go with the flow, try my best and leave everything out there."
Skateboarding, women's street
Yoshizawa Coco, the newest skateboarding Olympic champion from Japan, suceeding Nishiya Momiji as women's street gold medallist:
"I'm really happy and I'm still surprised that I won. Completing the big spin flip felt fantastic because I hadn't managed it in practice, so to nail it here meant a lot.
"The crowd, especially the support from people who came all the way from Japan, really boosted our spirits. Even though there were many Brazilian supporters, knowing we had our own fans here was empowering."
Swimming, men's 400m individual medley
The home hero of the day, Léon Marchand, who set a new Olympic record en route to gold:
"I never had a moment’s peace during those four minutes, I was going at 100 per cent the whole time.
"I was trying to set a record, but I realised that I was well ahead after the backstroke. My aim was to beat a record this evening, I was feeling very good, I was in good shape, and after the last 50m, I really took advantage of the crowd around me, who were making a lot of noise.
"I knew I was ahead and that I knew I was going to be Olympic champion, so it was a very beautiful moment for me."
Léon Marchand competes in the men's 400m individual medley final at Paris 2024
And he didn't win a medal today, but here's a bonus quote from Andy Murray, who alongside Dan Evans saved five match points before coming back to win in their tennis men's doubles first round match.
Speaking to the BBC, Murray said:
"In the moment, when we finished the match, both of us were just laughing. I haven't celebrated a match like that since maybe the Kokkinakis match [at the Australian Open in 2023].
"What an amazing feeling to get through that. There was a bit of shock and genuine happiness at the end of it."
Igarashi from Team Japan wins Heat #1 of Men's Surfing Round 2
Round 2 of Men's Surfing openend with Japan's Kanoa Igarashi, the reigning Olympic Silver Medalist, facing off against his good friend from Italy, Leonardo Fioravanti.
Igarashi (JPN) dominated from the start and won the heat handily. Surfing on his backhand, he found his way into multiple long tubes and even landed the contest's first air, a chophop 360 into the wind performed after exiting a particularly long pig dog-style barrel. It was clear that Igarashi was a man on a mission and his total heat score of 13.87 proved it.
Fioravanti (ITL), with combined score of 7.00, was eliminated.
The stoke was high for Japan's Kanoa Igarashi in Heat #1 of Men's Surfing Round 2
Anat Lelior from Israel moves on to Round 3
In the final Women's Round 2 heat, Israel's Anat Lelior took an early lead and never looked back. She dropped into one of the best waves seen all day and slotted herself perfectly in the barrel for a 6.5. She was in complete control from that moment on against Team Spain's Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri.
Lelior (ISR) won the heat with an 11.00 total heat score to Gonzalez Etxabarri's (ESP) 2.80.
With that result, Women's Surfing has concluded for the day. Next up, Men's Round 2 will be in the water shortly.
Lelior (ISR) parks it in the barrel to help stave off elimination in Round 2
Editor's Pick
Team sports roundup at Paris 2024, Day 2
Here are all the results from today's team sports events at Paris 2024:
Women's artistic gymnastics - women's qualifying, team final qualifiers
- USA 172.296
- Italy 166.861
- People's Republic of China 166.628
- Brazil 166.499
- Japan 162.196
- Canada 161.563
- Great Britain 160.830
- Romania 159.497
Men's basketball
- South Sudan 90-79 Puerto Rico
- Serbia 84-110 USA
Women's basketball
- Spain 90-89 China
- Serbia 58-55 Puerto Rico
Equestrian - Eventing, standings after cross-country
- Great Britain 82.50
- France 87.20
- Japan 93.80
Women's football
- New Zealand 0-2 Colombia
- Brazil 1-2 Japan
- Australia 6-5 Zambia
- Spain 1-0 Nigeria
- France 1-2 Canada
- USA 4-1 Germany
Women's handball
- Brazil 24-25 Hungary
- Rep. of Korea 23-30 Slovenia
- Sweden 31-28 Germany
- Denmark 18-27 Norway
- Angola 26-21 Spain
- France 32-28 Netherlands
Women's hockey
- Belgium 2-1 China
- Australia 2-1 South Africa
- Germany 2-0 Japan
- Great Britain 1-2 Spain
Men's hockey
- Germany 0-2 Spain
- Netherlands 4-0 France
- Belgium 2-1 New Zealand
- South Africa 2-2 Great Britain
Women's rugby sevens
- Ireland 12-21 Great Britain
- Australia 34-5 South Africa
- USA 36-7 Japan
- France 26-0 Brazil
- Fiji 14-17 Canada
- New Zealand 43-5 China
- Ireland 38-0 South Africa
- Australia 36-5 Great Britain
- USA 24-5 Brazil
- France 49-0 Japan
- Fiji 12-40 China
- New Zealand 33-7 Canada
Women's volleyball
- Italy 3-1 Dominican Republic
- Poland 3-1 Japan
Men's volleyball
- France 3-2 Serbia
- Slovenia 3-1 Canada
Men's water polo
- Australia 5-9 Spain
- Serbia 16-15 Japan
- Italy 12-8 USA
- Croatia 11-8 Montenegro
- France 12-13 Hungary
- Romania 7-14 Greece
Hopkins (POR) and Hinckel (BRA) advance in challenging conditions
Mother Nature threw a few curveballs in Heat #6 and #7. Conditions suffered as the wind swirled and the waves all but stopped at times during these late Round 2 heats. Nonetheless, with Olympic dreams on the line, the competition remained fierce.
Portugal's Yolanda Hopkins endured a brutal, headfirst wipeout at the start of Heat #6 but she didn't let it slow her down. She paddled back out without hesitation and got right back to buisness. Soon enough, she scored the heat's best wave, a 3.67, by drawing a big bottom turn up the face of the wave and powerfully snapping off the lip. It was a one maneuver wave and it proved to be a heat winner. Her total heat score of 4.67 was enough to beat New Zealand's Saffi Vette and her combined wave total of 1.27.
Heat #7 wasn't any better conditions wise as both surfers failed to find a rideable wave for the first ten minutes of the thirty minute heat. However, after opening the scoring, Brazil's Tainá Hinckel surfed a strong techincal heat, controlling priority and working the clock to her favor against Canada's Sanoa Dempfle-Olin. Surfing mostly on the open face and executing strong top turns, Hinckel (BRA) was able to advance with a total heat score of 7.10. Despite some big drops and fast turns in the pocket, Dempfle-Olin (CAN) was eliminated with a heat score of 6.30.
Yolanda Hopkins (POR) was willing to pay the price in her Round 2 heat
Canada's Sanoa Dempfle-Olin snaps a strong turn in the pocket in Heat #7 of Round 2
Emotional Adam Peaty reflects on silver
We've just heard from Adam Peaty in the post-race press conference, where he was visibly emotional.
He referenced taking time off from the sport, and wanting to do well for his son, who is here in Paris watching him.
"The race I was in with Arno (Kamminga) and Qin (Haiyang), I thought I had it. […] Did I get caught up in the battle with the two people next to me? Possibly.
"I did it for my son, and this whole 14 months is literally to show you can be at the bottom and try to find a way through.
"You have races where you're unhappy because you don't execute the plan, but tonight I've executed it exactly how my coach asked me to. The man who was meant to win it has won it, and I'm so happy for Niccolò [Martinenghi].
"I have a grin on my face because I've seen 2012 with Cameron [van den Burgh] winning it, set myself the goal of beating him at Commonwealth [Games], which I did in 2014, and that was 10 years ago. If you took the top eight or top 16 in any event, how many of them are still medalling now from 10 years ago?
"It's a true pleasure, a true joy to put myself on the line. Ninety-nine point nine percent of people don't want to put themselves in that situation, so these are the true gladiators – and [Niccolò] I'm so happy for you tomorrow morning because you get to look at that gold medal.
"I gave my absolute best, and that was it."
The champion Martinenghi said: "That was my goal - it's been the goal in my mind since I was eight years old. And with Adam, I saw him first of all on the TV and started to race with him when I was 16.
"And now, after eight years, to become Olympic champion next to Adam, it's a dream come true. Before the race, I was in a strange situation – I didn't think about anything. During the race, I started to say, just be free with myself. In the last 50 metres, the last 10 strokes, I saw Nic (Fink) next to me and we have to fight.
"It's what I love to do. I love to race and I live to enjoy the moment. Winning the gold medal in front of my family, my girlfriend, my friends, my teammates, was incredible - probably the best feeling of my life."
Adam Peaty, Niccolò Martinenghi, and Nic Fink pose on the podium after the men's 100m breaststroke victory ceremony
Nic Fink, Peaty's fellow silver medallist, is a rare breed in modern sport: a part-time athlete at the very top level.
"I'm just at the point of my life where I threw the kitchen sink at swimming and saw what happened and was happy with it," he said. "It was good to wrap up that point of my life and try to move on to other stages while keeping a high level in swimming, and I think having the job helps me compartmentalise everything.
"I could've probably closed the door on my career and it's only gotten better and better. LA is only four years away and a home Olympics would be pretty cool."
- Fencing
Medal Moment
Lee Kiefer, Kano Koki win fencing golds on Day 2
Over at the Grand Palais, the day's two fencing events have concluded.
Lee Kiefer won an all-U.S. women's foil final, successfully defending her Tokyo 2020 title against teammate Lauren Scruggs 15-6.
Eleanor Harvey of Canada beat Italy's Alice Volpi for bronze.
Meanwhile, Japan's Kano Koki ended home hopes of fencing gold by taking the men's épée against Yannick Borel of France, 15-9.
Egypt's Mohamed Elsayed took bronze.
Turns and tubes help Weston-Webb (BRA) avoid elimination
The wind was once again a factor in Heat #5 but Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb managed to make the most of it. Her heat best single wave score of 5.50 was earned by locking into a clean frontside barrel followed by a fluid and visibly powerful roundhouse cutback. She backed it up with a long, open-faced wave where she linked together 4 consecutive turns off the top that got her a 4.0. Her 9.5 total wave score was good enough to avoid elimination and move her on to Round 3.
Nicaragua's Candelaria Resano was active, hunting tubes and looking for open-faces worth attacking but she just couldn't find the scores today.
Weston-Webb (BRA) with a clean tube ride en route to winning her Round 2 heat
Medal Moment
- Swimming
Adam Peaty wins silver in 100m breaststroke final behind Martinenghi
It's time for the men's 100m breaststroke final. Adam Peaty (GBR), having returned to the sport after taking a long break for his mental health, is looking for a third consecutive gold medal in this event.
He's the top qualifier, too, with People's Republic of China's Qin Haiyang in lane five next to him. But it's a stacked final, including names such as Arno Kamminga and Nic Fink.
It's a fast start in lane two for Caspar Corbeau of Netherlands, but they're all pretty evenly matched coming to the turn.
Qin turns in the lead, just, from Peaty. Here comes the Brit though - this crowd is roaring him on. Out in lane seven Niccolò Martinenghi is pushing though!
Are we about to see an upset?
We are! Martinenghi wins! 59.03, from Peaty in 59.05, and Fink tied for silver with Peaty in the same time!
Peaty, graciously, seeks the Italian out for a hug.
Johanne Defay (FRA) is on to Round 3
Generally speaking, the playing field doesn't change in the middle of competition for most sports. But surfing isn't most sports. Case in point, Heat #4 in Round 2 of Women's Surfing. A passing rain squall put a wicked chop on the wave during the start of Molly Picklum (AUS) and Johanne Defay's (FRA) elimination matchup before the wind clocked back to the north and smoothed things out for some prime tube riding as the heat wore on.
Surf fans everywhere were eagerly anticpating this matchup between two of the world's best. And while Picklum (AUS) turned in a valiant effort it was the veteran Deefay (FRA) who advanced thanks to multiple deep tube rides and some fast and loose surfing including a couple radical top turns, blowing her fins out the back of the wave on more than one occasion. It was an impressive performance made even more impressive considering she was surfing with fresh stitches in hear head after a collision with the reef yesterday.
Coming out of the heat's first succesfully navigated tube ride, Picklum's commitment was on full display early on as she followed her barrel with a series of turns that concluded with a wave-ending lipper directly over dry reef. It was a radical display by the young Australian and earned her a 5.83, a score which put her in the lead at the time.
But Defay soon countered with the best wave of the heat, a crisp, clean, perfectly positioned tube ride that went on and on as she dug her hand into the wave face to slow her speed and stay covered. She emerged and cranked two cutbacks before kicking out. The result was a 7.83.
In the end, Picklum, with a total heat score of 7.43, was elminated. Bested by Defay's total of 11.83.
Johanne Defay (FRA) hand drags her way through the tube in Round 2
Johanne Defay (FRA), sporting a hat to cover up some fresh stitches on her head after a bad wipeout in Round 1, is all smiles after winning her Round 2 heat
Rio champ Marín wins first match, 2021 world champ Loh also victorious
Another quick check of today's badminton results for you.
The Rio 2016 Olympic champion Carolina Marín of Spain got her women's singles campaign off to a good start with a hard-fought win over Switzerland's Jenjira Stadelmann 21-11, 21-19.
Meanwhile, 2021 men's singles world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore opened with a win over Czechia's Jan Louda 21-13, 21-10.
Men's fourth seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark also won.
Afterwards, he said of his competition:
"I feel like I’m among a big group of players who can go all the way. There are 14 (seeded) players who are capable of winning this tournament. I think we are so equal at the top.
"I will do my absolute best to go as far as I can. I have dreams and high hopes, but so do all the others and I believe they have come prepared, as well."
Australia's Matildas stage remarkable football comeback
One of the more crazy football matches I've seen in a while.
The Matildas of Australia go 4-2 down at half-time to Zambia in a must-win game after their opening loss.
But that wasn't the end of the scoring. After six goals in the first half, we got five in the second, as Australia staged an incredible comeback to win 6-5.
Earlier, in a shock result, Marta's Brazil lost 2-1 to Japan.
Team Japan's Matsuda advances to Round 3
Despite trailing for more than half the heat, Matsuda Shino (JPN) found the best wave of the day thus far to secure her place in Round 3.
Portugal's Teresa Bonvalot had the lead and wave priority when Matsuda snuck underneath and dropped into what would prove to be the heat winner. The Japanese goofy foot expertly navigated a steep drop and slight bobble on her bottom turn before pulling into a big, round barrel, disappearing from view, and coming out with the spit. The wave earned her a 7.67, the primary part of her winning heat score of 9.77.
With a combined heat score of 6.84, Bonvalot (POR) was eliminated.
Matsuda Shino (JPN) takes a moment to soak it all in after winning her Round 2 heat
Medal Moment
- Swimming
Huske leads U.S. 1-2 in women's 100m fly final
What a women's 100m fly final!
Torri Huske of USA has a blistering reaction time but drops back a little on the first 50 as teammate Gretchen Walsh, the world record holder, takes the lead at the turn.
But Huske puts on the afterburners coming back and moves up from third into first and out-sprints everyone to the wall!
55.59 the winning time, Walsh just 0.04 behind, and Zhang Yufei of People's Republic of China takes bronze on 56.21.
Andy Murray's career continues for another round!
High drama in the tennis.
The third set is, of course, a match tiebreak in the doubles.
And Daniel and Nishikori run out to a 9-4 lead in the first-to-10 set.
But Evans and Murray save all five match points, then convert on their own, to win 2-6 7-6 (5) [11]-[9].
Andy Murray in action
Medal Moment
- Swimming
Léon Marchand sends home crowd wild with 400m IM win in Olympic record time
We've been told there are 15,000 people in here today – a record for a swimming meet in France.
Most of them are here to see Léon Marchand, the top seed from the heats in the men's 400m individual medley.
His world record is 4:02.50. Michael Phelps – who is here – owns the Olympic record of 4:03.84, set at Beijing 2008.
Could both marks fall today? As a reminder, it's butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.
The roof has well and truly been raised as Marchand is introduced.
"Allez, Léon!" is the chant.
Marchand is out into a quick lead down the first 50, roared on by an insatiable crowd. He is being matched, though, by Seto Daiya in lane three next to him.
The Frenchman will just narrowly lead into the backstroke. This crowd is at volume 100, and it's not getting any quieter as Marchand opens his lead over Seto, first to half a length then a full length.
He's pulling away now! Over a length and every time he comes up for air on the breaststroke, this crowd roars. Two lengths the lead! The golden boy is dominating!
Onto the freestyle and he is alone at the front by a good five lengths. It's not close. The big question is, what will the time be? He makes the final turn and sprints for home.
Watch the clock! 4:02.95, a new Olympic record and just outside the world record!
He just stands at his blocks, looking up to the timing screen and taking it all in. He acknowledges the crowd with a wave.
This place is absolutely electric!
Silver goes to Matsushita Tomoyuki of Japan in 4:08.62, with Carson Foster (USA) taking bronze in 4:08.66.
Editor's Pick
- Swimming
Léon Marchand's coach learns French
Meanwhile, French content creators ATFrenchies are here at the La Défense Arena.
They've recently been spending time teaching Léon Marchand's coach (and Michael Phelps' old coach), Bob Bowman, how to speak French!
You can watch that video below.
Coach Bob Bowman meets his French teachers!
Marchand watch at the swimming finals
Meanwhile, at the La Défense Arena, we're just minutes away from the swimming finals starting.
Home favourite and world record holder Léon Marchand is up first in the men's 400m individual medley final.
This crowd has been chanting his name and singing the French national anthem in the build-up.
Evans and Murray force decider
Despite being broken twice in the second, Evans and Murray have broken back both times.
With the rest of the second set on serve, we're headed to a tie-break.
A couple of mini-breaks are traded, but when it's all said and done, the Brits come up on top to force a third and deciding set.
2-6 7-6 (5).
There's life in Andy Murray's career yet.
Eliminations are underway in Women's Surfing
Round 2 of Surfing has begun in Tahiti. Today, all the athletes who didn't win their heat yesterday get one more chance to advance. Surfing head to head in two-person heats, the surfers will have 30-minutes to get their best two waves possible.
The women are surfing first today in waves that are running anywhere from headhigh to well overhead. Though the size is fairly simialr to yesterday, the actual surfing condtions are quite different at the moment with a sllighlty sideshore breeze limiting the number of makeable barrels moving through the lineup and, instead, giving the surfers more of an open-faced wave to work with. Think more turns, more priority strategy, more paddle battles, and less tube time- at least for now.
Heat #1 pitted Sol Aguirre (PER) against the comp's youngest competitor, 15 year old Yang Siki from the Peoples Republic of China. Surfing on her backhand, Yang (CHN) used deep bottom turns into near vertical snaps off the lip to advance. Her highest score was a 4.50 but she earned her second best score, a 4.17 for a wave where she managed only one maneuver, a big lip bash over nearly dry reef where she freefall to the bottom of the wave and rode away flawlessly. Despite changing boards mid-heat in hopes of getting on something better suited for turns than barrels and displaying some strong rail work with her tunrs, Aguirre (PER) was the first surfer to be eliminated from the Olympics.
Heat #2 saw a swirling wind open up a few proper barrels on the set waves and Sarah Baum from Team South Africa capitalized. Surfing on her frontside, the goofy foot linked up some tube time with a big frontside gouge before pulling in to a slighly bigger, cleaner barrel a few minutes later. Her barrel hunting earned her a 5.67 and a 4.83 and, more importantly, a place in Round 3. Germany's Camilla Kemp was eliminated.
Yang Siki (CHN) cracks a lip with authority in her Round 2 heat
South Africa's Sarah Baum goes barrel hunting on her way to winning her Round 2 heat
Andy Murray on the brink
In what could be the last match of his long, storied career, Andy Murray and men's doubles partner Dan Evans find themselves a set down to Daniel Taro and Nishikori Kei of Japan.
Daniel and Nishikori took the first set 6-2, while the two teams have traded breaks in the second.
2-2 in the second right now.
French fans ready to watch Marchand in final
Just an hour to go to the start of this evening's swimming finals.
There's one man nearly everyone has come to see: Léon Marchand is expected to break France's gold medal drought in the pool, which has lasted 12 years.
French fans wearing Léon Marchand masks gather outside the Paris La Défense Arena
KD, Lebron lead U.S. to big win over Serbia
So much for that slow start. After falling behind 2-10 in the first quarter, the U.S. men's basketball team dominated their Paris 2024 opener against Serbia.
Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Lebron James 21 – Lebron also got seven rebounds and nine assists – as the U.S. ran out 110-84 winners.
- Judo
Medal Moment
Uzbekistan's Keldiyorova wins gold, having beaten two Olympic champs
Well, this is a surprise. Tokyo 2020 champion in the 48kg category, Distria Krasniqi of Kosovo, is beaten in this year's women's 52kg judo finla.
Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan – who beat defending champ Abe Uta earlier – wins by waza-ari.
Larissa Pimenta of Brazil and Amandine Buchard of hosts France take bronze.
Day 2 is a go in Tahiti
We've just heard word from Tahiti that the officials have been out to check the wave at Teahupo'o and called the day's surfing action ON.
Competition starts in 25 minutes or so.
Officials prepare to check wave conditions in Tahiti on Day 2 of Paris 2024