Paris Olympics Day 9 Highlights: Noah Lyles Of The USA Wins Men's 100m Gold; Novak Djokovic Wins His First OLY Gold

Welcome to our live coverage of the ninth day of the Paris Olympics. Be with us as we follow all the live action from today.

12:30 PM

Golf - Men’s round - Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar

Shooting - Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification (Stage 1) - Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu

Shooting - Women’s skeet qualification - Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chouhan

1:30 PM

Hockey: Men’s quarter-finals - India vs Great Britain

1:35 PM

Athletics: Women’s 3000m steeplechase heats - Parul Chaudhary

2:30 PM

Athletics: Men’s long jump qualification - Jeswin Aldrin

3:02 PM

Boxing: Women’s boxing 75kg quarter-final: Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Quian

3:30 PM

Badminton: Men’s singles semi-final - Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen

3:35 PM

Sailing: Men’s ILCA 7 (Race 7 and 8) - Vishnu Sarvanan

4:30 PM

Shooting: Shooting - Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification (Stage 2)- Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu

6:05 PM

Sailing: Women’s ILCA 6 (Race 7 and 8) - Nethra Kumanan

7:00 PM

Shooting: Women’s skeet final (if qualified) - Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chouhan

The timings are given in IST

12:30 PM IST - Golf - Men’s Individual Stroke Play Round 4

1:30 PM IST - Equestrian - Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle

3:30 PM IST - Tennis - Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match, Men’s Singles Gold Medal Match, Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Match

3:34 PM IST - Boxing - Women’s 54kg Semifinal

3:50 PM IST - Boxing - Men’s 51kg Semifinal

4:06 PM IST- Boxing - Men’s 63.5kg Semifinal

4:22 PM IST- Boxing - Men’s 80kg Semifinal

4:38 PM IST - Boxing - Men’s 92kg Semifinal

5:00 PM IST- Table Tennis - Men’s Singles Medal Matches

5:30 PM IST- Cycling - Women’s Road Race

6:03 PM IST- Archery - Men’s Individual Medal Matches

6:30 PM IST- Artistic Gymnastics - Men’s Rings Final

6:30 PM IST- Badminton - Men’s Doubles Medal Matches

7:00 PM IST - Shooting - Skeet Women’s Final

7:10 PM IST- Artistic Gymnastics - Women’s Uneven Bars Final

7:54 PM IST - Artistic Gymnastics - Men’s Vault Final

8:04 PM IST- Boxing - Women’s 54kg Semifinal

8:20 PM IST- Boxing - Men’s 51kg Semifinal

8:36 PM IST - Boxing - Men’s 63.5kg Semifinal

8:52 PM IST- Boxing - Men’s 80kg Semifinal

9:08 PM IST- Boxing - Men’s 92kg Semifinal

10:00 PM IST - Swimming - Women’s 50m Freestyle Final

10:07 PM IST- Swimming - Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final

10:40 PM IST- Fencing - Men’s Foil Team Finals

10:40 PM IST- Swimming - Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final

11:02 PM IST- Swimming - Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final

11:25 PM IST - Swimming - Women’s High Jump Final

12:00 AM IST- Athletics - Men’s Hammer Throw Final

01:20 AM IST- Athletics - Men’s 100m Final

Puerto Rico 83-104 USA

Serbia 96-85 South Sudan

Quarter-finalist teams - USA, Germany, Canada, Serbia, France, Australia, Brazil, Greece

Sha'Carri Richardson's comeback story marked the end when Julien Alfred emerged in the rain to claim the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to bring the first-ever Olympic medal to her island country of Saint Lucia.

Men's Singles Gold Medal Match:

The Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic will face Spain's yound sensation Carlos Alcaraz in the summit clash.

Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match:

Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic will take on Spains Cristina Bucsa and Sara Tormo Sorribes at 3:30 PM IST at the Philippe Chatrier.

Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match:

The Italian duo of Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani will go head to head with the pair of Mirra Andreeva and Dian Shnaider

With Amit Panghal, Nishant Dev, Nikhat Zareen, Preeti Pawar, and Jasmine Lamboria's elimination in their respective bouts, India's medal hope is held only on Lovlina Borgohain. She will face the Chinses boxer Li Quian today in the Women’s boxing 75kg quarter-final. If Borgohain who had claimed the bronze at the Tokyo Olympics manages to edge out Quian, India will book another bronze at least.

The swimmer from United States, Katie Ledecky, won her fourth consecutive (and ninth career gold) medal in 800-meter freestyle yesterday.

The first action of the ninth day of Paris Olympics kicked off at La Chapelle Arena Court 1. The reigning world champion An Se Young of Korea will battle against Indonesia's Gregoria Mariska in the semi-finals of the women's singles badminton competition.

Mariska with a good start is leading.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the two-time women's 100m Olympic champion withdrew just prior to the semi-final round on Saturday night as she was forced to do so due to an injury sustained during her final warm-up ahead of the race. Today she released a statement on Instagram, have a look

Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar is traling after round 3 of the Olympics men's golf event.

Sharma shot two late birdies handing him card 1-over 72. However, he slipped to Tied-48th at 2-under for three rounds.

Bhullar shot even par 71 and was T-48th placing him in a tie for 48th position.

In the Olympic golf tournament, unlike many other tournaments, there is no cut, so all players continue to compete regardless of their scores.

In the Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualification (Stage 1), Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu from India takes part.

Sidhu is done with the 6 seconds round in Stage 1 earning 293 points after the three rounds of Stage 1.

The event takes place in four relays.

The second day of women's skeet qualification is underway and India's Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon are in action.

Indian athelte Parul Chaudhary finishes 8th in her heat in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase with a timing of 9:23.39. With only the top 5 athletes qualifying for final round, it marks the campaign end for Parul Chaudhary.

Both the events of Parul Chaudhary -  5000m heat and 3000m SC, now completed with 14th and 8th finishes.

Next Hope:

Men's Long Jump Qualification: Jeswin Aldrin, 2.30 pm

Currently, on the second day of the Women's Skeet Qualification, the Indian Shooters Maheshwari and Raiza are at 6th with 96 points and 25th with 66 points respectively.

Day 1 score:

Maheshwari Chauhan - 23, 24, 24

Raiza Dhillon - 21, 22, 23

The hockey match between India and Great Britain so far in the first thirty minutes quarterfinal tie at the Paris Olympics have been really engaging. A red card for Amit Rohidas pushed India to 10 men right at the opening of the second quarter. However, even with one man down, skipper Harmanpreet converted a penalty corner to give India the lead. Great Britain though did not let the lead last as Lee Morton scored the equaliser soon enough. After halftime, the score is IND 1-1 GRB

Follow the live score and upates here.

In the cricket world, the 2024 T20 World Cup winning team India is facing Sri Lanka in the 2nd ODI match.

The Lankans led by Charith Asalanka won the toss and has opted to bat first against the Rohit Sharma led side.

Check the live score, update and highlights of the match here.

All the three qualification rounds of the women's 3000m steeplechase are completed now. The defending gold medallist Chemutai of Uganda leads all qualifiers with the top time of 9:10.51.

The Spaniard Carolina Marin withdrew from the women's singles badminton event of the Paris Olympics against China's He Bingjiao. Marin was leading in the second game but unfortunately her right knee buckled she immediately collapsed to the floor. At 10-8 she gave up.

With this, He (CHN) set a meeting now face An se-Yeong (KOR) for the gold medal match.

Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala with scores of 293 each after the first stage are placed fifth and seventh in the men's 5m Rapid Fire Pistol Qualification.

The Second stage of the event will kick off at around 4:30 PM. Both the Indians must qualify within the top six to enter the final.

PR Sreejesh denied Phillip in the third shootout and India extended their lead.

Rajkumar Pal then converted the fourth attempt and India win the shootout 4-2.

Team India won the hockey quarterfinal against Great Britain while playing with 10 men for most of the match, and they didn’t allow a single clear shot on goal. It was an extraordinary performance! Drama- Thrill- Stellar- Victory - Never seen something like that before!

Score - India won 1(4)-1(2) Great Britain

Indian boxers arrived at the Paris 2024 Games with high hopes, including Lovlina Borgohain, who had previously won a medal in Tokyo. Unfortunately, their journey has come to an end, as they failed to advance in their respective events. Below is a list of the boxers and where their dreams ended in Paris:

Amit Panghal (Men's 51 kg) in round of 16

Nishant Dev (Men's 71 kg) in quarters

Nikhat Zareen (Women's 50 kg) in round of 16

Preeti Pawar (Women's 54 kg) in round of 16

Jaismine Lamboria (Women's 57 kg) in round of 32

Lovlina Borgohain (Women's 75 kg) in quarters

India's only remaining shuttler in the fray, Lakshya Sen is up against reigning Olympic champion Denmark's Viktor Axelsen in the semi-final of the men's singles Badminton event at the Paris Olympics.

Axelsen leads the head-to-head record against Sen 7-1.

Follow the live updates and score in our badminton dedicated blog here.

In the Men's Long Jump Qualification round, India's Jeswin Aldrin, performing his third attempt has registered a 7.61m jump, which is not enough as the cut off was 7.90 for being in the final. That is a disappointment for the Indian, he finished 26th overall.

And, at the Roland Garros, the gold medal of the men's singles tennis event awaits the grab of either the 24-Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic or the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who has won back-to-back titles on this clay court and has defeated the Serbian at the final of Wimbledon back in July. The match is about to begin at and here's how you can stream it live.

In the Men's Long Jump qualification event at the Paris Olympics 2024, fans witnessed a spectacular performance from the defending Olympic, world and European champion, Miltiadis Tentoglou who represents Greek. He hits a 8.32m jump to cruise to the final, leading all the qualifiers.

So, India's lone warrior in Badminton, Lakshya Sen lost his battle to Denmark’s defending Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen 20-22, 14-21 in the men’s singles semifinal today afternoon. Lakshya will face Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in the bronze medal match on Monday, while Axelsen will take on Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the final.

In the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol qualifying event, India's Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish Bhanwala are currently placed fifth and seventh respectively after the first stage with a score of 293 each (14 inner 10s as against 11 inner 10s). The top six shooters will advance to the final.

The first gold medal of the day was delivered to Bredow-Werndl, who defended her Olympic title in Equestrian with a top score of 90.093. With this win, the German claimed her fourth gold medal.

Silver goes to Isabell Werth who is also from Germany.

Charlotte Fry of Great Britain secured the bronze.

Equestrian Podium:

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (GER): 90.093
Isabell Werth (GER): 89.614
Charlotte Fry (GBR): 88.971

At Roland Garros, Alcaraz and Djokovic is electrifying the Philippe Chatrier Court, showcasing a beautiful battle between experience and youth.

Djokovic leads 2-1 in the first set.

Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan is in action in race 8 of the men's dinghy competition at the Paris Olympics today. He finished seventh in race 7 of the same event, rising from 23rd to 14th place.

To qualify for the medal race, Saravana must qualify in the top 10 boats from the opening series.

The hope is alive.

Kim Woojin of Korea narrowly defeated the USA's Brady Ellison in a close men's individual archery final to claim gold. This victory marks his third gold medal of Paris 2024, making him the first archer to win five gold medals in the history of the Games.

Archery Men's Individual Podium:

1st - Kim Woojin (KOR)
2nd - Brady Ellison (USA)
3rd - Lee Wooseok (KOR)

Former Olympic champion Carolina Marin was forced to withdraw from her badminton semi-final on Sunday in a heart-wrenching scene after suffering a serious knee injury. Overwhelmed by emotion, Marin broke down in tears as she was forced to retire from the match.

A back-and-forth battle in the tiebreak sees Djokovic edge closer to victory. Alcaraz holds serve to level the score at 3-3, but a perfectly placed return from Djokovic gives him the mini-break.

A backhand error from the Spaniard extends the Serb's lead to 5-3. Djokovic capitalizes on Alcaraz's frustration, securing three set points with a powerful serve. The Serbian closes out the tiebreak, moving one set away from claiming the elusive title.

South Korea solidified its status as the undisputed king of archery by sweeping all gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The nation's archers showcased exceptional skill and precision, leaving their competitors in awe.

Men's individual - GOLD

Kim Woo-jin

Men's team - GOLD
Kim Je-deok
Kim Woo-jin
Lee Woo-seok

Women's individual - GOLD

Lim Si-hyeon

Women's team - GOLD

Jeon Hun-young
Lim Si-hyeon
Nam Su-hyeon

Mixed team - GOLD

Kim Woo-jin
Lim Si-hyeon

🥇Liu Yang (CHN): 15.300

🥈Zou Jingyuan (CHN): 15.233

🥉Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE): 15.100

🥇Kaylia Nemour (ALG): 15.700

🥈Qiu Qiyuan (CHN): 15.500

🥉Sunisa Lee (USA): 14.800

Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba made history on Sunday by defeating French contender Davina Michel in a unanimous decision to reach the 75kg boxing semi-finals. She is now the first athlete from the Refugee Olympic Team to secure an Olympic medal.

This edition’s refugee contingent is bigger than ever – 37 athletes from at least 11 countries competing in 12 different sports.

Novak Djokovic has etched his name into tennis history. The Serbian superstar defeated Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3), 7-6(2) to claim his first-ever Olympic gold medal and complete the career Golden Slam. Youngster Carlos Alcaraz settles for silver.

Scottie Scheffler strikes gold for USA, clinching top spot in men's golf at Paris 2024. Great Britain's Tommy Fleetwood secures silver, while Japan's Hideki Matsuyama claims bronze.

1. Kristen Faulkner (United States) - GOLD

2. Marianne Vos (Netherlands) - SILVER

3. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) - BRONZE

🥇Chinese Taipei

Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin 

🥈China

Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang 

🥉Malaysia

Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik 

Aquatics: Men's 1500 m freestyle swimming

Aquatics: Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay swimming

Aquatics: Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay swimming

Athletics: Men's 100 m

Athletics: Men's hammer throw

Athletics: Women's high jump

🥇 Bobby Finke - United States

🥈 Gregorio Paltrinieri - Italy

🥉 Daniel Wiffen - Ireland

China have won the gold medal in the men's 4x100m medley relay at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. United States take silver, while France clinch bronze.

Gold: China

Silver: United States

Bronze: France

Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini have won the women’s doubles gold, beating Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in a match tie-break. 

Gold: Italy

Silver: Individual Neutral Athletes

Bronze: Spain

Check Out The Numbers

1. Oblique Seville (Jamaica) – 9.81 (Q)

2. Trey Lyles (USA) – 9.83 (Q)

3. Louie Hinchcliffe (Great Britain) – 9.97

4. Emmanuel Eseme (Cameroon) – 10.00

5. Shaun Maswanganyi (South Africa) – 10.02

6. Favour Oghene Tejiri Ashe (Nigeria) – 10.08

7. Chituru Ali (Italy) – 10.14

8. Rikkoi Brathwaite (Australia) – 10.15

9. Benjamin Azamati (Ghana) – 10.17

Check Out The Numbers

1. Akani Simbine (South Africa) – 9.87 (Q)

2. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 9.91 (Q)

3. Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Italy) – 9.92

4. Kenneth Bednarek (USA) – 9.93

5. Ackeem Blake (Jamaica) – 10.06

6. Kayinsola Ajayi (Nigeria) – 10.13

7. Joshua Hartmann (Germany) – 10.16

8. Emmanuel Matadi (Liberia) – 10.18

9. Reynaldo Espinosa (Cuba) – 10.21

Check Out The Numbers

1. Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) – 9.80 (Q)

2. Fred Kerley (USA) – 9.84 (Q)

3. Benjamin Richardson (South Africa) – 9.95

4. Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) – 9.96

5. Andre de Grasse (Canada) – 9.98

6. Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain) – 10.01

7. Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (Ghana) – 10.05

8. Ferdinand Omanyala (Kenya) – 10.08

9. Puripol Boonson (Thailand) – 10.14

These are the eight runners vying for the title of fastest man on the planet at Paris Olympics 2024

1. Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) – 9.80

2. Oblique Seville (Jamaica) – 9.81

3. Noah Lyles (USA) – 9.83

4. Fred Kerley (USA) – 9.84

5. Akani Simbane (South Africa) – 9.87

6. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 9.91

7. Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Italy) – 9.92

8. Kenny Bednarek (USA) – 9.93

1. Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Ukraine - GOLD

2. Nicola Olyslagers, Australia - SILVER

3. Eleanor Patterson, Australia - BRONZE

4. Iryna Herashchenko, Ukraine - BRONZE

Ethan Katzberg, Canada - GOLD

Bence Halasz, Hungary - SILVER

Mykhaylo Kokhan, Ukraine - BRONZE

Noah Lyles of the United States, with a scintillating run of 9.79 seconds (.784), was crowned the world's fastest man at the Stade de France in Paris. He won the men's 100-meter gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games 2024 on Sunday.

Kishane Thompson of Jamaica retains silver with a time of 9.79 (.789), with USA’s Kerley Fred taking bronze with a time of 9.81.

1. Japan - GOLD

2. Italy - SILVER

3. France - BRONZE

Artistic gymnastics

Men's parallel bars final

Women's balance beam final

Men's horizontal bar final

Women's floor exercise final

Athletics (track and field)

Men's pole vault final

Women's discus throw final

Women's 5000m final

Women's 800m final

Badminton

Women's singles medal matches

Men's singles medal matches

Basketball 3X3

Women's medal games

Men's medal games

Canoe slalom

Women's kayak cross final

Men's kayak cross final

Cycling (track)

Women's team sprint finals

Shooting

Men's 25m rapid fire pistol final

Mixed team skeet medal matches

Triathlon

Mixed relay

Thank you so much for joining, and we are so very looking forward to Day 10 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Game. Until then, good night and take care.