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Paris Olympics, Day 9 In Pics: Novak Djokovic Wins Elusive Gold Medal; Noah Lyles Takes Men’s 100m Gold By Thinnest Margin

The 2024 Paris Olympics on Day 9 saw explanations fail, records shatter, and logic defied. Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz to win his first-ever Olympic gold medal on Philippe Chatrier. While at the Stade de France, Noah Lyles beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by the thinnest of margins to take gold in the men’s 100m final. Here is the gallery of the highlights on Day 9 of the Olympics, captured by AP photographers at the Paris Games.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_Women's 3000-meter steeplechase
Cara Feain-Ryan competes competes in women's 3000-meter steeplechase | Photo: AP/Matthias Schrader

Cara Feain-Ryan, of Australia, competes in a heat of the women's 3000-meter steeplechase at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens road cycling
Competitors ride past the Sacre Coeur basilica, during women's road cycling | Photo: AP/Vadim Ghirda
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Competitors ride past the Sacre Coeur basilica, during the women's road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens 75 kg preliminary boxing
Refugee Olympic Team's Cindy Ngamba celebrates women's 75 kg preliminary boxing | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
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Refugee Olympic Team's Cindy Ngamba celebrates after defeating Canada's Tammara Thibeault in their women's 75 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_Water Polo match between Italy and Spain
Water Polo: Italy's Agnese Cocchiere watches during Italy and Spain match | Photo: AP/Luca Bruno
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Italy's Agnese Cocchiere watches during a women's Group B preliminary match between Italy and Spain, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_Skeet womens final
Britain's Amber Jo Rutter ejects empty cartridges during women's Skeet final | Photo: AP/Manish Swarup
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Britain's Amber Jo Rutter ejects empty cartridges from her gun as she competes in the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens kayak cross heat
Women's kayak cross heat | Photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth
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Evy Leibfarth of the United States prepares to compete in the women's kayak cross heat against Eva Tercelj of Slovenia, Alena Marx of Switzerland and Viktoria Wolffhardt of Austria during the canoe slalom at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Vaires-sur-Marne, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens volleyball match between Italy and Turkey
Women's volleyball match between Italy and Turkey | Photo: AP/Dolores Ochoa
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Melissa Teresa Vargas of Turkey prepares to serve the ball against Italy during the Group C women's volleyball match between Italy and Turkey at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_Serbias Novak Djokovic celebrates gold in Tennis
Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates gold in tennis singles final | Photo: AP/Andy Wong
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after defeating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles tennis final at the Roland Garros Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle final
Dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle Final | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
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Medalists from left to right, Germany's Isabell Werth, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Britain's Charlotte Fry take a selfie to celebrate their silver, gold and bronze medals at the dressage Individual Grand Prix Freestyle, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Versailles, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_Mens singles bronze medal table tennis match
France's Felix Lebrun celebrates after men's singles bronze medal table tennis match | Photo: AP/Petros Giannakouris
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France's Felix Lebrun celebrates after defeating Barzil's Hugo Calderano in the men's singles bronze medal table tennis match at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens basketball game
Women's basketball game between Canada and Nigeria | Photo: AP/Mark J. Terrill
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Aaliyah Edwards (24), of Canada, shoots between Elizabeth Balogun (4) and Murjanatu Musa (20), of Nigeria, in a women's basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens hammer throw qualification
Silja Kosonen competes in women's hammer throw qualification | Photo: AP/Bernat Armangue
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Silja Kosonen, of Finland, competes in the women's hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_mens 80 kg semifinal boxing match
Men's 80 kg semifinal boxing match between Ukraine and Cuba | Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos
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Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak, left, fights Cuba's Arlen Lopez in their men's 80 kg semifinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens kite race
Switzerland's Elena Lengwiler leads the pack during women's kite race | Photo: AP/Jacquelyn Martin
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Switzerland's Elena Lengwiler leads the pack, with Marseille's Notre Dame de la Garde Basilica in the background, during a women's kite race at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Marseille, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_gymnastics individual rings finals
Eleftherios Petrounias competes during gymnastics individual rings finals | Photo: AP/Charlie Riedel
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Eleftherios Petrounias, of Greece, competes during the men's artistic gymnastics individual rings finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_womens basketball game against Canada1
Nigeria, celebrate after women's basketball game against Canada | Photo: AP/Mark J. Terrill
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Ezinne Kalu (23), and Promise Amukamara (10), of Nigeria, celebrate in a women's basketball game against Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

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Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_Qiu Qiyuan warms up during the womens artistic gymnastics
Qiu Qiyuan warms up during the women's artistic gymnastics | Photo: AP/Abbie Parr
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Qiu Qiyuan, of China, warms up during the women's artistic gymnastics individual uneven bars finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_Freddie Crittenden during mens 110-meter hurdles
Freddie Crittenden competes during a heat in the men's 110-meter hurdles | Photo: AP/Petr David Josek
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Freddie Crittenden, of the United States, competes during a heat in the men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_final round of the mens golf
Jon Rahm during final round of the men's golf | Photo: AP/Matt York
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Jon Rahm, of Spain, plays off the 11th tee during the final round of the men's golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.

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2024 Paris Summer Olympics Day 9 Photo Gallery_ Danny Leon performs during the mens skateboard park
Spain's Danny Leon performs during the men's skateboard park | Photo: AP/Frank Franklin II
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Spain's Danny Leon performs during the men's skateboard park practice session at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.