Keely Hodgkinson is an Olympic champion after winning the women’s 800m final at the Stade de France in Paris. Hodgkinson hit the front on the first lap and led all the way to the line to clinch victory. Having won world and Olympic silver before, finally she has global gold.
In the pole vault, Mondo Duplantis broke his own world record, claiming gold then going on to take Olympic record and then secure his ninth world record with a bar clearance of 6.25m.
Great Britain’s first chance of gold today came on the cycling track, and Team GB made a perfect, record-breaking start on the first night of action in the velodrome. Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell won gold against New Zealand in the women’s sprint final, breaking the world record for the fifth time that day.
Earlier, Joe Clarke claimed silver and Kimberley Woods settled for bronze as Team GB won two medals in the space of five minutes in the kayak cross. Woods, who previously won gold in the slalom, added her second medal of the Games before Clarke sealed his silver moments later. Team GB also won bronze in the triathlon mixed relay.
Biles faltered for the first time on the final day of the gymnastics. She fell off the balance beam during that apparatus final to miss out on a medal, and was then beaten to gold in the floor exercise final by Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. Biles took silver to win her 11th Olympic medal overall and fourth of the Games – including three golds. Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.
Paris Olympics 2024
- Olympics 2024 continues with action-packed day in Paris and 20 medals to be won
- GOLD! Keely Hodgkinson wins gold in the women’s 800m final
- GOLD! Great Britain break world record to win women’s team sprint final
- MEDAL! Team GB given bronze after initially being awarded silver in a dramatic photo finish at the mixed relay triathlon
- FALL! Simone Biles falls off the balance beam to miss out on a medal in her bid for gymnastics history
Olympics 2024: Keely Hodgkinson wins 100m gold
22:04
Sonia Twigg
Hodgkinson gained a crown from the crowd as she did a lap of honour around the pitch, hugging and sharing her success with many teammates, friends and family who had made the journey to Paris.
When asked about the crown, she said: “I’m not sure (where it came from) it was a British supporter who threw it at me, there was lots of Brits out there, I felt like I got an applause as big as the home athletes which was great.”
On if she saw her parents: “They were the first people that I saw actually, and my dad was crying his eyes out and he’s not normally a crier.”
When asked about the pressure ahead of the race, she said: “Yeah 100 percent. The British love their Olympics and after what I did in London that kind of cemented me as a favourite and to go off the back of that, to calm down from the emotions of that, to go through a whole camp, and maintain it.
“It’s not guaranteed though, you see favourites go out, it’s such a cut-throat sport, the first aim was to get to the final.”
“I deserve it. It (being always in silver) has played on my mind since last year and I can completely – I think this year you’ve seen me really grow as an athlete.
“It’s the first year I’ve been undefeated going into a championships and I’m determined to be that way and take confidence from that. This year I’ve really tried to step up and I’m super happy that I’ve done it.”
Olympics 2024: Keely Hodgkinson wins 100m gold
22:02
Sonia Twigg
Hodgkinson said after winning 800m gold that her feat had not sunk in yet.
I feel like it hasn’t sunk in yet I’m going to be honest. But I’ve worked so hard for this and I’m just out of words for what to say.
“The race didn’t go how I thought it was going to go, it was a bit slow at 400, but I kept composure, I felt Mary (Moraa) coming but I just knew if I was in the right mind-frame I’d be very hard to beat today.”
On pressure: “It’s definitely been different these championships and I’ve had to try and block out the noise. When people get into it in the Olympics and to live on that stage just means everything but it’s also very very difficult.
“Hats off to anyone who’s dealt with that before, it’s definitely a privilege to be here but also very very tough and credit to my team to be here and being able to put everything together.
“Back to back semi and final is tough – I am tired.”
Olympics 2024: Football
21:58
Chris Wilson
France vs Egypt has gone into extra-time after Jean-Philippe Mateta scored a late equaliser. The winner will face Spain in the final on 9 August.
Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record again to top off Olympic gold at Paris 2024
21:50
Chris Wilson
Armand Duplantis has done it again, breaking the pole vault record for the ninth time in his career with a majestic 6.25m clearance, having already locked up his second Olympic gold medal.
Keely Hodgkinson arrives as Team GB’s next Olympics star after taking the hard road
21:42
Chris Wilson
Keely Hodgkinson crossed the line and for the first time all night didn’t know what to do. She looked up at the board, just to check, then she glanced up again, just to make sure. What she saw made her features wobble: at last, Hodgkinson had won gold, and Great Britain’s latest athletics star had her crowning moment at the Olympics.
Hodgkinson came to Paris with the intent of upgrading the silver she claimed in Tokyo three years ago, of ending the cycle of second-place finishes at major competitions. As she won 800m gold with a smart race and gutsy, determined finish at the Stade de France, the 22-year-old delivered, the talent becoming a champion.
And then Hodgkinson set off on a lap of pure joy, holding the British flag with her right arm and pumping the air with her fist. Somewhere she found a crown that matched the symbolic significance: in following Kelly Holmes to win 800m gold at the Olympics, she also secured Great Britain’s first gold medal on the track since Mo Farah’s double in 2016.
Olympics 2024: Keely Hodgkinson wins 800m GOLD
21:37
Sonia Twigg
Hodgkinson won gold in the 800m final, even managing a fist pump as she crossed the line having been the favourite in the event from the start.
On whether Hodgkinson enjoys the favourites tag, her coach Trevor Painter said: “Well she’s not had it before, everyone was talking about anything and not Keely.”
Another coach Jenny Meadows added: “I think sometimes she does get a little bit frustrated, I think sometimes she feels that people don’t give her enough credit because she’s always second.
“I think she enjoyed the favourite tag, I think it’s quite empowering for her. She would have thought it was a failure if she didn’t win the gold medal.”
Painter pips in saying “to finally get rid of the bridesmaid tag is good.”
Olympics 2024: Men’s pole vault NEW WORLD RECORD
21:31
Chris Wilson
And here’s Duplantis’ record-breaking vault!
Gold medal
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 5, 2024
✨ Olympic record
Armand Duplantis is on a different planet #BBCOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/iKayH9NG43
Olympics 2024: Keely Hodgkinson wins 800m GOLD
21:26
Sonia Twigg
Keely Hodgkinson ran the perfect race to become the Olympic champion.
Speaking to the BBC afterwards she said: “I think that [the podium] is when it will sink in and you will see some real emotion from me. I have worked really hard for the last year and I think you can see how much it meant to me when I crossed the line. I can’t believe I have finally done it!
“To do it here, where better? The audience was incredible. It felt like a home crowd to me in itself in Paris, so yes I am super, super happy.”
When asked about the race itself, she said: “It could have been ran in any way. I wanted to be up near the front, probably quicker than I was at the bell. Doing the semi and final back to back I feel like everyone was tired. it was tough.
“I just wanted to save a bit for the last hundred. I trusted in myself. I could feel Mary [Moraa] pushing me on the back straight but... Composure. And we got to the line first this time so I’m super happy.”
Olympics 2024: Men’s pole vault NEW WORLD RECORD
21:23
Chris Wilson
Armond Duplantis has made everyone stay behind at the Stade de France as he goes for a new world record. He’s just showing off now.
He fails his first two attempts at 6.25m.
He sets up for his third and final attempt...the run up is clean, and he clears it! A new world record in Paris! 6.25 metres, and a perfect night for the Swede, and he’s a double Olympic champion to go with it.
21:18
Chris Wilson
There’s a new queen of the 800m track.
Olympics 2024: KEELY HODGKINSON WINS GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S 800M
21:15
Chris Wilson
And here’s a celebration worthy of Olympic gold!
Ring if you've won a gold medal ️@keelyhodgkinson celebrating in style!#BBCOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/DtB0Its674
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 5, 2024
Olympics 2024: KEELY HODGKINSON WINS GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S 800M
21:10
Chris Wilson
Here’s the final part of Hodgkinson’s dominant 800m win.
KEELY HODGKINSON IS AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST ✨
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 5, 2024
Nobody else even got close.#BBCOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/BlD7gxUK8d
Olympics 2024: Men’s pole vault
21:03
Chris Wilson
Armando Duplantis has indeed set the new Olympic record, adding 7cm as he clears 6.10m.
He cleared it by some distance too – will he attempt a new world record? He already holds it, at 6.24m.
Olympics 2024: KEELY HODGKINSON WINS GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S 800M
20:57
Sonia Twigg
Here are some photos of Hodgkinson’s feat:
Olympics 2024: KEELY HODGKINSON WINS GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S 800M
20:55
Sonia Twigg
Plenty of emotion from Hodgkinson as she carries the British flag as she runs along giving out plenty of high-fives.
Slightly nervy with around 150m to go, but she pulled away with 100m and it was never in doubt from there.
She takes the first athletics gold for Team GB since Mo Farah won at Rio 2016!
Mary Moraa, the Kenyan who finished second looked to have hurt herself in the race, afterwards she took right spike off and was shown hobbling, so that might have impacted her time.
Olympics 2024: KEELY HODGKINSON WINS GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S 800M
20:52
Jack Rathborn
It’s Hodgkinson and Tsige Duguma tussling for the lead in the final straight, but Hodgkinson knows she has to get into gear and she does exactly that, pulling away and easing to the gold in 1:56.72!
Olympics 2024: Women’s 800m final
20:50
Chris Wilson
Hodgkinson has pulled into the lead as the bell goes!
200m to go and she has a tight lead going into the home straight!
Olympics 2024: Women’s 800m final
20:50
Chris Wilson
The runners take to the blocks and we’re underway. Hodgkinson is happy to hover on the leaders’s shoulder for now.
Worth remembering Hodgkinson is the favourite to take gold here, having recently set a new national record of 1:54.61 seconds at the Diamond League.
Olympics 2024: Athletics
20:47
Chris Wilson
The USA’s Valerie Allman has taken gold in the women’s discus with that throw of 69.50m.
In the men’s pole vault, Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis has taken bronze, with the USA’s Sam Kendricks having failed his final attempt at clearing 6m. It is gold for Sweden’s Armand Duplantis there, but he continues trying to clear 6.03m for a new Olympic record.
On the track, the women’s 800m finalists are coming out, with Keely Hodgkinson looking excited but determined.
Olympics 2024: Athletics
20:42
Chris Wilson
Big news from the women’s 5000m final as Faith Kipyegon has been disqualified after a small coming together with Gudaf Tsegay.
That means that Sifan Hassan takes silver and Italy’s Nadia Battocletti wins bronze!
You’d expect some sort of counter from Kenya though.
Olympics 2024: Athletics
20:38
Chris Wilson
In the women’s discus final, the USA’s Valerie Allman is currently in the lead after a throw of 69.50m as we enter round three.
In the men’s pole vault final, Sweden’s Armand Duplantis is in the lead, having cleared 6m.
Olympics 2024: Chebet wins women’s 5000m
20:32
Chris Wilson
We’re into the last lap in the women’s 5000m, with Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet in the lead! It’s an all-out battle between the two down the final straight, but Chebet has enough in the engine to take the win in the last 100m or so!
Chebet wins in 14:28.56, with Kipyegon in second at 14:29.60.
The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan finishes with the bronze medal.
Hair, medals and Louis Vuitton: How the real Keely Hodgkinson is redefining Olympic stardom
20:25
Chris Wilson
Deep in winter training last November, Keely Hodgkinson was “absolutely flying” in training when she first felt a niggle in her knee. It quickly worsened, with tests revealing a torn ligament which, given the importance of the year ahead, was an understandable concern.
It was a concern in the medium term because it ruled her out of winning what would have been a first global title at the Glasgow World Indoor Championships, where there were hopes she could challenge the 800 metres world record. It was a concern in the longer term because it meant she missed a host of important training sessions during weeks spent recuperating away from the track. And it was an immediate concern because the only way she could keep fit was doing things like cross training and work in the swimming pool.
“She hates that because the chlorine messes her hair up and she’s always very conscious about that,” explains her coach Trevor Painter.
Gold medal favourite Keely Hodgkinson cruises through to 800 metres final
20:17
Chris Wilson
The women’s 800m final is less than half an hour away, so let’s recap how British hope Keely Hodgkinson got there.
British gold medal favourite Keely Hodgkinson cruised through to Monday’s women’s Olympic 800m final after finishing fastest of all the semi-finalists at Stade de France.
The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist laid down one minute 56.86 seconds in the last of the three semis, quicker than a personal best for Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma who was second of the overall 24-woman field in 1:57.47.
Olmypics 2024: Women’s 200m semi-finals
20:06
Chris Wilson
The final semi-final contains GB’s Daryll Neita, who is hoping to lay down a marker as a medal contender. She finished fourth in the women’s 100m final.
She gets a great start, taking the lead into the home straight, but she is overtaken by Brittany Brown, who finishes in 22.12s.
The Brit makes the final after finishing second with a time of 22.24s.
Olmypics 2024: Women’s 200m semi-finals
19:58
Chris Wilson
A great start for Asher-Smith in the first 50 or so, but Gabby Thomas goes through the gears and eventually comes home in 21.86s. Plenty of room to ease up once more.
Asher-Smith takes second and will make the final too! She ran 22.31s.
Olmypics 2024: Women’s 200m semi-finals
19:55
Chris Wilson
The second semi-final features GB’s Dina Asher-Smith, fresh off the back of a disappointing failure to qualify for the 100m final.
It also features the USA’s Gabby Thomas, who – along with Julien Alfred – is the favourite for the 200m title.
Thomas is the quickest woman in the world over 200m in 2024.
Olmypics 2024: Women’s 200m semi-finals
19:50
Chris Wilson
The first semi-final in the women’s 200m is underway, and it’s won by 100m champion Julien Alfred in a time of 21.98s. She had plenty of time to ease up at the end.
Favour Ofili of Nigeria comes in at second, with Team GB’s Bianca Williams is fourth.
The top two from each semi-final qualify automatically, with the next two fastest from across the others also securing a spot.
Simone Biles is human after all – but silver medal completes Olympic redemption
19:40
Chris Wilson
And here’s a reminder of the other big story of the day.
She’s human after all. Simone Biles settled for fifth in the beam final in Paris, before returning to deliver a mesmeric floor routine to claim a silver medal in what could be her final ever appearance at the Olympics.
A captivated audience locked in on Biles’ final two performances of these enthralling Games, with the American superstar initially tumbling off the perilous beam to miss out on a medal. But the gutsy Biles would return, with her trademark tumbling enough for an 11th Olympic medal behind only Brazil’s brilliant Rebeca Andrade in the floor final.
The American superstar had earlier turned away with a grimace after learning her beam score, 13.100, which included a 0.3 penalty. And it proved to be a challenging afternoon following redemption and a third Olympic gold after her statement performance in the vault on Saturday. But the beam provided a telling reminder that gymnastics is a sport of fine margins as Alice D’Amato claimed a famous gold for Italy.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 200m heat 6
19:37
Sonia Twigg
This is the heat with Noah Lyles in action, he has already claimed gold in the 100m, can he follow it up with another medal here?
His heats in the 100m weren’t his best, he didn’t cross the line first, but that might have been tactical.
In his first run in the 200m, he started in lane six, and came through comfortably in first place.
He puts his arms up in celebration after easing up towards the line.
Andre De Grasse finished second and Japan’s Towa Uzawa in third.
Olympics 2024: Spain beat Morocco in first football semi-final
19:34
Chris Wilson
Spain have come back from 1-0 down to beat Morocco 2-1 courtesy of goals from Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez and Sevilla’s Juanlu Sanchez.
They’ll face the winner of France v Egypt in the final – that second semi-final kicks off at 8pm BST.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 200m heat 5
19:27
Sonia Twigg
It’s another quick heat, Erriyon Knighton from the United States crosses the line first.
Tapiwanashe Makarawu of Zimbabwe and South Africa’s Shaun Maswanganyi are the other two to qualify for the semi-finals.
There is one more heat to come.
Noah Lyles didn’t cross the line first but still won Olympic gold – anatomy of the greatest 100m final
19:23
Chris Wilson
With Noah Lyles set to compete at around 7.30pm BST in the 200m heats, here’s a reminder of how he won the 100m title yesterday.
By the time Noah Lyles started the Olympic 100m final, he was already last. Lyles took 0.178 sec to react to the gun. That might sound quick but in a sport measured in thousandths of a second, he had just given up 0.07 to one his biggest rivals, fellow American Fred Kerley.
The man Lyles most feared, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, was just as sluggish, reacting in 0.176. Yet Thompson is the fastest man this year for a reason. He is a 100m specialist with power and a long stride, and he emerged from his drive phase at 30m with the lead.
By contrast, and despite being the 100m world champion, Lyles is a 200m runner by trade. His strength is in his top speed but he takes a little while to get there, and his slow start has sometimes been an Achilles heel. At 30m he was still dead last, eighth out of eight.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 200m heat 4
19:19
Sonia Twigg
No surprises with the winner there, Kenny Bednarek is a very good 200m runner.
At no stage did he look troubled or fatigued, and he even had time to ease up before the line.
Bednarek wins it in a time of 19.96 seconds, with Alexander Agonado from Dominican Republic in second and Joshua Hartmann from Germany in third.
Olympics 2024: TEAM GB TAKE GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S TEAM SPRINT FINAL
19:17
Chris Wilson
Here’s how Team GB won gold in the women’s teams sprint!
Gold medal winning brilliance from @TeamGB's women's team sprint!
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 5, 2024
Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane set a third new world record at #Paris2024.#BBCOlympics #Olympics pic.twitter.com/oM5aJe44QU
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 200m heat 3
19:14
Sonia Twigg
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo takes that one despite stumbling out of the blocks slightly, he had time to ease up just as he crossed the line.
Zimbabwe’s Makanakaishe Charamba is second with Italy’s Filippo Tortu third.
Every Team GB medal so far at the 2024 Paris Olympics
19:12
Chris Wilson
Great Britain continue to add to their haul at the Paris 2024 Olympics as Team GB look to climb the medal table.
And you can add to this list a gold in the women’s team sprint for Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell and Katy Marchant.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 200m heat 2
19:06
Sonia Twigg
That was a brilliant run from Tarsis Gracious Orogot, he was out of the blocks so quickly and maintained the speed round the bend and into the last 50m.
It was a tight finish, but the other two to reach the semi-finals without going through a repechage are Wanya McCoy from the Bahamas and Brazil’s Renan Correa.
Olympics 2024: TEAM GB TAKE GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S TEAM SPRINT FINAL
19:04
Chris Wilson
New Zealand had the quicker start but by the time the second rider took over, Team GB were in the lead, and they never gave it up.
Finucane had a 0.266s lead by the time she began the final leg, and the individual world champion never looked like ceding the lead.
She extends it, and Team GB take gold in the women’s team sprint with a new world record time of 45.186!
Olympics 2024: Women’s team sprint final
19:01
Chris Wilson
Plenty of the GB hopes rest on 21-year-old Emma Finucane on her Olympic debut.
They’ve delivered two world records, but can they deliver gold?
We’re underway, with New Zealand just over 0.1s in the lead at the first mark.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m round 1
19:00
Sonia Twigg
The men’s 200m competition is underway, and it starts with a bang.
It was won by Joseph Fahnbulleh in a time of 20.20, the sprinter from Liberia has taken the first heat.
Italy’s Eseosa Fostine Desalu and South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk have also reached the semi-finals.
Olympics 2024: Women’s team sprint final
18:59
Chris Wilson
Team GB will claim a medal for the first time in this event, but which colour will it be? Both teams have set a world record (two, in the case of GB) during qualification and the heats.
Both teams are warming up as we speak.
Olympics 2024: Track cycling
18:57
Chris Wilson
Germany and the Netherlands are underway in the battle for bronze in the women’s team sprint.
Germany in the lead at halfway by 0.3s...
And they take bronze! By 0.29s in the end.
Olympics 2024: Track cycling
18:47
Chris Wilson
The rest of the men’s team sprint will take place tomorrow, starting just before 6pm BST.
Now, we have the women’s team sprint resuming, with the races to decide eighth to fifth.
The we have the bronze medal race at around 6.54pm BST, before the final between GB and New Zealand at 6.59pm.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team sprint qualifying
18:37
Chris Wilson
The Netherlands have set a new Olympic record right after that GB qualifying run. A brilliant performance puts them just over half a second faster than GB.
The reigning champion will head into the heats – and likely the final – as strong favourites.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team sprint qualifying
18:34
Chris Wilson
Team GB are up next in qualifying, hoping to get an easier tie in the heats.
It doesn’t look like a great ride as Lowe and Turnbull exit, but a superb run from Carlin somehow gives GB the fastest qualifying time so far! They were half a second behind when he took over, and finished 0.2s faster than Australia!
Olympics 2024: Men’s team sprint qualifying
18:29
Chris Wilson
We’re underway in the men’s team sprint qualifying now, with Australia currently the fastest after five teams.
The Netherlands are the favourite, having won gold in Tokyo, while Team GB’s trio of Jack Carlin and Olympic debutants Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull hoping for a medal.
Olympics 2024: Athletics
18:26
Chris Wilson
Here’s a rundown of the athletics schedule for tonight.
18:00 Men’s pole vault final
18:04 Men’s 3,000m steeplechase round one
18:55 Men’s 200m round one
19:30 Women’s discus throw final
19:45 Women’s 200m semi-final
20:10 Women’s 5,000m final
20:45 Women’s 800m final
Olympics 2024: Football
18:21
Chris Wilson
In the first men’s football semi-final, we’re underway in the second half with Morocco leading Spain 1-0 courtesy of a goal from Soufiane Rahimi.
Reminder that France play Egypt in the other semi-final tonight – that begins at 8pm BST.
Olympics 2024: GB running out of time in the hockey quarter-final
17:51
Chris Wilson
Under four minutes left in the hockey and Team GB are struggling. They’re being a little wasteful with the opportunities that they do fashion, too, with the Dutch defending resolutely.
Olympics 2024: Today at the Games
Sunday 4 August 2024 23:59
Jamie Braidwood
The headline star athlete of Monday and perhaps the entire Olympics is Noah Lyles. The Team USA sprinter is back from the thrilling 100m final in a bid to double up and take gold in the men’s 200m first round. Zharnel Hughes, Letsile Tebogo, Andre De Grasse and Erriyon Knighton are among the biggest threats to Lyles.
Keely Hodgkinson goes again in the women’s 800m final, with the Team GB star likely to face a challenge from Kenya’s Mary Moraa.
The triathlon is back with the mixed relay as Alex Yee, Sam Dickinson, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Beth Potter bid to retain gold after their success in Tokyo.
And look out for Sifan Hassan on the track, the Dutch runner goes in the women’s 5000m final as she bids to tackle a historic treble in Paris. She qualified second-fasted behind Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, who is the favourite, though Italy’s Nadia Battocletti and Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay pose threats too.