World champion Noah Lyles added Olympic gold to his glittering resume after beating out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson in a thrilling men’s100m final at Paris 2024. While Fred Kerley took bronze, edging out South Africa’s Akani Simbine and Tokyo champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs.
Earlier, Team GB’s Harry Hepworth secured his first Olympic medal with bronze on the vault, after Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour stunned on the uneven bars for Africa’s first gymnastics gold.
Novak Djokovic edged out Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles final at Roland Garros and Tommy Fleetwood settled for silver in the men’s golf after a sensational display from Scottie Scheffler landed the world No.1 gold at Le Golf National.
In the last night of the swimming, Great Britain’s men’s relay team fell just short, finishing fourth as Adam Peaty returned and faced home hero Leon Marchand in his leg, but China, USA and France proved too strong in the men’s 4x100m medley.
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
- Noah Lyles wins thrilling men’s 100m final ahead of Kishane Thompson and Fred Kerley
- Team GB miss out on men’s 4x100 medley medal on final night of swimming as Adam Peaty hints at retirement
- MEDAL! Britain’s Harry Hepworth wins first Olympic medal with bronze on the vault
- MEDAL! Scottie Scheffler holds off Team GB’s Tommy Fleetwood to win Olympic gold
- Novak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz to land Olympic gold in epic final
- Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulls out of 200m at Paris Olympics
Matthew Hudson-Smith cruises into men’s 400 metres semi-final
22:15
Harry Latham-Coyle
Matthew Hudson-Smith booked his place in the Olympic men’s 400m semi-final after winning the first heat at Stade de France.
The Wolverhampton runner was the fastest finisher in 44.78 seconds, ahead of the United States’ Christopher Bailey who also booked a spot in 44.89 alongside Norway’s Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen.
Gold medal favourite Keely Hodgkinson cruises through to 800 metres final
22:05
Harry Latham-Coyle
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.
Hodgkinson had not ruled out all three British women making the final, but it was not meant to be for Jemma Reekie, the Tokyo 2020 fourth-place finisher who was fifth in semi final two and eighth overall in 1:58.01.
Noah Lyles admits he thought Kishane Thompson had won
21:55
Harry Latham-Coyle
“To be honest, I just believed in myself,” Noah Lyles says after being informed he was seventh at the 50-metre mark. “I’ve done worse, I’ve run faster 60s. Dang, slowest reaction time. Dang, I’m amazing, that’s crazy. I thought I was a little better than that, but it goes to prove that reaction times don’t win races.
“I knew once the year started that this was not 2021. I knew every step of the way that this was not 2021. Winning the US Championships, going to Jamaica and getting beat by Oblique [Seville] and still saying I ran 9.85, I was still constantly moving forward. I knew that, when the time came, I was going to be able to do it.
“I did think Thompson had it at the end. I went up to him while we were waiting and said, ‘I think you got that one big dog’. And then my name popped up and I was like, ‘oh my gosh, I’m amazing’. I’m going to be honest, I wasn’t ready to see it. He was a few lanes down, it was hard for me to picture where we were, and I guess that was a good thing. I was fortunate to have Oblique Seville next to me because all throughout the year he’s been hitting that acceleration that I wasn’t hitting. I wasn’t going to let him go.
“My coach said I needed to run through the line, stay upright and give it my all, and that’s what I did. I did lean. I thought I leaned too early.”
Olympics 2024: Noah Lyles takes 100m glory
21:45
Harry Latham-Coyle
For the first time since 2004, it’s an American gold in the men’s 100 metres. Noah Lyles joins Carl Lewis, Jesse Owens and the rest in reaching sprinting nirvana.
Noah Lyles wins dramatic Olympic 100m final in photo finish from Kishane Thompson
21:36
Lawrence Ostlere at the Stade de France
World champion, Olympic champion. Noah Lyles talked an awful lot of talk in the build-up to Paris 2024, but tonight he backed up the bluster with blistering speed on the Stade de France track, surging past the field to pip them all on the line. There can be no argument now. “What’s the title of Olympic champion?” Lyles said, referring to “the fastest man on the planet” tag that goes with gold. “Amen.”
It doesn’t matter that he didn’t get near the world record he said he’d break, finishing in 9.79. It doesn’t matter that the winning margin was only five thousandths of a second, a time too miniscule to comprehend. Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson had been burdened with the title of heir to Usain Bolt after running the fastest time this year, and he led for 99m of this race. But Lyles is a fighter and he dug in, hauling himself alongside Thompson as they crossed the line.
Olympics 2024: Noah Lyles on his 100m triumph
21:25
Harry Latham-Coyle
“You couldn’t have asked for a bigger moment,” Lyles tells the BBC. “I had to take every round as it was. I was a little upset after the first round so I came with some aggression. I ran that 9.83, and then I said we were done with that aggression. My sports therapist said, ‘let go and release it’.
“There’s plenty more. I hope you guys like Noah because I’ve got a lot more coming.”
Olympics 2024: 100m silver medallist Kishane Thompson reacts to being pipped by Noah Lyles
21:21
Harry Latham-Coyle
“I’m a bit disappointed but I’m super happy and grateful at the same time. I’ve just got to take it as it is and move forward from here.
“I wasn’t patient enough with my speed and myself, I should have let my speed bring me to the line. I’ve learned from it. I couldn’t see Noah, but I think he could see me and said, ‘hey, Kishane, I thought you got it’. But I wasn’t sure, he was too my far right, so I wasn’t sure. This is my closest race. It was that close.”
Olympics 2024: Noah Lyles wins 100m gold
21:15
Harry Latham-Coyle
You have to feel for Akani Simbine. That’s fifth, fourth, fourth in the last three Olympic 100m finals for the South African sprinter: 0.03, 0.04 and 0.01 off the bronze medallist in each of those runs. Brutal.
Olympics 2024: Noah Lyles wins 100m gold
21:09
Harry Latham-Coyle
The first of three golds for Noah Lyles at these Olympics? Judging by his finishing speed there, you’d suggest that once up to stride in the 200m he will be very, very tough to stop.
Noah Lyles reacts after stunning 100m final victory at Olympics
21:09
Jack Rathborn
Lyles says: "It's the one I wanted, it's the hard battle, the amazing opponents, everybody was healthy and came to fight. I'm the wolf among wolves.
“I'll be honest, I went to Kishane, I said, 'I'll be honest, I think you had that one'. I was prepared to see his name pop up. I saw my name pop up and I said, goodness gracious, I'm incredible."
”We'll see, that's my better event, now I have a PR in the 100m, I'm ready to take it to the 200m.
"What's the title of Olympic champion? [The fastest man on the planet?] Amen"
Olympics 2024: Men’s 100m final result
21:05
Harry Latham-Coyle
1. Noah Lyles (USA) 9.79
2. Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) 9.79
3. Fred Kerley (USA) 9.81
4. Akani Simbine (South Africa) 9.82 NR
5. Marcell Jacobs (Italy) 9.85
6. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) 9.86 NR
7. Kenny Bednarek (USA) 9.88
8. Oblique Seville (Jamaica) 9.91
Just an incredibly high quality final. Two new national records in there, a personal best for Noah Lyles, and the quickest fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth-placed finishers in any Olympic final in history. Yikes.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 100m final
21:01
Jack Rathborn
NOAH LYLES WINS MEN’S 100M GOLD!
21:00
Harry Latham-Coyle
Kishane Thompson had got away beautifully, thundering up to top speed and appearing to carry it through to the line. But Lyles somehow found the space he needed to squeeze out the Jamaican by five thousandths of a second.
Remarkable. You could have thrown a blanket over them. Fred Kerley takes the bronze from Akani Simbine by one hundredth of a second - it’s fourth again for the South African.
GOLD: Noah Lyles (USA)
Silver: Kishane Thompson (Jamaica)
Bronze: Fred Kerley (USA)
NOAH LYLES WINS MEN’S 100M GOLD!
20:55
Harry Latham-Coyle
BY THE BAREST OF MARGINS! NOAH LYLES IS THE OLYMPIC 100 METRES CHAMPION!
How has he won that? In a photo finish, Lyles pips Kishane Thompson in one of the great Olympic races. 9.79 (.784) to 9.79 (.789)...wow!
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 100m final
20:54
Harry Latham-Coyle
The sprinters are made to wait an age on the startline before they are allowed to take the blocks. Not what you want with those fast-twitch fibres ready to fire. There are no obvious problems...
Finally, up they step. Here. We. Go!
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 100m final
20:51
Harry Latham-Coyle
Kenny Bednarek positively bounces out of the entrance area and on to the track, headband on. Oblique Seville looks up for it, too, pointing down the camera lens. Akani Simbine is out with a wink and a smile. Letsile Tebogo points to “Botswana” on his chest, running in memory of his recently departed mother.
Kishane Thompson roars to the heavens. Fred Kerley slaps his chest. Noah Lyles comes out with energy and enthusiasm, ending up some 25 metres up the track before returning to the blocks. No such wasting of energy from the Tokyo champion - Marcell Jacobs salutes the crowd.
But it’s what happens in the next ten seconds that matters. The men’s 100m final is upon us...
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 100m final
20:47
Harry Latham-Coyle
But back to the track, because it’s nearly show time. Is this the night that realises his Olympic dream after that brilliant World Championships treble last year? Or is coming force Kishane Thompson about to establish himself as a new sprinting star?
Here’s your lane line-up:
2. Kenny Bednarek (USA)
3. Fred Kerley (USA)
4. Kishane Thompson (Jamaica)
5. Akani Simbine (South Africa)
6. Oblique Seville (Jamaica)
7. Noah Lyles (USA)
8. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana)
9. Marcell Jacobs (Italy)
Olympics 2024: Athletics - Ethan Katzberg wins GOLD in men’s hammer!
20:46
Harry Latham-Coyle
A Canadian champion in the men’s hammer, Ethan Katzberg’s opening throw of 84.12m never topped. Bence Halasz of Hungary settles for silver and Mykhaylo Kokhnan continues a good night in the field events for Ukraine with the bronze.
Josh Kerr warns Jakob Ingebrigtsen to expect ‘vicious’ 1500m final
20:45
Jack Rathborn
Josh Kerr has warned bitter rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen to expect the most “vicious” 1,500m final the sport has seen in a long time at the Paris Olympics.
The world champion has been embroiled in a tense rivalry over the last two years, beating the Olympic champion in Budapest last year to claim gold.
It was the second successive World Championships that Ingebrigtsen has been pipped by a British athlete after Jake Wightman took gold in Eugene in 2022.
The pair raced in the same semi-final on Sunday night in Paris, with Ingebrigtsen winning in 3min 32.38secs, with Kerr just eight-hundredths of a second behind.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 100m final next on track
20:42
Harry Latham-Coyle
It is almost time. This could be an absolute corker of a men’s 100m final, two Jamaicans and three Americans in flying form in the semi-finals - plus the defending champion lurking as a danger if Marcell Jacobs can get the big race right again.
Don’t rule out Akani Simbine or Letsile Tebogo from medalling, either, if they can get away quickly.
Adam Peaty speaks out on swimming doping scandal as China win dominant gold: ‘You should be out the sport’
20:35
Jamie Braidwood at La Defense Arena
Adam Peaty called on anti-doping authorities to “wake up and do your job” after China stormed to gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay - and suggested his rival Qin Haiyang should be “out of the sport”.
Peaty was unable to sign off his third and potentially last Olympics with a second medal to add to his silver in the 100m breaststroke, as the Team GB quartet of Peaty, Duncan Scott, Matthew Richards and Oliver Morgan finished fourth.
China’s gold was claimed thanks to a sensational final leg by the 100m freestyle champion Zhanle Pan, taking his team from third into first ahead of the United States and France, but their performances in Paris have come under a cloud.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 1500m final line-up
20:34
Harry Latham-Coyle
Let’s confirm the 12 combatants for Tuesday night’s 1500m final - headlined by Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
Yared Nuguse (USA)
Hobbs Kessler (USA)
Neil Gourley (Great Britain)
Niels Laros (Netherlands)
Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya)
Narve Gilje Nordas (Norway)
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway)
Josh Kerr (Great Britain)
Anass Essayi (Morocco)
Cole Hocker (USA)
Brian Komen (Kenya)
Stefan Nillessen (Netherlands)
Olympics 2024: Athletics - Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women’s high jump GOLD
20:32
Harry Latham-Coyle
A gold medal for Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, unable to clear 2.02m (or, with gold already confirmed, 2.04m) but victorious over Nicola Olyslagers of Australia having been entirely faultless through the two-metre mark.
Two medals apiece for Ukraine and Australia with a shared bronze.
GOLD: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine)
Silver: NIcola Olyslagers (Australia)
Bronze: Iryna Gerashchenko (Ukraine) & Eleanor Patterson (Australia)
Olympics 2024: Athletics - Yared Nuguse wins second 1500m semi-finals
20:28
Harry Latham-Coyle
Yared Nuguse leads virtually from start to finish, a broad smile on the American’s face as he takes the second semi-final, the time slightly quicker than the first. Teammate Hobbs Kessler follows him in, and Great Britain’s Neil Gourley was calm and composed for third.
Timothy Cheriuyot looked all over the place and concerningly leggy for 1300m but just about timed his surge correctly; much the same was true for Narve Gilje Nordås, who looked to be really straining at times. Still, they’ll get another go - we’ll confirm that final line-up in a moment.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - 1500m semi-finals
20:22
Harry Latham-Coyle
On to the second semi-final. Timothy Cheriuyot of Kenya (no relation to Reynold) should lead the way, though Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s teammate Narve Gilje Nordås snared bronze at the Worlds in Budapest last year. Yared Nuguse (USA) is developing really nicely, too.
Josh Kerr speaks to the BBC after making safe progress to the 1500m final
20:21
Harry Latham-Coyle
“I thought was about what it was take. I kept myself in a higher position, which was the goal, and then just relaxed, really.
“It’s top six in a race of 12 people, I’m here to do a lot better than that. It is about having the right mindset coming in and also making sure that you give respect to the competition. I feel great. Other than getting in trouble with the media a couple of days ago, it’s been pretty smooth.”
Olympics 2024: Athletics - 1500m semi-finals
20:18
Harry Latham-Coyle
It wasn’t to be for George Mills, always up against it with an extra race in his legs. Also surprisingly slow was Reynold Cheriuyot, who took the national title at the Kenyan Olympic trials. The 20-year-old has time on his side, though.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen through to men’s 1500m final
20:17
Harry Latham-Coyle
A glance over at Josh Kerr from the Norwegian as Jakob Ingebrigtsen makes certain that it is he and not the Brit that wins semi-final number one. A phoney war, really, before the conflict escalates in the final, but first and second.
Cole Hocker and Brian Komen join them as expected, while there is a cracking run from Stefan Nillessen the Netherlands to progress from fifth. Italy’s Pietro Arese snares the final spot.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 1500m semi-finals
20:14
Harry Latham-Coyle
Kerr moves on to his rival’s tail, Cole Hocker of the United States also well positioned as he looks to assemble a potential medal bid on Tuesday. The two Kenyans are behind the American.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 1500m semi-finals
20:13
Harry Latham-Coyle
Jakob Ingebrigtsen rides the chariot at the back for the first 300 metres, assessing the lay of the land in front of him before moving up beyond Josh Kerr. Kerr lets him go.
Ingebrigtsen hit the front, where he will try to stay.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - men’s 1500m semi-finals
20:11
Harry Latham-Coyle
It is a slight shame that Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are both in this first semi-final, though it does provide each with the chance to strike a psychological blow. They’ll have to be careful, though, with Kenyan youngster Reynold Cheryuiyot and compatriot Brian Komen among the other quick men. Great Britain’s George Mills is also in this semi having negotiated his way out of the repechage.
The first six only progress to the final.
Olympics 2024: Athletics - elsewhere at the Stade de France
20:10
Harry Latham-Coyle
A couple of updates from tonight’s field events. The men’s hammer is nearing the halfway stage with Canada’s Ethan Katzberg leading the way, hurling it 84.12m with his first throw, a distance no-one else has yet got particularly near.
The women’s high jump is nearing an end, meanwhile - Yaroslava Mahuchickh (Ukraine) and Nicola Olyslagers of Austrlaia have both failed their first attempt at 2.02m as they battle for gold.
On the track, though, it’s time for these chaps:
Olympics 2024: Athletics - women’s 800m finalists
20:06
Harry Latham-Coyle
That final, as Keely Hodgkinson mentions, is tomorrow, and will include:
Keely Hodgkinson (Great Britain)
Tsige Duguma (Ethiopia)
Prudence Sekgodiso (South Africa)
Shafiqua Maloney (St Vincent and the Grenadines)
Juliette Whittaker (USA)
Renelle Lamote (France)
Mary Moraa (Kenya)
Workneh Mesele (Ethiopia)
Olympics 2024: Athletics - Keely Hodgkinson through to women’s 800m final
20:03
Harry Latham-Coyle
“You can’t take any chances,” Hodgkinson says breezily to the BBC. “It gave me good practice for tomorrow. I just wanted to be safely qualified, job done, and we’re in the final.
“I’ve said it all year that I want to upgrade my silver. I think I’m in the best shape physically, mentally and emotionally that I have been ever. I hope that I can put that together tomorrow and let’s see what we can do.”