2024 Olympics Paris live updates: Sha’Carri Richardson and 4x100 relay team win gold; Team USA women in basketball final but out of breaking

What to know

• The team of Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry earned gold in the 4x100-meter relay. The men's relay team, which didn't include Covid-hit Noah Lyles, could not overcome its history of mistakes in the event. Despite a seventh-place finish, a fumbled baton pass led the men's team to be disqualified.
• Also on the track, Weini Kelati will race the 10,000 meters in her first Olympics, and medals will be up for grabs in the women's 400 and the men's 400 hurdles.
• Breaking, or breakdancing, makes its Olympic debut today. Team USA's Logan Edra (B-Girl Logistx) and Sunny Choi (B-Girl Sunny) did not advance out of the round-robin stage to the quarterfinals and won't contend for the sport's first medals. The men's competition will be tomorrow.
• The U.S. women’s basketball team soared past Australia 85-64 to advance to Sunday’s gold medal game. The men's team did that yesterday, overcoming a 17-point deficit to beat Serbia.
• The U.S. men's volleyball team defeated Italy for the bronze medal, winning in three sets. Host France takes on European Championship-winner Spain in the men's soccer final.
• Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Games and the athletes competing in Paris.

Breaking knockouts about to begin

Rebecca Cohen

Eight women will battle it out for a spot on the first-ever breakdancing podium as the final is about to begin.

The final will be formatted as a knockout round. Each battle will comprise of three rounds. The winner of the battle moves on.

Athletics: Shotputter Raven Saunders in eighth after second attempt

Raquel Coronell Uribe

Raven Saunders is in eighth place after their second attempt in shotput.

The athlete walked out in a sunglasses and mask, fouling on their first throw. The second one was 16.92 meters, leaving them eighth in the rankings.

Athletes get six throws.

Canada upsets to win men's 4x100, U.S. men disqualified

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

Sean Nevin

The Canadian men won the 4x100 final in a stunning upset, their first win in the event since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. South Africa took silver and Great Britain bronze.

For the fifth consecutive Games, the U.S. men failed to meet the moment. They finished in seventh and were disqualified due to a baton pass error.

Soccer: France completes comeback on penalty kick

Tim Perone

Reporting from Paris

France came all the way back to tie it a 3 in stoppage time after a penalty strike from Jean-Philippe Mateta.

France was down 3-1 with less than 30 minutes played but two quick goals nearing the end of the match puts us on the verge of extra time.

The penalty was awarded after a video review confirmed that Spain's Juan Miranda fouled Arnaud Kalimuendo.

U.S. men fumble baton pass and fail to end 4x100 medal drought

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Kyree King and Fred Kerley suffered a disastrous baton fumble on their first pass in the 4x100 relay.

The reigning world champions attempted to win their first Olympic gold medal in the event in 24 years and end a 20-year Olympic medal drought, but fell short again in Paris.

Soccer: France claws one back with 10 minutes left

Tim Perone

Reporting from Paris

Maghnes Akliouche's goal following a free kick from Michael Olise puts France down only 3-2 with about 10 minutes left in the match.

U.S. women win 4x100 relay gold in rainy final

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

Sha'Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry won gold in the 4x100 relay final.

Despite a baton bobble in the qualifying round, the U.S. women braved a wet track in rainy conditions to win their 12th Olympic medal in the event. Today's gold is an improvement on their silver medal relay finish in Tokyo.

Richardson anchored the U.S. effort, earning her first Olympic gold medal.

Sha'Carri Richardson eyes first Olympic gold in 4x100 relay

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

After winning a silver medal in her primary event Saturday, the 100-meter dash, Sha'Carri Richardson could finally become the golden girl many expected to show up in Paris.

Richardson turned on the gas as the U.S. anchor for the women's 4x100 relay in the qualifying round, running a sub-10 split with a sublime 9.99 time.

She posted the fastest split of the day, clinching the top qualifying spot for the U.S. women, whose final time was 41.94 seconds.

Soccer: Second half begins

Tim Perone

Reporting from Paris

Host nation France has just 45 minutes to stage a comeback against Spain as the second half kicks off and France is down 3-1.

Breaking with Olympic tradition in historic Paris

Alexander Smith

Reporting from La Concorde, Paris

That was a scene like no other in Olympics history: competitive breakdancing in Paris' Place de la Concorde.

Before crowds even got into the arena they could tell something extraordinary was afoot, as the break beats and MCs' whoops and cheers reverberated down the archways of the Rue de Rivoli.

Inside the venue, a three-sided amphitheater looked down on a small round stage, where impossibly young B-girls faced off against each other in adversarial style. Like many of Paris' urban arenas, this all played out against a vista of iconic landmarks: the colonnades of La Madeleine church and the centerpiece of the Place de le Concorde itself, the Luxor Obelisk.

When the French acquired that Egyptian artifact in the 1830s, they probably didn't imagine that in 200 years it would be the backdrop of a breaking competition between women from Morocco, China, the United States and Afghanistan. And as far as the Olympic tradition goes, Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Athens anymore.

U.S. women headed to basketball gold medal game

David K. Li

Reporting from Paris

Breanna Stewart scored 16 points and Jackie Young added 14 more as the United States cruised past Australia, 85-64, and advanced to the gold medal game.

The Americans, seeking their eighth consecutive women’s basketball gold medal, will play France or Belgium at 3:30 p.m. local time on Sunday.

Big names sit courtside at U.S. women's basketball

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

As the U.S. women's basketball team chased the chance to earn an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal, celebrities cheered them on in their semifinal match against Australia.

Vanessa Bryant, wife to the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, was in attendance with her children. The Bryants were joined by NBA stars Kevin Durant and Bam Adebayo, as well as retired All-Star Carmelo Anthony.

Breakdancing: Here's who will face off in the quarterfinals

Rebecca Cohen

Battle 1: Syssy (France) vs. Ami (Japan)

Battle 2: Ayumi (Japan) vs. India (Netherlands)

Battle 3: 671 (China) vs. Kate (Ukraine)

Battle 4: Ying Zi (China) vs. Nicka (Lithuania)

The winner of each battle will move on to the semifinals.

Breakdancing: Team USA is out of women's competition

Rebecca Cohen

Breaking began in the U.S., but the origin country couldn't prove it was medal-worthy at the sport's first Olympic showing.

Logistx claimed three wins in the round-robin, but it wasn't enough to push her to one of the top two spots in her group that made the quarterfinal.

Sunny earned her only two wins of the day in her final battle, where she looked like she was having the time of her life.

The men will compete tomorrow, where USA's B-Boy Victor is the reigning world champ.

It's perhaps a shock, given the sport's origins, but the competition was fierce today.

Breakdancing: A final round-robin battle

Rebecca Cohen

Sunny and Vanessa had one last shot to show what they're made of as neither will advance to the quarterfinal.

Sunny took Round 1, her first win of the day, with a smile plastered to her face. She looked like she was having fun through the second round, which she also won.

Basketball: United States in total control, headed to gold medal game

David K. Li

Reporting from Paris

The Americans are 10 short minutes away from playing for women’s basketball gold.

The heavily favored United States holds a 66-40 lead over Australia, based largely on the Americans’ ability to force and cash in on turnovers.

The U.S. is outscoring Australia, 16-5, on points off turnovers.

USA’s Teachout falls to Marton in taekwondo quarterfinals

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Kristina Teachout of the United States fell to Hungary’s Viviana Marton in the women’s taekwondo 67-kilogram quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics.

Breakdancing: A big upset

Rebecca Cohen

No. 1 seed 671 has been decisive today but was bested by 16-seed India, who had to battle it out to even earn a spot in the round-robin.

This puts India up 6-0 in her group and clinches her spot in the quarterfinals.

671 will take the second spot for this group in the quarterfinals with four wins throughout the round-robin.

Neither of the final two competitors, Sunny and Vanessa, had won any round heading into their final battle, meaning they can't beat 671's 4 points.

Breakdancing: Ukraine vs. Ukraine

Rebecca Cohen

Kate and Stefani, both from Ukraine, entered this round tied with three wins each.

After two more rounds, they were tied again, each winning one round in this battle. The decision went to votes, where Stefani prevailed, with 10 votes in the battle to Kate's 8.

But over the course of the round-robin, Kate earned a total of 35 points while Stefani only earned 30, which means Kate snags a spot in the quarterfinals.

The teammates met for a long embrace after the decisive battle. Either way, it's a win for Ukraine.

Soccer: Spain ups its lead

Tim Perone

Reporting from Paris

A free kick by Alex Baena of Spain was perfectly placed with goalie Restes not even moving as the ball sailed by his right to make it 3-1 Spain in the 28th minute.

Soccer: Spanish attack overwhelms France to take 2-1 lead

Tim Perone

Reporting from Paris

Fermin Lopez scored again as he cleaned up a rebound to score his second goal in just seven minutes.

Spanish striker Abel Ruiz had a shot from in front of the goal after a cross into the box from Juan Miranda, deflected by French goalie Guillaume Restes but directly at Lopez.

Basketball: Don't stop believing? Sure, whatever you say!

David K. Li

Reporting from Paris

Bercy Arena game managers are desperate to keep fans engaged in this semifinal blowout.

They blasted Journey’s classic "Don't Stop Believin'" as loud as possible on the PA just before the start of third-quarter play.

Fans enjoyed the impromptu karaoke. But whether that helps Australia cut into the big U.S. lead is another matter.

Breakdancing: Ayumi will show in the quarterfinal

Rebecca Cohen

Ayumi needed two wins to secure her quarterfinals spot. She got them.

She faced off against Italy's Carlota, who won't advance after winning no battles today.

Ayumi showed off intricacy in her moves, and what Carlota put up wasn't enough to outshine her.

Carlota blew a final kiss to the crowd, tears in her eyes, as she walked offstage.

Breakdancing: A 'showcase' round, but neither will move on

Rebecca Cohen

Italy's Anti and Morocco's Elmamouny gave everything they had in their final battle, but it won't be enough for either to clinch a quarterfinals spot.

Personality and style were on display this round, as the announcers said. The two women hugged it out when they finished the battle, and Anti walked off in tears.

Despite falling to Ami in the first battle of this round, Ying Zi had enough points in earlier battles to earn the second place spot in this group.

Soccer: Quick response from Spain ties it up

Tim Perone

Reporting from Paris

A series of quick passes by Spain resulted in a tying strike from Fermin Lopez as the match is level at 1-1.

The goal was in the 18th minute, letting France sit in the lead for just six minutes at the Parc de Princes stadium.

Soccer: Early lead for France in gold medal match

Tim Perone

Reporting from Paris

The French take an early lead over Spain 1-0 in the gold medal game after forward Enzo Millot's strike bounced off goalie Arnau Tenas' hands and over the line in the match's 12th minute.

France is seeking its first gold medal in soccer since 1984.

Breakdancing: Japan's Ami secures quarterfinal spot

Rebecca Cohen

Ami is moving on. She beat China's Ying Zi 2-0 in her final battle of this round.

But Ying Zi's exceptionally strong showings in her first two battles could keep her in contention for the next round.

Basketball: The blowout is on, Americans cruising in semifinals

David K. Li

Reporting from Paris

The Americans might as well play “Sweet Georgia Brown” on the loudspeakers.

After missing some easy early shots, the United States put it in gear and opened up a 45-27 lead at intermission over the overmatched Australians.

In one particularly ridiculous play, Chelsea Grey drove the lane, picked up two defenders and flipped the ball back behind her head to Breanna Stewart, who stepped back for a crowd-pleasing 3-pointer.

Jackie Young has energized the Americans with 10 points on 5-for-6 shooting.

Breakdancing: Syssy knocks out Logistx

Rebecca Cohen

It's likely over for Team USA in breaking, after Syssy edged out Logistx in their final battle of the round-robin.

Logistx jam-packed her first round with quality and musicality, despite Syssy's explosive showing, and ultimately prevailed.

Despite missing two freezes at the end of round two, which Logistx was quick to call her on, Syssy grabbed the win. She only needed one round to push her to the second-place spot in her group and clinch her place in the quarterfinals.

Breakdancing: Nicka earns a spot in the quarterfinals

Rebecca Cohen

The first of eight to make it to the quarterfinals, Nicka, from Lithuania, proved why she's the reigning world champ.

She won 5 of 6 rounds she battled today, losing one to France's Syssy.

Her final opponent, Australia's Raygun, didn't win any of her rounds, but represented her country in style.

Basketball: Americans connecting from downtown

David K. Li

Reporting from Paris

Australia won't have much of a chance if the Americans keep hitting their 3s.

Sabrina Ionescu and Jewell Loyd hit consecutive jumpers from deep and the Americans, who had an early 10-point lead cut to just a bucket, are back up 30-16.

Breakdancing: One last chance

Rebecca Cohen

The top 16 breakdancers have one more round in the round-robin to prove they're knockout-worthy.

Breakdancing: India showed up, Sunny unlikely to advance

Rebecca Cohen

USA's B-Girl Sunny needed a win to stay in contention for the knockouts, but she didn't get it.

India, from the Netherlands, is the only athlete to have performed three times already, having to battle it out in a pre-qualifier round to get to the round-robin.

She bested Sunny 2-0 and 18-0 votes, almost definitely securing her spot in the quarter finals. Sunny only has one more chance to perform, but after 2 losses, it's unlikely she'll move on.

Sunny seemed to be studying her opponent during her first round, and responded with a thumbs-down before rallying the crowd to get on her side.

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Darja Varfolomeev takes gold

Jean-Nicholas Fievet

Darja Varfolomeev of Germany, who won five golds at the 2023 World Championships, took the top spot in the individual final at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris.

Bulgaria’s Boryana Kaleyn got the silver medal. Italy’s Sofia Raffaeli, who won the 2022 world all-around title, claimed bronze.

Rhythmic gymnastics is a female-only event that made its Olympic debut at the 1984 games in Los Angeles. Each gymnast performs four routines: with a hoop, a ball, clubs and a ribbon. Judges give a difficulty score and an execution score.

Basketball: Americans take early lead on Australia

David K. Li

Reporting from Paris

The Australians have to be delighted finishing the first period down just 20-16 to the United States in this women’s semifinal game.

The faster, bigger Americans scored 14 of this contest’s first 18  points but Australia managed to stem the tide thanks to 2-for-4 shooting from long distance.

Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young has 8 points, making all of her field goal attempts.

Basketball: U.S. women up 20-16 over Australia after Q1

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

The U.S. women's basketball team led Australia by four points after the first quarter of Friday's semi-final. Their male counterparts had a surprisingly narrow win over Serbia yesterday, so Team USA appears to be on high alert today.

Men's volleyball: U.S. wins bronze, beats Italy 3-0

Raquel Coronell Uribe

The U.S. held onto its narrow lead in the third set winning 25-23, with TJ DeFalco securing the bronze in the second match point.

The U.S. was knocked out of gold and silver contention in the semifinals against Poland, but came through with redemption, winning three straight sets today.

The 3-0 score does not reflect the closeness of the match, however, during which the Italian team put up a fight that forced the team to play the second set to 30 points.

The teammates embraced each other as they soaked in their victory. It’s the first bronze for the U.S. since 2016, and the last for this iteration of the team, from which some players are likely retiring.

“It’s nice because have something to show for all the work that we put in,” Micah Christenson told NBC Sports after the match. “But it’s bittersweet because we might be saying goodbye to some of these guys for the U.S. team.”

Player Matt Anderson, who said he would not be retiring, said that the team took some space the day after the semifinals to grieve not being in gold-medal contention. Anderson processed by “diving into the work.”

“We trained for the gold, taken away from us in the semifinal, but I’m proud of the way we regrouped,” he said. “We just let each other have that space so when we come out here today we’re 100% for what we have to do.”

Breakdancing: 671 proves why she's the top seed

Rebecca Cohen

It was another easy win for 671 from China, who bested Portugal's Vanessa 2-0. She also claimed 14 of the 18 votes and almost definitely has clinched a spot in the knockouts.

B-Girl 671 exploded into her first round, but Vanessa responded by signaling 671 needed to put in headphones and listen to the music — something she does particularly well.

Both breakers showed a ton of personality this time around, but ultimately, 671's tricks earned her the win. The two hugged when their battle finished.

Breakdancing: Sefani rises to top of her group

Rebecca Cohen

Stefani from Ukraine only needed 2 votes to inch ahead of Japan's Ayumi in her group, and she got them.

She bested France's Carlota 2 rounds to 0, proving her worth with good combinations and swift moves. The announcers noted she can do every kind of windmill, and she showed off a lot of them today.

Breakdancing: Kate came for Ayumi

Rebecca Cohen

Ukraine's Kate came for Japan's Ayumi in their battle — each one won round, but Kate earned 12 votes to Ayumi's 6.

A strong response from Kate to Ayumi's first round pushed her over the edge to claim the first round, in what could be considered an upset.

In her second round, Kate pounded her chest, indicating "it's mine." It was, indeed.

Kate now sits at the top of her group.

Breakdancing: Ying Zi wins again

Rebecca Cohen

China's Ying Zi is proving she deserved a higher seeding than she was given — 14th.

In her second battle of the day, she easily bested Italy's Anti (seeded 6th) 2 rounds to 0, taking 16 of 18 available votes.

Anti again showed off her "funky" top rock while Ying Zi wowed the judges with her power moves.

Soccer: Germany beats World Cup champs Spain in bronze medal match

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

Germany won its fifth Olympic medal in women’s soccer Friday after a 1-0 victory over reigning World Cup champions Spain.

They won gold in 2016 and also claimed the bronze in 2000, 2004 and 2008.

The only goal of the match was scored by Giulia Gwinn from the penalty spot. The U.S. bested Germany in the semifinals and are set to face Brazil for the gold medal on Saturday.

Breakdancing: Another decisive win for Ami

Rebecca Cohen

Ami, from Japan, took another strong win against Morocco's Elmamouny, setting her up for success, and a likely place in the knockouts, after two of three battles.

The two athletes shook hands and hugged after their battle, despite the unanimous win for Ami.

Ami brought great form in her power moves, expected from a seasoned breaker.

Breakdancing: Syssy proves her dominance

Rebecca Cohen

France's Syssy — only 16 years old — easily swept her second battle of the day against Raygun from Australia, who is likely out of the knockouts after two of three battles for the day. She sits in last place in her group.

Even though she didn't earn the points she needed to remain in the game, she showed off some sass, yawning during Syssy's second round.

Syssy commandeered the stage with strong power moves and exciting flips, but Raygun showed off creativity.

Volleyball: U.S. takes second set, leads Italy 2-0

Raquel Coronell Uribe

After an incredibly close second set punctuated by several stretched-out rallies, the U.S. takes its second set 30-28, making the current match score 2-1.

The match now enters its third set. If the U.S. wins this one, it will earn the bronze.

Breakdancing: It was Nicka's round

Rebecca Cohen

Lithuania's Nicka won her next battle against USA's Logistx 2-0, earning 15 of the 18 available points. Nicka keeps her place in first in her group.

Nicka and Logistx really got in each other's faces this round and were dancing along while the other performed their throw down.

Logistx, another former gymnast, leaned on flips in her turn, but it wasn't enough to prevail.

Breakdancing: Underdog India beats friend Vanessa

Rebecca Cohen

India from the Netherlands, who had to battle in a pre-qualifier round earlier today to even make the round robin, beat her friend and rival Vanessa, from Portugal, 2 rounds to 0.

The pair performed a handshake on stage in addition to their other moves, and hugged for the camera as they exited.

Breakdancing: Battle of 'two powerhouses'

Rebecca Cohen

Team USA's Sunny had a tough first battle against China's 671, who was quick to bust into air flares as Sunny danced along to cheer, or egg, her on.

Round one went 8-1 to 671, as did round 2. Sunny still has a chance to move on, though. The top two women from each round will move to knock-outs.

Sunny showed off a ton of personality throughout, in addition to tricky footwork. She might not have the power moves 671 has, but her top and down rock proves where she has the edge.

She also included gymnastics moves, showcasing where she came from.

China could sweep Paris diving events with win tomorrow

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

In every diving event in Paris so far, China has won gold.

Chen Yiwen's win in Friday's women's 3M springboard final is the country's 10th consecutive gold medal in the event and seventh Paris diving victory.

China will attempt to sweep the diving events and go eight-for-eight in Paris, culminating in Saturday's men’s 10m platform final at 9 a.m. ET.

Breakdancing: Kate prevails against Carlota

Rebecca Cohen

Kate from Ukraine, who the commentators pointed out leans on classic moves to create her own signatures, won both rounds and 15 of 18 votes against France's Carlota.

The home crowd went wild for Carlota, though, who showed up strong.

It was an exciting round that even breaking novices would be able to realize was full of some of the best moves out there.

A simple move from Kate: She had to tie her shoe between her first and second throw down.

Breakdancing: Ayumi narrowly beats Stefani

Rebecca Cohen

Japan's Ayumi narrowly won the battle against Ukraine's Stefani. Each won one round, but Ayumi earned 10 votes to Stefani's 8.

Both breakers were battling to win, showing off intense power moves and high drama.

Ayumi is the oldest breaker in today's competition at 43. When she isn't battling it out, she's teaching kindergarten. She showed off some handcuffs in the first round, which are windmills with your hands behind your back, and are particularly difficult to execute.

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Australia was the heavy favorite to run away with the men’s K-2 500-meter, but the Germans showed up with an incredible effort to snatch away the gold in dominant fashion.

Breakdancing: Africa's champ knocked out of first round

Rebecca Cohen

Morocco's Elamouny — the reigning African champ — was bested by China's Ying Zi in two rounds.

Ying Zi took all 18 votes and both rounds. She grew up doing athletics until she found breaking at university and pursued the sport from here.

A head slide into a freeze surely earned her some votes.

Volleyball: U.S. wins first set, leads bronze medal match vs. Italy 1-0

Raquel Coronell Uribe

The U.S. is leading the bronze medal match against Italy 1-0.

The Americans are hoping to win a medal for the first time since the 2016 Rio Games.

Breakdancing: Japan's Ami wins all but one vote

Rebecca Cohen

It was a near unanimous win for Ami, who took both rounds with 17 of the 18 possible votes. She showed off an elbow air flare among other smooth moves.

Italy's Anti, the sixth-seeded breaker, appeared to show off some ballroom-style moves in her top rock (moves performed while standing), which the commentators pointed out are typically "funky."

Breakers don't know the music ahead of time

Rebecca Cohen

Making the competition ever more tricky, the breakers aren't sure which tracks they'll be throwing down to before they hit the stage, ready for battle.

Music plays a huge role in this sport, as breakers have to choreograph and show off their moves in real time to the beat of whatever the DJs are blasting through the speakers.

Breaking: Team USA's Logistx wins her first battle

Rebecca Cohen

Logistx unanimously won her first round-robin matchup against Raygun from Australia, unanimously winning both rounds with 18 votes on her side.

She's currently ranked seventh in the world and looks ready to plow ahead to the knockouts later today.

Jordan Chiles is more than just an Olympic gymnast. She’s an entertainer.

Kaetlyn Liddy Kaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

Jordan Chiles is “that girl.”

The mantra that led her to the Olympic podium was lifted from the discography of her idol, Beyoncé.

“It’s not the diamonds, it’s not the pearls, I’m that girl,” the song goes.

Chiles’ Team USA leotard was bedazzled with just under a thousand pearls and 3,500 crystalswhen she won her third Olympic medal in Paris. Her floor routine was, naturally, underscored by Beyoncé.

“There needs to be the art side of it, that’s why it’s called artistic gymnastics,” Chiles told NBC News after returning from Paris. “I like to entertain. I’ve been an entertainer ever since I was young...  I think I’m an artist.”

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Breakers are in each other's faces

Rebecca Cohen

You might catch the break dancers today getting in each other's faces during their battles. While this kind of personal contact is typically discouraged in other sports, it's welcome in breaking.

It is a battle, after all.

Breaking: A tie in the first round-robin

Rebecca Cohen

Nicka of Lithuania and Syssy of France tied after their first battle, each taking one round, but Nicka ultimately earned 11 votes from the judges across both throw downs and Syssy only 7.

When the rounds are tied, the votes will be the deciding factor in scoring.

Breaking: B-Girl India from the Netherlands prevails to the round-robin

Rebecca Cohen

India bested Talash in three out of three pre-qualifier rounds to head to the round-robin, where she will compete as the 16th seed.

Let's get this party started!

'Free Afghan women'

Rebecca Cohen

In the last round of the pre-qualifiers, breaker Talash, from Kabul, Afghanistan, and representing the refugee delegation, took off her black sweatshirt to reveal a blue cape emblazoned with the message "Free Afghan women."

She is "competing for women around the world," according to NBC’s broadcast commentary.

Breakers show off fashion with unique uniforms

Rebecca Cohen

The women's Olympic breakers are dripping in swag. Each is in a totally unique uniform resembling street clothes that show off their personal styles with the inclusion of accessories like head scarfs and sunglasses.

Loose fitting clothing is perfect for the sport that takes place a lot of the time on the ground, or in gravity-defying body contortions.

No, I will never be as cool as these women.

Volleyball: U.S. vs. Italy bronze medal match underway

Raquel Coronell Uribe

The U.S. men's volleyball team is facing off with Italy for bronze.

Neither team has won a medal since the 2016 Rio Games, when Italy won silver and U.S. bronze.

Italy is hoping to become the first nation to win seven Olympic medals in the sport. The U.S. would become the fourth nation to win six volleyball medals if they come out triumphant.

Snoop spotted at breaking's Olympic debut

Rebecca Cohen

Hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg graced the breaking stage ahead of breaking's Olympic debut.

He brought the coup de baton to the arena to signal that the sport can officially begin.

With breaking's roots in hip-hop, it makes sense that Snoop would want to see what the Olympic sport is all about.

From Tahiti’s Teahupo’o to the waves of … the Seine

Gabrielle Nolin

France’s surfing gold medalist Kauli Vaast celebrated his Olympic victory by surfing on the Seine this morning. With his gold medal around his neck, the Olympic champion from French Polynesia showed off his impressive skills by surfing for an hour on the small waves created by a boat on the Paris river.

Vaast flew from Tahiti to Paris after having won gold in the men’s competition on Tuesday and was seen literally surfing on the crowd in the French fan zone.

The Prefecture of the Île-de-France region commented on X that the Frenchman's feat in the Seine "transformed the Seine into a surf spot for a unique show right in the heart of Paris!" adding that "'Impossible' is not French, especially with a board under your feet!"

Track: Quincy Wilson says he wasn't 100% himself after sluggish leg in 4x400-meter relay

Sean Nevin

Quincy Wilson said he "wasn't 100%" after a sluggish leg in his Olympic debut put the U.S.'s 4x400-meter relay squad on the back foot.

Wilson, 16, became the youngest male track and field athlete to represent Team USA at the Olympics when he ran earlier today. Running the opening leg for the team, Wilson handed over in seventh after a leg of 47.27 seconds, fading in the final 150 meters to land the team nearly three seconds behind at the changeover. The squad went on to recover to finish third to qualify for tomorrow night's final.

“I wasn’t 100% myself, but my team came out here and did it for me,” Wilson said after the race, declining to elaborate. “I knew I had a great three legs behind me and knew it wasn’t just myself. Because if it was myself, we’d be in last place. But these guys came out there and gave it their all.”

The teenage phenomenon, whose family was in the stands at the Stade de France this morning, earned his place on the team after impressive showings at the U.S. Olympic trials in June, twice breaking the under-18 400-meter world record with times of 44.66 and 44.59.

Breaking round-robin: How it works

Rebecca Cohen

Breaking kicks off today with the women's round-robin. Here's how it works.

All Olympic breakers were pre-seeded to determine four round-robin groups. Each group consists of four athletes who will each compete in three battles in this stage.

In the women's competition, 17 made the Olympic cut. Seeds 16 and 17 will battle it out in a pre-qualifier round to make it to the round-robin.

The battles will consist of two turns each — called "throw downs" — and will be scored by a panel of judges.

The top eight breakers will then move on to the quarterfinals, and so on.

Serbia sends U.S. to bronze medal water polo match

David K. Li

Reporting from Nanterre, France

Nikola Dedović scored four goals while teammate Nikola Jaksic added three more as two-time-defending champion Serbia pulled away from a determined United States, 10-6, in the water polo semifinals at Paris La Défense Arena.

Marko Vavic, from Rancho Palos Verdes, California, paced the American attack with two goals while goalkeeper and UC Berkeley alum Adrian Weinberg made 15 saves against Serbia’s 25-shot attack to keep the U.S. as close as possible.

The Americans will play for bronze on Sunday at 10:35 a.m. local time, 4:35 a.m. ET against the loser of Hungary vs. Croatia.

Who to watch in breaking

Rebecca Cohen

Breaking, or breakdancing, is making its Olympic debut in Paris, and it could be the only time the dance-battle sport has a showing on the world’s biggest stage.

Team USA comprises four breakers : Sunny Choi (B-Girl Sunny), Logan Edra (B-girl Logistx), Victor Montalvo (B-Boy Victor) and Jeffrey Louis (B-Boy Jeffro),

They, along with breakers from other countries, will face off in solo dance battles as they go for gold.

Montalvo, who has been breaking for most of his life, said the sport is “all about peace, love, unity and having fun.”

Montalvo was the first American to qualify for Paris after he won the 2023 World Championships. Choi followed closely behind and qualified after she won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games.

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Men's water polo: After three periods, Serbia leads — but can't shake — pesky U.S.

David K. Li

Reporting from Nanterre, France

Two-time-defending champion Serbia has its hands full in this semifinal contest as the upstart Americans will not go away.

Southern California native Marko Vavic has scored two goals and goalkeeper Adrian Weinberg has stopped 10 of 18 shot to keep America close.

Serbia leads, 8-6, with one period to go.

Water Polo: Team USA trail Serbia in men's semifinal match up

Sean Nevin

It's halftime in the men's semifinal between Team USA and Serbia, and Team USA have work to do in the second half with Serbia ahead 6-4 at the break.

Marko Vavic got Team USA on the board early with the opening goal of the match, picking off where he left off after his starring role in the U.S.'s shootout victory over Australia in the quarterfinals. It was an evenly balanced first quarter, with the two sides trading goals to end the first quarter at 2-2.

Serbia, the defending gold medalists from both the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, pulled away in the second quarter — Nikola Dedovic scoring twice as he helped his team open up a 6-4 lead over the U.S. at the half.

What sports hasn't the U.S. medaled in?

Rebecca Cohen

There are only a handful of Olympic sports in which the U.S. has never medaled. They include badminton, handball, rhythmic gymnastics (not to be confused with artistic gymnastics, in which the U.S. women excel), table tennis and trampoline.

Another small group rounds out the sports in which the U.S. has never earned gold: field hockey, modern pentathlon, skateboarding and sport climbing. However, Americans did medal in skateboarding and sport climbing in Paris.

Skateboarding and sport climbing are newcomers to the Olympic roster, having made their debuts at the Tokyo Games. The U.S. won a gold in surfing, the third and final sport that debuted in Tokyo. American Caroline Marks won gold in surfing at these Games.

The rhythmic gymnastics are currently underway, with no American women having qualified for the individual all-round final. Germany's Darja Varfolomeev, who won five golds at the 2023 World Championships, is among the favorites, as is Italy’s Sofia Raffaeli. Stay with us for the results.

How breaking is scored

Rebecca Cohen

Breakers will face off in head-to-head dance battles at the Paris Games, taking turns — or throwdowns — to show off their fiercest moves and tricks.

Each battle will include a set number of throwdowns from each competitor, which can’t be longer than 60 seconds. But breakers won’t face penalties for turns that are too short or too long.

A panel of judges will rate each of the performances on six criteria — creativity, personality, technique, variety, performativity and musicality.

The criteria carry different weights when it comes to scoring a battle, with technique, performativity and creativity counting for 60% of the total score and variety, musicality and personality making up the remaining 40%.

After each round, the judges will submit their scores and the breaker with the highest points wins and moves on to the next round.

For Ice T, who emerged as a hip-hop artist in the 1980s, the inauguration of breaking as an Olympic sport is a moment savor, as he told his followers on X.

Medal Moments: The Best of Paris

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A look back on the most recent days of competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Team USA stars like Quincy Hall taking home the gold.

Canoe Sprint: German pair win kayak 500m

Jean-Nicholas Fievet

German world champions Jacob Schopf and Max Lemke won a closely-contested men’s kayak double 500-meter.

Bence Nadas and Sandor Totka of Hungary, who set the world’s best time in the event back in 2017, came second.

Australia’s Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen, who won gold in the K-2 1000m event in Tokyo, took the bronze medal.

Jonas Ecker and Aaron Small of the U.S. placed seventh.

Colin Duffy narrowly misses out on climbing medal

Sean Nevin

Team USA's Colin Duffy has narrowly missed out on a medal in the men's boulder and lead climbing final after finishing fourth overall.

Sitting second after the bouldering section of the event, Duffy could only post the seventh-highest score in the eight-man field on the lead climb. The 20-year-old missed out on a bronze medal by just three points overall.

Great Britain's Toby Roberts was the eventual gold medal winner with Japan's Sorato Anraku in silver. Austria's Jakob Schubert, who posted the highest score on the lead climb, narrowly edged out Duffy for bronze.

Egyptian Olympic wrestler arrested after allegedly groping a woman in a bar in Paris

Gabrielle Nolin

The Paris prosecutor's office has confirmed to NBC News that an Egyptian man born in 1998 and "said to be a wrestler with the Olympic delegation" was arrested at around 5:00 am local time on Friday.

"He is accused of having put his hand on the buttocks" of another customer of a bar in Paris, the Paris prosecutor's office said. The investigation has been entrusted to the criminal investigation department.

Egypt's Olympic committee did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment.

Basketball: Steph Curry expects France to play the 'game of their lives' in tomorrow's gold medal match

Sean Nevin

Team USA star Steph Curry says the team is preparing for France to play the 'game of their life' in tomorrow's gold medal match with the squad ready to take on a hostile crowd at Paris' Bercy Arena.

After Curry inspired a huge comeback against Serbia last night in the semifinals, Team USA will take on the host nation, headlined by NBA stars Victor Wembanyama and Evan Fournier, tomorrow night with the team looking to win their fifth straight gold medal.

When asked by NBC News what the team is expecting from the host nation tomorrow, Curry said: "You expect them to play the game of their life, because they're gonna have the adrenaline. They're riding a big momentum these last two games. You got to expect them to play great, but we expect that from ourselves as well."

"We know the crowd is going to be loud and obnoxious, as they should be, and we got to be able to handle the emotions of it all."

"I'm sure each one of us can probably think of a building that we've gone into in our career; a hostile environment and nobody likes you, nobody wants to see you and you have got to channel that energy and just be ready for whatever happens."

All Angles: McLaughlin-Levrone smashes her own 400m hurdle record

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See all the angles of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s historic 400m hurdles run, in which she became the first person to win two gold medals in the event and broke her own world record in the process.

Four athletes have tested positive for doping so far in Paris

Jean-Nicholas Fievet

Four athletes have tested positive for prohibited substances and been disqualified from competition at the Paris Olympics, according to the International Testing Agency (ITA) and Paris 2024 organizers.

Iraqi judoka Sajjad Sehen and boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore of Nigeria were tested ahead of the start of competition. Afghan judoka Mohammed Samim Faizad was tested after losing in an elimination round. Greece’s Eleni-Klaoudia Polak was disqualified from the women’s pole vault for a doping violation after competing in heats.

Midway through the games, over 2,682 athletes from nearly all countries represented in Paris had been tested. That’s almost a quarter of all competitors. The plan is to test about 6,000 samples, according to the ITA, the body in charge of managing the anti-doping program.

The agency says it assesses which sports and countries are "high risk," as well as any intelligence it receives, and carries out tests that are "targeted" and "unannounced." Russia, which was banned from the Tokyo Olympics because of a vast, state-sponsored doping program, is banned from Paris 2024 after invading Ukraine, although 15 Russian athletes are allowed to compete as neutrals.

Most of the athletes competing at Paris 2024 have been tested at least once this year, according to the ITA.

Samples taken during the games will be stored for up to 10 years and can be re-analyzed for prohibited substances that cannot be detected at present.  There were nine anti-doping violations during London 2012. However, 73 athletes tested positive in re-testing following the games. New analysis methods were introduced for steroid metabolites after London.

Six athletes were sanctioned at Tokyo 2020 by the ICO for doping violations.

Hall third after heptathlon Day 1, finishes strong in 200m

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U.S. heptathlete Anna Hall finished the first day of the women’s event strong with a solid performance in the 200m. That places her third overall heading into the back half of the competition, which gets underway later today, at 2:25 p.m. ET and 8:25 p.m. local time.

Travis Scott arrested in Paris after allegedly assaulting a hotel security guard

Linda Hervieux

Patrick Smith Patrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.

Reporting from Paris

Rapper Travis Scott has been arrested following an alleged fight involving a security guard and his own bodyguard at a luxury hotel in central Paris, French authorities said on Friday.

“I can confirm that on August 9, 2024, police officers were called to the George V hotel and arrested the rapper nicknamed Travis Scott for assaulting a security guard,” the Paris prosecutor’s officer said in a statement.

“The security guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard. The Paris public prosecutor’s office has referred the case to the 1st district of the judicial police,” the statement said, without adding any further details.

Scott, 33, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, was pictured in the crowd at the men’s Olympic basketball semifinal on Thursday, in which the U.S. team came from behind to secure a narrow 4-point victory and proceed to the final and a shot at winning gold.

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With heart, humanity and a killer kick, C.J. Nickolas eyes men’s taekwondo gold

Curtis Bunn

C.J. Nickolas hardly looks like one of the most lethal fighters in the world. He’s wearing baggy jeans covered in large colorful patches with pink socks and carrying a yellow Pikachu backpack. His brilliant smile illuminates like the New York City skyline behind him.

And yet there he is, at 22, the U.S.’ best chance at a gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games in taekwondo, a Korean martial art in which fighters use mostly their feet and hands.

He arrives in the evening, before sunset, at 30 Rockefeller Plaza after a full day of media obligations, but, lean and 6-foot-1, he is a tower of energy. He readily switches into his U.S. fight gear to display his signature — and devastating — soaring midair double kick, a maneuver that delivers a blow to his opponent while he is in flight and a second strike as his body is contorted and suspended in air, parallel to the ground.

He displays this dexterous maneuver and others all with a smile and a youthful buoyancy because he is not in competition. In a match, Nickolas, the No. 2 fighter in the world in his weight class, sheds his lighthearted nature and transitions into a focused and violent attacker.

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Wemby, France scoot past Germany into gold medal game

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The French men’s basketball team narrowly got past Germany in the semifinals to advance to the gold medal game at the 2024 Paris Olympics. They'll face Team USA in that game tomorrow

American Colin Duffy currently in second place in combined sports climbing

Sean Nevin

Team USA's Colin Duffy sits in the silver medal position after the bouldering section of the men's bouldering and lead combined event.

The event sees athletes compete in bouldering, in which athletes score points by trying to get to the top of four bouldering walls as quickly and in as few attempts as possible, while lead climbing has athletes having one attempt to get as high up a 15-meter wall as possible.

Duffy, the youngest climber in the field when he competed in the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, was able to make it to the top of two of the four bouldering walls, putting himself into contention for a medal. He sits one point behind Japan's Sorato Anraku heading into the lead climbing round.

First Olympic kiteboarding medal awarded to GB’s Aldridge

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British kiteboarder Elanor Aldridge won the first-ever Olympic medal awarded in her sailing class on Thursday. France’s Lauriane Nolot took silver and Annelous Lammerts of the Netherlands edged out U.S.’ Daniela Moroz for bronze.

American skateboarder criticizes the quality of his bronze medal

Charlotte Kwan

American skateboarder Nyjah Huston was an early winner in Paris, placing third in the men’s street skateboarding final on July 29. But he says his bronze medal is already looking the worse for wear.

"These Olympic medals look great when they’re brand new," Huston, 29, said in an Instagram story. "But after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they’re apparently not as high quality as you would think."

"I mean, look at that thing," he continued, turning the medal over in his hand. "It’s looking rough, even the front. It’s starting to chip off a little."

More than 5,000 medals were created for the Paris Games based on a design by the French jewelry company Chaumet. Each medal contains 18 grams (0.04 pounds) of iron that was salvaged from the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower during renovations.

"I don’t know, Olympic medals," Huston said. "You’ve got to maybe step up the quality a little bit."

Rough start for Quincy Wilson as USA squeaks through men's 4x400m relay heat

Sean Nevin

Team USA finished third in their heat of the men's 4x400m relay to just about make it through to tomorrow night's final.

Quincy Wilson, who is still in high school and now becomes the youngest ever male track and field athlete to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games, opened the race for the U.S. but faded in the last 150 meters to hand over in seventh place, three seconds behind the leaders. But Team USA did not panic, with strong legs from the other American runners seeing the U.S. recovering to finish third.

With plenty of depth in their roster, expect to see Team USA's line-up undergo changes for tomorrow's final, with individual 400-meter gold medalist Quincy Hall and Michael Norman likely to come in. Team USA has won gold in four of the last five Olympics. It's worth noting that, should the U.S. medal, the heat runners would also earn medals even if they don't run in the final.

Team USA easily wins women's 4x400m relay heat

Sean Nevin

Team USA are through to tomorrow night's women's 4x400m relay, after winning their heat this morning. Quanera Hayes, Shamier Little, Aaliyah Butler and Kaylyn Brown finished three seconds ahead of the rest of the field, clocking a time of 3 minutes 21 seconds.

Great Britain and France also qualified from the U.S.'s heat, while Jamaica won the winners in the other heat.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone may well come into the squad for the final. She did not compete after winning the 400-meter hurdles gold last night in a world record time. If she does come in, she would be the only returnee to the squad that claimed gold in Tokyo last time out.

The U.S. has dominated this event over the last quarter century, winning gold in the last six Olympic Games. The men's heats are up next.

‘Look good, run fast’: Black Olympians discuss the importance of their hair

Char Adams

Black American women competing in the 2024 Olympics are in a massive spotlight — and so is their hair.

Kendall Ellis, a 28-year-old sprinter, said she’s planning to highlight her kinky hair texture when she competes in Paris. After she qualified for the Olympics, she said, “it was one of the first things I thought about!” Ellis said she plans to wear a sew-in — hair extensions sewn over her braided hair — that is similar to her natural hair texture.

“I want to do a more natural-looking style, because I think it’s important to have that representation on such a large stage,” Ellis said.

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Pakistan wins its first Olympic medal in 32 years

Charlotte Kwan

Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan won gold in the men’s javelin final yesterday, scoring the South Asian nation’s first ever Olympic medal in track and field and its first medal in any Olympic event since 1992.

Nadeem, 27, one of just seven athletes competing in Paris for Pakistan, broke the Olympic record on his second throw, which landed at 92.97 meters. He was followed by Tokyo gold medalist Neeraj Chopra of India, who threw 89.45 meters, and Grenada’s Anderson Peters, who threw 88.54 meters.

Nadeem had finished fifth in the event in Tokyo, where he was the first Pakistani athlete to qualify for an Olympic athletics final.

Pakistan’s last Olympic medal was a bronze in men’s field hockey at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.

Quincy Wilson to become youngest male athlete to represent Team USA in track and field

Sean Nevin

Quincy Wilson will become the youngest male track and field athlete to represent Team USA at an Olympic Games when he leads off the 4x400-meter relay squad in their heat this morning.

Wilson, aged 16, will run the first leg of this morning's heat alongside Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Chris Bailey, U.S. Track and Field has confirmed. He eclipses middle-distance runner Jim Ryun as Team USA's youngest ever male athlete in Track and Field, who represented Team USA at age 17 at the 1964 Olympics.

Last month, Wilson broke the under-18 400-meter world record, running a 44.20 during a meet in Florida. That time would have been good enough for sixth in Wednesday's individual 400-meter Olympic final.

The men's 4x400-meter relay heats get underway this morning at 5:05 a.m. ET and 11:05 a.m. local time.

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2024 Paris Olympics Day 14: here’s what to look out for.

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Good morning! It’s Day 14 of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here’s what you should be looking out for today.

There's an enormous 35 medal events today as we hit the business end of the Paris Games. That includes eight crucial track and field events, the start of and first medal in breaking (or break-dancing), and lots of team sports finals too.

Track and field hits fever pitch today with a packed schedule and Team USA is hoping to outdo its historic day Thursday, which was the first day since the 1992 Barcelona Games when it won eight or more track and field medals in a single day. Sha'Carri Richardson and Gabby Thomas are expected to feature in the women's 4x100m relay at 1:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. local time; a Noah Lyles-less men's 4x100m relay team will race at 1:47 p.m. ET and 7:47 p.m. local time.

Elsewhere in track and field, Raven Saunders carries America's hopes in the women's shot-put at 1:37 p.m. ET and 7:37 p.m. local time; Alexis Holmes races in the women's 400m at 2:00 p.m. ET and 8:00 p.m. local time; Salif Mane takes on the men's triple jump at 2:13 p.m. ET and 8:13 p.m. local time; Anna Hall finishes off the women's heptathlon at 2:37 p.m. ET and 8:37 p.m. local time; Weini Kelati races in the women's 10,000m at 2:57 p.m. ET and 8:57 p.m. local time; and Rai Benjamin rounds things off with the men's 400m hurdles at 3:45 p.m. ET and 9:45 p.m. local time.

Meanwhile, Queens-native Sunny Choi will be America's competitor for the inaugural women's breaking medal at 3:19 p.m. ET and 9:19 p.m. local time; the U.S. women's basketball team will try to shoot its way past Australia and into its eighth straight final at 11:30 p.m. ET and 5:30 p.m. local time; and soccer fans will get the chance to watch host France play European Championships-winner Spain in the men's soccer gold match at 12:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 p.m. local time.

Here are the rest of today's medal events:

Table Tennis — The men’s team bronze medal match is at 4:00 a.m. ET and 10:00 a.m. local time; the men’s team gold medal match is at 9:00 a.m. ET and 3:00 p.m. local time.

Sailing — Men’s kite is at 6:13 a.m. ET and 12:13 p.m. local time.

Sport Climbing — Men’s bouldering and lead combined is at 6:35 a.m. ET and 12:35 p.m. local time.

Canoe Sprint — Women’s C-2 500m is at 6:50 a.m. ET and 12:50 p.m. local time; women’s K-2 500m is at 7:10 a.m. ET and 1:10 p.m. local time; men’s K-2 500m is at 7:10 a.m. ET and 1:10 p.m. local time; men’s K-2 500m is at 7:30 a.m. ET and 1:30 p.m. local time; men’s C-1 1,000m is at 7:50 a.m. ET and 1:50 p.m. local time.

Field Hockey — The women’s tournament bronze medal match is at 8:00 a.m. ET and 2:00 p.m. local time; the women’s tournament gold medal match is at 2:00 p.m. ET and 8:00 p.m. local time.

Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual all-around is at 8:30 a.m. ET and 2:30 p.m. local time.

Diving — Women’s 3m springboard is at 9:00 a.m. ET and 3:00 p.m. local time.

Soccer — The women’s tournament bronze medal match is at 9:00 a.m. ET and 3:00 p.m. local time.

Weightlifting —Men’s 89kg/196 lbs. is at 9:00 a.m. ET and 3:00 p.m. local time; women’s 71kg/156 lbs. is at 1:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. local time.

Volleyball — The men’s tournament bronze medal match is at 10:00 a.m. ET and 4:00 p.m. local time.

Cycling — Men’s sprint deciding race is at 12:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 a.m. local time; women’s Madison is at 12:09 p.m. ET and 6:09 p.m. local time.

Wrestling — Men’s freestyle 57 kg/125 lbs. medal matches are at 1:30 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. local time; women’s freestyle 57 kg/125 lbs. medal matchesa are at 2:50 p.m. ET and 8:50 p.m. local time.

Taekwondo — Women’s welterweight (67kg/148 lbs.) medal rounds are at 2:19 p.m. ET and 8:19 p.m. local time; men’s welterweight (80kg/176 lbs.) medal rounds are at 2:34 p.m. ET and 8:34 p.m. local time.

Beach Volleyball — The women’s tournament bronze medal match is at 3:00 p.m. ET and 9:00 p.m. local time; the women’s tournament gold medal match is at 4:30 p.m. ET and 10:30 p.m. local time.

Boxing — Men’s welterweight (71kg/156 lbs.) is at 3:30 p.m. ET and 9:30 p.m. local time; women’s flyweight (50kg/110 lbs.) is at 3:47 p.m. ET and 9:47 p.m. local time; men’s heavyweight (92kg/202 lbs.) is at 4:34 p.m. ET and 10:34 p.m. local time; women’s welterweight (66kg/145 lbs.) is at 4:51 p.m. ET and 10:51 p.m. local time.

Marathon swimming: Hungary claims gold in tight finish

Sean Nevin

Max Butterworth

Hungary's Kristof Rasovszky claimed gold in an incredibly close finish in the men's 10km marathon swim in the Seine this morning, edging out Germany's Oliver Klemet for the win.

Rasovszky took the lead of the race at the 6.5km mark and looked as though he would be relatively unhindered in his pursuit of the gold medal, but a late surge from Klemet ensured a nailbiting finish, with the Hungarian coming out on top by two seconds in the end.

Hungarian teammate David Betlehem came in third to give Hungary gold and bronze. Rasovszky and Betlehem pulled out the 'Turkish pistol shooter' celebration that has become synonymous with these Games.

Women's golf: U.S. golfers in striking range of medals at halfway point

Sean Nevin

Team USA's golfers will need a late surge if they are to medal in the women's event at Le Golf National. Nelly Korda is three shots behind the bronze medal position entering the third round.

Korda, the defending Olympic champion, was having a brilliant second round yesterday, before a quadruple bogey at the 16th hole, followed by a bogey at the 17th, derailed her run. There is plenty of time to make up for it though, with Korda still in touching distance of the medals. Korda enters today at two-under-par.

Fellow Team USA golfers Rose Zhang and Lilia Vu are also within striking range of the medals. Zhang is also on two-under with Vu a further shot behind.

Switzerland's Morgane Metraux leads at the halfway stage on eight-under-par. China's Yin Ruoning currently occupies the silver medal position one shot behind, while Lydia Ko of New Zealand sits in third on five-under-par.

U.S. storms back late to escape upset scare vs. Serbia

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Down 15 late in the third quarter, Team USA outscored Serbia 32-15 in the final quarter to escape an upset and advance to the men’s basketball gold medal game at the Paris Olympics.

Break dancer Sunny Choi is focusing on mental health as much as physical

Elizabeth Chuck

Sunny Choi has a rigorous training schedule as she prepares to be the first female break dancer to represent the U.S. in the Olympics later today.

She works with a strength coach and does hot yoga. She diligently practices her gravity-defying flips and dizzying head spins on the dance floor. But the real "game-changer," she says, has nothing to do with physical conditioning: It’s the emotional strides she has made through talk therapy.

"I knew to be able to perform, I needed to work through my mental health concerns," Choi said in a phone interview. "I’ve been able to really take the time to finally work through the issues rather than numb them and keep going."

Choi, 35, has long had Olympic aspirations, though not in breaking, as her sport is now officially called.Born Grace Sun Choi in Cookeville, Tennessee, she was a serious gymnast until she suffered a knee injury as a teenager. It was also during her teen years that she first experienced periods of intense depression.

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How to watch

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Full prime-time coverage begins tonight on NBC and Peacock at 8 p.m. ET.