Paris Olympics LIVE: Golden night for historic Marchand, Ledecky wins eighth title

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Leon Marchand won both the 200m butterfly and breaststroke on Wednesday night
Leon Marchand won both the 200m butterfly and breaststroke on Wednesday nightReuters, Flashscore

The drama doesn't stop at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and today sees 20 gold medals handed out across the events. Keep up with all the medals here in our live tracker.

Check out the medal table & full schedule here.

00:19 CET - Our final singles game of the day at Roland Garros has been an epic of nearly three hours with Donna Vekic beating Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(8). The emotion pours out of the Croatian at the end of the game as she makes into the last four, just one win away from a medal.

23:18 CET - It's all over for the day in Lille, where on the basketball court, Team USA have gone two wins from two with a 103-86 victory over South Sudan. Bam Adebayo was the top scorer on the night for the Americans with 18.

USA - South Sudan match stats
USA - South Sudan match statsFlashscore

Back to Paris, where play is also over for the day in the men's 3x3 basketball and it was a disappointing for those representing the US on the smaller court as they lost to Poland 19-17, seeing them to two defeats from their opening two games.

Elsewhere, reigning champions Latvia had better fortunes, beating the Netherlands 21-12, whilst there were also wins for host nation France and a surprising victory for China.

Check out the full standings now.

22:56 CET - Back to the women's football and the group stages have come to an end with France beating New Zealand 2-1 with a brace from Marie-Antoinette Katoto sealing all three points from the hosts.

They top Group A with six points, but, incredibly, after their six-point deduction over the use of drones in a spying scandal that threatened to derail their tournament, Canada have qualified for the knockouts automatically after a 1-0 win over Colombia.

Vanessa Gilles scored the only goal of the game, seeing them finish above the Colombians on goal difference.

Group A standings
Group A standingsFlashscore

22:44 CET - A NEW WORLD RECORD! China's Pan Zhanle dominates the field in the 100m freestyle to break his own world record - the first in the pool in this Olympic Games - and win the gold in front of Kyle Chalmers with Romania's talisman David Popivici finishing third in what was a blanket finish for the minor medals.

But Zhanle was head and shoulders above the rest and he takes home the title in a time of 46:40.

Men's 100m freestyle final results
Men's 100m freestyle final resultsFlashscore

What a way to wrap up Day Five in La Defense Arena!

22:37 CET - Incredible! Leon Marchand has won his second gold of the night, this time in the 200m breastroke, making history along the way. The Frenchman has the crowd in the palms of his hands as he leads from the front to win the race in a time of 2:05:85 - a new Olympic record - beating the reigning champion Zac Stubblety-Cook by just less than a second with the Netherlands' Casper Corbeau finishing in the bronze medal position.

It's a historic night in Paris and it belongs to their hero, Marchand. Two gold medals in barely two hours - not bad going at all.

Men's 200m breaststroke final results
Men's 200m breaststroke final resultsFlashscore

21:59 CET - The women's 3x3 basketball has come to a close for the day and there was a shock in the final game of the day as Azerbaijan beat USA 20-17 for their first win of the tournament, whilst the US have now slipped to two defeats from two games.

Elsewhere, table toppers Canada saw off China 21-11, whilst there were also wins for Australia and Spain.

Check out the full standings after day two here.

21:31 CET - Back to the pool and one of the greatest of all time, Katie Ledecky, has smashed the field in the 1,500m freestyle final in an Olympic record time of 15:30:02 to win her eighth gold medal and her first of this Games.

But, more cheer for the French crowd as Anastasiia Kirpichnikova holds off the challenge from Germany's Isabel Gose to take home the silver.

Women's 1,500m freestyle results
Women's 1,500m freestyle resultsFlashscore

21:23 CET - To fencing and the men's sabre team event where South Korea have seen off a great challenge from Hungary to win the gold medal after a final score of 45-41.

There was celebrations for the home crowd in the bronze medal match as France comprehensively beat Iran 45-25.

21:03 CET - A quick update from the women's football competition, where the USA and Germany have both qualified for the quarter-finals with respective wins this evening.

The US beat Australia 2-1 thanks to goals from Trinity Rodman and Korbin Albert meaning the Matildas face a nervy wait to see whether they will qualify for the knockouts as one of the best third placed sides.

Meanwhile, Germany had a much easier time of it, seeing off Zambia in a 4-1 victory.

Group B standings
Group B standingsFlashscore

20:48 CET - Over to Roland Garros where Alex Zverev (27) continues his defence of his Olympic title with a comfortable 7-5, 6-3 victory over Australia's Alexei Popyrin (24).

Meanwhile, it's all over for the star-studded pairing of Rafael Nadal (38) and Carlos Alcaraz (21), who have been beaten in the men's doubles by the experienced US pair and fourth seeds Austin Krajicek (34) and Rajeev Ram (40). The American duo won the contest 6-2, 6-4.

Remember you can follow all of the action on the clay courts with our dedicated tracker.

20:43 CET - La Defense Arena is shaking its foundations as Leon Marchand grabs gold in heroic fashion to win the 200-metre butterfly.

He trailed world record holder Kristof Milak until the final 50 metres before picking his pocket in the final few strokes to win his second final of the Games in a time of 1:51:21 - a new Olympic record.

Canada's Ilya Kharun finishes third in a raucous atmosphere.

Men's 200m butterfly result
Men's 200m butterfly resultFlashscore

20:35 CET - It's a bumper evening in the pool with five medals up for grabs and our first race is the women's 100-metre freestyle.

An incredibly tight race sees the world record holder, Sweden's Sarah Sjoestrem, finishing like a bullt to break Torri Huske's heart to win the race and the gold in a time of 52.16 seconds. The American Huske finished 0.13 seconds back and Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey finishes third.

Women's 100m freestyle result
Women's 100m freestyle resultFlashscore

Next up, Leon Marchand in the 200m butterfly.

20:15 CET - Japan's Shinnosuke Oka has taken gold in an epic men's all-around gymnastics final, edging Chinese duo Zhang Boheng and Xiao Ruotengwho finished second and third respectively.

All-around top eight
All-around top eightFlashscore

20:09 CET - In Lille, Serbia's basketball side have bounced back from their defeat to the USA with a resounding 107-66 win over Puerto Rico - star player Nikola Jokic scored 14 points and was imperious around the hoop with 15 rebounds.

Puerto Rico - Serbia match stats
Puerto Rico - Serbia match statsFlashscore

19:52 CET - The men's all-around gymnastics final is into its final rotation, with Shinnosuke Oka of Japan holding a slender advantage. Can he hold his nerve to seal gold?

19:30 CET - In the women's football competition, world champions Spain have booked their spot in the quarter-finals as group winners after defeating Brazil 2-0. Elsewhere in Group B, Japan eased past Nigeria 3-1 to clinch second spot and a place in the last eight.

Final Group C standings
Final Group C standingsFlashscore

19:08 CET - Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz continue their thrilling pursuit of men's doubles success this evening as they take on American pair Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram

Follow the match live with Flashscore here.

Both sets of players getting ready for the quarter-final
Both sets of players getting ready for the quarter-finalAFP

18:54 CET - Lasha Bekauri has secured a second successive gold medal for Georgia in the men's -90kg judo event, with Japan's Sanshiro Murao taking silver and Theodoros Tselidis of Greece and France's Maxime-Gael Ngayap Hambou earning bronze medals.

18:32 CET - We're set for a thrilling end to the men's all-around gymnastics final, with just one point separating the top eight gymnasts at the end of the second rotation.

18:17 CET - An incredible run from world number one Jess Fox has seen the Australian win the women's canoe slalom in a dramatic final. Racers struggled to tame the course with plenty of athletes unable to put together a clean run and Fox was the quickest in a time of 99.06 seconds with a two-second penalty.

In second place, German Elena Lilik put together the performance of her life, whilst the first person to go in the final, Evy Leibfarth picks up the bronze in what is the biggest turn-up for the books in the competition.

Read more about Fox's victory here.

18:05 CET - Barbara Matic has won Croatia's first gold of the Games in the women's -70kg judo final, getting the better of Germany's Miriam Butkereit who was forced to settle for silver.

Gabriella Willems took bronze for Belgium - their first-ever medal in the event.

17:15 CET - We're just 10 minutes away from the women's canoe slalom C1 final, with Australia's Jessica Fox on course for another Olympic medal at the Games.

Fox will be second-last to descend the course after finishing in second place during the semi-finals, while the fastest time of the day was set by Gabriela Satkova, who was last out after winning Tuesday's heat and completed the 210-metre course in 105.55 seconds.

16:40 CET - On a busy day for Carlos Alcaraz at Roland Garros, the second-seeded Spaniard has coasted into the quarter-finals of the singles, beating Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-2 in 90 minutes.

16:21 CET - History for Guatemala! Adriana Ruano Oliva has won the nation's first-ever gold medal at an Olympic Games, winning the women's trap shooting competition. She led throughout the competition, setting an Olympic record with 45 successful shots from 50, beating Italy's Silvana Maria Stanco by five clear shots.

In third was Penny Smith from Australia, but no one could live with Ruano Olivia in Chateauroux.

15:57 CET - Australia scored in the third minute in a 3-0 win over the United States in women's hockey at the Olympics on Wednesday.

The US looked nervous early on as passes went wide and players had difficulty controlling the ball. The Australian defence was unforgiving, holding the US to one shot from the field.

"We definitely build our base game around our defence. We work a lot on it, and it's a really good feeling to come away with only one goal against (in the tournament)," Australian captain Grace Stewart said.

Rebecca Greiner of Australia in action with Ashley Sessa of United States
Rebecca Greiner of Australia in action with Ashley Sessa of United StatesReuters

Elsewhere, there were wins for Argentina, who remain second behind Australia in Pool B, and Great Britain - they edged out South Africa by the odd goal.

It was bad news for the hosts France though, who lost 5-1 to Germany in Group A.

15:48 CET - Luxembourg's former China table tennis player Ni Xialian's sixth Olympics was cut short on Wednesday by Chinese top seed Sun Yingsha, who the 61-year-old helped train this week to prepare for opponents with an unusual paddle in the mixed doubles final.

For Ni, a former world champion with China who now represents Luxembourg, her stint in Paris was a dream come true.

"I am very excited and grateful to have the opportunity to play against Shasha, the world number one," said Ni, who lost 4-0 in the round of 32.

"I truly had my eyes opened to what it means to be the world number one.

"Many shots that would score in other games were just like scratching an itch for her, barely affecting her at all."

Ni Xialian waves to the crowd after defeat
Ni Xialian waves to the crowd after defeatReuters

Ni, world champion in 1983, is the oldest athlete competing in table tennis at the Paris Games.

15:39 CET - To Lille now, and let's give you an update on the women's basketball, which has come to an end for the day. In the early game, Spain edged out Puerto Rico by just a single point, winning the Group A game 63-62, their second win of the competition. Megan Gustafson was the star of the show for the Spaniards, with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

Later, also in Group A, Serbia had a much easier time of it, beating China 81-59 with Yvonne Anderson topping the scoring charts - netting 15 points in the victory.

Group A standings
Group A standingsFlashscore

15:28 CET - Jose Torres Gil is the BMX freestyle champion! A 94.82 score in his first run was technically sound and spectacular, seeing the judges award the Argentinian the top score. Kieran Riley from Great Britain and Anthony Jeanjean certainly were crowd favourites with their devil-may-care trickery, but the pair have to settle with silver and bronze respectively.

15:08 CET - Three years after Britain finished second overall in the boxing competition in Tokyo with six medals, they were left reeling earlier today after Chantelle Reid became the nation's fifth straight fighter to be eliminated at the Paris Olympics.

Reid suffered a 3-2 split decision loss to Morocco's Khadija Mardi in a women's heavyweight bout on Wednesday, leaving Lewis Richardson as the only British boxer in the competition.

Despite the defeats, Reid said the mood in the British camp had not soured.

"We've all been so supportive of each other. We've given each other so much respect and we've been there for each other. We're a close team," she added.

Chantelle Reid was beaten in her bout
Chantelle Reid was beaten in her boutReuters

14:50 CET - Racing in the debut women's windsurfing marathon was abandoned this afternoon as the wind faded during a gruelling hour for the Olympic sailors off Marseille.

After a dramatic start, where a power boat whizzed across the front of the fleet to signal the off, the race developed into a slow slog, with the windsurfers dropping off the foils and having to 'pump' their sails to propel themselves.

Eventually, after Israel's Sharon Kantor had led for most of the legs completed, the organisers opted to abandon, an official boat speeding in front of the fleet and flying the flag signalling that the race was over.

Sharon Kantor of Israel in action
Sharon Kantor of Israel in actionReuters

14:37 CET - Back to Roland Garros and two more men have advanced into the quarter-finals. Tommy Paul has beaten home favourite Corentin Moutet, whilst Lorenzo Musetti has seen off Taylor Fritz.

Follow all the action from the clay courts with our dedicated tracker.

14:22 CET - The Athletics gets going tomorrow and Netherlands' Sifan Hassan will defend her Tokyo Olympic 5,000 metres and 10,000 titles and take on the marathon in Paris, she said on Wednesday, dropping the 1,500m from her programme.

Hassan, who was initially registered to compete in all four events, sent shockwaves through the sport when she attempted an unprecedented Tokyo treble three years ago.

One of the toughest fighters on the track, Hassan fell during her opening 1,500 heat but came roaring back to advance and ultimately take bronze.

She later said that the stress of chasing the Tokyo agenda left her exhausted but was all smiles as she announced a gruelling new programme for Paris.

"I'm really curious what's going to happen," the Ethiopian-born runner told reporters.

14:13 CET - Away from the action, Canada's appeal against their team's points deduction at the Paris Games amid a drone scandal was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS said on Wednesday.

Canada were docked six points, while coach Bev Priestman and officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander were banned from any soccer-related activity for one year by FIFA after New Zealand complained that Canadian staff flew drones over their training sessions before their opening match.

"The application filed by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer in relation to the six-point deduction imposed on the Canadian women’s soccer team for the football tournament at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 has been dismissed," CAS said in a statement.

14:01 CET - Drama at the end of the BMX freestyle finals as world champion Hannah Roberts is the only person who can stop Yawen Deng from winning the gold medal, but the decorated American slips off the pedals after her first trick and it's all over! The chinese rider has won the gold after a searing second run that included two backflips, scoring a total of 92.60. Her first run of 92.50 would also have been enough for gold too.

In second, is USA's Perris Benegas, whilst the Australian and underdog Natalya Diehm takes home the bronze.

13:50 CET - Over to Roland Garros, where top seed Novak Djokovic has continued his quest for gold in the men's singles with a 7-5, 6-3 straight-set victory over Germany's Dominik Koepfer.

Another top 15 player through is Stefanos Tsitsipas, with the Greek star beating Sebastian Baez 7-5, 6-1 to advance.

Tsitsipas - Baez match stats
Tsitsipas - Baez match statsFlashscore

13:46 CET - Less than 24 hours after celebrating his gold medal win in the table tennis mixed doubles, China’s Wang Chuqin suffered a shock exit in the singles event to Sweden's Truls Moregard, who played a spectacular match to advance to the round of 16 on Wednesday after winning their match 4-2.

For the 22-year-old Moregard it was his second ever victory over a Chinese player in international competition.

An ecstatic Moregard celebrated by shouting to the crowd, dancing on the floor, and drawing energy from spectators chanting his name.

"I have almost never taken a set against Wang, so it's crazy to win here. I think how I played in the tactical game was really clever, and I didn't feel that he had his best day at the beginning," said Moregard.

Truls Moregard in action
Truls Moregard in actionReuters

Read more about the shock here.

13:28 CET - As we wait for more medals, let's focus on someone who has already won silverware in the Olympics.

Twice Olympic champion Tatjana Smith is ready to retire after the Paris Games, with the South African saying on Wednesday that she no longer wanted to be defined by her achievements even as she seeks a second gold medal at La Defense Arena.

She explained: ""I feel like I'm in a much better space than I was in Tokyo, in terms of just really enjoying swimming for what it is. It's not my identity and it's not who I am, it's just what I do. There's life after swimming as well."

Read more from Smith here.

Tatjana Smith of South Africa
Tatjana Smith of South AfricaReuters

13:05 CET - Jamaica's twice 200 metres world champion Shericka Jackson will not contest the sprint double at the Paris Olympics after dropping the 100m from her programme, team manager Ludlow Watts said on Wednesday.

"She has given up her place in the 100 metres ... all the information that we can provide is that she is not going to participate in the 100 metres," Watts, Jamaica's track and field team manager, told Reuters.

"Shashalee Forbes is her replacement in the women's 100 metres."

12:44 CET - Huge drama in the rowing quad sculls final for the women, where Great Britain produced an almighty finish to overthrow the Netherlands on the line in a photo finish to take the gold medal on the last stroke.

The Dutch had led from start to almost finish with the the British four winning it on the line in a time of 6:16:31, just 0.15 seconds ahead of the team in orange.

Germany finished third to take home the bronze medal.

Women's quad sculls final results
Women's quad sculls final resultsFlashscore

12:32 CET - Straight to the rowing, where in the men's quad sculls final, the Netherlands have retained their title from Tokyo in emphatic fashion to lead the race from start to finish and take the gold medal.

They did not beat their world and olympic record from three years ago, but that won't matter as they celebrate in their boat. Italy took second, whilst Poland earned bronze, two seconds clear of Great Britain.

12:27 CET - In sweltering heat in central Paris, Great Britain's Alex Yee has put in a masterful final push on the run leg to take gold in the men's triathlon. The elite runner overtook New Zealand's Hayden Wilde in the final few hundred metres to win the race, whilst an ecstatic Leo Bergere took bronze for France 10 seconds back.

Every runner in the top 10 has collapsed across the line, showing just how hard the race was - a race that took until the run leg to split apart. Two medals for Great Britain in the triathlon races today, and two for hosts France.

Men's triathlon podium
Men's triathlon podiumFlashscore

12:06 CET - The Netherlands crew of Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester blazed into the women's pairs Olympic rowing final with the fastest time at the Vaire-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Wednesday as Tuesday's hot weather gave way to overcast skies.

The Dutch duo finished the 2000-metre course in 7:10.16 in the first semi-final, almost four seconds faster than Australia, who won the second semi of the morning. Those two crews will be joined in the final by Romania, Greece, the US and Lithuania.

The men's pairs were a tighter affair with fewer than three seconds separating the top three in the second semi as Romania, Great Britain and Ireland secured their final berths, with Croatia, Switzerland and Spain joining them from the first semi.

After four days of heats and repechages, the first rowing medals of the Games will be decided later today in the men's and women's quadruple sculls events.

12:01 CET - Chinese pair Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan put on a clinic in the women's 10m synchronised diving final, taking the gold with a stellar score of 359.10. North Korea came a distant second with 315.90 and Great Britain captured bronze, scoring 304.38.

Women's diving results
Women's diving resultsFlashscore

10:43 CET - It's now time for the men's individual triathlon as temperatures rise in the French capital, while at 11:00 CET, we've got the final of the women's synchronised 10m platform event.

10:04 CET - Cassandre Beaugrand has won a stunning gold medal on home soil in the women's triathlon, racing to victory on the final leg ahead of Switzerland's Julie Derron in second and Great Britain's Beth Potter in third. What a race that was!

Read more about Beaugrand's victory here.

Beaugrand won gold for France
Beaugrand won gold for FranceFlashscore

09:22 CET - It's been an enthralling women's race so far in tricky conditions, with nine athletes in the lead group ahead of the 10km run to the finish line.

08:30 CET - The first medal event of the day is the women's individual triathlon, with the men's to follow a later later this morning. Organisers had said there was only a 60% chance the event would go ahead today due to the water quality of the Seine, however, results taken overnight were deemed suitable by World Triathlon.

08:00 CET - Welcome to our dedicated Olympics tracker for day five of the Games in Paris. Here we will cover the key events, breaking news and, of course, all the medals! It promises to be another jam-packed day of drama with medals to come in the triathlon, rowing, BMX cycling, gymnastics, swimming and more.

Check out what we have picked out as today's highlights here.

In case you missed anything, catch up on the best of Tuesday's action here.

Olympic medal table
Olympic medal tableFlashscore