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Athletics action ramps up on day 10 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, track cycling begins and gymnastics continues. Follow for live updates.Athletics action ramps up on day 10 of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, track cycling begins and gymnastics continues. Follow for live updates.There was always going to be significant pressure on host nation France to deliver on the football pitch in these games.
Belgium, however, will not take part in the race after its Olympic committee announced on Sunday that it was withdrawing after Claire Michel, who competed in the women’s triathlon last Wednesday, fell ill. But while she’s definitely retiring her Yurchenko double pike vault after Paris, the superstar isn’t ruling out a run at the Games in Los Angeles in 2028.And if we’re going to be discussing medal events, we may as well use that as a segue to see what the medal tally looks like after day nine.
For those more inclined to a bit of scoreboard-watching, there’s a swathe of gold medals available today. The big news from day nine, undoubtedly, was the crowning of Noah Lyles as the new fastest human on Earth: the American backing up the hype by taking the gold after a dramatic finish in the men’s 100m, edging out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to the crown by just five-thousandths of a second, with fellow American Fred Kerley claiming bronze.
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