Sat Day 8 03.08
118. ARCHERY - W Individual
1. Alejandra Valencia MEX
2. Kang Chae-young KOR
3. An San KOR
CZE world champion loses in 1/32 round this time.
119. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - M Floor
1. Carlos Yulo PHI
2. Artem Dolgopyat ISR
3. Kazuki Minami JPN
A lot of mistakes made by other finalists (including a relatively small one by Dolgopyat) leaves space for Yulo here.
120. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - W Vault
1. Simone Biles USA
2. Rebeca Andrade BRA
3. Yeo Seo-jeong KOR
Alexa Moreno MEX sadly 4th again, like in Tokyo.
121. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - M Pommel Horse
1. Rhys McClenaghan IRL
2. Max Whitlock GBR
3. Ahmad Abu Al-Soud JOR
Probably greatest ind apparatus final in Paris. Level of competition is astonishing here.
122. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS - W Uneven Bars
1. Qiu Qiyuan CHN
2. Kaylia Namour ALG
3. Shilese Jones USA
Namour makes history here.
123. ATHLETICS - M Shot Put
1. Ryan Crouser USA
2. Tom Walsh NZL
3. Leonardo Fabbri ITA
Crouser with a massive WR.
124. ATHLETICS - W Triple Jump
1. Yulimar Rojas VEN
2. Leyanis Perez Hernandez CUB
3. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk UKR
Rojas wins this one comfortably in a massive jump in Round 2, no need to wait for Round 6.
125. ATHLETICS - Mixed 4x400m Relay
1. Netherlands
2. United States
3. Great Britain
Femke Bol doesn't hit the floor this time.
126. ATHLETICS - W 100m
1. Shericka Jackson JAM
2. Sha'Carri Richardson USA
3. Marie-Josee Ta Lou CIV
First great controversy of the games. Jackson and Richardson finish with the same time. Jackson announced as a winner but Team USA make a protest because photo-finish shows a gap so small (or no gap at all as NBC says) that Phelps vs Cavic one can be considered as extremely large. Protest unsuccessfull though. US Team gets mad. Mr. Bach speaks some stupid words at press conference. Richardson crying a lot but finally says - see you at 200 and then we will destroy Jamaica in the relay. Ewa Swoboda smoothly in a final this time, no unnecessary semi-final drama. And then 7th with nice PB. Ta Lou eventually gets her ind medal partly due to JAM controversial false-start in the semis. Uff...
127. ATHLETICS - M Decathlon
1. Leo Neugebauer GER
2. Pierce LePage CAN
3. Karel Tilga EST
Too many DNFs, Kevin Mayer among them which leaves 3rd place wide open and it goes to Estonia.
128. BADMINTON - W Doubles
1. Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan CHN
2. Baek Ha-na, Lee So-hee KOR
3. Kim So-yeong, Kong Hee-yong KOR
Japan 4th.
129. EQUESTRIAN - Team Dressage
1. Great Britain
2. Germany
3. Denmark
First medal for Denmark in Paris.
130. FENCING - W Sabre Team
1. France
2. Korea Rep.
3. United States
Allez Les Bleus!
131. JUDO - Mixed Team
1. Japan
2. France
3. Israel
3. Germany
Israel ends their wonderful judo performance with a team event medal.
132. ROAD CYCLING - M Road Race
1. Tadej Pogacar SLO
2. Christophe Laporte FRA
3. Wout van Aert BEL
Pogacar - after disappointing 2nd place in TDF and happy 2nd place in ind TT here - goes solo on the last lap. Van der Poel catches him in Amstel-style but then crashes 3km to go. Laporte wins sprint from a bunch of 8 riders.
133. ROWING - W Single Sculls
1. Karolien Florijn NED
2. Kara Kohler USA
3. Emma Twigg NZL
Comfortable win for NED. Tara Rigney AUS 4th.
134. ROWING - M Single Sculls
1. Oliver Zeidler GER
2. Simon van Dorp NED
3. Stefanos Ntouskos GRE
Also comfortable win for GER.
135. ROWING - W Eight
1. Romania
2. United States
3. Australia
Team GB close 4th.
136. ROWING - M Eight
1. Great Britain
2. Australia
3. Netherlands
Germany 4th.
137. SHOOTING - W 25m Pistol
1. Anna Korakaki GRE
2. Doreen Veenekamp GER
3. Olena Kostevych UKR
Korakaki beats Veenekamp like she did in Kraków 2023. Salukvadze (born in 1969) 6th.
138. SHOOTING - M Skeet
1. Eetu Kallioinen FIN
2. Stefan Nilsson SWE
3. Efthimios Mitas GRE
First summer olympic gold medal for Finland since 2008 (W trap).
139. SWIMMING - M 100m Fly
1. Maxime Grousset FRA
2. Joshua Liendo CAN
3. Kristof Milak HUN
Dressel qualifies for this event (2nd in US Trials behind Rose) but then DNS in Paris at the very last moment and nobody really knows why.
140. SWIMMING - W 200m IM
1. Summer McIntosh CAN
2. Kate Douglass USA
3. Yu Yiting CHN
Amazing race, simply amazing. McIntosh wins by 0,05 sec. McKeown leads for a long time but then fades - very tired after her backstroke double. Noone gest DSQ in the semis or in the final.
141. SWIMMING - W 800m Free
1. Katie Ledecky USA
2. Li Bingjie CHN
3. Ariarne Titmus AUS
Easy win for Ledecky.
142. SWIMMING - Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
1. China
2. United States
3. Australia
A weird race in a weird event.
143. TABLE TENNIS - W Singles
1. Sun Yingsha CHN
2. Hina Hayata JPN
3. Mima Ito JPN
2nd China player sensationally bombs out in QF. Amazing performance by Prithika Pavade FRA who reaches QF.
144. TENNIS - W Singles
1. Iga Świątek POL
2. Coco Gauff USA
3. Ons Jabeur TUN
Świątek wins gold in a surprising easy match 6-2 6-3. First gold for Poland in Paris.
145. TENNIS - M Doubles
1. France
2. Belgium
3. Argentina
Sander Gille, Joran Vliegen loses to a French pair in a close final.
And there will be bronze medal game in TENNIS - M Singles:
Alexander Zverev GER beats Zhang Zhizhen CHN here.
And in the end of day 8 we will know some bronze medalists in BOXING - W 60kg
Bronze medals for Estelle Mosselly FRA and Yang Wenlu CHN.
Kellie Harrington IRL and Beatriz Ferreira BRA in the final.