2024 Olympics live updates: Suni Lee to compete on uneven bars, Noah Lyles to run in 100-meter semifinal

Lin Yu-ting won her quarterfinal bout against Bulgarian Svetlana Staneva in a unanimous decision that assured a medal for the featherweight representing Chinese Taipei.

Lin and Algeria’s Imane Khelif have faced withering scrutiny during these Olympics, based on a 2023 disqualifications by the Russian-led International Boxing Association which claimed that unspecified tests called the boxers’ gender into question. 

IOC has staunchly defended the boxers, saying concerns over their gender are baseless. The IBA has since been called into question, with USA Boxing terminated its relationship with the body last year.

Huge news from the Stade de France with Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson pulling out of the 200-meter, minutes before the heats this morning.

Jackson, who has won back-to-back world titles in this event, had pulled out of the 100-meter earlier this week. No official reason has been given for her withdrawal from this event yet, though she had been struggling with an injury coming into the Games after pulling up at the Hungarian Grand Prix three-weeks ago.

It is another blow for Jamaica after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdrew from her 100-meter semifinal last night because of an injury.

Team USA’s Gabby Thomas is safely through to tomorrow’s semifinal, winning her heat in a time of 22.20s. Jackson was set to be her main competition for gold in this event, and her withdrawal really opens up the competition for the rest of the field. Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred, fresh from winning gold in the 100-meter last night, eased into victory in her heat in 22.41s to also progress into the semifinal.

Team USA’s Gabby Thomas is involved in this morning’s 200-meter heats, which are about to get underway at the Stade de France.

Thomas, who took bronze in Tokyo, is in the second of the six heats.

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson has been the woman to beat in this event in recent years and is Thomas’ main rival for gold. She goes in the third heat.

A typical day for U.S. track and field athlete Gabby Thomas is a full 24 hours. During the day, she trains three to six hours in anticipation of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

But at night, she works at an Austin, Texas, volunteer health care clinic for people without insurance.

How does one of the fastest athletes in her sport find the time to do it all? She attributes that work ethic to her mother. When Thomas and her twin brother were young, their mom waitressed and took classes to become a professor. 

“She showed me in real time growing up what it’s like to go after your dreams and to achieve them, and to become successful,” Thomas, 27, told NBC News. “I watched her just achieve all of that by herself and while raising us.”

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With 20 gold medals due to be handed out today, Team USA is hoping to bring in a big medal haul with superstar Noah Lyles headlining one of the most eagerly-anticipated events of the Games — the men’s 100-meters.

Lyles has claimed throughout the build-up to the Olympics he is the fastest man on the planet after winning the world title last year, but with Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville also in the mix, this looks set to be one of the most hyped and competitive 100-metre races since the days of Usain Bolt.

It’s the final day in the pool, and the U.S.-Australia rivalry is on a knife edge. Team USA has already guaranteed they will walk away from the pool with the most total medals — 25 and counting — but in terms of golds, Australia are narrowly in front with seven golds to the U.S.’s six.

There are some very strong events in the pool for Team USA today though; the U.S. has won every gold medal in the men’s 4x100m medley relay since 1960 (except for the boycotted 1980 Games) and will be the favorites for gold again.

Bobby Finke goes in the men’s 1500m freestyle as he looks to defend his Olympic title. Team USA and Australia are also expected to clash for gold in the women’s 50m freestyle and the women’s 4x100m medley relay.

Elsewhere, Suni Lee is involved in the women’s uneven bars final, Xander Schauffele is tied for the lead in the men’s golf heading into the final round and Team USA are expected to be in the medal mix in fencing’s men’s team foil event.

The men’s team foil medal bouts in fencing take place today.

Like the pommel horse, fencing also has its origins in military training before slowly evolving into a sport.

The earliest depiction of swordplay is a relief in the temple of Medīnat Habu, built by Egyptian pharaoh Ramses III in about 1190 BCE, near to the Egyptian city of Luxor.

But it wasn’t until two-and-a-half thousand years later that it became a sport.

Inspired by the Italian, German and French fencing masters of the early 15th century, it made the transition from a form of military training to sport. German fencing masters then began organizing the first guilds, including the famous Marxbrueder of Frankfurt in 1478.

By the 17th and 18th centuries, the sport of fencing had already begun to resemble what is seen at the Olympics today, with the invention of the flat-tipped foil weapon and wire-mesh masks, as well as rules governing procedure and target area.

The stage is set for an epic finale in the men’s golf competition with Team USA’s Xander Schauffele tied with Jon Rahm at the top of the leaderboard heading into today’s finely-poised final round at Le Golf National.

Schauffele and Rahm are level on 14-under-par with 18 holes left to play, and some of the biggest names in the sport are close behind in the chasing pack.

Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood is just one shot back, while Team USA’s Scottie Scheffler, Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama are all in the top 10 and can propel themselves into medal contention with strong final rounds.

The final round is already underway with the leading trio of Schauffele, Rahm and Fleetwood the last to tee off for the day at 6:39 a.m. ET.

Saturday was a historic day for Team USA, who added five golds, six silvers and seven bronze medals — the most medals won by U.S. athletes in a single day since the Seoul Games in 1988.

Among them, Simone Biles won her seventh career Olympic gold in the vault. Vincent Hancock and Katie Ledecky made history by becoming just the sixth and seventh Olympians to win four gold medals in the same individual event — Hancock doing so in the men’s skeet shooting and Ledecky winning her fourth career 800m freestyle gold. Ryan Crouser took his third consecutive gold medal in the men’s shot put.

Gymnasts never fail to deliver mesmerizing performances, seamlessly pairing athleticism with grace. The best moves from Simone Biles, Suni Lee and others in the women’s individual all-around are even more epic in slow motion.

When Simone Biles does the Yurchenko double pike, the most difficult vault ever done by a female gymnast, the whole world watches in awe. Relive the two phenomenal vaults that earned Biles her 10th Olympic medal.

Day 8 of the Olympics was jam-packed with action. We saw legends in their sport add to their gold-medal counts, thrilling finishes on the track and much more. Let’s dive into the day’s biggest events.

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