Allyson Felix Bags Highest Votes Being Elected To The IOC Athletes Commission, Fastest Olympion at Paris 2024 Does Not Win a Gold Medal, Men’s Javelin – Pakistan bt India to Gold

IOC 33rd Summer Olympic Games 2024 – Paris, France 14th Day

Athletics : Women – Long Jump
Gold – USA,
Silver – Germany,
Bronze – USA

Women – 400M Hurdles
Gold – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone – USA
50.37 World Record Former Olympic & World Record Holder – broke her own
Silver – USA,
Bronze – Netherlands

Men – Javelin
Gold – Arshad Nadeem – Pakistan 92.97 M Olympic Record
Silver – Neeraj Chopra – India
Bronze – Grenada

Men – 200 M
Gold – Letsile Tebogo – Botswana 19.46 sec Area Record
Silver – Kenneth Bednarek – USA
Bronze – Noah Lyles – USA
100 M Gold Medalist – Tested positive for COVID two days before the race, received medical assistance on the track after the race, Bronze Medalist in Tokyo, received a caution for improper conduct

Men – 110 M Hurdles
Gold – USA,
Silver – USA,
Bronze – Jamaica

Basketball : Men – Semi Finals
France bt Germany 73 – 69
USA bt Serbia 95 – 91

Beach Volleyball : Women – Semi Finals
Canada bt Switzerland 2 – 1
Brazil bt Australia 2 – 1
Men – Semi Finals
Germany bt Norway 2 – 1
Sweden bt Qatar 2 – 0

Cycling Track : Women – Keirin
Gold – New Zealand,
Silver – Netherlands,
Bronze – Great Britain

Men – Omnium, Points Race 4 / 4
Gold – France,
Silver – Portugal,
Bronze – Belgium

Diving : Men – 3M Springboard
Gold – China,
Silver – China,
Bronze – Mexico

Football : Men – Consolation Final for Bronze Medal
Morocco bt Egypt 6 – 0

Handball : Women – Semi Finals
France bt Sweden 31 – 28
Norway bt Denmark 25 – 21

Hockey : Men – Consolation Match for Bronze Medal
India bt Spain 2 – 1
Men – Championship Match for Gold / Silver Medals
Netherlands bt Germany 3 – 1 Penalty Shootout ( H / T 0 – 0 ), ( F / T 1 – 1 )

Marathon Swimming : Women – 10 Km Open Water
Gold – Netherlands,
Silver – Australia
Bronze – Italy

Sailing : Mixed – Dinghy
Gold – Austria,
Silver – Japan,
Bronze – Sweden

Mixed Multihull
Gold – Italy,
Silver – Argentina,
Bronze – New Zealand

Sport Climbing : Men – Speed
Gold – Veddriq Leonardo – Indonesia 4.75 sec Personal Best
Silver – Peng Wu – China – 4.77 sec Personal Best
Bronze – Sam Watson – USA – 4.74 sec
Improved on his World Record established 02 days ago – fastest Olympian & Paris 2024

Table Tennis : Women – Team – Semi Finals
China bt South Korea 3 – 0
Japan bt Germany 3 – 1

Men – Team – Semi Final
China beat France 3 – 0
China beat South Korea 3 – 0

Volleyball : Women – Semi Finals
USA bt Brazil 3 – 2,
Turkey bt Italy 3 – 0

Water Polo : Women – Semi Finals
Spain beat Netherlands 19 – 18
Australia bt USA 14 – 13 Penalty Shootout
( H / T 02 – 05 ), ( F / T 08 – 08 ), PSO 6 – 5

The International Olympic Committee in a media briefing held at the Main Press Centre in Porte Maillot, revealed the results of the election held to elect 04 new members to the IOC Athletes Commission. Participating & seated at the Head Table were Kaveh Mehrabi – Director, IOC Athletes Department – Member IOC Executive Board, Emma Terho – Chair of the IOC Athletes Commission, Nicole Hoevertsz – IOC Vice President & Chair of the IOC Election Commission & also Mark Adams – IOC Spokesperson, who conducted the media briefing. It was made known that out of 10, 613 athletes competing at Paris 2024, 6576 had cast their votes, amounting to a healthy 61.96%. Altogether 32 athletes from around the world gained nominations for the election, on approval by the IOC Executive Board. 03 of them were disqualified while 29 were eligible representing 15 sports & coming from all 05 continents. Allison Felix : USA – Athletics ( 2880 ) – 05 Olympics, Kim Bui : Germany – Gymnastics ( 1721 ) – 03 Olympics, Jessica Fox : Australia – Canoe ( 1567 ) – 04 Olympics & Marcus Daniell : New Zealand – Tennis ( 1563 ) – 02 Olympics were the 04 elected to serve for a term of 08 years – beginning from the end of Paris 2024 & ending at the end of Brisbane 2032. The new members will contribute to ensuring that the athletes’ voice remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement’s decisions. The IOC Athletes Commission represents all athletes & supports them throughout their careers on & off the field of play. Niluka Karunaratne: Sri Lanka – Badminton ( 308 ) – 03 Olympics was placed 26th. This was the first time ever a Sri Lankan Olympian had success in obtaining a nomination for this election. It is considered as a recognition to the country, the National Olympic Committee & the athlete. 19 of the 29 athlete were present at the media briefing,with one of those elected – the New Zealander joined in via Zoom.

Haritha Perera in Paris, France facilitated by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka Photos courtesy Sporty.lk