Marathon Legend Did Not Finish For The First Time, And Retires, LA 28 Promises No Cars / Greener Games

IOC 33rd Summer Olympic Games 2024 – Paris, France 16th Day

Athletics : Men – Marathon
Gold – Tamirat Tola – Ethiopia 02 hrs 06 min 26 sec Olympic Record
Silver – Bashir Abdi – Belgium
Bronze – Benson Kipruto – Kenya

Men – 800M
Gold – Emmanuel Wanyonyi – Kenya
01 min 41.19 sec Personal Best
Silver – Marco Arop – Canada 01 min 41.20 sec Area Record Photo Finish
Bronze – Algeria

Men – High Jump
Gold – Hamish Kerr – New Zealand 2.36 M Area Record
Silver – Shelby McEwen – USA 2.26 M Personal Best
Bronze – Essa Barshim – Qatar

Defending Champion
Men – 4x400M Relay
Gold – USA 02 min 54.43 sec Olympic Record Improved on own record after 16 years
Silver – Botswana 02 min 54.53 sec Area Record
Bronze – Great Britain 02 min 55.83 sec Area Record

Women – 4x400M Relay
Gold – USA 03 min 15.27 sec Area Record
Silver – Netherlands 03 min 19.50 sec National Record
Bronze – Great Britain 03 min 19.72 sec National Record

Women – 1500M
Gold – Faith Kipyegon – Kenya 03 min 51.29 sec Olympic Record Improved on her Olympic Record World Record Holder
Silver – Australia,
Bronze – Great Britain

Women – 100M Hurdles
Gold – USA,
Silver – France
Bronze – Puerto Rico

Women – Javelin Throw
Gold – Japan,
Silver – South Africa
Bronze – Czech Republic

Artistic Swimming : Duet – Free Routine
Gold – China,
Silver – Great Britain,
Bronze – Netherlands

Basketball : Men – Consolation Final
Serbia bt Germany 93 – 83

Men – Championship Final
USA bt France 98 – 87
Gold – USA,
Silver – France,
Bronze – Serbia

Beach Volleyball :
Men – Consolation Final

Norway bt Qatar 2 – 0

Men – Championship Final
Sweden bt Germany 2 – 0
Gold – Sweden,
Silver – Germany,
Bronze – Norway

Breaking : B-Boys – Debut
Consolation Final – USA bt Japan 3 – 0 20 – 07 Votes 9 – 0, 5 – 4, 6 – 3
Championship Final – Canada bt France 3 – 0 23 – 04 Votes 5 – 4, 9 – 0, 9 – 0
Gold – Canada,
Silver – France,
Bronze – USA

Cycling Track : Men – Madison
Gold – Portugal,
Silver – Italy,
Bronze – Denmark

Diving : Men – 10M Platform
Gold – China,
Silver – Japan,
Bronze – Great Britain

Football : Women – Championship Final
USA bt Brazil 1 – 0
Gold – USA,
Silver – Brazil,
Bronze – Germany

Golf : Women – Individual Stroke Play
Gold – Lydia Ko – New Zealand 10 under par 278
Silver – Esther Henseleit – Germany 08 under par 280
Bronze – Xiyu Lin – China 07 under par 281

Gold –
Silver –
Bronze –

Handball : Women – Consolation Final
Denmark bt Sweden 30 – 25

Women – Championship Final
Norway bt France 29 – 21
Gold – Norway,
Silver – France,
Bronze – Denmark

Modern Pentathlon : Men – Individual
Gold – Ahmed Elgendy – Egypt 1555 Points World Record
Silver – Taishu Sato – Japan 1542 Points
Bronze – Giorgio Malan – Italy 1536 Points

Rhythmic Gymnastics : Group All – Around
Gold – China,
Silver – Israel,
Bronze – Italy

Sport Climbing : Women – Boulder & Lead, Final Lead
Gold – Slovenia, Silver – USA,
Bronze – Austria

Table Tennis : Women Team – Consolation Final
South Korea bt Germany 3 – 0

Women Team – Championship Final
China bt Japan 3 – 0

Gold – China,
Silver – Japan,
Bronze – South Korea

Volleyball : Women – Consolation Final
Brazil vs Turkey 3 – 1

Men – Championship Final

France bt Poland 3 – 0
Gold – France,
Silver – Poland,
Bronze – USA

Water Polo : Women – Consolation Final
Netherlands bt USA 11 – 10

Women – Championship Final
Spain bt Australia 11 – 09
Gold – Spain,
Silver – Australia,
Bronze – Netherlands

The Olympic Games Organising Committee of LA 2028, the hosts of the 34th Summer Olympic Games, held a media briefing at the Main Press Centre. Participating at the Head Table were Casey Wasserman – LA28 Chairperson & President – a sports & entertainment mogul together with Karen Bass – Her Worship, Mayoress of Los Angeles – politician, social worker & a former physician assistant – the 43rd mayor of the City of Los Angeles in the State of California. They said the idea is to Paint the Games authentically LA – the city with Fashion, Film, Music & Food to be enjoyed by all. The most diverse city on planet earth according to Casey, will be a No Car Games – meaning the public transportation system will be used exclusively. with more than 3000 buses from around the country to be used as emphasised by Karen. The Angelinos – the residents of Los Angeles will enjoy the economic & social benefits with a special engagement of the youth. There will be 05 sports on debut in the next Olympic Games to be held in the North American city which was also the host in 1984 too. Casey maintained that with 36 sports in the schedule, it will be the greatest gathering of athletes at a major global sports event, ever. Already US $ 160 million has been estimated to be spent in the programme Play LA, in the lead up to the Olympiad in 04 years time. LA28 will be a geener games as almost all of the facilities are already existing. When the first mayoress of Paris, hands over the Olympic Flag to the first Mayoress of Los Angeles, it will also be a historic occasion. The symbolic & historic gesture will be followed by the Olympic Flag being flown to the next host city in a Delta Airlines flight with the Games Emblem displayed & also accompanied by some 60 leading USA athletes who were Team USA members in Paris. The flag will then be hoisted outside the city hall, as is the tradition.

39 year old Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is considered to be the greatest marathon runner ever. He has completed 21 official marathon distances around the world. He is the only man to win two Olympic golds, that too back to back in Rio de Janeiro & Tokyo. He was one of 10 runners who did not finish at Paris 2024 – the first time he experienced that situation. Now he is retired from competing but did not rule out a role in the event in another capacity.

Exclusive from Haritha Perera in Paris, France facilitated by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka