Leon Marchand the toast of France in the pool. World No. 1, Wang Chuqin of China gracious after suffering a shock defeat

The weather was quite warm & the hot rivalries in many sports added to the charm & excitement of the games action today.

French Swimmer, Leon Marchand won two swimming events in one session, both establishing Olympic Records after Wang Chuqin of China suffered a shock defeat in Table Tennis.

Artistic Gymnastics : Men’s All – Around Final
Gold – Shinnosuke Oka – Japan
Silver – Boheng Zhang – China
Bronze – Ruoteng Xiao – China

Basketball : Women – Group Stage
Spain bt Puerto Rico 63 – 62
Serbia bt China 81 – 59

3×3 Basketball :
Women – Pool Stage
Australia bt Germany 21 – 19
Canada bt China 21 – 11
Spain bt France 17 – 12

Men – Pool Stage
Latvia bt Netherlands 21 – 12
Poland bt United States of America 19 – 17

Cycling :BMX Freestyle Park Final
Women : Gold – China, Silver – USA, Bronze – Australia
Men – Gold – Argentina, Silver – Great Britain,
Bronze – France

Diving :
Women’s Synchronized 10 M Platform
Gold – China, Silver – North Korea, Bronze – Great Britain

Football : Women – Group Stage
Spain bt Brazil 1 – 0, USA bt Australia 2 – 1,
Canada bt Colombia 1 – 0, France bt NZL 2 – 1

Handball : Men – Group Stage
Norway bt Hungary 26 – 25
France drew with Egypt 26 – 26

Hockey : Women – Pool Stage
Argentina bt Spain 2 – 1,
Netherlands bt China 3 – 0,
Great Britain bt South Africa 2 – 1,
Belgium bt Japan 3 – 0,
Australia bt USA 3 – 0,
Germany bt France 5 – 1

Men – Pool Stage
Germany bt Netherlands 1 – 0,
Spain bt South Africa 3 – 0

Shooting : Women – Trap Final
Gold – Adriana Ruano Oliva – Guatemala 45 out of 50 Olympic Record The first Olympic Gold in Paris for her country
Silver – Silvana Maria Stanco – Italy
Bronze – Penny Smith – Australia

Swimming :
Women 100 M Freestyle
Gold – Sarah Sjoestroem – Sweden World Record Holder
Silver – Torri Huske – USA
Bronze – Siobhan Haughey – HongKong

Men 100 M Freestyle
Gold – Zhanle Pan – China 46.40 sec World Record Improved on the World record established 04 days earlier, in Paris. Olympic Record Holder too.
Silver – Kyle Charmers – Australia
Bronze – David Popovic – Romania

Men – 200 M Butterfly Stroke
Gold – Leon Marchand – France 01 min 51.21 sec Olympic Record
Silver – Kristof Milak – Hungary World Record Holder Former Olympic Record Holder Race leader for almost 175 mtrs
Bronze – Ilya Kharun – Canada

Men – 200 M Breaststroke
Gold – Leon Marchand – France 02 min 05.85 sec Olympic Record
Silver – Zac Stubblety-Cook – Australia Former Olympic Record Holder
Bronze – Caspar Corbeau – Netherlands

Table Tennis :
Men – Singles Round of 32
Truls Moregard ( Sweden ) bt Wang Chuqin ( China )

Triathlon :
Women – Individual
Gold – Cassandre Beougrand – France
Silver – Julie Derron – Switzerland
Bronze – Beth Potter – Great Britain

Men – Individual
Gold – Alex Yee – Great Britain
Silver – Hayden Wilde – New Zealand
Bronze – Leo Bergere – France

Volleyball :
Men – Pool Stage
Poland bt Brazil 3 – 2

Leon Marchand of France has won 03 Olympic Gold medals so far, establishing an Olympic Record each time he has won in the pool. The son of former French Olympic Swimmers – Xavier & Celine, the 22 year old is domiciled in the USA, & is a major in Computer Science from the Arizona State University, for which he is also included in the aquatic team. He is trained by Bob Bowman, who was the mentor of American Michael Phelps, the most successful & most decorated Olympian of all time with 28 medals.

China has won the Men’s Singles Gold & Silver medals since the Olympic Games of 2004 in Athens, Greece. The unexpected loss of Wang Chuqin in the round of 32 means that would not be possible in Paris 2024. Media has highlighted this as the shocking result of the games, so far.

Adriana Oliva was a 16 year old Gymnast who was injured while training for the Olympics in Rio, Brazil. Her dreams shattered of being an Olympic Gymnastic Athlete, she functioned as a keen volunteer in Brazil, watched her country’s teams compete in Shooting, and later on medical advice got involved in Sport Shooting. Having participated in Tokyo, Japan in the last Olympics, she came to Paris as the Pan American Games Champion.

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