Postponement of One Event, Covid Infected Competitor Wins a Medal, The Closest Event of the Day in the Pool
IOC 33rd Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024, France 04th Day
The Men’s Individual Triathlon event was postponed by a day, due to poor water quality levels in the river Seine. World Triathlon – the event organiser said it will be held on Wednesday, 30th July.
Adam Peaty of Team England tested positive for COVID, but still managed to win the Silver in the Men’s behind Nicolo Martinen of Italy.
19 Gold Medals were decided in 11 Sports on the day, for Archery, Artistic Gymnastics, Canoe Slalom, Cycling – Mountain Bike, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Judo, Shooting, Skateboarding & Swimming.
Archery : Men : Gold Medal Match
South Korea bt France 5 – 1
South Korea 03rd Gold Medal in a row
Artistic Gymnastic : Men’s Team
Gold – Japan, Silver – China, Bronze – US
Basketball : Women : Pool Stage
Nigeria bt Australia 75 – 62
Equestrian : Eventing – Team : Gold – Great Britain,
Silver – France, Bronze – Japan
Eventing – Individual : Gold – Germany,
Silver – Australia, Bronze – Great Britain
Hockey : Men : Pool Stage
Argentina drew with India 1 – 1
Women : China bt Japan 5 – 0
Rugby : Women’s 7s – Quarter Finals
New Zealand bt China 55 – 05
United States of America bt Great Britain 17 – 07
Canada bt France 19 – 14
Australia beat Ireland 40 – 07
Shooting : 10 M Air Rifle
Women – Gold – South Korea
Men – Gold – China
Skateboarding : Street : Men
Yuto Horigome ( Japan ) defended his Olympic title, scoring 97.08 points in the final category, which was the best score of the event – catapulting him from 07th to 01st & Gold.
Swimming : 05 Finals
Men’s 200 M Freestyle
Gold – Davids Popovic ( Romania )
Silver – Matthew Richards ( Great Britain ) – 0.02 sec
Luke Hobson ( USA ) – 0.07 sec from the winner
The most intense event that produced the closest result for the day
Water Polo : Women – Pool Stage
France bt Italy 9 – 8
Swimming : Women’s 100 M Backstroke – Heat 01 04 competitors
Ganga Senaviratne – 01st – 01 min 04.26 secs Personal Best performance – 30th out of 36 in 05 Heats. Top 16 advanced to the Semi Finals
Medal Tally | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
1 | Japan | 06 | 02 | 04 | 12 |
2 | France | 05 | 08 | 03 | 16 |
3 | China | 05 | 05 | 02 | 12 |
4 | Austrailia | 05 | 04 | 00 | 09 |
5 | South Korea | 05 | 03 | 01 | 09 |
Haritha Perera in Paris, France with facilitation by the
National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka