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    Olympic skateboarder decries deterioration of bronze medal

    It’s a packed Olympics schedule on day 15 of the Paris 2024 Games with Team GB keen to add to their medal collection on the penultimate day of competition.

    Erin McNeice will hope to emulate Toby Roberts in the women’s boulder and lead final, with Noah Williams and Kyel Kothari contending for more diving medals in the men’s 10m platform. At the velodrome, Ethan Hayter and Oliver Wood bid for madison gold, while Emma Finucane aims to reach the women’s sprint final.

    Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola won gold in the men’s marathon as he attacked a brutal Paris course that left all-time great Eliud Kipchoge struggling at the back of the field. Two-time champion Kipchoge was bidding to make history with a third title, but dropped out after 31km.

    Tola attacked on the hills and increased his lead over the final quarter of the race to win gold for Ethiopia with a stunning Olympic record of 2:06:26, ahead of Belgium’s Bashir Abdi and Kenya’s Benson Kipruto. Great Britain’s Emile Cairess battled to an impressive fourth place.

    Later on the track, Laura Muir and Georgia Bell headline the athletics for Team GB as they go in search of medals in the women’s 1500m while Max Burgin targets glory in the men’s 800m. There are also two huge gold medal matches to look out for: first as the USA face Brazil in the women’s football final before the USA take hosts on France in the men’s basketball final.

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    Today at the Olympics: Saturday’s schedule and highlights including Laura Muir and Max Burgin

    The penultimate day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games promises to be a jam-packed ride of blockbuster entertainment with 39 gold medals to be won starting with the men’s marathon at 7am.

    Meanwhile, Team GB target medals in the final round of women’s golf, the 10m platform diving and on the athletics track with Max Burgin targeting 800m gold and Laura Muir and Georgia Bell eyeing up 1500m medals.

    Jamie Braidwood10 August 2024 05:00

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    Olympics 2024: Women’s lead and boulder final

    Erin McNeice is in action in the lead wall now. She’s motored to the 10 point mark and still has four minutes on the clock.

    She is being watched on by Toby Roberts who won gold in yesterday’s men’s final.

    She reaches the 60 mark, and she will finish with 68 points. Now it’s just time for her to wait and see if she can get a medal.

    There were a couple of moments that just cost her energy, it’s a 127.6, it’s a big score early in the final.

    Sonia Twigg10 August 2024 11:49

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    Olympics 2024: Men’s basketball

    Serbia have taken bronze in the men’s basketball, eventually defeating Germany by a score of 93-83. Some small redemption for Nikola Jokic and co.

    Remember that the gold medal match between the USA and hosts France tips off at 8.30pm BST. The women’s final, which takes place at the same time tomorrow, is a carbon copy of the men’s final – hosts France will look to dethrone the USA, who have won the last seven golds.

    The first women’s medal match begins tomorrow at 10.30am BST – Belgium v Australia for bronze.

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    Chris Wilson10 August 2024 11:49

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    Olympics 2024: Taekwondo

    Rebecca McGowan is safely through in the Taekwondo without even breaking a sweat.

    She wins the first two rounds 13-0, and will be back in action at 2.45pm BST against Svetlana Osipova of Uzbekistan.

    Sonia Twigg10 August 2024 11:37

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    Olympics 2024: Men’s basketball

    The men’s basketball bronze medal match between Serbia and Germany is about to enter the start of the fourth quarter, with Serbia currently up 72-63.

    Serbia look to take a consolation after so nearly beating favourites USA, while Germany look to recover after being beaten by hosts France in a match which they twice led by 10 points.

    The gold medal match between the USA and hosts France tips off at 8.30pm BST.

    Chris Wilson10 August 2024 11:31

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    Olympics 2024: Taekwondo

    Third seed Rebecca McGowan is in action in the women’s 67kg competition.

    She lands a quick eight points on the competitor from Fiji.

    She storms to 13 points and the point gap stops the first round in its tracks.

    McGowan is up and running at these Olympic Games.

    Sonia Twigg10 August 2024 11:28

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    Olympics 2024: Women’s golf

    The leaders are beginning to tee off now at Le Golf National.

    Esther Henseleit of Germany, and China’s Yin Ruoning, have both begun their final round – they start the day tied in seventh, on -4.

    GB’s Hall and Hull are on +2 and +3 respectively.

    Chris Wilson10 August 2024 11:25

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    Olympics 2024: Taekwondo

    Caden Cunningham has gone through to the quarter-finals.

    The second round finished 0-0, but the British athlete had hit more of the non-scoring points in the second round, with two rounds out of three going to Cunningham he has gone through.

    There is a challenge about whether Cunningham crossed the boundary before the time was up.

    Sonia Twigg10 August 2024 11:13

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    Olympics 2024: Taekwondo

    It’s Nigeria against Great Britain in the Taekwondo, Team GB’s hopes had been dented when two medal hopefuls were knocked out including Jade Jones.

    Caden Cunningham is in action and he takes the first round 6-5 against Abdoul Issoufou from Nigeria.

    This is the men’s +80kg round of 16.

    Sonia Twigg10 August 2024 11:11

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    Liechtenstein’s only Paris 2024 Olympian: ‘Andy Murray found me in the village, he wanted my pin’

    Pin swapping is big business in the Olympic village. Every country has their own unique little pin and a popular way to pass the time outside training and competition is to collect as many as you can by trading your own.

    Andy Murray is an expert. After gathering a hefty collection at his final Games in Paris, Murray began seeking out the rarest pieces which sent him on the hunt for Liechtenstein’s sole athlete: the 20-year-old mountain biker Romano Puntener, one of nearly 15,000 people staying in the 54-hectare Olympic Village.

    Jamie Braidwood10 August 2024 11:00

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