Paris Olympics highlights: Best of Super Saturday

The busiest day of the Games so far did not lack drama and intrigue.

The United States took home 17 medals, marking the largest single day haul at a Summer Olympics since the Seoul Games in 1988. Among the big winners were Vincent Hancock, winning the men’s skeet shooting competition for the fourth straight Olympics, Ryan Crouser, who took home a third straight gold in the shot put, as well as Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky. Both further solidified their case as the greatest of all time in their respective sports.

There were some big moments for the smaller countries as well. Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred upset reigning world champion Sha’carri Richardson in the women’s 100m. The Dominica won its first-ever Olympic medal after Thea LaFond won the women’s triple jump. And the Philippines saw gymnast Carlos Yulo become the country’s first man to win an Olympic gold medal after taking the floor exercise title.

Sunday should offer similar levels of excitement as swimming, athletics and gymnastics overlap one more time.

The women’s soccer semifinals are set for Tuesday, with Germany taking on Team USA at noon and Brazil meeting Spain at 3 p.m.

Team USA beat Japan 1-0 in the first match of the four quarterfinal games played today, securing its spot in the semifinals with an extra time goal by Trinity Rodman. At 11 a.m., Spain and Colombia went to a penalty shoot out after a 2-2 score, with Spain securing the win.

Canada and Germany went scoreless even through extra time, with Germany clinching the win after German goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger managed two saves in a 4-2 shoot out.

France and Brazil battled for the final semifinal slot, with Brazil’s Gabi Porthilho scoring in the 82 minute. Despite over 19 minutes of added time, France was unable to score and Brazil advanced in the only quarterfinal game that finished in regular time.

The eight men’s basketball quarterfinal teams are cemented after Serbia defeated South Sudan 96-85 in today’s final Group game.

Serbia’s win snagged second place in Group C and a guaranteed advance to the quarterfinals. Greece, in Group A, will also advance thanks to South Sudan’s loss by a worse point differential guaranteed Greece the final spot.

The U.S. secured first place in Group C after today’s 104-83 win over Puerto Rico, guaranteeing its spot in the next round. Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Brazil will also advance. The first quarterfinal game – with teams determined by a random draw – will be played Tuesday at 5 a.m.

The U.S. beat China for the second time today in women’s 3×3 basketball, gaining its fifth straight win and advancing to the semifinals.

Led by Dearica Hamby with 9 points, the U.S. won 21-13 and a spot in against Spain in Monday’s 12:30 p.m. semifinal game. Earlier today, Team USA rounded out pool play with its final game, beating China 14-12.

The other semifinalist teams are Germany and Canada, who advanced after winning their play-in game against Australia 21-10. These two teams will face off at 11:30 a.m. Monday.

The penultimate night of swimming ends with the Americans taking home gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay. Torri Huske edged out China’s Yang Junxuan on the final leg to help set a world record in the event with a time of 3:37.43, 12 hundredths of a second ahead of the Chinese.

Australia took home bronze as the gold medal race in the pool tightens heading into the final night of swimming at Paris 2024. Team USA has six golds while the Aussies have seven with four finals left to be contested.

The second day of competition at the Stade de France has ended with Norway’s Markus Rooth winning the decathlon, accumulating a total score of 8796 points. Germany’s Leo Neugebauer took second while Grenada’s Lindon Victor placed third. American Harrison Williams placed seventh with a season’s best 8538 points.

Elsewhere, the United States added a bronze in the triple jump thanks to Jasmine Moore, who recorded a jump of 14.67 meters in her second attempt. Dominica’s Thea Lafond won gold while Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts won silver.

So the United States takes home six medals from track and field at the Stade de France on this middle Saturday, led by Ryan Crouser in the men’s shot put.

In the third straight quarterfinal that needed extra time, Canada’s women’s soccer team fell to Germany in penalty kicks, 4-2, in the quarterfinals on Saturday in Marseille, ending the defending Olympic champions’ bid for back-to-back gold.

After a scoreless 120 minutes of play, Giulia Gwinn found the back of the net to send Germany through to the semifinals, where they’ll play the United States. The Americans also needed extra time to defeat Japan, 1-0, in their quarterfinal match.

The result ends the run for former Ohio State player Nichelle Prince, who was making her third Olympic appearance for Canada.

The final semifinal spot is up for grabs and is being contested between France and Brazil right now.

American Katie Ledecky pulled away in the final 200 meters to win gold in the women’s 800 meter final, becoming the first to win four consecutive gold medals in the event.

Ledecky completed the distance race with a time of 8:11.04, more than a second ahead of Australian Ariarne Titmus, who swam a personal best tie of 8:12.29 in her bid to end Ledecky’s reign.

Fellow American Paige Madden took home the bronze.

The former Florida Gator picks up her ninth career gold medal. The only other swimmer to win four gold medals in the same event was Michael Phelps, who won four straight in the 200m individual medley.

Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred took down the reigning world champion Sha’Carri Richardson in the final of the women’s 100 meter dash, giving the island nation its first ever Olympic medal.

Alfred won with a national record time of 10.72 while United States sprinter Richardson earned her first Olympic medal of her career with a silver medal winning time of 10.87. Fellow American and Richardson’s training partner, Melissa Jefferson, won bronze with a time of 10.92.

Alfred dominated from the start in the rain at the Stade de France to win the gold and make history for Saint Lucia.

The 200m individual medley final delivered as Canada’s Summer McIntosh claimed gold in epic fashion. McIntosh closed down on Alex Walsh on the freestyle leg to take gold. Walsh didn’t have the stamina to maintain silver as her teammate Kate Douglass finished second while Walsh took bronze.

But before the results went official, Walsh was disqualified for an illegal turn after failing to complete her backstroke. That DQ elevates Australia’s Kaylee McKeown to bronze.

A day after setting the world record in the event, the United States settled for silver in the second edition of the Olympic mixed 4x400m relay after the Netherlands rallied from behind thanks to the impressive kick of Femke Bol on the final straightaway.

Bol ran a split time of 47.93 to power the Dutch to a gold medal with a time of 3:07.43. The American team of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown improved from their bronze medal in Tokyo, finishing second with a time of 3:07.74.

Great Britain took bronze with a record of 3:08.01.

It’s an American 1-2 in the shot put for the third straight Olympics as the United States grabs its first medal gold and silver medals in track and field in Paris.

Powell resident Joe Kovacs made the podium in the men’s shot put using a powerful final throw of 22.15 meters to take his third consecutive silver medal.

American Ryan Crouser won his third consecutive gold in the event, with a throw of 22.90 in his third attempt, marking a season’s best. Jamaica’s Rajindra Campbell earned bronze with a throw of 22.15 in his second attempt, marking the country’s first ever throwing medal in the Olympics.

The 1-2 performance by Team USA follows Grant Fisher’s bronze in the men’s 10,000m last night. And the Americans can add more in the women’s 100m later tonight.

Through nine of the ten events in the decathlon, Norway’s Markus Rooth has the lead with 8113 points, followed by Germany’s Leo Neugebauer (8097) and Grenada’s Lindon Victor (8053).

The top American is Heath Baldwin, who sits in eighth with 7746 points, followed by Harrison Williams, who is ninth with 7724.

The decathlon will conclude with the 1500 meter run later tonight.

Hungary’s Kristof Milak was able to claim gold in the 100m butterfly final to start the second-to-last day of swimming at the Paris Olympics.

Canada was able to get two medals with Josh Liendo claiming silver and Ilya Kharun taking bronze.

The eight women racing in the 100m final have been confirmed and headlining the field is Team USA star and current world champion Sha’Carri Richardson. One of the surprises was two-time gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce scratching out of her semifinal heat, ending her bid for a fifth medal in the event. The final takes place at 3:20 p.m. on NBC4.

1. Melissa Jefferson (USA)

2. Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast)

3. Julien Alfred (St. Lucia)

4. Sha’Carri Richardson (USA)

5. Tia Clayton (Jamaica)

6. Daryll Neita (Great Britain)

7. Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland)

8. Twanisha Terry (USA)

The USA women’s 3×3 basketball team defeated China 14-12 to close out pool play. With an impressive four straight wins to end pool play, the US women finished third in the standings.

Team USA will once again take on China at 4:05 p.m. in the play-in round. Winner advances to play Spain in the semifinals on Monday.

It’s gold rush weekend in Paris and multiple medals are coming on the track and in the pool on NBC4. Here are the finals taking place today coming up live on NBC4.

Track & Field: Central Ohio-resident Joe Kovacs duels with Ryan Crouser in the men’s shot put final while Sha’Carri Richardson hopes to win the women’s 100m dash. We crown the greatest athlete in the world with the decathlon, see the mixed 4x400m relay, and an open women’s triple jump final.

Swimming: Katie Ledecky headlines the penultimate night of swimming from Paris as she aims for her ninth Olympic gold in the 800m freestyle. We also have the mixed medley relay featuring Team USA, the women’s 200m individual medley, and the men’s 100m butterfly.

USA men’s basketball remains the team to beat at the Olympics and will enter the single-elimination bracket as the No. 1 seed. The Americans closed out group play with a huge 104-83 win over Puerto Rico, finishing 3-0 in the group.

Anthony Edwards had his best game scoring 26 points on 11-15 shooting. LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid and Anthony Davis all scored in double-figures as well. USA’s quarterfinal game will be on Tuesday.

China has added another gold medal to its Paris Olympics tally and its a historic one. Tennis star Qinwen Zheng claimed gold in women’s singles at Roland Garros after beating Croatia’s Donna Vekic in straight sets 6-2, 6-3.

This is China’s second gold in tennis and first since 2004. They have now won golds in every racket sport (Tennis, badminton, and table tennis) in Paris.

Team USA men’s gymnastics will go home with at least two medals from Paris. Stephen Nedoroscik was able to win bronze in the pommel horse final, his second bronze these games to go along with the team medal as well.

Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan won gold while Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov is going home with silver.

USA men’s basketball looks all set to go into the quarterfinals undefeated. After a slow first quarter where they trailed by four to Puerto Rico, Team USA once again turned it on in the second quarter and enter halftime up 64-45.

Anthony Edwards leads the team with 12 points while LeBron James added eight points, four rebounds, and six assists.

Team USA beat Montenegro 12-7 in a preliminary men’s water polo match to book its place into the quarterfinals. Hannes Daube led the team with five goals in the match.

Team USA will next compete against Croatia on Aug. 5 at 12:30 p.m. in its final preliminary match.

The final round of men’s golf at Le Golf National will be must watch! All the favorites entering these Olympics are in contention with nine golfers within four-shots of each other.

USA’s Xander Schauffele and Spain’s Jon Rahm are in the lead at 14-under while Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood (-13), Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama (-11), Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (-10), and USA’s Scottie Scheffler (-10) all in striking distance. Westerville resident Jason Day of Australia sits tied for 10th at nine-under.

The final round begins at 3 a.m. Sunday on Golf Channel.

If you thought he was done, think again. Former Buckeye Hunter Armstrong was in the lineup for this morning’s medley relay preliminaries in the pool. The Dover, Ohio native swam the opening backstroke leg, recording a split time of 53.26.

The United States team, including Charlie Swanson, Thomas Heilman and Jack Alexy, won the heat with a time of 3:31.62. The Americans will be the third fastest qualifying team heading into the final behind France and China.

Armstrong is looking to add to his gold medal that he won earlier in the meet in Paris in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay. The United States has never lost the men’s medley relay at the Olympics.

The final is set for Sunday night at La Defense Arena and can be seen on NBC4 at 1:10 p.m. Eastern.

USA women’s soccer will have a chance to play for another Olympic medal. Trinity Rodman’s extra time goal was enough for the Americans to beat Japan in the quarterfinals. Team USA has made all but one Olympic women’s soccer semifinal.

Next up for Rodman and company will be the winner of Canada-Germany in a Tuesday semifinal in Lyon at noon.

Simone Biles continues to add to her legacy as the greatest gymnast ever after taking her second gold medal in the vault. Not one could catch Biles after her two vaults as she won her third gold in Paris and her 7th Olympic gold of her career.

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade grabbed her third medal in Paris with a silver and Biles’ teammate Jade Carey captured the bronze.

Biles’ last day of competition in Paris will be Monday when she goes for gold in the floor exercise and balance beam.

The Americans finally broke the deadlock in its women’s soccer quarterfinal as Trinity Rodman scored a gorgeous left-footed curling shot into the side netting just before halftime of extra time.

After 105 minutes, the USA lead Japan 1-0 with 15 minutes of extra time to play.

As expected, Simone Biles was able to score big on her two vaults in the apparatus final. After a massive 15.700 on her first and most difficult vault, she was able to add a 14.900 on her second vault.

The final score counted towards medals is the average of both which is 15.300. Halfway through, she is already over one-point ahead of the other three vaulters to have gone.

In women’s soccer, neither the USA or Japan could score in regulation of its quarterfinal match. The match heads into 30 minutes of extra time. If the score stays tied, we go to penalty kicks.

An American man has finally won an individual gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Vincent Hancock was able to win the skeet shooting competition over teammate Conner Prince by one shot.

This is Hancock’s fourth gold medal in skeet shooting to go along with his wins in Beijing, London, and Tokyo. Lee Meng-yuan of Taiwan completes the podium.