Sha’Carri wins first gold, Olivia Reeves makes US weightlifters proud
Sha’Carri Richardson won her first gold medal in Paris, US weightlifter Olivia ended both a dry spell and a record, and the US basketball team stormed into the final.
The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature more than 40 gold medal events on Saturday, including the USA’s basketball gold medal match against France, the women’s soccer gold medal match between the USA and Brazil, the men’s beach volleyball gold medal match between Sweden and Germany, and the men’s breakdancing gold medal matches.
The Olympic track and field schedule is packed with eight medal events today, including the men’s and women’s 4×400-meter relays and the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is expected to run for Team USA in the 4×400-meter relay.
There will be 22 sports in total, and USA TODAY Sports will bring you live scores, medal counts, highlights and more throughout the day. Stay tuned.
VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France – Nevin Harrison was just one hundredth of a second away from her second gold medal.
Harrison won the silver medal in the women’s 200-meter canoe sprint on Saturday, losing in a photo finish to Canada’s Katie Vincent.
Vincent finished the course with a world record of 44.12 seconds, just ahead of Harrison (44.13). Cuban Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys (44.36) took bronze.
Harrison set an Olympic record as an 18-year-old on her way to winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, finishing second in the semifinals, 29/100 of a second behind Vincent.
Vincent previously won a bronze medal at the Games as part of Canada’s 500-meter canoe doubles. — Dave Birkett
LE BOURGET, France — American sport climber Brooke Raboutou earned her first Olympic medal Saturday when she won silver in the women’s combined bouldering and lead finals, finishing behind Slovenian favorite and gold medalist Janja Garnbret. Garnbret led with 168.5 total points, followed by Raboutou with 156.0 and Austria’s Jessica Pilz with 147.4 for bronze. Raboutou — a 23-year-old two-time Olympian — built on her strong performance in the bouldering finals, finishing that portion with 84 points, just 0.4 points behind Garnbret’s 25th. Raboutou and Garnbret were the only climbers to complete three of the four boulder problems, finishing the round in second and first, respectively. In lead, Raboutou turned in another stellar performance, collecting 72 points, moving to the top of the leaderboard and securing a medal. Garnbret previously won Olympic gold in the women’s combined at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – a different format from the Paris Olympics, when the combined discipline included bouldering, lead and speed. Raboutou finished fifth at the Tokyo event. – Michelle Martinelli
The Serbian men’s 5×5 basketball team claimed the bronze medal with a 93-83 victory over Germany on Saturday. Serbia recovered from a heartbreaking 95-91 loss to the United States in the semifinals to prevent Germany from winning its first Olympic medal in men’s 5×5 basketball.
Serbia’s three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, and teammate Vasilije Micic scored 19 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 16 points for Serbia, which won silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
It was a disappointing end for Germany, the 2023 world champions, who won 3-0 in the group stage but lost to France in the semi-finals and Serbia in the third-place match.
Franz Wagner led Germany with 18 points and nine rebounds. — Jeff Zillgitt
Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola won the gold medal in the men’s marathon on Saturday morning. With a time of 2:06.26, he set a new Olympic record and left the chasing group more than 20 seconds behind, securing his second Olympic medal. Bashir Abdi won the silver medal (2:06.47) and Kenya’s Benson Kipruto (2:07.00) took bronze.
The previous Olympic record was 2:06.32 and was set by Kenyan Samuel Kamau Wanjiru in 2008.
Two Americans, Conner Mantz (2:08.12) and Clayton Young (2:08.44), set season bests, finishing eighth and ninth, respectively.
Tola won bronze in the men’s 10,000 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. — Chase Goodbread
Olympic schedule today
Here are some highlights from the Olympics program. Peacock will broadcast all the sports and events live as they take place in Paris.
All times Eastern
- athletics are all finals, eight in total: men’s high jump (1:10 p.m.), men’s 800 m (1:25 p.m.), women’s javelin (1:40 p.m.), women’s 100 m hurdles (1:45 p.m.), men’s 5,000 m (2:00 p.m.), women’s 1,500 m (2:25 p.m.), men’s 4×400 m relay (3:12 p.m.), women’s 4×400 m relay (3:22 p.m.). NBC will broadcast the finals.
- Women’s football shows the gold medal game between the USA and Brazil at 11 a.m. (USA Network).
- Men’s basketball ends with the gold medal game USA vs. France (3:30 p.m., NBC) and the bronze medal game Germany vs. Serbia (5:00 a.m., USA Network).
- Break celebrates its Olympic debut with qualification (10 a.m.), quarterfinals (2 p.m.), semifinals (2:45 p.m.) and finals (3:15 p.m.) for the B-Boys. E! will broadcast all rounds.
- Men’s beach volleyball The fights for the bronze and gold medals will take place at 3:00 p.m. (USA Network) and 4:30 p.m. (NBC).
- Water polo for women has the bronze medal game between the United States and the Netherlands at 4:35 a.m. and the gold medal game between Australia and Spain at 9:35 a.m. (NBC).
- Men’s volleyball hosts the gold medal game between France and Poland at 7 a.m. (NBC).
- Women’s volleyball starts the bronze medal match between Brazil and Turkey at 11:15
- Ladies Golf ends the game with round 4, which starts at 3 a.m.
- The Men’s Marathon opens the day at 2 a.m. The show airs on USA Network.
- Other sports in use: Taekwondo, modern pentathlon, diving, handball, table tennis, sport climbing, canoeing, wrestling, weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, cycling, synchronized swimming.
How to watch the Olympics today
NBC is broadcasting and streaming the Paris Olympics from every angle: Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it happens; NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! are broadcasting various live events and replays throughout the day. Here are six tips and tricks to get the most out of Peacock during the Olympics.
Medal table today
Our medal tracker for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be updated after each individual medal event.
- Women’s football: Battle for the gold medal (11 a.m., USA Network)
- Men’s tires: Bronze medal game (5:00 a.m., USA Network), Gold medal game (3:30 p.m., NBC)
- Boxes: Four finals (start 3:30 p.m., CNBC)
- Athletics: Men’s high jump (1:10 p.m.), men’s 800 m (1:25 p.m.), women’s javelin (2:00 p.m.), men’s 5,000 m (2:00 p.m.), women’s 1,500 m (2:25 p.m.), men’s 4×400 m relay (3:12 p.m.), women’s 4×400 m relay (3:22 p.m.)
- Beach volleyball: Men’s Bronze (3:00 p.m., USA Network), Men’s Gold (4:30 p.m., USA Network)
- Break: Men’s bronze (3:14 p.m.), men’s gold (3:23 p.m., E!)
- Synchronized swimming: Duet free routine (1:30 p.m.)
- Marathon: Men (2am)
- Golf: Conclusion of the fourth round of the women (start at 3 o’clock, GOLF Channel)
- Table tennis: Women’s team bronze (4 o’clock), women’s team gold (9 o’clock)
- Sport climbing: Boulder & Lead Final Women (06:28)
- Rhythmic gymnastics: Group all-around final (8 a.m., CNBC)
- Modern Pentathlon: Men’s Laser Race Final (1:10 p.m.)
- Wrestling: Six medal fights (start 1:30 p.m.)
- Weightlifting: Men 102kg (05:30 am), Women 81kg (10:00 am), Men +102kg (2:30 pm)
- Water polo: Women’s Bronze Match (4:35 a.m.), Women’s Gold Match (9:35 a.m., NBC)
- Volleyball: Men’s gold match (7 a.m.), women’s bronze match (11:15 a.m., CNBC)
- Taekwondo: Six medal fights (start times 2:19 p.m.)
- Handball: Women’s Bronze (4 a.m., CNBC), Women’s Gold (9 a.m., USA Network)
- Dive: Men’s 10m Tower (9am, E!)
- Cycle path: Men’s Madison Final (11:59 a.m.)
- Canoe sprint: Women’s Kayak Singles 500 m Final A (07:00 a.m.), Men’s Kayak Singles 1,000 m Final A (07:20 a.m.), Women’s Canoe Singles 200 m Final A (07:50 a.m.) CNBC broadcasts.
Final: Men’s high jump (1:10 p.m.), men’s 800 m (1:25 p.m.), women’s javelin (1:40 p.m.), women’s 100 m hurdles (1:45 p.m.), men’s 5,000 m (2:00 p.m.), women’s 1,500 m (2:25 p.m.), men’s 4×400 m relay (3:12 p.m.), women’s 4×400 m relay (3:22 p.m.)
- The US women’s golf team opens the game with round 4, which starts at 3 a.m.
- Tee times for American players:
- 4:44 am: Lilia Vu (USA)Klara Davidson Spilkova (Czech Republic), Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland).
- 6:17 am: Nelly Korda (USA)Xiyu Janet Lin (China), Celine Boutier (France).
- 6:39 a.m.: Morgane Metraux (Switzerland), Lydia Ko (New Zealand), Rose Zhang (USA).
- The Golf Channel is broadcasting.
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