AUSTIN (KXAN) — As gymnastics and swimming ramp down after an electric first week of the 2024 Paris Olympics, track and field emerges as the big ticket for the remainder of the Games.
The U.S.’ Noah Lyles won the men’s 100-meter dash in a photo finish, crossing the line five-thousandths of a second faster than Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, setting up a potential double-gold for Lyles if he can win the 200 later this week. If he does, he’d be the first American to accomplish the feat since Carl Lewis in 1984.
The U.S. women’s basketball team extended its Olympic winning streak to 58 games with an 87-68 win over Germany to end group play. Jackie Young scored 19 points while A’Ja Wilson chipped in 14 to lead the Americans to the win. The U.S. hasn’t lost a game at the Olympics since the 1992 Barcelona Games and they’ve eight consecutive gold medals.
The U.S. plays Nigeria in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
Here are highlights from other action around the Paris Olympics on Sunday:
U.S. wins final swimming gold of Paris Games in medley relay
Faulkner stuns in gold medal win in women’s road race
Bobby Finke goes wire-to-wire for WR, repeat gold in 1500m
Highlights from Olympic men’s golf, final round
Chile’s Crovetto wins historic gold medal in women’s skeet
Highlights from Novak Djokovic’s gold medal match in Paris
Suni Lee stuns for uneven bar bronze in Paris
Boxing: Ngamba wins QF, earns first medal for Refugee Olympic Team
Kim Woojin outlasts Ellison to win men’s gold in archery
Track and field: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s first Paris Olympic run
Highlights provided by NBC
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