Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky to compete for another gold medal

Team USA are guaranteed a medal in the men’s doubles with Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram due to take to the courts of Roland-Garros shortly for the gold medal match.

Ram, who won silver with Venus Williams in the mixed doubles in 2016, and Krajicek have won all their matches en route to the final in straight sets, including a 6-2, 6-4 quarterfinal win against Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz to end the ‘Nadalcaraz’ dream. They now face Australia’s duo Matthew Ebden and John Peers for gold starting at 6:00 a.m. ET.

At 40 years old, Ram will become the oldest player to win an Olympic medal in tennis since 1920.

The U.S. could double up in this event — Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul are in the bronze medal match. They face Czech pair Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek later today for the final spot on the podium.

Team USA has won bronze in the rowing men’s eight, earning the U.S.’s first medal of the day.

It is Team USA’s second medal in the rowing regatta after the men’s four took gold on Thursday. The U.S. failed to earn a single medal in rowing in Tokyo.

Great Britain charged ahead in the final 500m to take gold ahead of the Netherlands.

In the women’s event earlier this morning, the Team USA crew faded towards the end, eventually finishing 5th.

Amar Khelif, father of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who remains embroiled in a dispute over her gender, has slammed the debate surrounding his daughter and paid tribute to his “honourable” daughter.

Imane Khelif’s win over Italy’s Angela Carini on Thursday sparked global outrage after reports resurfaced that she failed to meet gender eligibility tests at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi last year.

But there is there is no indication that Khelif identifies as transgender or intersex, and she has always competed in women’s events, including at the Tokyo Olympics. 

“Having such a daughter is honorable because she is a champion,” he told Reuters. “The attacks against her are immoral, it is not fair, Imane is a little girl that has loved sport since she was 6 years old.”

“These critics aim to destabilize her to fail in the wrestling ring but she is a champion and she will remain a champion and I hope she will win the gold medal and make us happy, she is our role model not only here at the club but the role model for Algerian boxing.”

“What’s up, Team USA? This is Noah Lyles, fastest man in the world.”

That is the bold claim Noah Lyles made in a video posted to Team USA’s X account during the opening ceremony, and it’s a statement that has many athletics fans around the world riled up and waiting to see if he can back it up.

The 27-year-old has never been short of confidence; after all, he is the reigning 100m and 200m world champion, titles that the Gainsville native says give him the right to the fastest man in the world title.

Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson may have something to say about that. Both Thompson and Lyles have run personal bests this year in the 100m, but Thompson’s was faster – 9.77 against Lyles’ 9.81. Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala has also gone quicker than Lyles in 2024.

Even so, Lyles is adamant he is the fastest man in the world, and now the time has come for him to prove it. “It’s me,” Lyles said while laughing, doubling down on his fastest-man claim during a Team USA press conference this week. “It’s always going to be me.”

Lyles goes in the first heats of the 100m this morning at 5:55 a.m. ET ahead of tomorrow’s final.

Team USA’s Xander Schauffele begins the third round of the men’s golf event in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard as the race for the medals gets serious.

Schauffele, on 11-under-par, is tied with Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama and Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood at the halfway point of the competition, with the third round now underway.

The leading trio will be the last to tee off at 6:39 a.m. ET at Le Golf National. The medals will be decided after tomorrow’s fourth and final round.

Morolake Akinosun, an Olympic gold medalist runner, talks to NBC News’ Tom Llamas on Sha’Carri Richardson and what to expect from Team USA in track and field. 

Fifty-one gold medals will be contended for in the next 48 hours. NBC’s Mike Tirico breaks down what’s up for grabs.

Ron Isbell has attended 13 Olympic Games. He arrived in Paris with tickets to 40 different events.

Isbell, a distance runner in high school and college, got started on his own Olympic journey after he won a trip to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

“That got me interested in the Winter Games and I saw how much fun it was to go there, so just started going,” he said. “Eventually I thought I’ll just keep going to all of them as long as I can.”

Isbell has brought about 800 Olympic pins with him to trade — part of his collection of more than 1,000.

“It’s just a lot of fun to meet other people from other countries and they may not even speak your language but you’re able to make a pin trade with them,” he said.

At the Olympic Games, the vibrant display of national flags is always a highlight.

With the flags regularly appearing on scoreboards and celebrating throughout the events, it’s easy to spot their similarities, especially with colors like red, white, blue and yellow.

Ted Kaye, Secretary of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), an organization that studies flag designs, discusses why certain colors are so common in flags and how they show historical influences and cultural meanings.

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