Olympics 2024 LIVE: Results and medal count as Marchand wins historic double gold

It was heartbreak for Nandor Nemeth (47.50) in that men’s 100 free, Chalmers (47.48) and Popovici (47.49) leaving him without a medal by the barest of margins.

But they are mere footnotes to a truly incomprehensible night at La Defense Arena, which is bouncing as Leon Marchand steps up to receive a second gold medal of the night.

PAN ZHANLE PULVERIZES THE WORLD RECORD! 46.40 seconds! He’s taken four tenths of a second off his own world record and he was accelerating into the wall!

Another simply paradigm-shifting swim. It’s been a difficult Olympics for China’s swimmers, but they have a freestyle superhero who was in a realm all of his own tonight. And he’s only 19! So much for a slow pool…

Kyle Chalmers and David Popovici take silver and bronze, more than a second behind.

Silver: Kyle Chalmers (Australia)

Bronze: David Popovici (Romania)

Leon Marchand makes the fastest start, each breath bringing the crowd into it. He’s flying, nearly a body length up on Caspar Corbeau and Zac Stubblety-Cook, who will close quickly…

The United States’ ‘AllStar’ basketball team is in action against South Sudan.

The USA took a 26-14 lead in the first quarter.

South Sudan came slightly back into it in the second, which was closer but still in the USA’s favour at 29-22.

At the half-time break, the USA led 55 to 36.

That Katie Ledecky gold is rather handy for the United States in their battle to top the swimming medal table, a developing sub-plot of Paris 2024. Australia have high hopes of winning the most gold medals in the pool for the first time since the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, and have made a strong start with four to the USA’s two before tonight.

Australia did beat their great rivals on golds at the 2023 Worlds, though the Americans’ preference for listing in terms of number of medals meant that they still claimed victory Stateside.

Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz’s dreams of an Olympic medal in doubles were ended by a quarter-final loss to American fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.

The Spanish duo have been one of the star attractions of the tennis event at Roland Garros and another packed crowd cheered them on under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.

But this time they met their match as Krajicek and Ram, two of the best doubles players in the game, showed their prowess in the format to claim a 6-2 6-4 victory.

Inexorable. Inevitable. Incomparable. Katie Ledecky wins the women’s 1500m freestyle in a new Olympic record time of 15 min 30.02 sec. The eighth fastest swim in history.

It’s a cracking race behind her, Isobel Gose surging and closing on Anastasiaa Kirpichnikova but unable to haul her in, to the home crowd’s delight.

Gold: Katie Ledecky (USA)

Silver: Anastasiaa Kirpichnikova (France)

Bronze: Isobel Gose (Germany)

Joe Fraser, who finished fifth in the men’s gymnastics all-round final, said afterwards: “I’m over the moon. I was reminded earlier that I came 52nd in the Europeans in the all-around four months ago. To finish fifth in an Olympic Games, I couldn’t be prouder.”

He added: “It was all about having fun. I was really disappointed after the team final, I was praying we could do enough, but it wasn’t to be. I just thought I had nothing to lose, I went for everything I wanted to.

“I’m proud and going round with Jake was just a joy. He’s fun, energetic and he’s always so happy. It makes things so much easier. I left it all out there and I’m very proud of it.”

Jake Jarman, who finished seventh in the same competition, said: “From when I knew I’d made the all-around final, I didn’t have any expectations on myself to be in the top three.

“With the scores I produce, it’s still quite far off that top three spot. It was mostly about trying to enjoy the moment and the experience.

“To be in the top group, going around and starting on floor, it’s crazy. It’s an incredible opportunity and I just wanted to soak it all up and have as much fun as I could. I think I did that.”

Four lengths of the pool to be swum, with Katie Ledecky 15 metres clear of the rest. Can Kirpichnikova hold on? Simona Quadarella has upped her strokerate, trying to reel the Frenchwoman in.