The 2024 Paris Olympics today features a packed track and field schedule as well as the last day of gymnastics, with Simone Biles securing another medal in the floor exercise final. USA TODAY Sports broke down all the happenings of the event.
The men’s soccer tournament has reached the semifinal round. The Olympic track and field schedule on Monday features four finals, including men’s pole vault and women’s 800m.
Nineteen sports in total are in action, and USA TODAY Sports will bring you live results, medal count, highlights, and more throughout the day. Follow along.
PARIS — Foul trouble came back to bite Team USA in the women’s 3×3 basketball semifinals Monday in a 18-16 sudden death loss to Spain that relegates them to the bronze medal game.
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The Americans led most of the way, but piled up 10 fouls in regulation, putting them in the perilous position in a format where the opponent gets two shots and the ball from that point on.
After Spain scored the first point of sudden death on a driving layup by Sandra Ygueravide, Rhyne Howard shot a 2-pointer that would have given the Americans the win but missed everything.
On the next possession, Dearica Hamby was called for holding Ygueravide while trying to escape to the basket.
She swished the foul shot to send Spain to the gold medal game.
Hailey Van Lith had eight points to lead Team USA, which couldn’t win despite making 14 of 27 shots. Spain’s six free throws were the difference.
Spain got the game to overtime with a backdoor layup right before regulation expired. – Dan Wolken
PARIS — Onto the quarterfinals for men’s beach volleyball tandem Andy Benesh and Miles Partain.
Benesh and Partain defeated Italy’s Samuele Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai in two sets (21-17 and 21-18). 
Partain’s ace in the second set to put the U.S. up 16-11 helped the duo secure the match, and Benesh followed with an ace to make it 18-13. Italy scored five of the next seven points to make the Americans sweat. But a final Italian service – of eight total – ended the match. 
In the first, they jumped out to a 13-8 lead and relied on the early margin to carry them to a Set 1 victory. 
It’s been an interesting Games for the duo. They parted ways with their coach for unclear reasons over the weekend and have yet to be transparent on the matter. They won their final two matches of group play after starting these Games with a loss to Cuba. Their three-set victory over Brazil last week sent them into the Round of 16 and a date with Italy. 
The youngest U.S. men’s beach team in Olympic history will play the winner of Chile vs. Qatar in the quarterfinals. – Chris Bumbaca
SAINT-DENIS, France — Two-time Olympic diver Delany Schnell advanced to the women’s 10-meter platform semifinals Monday but failed to move on to Tuesday’s top-12 final. She finished 15th with a score of 271.95.
Schnell pulled off an impressive recovery in prelims after a couple low-scoring dives to make the top 18, and she opened semifinals with strong first- and second-round performances.
But a rough third-round dive — a back 3 1/2 somersaults in the tuck position with a 3.3 degree of difficulty that earned her just 31.35 points — dropped the 25-year-old from Michigan to 14th. And she was unable to return to the top 12 with her two remaining dives.
At the Paris Olympics, Schnell previously finished sixth in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform — an event she won a silver medal in at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Three years ago, she finished fifth in the women’s 10-meter platform.
China’s defending Olympic gold and silver medalists, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi, led the way both in prelims and semifinals. Quan and Chen enter Tuesday’s final ranked first and second with scores of 421.05 and 403.05, respectively.
Fellow American diver Daryn Wright didn’t advance out of prelims, finishing 19th with a score of 272.25. – Michelle R. Martinelli
Vincent Hancock has another medal to add to his collection.
Hancock and Austen Jewell Smith teamed up to earn a silver medal in team skeet shooting Monday at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre. This is the first year team skeet shooting has been contested at the Olympics.
Hancock is a four-time Olympic gold medalist having won men’s skeet in 2008, 2012, 2020 and this year. Smith, in her second Olympics, won bronze in women’s skeet Sunday.
Hancock and Smith lost in the finals of Monday’s team event to the Italian team of Diana Bocosi and Gabriele Rossetti, 45-44. China took bronze.
Italy tied the qualification world record with a score 149 in the qualification round.
The U.S. swept skeet shooting gold in Tokyo, with Hancock winning the men’s competition and Amber English winning the women’s.
Team skeet marked the final shooting event at this year’s Olympics. – Dave Birkett
Team USA’s Evy Leibfarth was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the women’s kayak cross event in canoe slalom. She finished third in her heat behind world No. 1 Kimberley Woods of Great Britain and Switzerland’s Alena Marx.
Woods was the race’s runaway winner, but Leibfarth caught up with Marx and made contact – which is allowed in this chaotic event – to try and disrupt Marx’s turn on the final barrier. Marx was able to stabilize quicker and beat Leibfarth to the final line in a race where only the top two would advance.
Leibfarth, a 20-year-old from Bryson City, N.C., won a bronze medal earlier in the Paris Games in the canoe single competition. — Gentry Estes
PARIS — Simone Biles won silver in the women’s floor exercise final, giving her four medals, including three golds, at these Games. It is the first time she has not won gold in a floor exercise final – ever. 
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won gold. After an inquiry, Team USA’s Jordan Chiles’ score was updated to a 13.766 to move her into third place and giving her bronze.
The medal is the 11th of Biles’ Olympic career, seven of which are gold. Biles led the U.S. to gold in the team final, won gold in the all-around and vault finals and finished fifth in the balance beam final earlier Monday. — Nancy Armour, Tom Schad
Scottie Scheffler’s thrilling comeback victory at the Paris Olympics, rallying from four shots back during the final round at the Paris Olympics, was one for the ages.
Of course, it came at the expense of Jon Rahm, the 54-hole leader, who let that lead slip away by shooting a 39 on the back nine. That led to the chatter on social media – and on the Golf Channel, where analysts did not hold back on Rahm’s performance.
“I’m gonna put that down as one of the biggest collapses – chokes of the year,” Brandel Chamblee said. “Probably right up there with Rory McIlroy coming down the stretch at the U.S. Open.” — Scooby Axson
Simone Biles scored a 14.133 to take second place behind Rebeca Andrade with two competitors left. Biles stepped out of bounds twice but stuck the landing on the Biles I. During warmups, she overcooked the Biles II and took a hard, awkward fall. She could be seen mouthing, “I’m fine” after. Biles tweaked her calf during qualifying on July 28 and has had it wrapped in competition since. — Nancy Armour, Tom Schad
PARIS − Badminton is a hugely popular sport in both Taiwan and China. At the Paris Olympics, two incidents in as many days involving the sport’s spectators reflects those place’s uneasy rivalry on the world stage.
The incidents prompted Taiwan’s government on Monday to call on French authorities to launch an investigation. It followed a separate report on Friday that saw a spectator who was holding up a green banner that read, “Taiwan go for it,” removed from a Paris badminton venue during Taiwan player Chou Tien Chen’s match against India’s Lakshya Sen.
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PARIS — Chase Budinger’s Olympic dream has ended. 
Budinger and his partner Miles Evans fell in the Round of 16 of the men’s beach volleyball tournament Monday to Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum, the defending Olympic gold medalists. Norway took out the USA in straight sets, 21-16, 21-14. 
In Tokyo three years ago, Mol and Sorum became the youngest duo to win the Olympic gold at 23 and 24 years old, respectively. The Americans gave them their best shot but the Norwegians were simply better. 
Budinger and Evans played solid defense early to stay in the first set. The former NBA player’s presence at the net was a factor, as he had two blocks and forced an attack error within the first 10 points. Norway went on a 3-0 run to force a USA timeout at 14-11 and it controlled the rest of the set, with Mol dialing up his own block (six block points), to keep the U.S. off balance. 
The Americans enjoyed a 3-1 lead to start the second set, but they quickly saw that evaporate to a 8-4 deficit. An ace from Mol made it 12-7 and created a mountain too tall for the U.S. to climb. By the end of the match, sand stuck to the entire right side of Evans’ body. He recorded nine digs and had 12 attack points. Budinger finished with four block points and eight points on attack. Both Norwegians finished with 11 attack points apiece.
Evans and Budinger advanced to the knockout round by winning their “lucky losers” match two days earlier, as they won one of their three group play matches (the first). — Chris Bumbaca
Emma Hunt of the United States is on to the speed finals at the Paris Games. Hunt bested French climber Manon Lebon in a head-to-head elimination climb with a time of 6.38 seconds. U.S teammate Piper Kelly was eliminated.
Only seven climbers who won their elimination heats and one lucky loser with the fastest time move on to finals on Wednesday. — Sandy Hooper
Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles will be competing in the finals for the floor momentarily. Follow for the latest updates.
The Olympic record fell over and over and over again in the seeding heats of women’s speed climbing qualifications. But it was Poland’s Aleksandra Miroslaw who came out on top of the seeding round with a new world record time (that she set twice) first at 6.21 seconds and again at 6.06 seconds. American Emma Hunt finished seeding in second place with a time of 6.36 seconds. For the women, going sub-6 seconds is the equivalent of running a 100-meter sprint under 10 seconds.Head-to-head heats will begin shortly to wrap up women’s speed qualification. — Sandy Hooper
Team USA’s Austen Smith and Vincent Hancock placed second during qualifying in the mixed team skeet competition and will get a chance to shoot for gold.Smith and Hancock hit 148 of 150 clays, one less than Italy’s Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti’s 149. The final round begins with the bronze medal match between China and India, followed immediately by the gold medal match.Dania Vizzi and Conner Prince of the United States placed sixth with their score of 144.
In a balance beam final that has seen multiple gymnasts fall, Simone Biles came off on her aerial series and scored a 13.100. This will be the first time, other than on uneven bars, that she has made a final and not won a medal.
Italy’s Alice Domato won gold while China’s Zhou Yaqin took silver and Italy’s Manila Esposito secured bronze in a final that saw multiple gymnasts fall during their routines.
Suni Lee’s right foot slipped off the balance beam at the end of her aerial series, causing her to split the beam and then take a hard fall onto the mat. The result was a score of 13.100. The 21-year-old appeared frustrated as she re-mounted the beam and finished her routine after the fall, and as she walked away afterwards. But then she started to gradually lighten after talking with her coach, Jess Graba, and Biles. Within moments, Lee was smiling and laughing again, perhaps remembering the breadth of what she’s already achieved in Paris. After returning from a pair of kidney ailments, Lee won a second consecutive all-around Olympic medal – this time a bronze – to go with team gold and another bronze on uneven bars Sunday. — Nancy Armour, Tom Schad
Sport climbing is officially underway at Le Bourget. Despite the heat, the stands are packed to watch the men’s boulder semifinal and women’s speed qualifications. American Jesse Grupper completed the four boulder problems and finished in 18th place with a score of 18.9, and U.S. teammate Colin Duffy finished boulder in 10th place with 33.8 points. Neither American was able to find a top, but there were few to be had in the round.
“The style of bouldering is very flashy. You want to have cool moves for the crowd, but sometimes that can lead to an extra hard round like we saw today,” said Duffy.
The men will compete in the lead portion of the event on Wednesday. Only the top eight finishers will move on to the finals. — Sandy Hooper
Aaliyah Butler and Alexis Holmes automatically qualified to the semifinals in the women’s 400 meters.
Butler finished behind Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino to place second in the fifth heat of the 400. Paulino produced a 49.42, which is the top time entering the semifinals. Butler got through in 50.52.
Holmes ran a 50.35 to place second in the sixth heat. Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke won the heat in 50.09.
Kendall Ellis, who won the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in the 400, didn’t automatically qualify to the next round. However, Ellis does have an opportunity to advance in the repechage round.
The women’s 400 is wide open in Paris. But we do know there will be a new Olympic champion. Defending Olympic champ Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas pulled up in the fourth heat of the 400 and didn’t finish. — Tyler Dragon
It’ll be a crowded field Wednesday night when women’s pole vaulting finalists gather for the medal competition at the Paris Games. That’s because 20 of them qualified Monday morning, eight more than the format called for, due to a massive gridlock of a tie for the last available spot.
Katie Moon was the lone qualifier for Team USA with a vault of 4.55, but the tie came at 4.40. Nine athletes tied for the 12th and final qualifying spot. Although other non-qualifiers also vaulted 4.40, the nine tied for the fewest attempts advanced.
The standard for automatic qualification to the medal rounds was 4.70, which no vaulter achieved. — Chase Goodbread
It was close, but Team USA diver Delany Schnell snuck into the 10-meter platform diving semifinals after finishing 17th in Monday’s prelims. The top-18 divers out of 29 total at Olympic Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, France moved on to keep their medal hopes alive. 
Schnell – who finished sixth in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform at the Paris Olympics ‒ almost didn’t advance out of the five-round prelims after poor second and third dives, which left her ranked 25th. 
But the 25-year-old two-time Olympian from Michigan recovered well on her final dive with an inward 3 1/2 somersaults in the tuck position and a 3.2 degree of difficulty to finish with a score of 278.15.
First-time Olympian Daryn Wright ended prelims ranked 19th with a score of 272.25, just missing out on advancing. Wright – a 20-year-old diver for the Purdue Boilermakers – had a strong first round off a forward 3 1/2 somersaults in the pike position with a 3.0 degree of difficulty and was tied for eighth place. But she dropped to 22nd after the fourth round before finishing outside of the top 18 in her only Olympic event.
China’s defending Olympic gold and silver medalists, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi, finished prelims ranked first and second, respectively. Quan’s top score was 421.25, while Chen in second posted a score of 382.15.
Semifinals for the women’s 10-meter platform are set for 9 a.m. ET Monday, and finals are Tuesday also at 9 a.m. ET. — Michelle Martinelli
PARIS – Stop the bullying, says Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.
Khelif, who was dragged into controversy over gender eligibility criteria at the Paris Olympics, has spoken out for the first time since the Games began. She and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting have been subjected to abuse on social media and inaccurate online speculation about their sexes even though the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said they both have met all criteria and that there’s no question they are women.
“I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects,” Khelif said in an interview with SNTV, according to The Associated Press. “It can destroy people, it can kill people’s thoughts, spirit and mind. It can divide people. And because of that, I ask them to refrain from bullying.”
Khelif and Yu-Ting have advanced to the semifinals at the Olympics, ensuring they’ll win at least bronze medals. — Josh Peter
Team USA hurdler Rai Benjamin qualified for the men’s 400m hurdles semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Monday, clocking a time of 48.82 seconds for a first-place finish in the opening heat.
In Olympic preliminary heats, the top three finishers in each of five races automatically qualify for the semifinals, as well as the next three fastest times, for a total of 18 semifinal qualifiers.
Benjamin, 27, won silver in the event at the Tokyo Games in 2021, along with a gold in the men’s 4×400 relay. He’s not competing in the 4×400 relay in Paris, however, so the 400 hurdles is his lone chance at a medal.
Also qualifying for the semifinals for Team USA was CJ Allen, who ran 48.64 to finish second in Heat 3.
The semifinals for the 400m hurdles will be held Wednesday night, and medal races are scheduled for Friday. — Chase Goodbread
PARIS — The United States team of Seth Rider, Taylor Spivey, Morgan Pearson and Taylor Knibb took silver in the mixed triathlon relay Monday at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The U.S. finished in a time of 1:25.40, 1/100th of a second behind gold-winning Germany and just ahead of bronze medal-winning Great Britain in a photo finish.
Great Britain, which won gold in 2020, led most of the race with Germany in second, but Knibb closed the gap for the U.S. with strong legs in swimming and biking in the final rotation before Germany’s Laura Lindemann pulled ahead in the final moments of the run for the win. — Dave Birkett
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Valarie Allman is the defending Olympic champion in women’s discus. Allman, an accomplished dancer, took up track her freshman year in high school as a jumper and sprinter. She broke the school record at Stanford, where she was a two-time Pac-12 discus champion.
It’s the finals for women’s balance beam and women’s floor exercise, two events that have Simone Biles is a favorite. At last year’s world championships, Biles won gold in both. For the men, it’s the finals for parallel bars and horizontal bar. American Brody Malone won gold at the 2022 world championships on the horizontal bar.
The team event starts with the technical routine. Anita Alvarez is set to compete in her third Olympics.
Snoop Dogg has been everywhere and anywhere, with everyone and anyone, during his time at these Games as a correspondent extraordinaire. He hasn’t been sleeping as much as he has been relaxing. 
“This ain’t the town to sleep in. This ain’t the time to sleep,” Snoop said once his work for the day was done. “It’s the time to be on it like you want it.” 
Bouncing around from different events and being in the thick of the action, watching athletes do their thing, is something Snoop loves, he said. — Chris Bumbaca
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