Paris Olympic Games This article is more than 6 months old. Updated 27 Jul Italy ended up battling Australia for silver but the Europeans were edged out while USA stormed to gold by a distance. Australia, USA and China were the frontrunners for the vast majority of the m. Meg Harris put in an incredible shift on the final leg to earn victory for Australia and an Olympic record.
USA second and China third. She was leading but had the year-old McIntosh all the way, not to mention Ledecky just behind. The crowd knew what an incredible standard they were witnessing and rose to their feet to celebrate such an historic Olympic moment.
Dupont made the difference in the second half to lead the host to victory with some electric rugby that Fiji could not cope with. The crowd sings the national anthem — can they inspire a gold medal performance? Atmosphere sensational. The clock stops with 20 seconds; they return to their starting positions. Mkheidze gives it absolutely everything in attack but Smetov holds on, runs the clock down and wins the Olympic championship!
A world title almost a decade ago, the TV expert tells me, and he now earns himself the medal they all want — Olympic gold. Kazakh Yeldos is, at last, an Olympic champion! After going ever so close her semi she got out of that and is now an Olympic gold medal winner. Natsumi Tsunoda has done it. The bronze also goes to Belgium, Wout van Aert is third.
Oh, a big hold… can she pin her for ten seconds to get the point and the win? So close! The TV refs are taking a look to see if the Spanish athlete has gotten out of the hold incorrectly…. Sticking another three on the board with 40 seconds to go, they have an insurmountable lead. What a terrific result. A wonderful, joyous response from the veteran Brown — what a way to cap her career, an Olympic champion! The wet weather is an ongoing talking point. An elaborate opening ceremony to officially get the Games under way on Friday was blighted by heavy rain, which refused to relent overnight and early into Saturday morning.
