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Recap of Day 6 and looking forward to Day 7

That last surfing quarter-final concludes the action from Day 6 of Paris 2024, and tomorrow, Friday 2 August, marks one week since that Opening Ceremony – how time flies!

Thanks for joining us today.

In case you missed it, here were the big stories of Day 6:

• Simone Biles wins second Olympic all-around title

• Zheng shocks Swiatek as Djokovic and Alcaraz close in on dream final

• Team GB's Andy Murray bows out of Paris 2024 Olympics

• Canada's Summer McIntosh wins 200m butterfly for second Olympic gold

And here is what you can look forward to on Day 7:

Sha'Carri Richardson's Olympic debut will occur in the morning as the U.S. sprinter takes to the track for thewomen's 100m heats(from 11:50am).

There's just one athletics final in the evening in themen's 10,000m(9:20pm), one of a whopping23 gold-medal eventstaking place a week into the Games.

Meanwhile, tennis reaches the medal rounds with bronze medals set to be awarded inwomen's singlesandmen's doubles(from 12pm), as well as all three medals inmixed doubles(final from 7pm), while thetable tennissingles events reach the semi-final stage.

Here are some of the day's other top events:

Judo - Teddy Riner looks to regain individual gold

In what could possibly be his final Olympic Games, the 35-year-oldTeddy Rinerwill be in action in themen's +100kgjudo weight class (medal contests from 5:49pm) on Day 7 in front of a vocal home crowd.

The Frenchman won gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 in this event, but ended up with bronze at Tokyo 2020 – the same medal he also won in 2008. As the individual events come to a close in Paris, there would be no more popular winner than the Guadeloupe native.

Swimming - Kaylee McKeown targets another backstroke double

The currentworld record holderin thewomen's 200m backstroke, Australia'sKaylee McKeown, will be hoping to complete a second straight backstroke double after winning both the 100m and 200m back events in Tokyo.

On 2 August, the Aussie will expect to be in the final (8:36pm) of the 200m back for the second of potentially five finals she could swim in at the Paris La Défense Arena. She'll also expect to return later in the evening for thewomen's 200m individual medley semi-finals(9:22pm), if she makes it out of the morning’s heats.

France’s Léon Marchand, meanwhile, goes for his fourth gold medal of the meet in the men’s 200m individual medley final (8:43pm).

Medal events

Archery
16:24–17:02:Mixed team medal matches

Athletics (track and field)
21:20–21:50:M 10,000m final

Badminton
15:00–17:10:Mixed doubles medal matches

Cycling (BMX racing)
21:35–21:45:M final;21:50–22:00:W final

Diving
11:00–11:50:M synchronised 3m springboard final

Equestrian
14:00–16:00:Jumping team final

Fencing
19:30–21:20:M épée team medal matches

Judo
17:18–17:48:W +78kg medal contests;17:49–18:19:M +100kg medal contests

Rowing
11:30–11:42:M pair final A;11:42–11:54:W pair final A;12:02–12:14:M lightweight double sculls final A;12:22–12:35:W lightweight double sculls final A

Sailing
12:13–12:28: W skiff medal race; 13:13–13:28: M skiff medal race; 15:30–15:50:W windsurfing final, M windsurfing final
Subject to wind conditions

Shooting
09:30–10:30:W 50m rifle 3 positions final

Swimming
20:30:M 50m freestyle final;20:39:W 200m backstroke final;20:49:M 200m individual medley final

Tennis
From 12:00: W singles bronze medal match (second on Court Philippe Chatrier), Mixed doubles bronze medal match (third on Court Suzanne Lenglen);from 19:00:Mixed doubles gold medal match (fourth on Court Philippe Chatrier)

Trampoline
13:50–14:20:W final;19:45–20:15: M final

Surfing: Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy earns final spot in the medal rounds

In the last heat of the day and with conditions trending fast towards being uncontestable, Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica surfed with poise and power to advance to the semi-finals of Women's surfing.

Brazil's Luana Silva put up a valient fight, going for it again and again in the choppy conditions, surfing with full commitment and nearly stealing the heat on a last ditch effort in the final seconds. Needing only a mid-range 3 to win, Silva's (BRA) final wave came in at a 2.9 and she lost the heat with a total score of 5.47 to Hennessy's (CRC) 6.37.

Officials have already called OFF the medal rounds for tomrrow, Friday, August 2nd, as small waves are expected. But action is anticpiated to resume on Saturday with building swells and improving conditions throughout the day.

Surfing: Moore (USA) reflects on the meaning of her Olympic journey at Teahupo'o

Speaking with Olympics.com surf reporter Ash Tulloch on scene in Tahiti after her quarter finals loss, defending Olympic champion Carissa Moore (USA) waxed poetic about her performance and what she hopes it means to her fans.

"It's definitely a let down and a little bit of frustration to not be able to showcase what I feel like I've really worked on this year [backside tube riding]. But, regardless, I've had a great time...I've always wanted to be that person that- no matter what- a result doesn't define me. It doesn't define the work I have put in and it doesn't define me as a surfer...I hope that today, despite my result, that I was able to bring joy and inspire other people to chase their dreams fearlessly. You know, don't let a result or fear of failure keep you from going hard and going all in."

Surfing: Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil advances to the semi-finals

Perhaps the most in form female surfer of the day, Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb has advanced to the medal rounds. With powerful rail surfing and impeccable timing on her top turns, the goofy-footed Weston-Webb (BRA) made the most of the tricky surfing conditions in her quarter final heat against Spain's Nadia Erostarbe, earning the heats two best waves and winning a place in the semi-finals.

Erostarbe (ESP) finished with a 3.57 and a 2.77 for a total of 6.34. Weston-Webb (BRA) kept her Olympic dreams alive with a 4.50 and a 3.60, totalling a heat-winning 8.10.

Surfing: Defending Gold Medalist Carissa Moore (USA) eliminated in quarter finals

Carissa Moore of the United States, one of the most dominant female surfers of all time, was defeated by Johanne Defay of Team France in heat #2 of the Women's quarter finals. Having recently retired from the World Tour, it has been widely speculated that this Olympics would mark the end of Moore's (USA) decorated competitive career. If so, her final chapter was just written in Tahiti with a dissapointing loss just shy of the medal rounds.

Defay (FRA) took the lead early and never let it go. She earned the heats two highest scoring waves, a 5.67 then a 4.67, thanks to her trademark backside attack. Finding the cleanest lip lines of the heat, Defay (FRA) used a series of smooth and powerful lip bashes timed perfectly to smack the pitching pocket with authority to pave her way to the semi-finals.

With a sideshore wind creating white caps out the back and putting a mean chop in the wave faces, Moore (USA) never found the rhythm she needed. But her loss certainly wasn't for a lack of trying. The defending Olympic gold medalist was still very much alive in the final seconds of the heat when she pulled into a hail merry barrel and very nearly exited it in heroic fashion. You could see her hand reaching for the daylight of the shoulder just as she came unstuck from her board.

Moore (USA) finished with a total score of 6.50, losing to Defay's(FRA) total of 10.34.

Defay(FRA) moves on to face Caroline Marks of Team USA in the semi-finals.

Surfing: Marks (USA) is the first woman to punch her ticket to the medal rounds

In a matchup of former world champions, Caroline Marks of the United States has won heat #1 of the Women's quarter finals against Australia's Tyler Wright.

Surfing on her frontside, Marks (USA), the current World #2, had the heat's highest wave score with a 4.0,earned after linking a quick, messy cover up into a strong carve and lip bash. Less than ideal winds shut down the clean tube rides that were on the offer less than an hour before and shifted the focus from barrel time to carves and top turns.Marks(USA) adapted first to the change and it set her up well for the win.

Wright (AUS) had a path to victory with time left on the clock and sitting outside with priority but Mother Nature had different plans and a scoring wave simply never materialized for her when she needed it most. She finished with a heat total score of 5.37, not enough to beat Marks' 7.77 combined score.

Surfing: Robinson (AUS) wins Aussie vs. Aussie matchup to conclude Men's quarter finals

It was Australia versus Australia in the last Men's quarter final heat with West Coaster Jack Robinson squaring off against East Coaster Ethan Ewing. The action was hot and heavy with two of the day's best waves being ridden. In the end, it was Robinson (AUS), the current #3 surfer in the world, who held on for the heat win and the right to surf in the semi-finals.

Despite seeing his 2024 Olympic dreams come to an end, it was Ewing (AUS) who earned the heat's top single wave score (and highest wave score of the day), an 8.33. It was a remarkable wave in that the goofy foot managed a tight top turn set critically in the pocket before pulling into a long tude ride, exiting, and then carving powerfully down the face to end his ride. Getting a big turn in before you get barreled at Teahupo'o is an anything but common feat. But Ewing couldn't back it up and finished with a respectable albeit losing total heat score of 13.00.

With his highest two scoring waves earning him an 8.0 and a 7.33, Robinson (AUS) won the match and will surf in the semis against Gabriel Medina of Brazilwhen the Men's action resumes this coming weekend.

Surfing: Women's quarter finals to be in the water soon

Immediately following the conclusion of the Men's quarter finals, the Women's quarters will get underway.

The first heat in the water will be Team USA's Caroline Marks against Tyler Wright of Austalia.

Surfing: Medina (BRA) continues impressive run and advances to semis

In another matchup of compatriots, Brazil's Gabriel Medina took on his countryman João Chianco in the third heat of the Men's quarter finals. The heat was never really in doubt for the Medina (BRA), a 3x World Champion. He advanced with relative ease, scoring an 8.10 for a wave that he fell actually on- his barrel was just that deep and intense before he came unglued at the very end of a fully committed layback carve. He finished with a total heat score of 14.77.

Chianco (BRA) never found a strong score in the heat. He surfed fearlessly, albeit a bit frenzied and rushed at times. Despite finding a some deep tubes and leaning into a couple radical turns on his backside, the goofy foot was outwardly outclassed by Medina in the heat. He finished with a total heat score of9.33.

Surfing: Vaast (FRA) wins French versus French matchup in Heat #2 of quarters

The tube machine got turned back on for the second heat of the Men's quarter finals. It was two French surfers going head to head for a chance to surf in the semis. Using his local knowledge of Teahupo'o and a deadly combo of tubes and turns, Kauli Vaast (FRA) won out over his teammate Joan Duru (FRA).

Both surfers enjoyed the best barrel rides of the day so far, spelunking salt water caverns early and often in the heat. Duru (FRA) was on the better end of the exchanges at the heat's halfway point thanks to a 7.50.But Vaast (FRA) pulled ahead for good shortly after thanks to a flawless barrel on a medium-sized wave that he linked seamlessly with a lookback, power gouge into the lip of the closeout section. The turn was so ferocious and critical that it had announcers calling it "the turn of the contest". The result was a single wave score of 8.00 on his way to a total heat score of 15.33.

Surfing: Alonso Correa (PER) advances to semi-finals

Surfing fast and hitting the lip with absolute authority, Alonso Correa of Peru has won heat #1 of the quarter finals.

Despite scoring the heat's highest single wave with a 7.33, Japan's Inaba Reo has been eliminated. His score came on an impressive tube ride where the goofy foot took off under the lip, stood up in the barrel, and completely dissappeared behind a thick curtain.

But it was the Peruvian, known better for his tube riding than his turns, who kept his Olympic dreams alive by surfing with flow and violent, gouging turns and lip bashes. Correa (PER) advanced with a total heat score of 10.50 to Inaba's 10.16.

Surfing: Hennessy (CRC) earns final spot in Women's quarter finals

In surfing contests, a good tube will always beat a good turn. Such was the case in the last Women's Round 3 heat between Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica and Yolanda Hopkins of Portugal. It was Hennessy (CRC) who found an impressive barrel and bested Hopkins (POR), who executed what was perhaps the best single of the entire round.

Hennessy (CRC), who won the heat with a combined score of 12.34, got argubaly the best tube of the round by pulling in immeaditely after takeoff and pig-dogging her way though a long and frothy ride. She came out and rightfully threw both hands- fingers spread wide- in the air with unchecked stoke. She earned a single wave score of 7.67 for her efforts.

Hopkins earned her best score, a 6.33, for a wave that featured a quick check turn followed by a massive backside snap perfectly timed with the picthing lip of a well overhead wave. The spray went flying as she freefell just ahead of the breaking lip and landed perfectly.

Team sports round up, Day 6 at Paris 2024

Here are all the team sports results from Thursday 1 August, Day 6, to catch up on at the Olympic Games:

3X3 basketball

• W: People's Republic of China 15-21 Australia
• W: Germany 19-15 Canada
• M: Netherlands 19-21 Serbia
• M: China 8-22 Latvia
• W: Azerbaijan 10-15 France
• W: USA 15-17 Australia
• M: Lithuania 21-12 Poland
• M: Netherlands 20-13 France
• W: China 14-11 Spain
• W: Germany 12-8 Azerbaijan
• M: USA 18-20 Lithuania
• M: China 17-22 Poland
• W: Spain 11-17 USA
• W: Canada 13-9 France
• M: Serbia 19-16 France
• M: USA 19-21 Latvia

Equestrian, jumping team qualifier

1. Germany 229.74
2. USA 227.57
3. Great Britain 227.79

Women's handball

• Netherlands 31-24 Brazil
• Republic of Korea 21-27 Sweden
• Spain 24-27 Hungary
• Angola 24-38 France
• Germany 27-28 Denmark
• Slovenia 22-29 Norway

Hockey

• M: India 1-2 Belgium
• M: France 1-2 Great Britain
• M: New Zealand 0-5 Australia
• M: Argentina 2-1 Ireland
• W: USA 2-5 Great Britain
• W: Japan 1-0 France
• W: Spain 1-0 South Africa
• W: Argentina 3-3 Australia

Women's volleyball

• Türkiye 3-1 Dominican Republic
• Brazil 3-0 Japan
• Italy 3-0 Netherlands
• France 0-3 China

Men's water polo

• Greece 13-11 USA
• Serbia 11-15 Spain
• France 8-9 Australia
• Italy 11-9 Montenegro (after penalty shootout, 8-8 in regulation)
• Romania 8-11 Croatia
• Hungary 17-10 Japan

Surfing: Men's quarter finals to start soon

After a day off due to poor condtions, Men's Surfing will resume with the quarter finals immediately following the conclusion of Women's Round 3. The first heat in the water will beAlonso Correa of Peru versus Inaba Reo of Japan.

The waves are running overhead with light, swirling winds offering clean faces better suited for turns than tubes. But there are still some solid barrels to be found, especially when the bigger sets roll through. It should be a steller couple hours of world class, high performance surfing.

Surfing: Silva (BRA) beats Hinckel (BRA) in Heat #7

The scores weren't the highest but the competition was fierce in Heat #7 as two Team Brazil surfers battled it out for a place in the quarter finals. Luana Silva (BRA) punched her ticket to the next round with a 3.5 and a 3.27.

Very much in the hunt to the end, Tianá Hinckel (BRA)was surfing fast and powerfully on her backhand, using compact turns in the pocket to earn a 3.0 and a 2.93. SItting alone out the back in the final minutes, a possible heat winning wave just didn't come her way.

BMX Racing: Semi-finals set after last chance race

Over at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium, theBMX racers got their campaigns underway today with three quarter-final races each.

A low-points system was used, with heat winners scoring one point and the last placed rider in each heat scoring eight. The top 12 qualified directly for the semi-finals, with the next eight qualifying to the Last Chance Race, the first time this repechage-style system has been used at the Olympic Games, and the top four from that qualifying.

After today's racing, the semi-finals have been set as follows:

Men's semi-final 1

• Sylvain André (FRA)
• Kamren Larsen (USA)
• Mateo Carmona García (COL)
• Joris Daudet (FRA)
• Cameron Wood (USA)
• Pietro Bertagnoli (ITA)
• Rico Bearman (NZL)
• Jaymio Brink (NED)

Men's semi-final 2

• Romain Mahieu (FRA)
• Izaac Kennedy (AUS)
• Diego Alejandro Arboleda Ospina (COL)
• Cedric Butti (SUI)
• Alfredo José Campo (ECU)
• Kye Whyte (GBR)
• Simon Marquart (SUI)
• Mauricio Molina Vergara (CHI)

Women's semi-final 1

• Saya Sakakibara (AUS)
• Alise Willoughby (USA)
• Manon Veenstra (NED)
• Laura Smulders (NED)
• Axelle Etienne (FRA)
• Nadine Aeberhard (SUI)
• Mariana Pajón (COL)
• Malene Kejlstrup (DEN)

Women's semi-final 2

• Beth Shriever (GBR)
• Molly Simpson (CAN)
• Lauren Reynolds (AUS)
• Merel Smulders (NED)
• Daleny Vaughn (USA)
• Zoë Claessens (SUI)
• Hatakeyama Sae (JPN)
• Gabriela Bolle (COL)

Tennis: Oh, Andy…

In typically ironicAndy Murray style, here is how the legend signed off after his defeat alongsideDan Evans this evening:

Re-live his Olympic gold medals below 👇

Athletics: Kevin Mayer to miss home Olympic Games

In case you missed it earlier, there was some pretty big news in track and field as France'sKevin Mayer, one of their biggest medal hopefuls in athletics, announced his withdrawal from the Paris 2024 decathlon after failing to recover in time from injury.

3X3 basketball: Matches suspended due to rain

Over at La Concorde Urban Park, we've had a sudden large downpour, meaning the 3X3 game between Serbia and France is interrupted with Serbia up 13-10.

Surfing: Erostarbe (ESP) and Weston-Webb (BRA) make quarter-finals

Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil has turned in the best performance of the day so far. In one of the most anticipated heats of Round 3, Weston-Webb (BRA) took on current World #1 Caitlin Simmers of the United States and dominated from begining to end.

Surfing in Heat #6, the regular foot scored two different 6.17s to earn the highest heat total of the day. The first came by linking three powerful rail turns, sharply timed with the pocket and throwing buckets of spray over the back of the wave. It was text book power surfing from the 28-year-old. The second came a few minutes later thanks to a clean tube ride followed by a big, committed carve to close out the wave.

Simmers (USA) never found her flow and finished with a total score of 1.93.

Surfing smooth and strong, Nadia Erostarbe of Spain advanced from Heat #5, stacking several decent scoring waves before her opponent, Matusuda Shino of Japan, managed to catch her first. In the end, Erostarbe (ESP) made it through with a total of 8.34 to Matsuda's (JPN) 5.84.

Weston-Webb (BRA) and Erostarbe (ESP) will face eachother in the quarter finals later today.

Artistic gymnastics: What Biles, Andrade, and Lee had to say after all-around final

Okay, let's bring you some reaction from the incredible women's all-around final earlier this evening in which we sawSimone Biles reclaim her Olympic all-around title fromSunisa Lee, her teammate.

"It was an unfortunate mistake, but I knew to just keep pushing and to not give up," she said of her error on uneven bars. "And that's exactly what you saw out there.

"I think Rebeca (Andrade) pushes me to be my best as well. She's a phenomenal athlete and gymnast. So I'm excited that she was there to push me.

"It's been eight years (since Rio). It feels amazing. I was a little bit naive in the process. So I appreciate my craft a little bit more."

And what about her GOAT necklace, signifying her unquestionable position as the greatest artistic gymnastics medallist ever?

"Alot of people love it. They always call me the GOAT, so I thought it would be really special if I got one made.

"The haters hate it, but I like that even more. It's just a special part of me that I have here.

"In the Village I have a stuffed goat. Just to get a reminder. Like 'You can go out there, you can do it. You've done it before. So let's go."

For her part, silver medallist Andrade of Brazil said: "Knowing that I gave Simone a bit of work is cool, right? She’s the best in the world, Simone is a phenomenon.

"We didn’t see it just here, but also in many competitions that she has done. I’m so proud of being able to compete by her side."

And she admitted it could be the last time she competes in the all-around.

"Doing the all-around, to me, it demands a lot from my body, my lower limbs, legs, knees… But I said that the future belongs to God, what if I something comes up in my head, my body gets better, I don’t know. But I have worked this in my head and I wanted tonight to be a very special competition because, to me, that was my last all-around.

"But who knows…?"

And Lee, who has had to battle back from illness to make the Olympic Games, said: "I'm so happy right now. I feel like everything that I've done has paid off. I mean, literally, six months ago I didn't even consider I would be here competing today. That was an achievement in itself.

"Honestly, I wasn't expecting to be on the podium. To just be here has been absolutely amazing. And I don't know if you guys could tell, but I definitely got a little emotional after my floor routine. Just seeing the score come up was just insane."

Swimming: Australia win women's 4x200m freestyle relay

The night's last swimming final is thewomen's 4x200m freestyle relay.

Unsurprisingly, the top qualifiers areAustralia in lane four.USA, includingKatie Ledecky, are in lane six.Hungary separate them in lane five.

Mollie O'Callaghan, the individual champion, gets the Aussies off to the perfect start as they lead after the first leg, withLani Pallister taking over ahead of the world record line.

Pallister is still ahead of the world record split as she comes back for her fourth length of the pool, ready to hand over toBrianna Throssell.

People's Republic of China are in second and USA in third at the halfway point. Here comesLedecky.

Throssell is just about holding off China'sGe Chutong but here comes Ledecky! Australia only barely in the lead from USA at 550 – Ledecky has pulled this gap right back!

On to the anchor legs.Ariarne Titmus will hit the water in front for Australia, but only just ahead ofErin Gemmell from USA.

The times to watch are 7:37.50 for the world record and 7:40.33 for the Olympic record. The Olympic record should fall, but will the world record go too?

Here's the final lap. Titmus is still up there with the WR line. And she has opened a gap to Gemmell. A big final push from Titmus to bring gold for Australia. What's the time?

Outside the world record, but anew Olympic record 7:38.08!

United States take silver in 7:40.86, China bronze in 7:42.34.

Surfing: Fierro (FRA) dissappointed by her result but hopeful for what's ahead

Team France's Vahine Fierro is a Teahupo'o local and was considered by many to be a medal favorite here in Tahiti. However, after being unable to find a strong second wave in her Round 3 heat, she has been eliminated despite scoring some of the best barrels of the day so far.

Olympics.com reporter Ash Tulloch caught up with Fierro shortly after her loss.

"The conditions were kid of, you know, messy and windy. But there were still some barrels...I fell on 3 really, really good waves so my scores just weren't that high." explained the goofy foot with visible emotion.

She added, "It's not the result I wanted but nothing has ever been given to me on a golden platter...I know that I have to work even harder and that is going to make me grow and be a better human and a better athlete for the next Olympics...I feel so loved [here in Tahiti]. This is just one step in my career and I still have a big year ahead of me trying to qualify for the Championship Tour and the next Olympics."

Fencing: USA win women's team foil gold

Over at the Grand Palais, the United States have won thewomen's team foil event, beating Italy 45-39 in a 66-minute marathon.

Lee Kiefer has her second gold medal of the Games, alonsideLauren Scrubbs,Jacquelin Dubrovich, andMaia Mei Weintraub.

Earlier, Japan beat Canada 33-32 for bronze.

Tennis: Andy Murray's career finishes as Fritz/Paul win quarter-final

Thank you, Andy Murray.

The tennis great has played the last match of his career.

Having announced right before the Olympic Games that this would be his final tournament, the Brit – Olympic champion in singles 2012 and 2016 and a three-time Grand Slam winner – has been eliminated alongside Dan Evans in the men's doubles.

The Brits saved a match point earlier against the USA's Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, and eight in total against them this tournament, but ultimately Fritz/Paulconvert on their second match point in their quarter-final to win 6-2 6-4.

It's the end of a glittering career.

Murray hugs Evans as Court Suzanne-Lenglen chants his name. He takes it all in, waves to the crowd, picks up his bag and walks off. There are tears in his eyes as he stops to sign a few autographs.