2024 Paris Olympics live updates: USA wins 4x100m heats as Jamaica fails, Lyles goes for double

2024 Paris Olympics live updates: USA wins 4x100m heats as Jamaica fails, Lyles goes for double

What to know

• It's another big day in track and field. Noah Lyles will be going for the 100-200 double in the 200-meter final. He'll face fellow Americans Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo.  2024 Paris Olympics live updates: USA wins 4x100m heats as Jamaica fails, Lyles goes for double
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• There was some drama in the 4x100-meter men's heats, with Jamaica, which typically has some of the strongest sprinters, failing to make the cut after a bungled handover. The U.S. team won its heat.
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• Meanwhile, USA's Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will look to defend her gold in the 400 hurdles against Femke Bol of the Netherlands. Team USA's Grant Holloway races in the men's 110-meter hurdles. Tara Davis-Woodhall is among the Americans competing in the women's long jump final.
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• In semi-final play, the U.S. men will face Serbia in basketball. Team USA women advanced to the gold medal round after defeating Brazil in volleyball.
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• Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock. Read more Africaflavour News coverage of the Games and the athletes competing in Paris.