Paris Olympics 2024 Day 13: Team USA survive Serbia fight and launch massive comeback to win semifinal
Day 12 was a historic day in Paris as Australia surged to their best ever gold medal haul at an Olympics, is there more joy to come today?
Follow all the action live.
Aussies on fire
Mariafe Artacho del Solar has just made an incredible diving save to level the third set up at 9-9 in the women’s beach volleyball.
They also just used a really clever review to keep themselves in it.
Brazil getting frustrated, remember this is the first time they have dropped a set.
A rivalry extending to the field
They’ll LOVE this one in Pakistan!
Arshad Nadeem has thrown an Olympic record 92.97 to stun the favourite, India’s Neeraj Chopra in the men’s javelin.
Holloway takes it!
Grant Holloway STORMS home to win the 110m hurdles in 12.99 seconds from countryman Daniel Roberts and Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell.
It continues a lean week at the track for Jamaica, with their only gold so far from the Stade de France coming from the men’s discus yesterday.
Men's 110m hurdles is next
Back to the Stade de France for another of the big ones on the track. USA’s Grant Holloway among the favourites.
Charlie’s done
WA boxer Charlie Senior’s hopes of a gold medal are over.
He has lost to Abdumalik Khalakov from Uzbekistan in a unanimous decision.
But Senior is still guaranteed a bronze, with the two losing semifinals not fighting off for it.
Caitlin Parker is coming up in the women’s middleweight semifinal in about 20 minute’s time.
Second set goes to Brazil
Brazil flexed their muscles in that second set and win it with a couple of set points in hand.
There’s a bit of work to be done now for the Aussies, they need to stick fat in the third with a place in the third medal match on the line.
Serious D
Some incredible blocking at the net by Taliqua Clancy is keeping Australia in this second set. They trail 10-8, but with some points on serve now.
Let’s go girls!
There’s something brewing here
Serbia lead Team USA. 27-42, midway through the second quarter.
USA had just one field goal in the first quarter that wasn’t made by Steph Curry, but even he hasn’t scored again in the second.
Nikola Jokic and Bogdan Bogdanovich have nine points each.
The winner is ... Sydney!
United States track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has broken a world record in the women’s 400m hurdles.
McLaughlin-Levrone burnt off countrywoman Anna Cockrell on the turn, while Dutch star Femke Bol was well-positioned on the turn but faded late to claim bronze.
McLaughlin-Levrone smashed her own world record time of 50.65, clocking a lightning 50.37. She now has the six best times in the history of the event.
First set won!
Australia has become the first team all tournament to take a set off the Brazil, the best women’s beach volleyball team in the world.
They had two set points to get it done too!
