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Paris Olympics 2024 Highlights, Day 8: Imane Khelif assures herself of medal; Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky win golds

Paris Olympic 2024, Day 8 Highlights: After winning gold in the individual all-around and helping the US dominant in team all-around to burnish her legacy, Biles claimed her third gold this at Paris 2024 in the vault event.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 8 Live Updates: Follow all International events at Paris OlympicsParis Olympics 2024 Day 8 Live Updates: Simone Biles claimed her third medal at Paris 2024. (PHOTO: AP)

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 8 Highlights: Imane Khelif, the boxer from Algeria who has faced vitriol for the past few days over her gender, has assured herself of a medal at the Paris Olympics by reaching the semis of the women’s 66kg weightclass. The Algerian has been under sharp scrutiny for days ever since her opponent Angela Carini of Italy tearfully abandoned their bout after just 46 seconds. She has faced online trolling, was booed by fans in the stadium and was targetted in certain sections of the media.

Meanwhile, Simone Biles earned her 10th career Olympic medal, her seventh gold, by winning the women’s vault final for a second time. She won her third gold medal of Paris 2024, after a score of 15.300. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade is second while Jade Carey takes home bronze.

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Katie Ledecky claimed the 800m freestyle gold ahead of Ariarne Titmus. The Paris Olympics gold is Ledecky’s fourth gold medal in the 800m freestyle event, a record that dates back to the London 2012 Games.

In athletics, Sha’Carri Richardson took home a silver medal in the women’s 100 meters, finishing behind Julien Alfred. The US women’s football team have defeated Japan in extra time to advance to semi-finals
while the US men’s basketball team thumped Puerto Rico 104-83.

Our senior reporter Mihir Vasavda is in Paris to cover the Olympics. Please click here to read the Paris 2024 drama unfold through Mihir’s eyes and words.

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Boxers at centre of gender row get booed at venue, targeted in media

Algeria’s Imane Khelif, right, defeated, Italy’s Angela Carini in their women’s 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo)

For a second successive day, boxing wasn’t a topic of discussion at the Olympics but the boxer was. More specifically, their gender eligibility. On Thursday, Italy’s Angela Carini threw in the towel after only 46 seconds against Algeria’s Imane Khelif who, like Lin, has high testosterone levels. After her match, Angela said she had “never been punched so hard”. However, on Friday, she expressed regret at not shaking hands with her opponent after the bout. (READ MORE)

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