Simone Biles had a rollercoaster final day of competition in Paris, falling during the balance beam final and winning silver in the floor exercise final.
In other quarterfinal matchups featuring the United States, the women's volleyball team plays Poland, the women's water polo team plays Hungary and beach volleyball duo Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes face Switzerland.
Vasilije Micić hit three free-throws to give Serbia a 81-78 with 2:52 left when he was fouled on a jumper by Josh Giddey.China's Quan Hongchan won gold in the women's 10m platform, successfully defending her title from the 2020 Olympics. Her final score of 425.60 secured victory over teammate Chen Yuxi. This mark's Hongchan's second gold medal in the Paris Olympics, after winning the women's synchronized 10m platform.
North Korea's Kim Mi Rae is third, with Canada's McKay Caeli and Mexico's Agundez Garcia Gabriela currently rounding out the top five.Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo became his country’s first double Olympic gold medalist last week, winning on the floor and on the vault on consecutive days. He's only the second ever athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic gold, after weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won at the Tokyo Games.
The Aussies torched the Serbs, shooting 62% from the floor and going into the dressing room with a 54-42 lead.The U.S. women’s national soccer team is looking to continue its undefeated streak at this year’s Olympics as the squad prepares for a second match against Germany in the semifinals. Simone Biles says she broke down in tears at the Olympic village after her rollercoaster final day of competition yesterday, in which she fell during the balance beam final and won silver in the floor exercise final.
"I was sitting closest to the swimming pool, but I really didn’t notice this," Yuan wrote on his personal Weibo account, adding that a live-streamer’s"biased filter" could be to blame. Yuan was later accused of anti-China sentiment by other posters. He later deleted his Weibo account.
All-time German great and retired Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki was in attendance and cheered by fans when cameras showed him on the Bercy Arena scoreboard.Olympic swimming wrapped up in Tahiti overnight, with Team USA's Carline Marks striking gold. Take a look at how she did it.Germany’s Christian Kukuk is individual Olympic champion with a time of 38.34 in the three-way jump-off. As a kid he wanted to play professional soccer, but began riding at age 13.
There was high drama when world number-one Henrik Von Eckermann was thrown from his horse midway through his run. Thankfully the Swede was not hurt.
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