Olympics 2024 LIVE! Johnson-Thompson secures silver; Team GB medal latest (2024)

Katarina Johnson-Thompsonhad simply pleaded for a chance; at a fourthOlympic Games, she finally got one.

In the final event of seven in a sport that is a numbers game at its most basic, she simply had to finish eight-and-a-half seconds ahead of the defending Olympic champion Nafi Thiam in the 800metres for gold.

After an unlucky 13th at London 2012 and injury heartache in both Brazil and Tokyo, briefly an athlete who has experienced virtually every twist and turn of a rollercoaster career suggested she might pull off the biggest high at what will surely be her lastOlympics.

In a game of cat and mouse on a sultry night at the Stade de France, she knew her personal best for two laps of the track was six seconds better than that of Thiam.

Such a result would leave the Belgian with gold by 30 points, and so it played out.

Great Britain added relay silver and bronze to their Olympic Games athletics haul on the penultimate night of track and field action at the Stade de France.

The women’s 4x100m quartet upgraded their bronze medals from Rio and Tokyo to silver, Team GB’s best performance in the event since 1956, as Sha’Carri Richardson’s flying anchor leg took the USA to gold.

The men, meanwhile, claimed bronze behind Canada and South Africa, as favourites USA were disqualified after a botched first changeover.

It began with weightlifting and a chap called Launceston Elliott on the second morning of the first ever modern Olympics, in Athens in 1896.

It’s rumbled through all sorts since, some familiar - athletics, swimming, cycling - and some lost - polo, tug-of-war, rackets,Jeu de paume(look it up).

Here in Paris, though, was something altogether new, as Toby Roberts claimed Great Britain’s first ever Olympic medal in climbing, the 44th sport to contribute to the nation’s tally across Summer and Winter Games.

And he did so in dramatic style, surging from third at the midway stage of the men’s boulder and lead final to take gold in a competition that went down to the very last climb.

Jack Carlin won an eventful individual sprint bronze forGreat Britain, edging out Dutchman Jeffrey Hoogland in a deciding race that had to be restarted after the pair collided.

Carlin was already racing on a warning after his tetchy quarter-final with Kaiya Ota on Thursday, and raised his hand in apology after veering up the track and into Hoogland.

The commissaires decided there was no need for any punishment and the race was restarted, with Carlin having the power to hold off Hoogland down the straight to take his second medal of the week after team sprint silver.

Earlier on,Elinor Barkerand Neah Evans wonOlympicsilver forTeam GBin the women's Madison.

A big late charge from Barker saw Britain win the last of the 12 sprints in the 120-lap race and move above the Netherlands as Italy's Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini celebrated gold.

It’s a unanimous points decision for Imane Khelif and the crowd goes wild! Lots of Algeria flags in Roland Garros.

Khelif salutes the audience and smiles, only the African nation’s second Olympic gold medallist in the boxing.

Round Three: Imane Khelif has taken two clean sweeps of the judges’ cards so far. Huge job ahead in the final round for Liu Yang.

Khelif knows she’s in front and merrily hops around the ring, so long as she avoids taking anything drastic she has the gold.

Yang is nowhere near her. The bell goes and that will be the title for the Algerian!

Round Two: Lovely combination against Liu Yang as Imane Khelif gets her up against the ropes, but it doesn’t fully connect.

Khelif took the first round so Yang has to come and get it here. That allows Khelif to sit back and play on the counter, as Yang is starting from too far back.

Patient stuff from Khelif and she’s looking good for gold.

Round One: Imane Khelif has the reach advantage over her opponent, drawing her opponent on, with Liu Yang happy to dart forwards to get in amongst it.

A solid right-hander gets through from the Algerian but that’s a slightly scrappy, inconclusive opening round from both.

Imane Khelif is first out for her ring walk, she’s in red and well-supported by Algeria fans in this packed arena.

Number two seed Liu Yang is her opponent. Certainly not the crowd favourite judging by the response to her introduction.

Our Estonian referee delivers his final instructions and we’re underway!

It’s a victory for Lazizbek Mullojonov to make it two gold medals tonight for Uzbekistan.

Up next, Imane Khelif of Algeria up against China’s Liu Yang in the women’s welterweight final.