2024 Paris Olympics: sprint, tennis, judo... what you need to know right now

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00:00For those of you who've been enjoying the Olympic Games here in Paris, I'm afraid to say we're

00:03already halfway through, although that does mean a whole nother week of excitement and today we've

00:09got a rematch of the Wimbledon final as Novak Djokovic faces Carlos Alcaraz for gold in the

00:15men's tennis. Then it's the men's 100 metre final later today. Noah Lyles from the United States

00:22is hoping to win a rare Olympic sprint double of both the 100 and 200 metres,

00:29though he's got fierce competition and the women have already thrilled us with their 100 metre

00:34final on Saturday. Celina Sykes was at the Stade de France last night with her reports on

00:39Julian Alfred's famous win for Saint Lucia. A historic night at the Stade de France as Julian

00:47Alfred dominates the women's 100 metre sprint to get Saint Lucia's first ever Olympic medal.

00:53A 23-year-old running a spectacular race finishing in 10.72 seconds to hold off

00:59Sha'Carri Richardson, the world champion who was the big favourite heading into this race,

01:04who had to settle for silver after a poor start from her at the Stade de France. For the hosts,

01:10France, they're celebrating back-to-back golds in the team event in the judo after Teddy Rienard

01:18got the decisive victory in a golden score after both teams got three fights each to break

01:26that deadlock. And finally, there were two queens for Team USA starting with Simone Biles who won

01:33emphatically the women's vault final to get a seventh gold medal for her at the Olympics and

01:40the queen of the pool, Katie Ledecky, getting a record equaling a ninth gold medal for her

01:47after coming out on top in the women's 800 metre freestyle.

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