2024 Paris Olympics live updates: USWNT faces Germany in soccer semifinal (2024)

Serbia rallies for overtime win over Australia

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Patty Mills hit an off-balance free-throw line jumper, over the outstretched arm of Nikola Jokic, to tie it, 82-82, and force OT.

Serbia had taken the lead, overcoming a 24-point deficit.

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It’s a barn burner from Bercy Arena!

Serbia leads, 81-80, with 32.3 seconds left as three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and his teammate Bogdan Bogdanovic are trying to complete their rally from a 24-point deficit.

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 finished third, securing bronze.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Leon Marchand joined "TODAY" to talk about his achievements during these Olympics. The French swimmer has won five medals including four individual golds in Paris— no other French athletes has accomplished such a feat — in a haul that puts him alongside Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz.

Each win only endeared him more to an enraptured French crowd, which cheered him on at every event. "When I went on the poolside, I could hear the whole pool just going crazy. I’ve never seen that before as a swimmer," he said. "I was really using that crowd to swim faster."

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Serbia has turned it around and enters the fourth quarter with a 67-65lead overAustralia.

Nikola Jokic and Bogdan Bogdanovic heated up, having scored 17 and 13 points apiece so far for Serbia.

Through four rounds, China has two swimmers in the top three of the women's 10m platform, as Quan Hongchan leads by five points over Chen Yuxi in second.

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.

But now Yulo will return home with more than just precious metals and happy memories. The Philippines government will give the gymnast around $173,000 and the country's House of Representatives will give him just over $100,000 in cash incentives. That's in addition to the $50,000 originally promised when Yulo won his first gold over the weekend, according to Filipino outlet Philstar.

And that's not all. National real estate giant Megaworld has promised Yulo a completely furnished three-bedroom condo in McKinley Hill — Manila's biggest condominium complex.

Numerous national restaurant chains such as JT's Manukan Grille, which is also giving away free chicken inasal to customers named Carlos, have pledged to provide Yulo a lifetime supply of meals. Vikings Group buffets has also offered him free lifetime buffets. Meanwhile, and hopefully not relatedly, Dr. Virgil Lo, gastroenterologist, has proposed to provide Yulo lifetime free consultations and colonoscopies.

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Serbia has put a dent into Australia’s big lead, but will need a lot more stops in the second half.

The Aussies torched the Serbs, shooting 62% from the floor and going into the dressing room with a 54-42 lead.

The scrappy guys from Down Under have even out hustled the powerful Serbians in rebounds, winning that battle, 18-16.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team is looking to continue itsundefeated streak at this year’s Olympicsas the squad prepares for a second match against Germany in the semifinals.

It may feel like another Tuesday for the American women, as the team has not lost to Germany in an international tournament fortwo straight decades. That’s especially true of the 2024 Paris Games as the U.S.clobbered the European team in a 4-1 gamein the group stage.

Nothing can be ruled out at the Olympics as the hunger for national glory has been known to bring dramatic upsets, but the U.S. women’s team certainly walks in with an edge.

Though the squad struggled to break through Japan’s defense in the quarterfinals on Saturday morning, a single goal by forward Trinity Rodman, 22, in extra stoppage time sailed the women into the next round.

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It might be getting late early for Serbia.

The Australians cannot miss and have extended their lead to 44-20 with 6:52 left in the second period.

The Aussies are shooting the lights out, connecting on 79% of their attempts from the floor.

This winner will play the winner of the quarterfinal between the U.S. and Brazil in the semifinals.

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Red-hot Australia race to an early lead, shooting a scorching 76% from the floor to lead Serbia 31-17 after one period.

Patty Mills and Josh Giddey paced Australia with 12 and 8 points, respectively.

Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and Bogdan Bogdanovic each have 6 points for Serbia.

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.

America’s most decorated Olympic gymnast, and her four Paris Games medals, joined "TODAY" in Paris this morning and she told Hoda Kotb that "I was so full of emotion and I finally released all of that. I was so proud, happy, bittersweet that the journey is over."

Biles spoke about her happiness when U.S. teammate Jordan Chiles won the bronze in the floor exercise, and how during the medal ceremony, she and Chiles bowed to Brazilian gold medalist Rebeca Andrade in a show of admiration.

"It’s all about sportsmanship," adding "we were so happy for her. She deserved it. She had the best floor routine of that day and the Olympics." Biles also left open the possibility of competing at Los Angeles in 2028. "You never say never. The next Olympics is on home turf so you just never know."

Breaking — essentially break dancing — gets underway Friday and it's the only new sport making its Olympic debut in Paris. But what can we expect and how does it work?

NBC’s Steve Kornacki is on hand at the big board to give a crash course.

China's General Administration of Sport — the country's top sports-governing body — has opened an investigation into its swimming director for "inappropriate" online remarks, according to state newspaper China Sports Daily.

While it wasn't clear what Yuan Haoran had done, the news came after he dismissed claims by a live-streamer and other social media users about Western swimmers engaging in doping.

Users of the social media platform Weibo accused Western swimmers of turning pink and purple after races, which they said was proof of their use of performance-enhancing drugs. Posts with the tag "TeamUSApurpleface" have garnered at least 170 million views on Weibo, a microblogging platform similar to X.

"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.

After intentionally jogging through his heat Sunday due to some nagging discomfort, U.S. athlete Freddie Crittenden breezed through his repechage round in 13.42 seconds to advance to the men’s 110m hurdles semifinals.

It's the end of the road for America's women's table tennis team. Despite healthy support and chants of “USA” from the crowds throughout the Games, Rachel Sung, Amy Wang and Lily Zhang have not managed to break the U.S. dry spell in table tennis.

Team USA has been defeated by Germany by 2-3. Lily Zang won the fourth game to level the score with Germany to 2-2, but Rachel Sung lost to Annett Kaufmann in the fifth game.

Germany moves on to the quarterfinals, which starting later today, and will face India tomorrow. Table tennis is one of the five summer sports in which the U.S. has never won an Olympic medal.

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Franz Wagnerscored 18 points and teammate Dennis Schroder passed out eight assists as Germany pulled away for a 76-63 quarterfinal victory over Giannis Anetokounmpo’s Greece.

The Greeks raced to an early 21-9 lead but the Germans eventually outclassed their opponents, winning the assist, rebounding and turnover battles.

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.

The silver medal went to Steve Guerdat of Switzerland and bronze to Maikel van der Vleuten of the Netherlands.

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Think of this as March Madness international style!

Four survive-and-advance games of the men’s basketball tournament tip-off in Paris today with known NBA players on each squad.

• Dennis Schroder’s Germany is facing Giannis Anetokounmpo’s Greece right now. They're tied, 36-36, at halftime.
• Nikola Jokic’s Serbia takes on Patty Mills’ Australia at8:20 a.m. ET and 2:20 p.m. local time.
• Victor Wembanyama leads host France against Jamal Murray’s Canada at 12:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 p.m. local time.
• And the in the night cap at 3:30 p.m. ET and 9:30 p.m. local time, theUnited States plays Brazil. The underdogs feature forward Gui Santos, who played 23 games with the Golden State Warriors last season.

All 30 riders have completed their rounds and only three riders avoided penalties. Now they will go into a jump-off to decide the medals.

In the three-way duel: Steve Guerdat of Switzerland, Maikel van der Vleuten of the Netherlands and Christian Kukuk of Germany.

There was high drama when world number-one HenrikVon Eckermann was thrown from his horse midway through his run. Thankfully the Swede was not hurt.

America’s Laura Kraut was unlucky to incur a fault at the final fence and finishes in eight place. Karl Cook of the USA placed 16th.

Gabby Thomas posted a 21.86-second semifinal in the women’s 200-meter yesterday to book her spot in a second consecutive Olympic final, to be held today at 3:40 p.m. ET and 9:40 p.m. local time.

Fellow Americans Brittany Brown and McKenzie long will also run the final, which also includes Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred and Great Britain's Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith.

Team USA's Sam Kendricks was flying high at Stade de France as he picked up pole vault silver for his second career Olympic medal.

Maikel van der Vleuten of the Netherlandsleads the field after ten rounds at the Château de Versailles.

America’s Laura Kraut sits in fourth place.

With 30 riders in the finals, there are plenty of medal contenders still to compete, including Karl Cook of Team USA.

The jumping competition is being held in a temporary outdoor arena at the heart of the palace’s gardens.

Good morning! It’s Day 11 of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here's what you should be looking out for today.

There are 15 medal events on offer today, including five in track and field and the first gold medals in boxing and wrestling.

The U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT) takes on Germany in the soccer semifinals at 12:00 p.m. ET and 6:00 p.m. local time. The U.S. beat Germany 4-1 in group play earlier in the Games, but Germany won gold at Rio in 2016 so it won't be a straightforward game for either team. The winner advances to the gold medal game against the winner of the other semifinal between Brazil and reigning world champions Spain, which takes place at 3:00 p.m. ET and 9:00 p.m. local time.

Elsewhere, there are five more track and field finals at the Stade de France. Women's hammer throw takes place at 1:57 p.m. ET and 7:57 p.m. local time, with DeAnna Price competing for Team USA; men's long jump is at 2:15 p.m. ET and 8:15 p.m. local time; the men's 1,500m final is at 2:50 p.m. ET and 8:50 p.m. local time; the women's 3,000m steeplechase is at 3:14 p.m. ET and 9:14 p.m. local time; and Gabby Thomas carries America's hopes in the women's 200m final at 3:40 p.m. ET and 9:40 p.m. local time.

U.S. sport climber Brooke Raboutou is reaching new heights, having qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“It’s been pretty crazy to see the sport evolve,” said Raboutou, the first woman to represent the U.S. in sport climbing when she competed at the 2020 Tokyo Games. “I was one of the first Olympians back in 2020. There was only 20 of us.”

“Since then, we’ve seen a lot of growth in the sport, more participation, more gyms pop up, more funding for the athletes, and it’s really cool to see that growth and see our sport get to be loved by so many,” she added.

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If casual American basketball fans didn’t already know this, then the world made it loud and clear in Paris: The United States has a ways to go before becoming a 3x3 powerhouse.

American men were eliminatedin the quarterfinals, while the defending champion women had to scratch and claw their way to abronze medalMonday night.

“We have to pour as much (into 3x3) as we do five-on-five,” saidLos Angeles Sparks forwardDearica Hamby after sinking the go-ahead free throw that helped the United States secure bronze with a hard-fought16-13 victory over Canada.

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Take a moment to watch (or rewatch) the moment Rebeca Andrade performed her near-flawless floor routine yesterday.

The Brazilian gymnast upset Simone Biles — who appeared to land awkwardly on her ankle moments before her routine — on her way to the gold, which made her the most decorated Brazilian Olympian in history.. Team USA's Biles and Jordan Chiles took silver and bronze, respectively.

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