PARIS – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says two female boxers at the center of controversy over gender eligibility criteria were victims of a “sudden and arbitrary decision’ by the International Boxing Association (IBA) in 2023.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan both were disqualified from the 2023 women’s boxing world championships after the IBA claimed they had failed ‘gender eligibility tests.’ The IBA, which sanctions the world championships, made the announcement after Khelif and Lin won medals at the event in March 2023.

The IBA, long plagued with scandal and controversy, oversaw Olympics boxing before the IOC stripped it of the right before the Tokyo Games in 2021. Although the IBA has maintained control of the world championships, the IOC no longer recognizes the IBA as the international federation for boxing.

Citing minutes on the IBA’s website, the IOC said Thursday, “The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedures – especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top level competition for many years.’

The issue resurfaced this week when the IOC said both Khelif and Lin were eligible to compete at the Paris Olympics, and a furor erupted on social media Thursday after Khelif won her opening bout against Italy’s Angela Carini. Khelif landed one punch – on Carini’s nose – before the Italian boxer quit just 46 seconds into the welterweight bout at 146 pounds. Lin is scheduled to fight in her opening bout Friday.

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With the likes of Jake Paul and J.K. Rowling expressing outrage over Khelif competing against other women, the IOC issued a statement later Thursday addressing the matter.

“The IOC is committed to protecting the human rights of all athletes participating in the Olympic Games,’ the organization said in a statement issued on social media. ‘… The IOC is saddened by the abuse that these two athletes are currently receiving.’

The IOC said the gender and age of an athlete are based on their passports and that the current Olympic competition eligibility and entry regulations were in place during Olympic qualifying events in 2023. Both Lin and Khelif competed in the 2021 Tokyo Games and did not medal.

The IOC pointed to the IBA’s secretary general and CEO, Chris Roberts, as being responsible for disqualifying Khelif and Lin after they had won medals in 2023. Khelif won bronze, Lin gold before the IBA took them away.

Khelif, 25, made her amateur debut in 2018 at the Balkan Women’s Tournament, according to BoxRec. She is 37-9 and has recorded five knockouts, according to BoxRec, and won a silver medal at the 2022 world championships.

Lin, 28, made her amateur debut in 2013 at the AIBA World Women’s Youth Championships, according to BoxRec. She is 40-14 and has recorded one knockout, according to BoxRec, and won gold medals at the world championships in 2018 and 2022.

PARIS — Before she had an all-around Olympic gold medal draped around her neck Thursday night, Simone Biles first donned a necklace with a diamond-encrusted pendant of a goat.

Biles, 27, brought the GOAT necklace to Bercy Arena and decided that if everything went well, she would bring it out. Then she won her second all-around Olympic title, and the ninth medal of her Olympic career, and there it was − a sparkly, not-so-subtle nod to her status as the Greatest Of All Time.

‘My GOAT necklace is just kind of an ode, because some people love it and some people hate it, so it’s like the best of both worlds,’ Biles said. ‘I was like, ‘OK, if it goes well, we’ll wear the GOAT necklace. I know people will go crazy over it.”

The goat pendant is adorned with a whopping 546 diamonds, according to an Instagram post by the California jewelry company that made it at Biles’ request.

‘Crafted with meticulous precision, this piece reflects her dedication, perseverance, and the spirit that has inspired generations,’ the company, Janet Heller Fine Jewelry, wrote in the post.

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It’s not the first time Biles has leaned in to the GOAT moniker − but it is the first time she’s done so in a while.

In the years leading up to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Biles twice wore a leotard with the figure of a goat’s head outlined in rhinestones on the back. She also posted pictures on social media with a stuffed goat. But those references largely stopped after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and the two-year hiatus from competitive gymnastics thereafter.

The title itself, however, is hardly in question these days. With 39 Olympic and world championship medals to her name − and the potential to add three more before the 2024 Paris Olympics end − she has long been the most decorated gymnast of all time. And one of her teammates, Jordan Chiles, suggested earlier this week that her GOAT status should transcend their sport altogether. Chiles described her as ‘the greatest of the greats.’

‘At the end of the day, it is crazy that I am in the conversation of greatest of all athletes,’ Biles said Thursday, ‘because I just still think that I’m Simone Biles from Spring, Texas that loves to flip.’

Contact Tom Schad at tschad@usatoday.com or on social media @Tom_Schad.

One of the greatest swimmers of all time is set to take to the pool Friday for one last event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. 

Katie Ledecky now has 13 Olympic medals — the most won by an American woman. In Paris, Ledecky has already won a dominant gold in the 1,500-meter freestyle in an Olympic-record time, bronze in the 400-meter freestyle and silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Now, she will look to add one last Paris medal to her impressive collection.

Ledecky races the preliminary heats of the 800-meter freestyle at 5 a.m. ET on Friday to qualify for the event final set for 3:09 p.m. ET on Saturday.

Ledecky, 27, is the current world record holder in the event and has won the 800-meter freestyle gold at every Olympic Games since London 2012 — when she was just 15 years old. She made history in Tokyo as the first person to win the event a third consecutive time. Ledecky’s reign of dominance is so unprecedented that she was both the youngest woman (aged 15 at London 2012) and the oldest woman (aged 24 at Tokyo 2020) to win Olympic gold in the event. 

What event will Katie Ledecky compete in today?

Ledecky will race the women’s 800-meter freestyle. 

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When will Katie Ledecky compete today?

Ledecky will first compete in the preliminary heats on Friday. The heats are scheduled to begin at 5 a.m. ET, with the men’s 100-meter butterfly and the women’s 200-meter individual medley preceding the women’s 800-meter freestyle, which is estimated to begin at 5:40 a.m. ET.

Ledecky is widely expected to advance to the finals, which will be held the following day at 3:09 p.m. ET Saturday. The eight fastest swimmers in the preliminary round will qualify directly to the finals.

A full schedule of Olympic swimming events is available here. 

Katie Ledecky’s 800 free results at the Olympics

2012 London: Gold (8:14.63)
2016 Rio: Gold (8:04.79, set current world record)
2020 Tokyo: Gold (8:12.57)

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — When Brittney Griner got word Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were released and headed home to America after being wrongfully detained in Russia, the 6-foot-9 center for the United States women’s basketball team had just one thought. 

“This is a big win,” Griner said after Team USA’s 87-74 win over Belgium at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “Huge win.”

She would know.

In December 2022, after spending 10 months wrongfully detained in Russia, Griner was sent back to America in a high-profile prisoner swap. A longtime player for UMMC Ekaterinburg, a Russian pro team known for paying women’s players huge salaries, Griner was on her way back to Russia in February 2022 when she was arrested at the Moscow airport after vape cartridges filled with hashish oil were found in her luggage as marijuana in any form is illegal in Russia. 

She was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony in August 2022, widely considered one of the most punishing and cruel sentences. Griner was eventually moved to a labor camp for about a month before being released. 

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“It’s a great day, a great day,” Griner said Thursday. “We’ll talk more about it later, but I’m head over heels happy for the families right now. Any day that Americans come home, that’s a win.”

After an intensive medical check, all prisoners are likely to be transported to an American “reacclimation” center, as Griner was when she went to one in Texas frequented by military members returning from service.

“I know they have an amazing group of people who are going to help them out in every way they need, them and their families,” Griner said. “I’m glad that I was able to go through that program and get reacclimated back into everyday life.”

U.S. coach Cheryl Reeve said when she got the news early Thursday about the prisoner swap, her first thought went to Griner. 

“I know how happy she is,” Reeve said. “I spent time with her in the locker room postgame and she just said, ‘This is a great day.’ She knows for her what that was like and actually visualizing them maybe going through the experience.” 

Reeve said that Griner “seemed OK” and wasn’t overly emotional but added “that’s Brittney, she always seems OK. We’ll certainly be checking on her.”

The track and field calendar of events at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will take up 10 days, with some of the most eagerly anticipated competitions for fans worldwide.

The athletics portion of the Summer Olympics comprises 26 events, making the track and field segment a focal point for the Paris Games. Whether participants are gutting out grueling long-distance events like the marathon or sprinting through a 100-meter race in under 10 seconds, track and field is always a favorite.

The Stade de France, a revered 77,083-seat venue that is the largest in Paris, will play host to the vast majority of the track and field events during the Summer Olympics. Stars like Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles will be looking to make history on the track, while other athletics events will produce big names for the future as competitors push themselves in pursuit of gold.

Here’s everything you need to know to follow the track and field events at the Olympics:

Track and Field Olympics schedule: TV, time and streaming

Thursday, August 1

Men’s 20km Race Walk (Medal event): 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 20km Race Walk (Medal event): 3:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

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Friday, August 2

Men’s Decathlon 100m: 4:05 a.m. ET on E!, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Hammer Throw Qualification – Group A: 4:10 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s High Jump Qualification: 4:15 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Preliminary Round: 4:35 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Long Jump: 4:55a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 1,500m Round 1: 5:05 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Hammer Throw Qualification – Group B: 5:35 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Round 1: 5:50 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Shot Put: 6:15 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon High Jump: 12 p.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 5,000m Round 1: 12:10 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Triple Jump Qualification: 12:15 p.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Discus Throw Qualification – Group A: 12:55 p.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
4 x 400m Relay Mixed Round 1: 1:15 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 800m Round 1: 1:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Shot Put Qualification: 2:10 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Discus Throw Qualification – Group B: 2:20 p.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon 400m: 2:50 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 10,000m Final (Medal event): 3:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Saturday, August 3

Men’s Decathlon 110m Hurdles: 4:05 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Pole Vault Qualification: 4:10 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 100m Preliminary Round: 4:35 a.m. ET on E!, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Discus Throw – Group A: 4:55 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 800m Repechage Round: 5:10 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 100m Round 1: 5:45 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Discus Throw – Group B: 6 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Pole Vault: 7:40 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw – Group A: 1:10 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 1,500m Repechage Round: 1:10 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Shot Put Final (Medal event): 1:10 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Semi-Final: 1:50 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw – Group B: 2:10 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Triple Jump Final: 2:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final (Medal event): 2:55 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Final (Medal event): 3:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Decathlon 1,500m: 3:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Sunday, August 4

Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase Round 1: 4:05 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Hammer Throw Qualification – Group A: 4:20 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 200m Round 1: 4:55 a.m. ET on E!, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Long Jump Qualification: 5 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Hammer Throw Qualification – Group B: 5:45 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 110m Hurdles Round 1: 5:50 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 400m Hurdles Round 1: 6:35 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 400m Round 1: 1:05 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s High Jump Final (Medal event): 1:50 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 100m Semi-Final (Medal event): 2 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Hammer Throw Final (Medal event): 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 800m Semi-Final: 2:40 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 1,500m Semi-Final: 3:15 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 100m Final (Medal event): 3:55 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Monday, August 5

Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1: 4:05 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Discus Throw Qualification – Group A: 4:10 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Pole Vault Qualification: 4:40 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 400m Hurdles Repechage Round: 4:50 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 400m Repechage Round: 5:20 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Discus Throw Qualification – Group B: 5:35 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 400m Round 1: 5:55 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 200m Repechage Round: 6:50 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Pole Vault Final (Medal event): 1 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase Round 1: 1:04 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 200m Round 1: 1:55 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Discus Throw Final: 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 200m Semi-Final: 2:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 5,000m Final (Medal event): 3:10 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 800m Final (Medal event): 3:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Tuesday, August 6

Women’s 1,500m Round 1: 4:05 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification – Group A: 4:20 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 110m Hurdles Repechage Round: 4:50 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Long Jump Qualification: 5:15 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 400m Repechage Round: 5:20 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification – Group B: 5:50 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 400m Hurdles Repechage Round: 6 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 200m Repechage Round: 6:30 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 400m Semi-Final: 1:35 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Hammer Throw Final (Medal event): 2 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 400m Hurdles Semi-Final: 2:07 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Long Jump Final (Medal event): 2:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 1,500m Final: (Medal event): 2:50 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase Final (Medal event): 3:10 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 200m Final (Medal event): 3:40 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Wednesday, August 7

Marathon Race Walk Relay Mixed: 1:30 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s High Jump Qualification: 4:05 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1: 4:15 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification – Group A: 4:25 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 5,000m Round 1: 5:10 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Javelin Throw Qualification – Group B: 5:50 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 800m Round 1: 5:55 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 1,500m Repechage Round: 6:45 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Pole Vault Final (Medal event): 1 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 110m Hurdles Semi-Final: 1:05 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Triple Jump Qualification: 1:15 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 400m Hurdles Semi-Final: 1:35 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 200m Semi-Final: 2:02 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Discus Throw Final: 2:25 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 400m Semi-Final: 2:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 400m Final (Medal event): 3:20 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase Final (Medal event): 3:40 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Thursday, August 8

Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles: 4:05 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s Shot Put Qualification: 4:25 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s 100m Hurdles Repechage Round: 4:35 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s Heptathlon High Jump: 5:05 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Round 1: 5:10 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Round 1: 5:35 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Men’s 800m Repechage Round: 6 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s 1,500m Semi-Final: 1:35 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put: 1:35 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s Long Jump Final (Medal event): 2 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Men’s Javelin Throw Final (Medal event): 2:25 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Men’s 200m Final (Medal event): 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s Heptathlon 200m (Medal event): 2:55p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Women’s 400m Hurdles Final (Medal event): 3:25p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Men’s 110m Hurdles Final (Medal event): 3:45p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com

Friday, August 9

Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump: 4:05 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1: 4:40 a.m. ET on USA, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1: 5:05 a.m. ET on USA, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw – Group A: 5:20 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 800m Semi-Final: 5:30 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Hurdles Semi-Final: 6:05 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw – Group B: 6:30 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final: 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Shot Put Final (Medal event): 1:40 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Final (Medal event): 1:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 400m Final (Medal event): 2 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s Triple Jump Final (Medal event): 2:10 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Heptathlon 800m: 2:15 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 10,000m Final (Medal event): 2:55 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 400m Hurdles Final (Medal event): 3:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Saturday, August 10

Men’s Marathon: 2 a.m. ET on USA Network, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s High Jump Final: 1:10 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 800m Final: 1:25 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s Javelin Throw Final: 1:40 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 100m Hurdles Final: 1:45 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 5,000m Final: 2 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 1,500m Final: 2:25 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Final: 3:12 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Final: 3:22 p.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

Sunday, August 11

Women’s Marathon (Medal event): 2 a.m. ET on NBC, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.

What events are part of the Olympic track and field?

Track and field at the Olympics encompasses a long list of competitions. Running events, ranging from the 100 meters to the marathon, are all included, as are various throwing and jumping events, the multi-discipline heptathlon and decathlon, and long-distance walk races.

Here is a full list of track and field events at the 2024 Olympics:

Track events

100 meters
200 meters
400 meters
800 meters
1,500 meters
5,000 meters
10,000 meters
100-meter hurdles (women)
110-meter hurdles (men)
400-meter hurdles
3,000-meter steeplechase
4 x 100-meter relay
4 x 400-meter relay (men’s, women’s, and mixed)

Road events

Marathon
20-kilometer walk
Marathon walk relay (mixed only)

Field events

High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw

Combined events

Heptathlon (womens)
Decathlon (men’s)

Paris Olympics 2024: How to watch the Summer Games across TV and streaming

Date: July 24-Aug. 11

TV: Games broadcast across NBC, USA Network, E!, Telemundo, CNBC and Golf Channel

Streaming: Peacock, nbcolympics.com 

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PARIS – Nothing has been able to stop the United States women’s beach volleyball tandem of Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth at the 2024 Paris Olympics. 

Not the rain or lightning that filled the skies around them Thursday night at Eiffel Tower Stadium. Not the 75-minute delay at the most pivotal point in the match, after they had battled back from one set down. And definitely not any of the three teams they played during pool play to open the Games. 

Nuss and Kloth are now off to the Round of 16 unblemished following an eventful three-set victory (15-21, 21-16, 15-12) over China’s Xinyi Xia and Chen Xue – a gritty, come-from-behind victory for the young Americans with LeBron James in the stands. (“King James” did indeed wait out the weather.) 

Kloth joked that she and Nuss watched a movie during the break. But what they actually did was cloak themselves in as many towels as they could to stay warm to deal with the cold front that came through with the storm. Once it passed, they had 20 minutes to warm up and spent 15 of those minutes in intense movement.

“You definitely have to fire it up,” Nuss said. 

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Their coach likes to end practice — when they are “dead tired,” Kloth said — by making them earn five consecutive points. Kloth thought back to that training when they retook the court. 

Officials called the match temporarily at 3-2 in the third. The teams traded points to 9-9 when a Chinese error gave the Americans a 10-9 lead. Nuss put it away for the final point of the game to complete the comeback. 

Kloth had 21 attack points and recorded two blocks. Nuss had 11 digs and 14 attack points.

“If someone told us that, in the Olympic Games, we’d go win our pool, I think we would definitely be excited,” Nuss said. 

The bigger goal has not changed, though. Nuss believes they haven’t even played their best yet. And now the tournament turns to win-or-go-home. 

“We obviously came here for some hardware,” Nuss said. “We’re not content.” 

In the first set, the Americans could not find their footing and trailed 13-8 at the first timeout. China went on another 3-1 run to up the lead. An ace to make it 18-13 effectively sealed the set and China took it 21-15. 

Kloth pinned the first-set loss on her passing issues. 

“That was a huge factor,” she said. “I really did just have to calm down.” 

In the second, Nuss started running around like a Tasmanian devil in human form and mostly refused to let the ball hit the ground. She started feeling herself with the celebrations as the U.S. raced out to a 17-12 lead and secured the set, 21-16 – but not before China cut the deficit to two. Nuss drilled an ace to thwart any threat of a Chinese comeback in the frame.

“I think we made just a couple adjustments here and there,” Nuss said. “It was just trusting us. I knew our serve-receive was going to sell itself out.” 

The crowd began reacting with screams of “U” on the first hit, “S” on the second bump and “A” on the knock over the net. 

Then the rain started to fall. Lightning struck in the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower. Play continued. Nuss and Kloth only became stronger with the elements. 

That was until the match was postponed due to the Louisiana-esque storm around the former LSU Tigers; Kloth and Nuss met through the school’s beach volleyball program and have been teammates since 2021. 

“We always take adversity, and you just have to run with it, because there’s nothing you could do about it,” Kloth said. “You can’t change the weather. Nobody can make it go away. You just have to deal with it.” 

All of their matches have been 10 p.m. local starts – NBC’s call – and they have no issue with it. The Eiffel Tower light show as part of your pregame introduction? 

“I personally just love playing at night when the lights come on, that’s fun for me,” Nuss said. “Seeing the Eiffel Tower light up and sparkle, that’s just unreal.” 

Light up? Sparkle? Unreal? Nuss was talking about the scene. She might as well have been describing how she and Kloth have started these Games.

The Tennessee Titans’ new offense as devised by rookie coach Brian Callahan is built around the three-pronged attack of veteran wide receivers that quarterback Will Levis has at his disposal. Now, it’s possible Levis could start the season with only two of his prongs.

Veteran receiver DeAndre Hopkins is expected to miss four or more weeks with a tweaked knee and possible MCL injury sustained in training camp practices this week, a source with knowledge of the situation informed The Tennessean. The source said Hopkins’ recovery will depend on pain tolerance but it’s not at this time expected that he’ll miss the Titans’ game in Week 1. A second source with knowledge of the situation told The Tennessean that Hopkins was ‘tangled up’ during a practice rep.

Along with Calvin Ridley and Tyler Boyd, Hopkins was a centerpiece of Callahan’s first Titans offense. If he’s not ready for the Week 1 game when the Titans travel to Chicago on Sept. 8, that changes what the team will be able to do in a few key ways. Here’s a dive into three of them.

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Treylon Burks, you’re up

Last training camp it was Treylon Burks who hurt his knee in practice and put his status for Week 1 into jeopardy. This summer, it’s the third-year receiver’s turn to step up when called upon. The Titans’ first-round pick in 2022, Burks has had a solid training camp working primarily in the second rotation of receivers, but he’s the logical candidate to step in for Hopkins, especially as an outside receiver.

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Burks trimmed more weight from his frame than usual this offseason, arriving at camp with a more chiseled but lighter physique. He’s made a couple of highlight grabs, including a catch in the 7-on-7 period of Wednesday’s practice where he plucked a pass over the head of cornerback Tre Avery in man coverage and toe-tapped down the sideline to secure possession.

One advantage Burks has over some of his peers in replacing Hopkins is purely physical. Hopkins, Boyd, Ridley, Burks and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine are the only pass catchers consistently earning first-team reps who are bigger than 5-foot-11. Since Kyle Philips, Mason Kinsey, Jha’Quan Jackson, Kearis Jackson and Tre’Shaun Harrison are all on the smaller side, and given Boyd’s history playing in the slot in Callahan’s offenses, perimeter reps make more sense for the 6-foot-2, 225-pound Burks.

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More tight ends? More running backs?

The Titans have used tight ends Chig Okonkwo and Josh Whyle fairly interchangeably throughout camp. Whyle seems to have developed impressive chemistry with Levis, and Okonkwo has been one of the quarterback’s favorite targets in drills through the first two weeks of camp. Combine those developments with the fact that running backs Tyjae Spears and Tony Pollard are both capable of splitting out wide or catching from the backfield and it’s plausible that the Titans could paper over a Hopkins injury with reinforcements from other position groups.

Burks’ potential and Westbrook-Ikhine’s consistency are more likely to be counted on than a player moving positions wholesale, but that doesn’t mean volume usage can’t go up for some of the Titans’ other skill players.

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If Hopkins missed the first two weeks of the season as could be possible on the long end of his timeline, that could make life awfully difficult for Ridley. The Titans’ first two opponents, the Chicago Bears and New York Jets, have defenses headlined by cornerbacks Jaylon Johnson and Sauce Gardner, the two highest-graded cornerbacks in the NFL last season per Pro Football Focus. In four games against teams featuring top-10-graded cornerbacks last season, Ridley was only targeted twice in coverage against those players.

Having Hopkins to draw attention away from Ridley in those marquee matchups would be a huge plus for the Titans, and not having him could mean some long days for the Titans’ most important offseason offensive addition.

Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick atnsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.

The Los Angeles Chargers will be missing their star quarterback for most of training camp after Justin Herbert was diagnosed with a plantar fascia injury in his right foot.

Herbert received the diagnosis after Wednesday’s practice, the Chargers announced Thursday. Team doctors called for ‘approximately two weeks in a boot’ followed by a ‘graduated’ return to action.

The Chargers expect Herbert to be ready for the start of the regular season.

Herbert signed a five-year, $262.5 million extension last summer before Los Angeles stumbled to a 5-12 finish, good for last place in the AFC West. Coach Brandon Staley was fired Dec. 15 and Jim Harbaugh left college national champion Michigan to take the job.

Herbert, 26, threw for 3,134 yards, 20 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 13 games in 2023; he missed the end of the season due to a broken index finger on his throwing hand. In four NFL seasons, the former sixth overall draft pick has amassed 17,223 yards, 114 touchdowns and 42 picks on a 66.6 percent completion rate.

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