Whitlock bowed out from his glittering profession with out the medal and report he had been chasing since returning to the game.

The 31-year-old had thought-about retiring after efficiently defending his title at Tokyo, taking an 18-month break from the game to cope with psychological well being struggles.

However he returned, motivated largely by the will to win in entrance of his younger daughter Willow. The five-year-old has been considered one of her father’s most vocal supporters within the stands on the Bercy Area.

“It is very uncooked in the mean time and I might have beloved for it to finish in a greater method right here in Paris,” Whitlock, who was combating again tears, advised BBC Sport.

“However I are not looking for anybody to take a look at the best way I’m feeling now and suppose that it’s a reflection of my profession. I’m so proud standing right here at the moment.

“It was a problem getting right here. I may have stop after Tokyo and I made a decision to come back again.

“I gave it each shot I probably can, I am right here at the moment and I am grateful for the journey I’ve had.”

His Olympic journey began at London 2012 with a bronze on pommel horse, in addition to a historic first – and nonetheless solely – bronze within the males’s group occasion.

4 years later in Rio, Whitlock grew to become Britain’s first all-around medallist for 108 years when he took bronze after which grew to become GB’s first particular person Olympic gold medallist by successful the ground and pommel horse titles.

However he missed out on a medal in Paris, having certified for the ultimate in third place.

He had carried out an upgraded routine within the group occasion, elevating the prospect he may win a 3rd successive gold – however his rivals additionally elevated their issue ranges and he may solely clap their efforts.

Whitlock retires with a group that includes six Olympic medals, three World Championship golds, 4 European titles and 4 Commonwealth Video games golds.

In successful at the moment’s match, Djokovic has received the second medal of Paris 2024 for Serbia, each of them gold after Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec received as a pair within the taking pictures.

“Most of all, it is my nation. The pleasure to play for Serbia,” he informed Eurosport. “I do know Carlos and Rafa (Nadal) like to play for Spain, Andy (Murray) likes to play for Britain, Roger (Federer) for Switzerland, you noticed the response of all these guys after they win. It is one thing particular.

“That is my fifth Olympic Video games. Three out of 4 Olympic Video games I performed semifinals and by no means managed to beat that hurdle for some cause. Once I entered the courtroom for the semifinal in opposition to (Lorenzo) Musetti, I used to be desirous about it.

“That is why at the moment, earlier than the match, I didn’t really feel as nervous as I might usually really feel as a result of I secured a medal. However, after all, I used to be going to go for gold.”

Then, in any gymnast’s largest worry, Loran de Munck made a mistake proper earlier than McClenaghan’s run, one thing he witnessed unfold as he ran his routine via his thoughts.

Three years in the past in Tokyo, it was McClenaghan who made a mistake when it mattered most as his medal likelihood slipped away.

In Paris on Saturday, these ghosts had been nicely and actually banished.

McClenaghan produced a flawless routine. His coach, and pal, Luke Carson watched on and had his head in his arms simply earlier than McClenaghan dismounted.

He knew what was about to come back if it was a clear touchdown – and it was.

The world erupted and McClenaghan set free an enormous roar earlier than hugging Carson, his coach since he was 14.

He admits the most important emotion was “aid” after finishing “probably the most troublesome routine I might do”.

“That is the place the tears and feelings got here from, actually.

“Aid is at all times the one if you land the dismount. I did not know that I had gained as quickly as I landed.”

The rating of 15.533 rewarded his sensational routine.

It was nonetheless a nervous wait as the favored American, Stephen Nedoroscik, nonetheless needed to carry out on the Bercy Area.

It was a robust try, however Nedoroscik might solely slot into third place.

Then, when closing gymnast Hur Woong fell off the pommel horse, the job was completed – McClenaghan was champion.

“I used to be saying to Stephen that that is one of the best pommel horse closing ever within the historical past of males’s gymnastics,” McClenaghan added.

“To be part of that’s completely unbelievable.

“Any of the eight finalists might have taken gold in the present day.”

There will likely be no fairytale ending within the 100m for athletics’ dash legend Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce.

The 37-year-old Jamaican, the Olympic champion within the occasion at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, withdrew previous to her semi-final on Saturday night time (3 August) on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 after sustaining an harm in her closing warm-up forward of the race.

Jamaica’s chef de mission Ian Kelly confirmed to Reuters that Fraser-Pryce’s withdrawal was as a result of harm after reviews surfaced that it had been as a result of she was denied entry to the venue.

Footage on social media confirmed that Fraser-Pryce had been delayed entry earlier within the day, however Kelly stated an harm was what pressured Fraser-Pryce’s from the semis later within the night.

Fraser-Pryce was trying to declare a medal within the 100m for a fifth consecutive Video games, having received bronze in 2016 and silver in 2021.

“It’s tough for me to search out the phrases to explain the depth of my disappointment,” Fraser-Pryce stated in an Instagram submit early Sunday (4 August) morning. “I do know that my supporters share and shoulder this disappointment with me. … The help of my followers, my nation and the bigger neighborhood has rooted me in immense gratitude that has sustained me all through my profession.

“With each step and win, you all have been there for me,” she added. “My religion has all the time affirmed my belief within the journey.”

The legendary sprinter remains to be scheduled to run with the Jamaicans’ 4x100m relay workforce.

Fraser-Pryce has received eight Olympic medals in whole, together with a 3rd gold with the relay workforce at Tokyo 2020 along with her two 100m triumphs.

Two-time and reigning Olympic champion, Fraser-Pryce’s compatriot Elaine Thompson-Herah, didn’t make the journey to Paris after struggling an harm in Could. Which means the ladies’s 100m can have a brand new champion for the primary time since Athens 2004.

Novak Djokovic has earned probably the most prestigious honors a tennis participant can obtain: a profession golden slam. 

The 37-year-old Serbian took down Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz 7-6, 7-6 on Sunday to win his first ever gold medal on the Olympics.

Djokovic is amongst unique firm with Steffi Graff (1988), Andre Agassi (1999), Rafael Nadal (2010) and Serena Williams (2012) to realize the profession golden slam. The dignity is earned when a participant wins all 4 Grand Slams and an Olympic gold in singles.

Tennis followers might actually see how a lot Sunday’s match meant to the 24-time Grand Slam champion as he clearly displayed his finest tennis of 2024. He sealed the victory with a forehand winner and dropped to the Roland-Garros clay in tears.

Djokovic has one different medal to his identify. He earned a bronze medal in males’s singles on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Within the final tennis match of the Video games, Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani will tackle AIN’s Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider for gold in girls’s doubles. 

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Two-time Olympic 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s quest for an additional title ended abruptly Saturday when she pulled out earlier than the 100-meter semifinal on the Paris Video games.

Olympic officers stated she suffered an undisclosed damage. The letters “DNS” — “Did Not Begin” — flashed on the scoreboard solely moments earlier than she was alleged to race Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred within the night’s second semifinal.

“We solely bought the knowledge that she is injured, however (a crew physician) is addressing the matter, and we are going to communicate additional on the matter,” crew supervisor Ludlow Watts instructed the Jamaica Observer.

Alfred ended up beating Richardson in each the semifinal and the ultimate to take the gold medal.

Fraser-Pryce, who received gold medals in 2008 and 2012, has stated this shall be her fifth and remaining Olympics. In a social media submit early Sunday morning, she thanked her supporters however didn’t present specifics about her damage.

“It’s troublesome for me to seek out the phrases to explain the depth of my disappointment,” she posted. “I do know that my supporters share and shoulder this disappointment with me. I’m actually Blessed to have had the steadfast help of my followers since my Olympic debut in 2008.

“With each step and win, you have got all been there for me.”

Fraser-Pryce superior simply by means of the primary around the day earlier than, ending second in her first-round warmth in 10.92 seconds.

Earlier within the day, Fraser-Pryce was certainly one of a number of athletes blocked from coming into the coaching monitor, the Jamaica crew stated on its social media web site. The crew stated she was ultimately let in.

Paris organizers stated she merely got here to the flawed gate, and needed to go to a unique one to get into the apply space.

Fraser-Pryce has a complete of eight Olympic medals, together with gold within the 4×100 on the Tokyo Video games in 2021. She additionally has 16 medals at world championships, together with 5 titles within the 100, the newest of which got here in 2022.

Her departure left the 100 with out all three Jamaicans who swept the rostrum in Tokyo. Reigning champion Elaine Thompson-Herah shut down her season earlier this 12 months with an Achilles tendon damage, and bronze medalist Shericka Jackson introduced this week that she was specializing in the 200.

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It doesn’t occur at each Olympics however when a homegrown athlete galvanises the host nation with a few golds to get the crowds firing, there’s actually nothing prefer it. Ian Thorpe did it at Sydney 2000. Mo Farah at London 2012. And little question about it, Paris 2024 belongs to Léon Marchand.

Referred to as ‘La Baguette’ for causes I consider are as primary as ‘as a result of he’s French’, the 22-year-old bagging 4 particular person swimming gold medals this week greater than vindicates the pre-games comparisons with the one and solely Michael Phelps, who has 23 Olympic medals hanging up in a room someplace.

Zoom in on Léon Marchand atop a Paris 2024 podium although (not the baguette space, SVP), and it seems he has extra in widespread with Phelps than a grasping obsession with gold medals. He likes watches too – particularly Omega watches. Certainly, the duo truly teamed up for Omega’s Paris 2024 marketing campaign. Entitled ‘Legends Encourage Legends’, it actually might have jinxed issues had Marchand not delivered, however who am I kidding – Omega is thought for guaranteeing precision on the Olympics (it has been doing so since 1932), so as soon as the Swiss watchmakers referred to as it, Marchand reaching legend standing was by no means doubtful.

Whereas Phelps has been recognized for carrying variations of the Omega Seamaster through the years, Marchand appears to fancy himself as a grasp of one thing else: velocity. On all 4 medal ceremonies inside Paris’s electrical swimming enviornment, the Frenchman has rocked an Omega Speedmaster Chronoscope.

“Maybe you’d count on a swimmer of his calibre [watch pun alert] to put on a Seamaster 300M, or Planet Ocean, however as a substitute he selected the Speedmaster Chronoscope,” says Fratello’s Robert-Jan Broer, a person who is aware of so much about Omega watches.

Omega’s official watches of the Paris 2024 are a pair of 43mm Speedmaster Chronoscopes in metal and gold. Relationship again to the Eighteen Eighties would you consider, the mannequin’s concentric triple-chronograph scales on the dial have at all times grabbed the headlines however the newbies boast hand-wound actions. Marchand isn’t carrying one among these although – maybe too apparent a alternative, or possibly it was a superstitious factor? As an alternative, he’s carrying a virtually an identical metal model price £8,900 – the primary distinction being the pink markings on the subdials, bezel and seconds hand, and a clear caseback so that you get to peek on the internal workings of the motion as a substitute of a stable Paris 2024 one.

PARIS — For all of his Grand Slam championships and different titles, for all of his time at No. 1, Novak Djokovic actually, actually wished an Olympic gold medal for Serbia, the final important accomplishment lacking from his glittering résumé.

He lastly obtained one at age 37 on Sunday, beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in an enthralling and evenly matched males’s tennis singles remaining on the 2024 Video games.

In a way, it does not matter one bit how lengthy it took, after all. Djokovic is now an Olympic champion and perpetually will likely be. And in one other sense, the years of ready, the stumbles alongside the journey, made him admire this triumph as a lot as — no, make that greater than — each different, which is why his palms trembled when he knelt on Court docket Philippe Chatrier’s pink clay on the finish as his tears flowed.

“Once I take every thing into consideration, this most likely is the largest sporting success I ever had in my profession,” stated Djokovic, who did not drop a set in Paris and is the oldest man to win the Summer time Video games tennis title since 1908. “This type of supersedes every thing that I imagined, that I hoped that I might expertise, that I might really feel.”

With margins so skinny that any mistake felt as if it might tilt issues, Djokovic was at his finest when the stakes have been highest, dominating every of the 2 tiebreakers in opposition to Alcaraz, who beat him within the Wimbledon remaining three weeks in the past.

“Within the shut moments, within the troublesome conditions, within the tiebreaks, he performed a formidable sport,” stated Alcaraz, the 21-year-old from Spain who sobbed, too, after falling wanting changing into the youngest male singles gold medalist. “That is why I noticed that he is hungry for the gold medal. He was going to go for it.”

Djokovic already owns a males’s-record 24 Grand Slam trophies and essentially the most weeks spent atop the rankings by any man or lady. He additionally already owned an Olympics medal, from 2008, but it surely was a bronze — and he made it clear that merely wasn’t enough. He saved speaking over the previous week, but in addition the previous months, about what a precedence the gold was for him, and Alcaraz stated Sunday he saved listening to about it.

Earlier than he confronted Paris bronze medalist Lorenzo Musetti of Italy on Friday, Djokovic had been 0-3 in Olympic semifinals, shedding to the gold winner every time: Rafael Nadal at Beijing in 2008, Andy Murray at London in 2012, and Alexander Zverev in Tokyo three years in the past.

This time, Djokovic stated, “I used to be prepared.”

In Paris, sporting a grey sleeve over the precise knee that required surgical procedure for a torn meniscus two months in the past, Djokovic confronted Nadal within the second spherical and eradicated his longtime rival in straight units.

The two-hour, 50-minute remaining featured the most effective to ever do it, in Djokovic — and the “highest mountain to climb in the meanwhile,” in Alcaraz, as Djokovic put it.

There was very good ball-striking, deft drop pictures and great sprinting, sliding, stretching protection. The No. 1-seeded Djokovic saved eight break factors, whereas No. 2 Alcaraz saved six. Strain? Ha. What stress?

“We each performed at a really excessive degree,” Djokovic stated. “We actually went toe-to-toe.”

The one disgrace, maybe, for the followers — and naturally, Alcaraz — was that the Olympics makes use of a best-of-three-set format, as a substitute of the best-of-five at Grand Slam tournaments. These within the stands grew to become a part of the present, breaking out into choruses of “No-le! No-le!” or “Automobile-los! Automobile-los!” that always overlapped, creating an operatic fugue. As Alcaraz tried to mount a comeback, his supporters chanted “Si, se puede!” (primarily, “Sure, you may!”).

But the place was as quiet as a theater between factors; play was delayed briefly when a younger kid’s crying pierced the air that was thick with anticipation.

The primary set alone lasted greater than 1½ hours, stuffed with epic pictures and epic video games. One sport lasted 18 factors unfold over greater than a dozen mesmerizing minutes on the best way to that tiebreaker, when Djokovic grabbed the final 4 factors, then turned to face his visitor field — which included his tennis crew and his spouse and their two youngsters — with a fist held excessive.

Within the second tiebreaker, after Djokovic laced a cross-court forehand winner on the run to cap a 10-shot level for a 3-2 lead, he waved his arms to encourage the oldsters standing and screaming. Quickly, thanks to at least one final forehand winner, he had earned that prize he wished, in the end.

When the Serbian nationwide anthem completed ringing out, Djokovic reached for his gold and introduced it to his lips for a kiss.

Was he anxious that second would by no means arrive?

“There are all the time doubts. Completely, I had doubts,” Djokovic stated. “However the perception and the conviction that I could make, it’s stronger than my doubts. It all the time has been. I knew that it’ll occur. It was only a matter of when it’ll occur.”

Swimmer Léon Marchand has dazzled on the Paris Olympics to this point, profitable gold and profitable over a rustic who likes to assist him.

SCOTT DETROW, HOST:

Olympic host France is basking within the glory of internet hosting these video games and boasting one of many largest stars of those Olympics, the prince of Paris, King Leon, Aquaman. Sure, we’re speaking about 22-year-old swimming sensation Leon Marchand, who has ignited these video games and his nation. NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley stories from Paris.

(CHEERING)

ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: A Paris bar broadcasting the Olympics erupted with pleasure Friday night, when Leon Marchand took his fourth gold medal of the video games within the 200-meter medley.

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Singing in non-English language).

BEARDSLEY: Marshawn is electrifying the nation, says Sylvie Bala, who compares him to French soccer icon Kylian Mbappe.

SYLVIE BALA: I really like him. He is so wonderful. He is the brand new Mbappe for us. He is a genius. I’m very proud that he is French and he is profitable, so he is making France shine everywhere in the world.

BEARDSLEY: Leon fever is sweeping France proper now.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Non-English language spoken).

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Non-English language spoken).

BEARDSLEY: Antoine Mersche and Leontin Corneau cannot get sufficient of him.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Leon Marchand.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Precisely. You should hear solely two phrases – Leon Marchand. This man, 48 hours in the past, he was no one. Then the Olympics occurred in his residence nation, and he has been the one individual to interrupt two information on the identical day.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Two golden. Two gold medals.

BEARDSLEY: All of France is discovering its new hero, who is claimed to be a shy boy from a close-knit household. Right here is Marchand talking after profitable his first Olympic gold medal.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

LEON MARCHAND: Nicely, I had goosebumps on the rostrum. I felt actually proud to be myself and to be additionally French tonight. So it was an incredible time for me.

BEARDSLEY: Each Marchand’s dad and mom have been Olympic swimmers. He turned professional solely this spring as a result of he mentioned he cherished being a scholar on the swim staff at Arizona State College, the place he helped his faculty win its first NCAA title. Marchand started to draw world consideration final summer season, when he broke American swimming icon Michael Phelps’ file within the 400-meter medley. He’s skilled by Bob Bowman, who was additionally Phelps’s coach.

BOB BOWMAN: (Non-English language spoken).

BEARDSLEY: However Marchand isn’t just profitable, says Vincent Bonifas, who’s watching his race in a bar close to the Arc de Triomphe. He is pulverizing his competitors and propelling France to the highest stage of Olympic efficiency, together with huge boys the U.S. and China. Bonifas says the French aren’t used to that.

VINCENT BONIFAS: We have now a cultural factor for magnificent losers, and we love the fourth place, for instance. However with Leon Marchand, we’ve got a stupendous winner. And we’re not actually used to that, so it is actually new for us.

BEARDSLEY: He says these Olympics deliver again the spirit and reminiscences of 1998, when France received the World Cup, led by soccer legend Zinedine Zidane. Marchand can be bringing the French collectively after this summer season’s divisive and bruising parliamentary elections, says Marie Teuma.

MARIE TEUMA: All of the nation is – appears to be pleased and centered on one thing actually nice, and it is just like the return of the French glory. I am actually pleased with being French today for the reason that opening ceremony, and Leon Marchand is the cherry on the cake.

BEARDSLEY: At simply 22, Marchand has not even reached his full potential, say specialists. He’ll seemingly be France’s cherry on many extra Olympic muffins to come back. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR Information, Paris.

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Louie Hinchliffe continues to dwell as much as his status as British sprinting’s latest sensation. Contemporary from outperforming Noah Lyles, the world No 1, within the first spherical of the 100m the 22-year-old declared there’s higher to come back. Hinchliffe is the mullet who flies like a bullet. Ominously for the rest of the sphere he seems to relish the large event.

Hinchliffe, on his Olympic debut, breezed his means into Sunday’s semi-final in 9.98sec. He was one in every of 5 runners in eight heats to run in sub-10 seconds. Extra hanging was that Hinchliffe shuffled Lyles into second place, who was amongst these to acknowledge Hinchliffe’s show. Was the American stunned? “Sure and no,” stated Lyles. “He’s a gifted child.”

Maybe we ain’t seen nothing but. “I feel so,” stated Hinchliffe when requested whether or not he can enhance for the semis. “The stress, the surroundings will certainly carry extra out of me. Attempting to get to an Olympic ultimate will, I feel, carry a bit extra.”

Hinchliffe claimed to have ignored Lyles’s place in lane six. This may, nevertheless, go down because the Englishman’s newest assertion of intent.

He ran 9.95, the sixth-fastest time in British dash historical past, when profitable his self-discipline on the NCAA Championships in Oregon this 12 months. Hinchliffe additionally has observe and area royalty on his facet; he’s coached by the nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis.

“It was a great feeling,” was the Hinchliffe response to beating Lyles. “I wasn’t actually pondering an excessive amount of about him, he wasn’t actually close to me. I didn’t actually take into consideration who else was within the race. He stated ‘properly carried out’ and acknowledged me on the finish.

“It’s superb. That surroundings brings probably the most out of all of us. You must use that to your benefit. It’s a very, very quick observe however the primary level is utilizing the group to your benefit. That stress brings one of the best out of you.”

Lewis had suggested Hinchliffe to “block out the noise” and run his personal race. The Sheffield runner, a former scratch golfer, smiled when requested how far this strategy can take him on the Stade de France. “I don’t know,” he stated. “I’m simply working my races in the mean time. I’m not actually pondering an excessive amount of about outcomes. I don’t actually wish to chase outcomes.”

Lyles is taking a unique strategy. What time will it take to win gold? “I don’t know however I’m going to run it,” he stated. “Second is ok. However we are going to ensure from now it’s first.” Photographs fired.

Whereas Hinchliffe and Lyles seemed forward, his Group GB teammate Jeremiah Azu reduce a annoyed determine after being disqualified for a false begin in warmth one.

Azu, the European bronze medallist, argued for an honest time frame with officers by the facet of the observe however was denied a run beneath rapid protest.

“I simply reacted to a sound,” stated Azu. “The followers are very good and tremendous‑excited for the Olympic Video games. I’ve heard one thing and simply reacted.

“I requested to run beneath protest as a result of I used to be positive if we put a protest in, it will undergo. They stated no, that I needed to get off the observe, put the protest in then come again and run on my own. I’ll undergo the formalities of it and see what occurs.”

The enchantment was unsurprisingly declined in fairly quick order, leaving Azu to concentrate on the 4x100m relay.

Canada’s Aaron Brown suffered the identical destiny as Azu within the ultimate warmth. In that race, competitively the hardest of the octet, Group GB’s Zharnel Hughes joined Hinchliffe within the semi-finals with a third-place end in 10.03. Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson – the quickest man on the earth this 12 months, gained his warmth in 10.00.