Julien Alfred of Team Saint Lucia crosses the finish line during the Women's 100m Final. GETTY IMAGES

The St Lucia athlete takes advantage of the last-minute absence of Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to win the sprint event. It is the first medal in the country's history. Ryan Crouser won his third gold in the shot put and the Netherlands won the 4x400 medley relay.

Rain affected Saturday's action at the Olympic Stadium. With a wet floor, some events and the women's 100m final could not have been of the highest standard. Nevertheless, with conditions being the same for all, all eyes were on American Sha'Carri Richardson. 

The news of the day came shortly before the semi-finals. Jamaican star athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce announced that she would not be competing. The Jamaican Olympic Committee said it was because of a pulled muscle. She had sustained an injury 20 days ago which affected her in the warm-up.

The next news is that St Lucia has won its first ever Olympic medal. And she has done it in one of the most important events. The fastest woman on the planet is Julien Alfred. She has achieved it with little suffering, because from the start she has been in the lead and the distance with her rivals did not stop increasing.

Alfred won with a time of 10.72, a personal best and national record. He then rang the bell, as all athletes who win the gold medal do. Richardson had to settle for silver with a time of 10.87. The bronze medal also went to the United States, with Melissa Jefferson's 10.92.



Ryan Crouser wins his third consecutive Shot Put gold medal

The American has once again proved that he is the great figure in the history of this discipline. After being Olympic champion at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 was the continuation of his dominance. It is the first time that a shot putter has won three consecutive gold medals.

Crouser is the world and Olympic record holder, although he did not need to throw at his best to win the competition. With a throw of 22.90 on his third attempt, he was already well clear of the other athletes. It is his best mark, but only from 2024.



Then the rain came to the Olympic Stadium. It put a damper on the final. It was also an advantage for Crouser. With the slippery ground it was almost impossible for anyone to do better than him. There were many missed throws and it was only a matter of time before the American was crowned champion again.

There was a lot of excitement in the silver medal. There was a tie between American Joe Kovacs and Jamaican Rajindra Campbell. It was on the last attempt when Kovacs threw 22.15, the same mark as Campbell. The American's second longest throw was better, and so the USA made it a gold-silver double, while Jamaica took bronze.

Gold for the Netherlands in the 4x400 mixed relay after Femke Bol's comeback

In the mixed relays, the men take the first and third relays, and the women the second and fourth. As the race went on, it looked like the US had it under control and would win the race. But Femke Bol's relay brought the stadium to its feet. She took the baton in fourth place and took the gold. 

The Netherlands came within two hundredths of the world record set by the Americans in the qualifying round. The time, 3:07.43, was a European record. Eugene Omalla, Lieke Klaver and Isaya Klein were in charge of being close to the first to leave the final work to Bol.



The USA had to settle for the silver medal with a time of 3:07.74. Kaylyn Brown, the last relay runner, looked disappointed as she watched Bol overtake her at full speed.

The bronze went to Great Britain. The time was 3:08.01, which is a national record. Belgium tried to come back from behind to reach the medals, but their last relay runner, Naomi Van den Broeck, was knocked out in the attempt. But they also broke the national record.

Norwegian gold at Decathlon

Markus Rooth, a 22-year-old athlete, has become the new king of the Decathlon. The athletics combined event was decided in the last race, the 1500m. He needed his personal best of the year at this distance to score the necessary points to become the winner.



8,796 points is the mark he achieved. Norwegian record. He started leading by winning the 100m, the opening event of the Decathlon. He consolidated his lead with the 100m hurdles, and when he won the pole vault he started to be close to the gold medal.

However, he had to suffer until the end. Germany's Leo Neugebauer took silver with 8,748 points, just 48 points behind the winner. Grenada's Victor Lindon was bronze medalist with 8,711 points, also very close to gold and silver.

Dominican Republic's Thea Lafond wins in the women's triple jump

As with the shot put, the triple long jump competition was rained out. It had to be stopped for a few minutes between the first three jumps and the last three. The stadium staff worked hard to keep the corridor where the athletes run as dry as possible. Some of the jumpers did their best jump after the break, but none of them made it onto the podium. 

Lafond flew in her second jump and no one could beat her. With a mark of 15.02m, the Dominican could see how everyone tried, but the gold was hers. It is her personal best and a national record. But this case is like that of Saint Lucia. It is the country's first ever Olympic medal, and it is also a gold.



The silver medal went to Jamaica's Shanieca Ricketts, who clocked her personal best of the year with 14.87. USA's Jasmine Moore took bronze with 14.67, also her best time of the year. Close behind were Cuba's Liadagmis Povea (14.64) and Leyanis Perez (14.62) and Spain's Ana Peleteiro (14.59). Without rain, it could have been a more spectacular final.