In second place was Salwa Eid Naser, with 48.53, which was also her best time of the season, and in third place was Poland's Natalia Kaczmareck, with 48.98.

All in a athletics race in which the other athletes gave their best and achieved several records: the British Amber Annin got the national record (49.29) and the American Alexis Holmes her personal best with 49.77.

Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam wins third Olympic gold in women's heptathlon

Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam became the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic heptathlon golds in Paris on Friday, ahead of Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who took silver.

Thiam, a champion at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, finished the seven events with a total of 6,880 points after the 800m race, the final event of the discipline, at the Stade de France on Friday afternoon. 

Silver went to Great Britain's Johnson-Thompson, the two-time world champion (2023, 2019), who was 36 points behind, and bronze with 6,707 points to Belgium's Noor Vidts, who finished fourth three years ago in Tokyo.

 
Beatrice Chebet wins gold 10,000 in her debut

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet won Olympic women's 10,000m gold in Paris on Friday, four days after winning her first gold in the 5,000m. The world record holder, making her Olympic debut, clocked a winning time of 30min 43.25sec.

Italy's Nadia Battocletti claimed silver in a national record of 30:43.35, while defending champion Sifan Hassan took a second bronze of the Games after also bagging third place in the 5,000m. 

An afternoon of emotions at the women's shot put

One of the most exciting moments of the afternoon in the state came in the women's shot put, the event that was held simultaneously with the other competitions and in which Germany's Yemisi Ogunleye took gold.

A situation that caused surprise, as the favourite was New Zealand's Madisson Lee-Wesche and for much of the competition she was ahead. Until Ogunleye managed to reach exactly 20 metres, leaving Lee-Wesche with only one chance to overtake her. There were moments of tension and waiting, in both moments, while the judges certified the exact measurement, which left the German thrilled and excited with her gold and the New Zealander with a very valuable and celebrated silver, which, with 19.86 metres, was also her personal best. The bronze went to China's Jiayuan Song.

There was disappointment for the USA with Jaida Ross finishing fourth while her team-mate Raven Saunders was eliminated after the three opening throws. 

Spain's Jordan Diaz wins Olympic gold in triple jump

Jordan Díaz gave Spain Olympic gold in the triple jump on Friday with a flight of 17.86 metres, beating Pedro Pichardo, silver medallist for Portugal, by two centimetres and Andy Díaz, bronze medallist for Italy, by 22 centimetres. In his second international participation with Spain, Jordan Díaz, from Havana, beat the defending Olympic champion, Pichardo, from Santiago de Cuba, in Paris-2024.

Relay 4x100 men

Andre de Grasse anchored Canada to victory in the Olympic men's 4x100m relay in Paris on Friday. The United States were disqualified for a botched handover. The Canadian quartet, also comprising Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney, clocked 37.50 seconds for gold.

The gold was a seventh Olympic medal for De Grasse, the 29-year-old having already one gold (200m Tokyo), two silvers (200m, Rio; 4x100m relay, Tokyo) and three bronzes (100m Rio and Tokyo; 4x100m relay Rio). South Africa took silver in an African record of 37.57sec and Britain bronze (37.61). Defending champions Italy, featuring Tokyo's individual 100m champion Marcell Jacobs on the second leg, finished fourth in 37.68sec.

The United States, missing Covid-hit 100m champion Noah Lyles, initially crossed the line in seventh in 37.89, but were later disqualified. The last time the US men medalled at Sprint was with a silver at the 2004 Athens Games. 

Richardson shines as US win women's 4x100m relay gold

Sha'Carri Richardson rode in her last leg to power the United States to victory in the Olympic women's 4x100m relay on Friday, in 41.78sec. They won Britain, Germany and France, under the rain.

Benjamine outruns Warholm at 400m hurdles

American Rai Benjamin outstripped Norwegian arch-rival Karsten Warholm to win Olympic 400m hurdles gold in Paris on Friday. Benjamin timed 46.46 seconds as defending champion Warholm tied up badly towards the end of the race, claiming silver in 47.06sec. Brazil's Alison Dos Santos took bronze, as he had done at the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games, in 47.26sec.