Published: 10:47, August 10, 2024
What's happening on day 15 of Paris Games on Saturday
By Reuters
New Zealand's Lisa Carrington celebrates winning gold with teammate Alicia Hoskin in the women's kayak double 500-meter finals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug 9, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (PHOTO / AP)

PARIS - The penultimate day of the Paris Olympics on Saturday will have nearly 40 medals up for grabs, with nine finals in athletics alone.

There are also gold medals being given in volleyball, basketball, soccer, golf, table tennis, water polo and more.

Final night in athletics at Stade de France

The penultimate day of the athletics program gets underway with an early-morning men's marathon then a bumper final night in the Stade de France featuring eight finals, including the men's 800 and 5,000 meters.

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The night concludes with both 4x400 meters relays, with French teams going in both races to ensure an ear-splitting finale.

France hoping for another gold in volleyball

Reigning men's volleyball champions France are back in the gold-medal match and they will need all the home support they can get when they take on world number one Poland, who are seeking their first medal in 48 years.

China's Cao Yuan competes in the men's 10m platform diving preliminary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (PHOTO / AP)

Carrington continues medal hunt in Kayak

The final day of competition at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium sees New Zealand's Lisa Carrington continue her medal hunt in the semi-finals of the women's kayak single 500m, with the final taking place later on Saturday.

China eye golden sweep in diving

Diving concludes with the last title -- the men's 10-meter platform. China's Cao Yuan and Yang Hao are looking to defend China's honor in the event and complete the golden sweep the country so very much desires in Paris.

Four boxing golds

Four boxing gold medals are on offer on the final day of the tournament -- the men's featherweight and super heavyweight categories as well as the women's featherweight and middleweight classes.

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In the women's featherweight final, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers in the spotlight over their eligibility for the Paris Games, takes on Poland's Julia Szeremeta.

Korda in hunt for another golf gold

American world number one Nelly Korda pursues her quest for back-to-back golf medals on the final day of the women's Olympic golf tournament in a group of big names chasing surprise midway leader Morgane Metraux of Switzerland.

China's Chen Meng, background right, and Wang Manyu play against South Korea's Shin Yubin and Jeon Jihee during the women's teams semifinal table tennis match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (PHOTO / AP)

Egypt could win first gold

Ahmed Elgendy can win Egypt's first gold in Paris when the 2021 silver medallist competes in the men's modern pentathlon final at the Palace of Versailles after qualifying top in his semi-final.

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The women, with France's Elodie Clouvel likely to be a crowd favorite, kick off the day's program with their semi-finals in the sport that features fencing, equestrian show jumping, swimming, laser shooting and running.

China eye table tennis sweep

China's Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha will lead the women's team against Japan in search of the last gold up for grabs in table tennis, hoping to achieve a golden sweep for the nation. South Korea will play Germany for bronze.

France seek handball gold

The women's handball final in Lille has hosts France battling Norway for the gold medal while Sweden and Denmark fight for bronze at the Pierre Mauroy stadium.

Bouldering goat goes for gold

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret is expected to show the world once again why she is known as the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in the bouldering world in a fitting end to sport climbing's second appearance at the Olympics.

The defending Olympic champion is the hands-down favorite to win the combined boulder and lead gold medal after dominating in qualifiers.

Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova and Ukraine's Iryna Koliadenko, in blue, compete during their women's freestyle 62kg semifinal wrestling match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (PHOTO / AP)

Wrestling favorite

Kyrgyzstan's world champion Aisuluu Tynybekova will be the favorite in the women's 62kg event, while in the men's section American Kyle Dake is eyeing the 74kg gold.

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Iran's Amir Hossein Zare, who won bronze in Tokyo, is tipped to dominate the men's 125kg category.

France's last hope in taekwondo

Tokyo bronze medallist Althea Laurin is France's last hope to win gold in the women's heavyweight class but she may face Turkey's Nafia Kus Aydin, last year's world champion, in the +67 kg class.

South Korea's Lee Da-bin, a winner at the 2019 world championships, will also be vying for gold, as will Uzbekistan's 2022 world champion Svetlana Osipova.

In the men's heavyweights, Niger's Abdoul Issoufou will strive to become the first from his country to win a gold medal after securing the world championship title in the +87 kg category in 2017.

Three golds in weightlifting

A busy day is in store in weightlifting with athletes taking medals in the men's 102kg, women's 81kg and men's over-102kg categories at the Paris Expo venue.