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Mike Hytner in Paris

Paris 2024 Olympics: what you missed overnight in Australia on day 10 of the Games

Noemie Fox of Australia celebrates with the gold medal after winning the women's kayak cross final  at the Paris Olympics.
Noemie Fox of Australia celebrates with the gold medal after winning the women's kayak cross final at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

Australia moved onto 13 gold medals after the latest Fox family success on an otherwise quiet day as temperatures soared again in the French capital.

Canoe slalom

Noémie Fox delivered one of the moments of these Games so far as she fearlessly battled her way to victory in the combative kayak cross final on the white water at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Victory made it a third gold medal in Paris for the Fox family, after sister Jess’s two earlier in the week. And of course Jess was on hand to cheer on her younger sibling, jumping into the water afterwards to celebrate. Read Jack Snape’s story

Pole vault

Armand Duplantis confirmed his status as the best pole vaulter the world has ever seen with an imperious performance in the men’s final, in which he secured gold with an apparent ease that only comes to those who live in a similar sphere of greatness. Having seen off his rivals, including Australia’s Kurtis Marschall in sixth, “Mondo” then went on to break his own world record with a monster leap of 6.25m. Read Jonathan Liew’s report

Gymnastics

Another day, another gold medal for Simone Biles? Unbelievably, no. The system glitched on Tuesday as the superstar American picked up a medal in the floor exercise final, just not the expected colour. Brazilian rival Rebeca Andrade won gold by 0.033 points, pipping Biles who claimed silver in the end. Earlier Biles fell on the balance beam and finished in fifth place to miss out on her fourth medal in Paris. Read Tumaini Carayol’s report

Hockey

It was a case of deja vu for Australia’s women’s hockey team as they bombed out of the Olympic tournament at the quarter-final stage for the sixth straight Games. There was some disquiet over the manner of their exit, though, with Hockeyroos captain Jane Claxton talking afterwards of two “strange and worrying” decisions in the shock 3-2 defeat to China. Read the full story

Doping

Olympic great Michael Phelps has reiterated his support for a zero-tolerance stand against dopers, saying if an athlete tests positive for a banned substance, they should never be allowed back into sport. “I believe one and done,” said the American. Read the full story

Other bits

An American commentator has apologised after making an on-air gaffe at the conclusion of Sunday’s men’s 100m race. As the athletes crossed the line in an incredibly close finish, NBC’s Leigh Diffey called the race for Kishane Thompson. The only problem, of course, was that Noah Lyles won the race. Read the full story

Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer in the centre of an Olympics gender eligibility row, has accused those opposed to her presence at the Games of being bullies as the Russian head of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, launched a fresh barrage of criticism at a chaotic press conference. Read the full story

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