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 Olympics daily briefing: There is only a week of the Games left. Where did the time go? In any case, before we look at the stories making the headlines, here are three of the events that you need to look out for today … Canoe slalom: kayak cross men’s and women’s final A hybrid of normal kayak race, the dodgems and the Hunger Games, the kayak cross event is wild, splashy carnage. It also has the potential to be a very good one for Team GB: at last year’s world championships Joe Clarke won the men’s event, while Mallory Franklin and Kimberley Woods finished second and third in the women’s. Clarke won gold in the men’s K1 in Rio, is back in the squad after being left out in 2021, and hoping for more success. Badminton: men’s and women’s singles finals China dominate Olympic badminton, and won three times as many medals as their nearest challenger (Chinese Tapei) in 2021. China’s Shi Yuqi is the men’s world No 1 but Viktor Axelsen, a 6ft 4in Dane, is hoping to defend his title despite having some injury problems this year – he promised to “come back really scary for the Olympics” . Korea’s An Se-young is the women’s No 1 and has instantly rediscovered top form after a month out with a knee injury. Athletics: men’s pole vault There are few track and field athletes who dominate their event like Armand “Mondo” Duplantis in the pole vault. The US-born Swede (his father represented the USA internationally and introduced his son to vaulting as a three-year-old; his mother was a Swedish heptathlete), broke the world record twice in 2020, three times in 2022 and twice in 2023 before nudging it to 6.24m in China in April. In Tokyo he missed the record by millimetres; tonight he will want to make up for it. Headlines Athletics Lyles takes 100m gold by narrowest margin in dramatic final Athletics Mahuchikh rises to occasion to secure high jump gold for Ukraine Tennis Djokovic defeats Alcaraz for gold and ‘biggest success in career’ Golf Scheffler surges home to win gold as Fleetwood earns ‘special’ silver Team GB Peaty may retire … and hits out at ‘cheating’ Chinese swimmers Boxing Second fighter in gender row guaranteed medal after feisty bout In-depth Medal table Take a deep dive into the standings after the eighth day Athletics has been searching for new Bolt – Lyles has grabbed baton Jonathan Liew Finucane leads GB track cycling charge in the absence of big names Jeremy Whittle The Olympic shot put diet A nine-egg sausage burrito – and that’s just for breakfast Shake it like a polaroid … Photographers use an old-school method to capture the Paris vibes  Picture of the dayIn pictures The best images from the action on day nine in Paris And finally …Mac and cheese for life! Philippines’ heartfelt gifts to Yulo after double Olympic gold |
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