Olympics 2024 LIVE: Katarina Johnson-Thompson takes silver in thrilling heptathlon 800m finale

After two days and seven events, only seconds could separate them. Katarina Johnson-Thompson ran the 800m of her life – the only problem was she pushed the greatest heptathlete of all time into doing so as well. Nafi Thiam completed the unprecedented hat-trick of Olympic titles in the heptathlon, collapsing across the line after chasing Johnson-Thompson down at the last. Thiam won gold by 36 points, or around two seconds.

As a lightning track was turned greasy by a sudden, dramatic downpour and the relay baton turned perilously slippy, Great Britain upgraded the bronze medal won three years ago in Tokyo and turned it into silver, their best result in the women’s 4x100m relay in 68 years. Up ahead, Sha’Carri Richardson roared to gold for the United States while shooting the most lingering of looks towards Neita as she crossed the line.

So the Crazy Ones were unable to emulate the Crazy Gang.

Exactly 36 years since Vinnie Jones, Dave Beasant, Lawrie Sanchez and co ripped up the rulebook to fire Bobby Gould’s Wimbledon to a storied FA Cup triumph, Thierry Henry’s France could not repeat the trick as they fell agonisingly short of grabbing an emotional Olympic gold medal in front of a packed-out Parc des Princes in Paris.

Henry, who coined the nickname the ‘Crazy Ones’ for his young French side because of their fun-loving nature, won virtually everything as a player and despite the stars seemingly aligning for a historic gold on home soil, the Arsenal legend was eclipsed by Santi Denia’s slick Spaniards in a dramatic 5-3 extra-time defeat.

What are the secrets to Emma Hayes’ success? It’s been a quick transformation for the new USWNT boss, who has her side on the brink of Olympic glory:

Emma Hayes has described her journey from guiding Chelsea to the Women’s Super League title in May, to standing on the brink of Olympic glory with the United States less than three months later, as a “whirlwind”.

Hayes, 47, has not even had time to unpack her old locker from Chelsea as she prepares to lead out the four-time Olympic champions for Saturday’s final against Brazil at the Parc des Princes, looking to regain the title they last won at London 2012.

“I might make a trivial pursuit question one day!” Hayes said. “Going from my beloved Chelsea to the United States women’s national team, what a whirlwind, what a dream all at once.”

Know your omnium from your madison? Confused at what a Derny bike is and why it’s used to start the keirin? Our track cycling jargon buster has you covered:

Just the one final on the track on Saturday, the ever-chaotic and confusing madison to be contested by the men. But there’s plenty of other action at the Velodrome oto soak in

16:00 Women’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals

16:19 Men’s Keirin, First Round

16:50 Women’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals Repechages

16:59 Men’s Madison, Final 🥇

18:07 Women’s Sprint, Quarter-finals – Race 1

18:21 Men’s Keirin, Repechages

18:49 Women’s Sprint, Quarter-finals – Race 2

19:14 Women’s Sprint, Quarter-finals – Decider

Just the 39 medals in all to be handed out on the penultimate day of Paris 2024. Let’s start with the athletics action, which begins early in the morning on the city streets with Eliud Kipchoge and the rest chasing marathon survival and success.

• 7am-10am (BST): Men’s marathon: final
• 6.10pm: Men’s high jump: final
• 6.25pm: Men’s 800m: final
• 6.40pm: Women’s javelin: final
• 6.45pm: Women’s 100m hurdles: final
• 7pm: Men’s 5000m: final
• 7.25pm: Women’s 1500m: final
• 8.12pm: Men’s 4x400m relay: final
• 8.22pm: Women’s 4x400m relay: final

Toby Roberts’ former climbing club have said they are “so proud” of his Olympic gold in the men’s boulder and lead, remembering him as “leaps and bounds” ahead of other youngsters at the club.

Shauna Coxsey, who became Team GB’s first-ever sport climber ahead of Tokyo, called Roberts an “absolute legend” and told of having tears pouring down her face as she watched him take gold.

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, The Independent’s Kate Gill looked into what it takes to train like a Team GB athlete ahead of competing on the world stage.

IndependentTV’s How To Train Like A Olympian is a series focused on the individual fundamentals Olympians have to focus on within their training.

Coxsey said: “Climbing is a full-body sport, you are literally holding on with the tips of your fingers and the tips of your toes. We use every muscle in our body, including our brain.”

“Strength plays a really important role. There is this misconception that climbing is all about upper body strength, it is not, it is as much about lower body, really strong legs and core strength as well.”

Watch more How To Train Like An Olympian episodes here on The Independent’s YouTube.