American Noah Lyles won the Olympic men’s 100m title by five-thousandths of a second from Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson in a dramatic photo finish at Paris 2024. Showman Lyles overhauled his rivals in the second half of the race to triumph by the finest of margins in a personal best 9.79 seconds. The United States’ former world champion Fred Kerley took bronze in 9.81, edging out South Africa’s Akani Simbine for the podium.
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Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen has won the bronze medal in the 1500m freestyle to become a double Olympic medallist. Six days after been crowned the new 800m Olympic champion, the 23-year-old had to give way to defending Olympic champion Bobby Finke, who led virtually from the start to win the gruelling 30-lap event in a new world record time of 14:30.67 holding off Wiffen and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri.
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Rhys McClenaghan won Olympic pommel horse gold for Ireland with a breathtaking performance scoring 15.533 points. The County Down native banished the demons of the Tokyo games to achieve his life’s goal. Defending champion Max Whitlock finished out of the medals in his final competition before retirement with Nariman Kurbanov from Kazakhstan and Team USA’s Stephen Nedoroscik completing the podium.
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Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy retained their Olympic men’s lightweight double sculls title after winning gold in Paris. With the Irish support travelling to Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in their numbers, O’Donovan and McCarthy delivered a dominant showing on the outskirts of Paris as they backed up their gold medal from Tokyo three years ago.
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Jonathan Wheatley is to leave his role as Red Bull sporting director to become Audi’s Formula 1 team principal. The 57-year-old Briton has been at Red Bull for 18 years and will stay until the end of this season. The move was initially announced by Red Bull to the surprise of Audi, which confirmed Wheatley’s appointment more than three hours later.
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