On Friday, the men's marathon swimming took place in the Seine under blue skies without Sweden's Victor Johansson who pulled out due to concerns over water quality. Imane Khelif, an Algerian boxer, will fight for gold in the evening.

There are 40 gold medals to be won on Friday in athletics and other sports, including boxing, cycling, football, kayaking, sailing, and more.

The action on Friday follows an exciting evening of athletics at the Stade de France, where Botswana’s Letsile TEBOO won the 200-metre men's race and became the first African winner.

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KHELIF GOES FOR GOLD

Imane Khelif of Algeria, who found herself at the center of a gender controversy early in the Paris Games will fight for gold later on Friday in the women's category welterweight.

Final SOCCER

In the final for men, Thierry Henry and France will be looking to win their first Olympic gold medal in 40 years while Spain will be trying to improve their silver medal from Tokyo.

MARATHON GOLD

The Hungarian Kristof Raskovszky took the gold medal in the 10km men's marathon swimming on Friday. He held off the German Oliver Klemet, who won silver.

David Betlehem won bronze for Hungary. Four swimmers did not finish the race. Victor Johansson of Sweden chose to stop the race due to health concerns over the water quality.

PISTOL SHOOTER COLLAPSES

Kim Ye-ji of South Korea, who won the silver medal in Olympic pistol shooting at the Paris Games, collapsed during a press conference. She was apparently exhausted and stressed.

Kim spoke at an event in Imsil, a southern South Korean city.

BOTSWANA’S TEBOGO SHOWS UP IN

Letsile Tebogo won Botswana’s first Olympic Gold Medal by edging out Americans Kennarek Bednarek, and Noah Lyles who was hit with COVID.

Lyles declared that his Games had ended. He is the Olympic 100m champion, but he had set an ambitious goal to win four golds at Paris.

Lyles, who was diagnosed with COVID Tuesday, admitted that the virus had "definitely" affected him and that he coughed all night before the race.

BASKETBALL SHOWTIME

The United States men's basketball team, led by LeBron and Steph curry, came back from a 13-point deficit to beat Serbia in the semi-final. They now face France in the final for gold.

REFUGEE TEAM MEDICAL

Cindy Ngamba, the first refugee representative to win an Olympic medal, made it to the semi-finals in boxing at the Paris Games. She is guaranteed at least a Bronze but she wants more.

TABLE TENNIS SWEEEP?

The Chinese are aiming to win the gold medals for the men's team and the women's team on Friday and on Saturday, and complete the sweep of all five golds available in table tennis at the Games.

(source: Reuters)