On Friday, the United States won the qualifiers for the women's 4x400 metre relay. The men's marathon swimming took place in the Seine River, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was preparing to compete for gold that evening.

There are 35 gold medals to be won on Friday, including in the sports of athletics, boxing and cycling track.

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U.S. DOMINATES RELLAY

Amandine Brossier, who beat Helena Ponette of Belgium on the final straight in France's 4x400 metre women's relay qualifying race, also secured a spot in the final.

The U.S. women's relay team has won the 4x400m relay every year since 1996. They are on track to win the eighth consecutive title after completing the race in 3 minutes 21.44 second, which is more than three seconds faster than Britain and also the fastest time for the morning.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi, meanwhile, looked in excellent shape, winning his semi-final, from gun to tape, to advance to the Olympic 800 metres Final, where he hopes to make it five consecutive wins for Kenya.

KHELIF Fights 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 in women's welterweight. The bout will take place at 2051 GMT.

Final SOCCER

Thierry Henry and France will be aiming for their first Olympic gold medal in 40 years at the final men's match, while Spain will aim to improve their silver from Tokyo. The match will kick off at 1630 GMT in Paris' Parc des Princes.

MARATHON GOLD

Hungary's Kristof Raskovszky took gold in the 10km men's marathon swimming event, beating Germany's Oliver Klemet by a narrow margin. The race was a long and arduous slog down the Seine River.

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.

KAYAK DOUBLE

New Zealand has won Olympic gold at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in the women's double 500m kayak. Hungary won the silver medal and Germany was originally declared third. They were tied with the second Hungarian team, which also received a bronze.

PISTOL SHOOTER COLLAPSES

Kim Ye-ji of South Korea, who won a silver medal in the Olympic pistol shooting competition at the Paris Games, collapsed during a press conference. This was due to exhaustion and stress, according to reports.

Kim spoke at an event held in South Korea.

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Letsile Tebogo, who won the 200 metre race on Thursday, was awarded the first gold medal for Botswana by the president.

Tebogo blew past Noah Lyles, who was suffering from COVID and Kenny Bednarek. Lyles claimed that the virus had "definitely" affected him and he was coughing all night before the race.

ARRESTS

The Paris prosecutor's said that Grammy-nominated rapper Travis Scott, who is also a member of the hip hop group XXL, was arrested at Paris' Georges V luxury hotel on Friday for an unspecified act of violence against a guard. We were unable to reach Scott's representative for comment.

The Paris prosecutor's said that French police also arrested an Egyptian Olympic wrestler in the early morning hours of Friday on suspicion of sexual abuse outside a café in the capital. A source in the Egyptian delegation said that officials were meeting for a discussion on the allegation.

(source: Reuters)