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

The United States topped the women's 4x400 metre relay qualifiers. France was also able to qualify for the final. Since 1996, the U.S. has won every 4x400 women's relay.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi was in excellent shape when he won the semi-final of the Olympic 800m from gun to tape. He will now move on to compete in that final where he hopes to make it five consecutive wins for Kenya.

CLIMBING SURPRISE

Toby Roberts, a British climber, was as surprised as everyone else when he managed to clinch the boulder and lead.

Gold medal

In a major upset, Japan's favourite, Sorato Araku, settled for silver.

KITEBOARD WIN

Valentin Bontus, Austrian gold medalist in men's

Kiteboarding

. Max Maeder from Singapore won bronze in the final. Toni Vodisek, of Slovenia, took silver.

Bontus, a 23-year-old from Germany, celebrated his victory with a big aerial jump on his foilingboard, pumping both fists after a dominant end.

CYCLING RECORD

Germany's Lea Friedrich set a

World record

The 200 metre flying lap is performed during the qualification of the women's sprint cycling race at the National Velodrome.

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 upon 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 grueling slog down the Seine River.

KAYAK DOUBLE

New Zealand has won the gold medal in the women's double 500m kayak at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Hungary won the silver medal and Germany was originally ranked 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 a South Korean event.

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 the Americans Kenny Bednarek, and Noah Lyles who was infected with COVID. Lyles claimed that the virus had an impact on his performance.

ARRESTS

The Paris prosecutor’s office announced that Grammy-nominated rapper Travis Scott was arrested at the luxury Georges V Hotel in Paris on Friday for an unspecified act of violence against a guard.

We were unable to reach Scott's representatives immediately for comment.

The Paris prosecutor's said that a French police officer arrested an Egyptian Olympic wrestler under suspicion of sexual assault. Egypt's Olympic Committee announced that the wrestler will also be subject to a disciplinary proceeding.

(source: Reuters)