He would chase Marchand on the final leg but he was nowhere near taking gold as Marchand won his fourth individual gold in an Olympic record

iles would almost secure gold with her first vault, a massive 15.7. The second vault was a 14.9 to put her into the lead on 15.3.

China were upset by Turkey despite winning the first set. Brazil, Italy and United States would all go through in straight sets

Netherlands came from 9-6 down to stop United States from winning a water polo medal, the first time since the event made the Olympics.

France would lead by double digits in the third-quarter after a 10-0 run. With 92 seconds left France were a point down.

Amongst the drama of a spying scandal, Canada would win all three group games but were docked six points. 

Gabriel Medina (Brazil) scored a brilliant 9.9 surf to set up a clash with Joao Chianca (Brazil) who scored 18.1 overall. 

1300-1545: Volleyball; Women's Event 🥇Brazil 🇧🇷 🥈China 🇨🇳 🥉Poland 🇵🇱

United States  ? 41 32 China ? 40 41 32 China 🇨🇳 39 32 18 GB 🇬🇧 25 26 23 France 🇫🇷 23 21 33

I think this ends in a world record with them both probably beating the old record. Behind them is a closer contest.

206 countries are competing in the Paris Olympics. Some nations will expect to take home 100 medals whilst others will be happy with one.

Netherlands have dominated, winning three of the last four, losing the other by penalty shootout and winning the last three World Cups.

Perhaps their own challenge is against history and the legacy that this team creates moving forward. 

Carissa Moore (United States) is already in the hall of fame and will be looking to add to her Tokyo Olympic title.

This does feel like quite an open tournament. Overall I do think Italy and Spain have been the strongest.

France arguably has the greatest talent pool in the sport at the moment though and if a strong squad is picked will no doubt challenge

France is the reigning Olympic champions and will be buoyed by home support. They’ve also won the 2022 and 2024 Nations League

This is perhaps more in question than any time in recent history as some of the best players in the world are from other countries.

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