Article 6PVCG Paris 2024 Olympics day 14: Imane Khelif secures boxing glory, Thiam beats Johnson-Thompson to gold – as it happened

Paris 2024 Olympics day 14: Imane Khelif secures boxing glory, Thiam beats Johnson-Thompson to gold – as it happened

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Imane Khelif triumphed in the women's 66kg category, while Nafissatou Thiam edged epic duel with Team GB star

Speaking of US dominance of basketball, Serbia almost pulled off one of the all-time Olympics upsets when they had the men's Dream Team" on the rack and 76-62 down at the start of the final quarter of last night's semi-final. Coming into the Paris Games, the US had won gold in eight of the last 10 Olympics, with their last stumble coming in 2004 when they won bronze. Luckily, Steph Curry came to the rescue....

Heard about the Opal who wanted Gold? Australian basketball GOAT Lauren Jackson is at her fifth Olympics and is yet to win the shiniest medal of all. Instead, at every turn, Jackson and her Opals teammates have been foiled by Team USA whom they meet tonight in the semi-final at Bercy Arena. Can they snap the hoodoo and send Lauren out a winner? Kieran Pender asks: why not?

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