5 Aug 2024

Paris Olympics: Best pictures from day 9 at the Games

1:06 pm on 5 August 2024
Finn Butcher of New Zealand in the Canoe Slalom cross heats.
Canoe slalom at Nautical St - White water, Paris, France on Sunday 4 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Finn Butcher, centre, racing in the heat which he won impressively. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Sizzling runs on the water from two Kiwi paddlers to a men's sprint race being called one of the best ever - it was another unforgettable day at the Games.

The 100m men's sprint is always one of the most highly anticipated events and this one didn't disappoint.

It took a photo to decide US favourite Noah Lyles had pipped Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second.

Two of sport's biggest names - golfer Scottie Scheffler and Serbia Novak Djokovic stood atop the dais in Paris also.

Meanwhile, New Zealand's Luuka Jones and Finn Butcher both impressed by winning their heats to advance to the quarterfinals tonight while sailors Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson are second overall in the mixed multihull event.

Here's a look at some of the day's best photos.

Luuka Jones of New Zealand in the Canoe Slalom cross heats.
Canoe slalom at Nautical St - White water, Paris, France on Sunday 4 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Luuka Jones in action on the course at Vaires sur Marne. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Luuka Jones of New Zealand in the Canoe Slalom cross heats.
Canoe slalom at Nautical St - White water, Paris, France on Thursday 4 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Luuka Jones looks in good shape for the next rounds to be held tonight. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Finn Butcher of New Zealand in the Canoe Slalom cross heats.
Canoe slalom at Nautical St - White water, Paris, France on Sunday 4 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Finn Butcher strikes out for the finish line in the canoe slalom at Vaires sur Marne. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 04/08/2024 -  Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Cycling Road - Trocadero-Trocadero (158.0km) - Paris, France - Women’s Road Race - Niamh Fisher Black (New Zealand)

It wasn't such a happy time for Niamh Fisher Black in the women's cycling road race through the streets of central Paris. Photo: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

04 August 2024, France, Paris: Olympics, Paris 2024, cycling, road race, women, Franziska Koch (l) from Germany. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa (Photo by JAN WOITAS / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

The Eiffel Tower was the backdrop again for the cycling event. Photo: AFP

Novak Djokovic poses with his Paris Olympics men's singles gold medal.

Serb Novak Djokovic achieved a long-held dream - the golden Slam - an Olympic title piled on top of his 24 Grand Slam titles. Photo: AFP

Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their men's singles final tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Novak Djokovic serves during the final at Roland Garros in his gold medal match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz. Photo: AFP/PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA

Katrina Siniakova and Tomas Machac at the tennis mixed doubles medal ceremony.

An emotional Katrina Siniakova and Tomas Machac, from Czechia, at the tennis mixed doubles medal ceremony where they were presented with the gold medal. Photo: Getty Images

Gold medallist US' Scottie Scheffler celebrates on the podium after round 4 of the men’s golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris on August 4, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Winner American Scottie Scheffler sheds tears during the medal ceremony of the men's golf. Photo: AFP

Noah Lyles won by 0.005 seconds from Jamaica's Kishane Thompson in a personal best 9.79 seconds.

A photo finish in the men's 100 metre sprint final at the Stade de France. Photo: Screengrab from IOC

Kishane Thompson (JAM) and Noah Lyles (USA) look on after the Men's 100m Final at Stade de France during the 2024 Paris Olympics - Paris, France on Sunday 04 August 2024. (Photo: Simon Stacpoole / www.photosport.nz)

Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson await the outcome. Photo: Simon Stacpoole / www.photosport.nz

Noah Lyles of United States reacts after winning the men's athletics 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on August 4, 2024.

Joy for Noah Lyles from the United States. Photo: AFP / Yomiuri Shimbun

Iryna Gerashchenko (left) celebrates her bronze with Yaroslava Mahuchikh who won gold, - both from Ukraine in the womens high jump final at Stade de France, Paris, France on Thursday 4 August 2024. Photo credit: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Iryna Gerashchenko, left, celebrates her bronze with fellow Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh who won gold, in the women's high jump final at Stade de France, in Paris, on 4 August. Photo: Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz

Taiwan's Wang Chi-lin (L) and Lee Yang celebrate winning the men's doubles badminton final match against China in Paris.

Taiwan's Wang Chi-lin (L) and Lee Yang celebrate winning the men's doubles badminton final match against China in Paris. Photo: AFP

(240802) -- PARIS, Aug. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chou Tien-Chen of Chinese Taipei executes a smash during the badminton men's singles quarterfinal against Kakshya Sen of India at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng) (Photo by Jia Haocheng / XINHUA / Xinhua via AFP)

Photo: AFP/JIA HAOCHENG

Thomas Saunders (New Zealand), Men’s Dinghy - Sailing, during the Olympic Games Paris 2024. (Photo Norbert Scanella / DPPI Media / Panoramic / www.photosport.nz

Kiwi Thomas Saunders who is competing in the men's dinghy class will be in action again overnight - if conditions are right in Marseille. Photo: Norbert Scanella / www.photosport.co.nz

Refugee Olympic Team's Cindy Ngamba.

Boxer Cindy Ngamba reacts after realising she will become the first person to win any kind of medal for the Refugee Olympics team. Ngamba will win at least a bronze. Photo: AFP

Team USA (L to R) Torri Huske, Regan Smith, Lilly King and Gretchen Walsh celebrate after winning  the final of the women's 4x100m medley relay at the Paris Olympics.

Team USA, from left, Torri Huske, Regan Smith, Lilly King and Gretchen Walsh celebrate after winning the final of the women's 4x100m medley relay at the Paris Olympics. Photo: AFP

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