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Mpumelelo Mhlongo first claimed gold in the men’s T44 100m before adding the bronze in the Men’s T64 200m.
While the World Championships bronze medallist Alani Ferreira was hoping to reach the podium in Paris, she had to be content with fifth place, but achieved it in an even quicker time, lowering her new record to 1:21. 36.
Five athletes will be in action for Team SA, at the Paris Olympics on Friday
Udeme Okon crossd the line in 45. 69 seconds to take the victory after he overhauled Americans Jayden Davis (46. 08) and Sidi Njie (46. 29) in the final straight.
The closing spectacle marked the beginning of the four-year countdown to the LA Games, as the Olympic flag was formally handed over to Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass.
A star-studded closing ceremony got under way in front of around 71,500 spectators at the Stade de France to crown an event that has been broadly acclaimed as one of the greatest editions of the Olympics ever held.
As another incredible Olympic Games draws to a close on Sunday, IOL Sport’s Michael Sherman explains why the quadrennial showpiece might just be the greatest of them all.
Tom Cruise is reportedly set to perform a spectacular stunt sequence to mark the passing of the Games from Paris to Los Angeles which will involve the handing of the Olympic flag from one city to the other.
Noah Lyles, who had been bidding to complete a 100m-200m double in Paris, was taken off the track in a wheelchair following the men's 200m final, won by Botswana's Letsile Tebogo.
Anti-cult activists have condemned the likely appearance of Hollywood actor and well-known Scientologist Tom Cruise at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, 21, was able to ease up at the end and still clocked an African record of 19. 46 seconds for gold with American Kenny Bednarek taking silver in 19. 62 and Lyles fading to bronze in 19. 70.
Unheralded Swiss player Morgane Metraux took the halfway lead at Le Golf National after a spectacular front-nine of 28 in a six-under-par 66, taking her to eight-under for the tournament.
Two weeks after the unprecedented complexity of the opening ceremony along the River Seine, there are big expectations for the show to wrap up the Games.
AFP Sport looks at some of what is on offer for gold, silver and bronze around the globe.
The team came to Paris under a dark cloud after the New York Times reported in April that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ).
Swedish star Armand Duplantis cemented his status as the greatest pole vaulter in history with a superb display, blowing the roof off the Stade de France with a world record-breaking final leap of 6. 25 metres.
After near misses at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, South Africa’s Akani Simbine looks ready to grab a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The Blitzboks will be looking to guarantee the first medal for Team SA at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, according to coach Philip Snyman.
The first-ever opening ceremony held outside a stadium -- on the River Seine -- had to battle driving rain that cast a pallid gloom over the City of Light.
For the first time in Olympic history, the opening ceremony is taking place outside the main stadium, with some 300,000 people watching in person from specially built stands on the river banks
The man was detained Sunday in Paris and later placed in custody but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that France had not directly informed Russian officials.
Arson attacks scrambled France's high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday.
The Blitzboks will need to beat Japan by a huge margin and then hope they still progress as one of the best third-placed teams at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
The Dutch Olympic Committee have defended their decision to select convicted rapist Steven van de Velde for the games in Paris.
Wian Roux will have to be at his best right from the start as he takes aims at a target during the Paris Olympic Games on Thursday.