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Paris Olympics live updates: Track and field gets underway as U.S. sets world record with mixed 4x400m relay

Related Topics: 2024 Summer Olympics

Thursday's action at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics was headlined by Simone Biles becoming the second woman — and the oldest, as well — to win the individual all-around for a second time, not just rallying from behind early in the competition, but also completing an amazing comeback after having to pull out of the Summer Games in Tokyo in 2021.

Friday's competition's will see medal events in BMX racing and swimming, and track and field will get underway with opening rounds of the men's 1500m and decathlon and women's high jump qualification, plus 100m prelims among the events at Stade de France in Paris.