Live updates from the main events from Day 3 of the Paris Olympics 2024.
Adam Peaty denied third straight gold in photo finish final
Adam Peaty was denied a third straight 100m breaststroke gold medal by Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi Sunday in a thrilling final. The final was billed as a showdown between Peaty and Chinese world champion Qin Haiyang, but Martinenghi came out on top with a timing 59.03secs.
Peaty and American Nic Fink both clocked 59.05 to share second place with Qin fading to seventh after leading at the turn.
The shock win shattered Peaty’s hopes of matching American legend Michael Phelps as the only men to win three consecutive Olympic titles in the same event.
« It’s been a very long way back », said Peaty, who stepped away from the sport in recent times to deal with depression, among other issues.
« It doesn’t matter what the time is, to me I’ve already won. It took so much to get here. In my heart I have won, these are happy tears », he added, sobbing.
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Withdrawals from the men’s singles and men’s doubles events have put the campaigns of Lakshya Sen and the pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in two contrasting lights.
With Guatemala’s Kevin Cordon pulling out due to injury, Sen’s win against him has been deleted and the points don’t count anymore. However, Rankireddy and Shetty were scheduled to play the German pair of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Siedel, before which Lamsfuss pulled out as well due to injury.
