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00:00For those of you who've been enjoying the Olympic Games here in Paris, I'm afraid to say we're
00:03already halfway through, although that does mean a whole nother week of excitement and today we've
00:09got a rematch of the Wimbledon final as Novak Djokovic faces Carlos Alcaraz for gold in the
00:15men's tennis. Then it's the men's 100 metre final later today. Noah Lyles from the United States
00:22is hoping to win a rare Olympic sprint double of both the 100 and 200 metres,
00:29though he's got fierce competition and the women have already thrilled us with their 100 metre
00:34final on Saturday. Celina Sykes was at the Stade de France last night with her reports on
00:39Julian Alfred's famous win for Saint Lucia. A historic night at the Stade de France as Julian
00:47Alfred dominates the women's 100 metre sprint to get Saint Lucia's first ever Olympic medal.
00:53A 23-year-old running a spectacular race finishing in 10.72 seconds to hold off
00:59Sha'Carri Richardson, the world champion who was the big favourite heading into this race,
01:04who had to settle for silver after a poor start from her at the Stade de France. For the hosts,
01:10France, they're celebrating back-to-back golds in the team event in the judo after Teddy Rienard
01:18got the decisive victory in a golden score after both teams got three fights each to break
01:26that deadlock. And finally, there were two queens for Team USA starting with Simone Biles who won
01:33emphatically the women's vault final to get a seventh gold medal for her at the Olympics and
01:40the queen of the pool, Katie Ledecky, getting a record equaling a ninth gold medal for her
01:47after coming out on top in the women's 800 metre freestyle.