The Paris 2024 Olympics sparked to life on Sunday 4 August 2024 as Athletes threw incredible performances that kept the world attention on Paris. It was a back to back hit of a record breaking and new heights of performances from Athletes in different sports makes the Sunday a true “Super Sunday”.
Here are the top 4 peak performances which makes Worldwide Headlines on Sunday
Noah Lyles wins the tightest 100 meter final ever
US sprint star Lyles won the Olympic men’s 100m title by five-thousandths (0.0005s) of a second from Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson in a dramatic photo finish on Sunday.
It took a spectacular fightback from showman Lyles – who was last at the halfway stage- to overhaul his rivals and triumph in a personal best 9.79 seconds to become the first American to win the 100m race for the time in 20 years.
D’Tigress reaches new height
The Nigerian senior female basketball team, D’Tigress, grabbed world wide headlines on Sunday, when they beat their Canadian opponents by 79-70 to become the first African side to reach the quarterfinals of the Olympic games.
The D’Tigress have now recorded two victories in the Paris 2024 Olympics a feat which surpasses their all effort of the past at the Olympics .
Djokovic complete career ‘Golden Slam
The 37-year-old Serb, Novak D’jokovic finally clinched Olympic gold at his fifth attempt by beating French Open and Wimbledon champion Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) in front of a packed crowd at Roland Garros.
Djokovic bursted into tears and falling to his knees in the middle of the court after hugging the Spaniard at the end of the match, Djokovic becomes just the fifth player to win the ‘Golden Slam’ in singles – all four majors and the Olympic title – after Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf.
A refugee secure Olympic medal
On Sunday, Cindy Ngamba beat French hope Davina Michel on points by a unanimous decision to reach the 75kg boxing semi-finals, becoming the first ever athlete from the Refugee Olympic Team to secure an Olympic medal.
“This means the world to me. I hope I can change the colour of my medal in the next fight,” Ngamba said. “I want to tell the refugees around the world, keep on working hard, keep on pushing yourself and you can accomplish anything.”
Ngamba will fight Panama’s Atheyna Bylon on Thursday for a place in the gold medal match.
But even if she loses that next bout, Ngamba has already made history and successfully etched her name in Olympic Boxing record books.
It’s been a terrific nine days of action at the games, expect more records to be broken now that we are approaching the business end of the games as more Athletes fight for medals at the games .
