Paris Olympics day 12 — in pictures

Olympic Sports

Paris Olympics day 12 — in pictures

Published: 08 Aug. 2024, 06:37

JIM BULLEY
jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr

Korea's Park Tae-joon celebrates after winning the men's -58 kilogram taekwondo final against Azerbaijan's Gashim Magomedov at Grand Palais in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

The action continued on day 12 as Korea secured their first taekwondo gold since Rio and Quincy Hall snagged a last-gasp win in the men's 400 meters. Out in the field, discus thrower Mykolas Alekna broke his dad's longstanding Olympic record, only to have Rojé Stona break it again for the gold medal, while Nina Kennedy won pole vaulting gold for Australia.

Here are some of the best photos from the 12th day of action.

Celine Boutier of France plays off the 12th tee during the first round of the women's golf event at the Paris Olympics in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg during the men's skateboard park final at La Concorde in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Katie Moon of United States competes in the women's pole vault final in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Team USA competes in the artistic swimming team acrobatic routine in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Marine Johannes of France shoots in front of Nyara Sabally of Germany during a women's quarterfinal basketball game in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Brazil's Pedro Barros competes during the men's skateboarding park finals at the Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Australia's Oliver Bleddyn, Sam Welsford, Conor Leahy and Kelland O'brien compete in the men's track cycling team pursuit final in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Paris on Wednesday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland competes during the women's sport climbing speed competition in Paris, France on Wednesday. [XINHUA/YONHAP]

Rira Suzuki of Japan competes in the women's 49-kilogram weightlifting event in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

France's Alexis Lebrun eyes the ball during the men's table tennis team quarterfinals against Brazil in Paris, France on Wednesday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Mariya Povkh of Ukraine in action during the women's kayak single 500-meter canoe spring quarterfinals in Vaires-sur-Marne, France on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

A fleet of boats compete in the men's dinghy final in Marseille, France on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Azerbaijan's Hasrat Jafarov (red) wrestles Moldova's Valentin Petic (blue) in the men's greco-roman 67-kilogram wrestling quarterfinal at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Wednesday. [AFP/YONHAP]

China's Chen Yiwen competes in the women's 3-meter springboard diving preliminary in Paris on Friday. [AP/YONHAP]

Korea's Kim Jang-woo competes in the men's triple jump qualifiers in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Tom Schaar of the United States competes during the men's skateboarding park finals at the Paris Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Italy's Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon and Jonathan Milan compete to clinch the bronze medal, during the men's team pursuit event at the Paris Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Tania Moreno Matveeva of Spain in action during the women's beach volleyball quarterfinals against Canada at Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Paul Jenft of France in action during the men's boulder and lead semifinals at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le Bourget, France on Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Spain's Ian Tarrafeta, left, is challenged by Egypt's Ahmed Adel during a quarterfinal handball match between Spain and Egypt at the Paris Olympics Wednesday in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. [AP/YONHAP]

Spain's Maria Perez and Spain's Alvaro Martin celebrate after winning the gold medal at the end of the mixed marathon race walk relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday in Paris. [AP/YONHAP]

China's Ma Long, with his teammate Wang Chuqin, plays against South Korea's Cho Dae-seong and Jang Woo-jin during a men's team quarterfinal table tennis match on Wednesday in Paris. [AP/YONHAP]

BY JIM BULLEY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]