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United States boss Emma Hayes has dedicated her side's Olympic gold to her father, who died last year.

Speaking to BBC, she said. "This time last year I was preparing for pre-season.

"Never would I have thought I would be here. It has been a rough year, this time last year my father was dying and I didn't think I would have the courage to do this.

"I am not thinking about anything more than this moment. I have been so present in it. That was for my dad up in heaven."

Dame Denise Lewis
Sydney 2000 Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

It's time to help and try and develop the sport that has been so amazing to me. I wouldn't be in this position had I not, dared to dream, had a club and all the hundreds and thousands of volunteers in the country that make these clubs what they need to be.

Working with the membership, working with our local teams, clubs, volunteers and a little bit of UK Athletics work.

That's where the work needs to be done [grassroots]. We need to make sure that the pipeline to events like this continues.

On the role she is taking up as President of UK Athletics

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Bercy Arena

France are refusing to go away.

The hosts reduce the deficit to seven points to make the locals go wild.

Guerschon Yabusele, who seems to be the man for the boisterous occasion, asks for even more noise.

Not sure that is possible, honest.

A brief moment to pay tribute to British sporting and broadcasting royalty.

Tonight was Dame Denise Lewis' final TV appearance as a pundit after 15 years on the BBC. She will take on the role of president of UK Athletics after these Games.

Let's look back at the best moments of Dame Denise on the BBC, from winning heptathlon gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics to a decade and a half of top athletics analysis.

China's Li Qian takes an early tumble to the canvas but it's deemed a slip.

Atheyna Bylon was deducted a point in the third round of her semi-final victory over Cindy Ngamba of the Refugee Olympic Team and she's up to those tricks again. She receives two warnings in the opening round

There's little clean coming from Bylon's direction with Li evasive and picking her shots wisely.

The judges agree and it's a clean sweep in the opening round for Li.

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Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport in Paris

Cade Cunningham has just been presented with his +80kg silver medal.

What a day for the 21-year-old.

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The women's 4x400m relay team, who won bronze, speaking on BBC One.

Victoria Ohuruogu: "It has been a great Games. We have a great group of girls coming through in the 400m. I am so happy to get the national Olympic record.

"I am so thankful that we've been so well-prepared for this championship."

Laviai Nielsen: "We were told to think about each other and set each other up there. We are the only nation I think to win five out of five relay medals.

"It was a whole team effort."

Nicole Yeargin: "I just stuck to my plan and came home strong to hand off to Amber."

Amber Anning: "It was close at the end, but I had a little bit of a surge and brought it home."

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China's Li Qian won bronze at Rio 2016 and silver at Tokyo 2020 and she is hoping to complete the set tonight.

It was Team GB's Lauren Price - now WBA, IBO and Ring Magazine welterweight champion - who dashed her dreams in Tokyo and the 34-year-old might feel she has a better opportunity against Panama's Atheyna Bylon.

Bylon, 35, has an amateur record of 53 wins and 21 defeats.

She belied her veteran status to reach the 2022 world championship final where she lost against continental rival Tammara Thibeault of Canada.

Who wins this battle of the veterans?

Richard Winton
BBC Scotland at Stade de France

Not so long ago, Nicole Yeargin's coach told her "no-one cares" about relay medals. And not so long ago, she was considering giving up athletics entirely.

But now the American-born Scot will leave Paris with two Olympic medals - both bronze - to complete her set after previous world, European and Commonwealth Games success in the 4x400m relays.

She might want to have a word with that coach of hers...

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Allison Curbishley
Former GB 400m runner on BBC Radio 5 Live

When you've got the talent that GB have got in both the men's and women's 4x400m relay, it is stunning to watch in full flow.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Bercy Arena

Back under way at Bercy with everyone fed, watered, rested and ready to roll.

Boos again 'greet' the US superstars when they pace out of the locker room.

Joel Embiid, the Cameroon-born American who flirted with playing for France before turning his back, gets most of the bird but continues to lap it up.

France have a heck of task in front of them if they are to dethrone the kings of the Olympic court.

The men's 4x400m relay team who won bronze, speaking on BBC One.

Alex Haydock-Wilson said: “That national record is the sweetest - honestly we are gobsmacked. It’s an honour to run out here - the city of love we felt the love tonight. Every single one of us has been preparing for this for a very long time and when we were in the cool room we knew exactly what we had to do and it’s a pleasure to deliver for the UK public here today.”

Matthew Hudson-Smith said: “Fantastic team, best team manager in the world. We have an amazing team, amazing camaraderie. We wanted to live up to the greats who paved the way for us.

“I'm done. I need a beer. I'm not doing it anymore but yeah thank you to everyone that has supported us we did it man, we got a medal.”

Lewis Davey said: “I had the Botswana [athlete] on the inside of me. I thought I’d make a move on him down the back straight and all I tried to do was put Charlie in the best position possible for us to get a medal and I think I did just that.”

Charlie Dobson said: “The rest of the boys did all the work for me really, I just had to get it round and I did very well with that I think and we secured it. These guys did the hard work and I had to roll with it. It was incredible”

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By combined medal total, GB are third in the table - their 63 medals is only bettered by USA and China.

But on the count of gold medals, which is how most tables are calculated, GB are sixth with 14 - also behind Australia, Japan and France.

Silver medallist Caden Cunningham, speaking to BBC TV: "It was very good and fun. I have a lot of respect for that athlete. Like myself, once he is in there he is ready to kill.

"But outside of it, he is a very nice guy. I've no problem losing to a guy who was better than me on the day, and he was.

"I didn't get the gold for myself, my coach, my family but I very proud to be here today.

"I just want to see my parents. Maybe go home and have a KFC or something.

"I tore my ACL not long ago. I came back very quickly. To qualify for this was hard.

"To come and beat three world champions and three Olympic medallists and to come up against a fighter like that, it is a good day.

"It is the start of whatever I whatever I want it to be. If I stay in this, I will be the king of taekwondo in the next four years.

"One fight does not define me as a fighter."

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Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

"When I quit after college it was just so clear I hadn’t reached my full potential and it wasn't a happy ending. There was something left but I thought it would always be that way," Georgia Bell told BBC Sport earlier this year.

"I just didn’t know journeys like this existed."

What Bell has achieved this evening is nothing short of remarkable.

The 30-year-old gave up on the sport in 2017, rediscovered a love of running in lockdown, achieved Olympic qualification despite working full-time, and now she has an Olympic medal on her debut.

Three years ago she was sat watching athletes she used to race - and beat - compete at the Tokyo Games. Her mum showed her old photos of those times, as a notion of untapped potential began to gather momentum in her mind.

Right decision to come back? I think so...

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More from Great Britain bronze medallist Georgia Bell: “I did an 800 a couple of weeks ago at the London diamond league and that showed me I've got good speed and gave me confidence coming in and I think that's my strength as a 15000m runner. I can close hard so long as I'm there. I'm just really really happy."

On what she was thinking towards the end: “I was just like ‘just dig deep’ on the start line. I was telling myself I was born for this in the sense that I was born in Paris 30 years ago and I just felt like I’ve got nothing to lose, no pressure on me, training going so well and it was just so unlikely I'd be here in first place so I thought just go for it and see what happens.

"I’m so happy with what running has given me. It’s obviously amazing to be here in the Olympics but when I got back into running the goal wasn’t to try and make the Olympics - that would've been absolutely bonkers at times, it was just going back to something I really loved.

"Taking time away showed me that I actually love it, love it being part of my life, look forward to that part of the day. I have made so many friends and family through it.

"So many people I’m thankful for. I have the best team, the best family and thank you to the national lottery because they help us prepare so we can bring back a medal for our country.”