Leonardo wins speed climbing goldpublished at 22:50 8 August
Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo won the inaugural men's speed climbing gold at the Olympics.
A day after Aleksandra Miroslaw won women's speed gold, Leonardo joined the Polish climber in making history at the Games, beating China's Wu Peng in the final.
He took the title by just two-hundredths of a second in a time of 4.75 seconds and secured Indonesia their first gold at Paris 2024.
It was expected that the United States' Sam Watson would be favourite for the event but a small error in his semi-final saw him move into the small final to battle for bronze.
Having already broke the world record on his way to the quarter-finals, he then broke his own world record again with a time of 4.74 seconds to take home the bronze over Iran's Reza Alipour.
Elsewhere on Thursday, Great Britain's Erin McNeice qualified for the women's boulder and lead final by finishing seventh.
That will take place on Saturday, with the men’s boulder and lead final taking place on Friday morning from 09:15 BST.
Team GB's Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur will both be looking to secure a medal.