Canadian women's 4x400m relay team places 6th at Paris Olympics in event won by the U.S.

The Canadian women's 4x400-metre relay team finished sixth in the Olympic final on Saturday at Stade de France.

The foursome of Zoe Sherar, Savannah Sutherland, Kyra Constantine and Lauren Gale ran a season-best time of three minutes 22.01 seconds.

The United States cruised to gold (3:15.27), while the Netherlands (3:19.50) and Great Britain (3:19.72) took silver and bronze, respectively.

Canada finished fourth in Heat 2 with a time of 3:25.77 to grab one of two non-automatic qualifying spots on Friday to get into the final.

Canada finished fourth at last year's world championships in the event and took bronze at World Relays in May in qualifying for the Paris Games.

Canada has only earned a medal in the event once, a silver at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Faith Kipyegon of Kenya ran the women's 1,500 meters in 3:51.29, breaking her own Olympic record of 3:53.11 from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Canadian cyclist Mitchell exits in sprint quarterfinal 

Defending Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell is out of the Paris Olympics.

The 30-year-old fromSherwood Park, Alta., was swept by Lea Friedrich of Germany in the women's sprint track cycling quarterfinals Saturday at the National Velodrome. Friedrich won the first race by 0.217 seconds and the second by 0.052.

Mitchell started the day with a loss to Ellesse Andrew of New Zealand in the round of 16 before winning her heat in the repechage to advance.

Also Saturday, Canada placed second-last in the men's madison. Portugal captured gold with 55 points, finishing ahead of Italy (47) and Denmark (41) in the 15-country race.

Three Canadians are on the track Sunday, the final day of competition at the Paris Games.

Maggie Coles-Lyster of Maple Ridge, B.C., competes in the women's omnium, while James Hedgcock of Ancaster, Ont., and Nick Wammes of Bothwell, Ont., take part in the men's keirin.

McLaughlin-Levrone, Thomas romp to men's relay win

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas teamed up for America's 14th gold and 34th overall medal at the track Saturday, wrapping up the Olympic action at the Stade de France with a 4.23-second runaway in the women's 4x400 relay.

The gold medallists in the 400 hurdles and 200 meters took care of legs two and three for the United States, handing a 30-meter lead to Alexis Holmes, who didn't lose any ground.

The American men won gold in the same race in a much closer finish about 15 minutes earlier.

The 34 track medals were the most for the U.S. at a non-boycotted Games since the early 20th century, when there were more events and fewer countries, and the 14 golds are the most in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1968.

Ingebrigtsen gets a win, this one in the 5,000

Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 5,000 meters in a relatively drama-free race after much-hyped 1,500 four nights earlier against Britain's Josh Kerr turned into a disappointing fourth-place finish.

Ingebrigtsen won in 13 minutes, 13.66 seconds to add this title to wins at the last two world championships.

Canada's Thomas Fafard kept pace with the lead group for the first 3,000 before fading down the stretch, finishing in 13:49.69, good for 22nd at his first Olympic Games. 

"Obviously, it was a hard race, coming with high expectations, even though I was a little bit surprised being in the final," Fafard said. "Coming last in the Olympic final and almost tripping on my ankle was not how I projected my race, but there's a lot of positives from this."

Spain beats Australia women's water polo gold 

Bea Ortiz scored four goals and Spain won its first Olympic gold medal in women's water polo on Saturday, beating Australia 11-9 in the final at the Paris Games.

It was a sweet moment for Ortiz and Spain after they lost 14-5 to the United States in the final at the Tokyo Olympics. Spain also lost to the U.S. in the gold-medal match in London in 2012, but the country finally finished on top in Paris.

"We wanted the gold," Espar Llaquet said. "We fought and we finally achieved that Olympic gold."

Wiens finishes seventh in men's 10m diving

In diving, a costly error cost Rylan Wiens of Pike Lake, Sask., a chance to add to his medal haul.

Wiens was in third place halfway through the men's 10-metre platform final, but a mistake on his fifth of six dives took him out of medal contention.

Wiens ended up seventh, three spots ahead of teammate Nathan Zsombor-Murray of Pointe-Claire, Que. The pair teamed up to win the men's 10m synchronized bronze last week for Canada's first-ever medal in the event.

Cao Yuan finished first to defend his Olympic title and give China an unprecedented sweep of the diving gold medals in Paris.

Brazil's women end Turkey's dream of bronze

Brazil denied Turkey a first Olympic medal in women's volleyball when the South American side won the bronze medal match 3-1 at the Paris Games on Saturday.

The 25-21 27-25 22-25 25-15 victory gave Brazil, runners-up at the Tokyo Games, their third bronze in Olympic women's volleyball, moving them up to joint-top of the all-time medals table with six.

Gabriela Guimaraes led the way for Brazil with a game-high 28 points, while Thaisa de Menezes, a twice-Olympic champion who came out of retirement last year, had 17 with seven blocks.

Just as in the previous games in Paris, Turkey's attack flowed through tournament top scorer Melissa Vargas, who scored 26 points in the match, but that also underlined the lack of balance in their squad.

Tokyo 2021 champ Norway earns men's beach volleyball bronze 

Norway beat Qatar in the men's beach volleyball bronze medal match at the Paris Games on Saturday, the second medal-winning Olympics in a row for Anders Mol and Christian Sorum.

The defending gold medallists won 21-13, 21-16 over Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, who won the bronze medal in Tokyo.

Sweden's jump-setting pair of David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig were set to play Germany's Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler for gold later Saturday — the final competition at the iconic Eiffel Tower Stadium.

Romanian gymnast could replace Chiles as bronze medallist

The Court of Arbitration for Sport voided the inquiry that led to Olympic bronze on the floor exercise for American gymnast Jordan Chiles, opening the door for Romania's Ana Barbosu to replace Chiles as bronze medalist.

CAS wrote in its decision that the initial finishing order should be restored, with Barbosu third, teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea fourth and Chiles fifth. The organization added the FIG should determine the final ranking "in accordance with the above decision," but left it to FIG to decide who would get the medal behind gold winner Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and silver medalist Simone Biles of the U.S.

FIG did not immediately respond to a request from The Associated Press seeking clarity on the outcome. The Romanian Olympic Committee had asked for three bronze medals to be awarded.

Chiles hinted at the decision in the stories section of her Instagram page on Saturday, indicating she is heartbroken and she is "taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health, thank you."