It was a glorious morning in Paris on Friday, as Olympic track and field action got underway at the Stade de France.

The first session on Day 1 saw some thrilling racing, including an array of fast and formative 1,500m races featuring the likes of Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Josh Kerr and Cole Hocker, while the women's 100m saw the first rounds go down, with the likes of Sha'Carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Mujinga Kambundji all qualifying through to the next round. 

We return on Friday evening for the final events of the day. 

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We will continue with decathlon events, the first round of the women's triple jump and discus throw and the 800m, we'll witness some interesting combinations in the mixed relay and then we'll finish the night off with the men's 10,000 meter final.

Stay tuned for live updates across the evening session. 

6:00pm Paris: Decathlon High Jump

Kicking off the evening session, the decathlon resumed with the high jump event. 

The top 5 performers in Group A all achieved Season Bests, led by Germany's Niklas Kaul (2.02m).

In Group B, American Heath Baldwin jumped a new Personal Best (2.17) and elevated to the top of the points standings.

6:10pm Paris: Women's 5,000 Meters Round 1

In the two heat qualifying round, the top eight in each heat will advance to the final.

In the first section, Faith Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan easily grabbed the first two spots.

Kipyegon finished in 14:57.56 while Hassan was just a stride away in 14:57.65.

The other finalists include Nadia Battocletti, Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi, Gudaf Tsegay, Ejgayehu Taye, and two Americans Elise Cranny and Karissa Schweizer. 

In the second section, Beatrice Chebet took the top spot in 15:00.73 followed by Medina Eisa and Rose Davies in 15:00.82 and 15:00.86 respectively.

Other qualifiers for the final include Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Francine Niyomukunzi, Whittni Morgan, Nathalie Blomqvist, Joselyn Daniely Brea.

American Whittni Morgan ran a clean race to qualify meaning all three American women advanced to Monday's final.

6:15pm Paris: Women's Triple Jump Qualification

In the two heat qualifying round, all athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (14.35m) or at least the 12 best performers advance to the Final.

Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba took the top spot (14.66m). Seven athletes achieved the Qualification Standard including American Jasmine Moore. Moore placed first in Group A and third overall with a season best jump of 14.43m. Fellow American Keturah Orji also advanced to the Final in 11th position (14.09m)

6:55pm Paris: Women's Discus Throw (A) Qualification

In this two group qualifying round, all athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (64m) or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist Valarie Allman of USA led Group A with a throw of 69.59m. 

Jorinde van Klinken of Netherlands was the only other automatic qualifier from the group, beating the Qualification Standard with a throw of 64.81m.

7:10pm Paris: 4x400m Relay Mixed Round 1

In this two heat qualifying round, the first three teams in each heat automatically qualify along with the next two fastest. 

The U.S. Mixed Relay team made a statement in Heat 1 setting a new World Record at 3:07.41. First-time Olympian Shamier Little lined up out of position but fixed the error in time to avoid disqualification.

With the crowd cheering for the home team, France (3:10.60)  edged out Belgium (3:10.74) for the second spot. Both teams set new national records.

In Heat 2, Great Britain took the top spot in a new National Record time of 3:10.61. Netherlands took second (3:10.81) followed by Italy in third (3:11.59). Jamaica (new National Record 3.11.06) and Poland (3.11.43) also qualified for tomorrow's Final

Qualifying teams are allowed to make one change to their lineup for the Final. 

7:45pm Paris: Women's 800 Meters Round 1

In this six heat qualifying round, the first two in each heat advance to the Semi-Final round, all others advance to the Repechage Round.

In Heat 1, Great Britain's Jemma Reekie took the top spot in 2:00.00, followed by Slovakia's Gabriela Gajanova (2:00.29). In a photo finish for third,  American Juliette Whittaker (2:00.45) edged out Valentina Rosamilia (2:00.45) of Switzerland. Whittaker advanced to the Semi-Final round.

In Heat 2, first-time Olympian Daily Cooper Gasper of Cuba finished first (1:58.88). Prudence Sekgodiso (1:59.84) of South Africa and Rachel Pellaud (2:00.87) of Switzerland also auto-qualified for Sunday's Semi-Final Round.

In Heat 3, Worknesh Mesele of Ethiopia won the heat with a Personal Best 1:58.07. Renelle Lamote (1:58.59) of France and Phoebe Gill (1:58.83) of Great Britain rounded out the automatic qualifiers. 

In a highly-anticipated Heat 4, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist Keely Hodgkinson cruised to victory in 1:59.31. 2024 U.S. Champion Nia Akins finished second (1:59.67), and Noelie Yarigo (1:59.68) of Benin finished third.

Heat 5 produced the quickest pace in the round with Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma in front in 1:57.90. Mary Moraa (1:57.95) took second, and Shafiqua Maloney (1:58.23) of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines finished third with a new National Record (1:58.23)

Closing out the Round, three athletes in Heat 6 punched their ticket to Sunday's Semi-Final Round. Jamaica's Natoya Goule-Toppin (1:58.66) finished first, just ahead of Claudia Hollingsworth (1:58.77) of Austrailia and Lilian Odira (1.58.83) of Kenya. American Allie Wilson ran 1:59.69, finishing sixth.

All athletes who failed to qualify will have the opportunity to compete in Saturday's Repechage Round for another chance at making the Semi-Final.

8:10pm Paris: Men's Shot Put Qualification

In this two group qualifying round, all athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (21.35m) or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.

Italy's Leonardo Fabbri (21.76m) took the top overall spot in the Qualification Round. 

All three American competitors advanced. Payton Otterdahl (21.52m) and World Record Holder Ryan Crouser (21.49m) were auto-qualifiers, while Tokyo 2020 Olympics Silver Medalist Joe Kovacs (21.24) got through by placing in the top 12 (7th overall).

8:20pm Paris: Women's Discus Throw (B) Qualification

Croatia's Sandra Elkasevic led the group, throwing 65.63m. Sweden's Vanessa Kamga set a new National Record (65.14m), finishing with the fourth highest mark in the round.

Veronica Fraley of USA finished eight in the group and 13th overall, just missing on qualifying for Monday's Final.

9:20pm Paris: Men's 10,000m Final

Defending Olympic 5,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda became the 10,000m Olympic champion with a commanding 26:43.14 Olympic record in the 10,000m. This adds to his impressive collection of six 10,000m medals on the world stage. 

Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi, whose incredible kick helped him soar past almost everyone with 120m to go, took silver in 26:43.44.

Grant Fisher not only earned Team USA's first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, but became the fourth American to ever medal in the 10,000m and the first since Galen Rupp in 2012, running 26:43.46 to collect bronze. 

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