Here are the major highlights of the day 4 of the Olympics 2024:

Judo:

Japan’s Takanori Nagase retained the Olympic under 81kg judo title he won in Tokyo three years ago before Andreja Leski triumphed in the women’s under 63kg final to hand Slovenia its first gold medal of the Paris Games on Tuesday.

Nagase, a bronze medallist in Rio eight years ago, was already a point up when he secured a victory by ippon over Georgia’s three-times world champion Tato Grigalashvili, who took silver, after two minutes, 48 seconds of the contest.

South Korean Lee Joon-hwan and Somon Makhmadbekov of Tajikistan won bronzes in the men’s competition. It was Tajikistan’s first medal of the Paris Olympics.

In the women’s 63 kg Alcaraz, born in Britain but has competed for Mexico since 2017, took silver, Mexico’s first-ever Olympic medal in judo.

France’s Clarisse Agbegnenou and Kosovo’s Laura Fazliu won the other bronze. 

Table tennis:

China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha beat North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-2 in the table tennis mixed doubles final at the Paris Games on Tuesday, the first step in what could be a Chinese gold medal sweep in the sport.

North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong took the silver as their country returned to the Olympics after not participating in Tokyo.

Meanwhile, South Korean pair Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin beat Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi Kem 4-0 to claim bronze.

Shooting:

Britain’s Nathan Hales clinched the men’s trap gold at the Paris Games with a new Olympic record, while the Serbian pair of Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec rallied to win the 10-metre air pistol mixed team event on Tuesday.

Hales hit 48 shots out of 50 in his Olympic debut. The 28-year-old missed just one shot in each of the two stages to put daylight between himself and Qi Ying (44) of China, who settled for silver.

Jean Pierre Brol (35) claimed bronze Guatemala’s first shooting medal at the Olympics.

Earlier, in the mixed team pistol event, serbian Arunovic and Mikec won their first gold when Turkey’s Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Yusuf Dikec looked on the brink of victory at 14-12 in the race to the magic number of 16.

Tarhan and Dikec won Turkey’s first olympic silver medal in shooting and promised to do even better in 2028.

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh claimed the bronze for India, beating the South Korean pair Oh Ye-jin and Lee Won-ho 16-10.

Rugby sevens:

Defending champions New Zealand underlined their status as women’s rugby powerhouse when they won Olympic sevens gold on Tuesday.

The dutch were pushed all the way to their 19-12 win by a Canadian team who had but the holders dominated the second half and became worthy winners.

The United States earlier stun Australia 14-12 and take the bronze.

Gymnastics:

American Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Tuesday.

The United States earned their fourth Olympic gold in the women’s team event with dazzling performances on all four apparatus with a total of 171.296, an impressive 5.802 points ahead of second-placed Italy.

An incredible, high-flying vault by Rebeca Andrade helped Brazil to land the bronze, their first ever medal in the discipline.

Swimming:

Kaylee McKeown crushed would-be challenger Regan Smith in a triumphant defence of her 100 metres backstroke title at the Paris Games on Tuesday.

McKeown touched the wall in an Olympic record time of 57.33 seconds, humbling Smith by 0.33 seconds as another American, Katharine Berkoff, took bronze at La Defense Arena.

Daniel Wiffen became the first Irishman to win Olympic swimming gold, and a medal of any colour, with a thrilling 800 metres freestyle victory on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old world champion touched out in an Olympic record time of seven minutes 38.19 seconds to secure Ireland’s first gold of the Games.

Reigning Olympic champion Bobby Finke of the United States took the silver, 0.56 behind, and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri the bronze.

Britain retained their men’s 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, fending off a dogged challenge by the United States at La Defense Arena.

The British quartet of James Guy, Tom Dean, Matthew Richards and Duncan Scott clocked 6:59.43, edging the Americans by 1.35 seconds, to take Britain’s first gold in the pool of the 2024 Games.

Australia took the bronze.