LeBron's USA Go For Olympic Basketball Glory As Ingebrigtsen Strikes Gold

LeBron James's USA faced host nation France in an eagerly awaited men's basketball gold medal contest at the Paris Olympics on Saturday while on the track Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 5,000m after his disappointment at 1,500m. The star-studded US basketball team will be favourites to beat France in a repeat of the gold medal match at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Going for his third Olympic gold, predicted a battle against the host nation, who boast NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama. In a rare athletics gold for New Zealand, Hamish Kerr won the men's high jump after a dramatic jump-off with American Shelby McEwen after both cleared 2.36 metres. Earlier, Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola broke the Olympic record to win the men's marathon as reigning champion Eliud Kipchoge dropped out before the end. China underlined their total domination of Olympic diving by winning their eighth gold out of eight events, as Cao Yuan triumphed in the men's 10m platform. New Zealand's Lydia Ko upgraded to a gold in the women's golf, completing the set of Olympic golf medals during a tense final round, with Germany's Esther Henseleit finishing two shots behind.