Track & Field: Paris Olympics 2024 women’s 100 metre gold – as it happened

That completes our coverage of tonight’s track and field events at Paris 2024.

Julien Alfred carries the title of world’s fastest woman after a sensational victory in the 100m final.

A word too for Femke Bol who chased down the UK and the USA in the final 100m of the 4x400m mixed relay.

Thanks for joining me and my colleague Kevin Hand for tonight’s coverage.

Al Jazeera Sport will be back tomorrow for more coverage from the Games, including a mouthwatering men’s tennis final as Novak Djokovic faces Carlos Alcaraz.

Goodbye!

Another brilliant evening of athletics has come to a conclusion in Paris.

Here’s a reminder of all of tonight’s gold medal winners:

*Men’s shot put – Ryan Crouser (USA)

*Women’s triple jump – Thea LaFond (Dominica)

*4 x 400m mixed relay – (Netherlands)

*Women’s 100m  – Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia)

*Men’s decathlon – Markus Rooth (Norway)

Julien Alfred secured the first ever Olympic medal for Saint Lucia in the women’s 100m final and shortly after Thea LaFond did the same for Dominica in the women’s triple jump.

Plenty to celebrate for the Caribbean this evening.

As Norway’s Rooth celebrates his gold medal, the other medalists have been confirmed.

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer takes silver while Grenada’s Lindon Victor has bronze.

Germany’s Niklas Kaul won the 1500m on track, but finished well down overall.

A huge roar from the Norwegian as his gold medal is officially confirmed.

He was made to wait for a few minutes, but his victory has been verified.

Brilliant from the 22-year-old who becomes the first decathlon champion from Norway since 1920.

Markus Rooth finished well down the field but it looks almost certain that he will win gold.

It could be a little tighter for silver and bronze.

Here we go then, 400m left for these decathlon heroes.

Kaul is storming away!

Germany’s Niklas Kaul is leading the way.

Norway’s Marcus Rooth is doing what he needs to do to secure gold.

Here we go then, after nine gruelling events the decathletes are finishing with a few laps of the track.

Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens-Delerme is leading early on.

Tonight’s athletics session will wrap up with the final event of the men’s decathlon: the 1500m.

Norway’s Marcus Rooth looks set to take gold, but the battle for silver and bronze is still up for grabs.

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer is currently second with Grenada’s Lindon Victor in third.

History for Dominca as Theo LaFond wins their first ever Olympic medal in any sport.

She has one jump left but she can’t be beaten as the rest of the field have all finished the competition.

LaFond is celebrating already! She is in floods of tears and still has a jump to go.

Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts takes silver with Jasmine Moore winning bronze for USA.

Dominica’s Thea LaFond is still leading the way ahead of round six. She’s still the only woman to jump more than 15 metres in this final.

Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts is in silver medal position with the USA’s Jasmine Moore third.

Can anybody beat LaFond with their final jump?

Team USA’s Sha’carri Richardson didn’t get out of the blocks as well as she would like in the women’s 100m final.

That left her with it all to do as Alfred raced away.

The world champion did well to secure second place across the line.

A word for the UK’s Daryll Neita who finished fourth in that final.

She’s, understandably, very disappointed while speaking on the BBC broadcast.

But she can be proud of her efforts and still has the 200m to look forward to.

Not just individual success for Julien Alfred, but also a huge moment for her country.

That’s the first-ever Olympic medal for the Caribbean nation.

Alfred is in tears as she celebrates while draped in her country’s flag.

World champion Sha’carri Richardson came in second with a 10.87 whilst her compatriot Melissa Jefferson was third with a 10.92 run.

But Julien Alfred is the star of the show. Nobody could get near her as she powered away from the field.

Her final time is joint eighth on the all-time list for the quickest women’s 100m runs.

The Saint Lucian wins it with ease!

She runs 10.72 seconds. A brilliant effort!

Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred ran fastest in the semifinals, but was the world champion holding back?

Team USA’s Sha’carri Richardson was the favourite for this event ahead of the Games, but came second in her semi.

Can she step things up for the final?

The fastest women in the world are heading out onto a damp track at the Stade de France.

The nerves will be jangling before this huge final.

Here is the starting lineup with lane numbers:

2 Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland)
3 Marie-Josee Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast)
4 Tia Clayton (Jamaica)
5 Melissa Jefferson (USA)
6 Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia)
7 Sha’carri Richardson (USA)
8 Daryll Neita (United Kingdom)
9 Twanisha Terry (USA)