Paris Olympics: Athletics' golds rock US to medal table top spot

Paris Olympics latest: The US scooped golds in men's 1,500-m and women's 200-m to reach 24 followed by China, Australia and France.

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00:00A crunch day in athletics with several medals awarded, the US scooped two golds by winning

00:10the men's 1500m and the women's 200m to take the top of the medal table.

00:18Ecstasy for Greece too as Miltiadis Tentoglou won the men's long jump to earn the country's

00:26first gold medal of Paris 2024.

00:31But the joy of the Greek delegation was sullied by news of an athlete suspended over a positive

00:38doping test, his name wasn't made public.

00:43In other athletics news, Rana Raider, the coach of Olympic champions Andre de Grasse

00:49and Marcel Jacobs, was banned from the Olympics over sexual misconduct allegations.

00:58China and the US stayed top of the medal table, while the Netherlands strengthened their position

01:05in the top ten by defending their Olympic title in the men's team sprint.

01:11In wrestling, Cuba's Mijain Lopez made history by becoming the first Olympian ever to win

01:19gold in an event in five straight games, the perfect send-off before his retirement at

01:2641 years old.

01:49in five straight games, the perfect send-off before his retirement at 41 years old.