Four things we learnt from Day Six of the 2024 Paris Olympics
Simone Biles produced a stunning display to take gold in the women's individual all-round final. (Photo by Image Photo Agency/Getty Images)

Gymnastics and Tennis took centre stage on another thrilling day at the Paris Olympics, which is certainly one that will live long in the memory.

A day after home favourite Leon Marchand's exploits in the swimming pool, another of the stars of the Olympics impressed.

Icon Simone Biles amazed a star-studded audience, as she vaulted, tumbled, and twisted her way to the top of the podium in stunning fashion.

Also on Thursday, the career of one of Britain's greatest ever sportsman came to an emotional conclusion.

Here are four of the major talking points coming out of France on day six...

Biles completes remarkable double

American superstar Biles produced a mesmerising performance to win the individual all-around gold – to further cement her legacy as the greatest gymnast of all-time.

The 27-year-old’s extraordinary vault and floor routines earned her the top spot on the podium, ahead of Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and the 2020 Olympic all-around champion, Sunisa Lee.

It was not a perfect display overall from the US star, who did have a minor mishap on her uneven bars routine, but she always looked to be in control of the competition.

Going into her final routine on floor, the American carried a narrow lead over Andrade with a mistake potentially proving costly but Biles scored 15.066 to end with an overall score of 59.131 – over a point ahead of the Brazilian.

Biles, who also won gold in the team all-around event, still has finals ahead in the vault, beam, and floor apparatus – so could yet win a total of five golds in Paris.

She also became the first woman to win two Olympic all-around titles since Vera Caslavska in 1964 and 1968.

Great Britain’s Alice Kinsella and Georgia-Mae Fenton finished 12th and 18th respectively.

A British legend bows out

Andy Murray’s incredible career came to an end as he – along with Dan Evans – were beaten by American pair Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in the men’s doubles event.

The British duo lost 6-2 6-4 in the quarter-final, as they were thoroughly outplayed at Roland Garros.

Murray and Evans had already saved seven match points to win their opening two matches this week, summing up the former world number one’s fighting spirit.

The former two-time Wimbledon champion, who won the singles golds in 2012 and 2016, was unsurprisingly emotional at the conclusion of the match as he took in the applause of the crowd.

The Scot has a special connection with the Olympics and was even flag bearer for the opening ceremony for the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016.

The 37-year-old ends his career with three Grand Slam titles, as well as being the only person to have won two Olympic singles golds.

Rowers show improvement from Tokyo

Great Britain’s rowing team could only muster a silver and a bronze in the whole of the 2020 Tokyo Games.

That performance was beaten in just one rowing session on Thursday, as GB earned a silver and two bronzes in the morning.

The women’s four crew featuring Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave, and Rebecca Shorten were pipped on the line by the Netherlands – after a thrilling race where the lead switched multiple times.

Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde snatched bronze in the women’s double skulls, while the men’s four of Oli Wilkes, Matt Aldridge, Freddie Davidson, and David Ambler also came third.

There are further medal chances to come for the British rowers in the final two days of action on Friday and Saturday.

GB medal hopes suffer injuries

British 800 metre runner Jake Wightman has had to pull out of the Paris Olympics after suffering a hamstring injury in training.

The 30-year-old, who became the 1500m world champion in 2022, has been replaced in the GB squad by Elliot Giles.

It is a blow to Team GB, as Wightman was expected to be one of their main medal hopes on the Athletics track.

He is not the only brit to suffer an injury, though, as teenage skateboarder Sky Brown has suffered a dislocated shoulder, but she has been cleared to compete.

The 16-year-old takes part in the women’s park skateboarding event on Tuesday, August 6, however it is unclear how detrimental the injury is to her hopes of reaching the podium.

Brown won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021 to become GB’s first ever skateboarding medallist.