Olympic Highlights: Records Shattered, Champions Crowned, and Major Surprises

The summary covers several key events in the Olympics, including Letsile Tebogo's fastest 200m semi-finals, the U.S. winning women's team pursuit in cycling, and Quincy Hall's 400m gold sweep. Other highlights include China's artistic swimming victory and Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from the U.S. Open.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Olympics-Athletics-Tebogo beats Lyles to clock fastest 200m semi time

Botswana's Letsile Tebogo set the fastest time in the men's Olympic 200 metres semi-finals on Wednesday, challenging American Noah Lyles' sprint double quest. Tebogo finished in 19.96 seconds, while Lyles trailed at 20.08.

Olympics-Swimming-Women's marathon swimming to go ahead, water quality meets thresholds

The Olympic women's 10km marathon swimming event will proceed on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) in the Seine river after water quality tests met necessary thresholds, Paris Games organizers confirmed.

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Quincy Hall overtook Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith in the final strides of the men's 400 metres, and Australia won the men's cycling team pursuit in a tight finish at the velodrome. Here are the key highlights from Wednesday at the Olympics:

Olympics-Volleyball-France crush world champions Italy to storm into men's final

Host nation France will vie for back-to-back gold medals in Olympic men's volleyball after defeating world champions Italy in straight sets. Trevor Clevenot excelled with 17 points, aiding France's win 25-20, 25-21, 25-21.

Olympics-Athletics-Fast-finishing Hall grinds out 400m gold for US

Quincy Hall surged past Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith to claim the first U.S. Olympic 400 metres gold since 2008, setting a personal best of 43.40 seconds. Hudson-Smith missed out, marking a dramatic finish.

Olympics-Cycling-Gold at last as United States win women's team pursuit

The United States secured their first Olympic track cycling women's team pursuit gold, overcoming New Zealand in the final. Britain claimed bronze after defeating Italy.

Olympics-Artistic swimming-China win first gold in acrobatic team event with big lead over U.S

China triumphed in artistic swimming with an acrobatic team routine, earning their first Olympic gold. The United States and Spain took silver and bronze, respectively.

Olympics-China urges ITA to intensify testing of US athletes

In response to American sprinter Erriyon Knighton's positive doping test, CHINADA called on the International Testing Agency to ramp up testing of U.S. track and field athletes, accusing the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of double standards.

Tennis-Nadal to skip U.S. Open, plans to return at Laver Cup

Spaniard Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the U.S. Open, citing fitness concerns. His next planned event is the Laver Cup in late September. This is the second consecutive year Nadal has missed the final Grand Slam of the year.

Olympics-Wrestling-India's Phogat retires after failing to make weight for gold medal bout

Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling following her disqualification for the women's 50kg freestyle final at the Paris Olympics due to weight issues. Phogat was set to contest American Sarah Hildebrandt for the gold medal.

(With inputs from agencies.)