Olympics in pictures: The best photos from the ninth day of the Paris Games

7:37 am on 5 August 2024

04 August 2024, France, Saint-Denis: Olympics, Paris 2024, athletics, Stade de France, 3000 m steeplechase, women, Lea Meyer from Germany in action. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by MICHAEL KAPPELER / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Lea Meyer from Germany in the women's 3000m steeplechase. Photo: AFP/MICHAEL KAPPELER

Tennis greats Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz clashed and Ukraine won its first gold medal of the Paris Olympics in an action-packed ninth day of the Games.

Here are some of the best pictures.

New Zealand's Lauren Bruce competes in the women's hammer throw qualification of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 4, 2024. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

New Zealander Lauren Bruce during the hammer throw qualifiers. Photo: AFP/ANDREJ ISAKOVIC

South Korea's Jeon Eun-hye (L) competes against Ukraine's Olga Kharlan in the women's sabre team gold medal bout between South Korea and Ukraine during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP)

Ukraine's Olga Kharlan, right, goes up against South Korea's Jeon Eun-hye in the women's sabre team gold medal bout. Photo: AFP/FRANCK FIFE

An overview shows Ukraine's Olga Kharlan celebrating after winning in the women's sabre team gold medal bout between South Korea and Ukraine during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Olga Kharlan dances with the Ukrainian flag after her team won the gold. Photo: AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI

New Zealand's Ryan Fox competes in round 4 of the men’s golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris on August 4, 2024. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)

New Zealander Ryan Fox chips a shot off the edge of the water on day four of the men's golf competition. Photo: AFP/EMMANUEL DUNAND

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen plays a shot to India's Lakshya Sen in their men's singles badminton semi-final match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Photo by Antonin THUILLIER / AFP)

Denmark's Viktor Axelsen plays a shot to India's Lakshya Sen in their men's singles badminton semi-final match. Photo: AFP/ANTONIN THUILLIER

dpatop - 04 August 2024, France, Versailles: Olympia, Paris 2024, equestrian sport, dressage, individual, final, Germany's Isabell Werth rides Wendy. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa (Photo by ROLF VENNENBERND / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Germany's Isabell Werth, riding Wendy, in the individual dressage final. Photo: DPA/ROLF VENNENBERND

Italy's duo Elena Berta and Bruno Festo, Austria's duo Lara Vadlau and Lukas Maehr ans Spain's duo Jordi Xammar Hernandez and Nora Cabot Brugman compete in race 5 of the mixed 470 double-handed dinghy event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games sailing competition at the Roucas-Blanc Marina in Marseille on August 4, 2024. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

The sailing gets underway in race five of the mixed double-handed dinghy competition in Marseille. Photo: AFP/NICOLAS TUCAT

Netherlands' Ellen Van Dijk (center L) and Afghanistan's Yulduz Hashimi (center R) cyle at the front of the pack of riders (peloton) during the women's cycling road race during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, on August 4, 2024. (Photo by Li Yibo / POOL / AFP)

Cyclists ride in a peloton during the women's road race through the streets of Paris. Photo: AFP/LI YIBO

Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their men's singles final tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their men's singles final tennis match at Roland Garros. Photo: AFP/PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA