Gabby Thomas' dominant women's 200m victory and Cole Hocker's come-from-behind shocker in the men's 1500m final highlighted an absolutely loaded Tuesday evening at Stade de France.

In addition to Thomas and Hocker's gold medal runs, much-hyped finals went down in the men's long jump, women's hammer and women's 3000m steeplechase.

See below for full event recaps, highlights, athlete soundbites and more.

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Gold is Gabby's, at last.

Gabby Thomas surged to victory the women's 200m final on Tuesday night in Paris, winning wire-to-wire in 21.83 seconds. In the process, she has claimed her first Olympic gold medal.

“I’m really in disbelief because having an Olympic gold medal is something in my wildest dreams," Thomas said. "But at the same time I know how hard I’ve fought for it. This has been six years in the making, head down, working hard. This is the happiest moment of my life."

Thomas led from the gun and finished with daylight between her and silver medalist Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, who won 100m gold on Saturday.

Alfred's silver gives her two Olympic medals from Paris, the first two in the history of her 180,000-strong island nation.

Thomas is joined on the medal podium by U.S. teammate Brittany Brown, who earned bronze for her first Olympic medal. Brown entered Paris with only one world medal (a silver from 2019 Worlds), and her 22.20-second dash around the purple Stade de France track has now added an Olympic bronze to her docket.

For Thomas, the win comes after a string of falling short of the podium in major title races. At the Tokyo Olympics, she took bronze. In her next major title race, 2023 Worlds, it was silver for Thomas. Now in Paris, Gabby's got her gold.

"I just knew that I had it," she said moments after her gold-winning run. "It was a confidence that you can’t really describe. Of course there was pressure, but I felt confident.”

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Twenty three-year-old American Cole Hocker won his first Olympic medal, shocking a stacked men’s 1500m field and stealing the headlines to win gold in Paris.

Hocker was in fifth place entering the bell lap. But he took the inside lane and blazed down the home stretch to sprint by Tokyo Olympic champion and presumptive favorite Jakob Ingebrigsten, reigning world champion Josh Kerr and U.S. teammate Yared Nuguse to claim the Olympic title. With a time of 3:27.65, Hocker set an Olympic record in the process.

“That’s an unbelievable feeling," Hocker said. "I just felt like I was getting carried by the stadium and God.

My body just kind of did it for me. My mind was all there and I saw that finish line.

Kerr took silver, his second Olympic medal. Nuguse, running in his first Olympic Games, claimed bronze. Nuguse’s time of 3:27.80 was just one hundredth of a second behind the silver medal. This final marks the first time in 112 years that two Americans have landed on the Olympic podium in the men’s 1500m.

In 2016, Matthew Centrowitz snapped a 108-year American drought in the event. Now, U.S. reigns supreme in the men's 1500m for the second time in just eight years.

A long and trash talk-fueled rivalry between Ingebrigsten and Kerr served as the main draw for many in this event, with Ingebrigsten aiming to defend his title. But instead, it’s Hocker headlining it on the other side of the finish.

"I kind of told myself that I’m in this race too," Hocker said. "If they let me fly under the radar, then so be it. I think that might’ve just been the best.”"

It was. In the end, none of the trash talk between the Brit and the Norwegian mattered. Ingebrigsten led for 90% of the race but faded in the home stretch to finish fourth and stunningly fell off the podium.

The story instead focuses on Hocker, who is now an Olympic champion. The Indianapolis native was ahead of his counterparts from an early age, recording a 4-minute, 36-second mile in eighth grade. He won an Indiana state title in high school, an NCAA Championship as an Oregon Duck, qualified for his first Olympics in 2021 and now tops a medal podium.

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Camryn Rogers won her first Olympic medal, hurling a top throw of 76.97 meters in her fifth attempt of the evening to secure gold. It's also Canada's first-ever women's hammer medal at an Olympic Games.

“To be on that podium and to hear the national anthem, it’s something that I feel like I’ve dreamed of for so long," Rogers said. "I started throwing 12-and-a-half years ago. I knew I wanted to be here one day."

Rogers’ victory snapped an epic 12-year run of Olympic supremacy for Polish legend Anita Wlodarczyk, who had won gold at each Olympics since the 2012 London Games.

Also making North American history, Annette Echikunwoke has delivered the U.S. its first-ever Olympic medal in the women’s hammer.

Echikunwoke is a first-time Olympic medalist after persevering through an incredibly frustrating ordeal in 2021. The Pickerington, Ohio, native, was set to represent her parents’ home country of Nigeria at the Tokyo Games. But negligence of the Nigerian Federation led to whereabouts failures, which kept her out of the Olympics. 

She then shifted gears to compete for America and won at this year’s Olympic Trials to book her spot in Paris. Now, the 28-year-old will step on the podium representing the U.S.

"It's a 180 experience, honestly," Echikunwoke said. "Being with the US, feeling cared for as an athlete. I really performed on top of my game.

I'm just so blessed to be able to come out with a silver medal. It's amazing.

In Tuesday's final, Echikunwoke held the lead with a 75.48m throw until Rogers’ phenomenal fifth toss to edge her.

China’s Zhao Jie has also earned her first Olympic medal, taking bronze with a throw of 74.27m.

For the first time in Olympic women's hammer history, no Europeans are on the medal podium.

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Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou has defended his Tokyo Olympic gold medal, winning the men’s long jump final for the second consecutive Olympic Games. His top leap of 8.48 meters edged Jamaican silver medalist Wayne Pinnock by 0.12m.

Nineteen-year-old Italian Mattia Furlani took bronze with a top jump of 8.34, narrowly missing out on a silver medal.

Tentoglou entered Paris as a heavy favorite, and he jumped like it. The 26-year-old now joins American legend Carl Lewis as the only men with multiple gold medals in the men’s long jump – Lewis has four. Tentoglou now has two Olympic golds to go with his four world medals (two indoor, two outdoor). He has skyrocketed through the history books after failing to even make the Olympic final in 2016. Since then, Tentoglou has emerged as a star in Europe and now, at the highest level.

Still, he craves better.

"My performance was decent for me," Tentoglou said. "It was not bad, it was not good. I wanted to do a little bit more, but it's an Olympic final. I had a lot of pressure.

This is for my country. Greece is the country that invented the Olympics, so I'm happy to do it for them.

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Bahrain's Winfred Yavi stormed to an Olympic record, winning the women's 3000m steeplechase gold medal in 8:52.76. Yavi entered as the reigning world champion and woman to beat, and she delivered down the stretch with a massive kick to take gold. In a riveting final few meters, Yavi squeezed past silver medalist Peruth Chemutai of Uganda by less than a second.

Chemutai won gold in Tokyo, and now she'll stand on the podium as the silver medalist next to Yavi.

Kenya's Faith Cherotich finished third in 8:55.15. The 20-year-old previously earned bronze at 2023 Worlds and now claims another bronze medal.

Men's 400m semifinals: Scorching-fast times highlighted the day's men's 400m semifinals. Thiry one-year-old Grenadian Kirani James blazed around the track in just 43.78 seconds, just 0.14 off his lifetime best. In the final on Wednesday, he'll run for his fourth consecutive 400m Olympic medal. U.S. athletes Quincy Hall, Michael Norman and Chris Bailey all moved into the Olympic final, as well. Norman was noticeably grimacing after a slow start but stormed down the stretch to post a 44.26 and qualify for the final.

"I made a mistake," Norman said after his race. "I was too patient through the first 200 (meters). I have to make some slight adjustments for the final. It'll be a lot better."

Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith, the reigning world silver medalist, cruised through his semi and will go for his first Olympic medal on Wednesday.

Women's 400m hurdles semifinals: World record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone made it official: She’s bound for her second Olympic final, where she’ll defend her Tokyo Olympic title a day after her 25th birthday. McLaughlin-Levrone ran her semi in 52.13 seconds to breeze into the final. That time is the fastest ever in a women’s 400m hurdles semifinal at an Olympics.

“You work all year to get here,” McLaughlin-Levrone said. “What you’ve done is what keeps you here.”

Fellow Americans Jasmine Jones and Anna Cockrell also advanced to the final, as did Dutch superstar Femke Bol, who ran an jaw-dropping anchor leg in the Netherlands’ gold medal victory in the mixed 4x400m relay on Aug. 3. Next up is Thursday’s final, which features a highly anticipated McLaughlin-Levrone vs. Bol showdown. They’ve met twice in history, with McLaughlin-Levrone winning both.

Women's 1500m Round 1: Americans Nikki Hiltz, Elle St. Pierre and Emily Mackay all advanced to Thursday's semifinal, along with with top contenders for gold like Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay and Great Britain's Laura Muir.

"I'm officially an Olympian now," Mackay said after her heat. "I couldn't be more happy about that. The energy is insane here. I'm super excited to get this party started."

Kipyegon and Tsegay were back in action just over 12 hours removed from scintillating controversy in Monday's women's 5000m final, which stemmed from shoving between those two. After a brief disqualification, Kipyegon rightly secured her silver medal.

“I went back to the Village and took a nap," Kipyegon said of the quick turnaround. "I knew I had another day today and another distance and I had to wake up strong and keep going."

Women's long jump qualification: Tokyo Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany fouled on her first two attempts to complicate things but leapt a solid 6.86 meters on her third try to advance to the final, where she'll defend her gold medal. American Tara Davis-Woodhall, who won gold at 2024 World Indoors, posted the top jump of 6.90m.

"I've never seen this many people in the stands before," Davis-Woodhall said of the Stade de France environment. "I'm just so happy to be here."

Fellow U.S. star Jasmine Moore, who took bronze in the women's triple jump last week, opened her quest for two medals by cruising through with a 6.66m jump. Moore is the first U.S. woman to contest both events in an Olympic career, let alone at a single Olympic Games. Monae' Nichols moved on, as well, which means all three American athletes are through to the final.

Women's 400m repechages: American Kendall Ellis sailed through her repechage in 50.44 seconds to join U.S. teammates Alexis Holmes and Aaliyah Butler in Wednesday's semis. 

"I was shaking the nerves off and the dust off. I came in today with a better mentality. I was so down yesterday, but I have such a great support system that wasn't going to let me do that. I'm so thankful for them."

Two-time defending Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of The Bahamas bowed out of the Olympics after running just 53.50 seconds and finishing seventh in her heat.

Men's javelin qualification: Defending Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's toss of 89.34m booked his spot in the men's javelin Olympic final, set for Thursday at Stade de France. In Tokyo, Chopra earned India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in track and field. Soon, he'll go for gold No. 2. Fellow medal contenders Jakub Vadlejch of Czechia and Anderson Peters of Grenada also advanced. Curtis Thompson, the only American in the event, didn't move on.

Men's 400m hurdles repechages: American Trevor Bassitt posted a time of 48.64 seconds to sail through his repechage and clinch a spot in Wednesday's semis. Bassitt, who took world bronze in 2022, will join U.S. teammates Rai Benjamin and CJ Allen in the next round.

"A medal," Bassitt said of his expectations in Paris. "I didn't do myself any favors yesterday, but we're moving on.

Men's 200m repechages: France's Ryan Zeze posted a time of 20.40 seconds to move into Wednesday's semis. Canadians Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney advanced, as well, along with three others. The men's 200m semis will feature Noah Lyles continuing his quest to become the first American man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to achieve the 100m-200m double at the Olympics.

Men's 110m hurdles repechages: After intentionally jogging through his heat on Sunday due to a nagging injury, American Freddie Crittenden breezed through his repechage round in 13.42 seconds to advance to the men's 110m hurdles semifinals.

"I had a little bit of aggravation in my adductor yesterday," Crittenden explained to NBC Sports' Lewis Johnson on Sunday. "The idea was to get through and ... give it everything I've got on Tuesday."

Crittenden did just that, and he'll compete in the men's 110m hurdles semis on Wednesday.