France, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Germany's Lea Friedrich set a world record in the 200 metres flying lap during qualification for the Olympic women's cycling sprint race at the National Velodrome on Friday.

Rasovszky timed 1hr 50min 52.7sec to finish 2.1sec ahead of Germany's Oliver Klemet in the race on the River Seine.

Tebogo triumphed over U.S. sprinters Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles to claim Africa's first 200m title and become the fifth-fastest man in history over the distance.

Davis-Woodhall, who was sixth at the Tokyo Olympics, tasted global victory for the first time when she won the world indoor title in March.

Andrade clinched the last gymnastics gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday, and captivated the minds and hearts of football-obsessed Brazil.

Lyles finished in third place in the 200m on Thursday, dashing his hopes of a sprint double.

There are 37 athletes competing for the team in Paris from more than a dozen countries.

It was the sixth time McLaughlin-Levrone had broken the world record, lowering her previous mark of 50.65 set at the U.S. trials in June.

Lyles, who had been bidding to complete a 100m-200m double in Paris, was taken off the track in a wheelchair following the race, won by Botswana's Letsile Tebogo.

The 26-year-old, who had claimed virtually every other title in an utterly dominant half decade including three world championship gold medals, clocked 12.99 seconds.

A tense game ended all square at 1-1, with fourth-quarter goals in quick succession from Dutch captain Thierry Brinkman and Germany's Thies Prinz.

Nadeem threw an Olympic record of 92.97 metres for victory, India's defending champion Neeraj Chopra taking silver with 89.45. Grenada's Anderson Peters claimed bronze with 88.54m.

North Korean Olympians have not received Samsung smartphones, unlike athletes from other countries, the IOC told AFP on Thursday, hours after Seoul suggested that providing them the phones could violate UN sanctions against the nuclear-armed North.

Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

Mexico's Aranza Vazquez lodged a complaint about the crowd noise after one of her dives in the 3-metre springboard semi-final was ruled as "failed" by the judges, earning her zero points and leaving too big a gap to qualify for the final.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has issued an executive measure exempting Olympic and Paralympic medallists from income tax on their prize money, according to a statement published in the official gazette on Thursday.

Sharon van Rouwendaal from the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

India's heartbroken Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after being disqualified from the women's 50kg competition at the Paris Olympics for being overweight for the final.

After all the doubts, the grumbling and the gloom, Paris has finally embraced the Olympics, with some of its famously cynical residents even returning early from holidays to take part in the fun.

China's anti-doping agency (CHINADA) on Thursday urged the International Testing Agency (ITA) to intensify testing of U.S. track and field athletes, after American sprinter Erriyon Knighton tested positive for the banned substance trenbolone.