One of the great 100m finals was settled by a margin of just five thousandths of a second last night in the Stade de France. Noah Lyles, whose showmanship is an acquired taste, did not actually break the line first but won the Olympic title. Jeremy Wilson explains how the race unfolded at every stage. Britons Louie Hinchliffe and Zharnel Hughes were knocked out in the semi-finals.
Elsewhere on the track, Keely Hodgkinson, the British gold-medal hope, cruised into Mondays final while Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the bitter 1500m rivals, traded barbs after going shoulder-to-shoulder in their semi-final.
Earlier in the day there was huge controversy when Amber Rutter, the British shooter, was denied a gold medal when she hit a clay only for it not to explode. Watch the incident here.
The Rutter incident was not the only disappointment for Team GB on Sunday. The mens hockey team were knocked out in the quarter-finals after they lost in a shoot-out to India. The GB goalkeeper had an iPad confiscated as he attempted to bone up on the opposition penalty-takers. There was also no medal for a strong GB womens road-race team despite getting three riders in the breakaway from which the race was won.
The biggest British success of the day was Tommy Fleetwoods silver in the golf, but even that was coloured by disappointment as he was beaten to gold by Scottie Schefflers late charge up the leaderboard. Rory McIlroy, who was fifth, called the golf the best tournament outside of the Ryder Cup.
There were bronze medals for Lottie Fry in individual dressage and for Harry Hepworths in the mens vault all the more impressive from a gymnast who has one leg shorter than the other.
There was no luck for the GB mens mixed-medley swimming team, who were fourth behind yet another extraordinary Chinese swim. Afterwards, Adam Peaty openly questioned whether China were winning fair.
Also on Sunday, Novak Djokovic completed tennis by beating Carlos Alcaraz to gold.
See you on Tuesday World champion Josh Kerr and Neil Gourley are safely through to the 1500m final.#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/H1jqsBMaW4
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Two Olympic triathletes who swam in the Seine last week are sick, including one in hospital with E.coli, as doubts grow about Mondays mixed event.
Belgiums team has withdrawn from the race as it does not have a replacement for Claire Michel, who has been hospitalised since Wednesday. The Swiss athlete Adrien Briffod also suffered a gastrointestinal infection, although his national body maintains it is impossible to say if it is linked to water quality in the Seine. Team GB, Telegraph Sport understands, are fully fit, with no athletes experiencing any ill effects.
Several outbreaks of rain, including a thunderstorm on Thursday, had already prompted some anxiety for organisers over the weekend. Independent analysis suggested E.coli readings on the Seine were high again but Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Descamps said improvement was expected ahead of early hours tests on Monday.
Tom Morgan has the very latest from Paris.
Tom Kim was convulsed in tears here at Le Golf National after finishing eighth at the Olympic golf tournament, although he later denied that this devastation was because a medal would have meant he avoids military service in South Korea.
The 22-year-old was in contention for bronze for most of the final day until a double-bogey on the 18th saw him fall back. The rules in his home country dictate that he can only circumvent conscription if he gains a medal at the Olympics or a gold at the Asian Games. A win in a major will not do.
Kim has another Asian Games to go and the Olympics at Los Angeles in 2028 before he passes the cut-off point at 28. Having come so close to earning his exemption, it was perhaps no surprise to see him so upset. But Kim was adamant this was not the reason.
James Corrigan has the latest from Le Golf National in Paris.
The showman takes gold in an incredible finish in 9.79. It looked like Jamaicas Kishane Thompson had it but Lyles is given it. They had the same time but Lyles PB gives him the gold medal. Just 0.12 between first and last. Fred Kerley wins bronze. Lyles is officially the fastest man on the planet. Go to our dedicated blog to follow all the reaction.
At this Olympics we have seen 16-year-old gymnasts, 18-year-old swimmers, teenagers tearing across track, field and BMX park. No wonder that Team GBs oldest and most experienced member has been feeling his age. Now, at 57, the equestrian Carl Hester has announced that he will not be trying to compete in Los Angeles. His time, he reckons, has been called.
Its the perfect way to go out, he said after he had come sixth in the individual freestyle dressage competition at Versailles. It was probably the best freestyle Ive ever done. Why should I not retire after that? Theres two ways of looking at it. Either Im getting better or I should get out now before it all goes downhill.
Jim White has the story from another good day for GBs equestrian team.
It looked like Tommy Fleetwood might win gold at Le Golf National, the scene of an incredible performance from the British golfer at the 2018 Ryder Cup. But he was pipped by American Scottie Scheffler, who backed up his second Masters win earlier this year with a gold medal in Paris. Fleetwood had to settle for silver.
Team GB shooter Amber Rutter found herself caught up in an extraordinary Olympic refereeing controversy when the absence of video replays denied her the chance of upgrading her historic silver medal to gold.
Competing for the first time since giving birth just three months ago, Rutter became the first British woman ever to win an Olympic shooting medal before celebrating with her husband and baby boy Tommy, who had secretly flown from home to surprise her.
But the moment was overshadowed by a bizarre episode late on in the skeet final when Rutter was ruled to have missed her ninth shot in a sudden-death shoot-off with Chiles Francisca Crovetto Chadid for gold. Rutter immediately spun round to tell her coach to appeal the decision, only to be informed that video replays were not in use at these Olympics, despite their regular use at other international shooting competitions. Crovetto Chadid duly sealed her fate, and Rutter had to make do with silver.
Ben Bloom has the full story from Chateauroux.
Lizzie Deignan said she had competed in her last Olympics as she led a strong British effort in the womens road race just 10 days after being hospitalised with a medical emergency.
American Kristen Faulkner, a Harvard graduate and latecomer to cycling, by way of rowing, took a hugely surprising gold medal, riding clear of a high-class final selection that included race favourite Lotte Kopecky (Belgium), Marianne Vos (Netherlands) and Blanka Vas (Hungary).
Tom Cary has the full report from the womens road race.
He has achieved everything in the game but before today, no Olympic gold medal. But Novak Djokovic has changed that after beating Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets at Roland Garros today. It is safe to say there was plenty of emotion for the Serb.
Her teammates fell at the semi-final stage but Keely Hodgkinson has powered into the womens 800m final with the fastest time.
Statement of intent from Keely Hodgkinson!She controls her 800m semi-final to qualify for tomorrow’s final in a time of 1:56.86.#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/6CF9fGxZet
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One of Team GBs medals on day nine came in the gymnastics as 19-year-old Harry Hepworth took bronze in the mens vault final. He missed out on a medal in the rings final around an hour earlier but he delivered in the vault to finish just ahead of his teammate Jake Jarman.
Team GB have the 2023 world champion Josh Kerr and George Mills in the first, with Neil Gourley to come in the second. Kerr and Mills are up against the defending Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway.
Ingebrigtsen takes it just ahead of Kerr, but both looked like they were taking it easy. Mills is out.
Gourley is safely through from the second semi-final after finishing third.
Jemma Reekie, after missing out on the 800m final, speaking to the BBC:
Not good but going to go away and speak to my coach and get myself together.
Im in the best shape of my life and I made some mistakes and thats what happens. I just need to go away and think about it.
Zharnel Hughes, after missing out on the 100m final, speaking to the BBC:
Obviously Im disappointed but I know where I am coming from. This is my third 100m. Not making any excuses. Today just wasnt my day.
To try to get through the rounds of the Olympics after injuring my hamstring with a grade two tear last month wasnt that easy but I dug deep to give myself a try and thats what I came here to do.
I dont have to focus on the 100m anymore, just focus on the 200m and Ill be fine.
Smooth as you like Matt Hudson-Smith and Charlie Dobson sail through their heats to progress to the 400m semi-finals. #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/VuJJwTMOV8
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17-year-old Phoebe Gill goes for GB in semi-final one and she finishes fourth with Kenyan Mary Moraa taking it. Gill will have to wait to see if she qualifies as a fastest loser.
Jemma Reekie goes in the second semi-final. She is going well for so much of it but down the home straight she tires up and falls backwards. That is a huge shock as she finishes fifth, which means she as well as Gill are out. Just Keely Hodgkinson remaining in the final semi-final.
So, Hodgkinson is the last British woman standing in this event and she won silver in Tokyo. She leads it out from the front and convincingly wins with ease. Great form to take into the final tomorrow night as she is comfortably fastest into the final.
Rory McIlroy is not normally full of cheer after finishing fifth, but here at the Olympic tournament he called it the best tournament Ive ever played in apart from the Ryder Cup.
McIlroy, who as an Ulsterman exercises his right to represent Ireland in the Games, was within one of the lead when he stood in the middle of the 15th fairway with a wedge in his hand and, after reeling off five birdies in the preceding five holes, confirmed that all I was thinking about was gold at the stage.
In semi-final one, Jamaican Oblique Seville takes it ahead of defending world champion Noah Lyles of the USA. GBs Louie Hinchcliffe finishes in third and faces an anxious wait to see if he qualifies as a fastest loser.
The defending Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy finishes third in the second semi-final in a time of 9.92 which is going to send Hinchcliffe out. South Africas Akani Simbine wins it in 9.87
GBs Zharnel Hughes is in action in the third semi-final. It is a disaster for Team GB as Hughes is out, finishing in a time of 10.01. Jamaicas Kishane Thompson wins it in 9.80, the fastest times of the semi-finals. No British representation in the mens 100m final.
You can follow our dedicated 100m live blog.
Here is the joint statement from the Belgian Olympic Committee (COIB) and Belgium Triathlon, announcing their withdrawal:
The decision, like this communication, was taken in consultation with the athletes and the entourage.
Claire Michel, a member of the relay, is unfortunately ill and has to withdraw from the competition.
Here is the Belgium statement:
The COIB and Belgian Triathlon hope that lessons will be learned for the next triathlon competitions at the Olympic Games.
We are thinking here of the guarantee of training days, competition days and the format of the competitions which must be clarified in advance and ensure that there is no uncertainty for the athletes, the entourage and the supporters.
The statement from the organisers this morning:
(The) decision has been made to cancel the swim leg of the triathlon familiarisation, which was due to be held on August 4 at 8am (7am BST).
Given the heavy rain over the nights of July 31 and August 1, which had been particularly intense upstream of Paris, we still see impact on the water quality in our venue.
We are expecting an improvement on the conditions in the next hours, but not to a level to which the swim familiarisation planned for (Sunday) can take place.
The semi-finals are just over ten minutes away and we have you covered tonight for the semis and the final. Louie Hinchcliffe and Zharnel Hughes are flying the flag for Team GB, going up against defending world champion Noah Lyles of the USA.
On the same night that Thea Lafond was making history, Julien Alfred was winning Saint Lucias first ever gold medal. Saint Lucia has a population of around 180,000 and its national anthem is God Save The King.
The action has ended at La Défense Arena in the swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics. After the GB team narrowly missed out on a medal in the 4x100m medley relay final, Adam Peaty has just hinted to the BBC that it could have been his last race. He said that it is time for me to step away from the sport and said he was unsure whether he would return.
At the Stade de France last night, Thea Lafond became the first athlete from Dominica to win an Olympic medal as she won gold in the womens triple jump. She won gold at the World Indoors Championship earlier this year and delivered when it mattered most. Dominicas population is around 72,000, which further underlines Lafonds incredible achievement.
With a tap of his walking stick on the newly unveiled track, the legendary American long-jumper Bob Beaman signalled on Friday morning that the Olympic athletics programme was under way. An expectant 70,000 crowd were also in place and, among the watching millions around the world, we can safely assume that there was one common question: Why the purple track?
The eye-catching surface has been newly laid inside the Stade de France and, by working with a Sardianian fish farming company to incorporate seashells among its compound materials, the company Mondo claim to have merged sustainability with their fastest ever track.
Our chief sports reporter Jeremy Wilson has the full story from Paris.
Over at La Défense Arena the 4x100m medley relay team have finished fourth in the final. China take the gold, USA silver and hosts France bronze. Follow all the reaction here.
The mens 400m heats have begun over at the Stade de France. GBs Matthew Hudson-Smith wins the first heat and it very much looked like he was taking it easy down the home stretch. Charles Dobson is coming up in heat six and you can follow that on our athletics blog.
Not from Team GB but USAs Bobby Finke, who has broken Sun Yangs 1500m freestyle world record from London 2012 in 14:30.67. Irelands Daniel Wiffen took bronze and you can catch all the action from La Défense Arena with our swimming blog.
Over at the Stade de France Team GB will be hoping for good performances from the likes of Keely Hodgkinson, Matthew Hudson-Smith and 100m sprint duo Louie Hinchcliffe and Zharnel Hughes. You can follow our dedicated athletics blog here to keep up with all the action from the Stade de France.
I truly believe that I did hit it. This is sport for you, its all swings and roundabouts, and its just one of those things that you have to live with.
I do truly believe that I hit that last target, but to come away with a silver medal anyway is something Im so proud of and that I didnt even think would be possible. The fact Im sat here, with a silver medal, Im just so proud of my result and how far Ive come.
Throwing it back to the incredible story of @GBShooting’s @Amberjohill – in her own words: pic.twitter.com/04oecAJon9
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The sixth race in the mixed multihull has just finished and the Team GB pair of John Gimson and Anna Burnet have finished ninth, which leaves them in sixth at the halfway stage.
18:05- Athletics mens 400m round one (featuring Matthew Hudson-Smith and Charles Dobson)
18:10- Swimming mens 4x100m medley relay final (featuring Team GB)
19:05- Athletics mens 100m semi-finals (featuring Zharnel Hughes and Louie Hinchcliffe)
19:35- Athletics womens 800m semi-finals (featuring Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie and Phoebe Gill)
20:50- Athletics mens 100m final
Over at La Défense Arena the swimming action is getting under way very soon, with Team GBs mens 4x100m medley relay team is going for gold at around 18.10 (BST). You can follow the swimming with our dedicated blog here.
Kristen Faulkner of the USA has taken gold after a late attack. Nearly a minute later, Marianne Vos of the Netherlands wins silver and Belgiums Lotte Kopecky takes bronze. Kata Vas of Hungary misses out on the line in that finish with Vos and Kopecky. GBs Pfeiffer Georgi takes fifth.
Follow all the reaction with our cycling blog.
There was a dizzying sense of déjà vu as Great Britains mens hockey team suffered quarter-final heartache against India at a successive Olympics. But this time their defeat was tinged with missed opportunities, penalty shoot-out drama and a burning sense of injustice.
With the match locked at 1-1 after Britain squandered a flurry of gilt-edged chances late on, Team GB appeared to lose their focus after goalkeeper Ollie Payne had his iPad containing shoot-out notes confiscated in a tense penalty shoot-out.
Fiona Tomas has the full report from Paris.
Dina Asher-Smith cut short her post-race BBC interview after qualifying for the 200m semi-finals as she tried to contain her anger and devastation at failing to reach the womens 100m final.
Asher-Smith crashed out of the 100m semi-finals following what, by her standards, was a poor fifth-place run of 11.10sec and again insisted that she is in excellent form for the remaining events.
Jeremy Wilson has the full report from Paris.
In the mixed multihull the GB duo of John Gimson and Anna Burnet have moved up to fourth after finishing fourth in race five.
However in the womens dinghy Hannah Snellgrove has had a disastrous couple of races to drop down to 10th overall after eight races. In both of these events the top ten boats after the opening series (12 races in the mixed multihull, 10 in the womens dinghy) progress to the medal race.
It looked like Tommy Fleetwood was going to seal gold for Team GB at Le Golf National but it is not to be as USAs Scottie Scheffler, who won The Masters for the second time earlier this year, takes gold on 19-under-par. That means back-to-back golds for Team USA in the mens singles golf after Xander Schauffele won in Tokyo. Fleetwood has to settle for silver, one shot behind Scheffler on -18. Japans Hideki Matsuyama takes the bronze medal on -17. Spains Jon Rahm had a four-shot lead at one point this afternoon but does not make the podium. Follow all the reaction on our golf blog.
They are into the final 30km on the streets of Paris. GBs Pfeiffer Georgi is in the lead group, with teammates Anna Henderson and Lizzie Deignan dropping off the pace in the last few kilometres. You can follow the closing stages with our cycling live blog.
Great Britain have Kimberley Woods and Mallory Franklin in action in the womens kayak cross heats. Woods has won heat six to progress to the quarter-finals and Franklin has joined her after winning the final heat.
An incorrect shoot-off call has cost Amber Rutter a gold medal in the womens skeet final. She was forced to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics due to a positive Covid test and has now had to contest with an incorrect decision.
Over at the Bercy Arena, GBs Harry Hepworth has bounced back from missing out on a medal earlier in the rings and has taken the bronze in the vault final with a score of 14.949. Philippines Carlos Yulo takes gold on 15.116 with Armenias Artur Davtyan taking silver on 14.966. Jake Jarman narrowly missed out in fourth. Follow our live gymnastics blog for all the reaction.
The 24-time Grand Slam winner has claimed his first Olympic gold medal against Spains Carlos Alcaraz. Djokovic has won 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) and is in tears as he completes tennis. You can follow all the reaction to Djokovics gold here.
Plenty of action down in Marseille. In the womens dinghy Hannah Snellgrove sits in sixth through seven races, after a poor 20th-place finish in race seven.
Meanwhile in the mixed multihull the GB duo of John Gimson and Anna Burnet are in fifth through four races after finishing third in race four.
Amber Rutters miss actually hit but it did not explode. Her appeals fell on deaf ears.
Rutter cannot believe it. She hits one and hits the other, but one does not explode. She protests but the officials only give her one. Crovetto Chadid steps up to hit the next two which seals gold for Chile but that was controversial. Why did Rutter not get given two there? That is stunning. How can it end like that? Austen Smith of the USA takes bronze.
Rutter hits the first two. Crovetto Chadid also gets her first two.
Back to Rutter, who nails third and fourth. Over to the Chilean, who follows suit. This is womens skeet shooting of the highest quality.
Rutter gets her fifth but misses so sixth so can Crovetto Chadid take the gold? No she cannot as she also misses one. How are their nerves? I can tell you mine are shot!
Drama as Rutter has to pause as a bird flies by. She then misses her penultimate target but finishes on 55. Crovetto Chadid also misses one despite claiming she hit it. Crovetto Chadid also finishes on 55 so we head to a shoot-off. I am not sure my nerves can take this. This is the beauty of the Olympics.
Both nail the next two and it comes down to the final four targets for the gold medal. Will it be Rutter or Crovetto Chadid?
Down to the final two; GBs Amber Rutter, who is on 46, and Chiles Francisca Crovetto Chadid, on 48. 10 more targets to come.
Four targets later and we are all square as Crovetto Chadid missed two on that lot of four.
GB will get a medal but which colour will it be? Amber Rutter is up against the USA Austen Smith and Chiles Francisca Crovetto Chadid.
Update from Ben Bloom:
A frankly astonishing achievement from Amber Rutter. An Olympic medal three months after giving birth is mind-boggling. I dont know how these shooters keep their cool because my nerves are shredded up in the tribunes. No matter what colour the medal ends up being Rutter has done something extraordinary today.
We are into the closing stages of the womens skeet final. Slovakias Danka Bartekova and Greeces Emmanouela Katzouraki are out, with GBs Amber Rutter in a good position to secure a medal.
She is bumped out of the top three and there will be no medal for her. Algerias Kaylia Nemour wins gold, ahead of Chinas Qiyuan Qiu and USAs Sunisa Lee.
The mens kayak cross heats are ongoing and GBs Joe Clarke has won heat one to progress to the quarter-finals. However Adam Burgess has finished fourth of four in heat four and therefore is out.
It was going so well but Rebecca Downie falls. She registers a score of 13.633 to move into third but still half the competitors in the final are still to go so a medal is extremely unlikely now. That is the nature of a high-pressure final. You can follow all the gymnastics action here.
The first set has gone to Novak Djokovic against Carlos Alcaraz in the mens tennis singles. Plenty of celebrities on show at Roland Garros:
We have reached the final of the womens skeet. The top six athletes in qualifying have progressed to the final, where scores are reset.
Each finalist shoots, in sequence, at 20 targets. The sixth-placed athlete is then eliminated. The lowest-ranked competitor is knocked out after every subsequent 10 targets until only two athletes remain. They both shoot at another 10 targets (giving a total of 60) to decide gold and silver.
Currently Great Britains Amber Rutter is in the joint-lead on 19 alongside Chiles Francisca Crovetto Chadid. Just three months ago Rutter gave birth to her son Tommy.
GBs Harry Hepworth finished seventh in the end with a score of 14.800. The gold medal went to Chinas Yang Liu with 15.300. China took both gold and silver with Jingyuan Zou taking second, with Greeces Eleftherios Petrounias winning the bronze medal.
Thank you for Alan, still so much to look forward to for the rest of the day. We will updates from shooting, gymnastics, tennis, sailing amongst other sports so stay with us.
Ill hand you over to Kieran Crichard for the rest of the day.
Harry Hepworth An outstanding performance by Harry on the rings, superb composure and control and a tidy dismount scores him 14.8That’s 6th pace for Harry with one gymnast to go. pic.twitter.com/CgF3p5qGOv
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Get full details of this over on our dedicated blog.
Olympics gymnastics live: Team GBs Jake Jarman and Becky Downie go for gold at Paris 2024
Ben Bloom has an update:
Its almost time for Amber Rutter to bid for what would be a remarkable Olympic medal just three months after giving birth. She is currently warming up alongside the other five finalists at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre. I have to say, I do feel sorry for shooters at these Olympics, having to compete in a very sleepy town 270km south of Paris. There is almost zero sense that this is actually part of an Olympics. Its bizarre.
Gymnastics action ahoy. The mens rings. One of the most awe-inspiring events for my money.
Reigning Olympic and World champion Liu Yang’s strength parts on Rings are so good that each elicits its own round of applause. He lifts his chin during his iron cross, a little signature. Chest low and small hop on double double tuck dismount but still. 15.3 Liu leads!
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Olympics gymnastics live: Team GBs Jake Jarman and Becky Downie go for gold at Paris 2024
Our last day of ParisLet’s gooooo pic.twitter.com/r91WtUCkns
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Shame, a setback for Team GB in the Mixed Dinghy this afternoon. Vita Heathcote and Chris Grube are in 11th and you need to be top ten to qualify for the final on Wednesday.
They were disqualified from race six for starting under a U flag. Thats a false start basically.
Theres the final of the mens table tennis. And also the mens archery. Theyre both coming up fairly soon.
At 2pm, its the mens rings final. Harry Hepworth carries GBs hopes in that but I see the bookies have him as a 90/1 shot in an eight-runner field. Theres also vault: Harrys got a significantly better chance in that by all accounts, and Jake Jarman is the favourite.
Today inside the Bercy ️#Paris2024 | #Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/UatoXrGdWJ
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Lizzie Deignan and Team GB face huge test in womens road race
Well goodness me that was unexpected. And rather delightful. Lottie Fry has just secured bronze in the individual dressage after the Danish world number one Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour underperforms on her horse Freestyle. If not quite total vindication, that is at least a mighty relief for the British team who have seen their sport cast under the darkest of spells this last two weeks by the behaviour of their colleague Charlotte Dujardin.
Fry can return to competition delighted with her bronze, Carl Hester will probably announce his retirement after his seventh games, while Becky Moody can take the holiday she had planned before Dujardins self-immolation. While those of us who have watched them in action here can stop pretending we know the difference between a piaffe and a passage at least until Los Angeles in four years time.
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So tense for Fry….. Has Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour gone ahead of her to pinch bronze? No! Shes only got 79% for her technical and despite smashing it on the artistic with a score of 97%, its only good enough for fifth and it means that Lottie Fry wins a bronze medal in the individual dressage freestyle.
Rishi Persad: Extraordinary day of drama. We had faint hopes in reality becuase of how strong the German riders are. Tough couple of weeks for the dressage team but they have responded. Rishi says that Carl Hester says hes 85% sure he wont compete again.
It’s another equestrian medal for @TeamGB Lottie Fry claims a brilliant bronze in the individual dressage!#BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/gxfsW79h3G
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Hi Ken Ryan Gosling is loving the dressage at Chateau de Versailles #BBCOlympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/PwU6gNivkG
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GBs Lina Nielsen is into the semi-finals of the womens 400m hurdles. She came second in her heat in a time of 54.65 seconds to avoid the jeopardy of the repecharge. The two fastest qualifiers, as expected, were Femke Bol and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone who look to be a cut above their rivals, writes Greg Wilcox.
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl has gone into the gold medal spot!
Now Lottie Fry has to hope that the final competitor, Laudrup-Dufour of Denmark, doesnt push her out of bronze.
Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz. It’s a historic gold medal match at Roland-Garros! 37-year-old Djokovic is the oldest to ever play in the tennis men’s singles final at the Olympics. 21-year-old Alcaraz is the youngest.#Paris2024 @Paris2024 @itftennis pic.twitter.com/auxc7o99Hs
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Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany (I mean obviously) and Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour of Denmark. Interestingly, the Dane will ride the horse who was previously partnered with Charlotte Dujardin. The horse is called Freestyle. BBC commentator has just said that the irony will be lost on few people that this horse was trained and produced by Dujardin.
If it is possible in a sport as refined as dressage, things are getting tense in the Versailles Arena. Lottie Fry has just taken second place in the leaderboard behind the great German Isabell Wurth with a fine round aboard Glamourdale. 88.971 she scored. Now in silver position, just above her team mate Carl Hester, Fry has to wait and see what the remaining three riders do to see if she manages to get on the podium. Anxious times for the British number one.
A wonderful routine from Lottie Fry on Glamourdale in the individual dressage That could be good enough for a Team GB medal let’s wait and see #BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/uJgGEO03uX
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Update: Dutch woman has just gone into third. Hard lines for technos Carl Hester.
In the third heat of the womens 400m hurdles Jessie Knight came fifth in a time of 55.39 secs. Shell have to wait to see whether thats good enough for a fastest loser spot or if shell have to rely on the repechage. The race was won by the Netherlands Femke Bol who eased to a time of 53.38 secs which, considering her personal best is 50.95 secs, is positively pedestrian, writes Greg Wilcox.
is doing her routine. BBC commentator Bobby Hayler notes that you can see how much the horse is enjoying it. If you say so. I guess you might call that part of a larger story.
Glamourdale now doing the extended canter. A bit of The British National Anthem, a bit of La Marseillaise, a bit of Bond themes. Oop, heres The Verve. Is it The Drugs Dont Work? Dont be silly. Its Bitter Sweet Symphony. The Beatles.
In so far as I can tell, its a good effort but it is not going to topple the German. At times cheeky, a little whimsical, says the BBC chap. 88.971 totally. 96% for her artistic but only 82% for technical. It puts Lottie into second, with Carl in third.
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has produced a magnificent routine (or so the experts are telling me) and it looks like Carl Hesters position at the top of the leaderboard is under threat.
Shes scored 97.5% on artistic.
A Danish lady is making a horse do its thing as a slowed-down orchestral interpretation of Shout by Tears For Fears rampages through the PA system. I cannot tell you if its good or not but its certainly a vibe.
A German competitor after that and then its Team GBs Lottie Fry.
Bit of a shock in the 110m hurdles as defending champion Hansle Parchment will have to rely on the repechage to make the semi-finals. The Jamaican finished fifth in his heat with a time of 13.43 seconds, with Chinas Zhuoyi Xu winning a close race in 13.40 secs. In the fourth heat GBs Tade Ojora finished fourth in 13.35 secs. There are three fastest loser spots so he may not need the repechage, writes Greg Wilcox.
US hurdler Freddie Crittenden spoke to Eurosport and said he was slightly injured so saved himself for the repechage on Tuesday, when hell hopefully be better and make the top six and get into the semi-finals that way. Slightly cynical but all above board, writes Greg Wilcox
A fortnight ago, Becky Moody thought she was heading for a holiday in France. Instead, after Charlotte Dujardins hasty retreat from competition, at the age of 44 she has just made her Olympic debut in the individual dressage. Not a bad one either. An excellent artistic score of 91.571 was slightly undermined by a technical total of 77.143. Averaged out they gave her a total of 84.357 which puts her in the silver medal position behind her team mate Carl Hester.
The mens 110m hurdles heats are under way and in the second heat Freddie Crittenden of the US never got going. He finished fourth in the World Championships but even before the first hurdle in Paris it appeared as though he wasnt even racing. He looked as though he was jogging and finished in 18.27secs. Whatever the story behind that it was slightly bizarre… writes Greg Wilcox
Becky Moody gets her routine under way to the soundtrack of Its Not Unusual. Technically untrue, of course: dancing horses around my way are extremely unusual. Anyway, the Team GB equestrian appears a bit of a Tom Jones fans as Its Not Unusual segues into Sex Bomb.This music is so Becky. Jolly, upbeat, says the commentator.
A big improvement on last nights 100m semi-final exit for Dina Asher-Smith, who is qualified as the third fastest through the heats in the womens 200m in 22.28sec. She was at a complete loss to explain her performance in the 100m and, with Daryll Neita, has an outside shot at a medal over the longer sprint distance.
A lovely round by one of the most engaging personalities in his sport, has seen Carl Hester take the lead at the individual dressage. And quite a lead too. He and his horse Fame secured 85.161 points, putting him a good two and a bit points ahead of the field. Still early days yet, with the heavyweight performers from Germany yet to ride. But Hester will be delighted with his effort on what is almost certainly the last of his seven Olympic appearances.
A magnificent win for India! They played with ten men for much of that, but they were superb in the shootout. Two of Team GB failed to find the net.
Heartbreak for Britain, who lose the shootout 4-2 after Conor Williamson and Phil Roper fail to convert. Williamson skied his effort high and wide before Roper was denied by Sreejesh, as India converted all four of their penalties. Kumar Pal Raj is as cool as a cucumber as he dribbles past Ollie Payne and bundles the ball in. Thats Britain mens Olympic campaign over. For the second Games in a row they come unstuck against India.
GB score their first two… India score their first one. Theres a bit of a delay because a ref has taken an iPad (clipboard?) away from the British goalie after protests from the Indian players and staff. If you cast your mind back to Rio 2016, Maddie Hinch had notes written on a water bottle. She saved four in the shootout.
Anyway, India have scored their second.
But Williamson has shot high and wide. Advantage India.
Charlotte Purdue has pulled out of next weekends womens marathon because of an ankle injury.
Purdue was set to make her debut Olympics appearance after hitting the required qualifying time last year but she has now been substituted by Clara Evans.
Charlotte Purdue has withdrawn from the womens marathon on the 11 August due to an ankle injury, a Team GB statement said.
Clara Evans has been called up as a late athlete replacement for Team GB in the marathon. It will be her debut appearance at the Olympic Games.
Thats it, were heading to penalties. Britain spent much of the third and fourth quarters thwarted by Indias magnificent defence and werent able to make any of their pressure count. Shipperley struck the post and Calnan was denied by Indias PR Sreejesh, whose sublime goalkeeping has kept his side in this match. Tees him up nicely to save some pens, you suspect. Massive 10 minutes coming up… whos going to be the hero?
First up for Team GB…
Scores!
Weve had another VAR intervention and Indias Sumit Sumit has been shown a green card for an illegal stick tackle – which means hes off for two minutes and will miss the start of the fourth and final quarter. Its do or die now for Britain, whove looked the better side as the match has worn on but have seen all roads blocked into the circle. You get the sense that India are holding out for penalties.. Yves-du-Manoir stadium is now full and theres a cracking atmosphere. Worth mentioning theres no extra time in Olympic hockey so if we dont see a goal in the next five minutes we go straight to a penalty shootout.
‘That is genuinely the save of the tournament so far’ Incredible from India’s P.R. Sreejesh to keep the tie level. #BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/l76698ozGu
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And it has indeed gone to penalties!
A quick turnaround this morning for Daryll Neita who, fresh from her 100m fourth last night, has qualified through her heat of the womens 200m, winning in 22.39sec.
The new Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred also won her heat in 22.41sec and one of the big favourites, the USAs Gabrielle Thomas, cruised through in 22.20sec.
Lizzie Bird also qualified this morning for the final of the 3000m steeplechase.
Unanimous victory for Lin. Never in doubt. Opponent sits on the rope as sign of respect as the Taiwanese is congratulated. Another guaranteed medal for the boxer at the centre of a furore.
I have just learned that Carl Hesters full on techno soundtrack for his turn in the individual dressage this morning will include musical snippets from Michael Buble and Mary Hopkin. Down with the kids or what, Carl.
in the hockey. Heres Fiona:
Britain have piled on the pressure in this third quarter and would have taken the lead had Rupert Shipperleys effort from a short corner not struck the post. Theyre desperately trying to problem-solve their way around Indias well-drilled defence but havent yet managed to get the breakthrough.
Meanwhile, the Bulgarian Staneva has thrown Lin to the floor in round two. First round was close, three judges gave it to Lin and two to Staneva.
This is nothing like the tinderbox scenes of last night. Taiwanese congregation is pretty small but there are no boos for Lin amongst a largely French, three-quarter full arena.
Amber Rutter going well in womens skeet final, shes second as it stands.
The hooter sounds and its 1-1 at half time. Both sides had their chances in that eventful first 30 minutes and youd back the British boys to make that extra player count and push on in the second half. The giant sprinklers are out watering the pitch as the players go down the tunnel. Would give a lot to go and stand in the middle of one of them right now and soak up a bit of that spray.
Lin Yu-Ting is about to get her quarter-final with Svetlana Staneva under way. Yu-Ting is one of two fighters, the other being Algerias Imane Khelif, who are banned from International Boxing Association competition for having failed a gender test that reveals the presence of XY chromosomes in their DNA, but are allowed to fight in the IOC governed Olympic boxing event. For many, awareness of this controversy dates back either to the IOC confirming the two are eligible to fight in the build up to the event, or to Khelifs shocking 46-second victory in her first round bout against Angela Carini.
Follow all the action here.
Its 1-1. Here is Fiona.
Well that didnt last long. Were all square in the hockey after Lee Morton squeaks a close-range shot past the India keeper. GB on balance deserved that.. Theyve piled on the pressure and have got their reward.
Oh dear. First blood India, who have been galvanised by their one-player deficit and take the lead! To be fair theyve deserved it, having piled on the pressure in Britains half since that red card. A goal-mouth scramble ensues deep inside the penalty area and Britains keeper lies horizontally across the goal to try and avert all danger but India inevitably win the short corner and India execute it brilliantly. Hardik Sing rifles in the first goal of the match. He punches the air and wheels away in celebration.
Drama in the hockey, where VAR seems to work a lot more efficiently than in football (guess it isnt hard). Indias Amit Rohidas has been shown a red card for a cynical foul on William Calnan. Replays on the big screen showed he appeared to strike Calnan in the face with his stick, but its so hard to see any screen clearly in this sun trap of a press box if Im honest. GB, whove enjoyed a couple of shots on target but really need to make the extra one-man advantage count now.
But shortly after that, a shot from India, Payne saved but there was a penalty corner for India after a scramble. Harmanpreet Singh drilled it home.
Carl Hester, at 58 the grand old man of Team GB, has announced that he has brought himself up to the minute. Often the butt of other dressage riders jokes because of his preference for old school romantic music for his horse to dance to, he has promised that in his seventh and probably final Olympic effort he will have a much more modern musical selection. He is going, he says, full techno. Which will make a change, given that all the music chosen thus far at these Olympics would suggest that the nearby lifts have been pilfered for their soundtrack.
A classic match-up as India face team GB. And here is mcolleague Fiona Tomas at the stadium.
Im in position at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, which you cant tell is an old track and field stadium with the way its been vibrantly decked out for le hockey. Weird to think this place with its 15,000-capacity staged the opening ceremony and athletics the last time France hosted the Olympics in 1924. Big match for Britains men.. who reached the quarter-final stage in Tokyo three years ago and lost 3-1 to India.
First men’s QF. GB v India. Crowd slowly filling. Perfect hockey conditions. pic.twitter.com/5xwMvV2HMl
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Beach volleyball is by far the best Olympic sport, you even get a teeny tiny beach to play on! Why faff about with decathlons when you can just have a cute time
Sophie Hall (@SophLouiseHall) August 4, 2024
on the pitch.
We are up against some very good riders from Germany but Lottie Fry is the best hope.
I learn that they go in three groups of six. The ones who qualified best go last, a la golf I guess.
Is coming up at 9am. Team GB have three entries in this.
Carl Hester is at 1135. Becky Moody 1155. Charlotte Fry 1250.
18 individual competitors will contest the final. I am trying to work out how comes you can have three from one country. The Germans and the Danes also have three. Couple each from Sweden and Netherlands.
are locked in a battle in the womens beach volleyball.
The Swiss, above, are 27-26 ahead in the first set – the Chinese defending a SIXTH set point.
Tommy coming up later, well have plenty of updates about him on a dedicated blog.
Kate Richardson-Walsh says: If I could choose an advert for our game it would be this. We should see loads of attacking hockey. I think Team GB can do it.
action on right now in the womens comp.
Tommy Fleetwood will tee off in the final trio.
We’ve had a good day. pic.twitter.com/wccg6uCVUB
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Loving the support thank you!! Be loud tomorrow folks I need all the Team GB love #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/L4ZoouCJLQ
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How have Team GB done so far? Heres details of every medal, with links to more info about how the deeds woz dun.
Every Team GB medal-winner at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Good morning and welcome to our live blog of day 9 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. We have all sorts of good things to look forward to today, and I am confident to predict that we will be hearing the phrase Super Sunday quite a bit. For British readers that will be especially the case if Team GB delivers some medals.
Possible opportunities for that will include Tommy Fleetwood in the mens golf, he is one shot off the lead in third place going into the final round. Defending champion Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm are tied on -14 in the lead.
Theyve already secured a team bronze, and now Charlotte Fry, Carl Hester and Becky Moody will compete individually in the dressage final. That happens at 9am UK time and I think we will probably cover that in this very blog. Some of the other events we will do as separate blogs but Ill mark your card as to what weve got where. Fry is the world champion incidentally so maybe shes the woman most likely of that trio.
Amber Rutter goes into the two final rounds of womens skeet qualification as the joint-leader. She missed Tokyo 2020 due to COvid and shes got a three-month year old baby. Amazing, what a story that would be.
Worthy events all but of course all of these bend the knee to the mens 100m final in terms of global interest. Britain sends forth Zharnel Hughes and Louie Hinchliffe to the semis, which take place at 8pm and then weve got the big one, the mens 100m final, at about 8.55pm.
Harry Hepworth is in the rings final at 2pm and he then takes his tilt at the vault at 3.25pm. Jake Jarman has already got himself a bronze and will join in the rings. And Becky Downie goes on the uneven bars at 2.40pm.
In the pool, the mens 4x100m medley relay team are in their final at 6.06pm. Basically, theres absolutely loads! So get comfy and lets hope for a day to remember.
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