The Olympics continues with Team GB’s focus remaining on the track at both the athletics and the cycling on day 12 of Paris 2024.
Matthew Hudson-Smith’s form in his 400m semi-final marked him as a gold medal contender ahead of tonight’s final at the Stade de France - following memorable medals for Keely Hodgkinson and Josh Kerr over the past two nights - and he came so close to victory before being pipped to gold by Quincy Hall at the line, silver the reward for Hudson-Smith.
Great Britain have also made a great start in the velodrome and added further success on Wednesday in the team pursuit. The men’s team took silver as Australia claimed gold, while the women’s team led by Elinor Barker claimed bronze earlier this afternoon.
Last night, American Cole Hocker stunned world champion Kerr and reigning Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win a sensational 1500m gold, while Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita missed out on a medal in the women’s 200m final by the barest of margins.
This morning, golf resumed Le National as the women’s strokeplay competition got underway. Charley Hull and Georgia Hall are Great Britain’s contenders, but the favourite is the world’s best player this year: USA’s Nelly Korda. Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.
Olympics 2024 - Day 12
- Today at the Olympics: Wednesday’s schedule and highlights
- Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden qualify for men’s 3m springboard final
- Team GB win bronze in women’s team pursuit final while men’s silver brings up 1000 all-time medals for GB
- Amber Anning surges into the women’s 400m final with new PB time
- Matt Hudson-Smith beaten into silver for GB at the finish line in 400m final
Noah Lyles chases Olympic history in 200m final – but these rivals can stop him
22:00
Chris Wilson
Breaking news: Noah Lyles just lost a 200m race. Lyles is a double world champion over the distance and had won his last 26 races. But on a still-warm evening at the Stade de France, the American sprint king was beaten to the line in his Olympic semi-final by African champion Letsile Tebogo.
Perhaps it is more accurate to say Lyles finished second, given he comfortably qualified for Thursday night’s final. Both men eased up in the final 20m with the finish in sight and energy to conserve. But they were flat out around the bend, where Tebogo burned into the lead, and perhaps it was a sign that Lyles will not have it all his own way.
Only four men have won the triple of 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold at the Olympic games. After winning the 100m crown by five thousandths of a second on Monday night, Lyles is bidding to join a list of American icons: the great Jesse Owens (1936), Bobby Morrow (1956), who managed to make sprinting look like a light jog in the park, Carl Lewis (1984) and, of course, Usain Bolt (2012 and 2016).
Milestone medal the perfect way to signal Team GB’s turnaround in flagship cycling pursuit
21:50
Chris Wilson
For the second Olympics running, Great Britain’s men’s team pursuit finished a race in a less than optimum position.
But where Charlie Tanfield’s crash in Tokyo three years ago was a symbol of the struggles in what most see as British Cycling’s flagship event, this was a very different scenario.
When Ethan Hayter blew up with 300 metres to go in this Olympic final to end any hopes of overhauling to Australia to take gold, there was a tinge of disappointment.
Olympic track cycling schedule: Every event, date and start time at Paris 2024
21:40
Chris Wilson
And there’s another exciting day in store on the cycling track too, with the women’s keirin coming to a conclusion.
16:00 Men’s Omnium, Scratch Race 1/4
16:18 Women’s Keirin, Quarter-finals
16:38 Men’s Omnium, Tempo Race 2/4
17:01 Men’s Sprint, Quarterfinals - Race 1
17:15 Women’s Keirin, Semi-finals
17:25 Men’s Omnium, Elimination Race 3/4
17:47 Men’s Sprint, Quarter-finals - Race 2
18:01 Women’s Keirin, Final for places 7-12
18:11 Women’s Keirin, Final for Gold
18:18 Men’s Sprint, Quarter-finals - Decider
18:27 Men’s Omnium, Points Race 4/4
19:04 Men’s Sprint, Final for 5th-8th Places
Olympics athletics schedule: Every event, date and start time at Paris 2024
21:30
Chris Wilson
We might have only just wrapped up another day of athletics at the Stade de France, but we’re already looking forward to tomorrow – the highlight of which is a tightly contested 200m final at 7.30pm.
The full schedule is as follows:
09:05 Women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles
09:25 Women’s shot put qualification
09:35 Women’s 100m hurdles repechage round
10:05 Women’s heptathlon high jump
10:10 Women’s 4x100m relay round one
10:35 Men’s 4x100m relay round one
11:00 Men’s 800m repechage round
18:35 Women’s heptathlon shot put
18:35 Women’s 1,500m semi-final
19:00 Women’s long jump final
19:25 Men’s javelin throw final
19:30 Men’s 200m final
19:55 Women’s heptathlon 200m
20:25 Women’s 400m hurdles final
20:45 Men’s 110m hurdles final
Olympics 2024: Women’s boxing
21:20
Chris Wilson
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting, who has faced ongoing controversy over her eligibility along with Imane Khelif, has reached the women’s featherweight final after beating Turkey’s Yildiz Kahraman.
Yu-ting will fight Poland’s Julia Szeremeta on Saturday at 8.30pm BST.
Khelif’s gold medal welterweight fight against Yang Liu of China takes place on Friday night at 9.50pm BST.
Matt Hudson-Smith wins Olympic silver after agonising 400m finish in Paris
21:15
Chris Wilson
Matt Hudson-Smith claimed Olympic silver in a breathtaking 400m but it proved to be another agonising close miss in the Briton’s pursuit of gold on the world stage.
A storming run from Quincy Hall secured the gold for USA with the American coming home like a train as he charged down the final 100m to catch the Briton.
Hudson-Smith had held off Jereem Richards while coming off the bend, but Hall seized victory by just four-hundredths of a second in 43.40 seconds, the fourth-fastest time in history.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 400m final – Matt Hudson-Smith takes silver
21:10
Chris Wilson
Matt Hudson-Smith spoke to the BBC shortly after taking his silver in the 400m final.
The 29-year-old says that “sometimes the journey is better than the outcome”, adding that it’s “been a hell of a journey and I’m grateful”.
“Olympic silver, not many can say that,” he adds.
“I saw my family, I didn’t even know they were here! Bit of a shocker really, I hate them watching me!
“It’s been a hell of a journey. We knew it would come down from the 50, he had another gear, I hit it a little bit too late. But this is just the start, my time is going to come.
“ I thought I’d cleared the field, I knew someone was going to come but I wasnt trying to ease up and he got me on the line. It happens.
“It’s been crazy, I’ve just got to keep building on it.”
21:04
Chris Wilson
Soufiane El Bakkali has taken gold in the 3000m steeplechase final, with a time of 8:05.06. Tokyo silver medal winner Lamecha Girma had been tussling for the lead, but fell over a hurdle and required lengthy treatment – he goes down as DNF.
Kenneth Rooks of the USA takes silver, with Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot getting bronze.
Olympics 2024: Women’s pole vault final
20:58
Chris Wilson
The women’s pole vault final has finished too now, with Nina Kennedy of Australia taking gold with a height of 4.90m.
The USA’s Katie Moon takes silver, with Canada’s Alysha Newman getting bronze.
Olympics 2024: Men’s discus final
20:52
Chris Wilson
The men’s discus competition has finished now, and Jamaica’s Rojé Stona taking gold with a new Olympic record of 70m.
Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna comes in second, with Australia’s Matthew Denny taking bronze.
Imagine breaking your dad's Olympic record
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 7, 2024
That's exactly what Mykolas Alekna has done in the discus final #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/O16orn8nBl
20:45
Chris Wilson
Here’s a replay of the 400m final – what a race in the end! Some very quick times there, with Quincy Hall finishing in 43.40s.
SO CLOSE to gold for Matthew Hudson-Smith, but he'll have to settle for silver
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 7, 2024
Team USA's Quincy Hall pips him to the finish line after a blistering men's 400m final #BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/eGXHCr1tyx
Olympics 2024: Athletics
20:40
Chris Wilson
We’re still seeing some competition at the Stade de France, with the men’s discus and women’s pole vault finals still yet to be decided.
Jamaica’s Rojé Stona is leading the former, with a distance of 70m, while Australia’s Nina Kennedy is leading the pole vault competition having cleared 4.9m.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 400m final – MATT HUDSON-SMITH TAKES SILVER
20:32
Chris Wilson
He’ll eventually be proud of the silver medal of course, but it’s heartbreak for Matt Hudson-Smith. He must have been in the lead at 390, maybe even 395 metres!
He’s run a European record of 43.44s tonight.
There’s a smile on the face of the 29-year-old, and we’ve had a real showing of the pure emotion and desire of the Olympics there.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 400m final – MATT HUDSON-SMITH TAKES SILVER
20:26
Chris Wilson
We’re underway in the 400m final! Can Matt Hudson-Smith take the first gold in this event for GB in a century?
Richards is in front early and around the bend, but Hudson-Smith blazes into the lead as they go down the straight!
The Brit briefly looks to be pulling away down the final 100m or so, but the USA’s Quincy Hall comes out of nowhere in one of the outside lanes! He overtakes the Brit with a handful of metres left!
Hudson-Smith takes silver, with Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga taking bronze.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 400m final
20:15
Chris Wilson
Attention quickly turns to the men’s 400m final and Team GB’s main medal hope – Matthew Hudson-Smith.
The 29-year-old is the fastest man in the world over this distance in 2024, and he enters with high hopes of a medal – and perhaps even a gold.
Grenadian Kirani James is the only medallist remaining from Tokyo 2020 – he grabbed a bronze in Japan, having won gold in 2012.
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
20:10
Karl Matchett
Amber Anning ran 49.47s in that semi-final - only three athletes across the three semis were faster than her, the winner of each one. Bodes very well for the final itself, considering she eased off at the end once the top-two places were assured.
That’s a new personal best for Anning and a fine time to do so. Hopefully she can go one better next time out.
Meanwhile, Sada Williams finished with 49.89 so she and Norway’s Jaeger from SF1 will be through as best qualifiers - Lieke Klaver is out.
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
20:08
Karl Matchett
Third semi-final time and Amber Anning is Team GB’s final hope for the final - another bronze medallist from the mixed relay.
Anning makes a good start and so too does Paola Moran of Mexico, Polish runner Kaczmarek making ground but Anning is looking pretty handy as they round the bend - she needs a strong finish now, a three-runner race long with Sada Williams but she fades and it’s Anning and European champion Kaczmarek who surge away clear taking one and two - quickly reversed a moment later to put the Pole top, the Brit second.
Both relaxed in the final paces once they knew they were away from Williams, with just 0.02s between the top two in any case.
One Brit into the final!
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
20:02
Karl Matchett
Nielsen takes third - that’s confirmed, with 50.69s, 0.08s ahead of Pryce.
But unfortunately that’s not going to be enough to take her into the final, as both Klaver and third-placed Henriette Jaeger in the first semi-final posted better times than her. No finalist from two athletes for Team GB in the women’s 400m.
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
20:01
Karl Matchett
Another false start! A few look up nervously at the board - Nielsen has the cameras on her. The Brit was part of the 4x400m mixed relay team which picked up a bronze in Paris on Saturday - and she receives a yellow card here. She puts hands to her forehead and refocuses herself.
Away properly this time, Paulino quickly into top spot and racing past Miklos, Nielsen in a good spot as they come around the bend but she’s behind Alexis Holmes of USA and fading, Holmes is going to take second....and Nielsen just came back in to take third!
Now it’ll be all about who has the best times from the third- or even fourth-placers.
Paulino was way out in front, Holmes second and currently Nickisha Pryce is listed third, we’ll see.
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
19:55
Karl Matchett
Second semi-final coming up very shortly, world No10 Laviai Nielsen will be in lane seven for GB.
She’ll be right next to the current world No1, though, Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic, silver medallist in this event in Tokyo and winner at the World Championships in Budapest last year, where she ran 48.76s.
Let’s see if GB can get a finalist here.
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
19:51
Karl Matchett
False start as a hand goes up ahead of the gun - the athletes set themselves up once more. Klaver picked up a yellow card for that, but she remains on the starting block.
This time we’re away properly - the Dutchwoman is slow away but Adeleke has made a great start, along with Salwa Eid Naser, and those two are miles out in front as we hit the straight, Klaver really struggling - she’s only going to finish fourth!
Klaver took gold in the mixed relay earlier on at Paris 2024 - there is very unlikely to be a repeat in the individual. She shakes her head in bemusement.
Ohuruogu finishes sixth and is out of the running. Ireland’s Adeleke finishes second behind Naser.
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
19:44
Karl Matchett
Victoria Ohuruogu made her way through to the semis via the repechage - no more second chances at this point though. We’re just a minute or two from the start of the first semi-final.
Lieke Klaver (Netherlands) and Rhasidat Adeleke (Ireland) are the big contenders in this first race, both ranked in the world’s top five.
Ohuruogu is ranked No14.
Olympics 2024: Women’s 400m semi-finals
19:36
Karl Matchett
Coming up very shortly we’ve got the next batch of semi-finals: the women’s 400m.
Victoria Ohuruogu is in SF1, Laviai Nielsen in SF2 and Amber Anning in SF3, all of Team GB.
The latter has the best time of the season posted so far, 49.51s, but she faces a tough ask all the same to beat Kendall Ellis of USA. That said, it’s not about winning tonight’s race, just claiming a place in the final.
Top two go through in seach semi, then the two fastest finishers outside those automatic qualifiers.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m semi-finals
19:22
Chris Wilson
The final semi-final ends in a win for US wonderkid Erriyon Knighton, who finishes in 20.09s, with Liberia’s Joe Fahnbulleh finishing second in 20.12s.
Zimbabwe’s Tapiwanashe Makarawu comes in third in 20.16s, so he will be in the final alongside Makanakaishe Charamba.
The line-up for the final will be those four plus Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo, Alexander Ogando and Kenny Bednarek.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m semi-finals
19:15
Chris Wilson
Replays of his 100m victory flash up as Lyles gets ready for the semi-final in what is supposedly his best event.
He gets away cleanly and is almost in the lead around the bend, but Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo takes a lead and never relinquishes it, taking a time of 19.96s.
Lyles finishes in second in 20.08, with Makanakaishe Charamba in third on 20.31s. He’ll be in the final as it stands, with De Grasse looking unlikely to make it.
The final takes place tomorrow at 7.30pm BST.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m semi-finals
19:08
Chris Wilson
Bednarek makes it look easy in the end, winning the first semi-final in 20s flat.
Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic came in second, so he’ll take his place in the final.
Andre de Grasse came in third with a time of 20.41, so he faces a wait to see if he makes the final as one of the fastest losers.
Noah Lyles is up next in the second semi-final.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 200m semi-finals
19:05
Chris Wilson
One of the evening highlights is almost underway at the Stade de France, as the men’s 200m semi-finals begin.
Race one features defending champion Andre de Grasse of Canada, as well as Kenny Bednarek of the USA, who finished seventh in the 100m final.
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint cycling
19:00
Chris Wilson
GB’s Jack Carlin is also through to the quarter-finals in the men’s sprint, beating Trinidad and Tobago’s Nicholas Paul with a time of 9.961s.
The quarter-finals begin tomorrow just after 5pm BST.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 400m hurdles
18:56
Chris Wilson
There won’t be a Team GB athlete in the final of the men’s 400m hurdles either, after Alastair Chalmers fell over and finished last in his semi-final.
That final, which begins at 8.45pm BST on Friday, features the holders of the three fastest times in the history of the sport – world record holder Karsten Warholm of Norway, Alison dos Santos of Brazil, and the quickest in the world this year in Rai Benjamin of the USA.
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint cycling
18:50
Chris Wilson
The first riders are taking their places in the quarter-finals of the men’s sprint, as Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen books his place in 9.845s.
Matthew Richardson joins him after beating Poland’s Mateusz Rudyk in 9.756s.
And GB’s Hamish Turnbull is through too after winning against Mikhail Iakovlev of Israel in 9.740s! He needed the repechages the last time but he’s made it through at the first time of asking now.
Olympics 2024: Men’s 110m hurdles
18:44
Chris Wilson
There’ll be no GB representative in the men’s 100m hurdles, with Tade Ojora finishing seventh in his semi-final.
Tomorrow’s final takes place at 8.45pm BST, and will feature a US trio of Daniel Roberts, Grant Holloway and Freddie Crittenden alongside a Jamaican trio of Hansle Parchment, Rasheed Broadbell and Orlando Bennett.
Olympics 2024: Women’s team pursuit
18:36
Chris Wilson
The US led for the first half of the women’s team pursuit final, and were in front by 1.555s as the two teams went to three riders.
They extend the lead – on world record pace nonetheless – with two laps to go, though New Zealand fight back to just 0.8s.
But the USA take the gold! They finish in 4:04.306s.
Olympics 2024: Women’s team pursuit - TEAM GB TAKE BRONZE
18:27
Chris Wilson
GB are clawing back that deficit – it’s at 0.622s with four laps to go.
They close the gap to two-tenths of a second with 3225m gone, and then they complete a remarkable turnaround with a lead of over a second at the penultimate checkpoint!
Team GB take bronze by just over two seconds in the end! They finish in a time of 4:06.382.
Olympics 2024: Women’s team pursuit
18:24
Chris Wilson
Italy have pulled up a lead of three-quarters of a second as we get to 1750m, and it’s almost one whole second by the 2km mark!
GB are faltering and they trail by 1.2s as both teams move to three riders.
Olympics 2024: Women’s team pursuit
18:23
Chris Wilson
Team GB are underway against Italy and they start as strong favourites for bronze.
They’re behind in the early stages though, with Italy leading by 0.477s in the first 750m.
Olympics 2024: Women’s team pursuit
18:07
Chris Wilson
We’ll see the bronze medal race in the women’s team pursuit in the next 10 minutes or so.
Team GB face Italy, with the quartet of Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts looking for yet another medal in this event – they’ve been on the podium every Olympics since the inaugural event in 2012.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final – AUSTRALIA TAKE GOLD
18:02
Chris Wilson
The Team GB squad spoke to BBC shortly after missing out on gold.
Hayter, who almost fell off his bike at the end, said that GB “were so close and I could see it”.
“It was nearly five laps at the end and I just really gave too much, and my whole body went weak and I really struggled to hold myself on the bike in the end.
“Sorry to the guys but I think we gave everything and we can be proud of that silver medal.
“We were super happy to win a silver medal but it was really there for the taking for us and we kind of knew that. We went out to get it but just came short in the end, so it’s a shame.”
Dan Bigham adds that GB “rode the fastest ride we have ever done on every ride”, and “literally we all gave it everything”.
““It was scrappy because you are on the limit. You are riding quicker than you have ever ridden before and as Ethan said we probably gave it that little bit too much. We are really leaning on him at the moment because he is anchoring the team and he has the legs to do it.
“At the end of the day Ethan is still human and it is on us to make sure we deliver him in that best place and we maybe gave him a bit too much work to do there.
Olympics 2024: Men’s cycling sprint
17:53
Chris Wilson
Hamish Turnbull has his second chance to make the next round in the men’s sprint – and he takes it!
He finishes his repechage in 10.067, ahead of Lithuania’s Vasilijus Lendel and books his place in the 1/8 races!
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final – AUSTRALIA TAKE GOLD
17:49
Chris Wilson
It looked like Ethan Hayter sort of fell off the saddle there at the end, and he was lucky not to crash. GB weren’t expected to win, especially after Australia’s world record run yesterday, but they were making time on the Aussies as the two teams approached the line. They’ll never know how it could have ended.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final – AUSTRALIA TAKE GOLD
17:42
Sonia Twigg
The GB team are suffering a little as the man at the back looks to close the gap.
Australia in the lead of 0.17s at the 3500m mark.
Team GB nearly collide with each other on the last lap and it extends the lead of the Australians, and they take gold with a gap of just over two seconds in the end!
They’d been two-tenths adrift when they nearly collided, so they were behind but still in it, but it wasn’t to be.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final
17:39
Chris Wilson
Extremely close between the two now, with just over a tenth of a second in it as Australia lead at the 2km mark!
Both sides have gone down to three men now just after 2500m.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final
17:38
Chris Wilson
Very little between the two in the opening stages, with Australia in a lead of 0.079s at the 750m mark.
GB take a lead by the 1km mark, but there are only seven thousands of a second in it.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final
17:37
Chris Wilson
Team GB are lining up for the final now against new world record holders Australia. GB have replaced Ollie Wood with Dan Bigham, and the European championship winner joins Ethan Hayter, Ethan Vernon and Charlie Tanfield.
We’re underway at the Velodrome!
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final
17:32
Chris Wilson
Italy have taken the bronze medal against Denmark, finishing in a time of 3:44.197 after the Danes fell apart in the last couple of laps. The defending Olympic champions take bronze at Paris 2024.
New Zealand finished fifth ahead of France earlier, with Canada taking seventh ahead of Belgium in eighth.
Olympics 2024: Men’s team pursuit final
17:21
Chris Wilson
Just under 15 minutes before the men’s team pursuit final now, with GB looking to spring a surprise on world record holders Australia.
And the Brits have made a change to the team that qualified for the final, with Dan Bigham replacing Ollie Wood.
GB are guaranteed their place on the podium, but will it be gold or silver medals adorning their necks?
Olympics 2024: Skateboarding - men's park final
17:17
Chris Wilson
Australia’s Keegan Palmer has won gold in the men’s park final in the skateboarding, with his score of 93.11 beating the USA’s Tom Schaar in second place. Bronze is taken by Brazil’s Augusto Akio.
Some of the runs were getting standing ovations from the likes of Snoop Dogg and American skateboarding legend Tony Hawk!
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint
17:06
Chris Wilson
Turnbull will have another chance at the quarter-finals when the repechages take place from 5.42pm onwards.
He’ll be facing Lithuania’s Vasilijus Lendel there.
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint
17:00
Sonia Twigg
Turnbull starts behind Awang and there’s plenty of eye contact between the pair before the Malaysian sets off on the sprint with two laps to go.
Turnbull is struggling to make up the ground but he gains some as they go into the last turn, and he gains a little more as they enter the final straight, but he comes in behind his opponent and hasn’t made the quarter-finals.
Awang crosses in 9.866 to book his place.
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint
16:55
Chris Wilson
Hamish Turnbull takes to the track in the seventh of eight heats. He’s up against Malaysia’s Azizulhasni Awang.
The Netherlands’ Jeffrey Hoogland is also through to the quarter-finals after winning his heat.
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint
16:51
Sonia Twigg
Carlin leads off, keeping a close eye on Ortega.
The Colombian is zig-zagging up and down on the second lap, before the Brit elects to start the sprint. It’s close down the final lap, but Carlin takes it! Easy enough for the Brit, who comes home in 9.831.
Turnbull up next!
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint
16:46
Chris Wilson
Jack Carlin up next then after Australian Hoffman booked his place in the quarters.
Carlin faces Colombia’s Cristian Ortega.
Olympics 2024: Men’s sprint
16:44
Chris Wilson
Defending Olympic champion Harrie Lavreysen was first to take to the track in the heats, and he’s through to the next round after beating France’s Rayan Helal.
In the second heat, Australia’s Matthew Richardson beat Lithuania’s Vasilijus Lendel, while in the third, Israel’s Mikhail Iakovlev beat Suriname’s Jaïr Tjon En Fa.
Jack Carlin will be up after the next heat, between Leigh Hoffman of Australia and Japan’s Yuta Obara.
15:55
Chris Wilson
Among the main events this evening will be track cycling events: specifically, the men’s and women’s team pursuit finals.
The British quartet of Knight, Barker, Roberts and Morris will be racing against Italy for bronze in the women’s race, while the men’s team of Tanfield, Wood, Vernon, Hayter and Bigham will be competing for gold against Australia (who set a new world record in qualifying).
16:30 Men’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals
17:04 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Places 7-8
17:13 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Places 5-6
17:23 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Bronze
17:33 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Gold
17:42 Men’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals Repechages
17:57 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Places 7-8
18:07 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Places 5-6
18:17 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Bronze
18:28 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals - For Gold
18:38 Men’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals
19:14 Men’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals Repechages
Olympics 2024: BMX park men’s qualification
14:37
Sonia Twigg
Andy Macdonald is the last skater left to go in the final prelims round.
It’s his third and final run, what can he produce here?
He does the fakey 540, Tony Hawk is celebrating on the sidelines.
The crowd are all on their feet, he takes the yellow helmet off and punches the air, it’s his best score but a 77.66, it will put him in 18th place.
He looks happy with that. Only the top eight qualify for the Olympics and he is a long way off that.
LeBron James gets stitches after nasty injury in Olympic basketball quarter-final
13:16
Mike Jones
Team USA confirmed their place in the men’s basketball semi-finals in Paris but there was an injury scare with LeBron James forced off through injury.
He was hit in the eye by a stray elbow from Brazil’s Georginho De Paula, during the 122-87 win, which required four stitches.
“I’m alright,” he told the official Olympics website. “I got hit with an inadvertent elbow around the eye.”
‘He took me out!’: George Mills rages after collision with France’s Hugo Hay in chaotic 5000m
11:13
Mike Jones
George Mills was left furious after France’s Hugo Hay appeared to cost him a place in the 5000m final after a major fall in the heats at the Olympics.
The Team GB runner was involved in a chaotic finish to the first heat of the event at the Stade de France. Mills was in a pack of runners with 100m remaining and poised to battle for seventh position and a place in the final.
Hay, who would finish seventh and qualify for the final, appeared to reach out to his right, sending Mills sprawling into Spain’s Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Team Refugee’s Dominic Lobalu.
Keely Hodgkinson hungry for more success after Olympic gold
08:05
Mike Jones
Keely Hodgkinson has set her sights on World Championships gold after securing a first Olympic title in the women’s 800 metres final.
She snapped a streak of silvers that began with her Tokyo podium and extended through to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and back-to-back World Championships as she came home in front of Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma and Kenya’s Mary Moraa at Stade de France on Monday night.
She said: “It hasn’t completely sunk in yet, I feel like when I get my medal at the ceremony that will really be an emotional moment for me.
“I’m just over the moon that it all came together, you can work so hard sometimes and it all not be executed as well as you like it to be. I’m so happy I finally got my gold medal.
“Since the last Olympics I think it was always an aim by Paris to try to be in a position to try to upgrade that to gold. After so many silver medals on a global stage in my sport, this really meant the most and there’s no better place to upgrade it than the Olympics.
“I didn’t really know how the race was going to be run or how it was going to play out, you can never really know those things until you’re in the moment but I felt like I was in the best position however it was run and be hard to beat, we’ve worked hard for this and it’s a great moment.
“I still don’t have a World Championships gold, so there’s still plenty more to be done.”