Team GB look for more medals at the Olympics on Wednesday as Paris 2024 rolls on with another hectic schedule in the French capital.
Wednesday’s highlights and stars to watch
Katie Ledecky returns today, looking to extend her dominance in the women’s 1500m freestyle, while also boasting the 19 fastest times of all-time. It could be the Team USA star’s eighth Olympic gold.
The men’s individual all-around final pits Hashimoto Daiki of Japan and Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng together. The individual battle was made even more intriguing when Hashimoto claimed gold with Japan in a thrilling battle with China on Monday, while Joe Fraser and Jake Jarman also feature for Team GB.
Earlier, Alex Yee turned his Tokyo silver into a spectacular Paris gold with a scarcely believable comeback in the men’s triathlon, which had to be postponed yesterday after failing safety tests due to pollution in the River Seine, just after Team GB’s world champion Beth Potter took a gutsy bronze in the women’s triathlon amid treacherous conditions.
Shortly after, the women’s quad sculls rowers added to the GB haul with an incredible comeback of their own to pip the Dutch boat to gold on the line. Meanwhile, in diving, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson won a resilient medal in the women’s 10m platform synchro, coming from behind to win bronze on their final dive, while BMX freestyle star Kieran Reilly secured a stunning silver at Place de la Concorde.
Here are the day’s top picks for Team GB and a full rundown from around Paris:
Team GB watch today (all times BST)
07:00 Triathlon - Women's triathlon (Beth Potter, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Kate Waugh)
09:30 Hockey - Women’s pool stage (Great Britain v South Africa)
09:45 Triathlon - Men’s triathlon (Alex Yee, Samuel Dickinson)
10:00 Diving - Women's 10m platform synchro final (Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson)
11:26 Rowing - Men's quadruple sculls final (Tom Barras, Callum Dixon, Matthew Haywood, Graeme Thomas)
11:38 Rowing - Women's quadruple sculls final (Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw)
13:32 BMX Freestyle - Men’s park final (Kieran Reilly)
14:30 Canoe slalom - Women’s canoe single semi-final (Mallory Franklin)
16:25 Canoe slalom - Women’s canoe single final (Mallory Franklin if qualified from semi-final earlier)
16:30 Artistic Gymnastics - Men's individual all-around final (Joe Fraser, Jake Jarman)
Day 5 (Wednesday July 31) - 17 gold medal events
Archery
Artistic gymnastics
Badminton
Basketball
Basketball 3x3
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Canoe slalom
Cycling (BMX freestyle)
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water polo