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Team GB’s Ellie Aldridge won gold in the women’s kite final on Thursday afternoon in Marseille, after her main rival Lauriane Nolot of France fell in the final.
Track cyclist Britain’s Emma Finucane won her second medal of the Games, taking bronze in keirin. Katarina Johnson-Thompson led the heptathlon after the first two events – the 110m hurdles and high jump – on Thursday morning and will be uin shot put and 200m action in the evening session.
There was taekwondo heartbreak for Jade Jones as her bid to win a third Olympic gold ended in first round and she also lost in the repechage round, meaning no shot at a bronze.
Fellow British taekwondo gold-medal contender Bradly Sinden lost his semi-final against Jordan’s Zaid Abdul Kareem and pulled out of the bronze medal clash with an injury. There was also disappointment for divers Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden who finished outside the medal places in the men’s 3m springboard final.
Team USA survive a huge scare. Jokic so nearly took his team to the gold-medal match but 36 points from Steph Curry and a triple-double from LeBron James carried the USA over the line.
Final score: USA 95 Serbia 91
Huge three-point play from Bogdan Bogdanovic but Durant responds with a huge bucket. Jokic gets two at the other end before Serbia foul Curry with 8.2 secs to go.
USA lead 93-91. They need Curry to miss one of these.
Serbia with a vital turnover down five with 1:36 remaining. That might just be terminal if the USA can find a basket here.
That was a tight fight and the Panamanian pushed the line with the referee but on balance her work was probably better than Ngamba – who has to settle for bronze.
What a shot. He nails a three-pointer to give Team USA the lead before LeBron James races down the court for a fast-break lay-up.
USA lead 91-86.
Very tight fight this. Bylon landed a shot after the referee announced a pause. That will not go down well with the judges.
LeBron James makes a tough lay-up in traffic and Team USA level the scores at 84-84. Just over three minutes to go!
…a 17-point lead at one point in this game and that has been cut to as little as six. Back-to-back baskets from Serbia stems the bleeding before Embiid knocks one down.
Serbia lead 82-77.
…a massive shot at the end of round one. That was probably Bylon’s round. Ngamba has it all to do.
Jokic picks up his fourth foul as Durant nails a three for the USA. Quickly followed by a three from Devin Booker. Six-point swing and Jokic one foul away from exiting the game. Huge few seconds in this semi-final.
Serbia lead 78-73.
She faces Atheyna Bylon of Panama for a place in the gold medal bout.
Jokic goes hard to the rim and is clearly fouled while making the lay-up. He makes the free throw and Serbia re-establish some control. Serbia lead 78-67.
James makes a neat turn-around jump shot for two before Davis gets a big hand in to disrupt a Jokic pass under the basket. Serbia lead 76-67.
End of the third quarter and Serbia have a 13-point lead heading into the final quarter. We are fast reaching panic stations for Team USA. Quite aside from making shots, they need to start playing some defence here. Serbia are picking them apart at present.
Curry, James, Durant, Booker and Davis on the floor for the USA. Serbia lead 76-63 with ten minutes to go.
The offence looks sticky in the main and they lack the fluidity of Serbia despite their superior athleticism.
Kevin Durant misses a two-pointer. Serbia lead 72-61.
The boxer, of Cameroonian descent, fights under the Refugee Team flag at Paris 2024. She came to Britain as a child and was arrested as an illegal immigrant in 2019.
Read her full story here.
LeBron James and co have plenty of work to do in the second half against Serbia. They trail 54-43 to Serbia at half-time.
…is untouchable in the final of the 110m hurdles. A time of 13.00 is enough to beat fellow countryman Daniel Roberts into second. Rasheed Broadbell of Jamaica is third.
Follow all the action from the Stade de France HERE.
Team USA trails Serbia in the second-semi-final of the men’s basketball. Nikola Jokic is arguably the best player in the world at the moment but this would still be a monumental shock if they were to get over the line.
It’s gold for the American in the 400m hurdles in a new world record time of 50.37sec. Incredible performance as she stretched away from a field of top-class athletes.
Femke Bol, the Dutch favourite, is devastated after finishing in bronze-medal position with Anna Cockrell in second.
Follow all the action from the Stade de France HERE.
…for Katarina Johnson-Thompson. She runs 24.37sec in the 200m to close day two of the heptahtlon in first place. Her lead is 48 points over Nafi Thiam.
Follow all the action from the Stade de France HERE.
The American had to be wheeled off the track in a wheelchair after the 200m and has confirmed he is suffering from Covid.
Follow all the action from the Stade de France HERE.
Duco Telgenkamp ran straight over to the German keeper Jean-Paul Danneberg after scoring the winning goal and gave it a shush directly in his face. Completely unneeded. Sullied a famous win for the Dutch.
…but there’s drama as they clash with a handful of German players at the end of the shoot-out. Bad blood palpable here.
Netherlands win gold in the men’s hockey 🇳🇱🥇A shoot-out victory against Germany ended with a scuffle between the players.#BBCOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/qOg9eVIeSv
Noah Lyles can do no better than third as the man from Botswana storms clear to take 200m gold.
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…for the Dutch. Their captain opens the scoring in the shoot-out.
Four attempts in the shoot-out…no goals as yet in this tense hockey final.
Noah Lyles goes for the sprint double at Paris 2024.
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Both Germany and Netherlands miss with their opening efforts. Huge tension here.
Germany have just scored to level the scoring in the men’s hockey final against the Netherlands. It’s 1-1 with just under 10 minutes to go at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir.
…for Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who has thrown a personal best in the heptathlon shot put. In an event that is one of her weakest in the competition, that is a huge result.
Follow all the action from the Stade de France HERE.
A huge shame for the British taekwondo fighter, with injury forcing him to pull out of his bronze-medal clash with Liang Yushuai of China.
As France qualify for gold medal match in men’s basketball.
Laura Muir and Georgia Bell ease their way into the final of the women’s 1500m final in a semi won by the superb Faith Kipyegon.
Follow all the action from the Stade de France HERE.
Led by the irrepressible Victor Wembanyama, France are the first team, through the gold medal match in the men’s basketball. They will face the winner of USA vs Serbia, which tips off at 8pm.
The Briton thought he was out of the men’s sprint only for Japan’s Ota to be relegated, giving him a reprevie. Carlin made the most of it, taking the race and securing a spot in the semi-finals.
Get all the latest from the velodrome HERE.
A valiant effort from Emma Finucane in the women’s keirin but it’s only good enough for bronze. Katy Marchant finished a place further back in fourth.
Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand took gold, with Hetty van de Wouw taking silver.
Get all the latest from the velodrome HERE.
Ellie Aldridge celebrates atop the podium after taking gold in the women’s kite.
A resounding 6-0 win for Morocco over Egypt secures them the bronze medal in the men’s football. No added time – a fact Egypt will be delighted about after a miserable performance.
Superb performance to take that race in the omnium and he’s right back in medal contention.
Get all the latest from the velodrome HERE.
Another superb night of track and field is upcoming. Follow our live coverage HERE.
Women’s 1500m semi-finals, Heptathlon (shot put)
Women’s long jump final
Men’s javelin final
Men’s 200m final
Heptathlon 200m heat 1
Heptathlon 200m heat 2
Heptathlon 200m heat 3
Men’s 110m hurdles final
Men’s 100m hurdles final
Nelly Korda is taking inspiration from Scottie Scheffler’s route to a gold medal as she tries to ensure that a par-three disaster does not crush a dream for the second time this year.
The defending champion was playing supreme golf as she stepped onto the 16th tee at Le Golf National. The American was six-under for the day and with a birdie on the 15th, had ominously moved to with two of halfway pacesetter, the Swiss Morgane Metraux.
But, on the seemingly innocuous 136-yarder, Korda pushed her tee-shot into the water and from the dropzone hit a wedge into a plugged lie in the bunker protecting the front of the green. The next inevitably went long and after pitching to seven feet she missed a seven-footer.
The resulting quadruple-bogey seven was followed by a bogey on the 17th, but Korda valiantly birdied the last to post a 70 and on-two-under is in a tie for 12th, six off the lead. Scheffler, Korda’s fellow world No 1, was five back after two rounds and reeled off a remarkable 13-under display on the weekend to deny Team GB’s Tommy Fleetwood by a shot on Sunday. That gives Korda hope.
Korda has added motivation as he really does not want to remember 2024 – a year in which she has won six times, including her second major at the Chevron Championship – for the ruinous effects of racking up big numbers on short holes.
At the US Women’s Open – the most prestigious event in the female game – in May she was a heavy favourite, but took a septuple-bogey 10 on a par-three on just the third hole of the tournament and missed the cut. At least Korda has the time to make amends here
Alas, barring a huge comeback from either Georgia Hall or Charley Hull, Team GB will again leave the women’s Olympic tournament without a medal. The former is in a tie for 34th in the 60-woman field on four-over after a second successive 74 and, although Hull was much improved in a 71 after her opening 81, the world No 11 is on six-over and outside the top 50.
Metraux, raked 137th in the world, went out in an incredible eight-under 28, before coming back in 38 for a 66, and is one clear of China’s Ruoning Yin, with another former world No 1 in Kiwi Lydia Ko two further back in third.
The impressive home support that once again swarmed to this famous course near Versailles was disappointed to see Celine Boutier, the overnight leader, fall back with a 76. Yet on three-under, the Parisian remains in the hunt.
…but only just. Steffie van der Peet of the Netherlands dived for the line up the inside and nearly nabbed third from the Britain in the semi-finals of the women’s keirin.
Katie Marchant was a clear second in the second semi. That’s both GB cyclists into the final.
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China’s Luo Shifang re-wrote the record books en route to gold in the women’s 59kg weightlifting. She lifted 107kg in the snatch and 134kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 214kg – all three of those are Olympic records.
Maude Charron of Canada was second, with Kuo Hsing-chun, the defending champion from Chinese Taipei, in third.
“The wind started dropping but I just about managed to keep on and win two races before the wind completely died.
“I can’t believe it. Everything just felt like it was going to go well.
“I slept okay last night. It’s been a long week, there’s been a lot of waiting around. I didn’t know what was going to happen today but we ended up with a really great day and two really good races. It’s all I can wish for, really.
“I’m so happy. It’s been a tricky week and it hasn’t been easy but I knew that and that’s what I train for.”
Both Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant have qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s keirin.
Follow all the action from the velodrome here.
The moment Ellie Aldridge won Olympic gold in the women’s kite 🥇What an achievement 👏#BBCOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/RlqSAJBVPW
Bradley Sinden looks devastated after losing that semi-final.
…in the semi-final of the men’s 68kg semi-final. Zaid Abdul Kareem will fight for the gold, while Sinden will have a chance to fight for the bronze medal. He will face Javier Perez Polo of Spain later this evening.
Disappointment for Team GB’s Bradly Sinden who misses out on the chance to go for gold in the men’s 68kg taekwondo. He will contest the bronze medal match. 🥉#BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/LrhD9hJCHe
A marvellous result for her. She avoided the chaos in behind and cruised to a superb victory.
Ellie Aldridge is miles clear. The gold medal is in her grasp.
Bradley Sinden took the first leg in his men’s 68kg semi-final but lost the second to Zaid Abdul Kareem of Jordan. We’re into a decider.
Ellie Aldridge has a big lead here on the first down-wind leg.
We are underway in Marseille. Lauriane Nolot takes a very different line to Aldridge from the off and looks to have the advantage.
…against Zaid Abdul Kareem of Jordan is underway.
It could be another big evening for Team GB in the velodrome tonight. Ethan Hayter, Emma Finucane, Jack Carlin and Hamish Turnbull are all in with a chance of medals.
Follow all the action live here.
…about Ellie Aldridge…the Olympian who avoids cardio work.
…the first race of the final. That levels the final at two wins a piece for her and Lauriane Nolot. A win for either in the next race would secure a gold medal.
…three second lead from Nolot.
This event is won by the first of these kitesurfers to get to three race wins. Here’s a summation of how the format works.
Opening SeriesIn the first four days, competitors participate in up to 16 races, aiming for the highest possible ranking. The top two riders from this series advance directly to the Grand Final, while those placed 3rd to 10th proceed to the Semi-Finals.
Semi-finalsThe 8 remaining riders are split into two semi-final groups of equal strength. The objective is to win three races. The higher-ranked riders in each semi-final group start with two race wins, while the second-ranked riders carry over one race win. The winner from each semi-final advances to the Grand Final.
Grand FinalThe leading rider from the opening series starts with two race wins, while the second-ranked rider begins with one. The aim is to achieve three race wins to end the competition. The Grand Final may consist of anywhere from one to six races.
…closing the gap on France’s Lauriane Nolot. Everything to play for here.
…in the women’s kite. She faces three rivals. Stay tuned for updates.
Charley Hull is putting in a spirited display on the second day at Le Golf National after her disastrous start. She is largely being true to her word after her opening 81, in which she said she shook off the rust after a period of inaction due to a shoulder injury she sustained after falling over in the shower. Granted, she is not shooting the “f—— nine-under” that the world No 11 said she might, but she is four-under for the day with four holes remaining of her second round. She was 58th in the 60-woman field, but on five-over is up to 40th, 13 shots ff the pace set by Morgane Metraux. The big names are lining up behind the Swiss with Lydia Ko on five-under after a 67 and world No 1 and defending champion Nelly Korda on the same mark with five to play.
…from Nelly Korda! She was in contention but that is a hammer blow to her chances of Olympic gold. She now sits at two-under, six shots off leader Morgane Metraux.
…this evening at Paris 2024.
17:01: Cycling – men’s sprint quarter-finals (GB’s Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin)
17:15: Cycling – women’s keirin semi-finals
18:11: Cycling – women’s keirin final
18:27: Cycling – men’s omnium points race
18:35: Athletics – women’s 1500m semi-final (GB’s Laura Muir and Georgia Bell)
19:00: Athletics – women’s long jump final
19:25: Athletics – men’s javelin final
19:30: Athletics – men’s 200m final (USA’s 100m champion Noah Lyles)
20:25: Athletics – women’s 400m hurdles final
20:37: Taekwondo – women’s 57kg final
21:34: Boxing – men’s 51kg final
21:51: Boxing – women’s 54kg final
…is out of bronze medal contention in the women’s 57 kg. Miljana Reljikj, who beat Jones, in the opening round, needed to beat Laetitia Aoun of Lebanon in order for Joens to qualify for the repechage. She did not, and thus Jones is out of Paris 2024.
…again! The defending champion has beaten pre-Games favourite, world champion and team-mate Wang Zongyuan to defend the title he won in Tokyo. Mexico’s Osmar Olvera took bronze with Team GB’s Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden finishing out of the medals.
Follow live reaction here.
After the disappointment of seeing national hero Vinesh Phogat disqualified in the 50-kilogram Olympic wrestling final, India do have a medal to celebrate. Their men have beaten Spain 2-1 to take bronze.
Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden have both slipped out of medal contention in the final of the men’s 3m springboard.
Follow live updates here.
…from Sinden! That should seal it and does. Sinden is through to the semi-finals of the men’s 68kg later this afternoon after taking that deciding round 18-10.
…9-7 with 45 seconds to go in the decider.
Over at Palais-Royal Bradley Sinden is engaged in a nip-tuck battle with Croatia’s Marko Golubic in the men’s 68kg quarter-finals.
We are all tied up heading into the final round.
Charley Hull has improved to three under on the day but remains a long way adrift of contention. She’s six-over for the tournament and the news is not much better for Team GB’s other entrant Georgia Hall. She’s two-over today (four-over for the tournament).
At the other end of the leaderboard, Morgane Metraux of Switzerland is the leader at eight-under, with Lydia Ko of New Zealand and the USA’s Nelly Korda three shots adrift.
A reminder that you can follow our live coverage of the diving with our live blog here.
An opening score of 74.80 has him in a tie for seventh but he will need to step things up from there.
At this very early stage, the Team GB diver is tied for the lead after scoring 76.50 from his first dive.
Jack Laugher has a medal chance for Team GB with Jordan Houlden also in action. The consensus seems to be that Laugher is diving for bronze because of Chinese dominance, but that could prove too defeatist. It might just help take the pressure off Laugher’s shoulders.
You can follow latest updates on our diving live blog here.
A Chinese hockey player smashed the ball into a Belgian player after the whistle at the Olympics 🏑💥Just listen to the boos 😬#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/w4zl184KQ4
British medal hopefuls John Gimson and Anna Burnet were disqualified for being over at the start. They appeared not to realise and did not go back to re-cross the line, with officials breaking the news mid-race.
The pair, who are due to get married next month, had been well placed for silver or bronze going into the last race and were clearly distraught to hear their dream was over.
“It’s brutal. This is the most brutal way to lose because it is so far out of our control,” Gimson said.
“I’m so proud of this week and how we sailed. We made one mistake and it’s cost us an Olympic medal so you can imagine we’re pretty broken.”
Burnet added: “In that moment it’s devastating, it’s a bad dream but we can be proud of what we have done.
“There’s no one I’d rather be here with. We’re so lucky we get to do this together. The highs and low, we’re biding it together.”
North Korean team members have not received Olympic sponsor Samsung’s smartphones that were given free to all athletes at the Paris 2024 Games, the International Olympic Committee has said.
The South Korean electronics company, a top sponsor of the IOC, is providing all 10,500 competitors with a smartphone, which they are allowed to keep when they return home.
“We can confirm that the athletes of the National Olympic Committee of DPRK have not received the Samsung phones,” a spokesperson for the IOC said.
She is too far back to get herself into contention, but Hull is two-under after seven today following a rotten nine-over 81 yesterday.
Through to tomorrow’s 4x100m relay finals!Bianca Williams, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt and Desiree Henry🫡Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 🫡#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/6scXJn5jD7
Team GB’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads after two events of the heptathlon and it her best start to the event in five years. Things are looking promising, and you can read more about this morning’s session of athletics here.
“In May, my little dog died,” Sharon van Rouwendaal said.
“He needed an operation on his lungs so I gave it to him in hope that we could live after the Olympics together in my house and with my garden. And he had complications after the surgery and he died.
“Then my world stopped and I didn’t care about swimming for like three weeks. He was my little baby.”
Erin McNeice overcame a fall to qualify for the women’s sport climbing boulder and lead final.
McNeice rose from 10th to seventh in the lead section to secure the top-eight place required to make Saturday’s final at Le Bourget Climbing Venue.
“I think there are aspects that I’m happy with, but not necessarily happy with where I fell off,” said Kent climber McNeice, 20, whose lead score of 64.1 points gave her a combined total of 123.7.
“I think I could have gone a little further but it was quite high up, so it’s OK.”
John Gimson and Anna Burnet in the sailing have had to pull out of the double-points race for being over the starting line when the horn sounded. They must now hope the race is abandoned because of weather, or else they cannot re-enter.
That is one of the major shocks of the Games as Jones loses to Reljikj of North Macedonia. Jones lost the first round, won the second and drew the third but Reljiki is awarded the win on punches landed.
It spells the end of Jones’ gold medal prospects but she may still be given the chance of a bronze through the repechage if she is one of the best losers.
Her bid for a third gold is over 🥇❌Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones is narrowly defeated in the women’s -57kg round of 16.She may still be given a chance at the bronze medal through the repechage 🤞#Olympics #Paris2024 #BBCOlympics pic.twitter.com/juAqZ9XRyr
It was a close-run thing but Jones takes the second round 5-4 to send this to a deciding round.
She loses the first round 7-6 to Reljikj but there is time to recover in her last-16 bout.
Apparently this is actually a protest – in which the athlete suggests that she was distracted by something and would like another try. It proved unsuccessful and the unfortunate Mexican was in tears after finishing last
Jones is up against Macedonia’s Miljana Reljikj. is is looking to become the first three-time Olympic champion on the sport’s history.
Quite comfortable for Reid in seventh although she did not look best pleased with some of her attempts. Was in deep consultation with her coach after a couple of dives. Harper gets through in 12th, the final qualification spot.
If Charley Hull needs inspiration to believe that Le Golf National could deliver a way back into the hunt after an opening 81, then it has surely been provided by Morgane Metraux early on the second day. The Swiss has just played the front nine in eight-under, her ridiculous 28 featuring two eagles. The world No 137 is on 10-under, two clear of France’s Celine Boutier, who is one-under for the day, having played six holes.
A poignant moment at the three-metre springboard diving semi-finals where Mexico’s Aranza Vazquez Montano – who had been well placed to qualify for the final in seventh – loses her form and ends up back-flopping in the water, for a no-pointer. Vazquez Montano climbed out and held a hand up to everyone in the arena, apparently apologising for her error. One had to feel for her.
He made light work of Kassman there in a 12-0, 15-3 victory. It was over before he knew what had hit him. Ideal for Sinden to conserve energy in the latter stages.
He takes the first round 12-0 against Kassman, who hails from Papua New Guinea. Two rounds to go, whoever finishes with the most points wins. Points are awarded for landing kicks, with a maximum of five for a valid turning kick to the head of your opponent.
Team GB’s Bradly Sinden faces Kevin Kassman in the last-16 of the men’s 68kg and the two men are just walking into the arena. Sinden won silver for Team GB in Tokyo.
Grace Reid sits ninth on 173.05 points and is therefore well-placed to reach the final 12. Yasmin Harper is thriving in fifth position on 184.50 points, just above Chang of China.
This is what your support means! 😍🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/Ts5B58LODu
Yasmin Harper is tied for ninth in the standings on 57.00 with Grace Reid on 13th 55.50.
Yasmin Harper and Grace Reid represent Team GB in the women’s 3m springboard diving semi-finals. Updates to follow after they take their first dives in round one.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is hoping to put her injury problems behind her in the women’s heptathlon. Team GB’s Jade O’Dowda is also a contender in the event. You can follow live updates on our dedicated athletics blog here.
And it is Sharon van Rouwendaal of Netherlands who has won her second Olympic gold. Another medal for Australia with Moesha Johnson second and Italy’s Ginevra Taddeucci third. GB’s Leah Crisp finishes in 20th.
Among the celebrations, Van Rouwendaal kisses a tattoo dedicated to her dog who died a few months ago. The dog’s name? Rio, where she won her first Olympic medal.
You have given me the best feeling in the world, better than any medal I ever won, better than any swimming moment I have ever experienced. You are and always will be the most important thing in my life. I hope you get some rest. I will never forget you. Mummy loves you. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/stYvvpJnuP
The feelings were, after 2021, I felt that in three years I was not in the spot mentally that I am now an Olympic silver medallist and the fifth fastest of all time. It was happiness rather than bitterness. It was the second-fastest race in Olympic history. It’s history at the end of the day and I am glad to be a part of it.
It wasn’t the perfect race at this time. I know there is more in the tank and other areas I can work on. This is just the start.
Still the Australian Johnson who is in front, with Cunha of Brazil moving into the frame in fourth. Sharon van Rouwendaal second and Ginevra Taddeucci third only a few seconds off the pace, but the Italian’s stroke per minute rate is much higher, as she expends extra effort to keep up.
It is now Johnson of Australia who leads, so possibly another gold in the offing for the jubilant Australians who are having a storming Games. Open water swimming can be a bit like snakes and ladders though, so the race remains open. Leah Crisp currently 20th around 40 seconds behind.
Australia have won 18 golds so far in Paris. “We are a country of 27 million people compared with the hundreds of millions in the United States and the billions in China, or the more than a billion in China and India. It is quite an extraordinary achievement,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Channel Seven yesterday.
Charley Hull and Georgia Hall will hope to improve on their ragged first rounds in the women’s golf at Le Golf National. The second round commences at 8am.
At the Aquatics Centre, Yasmin Harper and Grace Reid represent Team GB in the women’s 3m springboard diving semi-finals.
Team GB’s Bradly Sinden is in the last-16 of men’s 68kg taekwondo at 9.59am with Jade Jones in the women’s 57kg at 11am.
In Marseille, Team GB’s Connor Bainbridge is in the men’s kite semi-finals in sailing.
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Sharon van Rouwendaal is the leader followed by Italian Ginevra Taddeucci. Crisp has dropped back to 17th and is around 24 seconds off the pace.
There is a lot of jostling and scrapping for position, both between the swimmers and with sharp objects and branches along the bank.
They have also come up with a novel way of refueling the swimmers, hooking them drinks like picking up plastic ducks at a fair.
Team GB’s Leah Crisp is among the leading pack. The swimmers are hugging the bank of the Seine and appear to fighting their way through some overhanging flora and fauna which looks none too pleasant.
You have to get up very early to catch the start of the marathon swimming, most of Paris will still be in bed.
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of day 13 of the Paris Olympics and the day’s first event is the women’s 10km marathon swimming final.
There was some doubt over whether the event would go ahead due to water quality concerns, but tests in the Seine river met thresholds so the race started as scheduled.
Four triathletes — of the more than 100 who competed in the men’s and women’s individual races last week — became sick in the following days, though it’s unclear whether the water was to blame.
The race features a 1.67km loop completed six times between the two bridges on the river flowing through the French capital.
Games organisers and World Aquatics earlier said the latest tests from the Seine had been assessed as compliant following a meeting with stakeholders.
French authorities have spent 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) on upgrading the city’s sewage systems, promising the river will be clean for residents to swim in by next summer.
However, water quality issues proved a headache for organisers during the triathlon events, with familiarisation sessions cancelled and the men’s race postponed by 24 hours.
“I think if anyone’s saying they’re not concerned at all, they’re probably lying,” Austrian swimmer Felix Auboeck said. “I am concerned. I just hope and trust the organization in the sense that they let us in when it’s safe enough to do so. But, of course, you’re concerned because no one wants to get ill or sick.”
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who took a highly publicized swim in the Seine in July to allay fears about water quality ahead of the Olympics, expressed confidence in the preparations.
“There’s been a clear improvement of the weather these past few days,” she said. “So I’m really proud and happy and to all those who want to continue saying it’s impossible to depollute a river, I tell them, ’Yes it’s possible, we did it.’”
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