Paris Olympics LIVE!
The 2024 Olympics officially kicked off last night with a spectacular opening ceremony, and the action around Paris did not disappoint on the opening day of action at the Olympic Games.
The first medals were secured by Team GB, who took diving bronze through Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen and then won silver through Anna Henderson in the road cycling time trial. Josh Tarling could not follow them onto the podium, as he finished fourth after a puncture derailed his medal hopes, while Team GB’s men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team had to settle for fifth.
France won their first gold of the Games, thanks to Antoine Dupont’s heroics in the rugby sevens final, while Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal eased to victory in their opening doubles match. Adam Peaty was back in the pool, and he qualified fastest through to the 100m breaststroke final, which will take place tomorrow night.
Paris Olympics 2024 latest updates
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Dupont leads France to gold in rugby sevens
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Silver for Henderson in road cycling time trial
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Peaty fastest in 100m breaststroke semi-finals
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Harper and Jensen win first Team GB medal
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Alcaraz and Nadal win opening doubles match
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21:15 , Matt Verri
Two medals for Great Britain on the first day, making it the most successful start to an Olympics in 44 years. That’ll do.
Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen took diving bronze to kick things off, in what was a dramatic start to the day.
Anna Henderson, meanwhile, recovered from a broken collarbone in April to ride to a shock silver medal in the road cycling time trial.
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21:01
Swimming
That’ll do it for the swimming on day one.
USA and Australia have, as ever, enjoyed a very strong evening.
Adam Peaty will hope to give Team GB a golden moment tomorrow night!
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20:57 , Matt Verri
Swimming
USA four metres up with 100m to go. That’s gold done, don’t worry about that.
Italy and Australia in the medal positions, Duncan Scott needs an engine.
Not going to happen for Team GB.
Gold for USA, Australia take silver and bronze for Italy. Britain in fifth.
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20:55 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Matt Richards, Jacob Henry, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott the British quartet. Two medals already for Team GB today – can they make it three?
Here we go.
Some start for China, not far off world record pace at 100m. USA right there too. Britain back in fifth or sixth.
Halfway stage… work to do for the Brits. USA have moved into the lead, ahead of Italy and China. Britain not out of the hunt for bronze.
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20:50 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Seventh for Team GB in that relay.
Men will be hoping for more in their race, which is coming up right now.
Brits qualified third fastest – medal chance!
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20:47
Swimming
Australia near enough a body length up with 100m to go. USA second, China in third and a second off the lead. There’s then a couple of miles to the rest of the field.
Charge to the finish, Australia have not disappointed. Dominant showing to take relay gold! USA snatch silver, just ahead of China.
An Olympic record for the Australians.
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20:45 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Anna Hopkin has got Great Britain off to a flying start, they lead after 50m. STOP THE COUNT.
Hmm… dropped off at the first changeover. Australia lead, ahead of USA and China. GB battling with Sweden for fourth.
Halfway stage, Australia in charge. It’s very tight behind them, USA, China and Sweden all near enough level.
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20:41 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Two more races tonight and two fun races at that. It’s the 4x100m freestyle relays.
First the women’s race. Australia the big favourites, with Great Britain in lane one looking to upset the odds.
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20:39 , Matt Verri
Swimming
The big one is tomorrow night. Adam Peaty in the 100m breaststroke final, in what has been billed as a showdown with Qin Haiyang.
8:54pm BST. Make sure you’re free.
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20:29 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Over to the second semi-final, then.
Qin Haiyang with the lead after 50m, but he’s not pulled away from the field.
He takes the win, 58.93s. Just slower than Peaty.
Arno Kamminga second, ahead of Caspar Corbeau and Melvin Imoudu.
Peaty has to be feeling good about life. He’s fastest into the final.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
20:25 , Matt Verri
Swimming
An improvement of 0.32 seconds from Adam Peaty on his swim in the heats.
A nod to and a smile as he sees it come up on the board, but let’s see what the lads in the second semi-final have to offer.
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20:22 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Peaty swiftly in charge, he leads at halfway. Fink looks the main challenger.
Victory for Peaty – big nod of his head and a smile. 58.86s and that’ll do nicely for now.
Fink second, 59.16. Wilby finished strongly, fifth for him.
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20:20 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Team GB’s James Wilby is in lane three for the opening semi-final. To his left, Adam Peaty.
Right. Let’s enjoy about a minute of these red caps showing everyone else how it’s done.
Hopefully.
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20:15 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Back to the pool. Next up, it’s the men’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals.
You know what that means?
Adam Peaty.
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20:07 , Matt Verri
Tennis
VAMOS.
Has there ever been this much excitement over a first-round doubles match at the Olympics?
Big pressure on Alcaraz and Nadal… they’re used to it.
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20:04 , Matt Verri
Swimming
The fun continues in the pool.
Time for the women’s 400m freestyle final – another Ariarne Titmus vs Katie Ledecky showdown.
Or so we though – it’s Titmus in charge at halfway and Ledecky is not sticking with her.
Imperious from Titmus, she defends her 400m title!
Summer McIntosh takes silver, with Ledecky third and having to settle for bronze.
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20:00 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni 6-7 4-6 Alcaraz/Nadal
Game, set and match!
The heavyweight doubles partnership off to a successful start, as Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal book their place in the second round.
Two matches for Alcaraz today, two wins. Job done.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
19:57 , Matt Verri
Swimming
A remarkable swim from Lukas Maertens of Germany, who goes out ridiculously hard in the men’s 400m freestyle final and just about clings on for gold.
He was two-and-a-half seconds inside world record pace at halfway and ended up more than a second-and-a-half outside it but manages to hold off the late charge of Elijah Winnington (Secondington?).
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19:52 , Matt Verri
Swimming
The first swimming medals on offer – it’s the men’s 400m freestyle final.
Lukas Maertens has led basically from the start, well ahead of world record pace. Kim Woomin second in lane one.
Still Maertens in front with 50m to go, he’s dropped off the world record but that won’t bother him.
Elijah Winnington finishing like a train… but Maertens holds on to take gold!
Silver for Winnington, Kim has bronze.
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19:48 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni 6-7 *4-4 Alcaraz/Nadal
It’s still very tight on Philippe Chatrier.
Alcaraz and Nadal had three break points to take charge of this second set, but Gonzalez and Molteni held firm.
For now…
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19:43 , Matt Verri
Swimming
On we go, second semi-final.
Huske first in 56 seconds flat, ahead of Zhang, Mac Neil and McKeon. Those four safely through.
Well, Gretchen Walsh will be feeling very good about life. Very much the one to beat in the women’s 100m butterfly final tomorrow evening.
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19:37 , Matt Verri
Swimming
An Olympic record from Walsh in the women’s 100m butterfly, 55.38s. Some performance in a semi-final!
The American was not far off a world record, sensational swim to kick us off this evening.
Koehler in second for Germany, more than a second behind.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
19:36 , Matt Verri
Swimming
I said there are a lot of Aussies in.
From the reception Gretchen Walsh has just got, there might be even more Americans.
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19:33 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni 6-7 3-2* Alcaraz/Nadal
The heavyweight duo break back!
Alcaraz and Nadal were 3-0 down in the second set, but they have just broken to get it back on serve.
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19:22 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
Listen to that noise!
Going to be some very heavy celebrations in Paris tonight…
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19:15 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni 6-7 Alcaraz/Nadal
Alcaraz and Nadal take the first set!
Been a very tight encounter against the Argentine pair, but the ‘vamos’ shouts are growing in by the second from the Spaniards.
Roland Garros crowd delighted.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
19:11 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Not quite sure why the organisers haven’t shown the Rugby Sevens final on the big screen in here.
Would surely have only added to the atmosphere as we wait for tonight’s swimming to start.
Instead, we’ve got a countdown to the end of the warm-up.
Four minutes and 22 seconds to go, since you asked…
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19:08 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens – France 28-7 Fiji
Antoine Dupont has dragged France to Olympic gold!
Two tries and he’s basically seen off Fiji by himself. Ridiculous.
France have their first gold of the Games.
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19:04 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens – France 14-7 Fiji
Just under two minutes to go at the Stade de France.
Still a narrow lead for the hosts, after this try…
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18:58 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens – France 14-7 Fiji
Antoine Dupont!
He’s on for the second-half and within 20 seconds France have their second try.
It’s Dupont charging away down the left, plays it inside and France have the lead for the first time in this gold-medal match.
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18:57 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni *5-6 Alcaraz/Nadal
Hasn’t been a sniff of a break in these last few games.
After 45 minutes at Roland Garros, it’s over to Gonzalez and Molteni to serve to stay in this first set.
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18:55 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens – France 7-7 Fiji
Nothing in it at half-time!
France have been good since falling behind, very much on top and enjoying most of the possession and territory.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
18:52 , Matt Verri
Swimming
There was a really good atmosphere building around La Defense this evening, with lots of Australian yellow about in particular.
The Aussies have genuine belief they can finish ahead of the US in the swimming medal table for the first time in Olympic history this summer.
There’s no easing into things either, because we’ve got some huge clashes between the nations straight off the bat, both in tonight’s relays and that blockbuster women’s 400m free.
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18:48 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens – France 0-7 Fiji
It is not longer loud at the Stade de France.
Brutal from Fiji, just bulldozing their way through the French defence too good.
Antoine Dupont has again started on the bench. I’d start warming up…
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18:44 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
It is LOUD at the Stade de France.
Gold medal match between France and Fiji, doesn’t get much bigger than this. Players are out onto the pitch.
Will this be France’s first gold at these Olympics?
Time to find out.
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18:42 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni *3-4 Alcaraz/Nadal
Alcaraz is definitely warming up at the net – ominous signs for the Argentines.
Still on serve, but Nadal and Alcaraz have edged back in front.
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18:38 , Matt Verri
Football
Canada have been hit with a six-point deduction for flying a drone over a New Zealand training session earlier this week.
Boss Bev Priestman has also been suspended for a year – can’t take part in any “football-related activity”.
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18:29 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni 2-2* Alcaraz/Nadal
A couple of routine holds after those early breaks.
Nadal looks sharp, particularly at the net. Already had a few lovely volleys.
Alcaraz maybe a bit nervous, playing with his idol. Few errors from him.
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18:25 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
It’s bronze for South Africa!
They have beaten Australia 26-19 to ensure they will not leave Paris empty-handed.
Now… the big one. France vs Fiji for gold, 20 minutes until that starts.
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18:20 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni 1-1* Alcaraz/Nadal
Alcaraz near enough in the crowd as he flicks one ball back in play, before Nadal’s forehand swiftly gets to work. 0-30.
Nadal with a lovely winner crosscourt, break point for the Spanish duo.
And taken, double fault. We’re straight back on serve.
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18:16
Tennis – Gonzalez/Molteni *1-0 Alcaraz/Nadal
Alcaraz, as ever, going for the lines. Couple of errors though and it’s a break point for the Argentine duo.
Huge return down the line, it’s an early break of Alcaraz’s serve.
Well then.
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18:08 , Matt Verri
Tennis
Most in the tennis draws haven’t played today, with the rain continuing to fall.
Not Alcaraz – this is his second match of the day. He eased to a 6-3 6-1 over Hady Habib to get his singles campaign up and running this afternoon.
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18:03 , Matt Verri
Tennis
To Roland Garros. Billie Jean King playing her part in getting the crowd going.
A HUGE roar as Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal stride out onto the court.
Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni looking to spoil the party. Boos for the Argentina duo.
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17:52 , Matt Verri
Swimming
Plenty to look forward to in the pool tonight. Here’s what to keep an eye on from a British perspective:
19:30: Women’s 100m butterfly semi-finals (Keanna Louise Macinnes)
20:12: Men’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals (James Wilby and Adam Peaty)
20:34: Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay final (GBR)
20:44: Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final (GBR)
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17:40 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
Just over an hour to go until France face Fiji at the Stade de France. Gold on the line for Antoine Dupont and his French team-mates.
Ireland are currently playing New Zealand, in a match that will decide who finishes fifth. The Irish are 7-5 up at half-time.
Goes all the way down to an 11th-12th play-off, which Uruguay won earlier this afternoon.
FIFA better not get any ideas for the next football World Cup…
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17:30 , Matt Verri
Tennis
Home favourite Caroline Garcia is OUT.
The Frenchwoman took the opening set, but Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian came from behind to win 5-7 6-3 6-4.
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17:21 , Matt Verri
Tennis
There will be NO play on the outside courts at Roland Garros today. Miserable start to the tennis events.
Play continuing on the two courts covered by a roof.
Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will be out onto Philippe-Chatrier for their blockbuster doubles partnership at around 6pm BST. We’ll have coverage of that here.
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17:13 , Matt Verri
Josh Tarling has been speaking to BBC Sport, unsurprisingly very down after finishing fourth and just a couple of seconds off the podium.
“It was a front puncture near the rim, I had no choice really but to make the change before that corner and then try my best,” Tarling says of his enforced bike change.
“There’s not a lot I can do really. A bit of bad luck. We move onto the road race.
“I’m going to keep trying my best and we’ll see.”
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17:09 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
So Ganna takes silver for Italy – he was inches away from disaster.
Looked to be veering into the fencing, but did superbly to stay up and keep his ride on track.
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17:00
Road cycling time trial
Remco Evenepoel… takes gold! He’s beat Ganna by nearly 15 seconds, with Van Aert taking bronze.
Tarling finishes fourth, just a couple of seconds off third. That puncture has cost him dearly. Probably not gold, but a definite medal.
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16:58 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
This is the battle – Ganna in the final kilometre as he tries to get himself on the podium.
The Italian swings round the final corner, and he’s finished brilliantly!
He sets the fastest time, more than ten seconds clear of Van Aert. Think that will be that for Tarling’s medal hopes.
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16:54 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Here comes Josh Tarling, round the final corner.
He’s two seconds off the past set by Wout van Aert. That’s gutting.
Tarling was nearly 18 seconds off Van Aert at the last time check – huge effort to even get that close.
Now… we wait.
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16:50 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
WOW. Ganna is inches away from crashing straight into the fencing, somehow saves it and keeps himself up.
Wout van Aert is the ‘clubhouse leader’ but those on the road right now are all bunching up.
Feels like Tarling is going for bronze now, after the bike change.
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16:42 , Matt Verri
Tennis
No update yet on whether we will get play on the outside courts at Roland Garros.
Cam Norrie and Dan Evans now will not play today, organisers have already given up on that.
If we can get some play, Katie Boulter will be first on Court 11, with Jack Draper on Court 6 straight away.
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16:37 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Filippo Ganna goes fastest through the first time check. Tarling is fifth fastest, six seconds off the pace of the Italian.
No he’s not – Remco Evenepoel has just made a major statement.
Seven seconds clear of Ganna. Flying.
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16:33 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Huge effort from Tarling, he’s only three seconds off the pace at the first time check!
Very, very impressive considering the bike change.
It’s Wout van Aert as the fastest man out there for now, but it’s very tight. The Belgian is about 25 minutes into his ride, just over ten to go.
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16:25 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Big problems for Tarling!
Camera cuts to him getting on a replacement bike, he’s been forced into an early change.
Back underway quickly, but that has cost him crucial time.
It was a front wheel puncture, so no crash.
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16:18 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Here we go then, Josh Tarling is away.
The expectation is that he will very much be in the medal hunt, with gold a possibility.
Fingers crossed!
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16:08 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Josh Tarling will be underway in the next five minutes or so.
Plenty of time for you to first enjoy Anna Henderson reflecting on her silver medal!
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16:02
Tennis
There will be no play on the outside courts at Roland Garros until 5pm BST at the earliest.
Doubt we’re going to get very much in today, if anything at this rate.
Cam Norrie, Jack Draper, Dan Evans and Katie Boulter all facing a waiting game, having been due to begin their singles campaigns this afternoon.
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15:56 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
A delighted Anna Henderson has just been speaking in the Parisian rain.
Broke her collarbone for a second time this year in April and had surgery, fearing her Olympic ambitions were over.
But was back on her bike three days later – albeit indoors – and was delighted to have exceeded expectations this afternoon with mum Janet and dad John watching from the stands, as well as her boyfriend Ollie.
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15:53 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
We’re underway in the men’s time trial – yes, it’s still raining.
Tough conditions, but it’s a strong chance for another Team GB medal.
Can Josh Tarling deliver?
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15:42 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
Antoine Dupont one of the big French stars at these Games, having made the temporary move to sevens.
One more win and he will have Olympic gold.
“It’s a mix of emotions because we want the gold medal, obviously,” Dupont said after France’s win over South Africa.
“We still have one more game and we have to stay focused if we want to win tonight against a big team.”
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15:33 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
Fiji have hammered Australia, a 31-7 win in the second semi-final.
It will be France vs Fiji at the Stade de France for gold. That comes at 6:45pm BST this evening.
Box. Office.
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15:19 , Matt Verri
Tennis
The rain still falling at Roland Garros, no play on the outside courts.
Two matches currently being played. Taylor Fritz is a set up on Alexander Bublik, while home favourite Caroline Garcia has a break in the first set against Jaqueline Cristian.
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15:12 , Matt Verri
That’s the first time Team GB have won two medals on the opening day of an Olympics since 1980.
Diving bronze from Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen and now silver for Anna Henderson. Superb.
Could be more to come too, Josh Tarling has a strong chance in the men’s time trial.
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15:04 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
It’s going to be gold for Grace Brown, stunning ride from the Australian. Made a flying start and just got better and better.
Anna Henderson guaranteed at least a bronze for Team GB.
Chloe Dygert the last rider on the course, will she pip Henderson and take silver?
NO – silver for Anna Henderson, Team GB’s first of the Games. Brilliant ride.
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14:59 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Here comes Anna Henderson for Team GB.
She’s cautious round the final corner, crosses the line… the new leader by ten seconds!
Three riders still to come…
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14:57 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Juliette Labous crosses the line – the French rider is fastest as it stands.
She won’t be come the end of the afternoon, but a nice moment for her in front of her home fans.
Grace Brown continues to fly across this course. Three kilometres to go, she’s 90 seconds faster than Labous at the moment.
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14:51 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
France have done it!
They were 5-0 down but they responded superbly, beating South Africa 19-5. Incredible atmosphere at the Stade de France.
It will be France against either Fiji or Australia later this evening for a shot at gold.
Don’t miss that!
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14:47 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Anna Henderson is well and truly exceeding expectations with the lead at the second checkpoint in what are truly horrible conditions in the road cycling time trial.
The team had thought a medal possible but certainly not the gold. That expectation had been reserved for Josh Tarling.
Still a way to go and very treacherous conditions out there.
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14:45 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
Dupont is on – Stade de France loves that!
They don’t love this, though. South Africa with the first try of the match, and it came from Dupont giving away a penalty.
Worked wide, South Africa go over and they lead 5-0. Four minutes to go.
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14:41 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Anna Henderson was fastest on the first time check, having made a really impressive start.
Chloe Dygert goes better than that, but it is Grace Brown of Australia who is leading the way after about 13km. Absolutely flying.
Henderson currently third fastest through that time check.
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14:38 , Matt Verri
Rugby sevens
First semi-final of the day, hosts France taking on South Africa. Antoine Dupont has again been named on the bench.
Nervy start to this match – 0-0 at half-time!
Winner will face Fiji or Australia in the final.
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14:32 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Lotte Kopecky, the world road race champion, has gone down!
She took a very aggressive line through a corner, proved costly. Quickly back up and looking to recover that time.
This is pure chaos.
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14:29 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Taylor Knibb’s time trial is over – nobody happier about that than her.
She was only a few seconds of the fastest times so far, huge effort considering the number of crashes she had.
And her mechanic’s efforts didn’t particularly help…
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14:23 , Matt Verri
Tennis
Novak Djokovic through… and so is Carlos Alcaraz.
The Spaniard is favourite for gold and he’s enjoyed a routine start, with a 6-3 6-1 win over Hady Habib.
All very comfortable for the big names.
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14:19 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Here we go – Anna Henderson is underway.
Sill treacherous conditions, fingers crossed the Briton can keep it together over the next 40 minutes or so.
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14:15
Tennis
Game, set and match!
Novak Djokovic has beaten Matthew Ebden 6-0 6-1 to breeze into the second round.
Could well be Rafael Nadal next for him.
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14:10 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
So Taylor Knibb has crashed for a fourth time – not having a great afternoon, to put mildly.
She’s completely slowed down, going to need a change of bike.
Here comes the mechanic with it… and he decks it as he sprints over and basically throws the bike at her.
When it’s not your day…
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14:05 , Matt Verri
Tennis
Is Novak Djokovic going to win this match in perfect fashion?
He’s played 44 minutes against Matthew Ebden… it’s 6-0 4-0.
Brutal.
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14:03 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Taylor Knibb has gone over at the exact same corner… there is one patch of road that is causing real issues for these riders.
And the American is down again 30 seconds later! Two crashes in quick succession.
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14:01 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig has fallen, had no grip as she tried to take a bend and went sliding over.
Coach quickly on the scene to give her a shove and get Ludwig going again, but it’s a disaster for the Danish rider.
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13:54 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trial
We’re up and running in the women’s time trial.
Reminder that Team GB’s Anna Henderson is certainly in the hunt for a medal in this.
She’s set to go off at around 2:16pm… 20 minutes or so from now.
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13:46 , Matt Verri
Tennis
Well it’s a ruthless start from Novak Djokovic in his bid for Olympic gold – he’s taken the first set 6-0 against Matthew Ebden of Australia. Just the 25 minutes played.
Reminder that Djokovic will play Rafael Nadal in the second round if they both win their opening matches.
And Carlos Alcaraz is also a set up, taking it 6-3 against Hady Habib.
Message from Sir Andrew…
13:38 , Matt Verri
Sure there are plenty of Olympians reading this blog right now.
Please report to Andy. With pins. Now.
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13:33 , Matt Verri
Road cycling time trials
As media centre’s go, the Grand Palais in Paris isn’t a bad one.
It was built in 1900 using 6,000 tons of steel, it has had a facelift for the Games. It’s the central point for the women’s and men’s road cycling time trial.
Anna Henderson goes first for GB in this but is fourth last off the starting ramp. And Josh Tarling goes for the Brits in the men’s.
It’s still raining and the ground is very wet so there’ll inevitably be riders slipping off their bikes on the course.
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13:28 , Matt Verri
Tennis – Habib 1-3* Alcaraz
It’s an ominous start for Habib, who is 3-0 down against Alcaraz and has already had to save three break points in the fourth game.
Crowd firmly behind Habib, trying to get him on the board in this match. Alcaraz not used to being the unpopular one.
Huge roar, as a big Habib forehand does him up and running!
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13:22 , Matt Verri
Next thing to look out for is the road cycling time trials, made more difficult today by the rain over the last 24 hours.
So much of Britain’s Olympic success across the past two decades has come on two wheels, and there is hope for more of the same on the roads of Paris.
For the first time at the Games, men and women will compete over the same course and distance, starting and finishing by Pont Alexandre III.
Anna Henderson, last year’s European silver medalist, is up first in the women’s event, which starts at 1:30pm, but it is 20-year-old Josh Tarling who carries highest hopes of starting the medal rush in the men’s event (from 3.32pm), having won world gold last year.
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13:16 , Matt Verri
Tennis
Rain has meant it’s been a slow start at Roland Garros, but Iga Swiatek got the job done under the roof.
The world number one has beaten Irina-Camelia Begu 6-2 7-5, safely through to the second round.
Fellow French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz has just started his match against Hady Habib of Lebanon.
Whitlock: We can’t be happy yet
13:08 , Matt Verri
As we covered earlier, it was a strong showing from Team GB in men’s gymnastics qualifying, but Max Whitlock has warned there is still “a big job to do”.
“Everyone goes in feeling like they know when the pressure’s going to hit, where their specialist pieces are, and the tension builds when it gets to that, but when it hits, the feeling’s unbelievable.
“Finishing the way the boys did, I think we can all be very, very proud. But it’s only step one.
“I don’t think we can be happy, everyone ticked the boxes we needed to and everyone did their job amazingly, so we can use this to build confidence. We’ve still got a big job to do.”
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12:46 , Malik Ouzia
Yasmin Harper, one half of Team GB’s bronze medal-winning diving duo from earlier this morning, has been speaking to the BBC: “We’re so excited, we are so pleased with ourselves. We came into this event knowing this is what we want and we had to stand on the boards and deliver and I’m so proud that we were able to do that this morning.”
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12:30
The rain continues to fall here in Paris, which is not helping out in terms of the schedule. Play on all the outside courts reminds suspended in the tennis at Roland Garros, while the men’s skateboarding competition has been postponed until Monday because of unsafe conditions.
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12:19 , Malik Ouzia
There’s a slight lull in the action for the moment but plenty more to come this afternoon, including in the form of the men’s and women’s cycling time trails.
Josh Tarling is the reigning European champion and represents Team GB’s best shot at a gold medal on the opening day of these Games.
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12:10 , Malik Ouzia
That’s it for the first of three subdivisions in men’s gymnastics qualifying.
Britain finish top of the team standings on 256.561, a little more than three points ahead of the USA.
Jake Jarman and Joe Fraser sit first and second respectively in the all-around individual standings. Jarman is also top of the floor standings, while Max Whitlock is second on the pommel horse.
A reminder that we won’t know who has qualified for the finals until after the third subdivision later tonight, but Britain are very well placed. The top eight teams and eight individuals on each apparatus qualify for the final, as well as the top 24 in the all-around.
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12:03 , Malik Ouzia
Brilliant from Harry Hepworth on rings. He’s got the whole British team up off their seats as he rounds off their final piece of apparatus with 14.700.
One or two teams are just finishing up their final routines and then we’ll run through the state of play.
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12:01 , Malik Ouzia
Australia win the second heat of the men’s 4x100m free but it’s not as quick as the opener, so it’s China who go into tonight’s final ranked No1, albeit all of the teams will have options in terms of freshening up their quartets.
Britain are third-fastest and will go in believing they can sneak a medal.
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11:48 , Malik Ouzia
Confirmation that Britain’s women qualify for tonight’s 4x100m freestyle final as seventh-fastest. Australia, missing one or two big names, are still through as the quickest quartet.
Tom Dean, the Olympic champion on the 200m free, has just brought Britain’s men’s home in second in their heat, which should be enough to qualify even with the second to come.
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11:43 , Malik Ouzia
Teammate Joe Fraser leads the ovation as Max Whitlock nails his qualifying routine on pommel horse. We await the score… it’s 15.166, the second-best we’ve seen on the apparatus today.
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11:36 , Malik Ouzia
Back to the gymnastics, where Britain are onto the pommel horse, meaning we’ll see Max Whitlock start his gold medal defence shortly.
They remain top of the team standings but the US have closed the gap. Jake Jarman remains top of the individual standings after four apparatus.
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