Olympics LIVE!
Team GB will hope to cross the 60-medal barrier at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, with only days of action left at the Games. Caden Cunningham is through to the taekwondo finals, keeping hid bis for gold alive. In the final diving event of the Games, Noah Williams secured a brilliant silver in the men’s 10m platform, while Erin McNeice finished fifth after an impressive showing in the women’s boulder and lead event.
Elsewhere, Kate French and Kerenza Bryson reached the women’s modern pentathlon final, and later today the focus shifts back to the velodrome and final night of athletics action takes centre stage.
On a dramatic day 14, Katarina Johnson-Thompson took the silver medal in her duel with Nafi Thiam for heptathlon glory, while Toby Roberts has won a historic first sport climbing gold medal for Team GB. GB won medals in both the 4x100m relay finals. Jack Carlin controversially took bronze and GB taking silver in the women’s madison. Follow all the latest news, results, updates and medals from the Olympics live below, with expert analysis from Standard Sport’s Matt Majendie and Malik Ouzia in Paris.
Olympic Games latest news and updates
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Noah Williams wins bronze in 10m platform final
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Caden Cunningham through to taekwondo final
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Erin McNeice finishes fifth in climbing final
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Kerenza Bryson and Kate French through to modern pentathlon final
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Rebecca McGowan beaten in quarter-finals
Two events left on the track
19:36 , Marc Mayo
The men’s high jump and women’s javelin finals are closing in on their conclusions.
Then we’ll have the last two track events at the 2024 Olympics, the men and women’s 4x400m relays. Team GB hoping for medals in both.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
19:26 , Marc Mayo
That is an unbelievable performance from Georgia Bell. She just hasn’t found her ceiling since coming back to track and field full-time but she looks absolutely stunned.
The fastest British 1500m runner in history and an Olympic medalist. Stunner.
Athletics | Women’s 1,500m final
19:20 , Marc Mayo
Kipyegon kicks clear down the back straight. Bell is hanging on in fourth round the last turn, Muir fifth.
It’ll be Kipyegon for gold… GB’s Bell grabs bronze!
Athletics | Women’s 1,500m final
19:19
Muir is being left behind a bit and is trying to claw back some metres. Bell just up ahead and on the tail of the main pack. Will they be able to maintain this pace?
Athletics | Women’s 1,500m final
19:17 , Marc Mayo
GB’s Bell and Muir in action at the Stade de France, Muir won silver in Tokyo. Quick pace early on.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
19:13 , Marc Mayo
A brilliant race over the last 600m. I thought at one stage Gebrihewet might have stolen it with his burst off the front while the others were in an almighty tangle around that top bend but he didn’t have the legs to make the element of surprise count.
I’m looking forward to seeing that last 400 split from Ingebrigtsen.
Matt Majendie in Paris
19:09 , Marc Mayo
It’s good news and bad news from the velodrome where Emma Finucane remains on track for another medal after winning her semi-final but Sophie Capewell is out of the sprint competition. Hamish Turnbull joins Jack Carlin in the keirin quarter-finals having come through the repechage.
There’s three medals to be decided on the last day of track cycling tomorrow: women’s sprint, men’s keirin and the women’s omnium.
Athletics | Men’s 5,000m final
19:06 , Marc Mayo
Three of the Ethiopians launch an offensive to leave Ingebrigtsen behind at the bell!
But the Norwegian fights back to lead at the final bend… no one is catching him. GOLD for Ingebrigtsen.
Athletics | Men’s 5,000m final
19:04 , Marc Mayo
Mills has been left behind by the main pack with two laps to go.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
19:00 , Marc Mayo
It’s pedestrian stuff here and one or two are just starting to get a bit tetchy. Great Britain’s George Mills moves to the front with designs on taking it up but he’s quickly dethrones by the Ethiopians.
Women’s cycling sprint
19:00 , Marc Mayo
Victory for Emma Finucane books her semi-final spot for Team GB! A third medal of this Olympics is very much on.
Athletics | Men’s 5,000m final
18:59 , Marc Mayo
It’s a relatively slow pace with Mills still in the mix as the pack heads over the line, seven laps to go.
Athletics | Men’s 5,000m final
18:53 , Marc Mayo
GB’s George Mills fell in his heat but was given a reprieve after it was judged that he was tripped, instead of tumbling at his own accord.
It’s a bigger pack than normal so let’s see how it unfolds.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
18:52 , Marc Mayo
The men’s 5,000m final next up. Should be a cracking race this, with plenty of contenders and no Joshua Cheptegei after the Ugandan opted out following his 10,000m success.
Can Jakob Ingebrigtsen make up for missing out on a medal in the 1,500m?
Team GB go for artistic swimming gold
18:50 , Marc Mayo
Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman are up later on in the final of the women’s duet artistic swimming. They ranked fourth after yesterday’s technical routine.
Athletics | Women’s 100m hurdles final
18:38 , Marc Mayo
Three Americans on the track and Samba-Mayela is the French home favourite. Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico is the reigning Olympic champion.
A scrappy race with a few hurdles going down and it looks like the French, Puerto-Rican and USA’s Russell were in at the line…
Russell gets it! Silver for Samba-Mayela.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
18:29 , Marc Mayo
Absolute showman.
Having gone through plenty just to get in the high jump final, Gianmarco Tamberi was on the cusp of being immediately knocked out after successive failures at his opening height of 2.22m. He goes clear at the third and final time of asking and the crowd go wild.
Matt Majendie in Paris
18:25 , Marc Mayo
A mixed start to the women’s sprint quarter-finals.
Emma Finucane narrowly wins race one of the second heat against Martha Bayona Pineda while Sophie Capewell is edged out by Hetty van de Wouwe in the final heat.
Race two for each coming up in about half an hour.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
18:25
Marco Arop is such a championship performer and he very nearly pulls it off again, but Wanyonyi does brilliantly to hold him off.
The question all year, when Sedjati had been running those lightning quick times on the circuit, had been of whether he could do it through the rounds. He’s still gone sub 1:42 for the bronze there so let’s not get carried away, but telling that he’s the only man in the top four not to run a personal best. He needed one to win gold.
Athletics | Men’s 800m final
18:18 , Marc Mayo
This is a quick 800m. Burgin is fading as a result…
Kenya’s Wanyonyi storms ahead and hangs on down the home straight to win! Canada second, Algeria third.
Burgin back in eighth.
Athletics | Men’s 800m final
18:16 , Marc Mayo
Burgin takes the head of the pack early on but settles in among the top three as they take the bell.
Gold for Emma Hayes
18:16 , Marc Mayo
The USA have claimed gold in the women’s football final after a 1-0 win over Brazil, that’s an early success for Emma Hayes in her tenure as USWNT boss!
Malik Ouzia in Paris
18:16 , Marc Mayo
I tell you what, I’ve spent most of the Olympics saying “who?!” when some random French medalist from the 1988 Games is introduced to open the session, but they really have brought the stars for the track and field.
It was Carl Lewis a couple of nights ago, Jonathan Edwards last night and now Hicham El Guerrouj.
Athletics | Men’s 800m final
18:16 , Marc Mayo
Attention turns to the Stade de France for what looks like a wide-open men’s 800m final.
Team GB have Max Burgin starting in lane two.
Gold medal events still to come
18:10 , Marc Mayo
18.10: Athletics – men high jump final
18.25: Athletics – men’s 800m final
18.30: Artistic swimming – duet free routine
18.40: Athletics – women’s javelin throw final
18.45: Athletics – women’s 100m hurdles final
18.55: Wrestling – men’s freestyle 74kg final
19.00: Athletics – men’s 5km final
19.25: Athletics – women’s 1500m final
19.30: Wrestling – men’s freestyle 125kg final
19.30: Weightlifting – men’s 102kg
20.12: Athletics – men’s 4x400m relay final
20.15: Wrestling – women’s freestyle 62kg final
20.15: Breaking – b-boys finals
20.19: Taekwondo – men’s 80kg gold medal context
20.22: Athletics – women’s 4x400m relay final
20.30: Basketball – men’s gold medal game
20.30: Boxing – women’s 57kg final
20.37: Taekwondo – women’s 67kg gold medal contest
20.47: Boxing – men’s 57kg final
21.16: Boxing – women’s 75kg final
21.30: Beach volleyball – men’s gold medal match
21.51: Boxing – men’s 92kg final
Matt Majendie in Paris
18:01 , Marc Mayo
I need a lie down.
All credit to the officials for keeping track of what on earth was going on throughout that madison. Crashes involving Belgium, Italy and Britain but the most impressive was a cartwheeling Spanish rider after he hit the Belgians at full pace.
In the end, Portugal come from way down to to steal a lap and then win the final sprint. Gold ahead of Italy with Denmark in third. GB end up 10th.
Men’s cycling madison final
17:58 , Marc Mayo
The bell goes and Portugal put the hammer down… Denmark are left in their dust – Italy nowhere to be seen!
GOLD for Portugal. GB miles back.
Men’s cycling madison final
17:57 , Marc Mayo
We’ve been going for over 50 minutes in this most gruelling of events and only four points separate the top three – Portugal (45) to Italy (43) to Denmark (41).
The final sprint is worth double points and will surely decide the podium!
Men’s cycling madison final
17:56 , Marc Mayo
Into the 19th of 20 sprints now and Portugal gain a lap for 20 extra points, that puts them silver and three behind Italy.
Denmark are looking to take advantage of Italy having to recover from one of their riders crashing.
Portugal lead Denmark through the sprint.
Men’s cycling madison final
17:53
Now the Italians hit each other, sending one to the deck, at a changeover. They’re the leaders!
Men’s cycling madison final
17:51 , Marc Mayo
Now we have a tangle between Belgium and Spain, the former of which have a rider on the floor. Chaos.
Belgium’s rider fell after clipping a backwheel and the Spaniard hit him, flying off his bike. Both look ok though.
Matt Majendie in Paris
17:50 , Marc Mayo
Ollie Wood hits the deck pretty hard after being hit by the wheel of one of the Dutch riders. He’s got a pained expression on his face and he’s receiving medical attention. Even without that with 30-odd laps to go, GB’s medal hopes had gone.
Team GB crash!
17:49 , Marc Mayo
Wood is on the deck after a collision with the Dutch rider. Looks like he swiped him from the outside with a headbutt.
Not throwing accusations out there but maybe a little payback for Dutch anger at Jack Carlin’s win over them in the bronze medal of the sprint?
Men’s cycling madison final
17:44 , Marc Mayo
Italy sitting pretty on 42 points, Denmark second on 37 and Japan third. GB back in joint eighth on nine points.
Malik Ouzia in Paris
17:39 , Jonathan Gorrie
Sifan Hassan is here collecting her bronze medal from last night’s 10,000m, having won the same colour in the 5,000m at the start of the week. Can’t imagine she’ll be hanging around: she’s running the marathon in 13 hours.
Matt Majendie in Paris
17:36 , Jonathan Gorrie
At the halfway point in the men’s madison, a medal looks a hard ask for Team GB duo Ollie Wood and Mark Stewart. They’re currently 10th with just four points while Italy lead on 40, Denmark are second on 32 with Spain and New Zealand tied for third with 13.
Weightlifting – 81kg
17:30 , Jonathan Gorrie
A gold medal for Norway!
Norway’s Solfrid Koanda wins the gold on her Olympic debut.
Football – Women’s gold medal match
17:23 , Jonathan Gorrie
And the USA take the lead in the second-half through Mallory Swanson!
Malik Ouzia in Paris
17:21 , Jonathan Gorrie
The men’s high jumpers are just making their way out for the final. Despite struggling with renal colic and being rushed to hospital after vomiting blood, the co-defending champion Gianmarco Tamberi is with them and is straight over to the crowd, whipping them up.
Matt Majendie in Paris
17:11 , Jonathan Gorrie
So, the men’s madison is under way. It’s not over in a flash like the sprint but takes 200 laps, the riders taking turns in the pack and slingshotting each other in and out of the action. Ollie Wood is joined by Mark Stewart, with a silver medal as a double act from last year’s World Championships.
Gold medal for New Zealand!
16:56 , Jonathan Gorrie
Lydia Ko has just taken gold for New Zealand in the women’s golf.
Esther Henseleit claims silver, while China’s Xiyu Lin wins bronze.
Football – Women’s Gold Medal Match
16:55 , Jonathan Gorrie
It’s now half-time between the USA and Brazil in the gold medal match, with the score still 0-0.
Gold medal for Spain!
16:48 , Jonathan Gorrie
Spain win Olympic gold in the women’s water polo gold medal match, beating Australia 11-9.
Football – Women’s Gold Medal Match
16:48 , Jonathan Gorrie
USA struggling to create many chances against a well-drilled Brazilian side.
Track Cycling – Men’s Keirin first round
16:43 , Jonathan Gorrie
Hamish Turnbull musters only a fourth placed finish and goes into the repechage.
Gold medal for Norway!
16:42 , Jonathan Gorrie
Norway beat France 29-21 in the handball final to claim Olympic gold.
Track Cycling – Men’s Keirin first round
16:42 , Jonathan Gorrie
Team GB’s Jack Carlin reaches the quarter-finals despite some nervy moments.
Football – Women’s Gold Medal Match
16:32 , Jonathan Gorrie
It remains 0-0 at the Parc des Princes as the USA and Brazil go for gold.
Germany, meanwhile, have beaten world champions Spain to claim bronze,
Matt Majendie in Paris
16:19 , Jonathan Gorrie
Emma Finucane is bidding for a third medal here in Paris after team sprint gold and keirin bronze. She looks very impressive in her sprint head-to-head – the first track cycling action of the day – clocking an average speed of 68.253km/h to make the last eight later on this evening. Sophie Capewell is also through.
Football – Women’s Gold Medal Match
16:07 , Jonathan Gorrie
Over at the Parc des Princes, the USA and Brazil are goalless in the women’s gold medal match.
Matt Majendie in Paris
16:03 , Matt Verri
Brilliant bout by Cade Cunningham in his taekwondo semi-final against Cheick Sallah Cisse, who had beaten Britain’s Lutalo Muhammad at the 2016 Olympics to gold.
Cunningham will fight for gold later tonight.
Taekwondo – men’s +80kg semi-finals
16:01 , Matt Verri
Cunningham vs Cisse
Here go then. All rests on these two minutes.
Triple kick on the inside from Cunningham, then to the head… doesn’t pick up any points for that burst. In fact, loses one for stepping out of the ring.
Pushed out of the ring by Cisse this time, Cunningham 2-0 down with a minute to go.
Big, big review from the British camp. Cunningham adamant he has landed a head kick. He did indeed, easy decision that one.
Cunningham moves 3-2 in front – make that 5-2 after a punch on the inside.
But Cisse responds with one of his own, it’s 5-5 with 15 seconds to go!
And now it’s absolute chaos, both throwing everything at this…. no more points in it.
But Cunningham lands more non-scoring shots – he is through to the Olympic final! A guaranteed medal.
Taekwondo – men’s +80kg semi-finals
15:54 , Matt Verri
Cunningham vs Cisse
Pace has slowed down in this second round, referee urging them to engage. They don’t listen, it’s a penalty to both. Cisse leads 3-1.
Another penalty for Cunningham, grabbing the leg. Came just after Cisse landed to the trunk, so it’s 6-1.
Cunningham convinced he lands the head kick – review coming up. The Brit definitely did connect, that will be three points. 6-4, 23 seconds to go.
Another penalty for Cunningham, holding the leg again. Running out of time.
It’s 7-5, five seconds left… Cisse holds him off.
It will be a final round to decide it!
Taekwondo – men’s +80kg semi-finals
15:49 , Matt Verri
Cunningham vs Cisse
Lutalo Muhammad is watching on a few feet away. Might need him to jump in and have another go at Cisse if this doesn’t go well for Cunningham.
Spinning kick from Cunningham to the trunk, he leads 4-1. More good work, the Briton has a 6-1 advantage with 40 seconds to go in the round.
Headshot to the head, three more points. Cisse responds though, one of his own. 9-4.
Cunningham with another kick to the trunk, he takes the opening round 11-6. Perfect start.
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15:43 , Matt Verri
A bit of a blow on arrival at the velodrome with the news that Ethan Hayter has pulled out of the men’s madison.
A silver medallist in the team pursuit, he has pulled a thigh muscle and is out of the madison. He is an Olympic and world silver medallist at the event.
Instead, Mark Stewart will come in to team up with Ollie Wood.
Cunningham two wins away
15:38 , Matt Verri
Caden Cunningham’s semi-final coming up in the next few minutes. He’s Great Britain’s last hope of a taekwondo gold medal.
Cheick Sallah Cisse is his opponent, the man who won gold at the Rio Olympics by beating Team GB’s Lutalo Muhammad in the final second.
Williams on the podium again!
15:29 , Matt Verri
Noah Williams barely qualified for the final, not even half a point between him and a semi-final exit.
He squeezed through in 12th and then produced a superb set of dives.
This one, under huge pressure, delivered bronze.
Williams on the podium again!
15:28 , Matt Verri
Noah Williams barely qualified for the final, not even half a point between him and a semi-final exit.
He squeezed through in 12th and then produced a superb set of dives.
This one, under huge pressure, delivered bronze.
Bronze for Team GB!
15:24 , Matt Verri
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
No disaster there. Gold for China, yet again. Eight out of eight in the diving events.
Cao Yuan takes gold, he finishes 40 points clear of the field.
It’s silver for Rikuto Tamai, and a superb bronze medal for Noah Williams!
His second medal of these Games, after synchro silver with Tom Daley.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
15:22 , Matt Verri
Cassiel Rousseau with a big score, it’s taken him up to second… but Noah Williams is still top.
Now, Rikuto Tamai needs 88.7 to move above Williams.
He gets it! He’s had five wonderful dives, one really poor one cost him a shot at gold. 99.00 with his final dive and it will almost certainly be silver.
Cao Yuan just needs to avoid disaster and he will have gold…
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
15:16 , Matt Verri
Noah Williams really waiting for Randal Willars and Rikuto Tamai. They are the two he’s battling for a place on the podium.
Willars next up, the highest degree of difficulty – 4.1.
It’s very, very short. Williams with his head in his hands, he knows this is going to be close.
Here are the scores… 61.50. Williams is guaranteed a medal!
Taekwondo – women’s +67kg quarter-finals
15:13 , Matt Verri
McGowan vs Osipova
McGowan in trouble here, caught with two headshots and 6-0 down in this round she has to win.
And now Osipova lands to the trunk, 8-2 up with a minute to go. McGowan has to lands a headshot from somewhere.
Review from Osipova’s coach, they think they have a headshot… and they do. It’s all over – 14-2.
McGowan’s bid for gold is over. If Osipova reaches the final, McGowan will go into the repechage and contest for bronze.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
15:09 , Matt Verri
94.35 for Noah Williams!
It’s a stunning final dive, just when he needed it most.
Now he can only wait, but there’s every chance that he will be on the podium.
Taekwondo – women’s +67kg quarter-finals
15:08 , Matt Verri
McGowan vs Osipova
Early headshot from Osipova, 3-0 lead in the opening seconds.
Plenty of action in this round, more than we’ve seen in most of the other contests today.
McGowan 10-6 down with time running out, needs to find something. Fast.
Instead she gets caught with a headshot, Osipova wins it 14-6.
McGowan must win the next two.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
15:07 , Matt Verri
Shocking dive from Rikuto Tamai – that’s opened up the silver and bronze medals. Cao Yuan guaranteed gold now, basically.
One round of dives left, we’re set for some finish.
Noah Williams in fourth, after a sensational fifth dive. Five points off bronze, 13 points off silver.
All on this last dive.
McGowan time!
15:02
Slightly later than scheduled, but Rebecca McGowan will be up next.
The 24-year-old’s taekwondo quarter-final against Uzbekistan’s Svetlana Osipova will be up and running in the next few minutes.
McGowan looking to join team-mate Caden Cunningham in the semi-finals.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
14:54 , Matt Verri
Kothari nearly empties the pool, not what he needed either. 44.55 will drop him right down the standings.
Rikuto Tamai looks like he’s going to go the distance in this battle for gold. Another 90+ score from the Japanese teenager.
Cao Yuan responds again, but the leads is still only three points.
Noah Williams in fifth, but he’s now 21 points off bronze. He’d be right there had he not made that mistake with his fourth dive.
Kothari down in 11th, Yang Hao still last.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
14:43 , Matt Verri
Fourth dive from Williams… is not his best.
Score of 63.00, he’s almost certainly going to lose a fair bit of ground.
Relying on mistakes from others now to keep him in the medal race.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
14:41 , Matt Verri
Rikuto Tamai has had three dives and they have all been absolutely sensational. He is throwing everything at this gold medal.
94.35 with his latest dive, he’s already on 277.75 overall.
China’s Yang Hao is having a complete nightmare in this final. Third straight poor dive, he’s dead last in this final. Would have got fairly good odds on that…
No such issues for team-mate Cao Yuan, who is three points in front at the top of the standings.
Noah Williams has moved into fourth, nine points behind Rylan Wiens in third. Kyle Kothari sits seventh.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
14:28 , Matt Verri
Two dives down in this final, four to go.
Cao Yuan continues to lead the way, but only be a tenth of a point over Rikuto Tamai.
Noah Williams in fifth, eight points off the medals as it stands. Kothari up to seventh.
McGowan up very soon…
14:26 , Matt Verri
Rebecca McGowan will look to join British team-mate Caden Cunningham in the semi-finals.
She’s taking on Uzbekistan’s Svetlana Osipova, that contest scheduled for 2:45pm.
Cunningham’s semi-final, against Cheick Sallah Cisse, is at 3:36pm.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
14:13 , Matt Verri
Kothari up and running, it’s a decent start from the 26-year-old. Score of 70.40.
First round of dives, and it’s not a China one-two at the top! Great dive from 17-year-old Rikuto Tamai, 88.00 for his first dive.
That’s only good enough for second – Cao Yuan with a 96.90. Crazy good.
Williams in sixth, Kothari in a tie for ninth.
Diving – men’s 10m platform final
14:03 , Matt Verri
The final diving medals of the Games are up for grabs.
It’s time for the men’s 10m platform final, two British divers in this one.
First of them Noah Williams, who dives first after just about edging through the semi-final this morning.
78.40 from Williams to kick things off. Kyle Kothari will dive seventh.
Taekwondo – men’s 80kg quarter-finals
13:56 , Matt Verri
Cunningham vs Alba
All on this round. Four minutes gone in this contest, Cunningham hasn’t scored a point.
Make that five minutes – 0-0 after a minute of this final round.
Cunningham goes for the headshot, Alba just about blocks it in time.
There’s 20 seconds to go, both starting to push a bit more. And Cunningham lands to the trunk! 2-0, seven seconds left…
And another one from the Brit, 4-0. Just needs to stay out of trouble.
He does! Cunningham launches himself to safety, full-length dive and it’s good enough.
Cunningham wins the final round 4-2, he is through to the semi-finals.
Taekwondo – men’s 80kg quarter-finals
13:52 , Matt Verri
Cunningham vs Alba
If Cunningham wins this round, he will be through to the last-four.
Headshot from Alba and it’s 3-0, first points of this contest. It’s not exactly all-action though, 30 seconds to go in this round and Cunningham is yet to get off the mark.
Cunningham hits the ground, that’s 4-0 and Alba takes the round.
To a decider…
Taekwondo – men’s 80kg quarter-finals
13:49 , Matt Verri
Cunningham vs Alba
A minute down, it’s very cagey. No points for either of them so far.
Bit of concern as they both go down and Cunningham holds his ankle – British team don’t need any more injury issues.
Still it’s 0-0, 15 seconds to go and the round is there for either to snatch.
0-0 it is. The round goes to Cunningham, he hit the protector more than Alba so just edges it.
Taekwondo – men’s 80kg quarter-finals
13:47 , Matt Verri
Here we go then.
Great Britain’s Cunningham taking on Alba for a place in the semi-finals.
Ten-minute warning!
13:32 , Matt Verri
Caden Cunningham is in action very shortly.
His taekwondo quarter-final against Rafael Alba is scheduled for 1:40pm.
Jade Jones and Bradly Sinden couldn’t win medals for Team GB – it’s over to Cunningham and Rebecca McGowan this afternoon.
Women’s golf
13:15
The final round at Le Golf National is well underway.
Lydia Ko is even par through her first five holes, she holds a one-shot lead over Yin Ruoning. Hannah Green of Australia right there too, with Rose Zhang three shots off the lead.
New Zealand’s Ko won silver in Rio, bronze in Tokyo… every chance she completes her full set of Olympic medals today!
Charley Hull kicked off the week with a round of 81, but she has battled back impressively since then. Three-under for her round and just outside the top 20.
Busy afternoon!
12:56 , Matt Verri
Plenty of action away from just the medal events, but here are some of the finals coming up in the next few hours.
13.00: Rhythmic gymnastics – group all-around final
14.00: Diving – men’s 10m platform final
14.00: Handball – women’s gold medal match
14.00: Table tennis – women’s team gold medal match
14.35: Water polo – women’s gold medal match
15.00: Weightlifting – women’s 81kg
16.00: Football – women’s gold medal match
16.30: Modern pentathlon – men’s individual final
16.59: Cycling (track) – men’s madison final
Team GB eye taekwondo medals
12:37 , Matt Verri
Two contests, two taekwondo wins for the British team this morning.
Rebecca McGowan will now face Svetlana Osipova of Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals, with that scheduled for 2:45pm.
Before that, Caden Cunningham looks to book his place in the semi-finals, when he goes up against Cuba’s Rafael Alba at 1:40pm.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
12:27 , Matt Verri
Garnbret going for gold in this final climb.
She’s into fourth as it stands, that means Erin McNeice will finish in fifth.
Garnbret guarantees herself a medal, she’s within sight of the hold that will give her gold. Regular breaks to flick out her wrists.
It’s at least silver for Garnbret, who touches the hold she needs… and she makes it! Gold again for the Slovenian, as it was in Tokyo.
Huge emotion as the crowd once again rise to their feet. It’s silver for Raboutou, Pilz takes bronze.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
12:20 , Matt Verri
Jessica Pilz the penultimate climber in this final. A strong climb here and McNeice will be out of the medals.
So far, so good from the Austrian. She has gone past McNeice, who will unfortunately not be on the podium.
Pilz is into second, guaranteed herself a medal. Still she battles on, needs to top if she is to stay in the hunt for gold.
Can’t quite do it. Brilliant effort, 147.4 her total. Only Brooke Raboutou on 156 above her.
Over to Janja Garnbret – she needs about 74 points on the lead climb for gold.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
12:13 , Matt Verri
Here is Raboutou.
The American is about six holds away from going past McNeice. She gets there, the Briton bumped down to bronze.
Into the gold medal position now, Raboutou looking… I was going to say strong, but she’s off. Came out of nowhere.
That’s 72 on the lead, guaranteeing herself a medal. She’s in tears as she realises that, big smile on her face.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
12:07 , Matt Verri
Ai Mori’s turn. After a poor effort on the boulders, she needs near enough a perfect run here. This is her strength, though.
The Japanese climber is flying up this wall. Past the section that did for Betrone and Mackenzie… and she goes beyond McNeice’s mark too.
This is a stunning effort, she’s three holds from the top.
Makes a jump for it… taps it but can’t hold on. Standing ovation from the crowd, 96 points!
Total of 135.1 points. McNeice is now in silver, and needs at least one of Janja Garnbret and Brooke Raboutou to slip up.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
11:59 , Matt Verri
Huge roars as France’s Oriane Bertone strides out. She was level with McNeice after the boulder walls.
No issues so far, as Bertrone approaches the section that ended Mackenzie’s climb.
And Bertrone is off too, more good news for McNeice!
A total of 104.5, still McNeice remains at the top of the standings. Bertrone, unsurprisingly, looks gutted.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
11:54 , Matt Verri
Oceana Mackenzie next up.
She came into the lead climb in third so if the Australian matches McNeice’s effort, that will probably be it for the Briton’s medal hopes.
Mackenzie moving quickly, she’s looking really solid. Already up to 40 points, still three minutes on the clock.
But she’s off – and off early! That’s 45.1 points, 104.8 overall.
One rival down for McNeice.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
11:49 , Matt Verri
Only the Olympics could make you nervous watching someone climb up a wall.
McNeice reaches the 30-point hold, 2:30 on the clock. Her feet look to have slipped off, but she just about saves it.
It’s looking like hard work now… it is hard work, to be fair.
And she’s off, 68 points for McNeice. Her total is 127.6. And now we wait…
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
11:44 , Matt Verri
Brace yourselves.
Here’s Erin McNeice. Let’s see what she can do in her six minutes. Toby Roberts, who won gold yesterday, is in the front row watching on.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
11:43 , Matt Verri
Seo Chae-hyun really impressive, but she’s off with about a minute still on the clock. Couldn’t quite make the jump as she approached the top.
76 points for her, giving a total of 104.90. It won’t be enough for a medal, you’d have to think.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
11:35 , Matt Verri
Back to the climbing walls.
It’s time for the leads climbs, Seo Chae-hyun the first to go.
Erin McNeice will be second, looking to set a mark that will be enough for her to snatch a medal.
Taekwondo – women’s 67kg round of 16
11:31 , Matt Verri
Relentless from the Briton. Two more headshots inside 15 seconds and it’s 6-0 in a hurry.
McGowan lands to the trunk, she’s already only four points away from this round, and contest, being ended.
That’ll do it. 58 seconds into round two and we’re down.
McGowan ruthless, even if Traill was a gentle introduction into the competition. She’s through to the quarter-finals this afternoon.
Taekwondo – women’s 67kg round of 16
11:28 , Matt Verri
McGowan vs Traill
Barely five seconds in and we have a review from the British camp.
They think there was a headshot… and it’s a successful review. McGowan 3-0 up.
And another headshot, Traill given a count. It’s 10-0 early and McGowan is flying.
That’s the end of the first round after a minute due to the point gap. 13-0 and McGowan is one round away from victory already.
Taekwondo – women’s 67kg round of 16
11:25 , Matt Verri
McGowan vs Traill
Rebecca McGowan has walked out ahead of her first taekwondo contest. Big smile on her face, very relaxed.
She picked up a silver medal at the world championships last year – will want to go one better here.
First though, McGowan must beat Fiji’s Venice Traill to reach the quarter-finals.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
11:19 , Matt Verri
Lead climb in this final coming up in about 15 minutes.
Reminder that Erin McNeice is in a tie for fourth, 0.2 points off bronze.
Janja Garnbret and Brooke Raboutou look set to battle it out for gold, but that final spot on the podium is wide open.
Cairess reflects on strong marathon run
11:09 , Matt Verri
Emile Cairess finished fourth for Great Britain in the men’s marathon earlier this morning.
He was right in the medal battle until the final few kilometres, a brilliant run from 26-year-old.
“It was a good race,” he told BBC.
“I tried to just pace myself and be sensible and keep myself cool and just try and finish well.
“I think I’m good in hills. I come from Yorkshire so I used to do fell running and it comes quite natural running uphill anyway.
“I just didn’t want to leave anything on the course and really give my best and give 100 per cent to the race and have no regrets.”
Diving – men’s 10m platform semi-finals
10:55 , Matt Verri
Busy day for the 10m platform divers, with the semi-final this morning and then the main event for those who qualify later in the afternoon.
Top 12 have progressed to the main event, and there will be two British divers competing.
Noah Williams, who won synchro silver earlier in the Games, has qualified by the finest of margins in 12th. Less than three tenths of a point in it.
British team-mate Kyle Kothari a bit more comfortable in sixth.
Climbing – women’s boulder and lead final
10:47 , Matt Verri
And that’s the end of the boulder walls in this final.
Janja Garnbret leads the way on 84.4, ahead of Brooke Raboutou on 84.0.
Oceana Mackenzie sits in the bronze-medal position as it stands with 59.7, Erin McNeice and Oriane Bertone just behind on 59.5.
All to play for heading into the lead wall later this morning.
Women’s modern pentathlon
10:45
Top nine in this laser race go through to the final and it’s job done for the British duo.
Kerenza Bryson wins the semi-final, with Kate French in fifth. Both are right in the hunt for medals in tomorrow’s final.
Women’s modern pentathlon
10:32 , Matt Verri
We’ll be bringing you modern pentathlon updates throughout the day.
Great Britain’s Kate French is the defending champion in the women’s event, and she will be eyeing another medal in tomorrow’s final.
She’s currently in the semi-final, along with team-mate Kerenza Bryson. Both make only five out of 12 of their shots after the first run, losing ground.
French currently in fifth, but Bryson has moved up to second after a superb second shoot.
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