Leon Marchand produced fireworks on a historic night in the pool on day five of the Olympics.
An incredible swim in the 200m butterfly to win gold in an Olympic record was then backed up to complete an unprecedented double gold in a single session, producing another Olympic record in the 200m breaststroke, securing his third gold of the Games.
His performance was followed by China’s Pan Zhanle winning the men’s 100m freestyle final in dominant fashion, setting a new world record in the process – the first time a world record has fallen in the pool at these Olympics.
Earlier on Wednesday, Team GB enjoyed a medal rush, starting with the women’s and men’s triathlon events to kick off another busy day at Paris 2024. Alex Yee turned his Tokyo silver into a spectacular Paris gold with a scarcely believable comeback in the men’s triathlon, which had to be postponed yesterday after failing safety tests due to pollution in the River Seine, just after Team GB’s world champion Beth Potter took a gutsy bronze in the women’s triathlon amid treacherous conditions.
Shortly after, the women’s quad sculls rowers added to the GB haul with an incredible comeback of their own to pip the Dutch boat to gold on the line. Meanwhile, in diving, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson won a resilient medal in the women’s 10m platform synchro, coming from behind to win bronze on their final dive, while BMX freestyle star Kieran Reilly secured a stunning silver at Place de la Concorde.
Spanish duo Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz were knocked out in straight sets in the tennis quarter-finals by American pair Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram. Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.
Olympics 2024: Brits in action on day six
Here is a look at when the Team GB athletes will be in action in the morning of day six in Paris:
Having already looked at the 20km race walks, Britain have Callum Wilkinson in action early in the men’s.
As usual there is a lot of British interest in the rowing, here is a round up of the action:
Women’s double sculls, 10.18am (Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, Rebecca Wilde)
Rowing, women’s four, 10.50am (Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Samantha Redgrave, Rebecca Shorten)
Rowing, men’s four, 11.10am (Oliver Wilkes, David Ambler, Matthew Aldridge, Frederick Davidson)
Sonia Twigg1 August 2024 02:15
Olympics 2024: Pictures of the day
There is still time for a quick look back at some of the action from day five, and here are some of the best photos from the day:
Sonia Twigg1 August 2024 01:30
Olympics 2024: Day 6
For those early risers, the first event to look forward to (apart from surfing) on the morning of day six, is the men’s 20km Race Walk.
It’s a gold medal event, there are no heats, and it will start at 6.30am BST.
The golf gets underway at 8am, as does women’s 3×3 basketball, men’s beach volleyball and women’s handball. With the badminton starting slightly earlier at 7.30
As soon as the men’s 20km walking race finishes, it will be time for the women’s which starts at 8.20am.
Sonia Twigg1 August 2024 00:45
Olympics 2024: Great Britain’s boxing hopes all but dashed
Lewis Richardson is Britain’s lone boxer to survive the opening round.
Team Great Britain had been facing a first Olympic wipeout since 1996, before Richardson won in the 71kg weight class.
Chantelle Reid had been knocked out earlier on Wednesday, with others to go before her.
But Richardson’s win by split decision over Serbia’s Vakhid Abbasov as kept British hopes in the boxing alive.
Sonia Twigg1 August 2024 00:01
Olympics 2024: Day six
For those up through the night there is a lot of surfing to keep you going.
On the island of Tahiti the women’s competition goes into the third round.
Between 11.30pm BST and 3.15am BST on Thursday morning, 16 surfers will go in head to head heats.
Sonia Twigg31 July 2024 23:45
Olympics 2024: Today at the Games
Day five saw the culmination of the men’s gymnastics individual all-round final, which had two British competitors, who had managed to qualify in the top six.
Joe Fraser and Jake Jarman unfortunately fell short of delivering Great Britain’s first gymnastics medals of the games.
They finished fifth and seventh respectively in a high-quality competition.
Gold: Shinnosuke Oka – Japan
Silver: Boheng Zhang – China
Bronze: Ruoteng Xiao – China
Sonia Twigg31 July 2024 23:30
Olympics 2024: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz’s Olympic dream ended
Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz’s dreams of an Olympic medal in doubles were ended by a quarter-final loss to American fourth seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.
The Spanish duo have been one of the star attractions of the tennis event at Roland Garros and another packed crowd cheered them on under the roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.
But this time they met their match as Krajicek and Ram, two of the best doubles players in the game, showed their prowess in the format to claim a 6-2 6-4 victory.
Sonia Twigg31 July 2024 23:15
Olympics 2024: A look ahead
Day five is all wrapped up, and it is time for a quick look at day six.
The men’s golf gets underway at Le Golf National on Thursday, and Rory McIlroy, who will be representing Ireland was spotted watching some of the other action at Roland Garros today.
McIlroy will be joined by Shane Lowry.
While Tommy Fleetwood and Max Fitzpatrick will be representing Team GB.
Xander Schauffele and Scottie Scheffler will play for the US, with Viktor Hovland in action for Norway.
Sonia Twigg31 July 2024 23:00
Olympics 2024: Today at the Games
In the afternoon, Kieran Reilly claimed a stunning silver in a thrilling men’s BMX Freestyle final.
A number of top riders crashed out, with two failing to post significant scores, but Reilly put down two high-quality runs, eventually finishing in second.
Reilly later credited his ‘lucky mullet’ for the win.
Otherwise it was a bit of a lean evening for Great Britain in terms of medals, with medal hopeful Mallory Franklin finishing last after a series of errors costing her almost a minute in penalty time.
Sonia Twigg31 July 2024 22:45
Olympics 2024: Today at the Games
It has been an ideal day for Team Great Britain at the Olympics, with the team adding five medals to their total count for the Games.
It started off with a stunning morning:
Alex Yee produced a stunning sprint finish in the triathlon to take a gold medal that just looked as though it was slipping away.
In the same minute almost, the women’s quadruple sculls crew took the top spot, after a photo finish, again with a sprint finish, just pipping the Netherlands to the line.
Beth Potter claimed bronze in the women’s triathlon, which took place in more treacherous conditions than the men’s early in the morning.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson took bronze in the women’s 10m synchronised diving.
Sonia Twigg31 July 2024 22:30