“A puncture and the corners were quite slippy. I couldn’t see a lot with the visor so had to get rid of that. A bad day.

“I’m going to try to forget about this and move on.”

Matt Richards’ first appearance of the Paris Olympics ended in disappointment as Great Britain finished fifth in the men’s 4x100m relay final.

Richards came in for the final and swam the first leg in 47.83. Jacob Whittle, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott followed but GB finished just under a second off the podium.

The race was won by USA, with Australia and Italy completing the podium.

“Obviously it’s frustrating,” Richards told BBC Sport.

“We really wanted to try to get in there and get after the medals tonight. So it’s tough to be on the wrong side of it.

“But I think we all put in a great effort. We’ll move on and see what we do the rest of the week.

“[The men’s 4x200m freestyle relay] is a huge opportunity for us. So we want to get after it, see what we can do, put ourselves up against the best and give it our all.”

Between Sydney 2000 and the last Olympics in Tokyo, no Welsh male hockey players were picked for an Olympics. Now there are three in the team – Gareth Furlong, Rupert Shipperley and Jacob Draper.

They all played a starring role in Great Britain’s impressive 4-0 win over Spain. Two goals for Olympic debutant Furlong and one for Rupert Shipperley.