The Olympics continues with Team GB’s focus remaining on the track at both the athletics and the cycling on day 12 of Paris 2024.
Matthew Hudson-Smith’s form in his 400m semi-final marks him as a gold medal contender ahead of tonight’s final at the Stade de France, following memorable medals for Keely Hodgkinson and Josh Kerr over the past two nights.
Great Britain have also made a great start in the velodrome and can add further success this evening in the team pursuit. The men’s team will face Australia for gold later, and the women’s team led by Elinor Barker will try to match them this afternoon.
Last night, American Cole Hocker stunned world champion Kerr and reigning Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win a sensational 1500m gold, while Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita missed out on a medal in the women’s 200m final by the barest of margins.
This morning, golf resumes Le National as the women’s strokeplay competition gets underway. Charley Hull and Georgia Hall lead Great Britain’s bid for gold, but the favourite is the world’s best player this year: USA’s Nelly Korda.
Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.
Every Team GB medal so far at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Team GB have fared well on both the athletics and the cycling track so far in Paris, with highlights including Keely Hodgkinson’s dominant 800m gold, Josh Kerr’s new national record in the 1500m as he took silver, the women’s team sprint side winning gold and the men’s team sprint team taking silver behind a world record setting Netherlands.
Team GB’s medal tally will be added to at the Velodrome, with the men’s team pursuit side guaranteed silver at least, and the women’s team competing for bronze.
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 16:05
Among the main events this evening will be track cycling events: specifically, the men’s and women’s team pursuit finals.
The British quartet of Knight, Barker, Roberts and Morris will be racing against Italy for bronze in the women’s race, while the men’s team of Tanfield, Wood, Vernon, Hayter and Bigham will be competing for gold against Australia (who set a new world record in qualifying).
16:30 Men’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals
17:04 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Places 7-8
17:13 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Places 5-6
17:23 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Bronze 🥇
17:33 Men’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Gold 🥇
17:42 Men’s Sprint, 1/16 Finals Repechages
17:57 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Places 7-8
18:07 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Places 5-6
18:17 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Bronze 🥇
18:28 Women’s Team Pursuit, Finals – For Gold 🥇
18:38 Men’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals
19:14 Men’s Sprint, 1/8 Finals Repechages
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 15:55
Olympics 2024: Women’s hockey
The Netherlands are through to the final of the women’s hockey tournament after beating Argentina 3-0.
The other semi-final, between Belgium and China, starts at 6pm BST.
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 15:44
Olympics 2024: men’s dinghy medal race
The sailors are approaching the finish line now and Beckett is nowhere to be seen! No medal for Team GB in the men’s dinghy then.
Australia’s Matt Wearn finishes first and takes gold! He finishes ahead of Cyprus in second and Hungary in third, so Cyprus’ Pavlos Kontides will take home the silver medal and Peru’s Stefano Peschiera goes home with bronze!
Beckett finishes 10th to cap off a disappointing day on the water, and he’ll end the competition in sixth.
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 15:38
Olympics 2024: men’s dinghy medal race
Beckett is looking like he might be struggling to make the podium here, but it’ll be a bronze if it’s anything. He’s penalised once more for a turn and he’s in 10th place now as we approach the fourth mark.
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 15:31
Olympics 2024: men’s dinghy medal race
Beckett has moved up to fourth in the predictive standings as they pass the second mark, but it remains to be seen how much those penalties will drop him down.
There’s plenty of toiling at the front of the pack, notably from Hungary and Cyprus, as they approach the third mark.
Beckett is seventh as we go into leg four of five.
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 15:26
Olympics 2024: men’s dinghy medal race
Chaos at the first mark as each sailor battles to make it round. Beckett comes out in sixth, after a difficult start in which he received a penalty for moving the rudder too much in the pre-start.
And he gets another two-turn penalty as he fights to make some ground on Hungary in the lead.
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 15:19
Olympics 2024: men’s dinghy medal race
The previously delayed men’s dinghy medal race is now underway, as the winds have improved in Marseille.
Team GB’s Micky Beckett is going for a medal here.
Chris Wilson7 August 2024 15:14
Olympics 2024: Cycling – women’s kierin repechage
Katy Marchant is in the repechage of the women’s Keirin.
She goes immediately to the back of the pack, is that too far?
She goes with two laps to go, she has to go around the outside.
Marchant goes to the front with one lap left, but can she hold on, she does!
Marchant finishes in second place to go through to the next round while everyone else aside from the top two is knocked out.
Sonia Twigg7 August 2024 14:44
Olympics 2024: BMX park men’s qualification
Andy Macdonald is the last skater left to go in the final prelims round.
It’s his third and final run, what can he produce here?
He does the fakey 540, Tony Hawk is celebrating on the sidelines.
The crowd are all on their feet, he takes the yellow helmet off and punches the air, it’s his best score but a 77.66, it will put him in 18th place.
He looks happy with that. Only the top eight qualify for the Olympics and he is a long way off that.
Sonia Twigg7 August 2024 14:37