Florence and Hounslow wait, hoping to go one better than four years ago. Sit in the gates, push off. Under way...

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Rio

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Raucous if you sit where the masses are. 

The cheers as the French pair came down were electric and just a few rows back we have a collection of Britons primed for Richard Hounslow and David Florence.

Poland are outside of the top two, but sit in third. It's time for Great Britain...

Is it just a little grey overhead? The man on the PA is giving it some wellie. Those is attendance will come away with a ringing in their ears.

Slovakian cousins Ladislav and Peter Skantar have just taken the lead with a time of 101.58 seconds. France are in second. It's Poland to go, then GB...

If you're drawing a blank to what's going on, Florence and Hounslow will be hurtling down a 250m course that is made up of water angrier than a swarm of hornets. On the way, they must go through gates, drawing time penalties if they touch or miss them. 

As third-fastest qualifiers, the Brits are third-last out. There are three boats to go before they take to the water. 

Sir Matthew Pinsent
Four time Olympic rowing champion

For any GB team to have one of your early chances converted into a medal is a great fillip. But to have one of your early chances converted into gold, as we saw with Joe Clarke yesterday, sends a huge shudder of appreciation and energy through the team. 

That has happened to GB canoeing. I know Hounslow and Florence, and Pennie, will take a huge amount from Clarke's win into their finals.

Florence, from Aberdeen, and Hounslow, from Harrow, won silver four years ago as part of a British one-two. Here they were the third-fastest qualifiers for the final, just like Joe Clarke was yesterday.

But, if we're being brutally honest, the main things that we're interested in over the next hour or so are either wet or egg-shaped.

Between now and 19:30, Great Britain go for medals in canoeing and rugby sevens. First up are Richard Hounslow and David Florence... 

And, as a finale to that little Rio round-up, I can tell you that Andy Murray is a set and a break up on Fabio Fognini.

Remember, the winner of this match moves into the quarter-finals, with Johanna Konta's last-eight tie on court right after.

At the Olympics this year, instead of representing their country a group of elite athletes will be from Team Refugee - a team wholly made up of people displaced from their country of origin. 

Funded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the athletes are from South Sudan, Syria, DR Congo and Ethiopia and will compete in swimming, running and judo. 

Get Inspired profiled four of the 10 #TeamRefugees.

Germany's Barbara Engleder certainly enjoyed this moment earlier as she won 50m rifle gold. Pure joy.

There will be no comeback from Lauren Smith and Heather Olver in the badminton women's doubles competition.

They have lost 21-17 24-22 against Malaysia's Hoo Vivian Kah Mun and Woon Khe Wei.

However that is not the end of the Games for the Britons who have two more matches to play in the opening round robin stage.

The top two in each group will progress to the next stage.

Aimee Lewis
BBC Sport in Rio

Plenty of tired-looking journalists in the media room and it's only day six, or is that five, or seven? I forget. A break in the judo means those who have been reporting on ippons and Ashi Wazas all week can rest until the start of the women's -78kg repechage in just under 90 minutes. 

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The men's RS:X windsurfing has resumed at Marina da Gloria, and Great Britain's London 2012 silver medallist Nick Dempsey has just finished second in race seven of 12, taking a three point lead over Dutch Olympic champion Dorian van Rijsselberghe in the process.

In the sailing events, all classes race either 10 or 12-fleet races with each boat receiving points equal to their finishing position.

At the end of the fleet races the 10 boats with the lowest points totals compete in a medal race where points are doubled for each position at the finish.

Watch live sailing here.

The C2 final of Hounslow and Florence begins at 18:15, with the GB boat out of the traps at 18:36. Pennie's final begins at 19:00.

Before that double medal chance, we have a quick scout around Rio...

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Rio

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Joe Clarke is in fine form as you'd expect but he's focused on supporting other Great Britain paddlers now in Rio.

He's clearly had more media commitments than you can begin to imagine and the weight of his gold medal on his neck means he's carrying it in his pocket when he can.

I ask him about a poster Sir Steve Redgrave signed for him once with the words "no stone unturned" on it.

He talks about how it made him think about the "marginal gains" needed in sport and says that as a gold medal winner, if he were to write a message of inspiration for youngsters now it would read: "follow your dreams and if you believe it you can probably achieve it."

So, are you a new canoeing fan? Did Joe Clarke's gold on Wednesday introduce you to a sport that you didn't know existed?

Are you going to be watching Hounslow, Florence and Pennie from your bathtub, pretending you are going down the rapid waters?

Is Great Britain now a nation of canoeists?