Postpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
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Summary
Charlotte Dujardin wins dressage bronze to become Britain's most-decorated female Olympian with six medals
Swimming: GB men win superb 4x200m freestyle relay gold - second gold for Tom Dean
Rowing: GB win men’s quadruple sculls silver as coxless four miss out on medal
Four-time Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles withdraws from Thursday's all-around
GB's James Hall eighth and Joe Fraser ninth in all-round final
GB men lose rugby sevens bronze match to Argentina; Fiji beat All Blacks in final
Boxing: GB's Karriss Artingstall guaranteed bronze after reaching women's featherweight semi-finals
Tennis: Andy Murray & Joe Salisbury lose in doubles & Liam Broady out of singles
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'World-class worker'published at 13:57 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Men's all-around final
Beth Tweddle
London 2012 bronze medallist on BBC TVIt shows Joe Fraser's strength of character after falling on the pommel and the stumble on the vault, as he's come back very strongly.
We obviously know that Joe is very strong on the horizontal bar but it's also great for him to get another run-out on this piece ahead of the final at the end of the week.
You can just see how beautiful he is at it, the lines - perfection!
Very minimal deductions taken.
He's just a world class worker on this piece of apparatus.
'So high in difficulty'published at 13:55 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Men's all-around final
Craig Heap
Commonwealth Games gold-winning gymnast on BBC TVJoe Fraser what a way to finish your all-around competition!
Absolutely superb.
So high in difficulty!
It will be one of the hardest routines you'll see on the high bar in this competition.
But that's been with the story with him all around, the level of difficulty he's manged to pack into all his pieces, shows he's a real world contender
And he's still only 22 years old!
Artistic Gymnasticspublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Men's all-around final
A routine for the ages by Britain's Joe Fraser.
He finishes off on the horizontal bar with 14.400, which takes him into fourth for now.
Watch out for this man in Paris. He's only 22 years old and he's just going to keep on getting better.
Britain's James Hall is still in third for now.
Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Like now then. They are shifting the Ashes to Sweden as a result.
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1956 Melbourne Olympics, Australia wanted to quarantine the horses for up to six months. As a result equestrian events took place in Stockholm
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'Such a steady performer'published at 13:51 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Men's all-around final
Christine Still
Gymnastics expert on BBC TVAbsolutely superb on the six pieces all around!
Fantastic work. So impressive.
Hall did the same for the team, he's such a steady performer
Artistic Gymnasticspublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Men's all-around final
There's nothing more Britain's James Hall can do now.
He's scored 14.466 on the floor, which takes him temporarily to the top of the leader board.
He finishes his event with a final score of 84.598.
Time to sit back and watch the rest of the competition...
Postpublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Horses are nocturnal. They don't get jet lag.
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Random: Okay so now we horses travel by planes. Next question, how do they deal with jet lag?
Postpublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
We get a lot of texts, Dan
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I refer you to my (unpublished but definitely sent) post of two hours ago regarding "Strictly Come Prancing"....if I had a lawyer you could expect to hear from them!!
Dan In Surrey
swimming Swimmingpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Women's 100m freestyle
So much has been going on in the past hour, you might have missed that Anna Hopkin has set a British record in the heats of the women's 100m freestyle...
Artistic Gymnastics - Fraser goes big on the barspublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Men's all-around final
Britain's Joe Fraser has just produced an excellent routine on the parallel bars.
A big score of 15.133 moves him up to 11th, one place behind James Hall.
Just 0.033 points separate the Brits, heading into the final apparatus.
All to play for then...
'A step forward'published at 13:30 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Helen Richardson-Walsh MBE
Olympic gold medal winning hockey player on BBC Radio 5 LiveI don't think there are many people who know what it is like to have the pressure Simone Biles is under. In some ways, I'm relieved to have won the gold medal at the end of my career because to win, and then have the pressure to win again, is one of the greatest things sports people can face.
For her, that pressure would have been absolutely massive. But anyone who is feeling the way she is, it doesn't matter about the pressure. She has looked after herself first and foremost rather than going for an Olympic medal, and it's really commendable. Thankfully, the majority of people are supporting her, which is great to see and a step forward.
'I am so proud of Biles'published at 13:29 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Nile Wilson
Rio bronze medal winning gymnast on BBC Radio 5 LiveI'm so proud of her, as athletes, particularly Simone [Biles], the attention and validation comes from being a superhuman. I always call her the female Hercules and she definitely will feel all that pressure. This could make a massive shift in gymnastics in talking about mental health for her to say I'm not at the mental capacity to do the biggest event as the biggest star.
I wish her all the best and hope she's OK and send her lots of love.
'She has had a lot of time to reflect'published at 13:29 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Katelyn Ohashi
American Cup winning artistic gymnast on BBC Radio 5 LiveSimone [Biles] hasn't lost a Games since 2013. She is in the eye of the public and she has millions of people following her. On top of that, after wining at Rio 2016, she had to cope with a lot. The Larry Nassar stuff was going on and I feel like she doesn't think she has the right support with USAG [USA Gymnastics].
She has been out of the gymnastics world for 19 months and just came back in April. She hasn't trained a lot with quarantine, and there has been a lot going on. She has had a lot of time to reflect, and realise maybe she isn't doing this for herself and more for everyone around her.
Postpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
On the subject of gymnastics, the big news from earlier today is that American megastar Simone Biles has pulled of the women's all-around final, which is set to take place tomorrow.
Biles exited the team final yesterday, later explaining it was to protect her mental health.
Artistic Gymnastics - Hall up to thirdpublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Men's all-around final
Britain's James Hall has just scored 14.000 on the horizontal bar.
It's a good score which moves him up to third place, but there are still a few athletes who need to complete their penultimate round.
One more to go for Hall...
Postpublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 28 July 2021
Then again, she has to live with me. Imagine how tiresome that must be.