What to expect from the Scots on Wednesday at the Olympics

Will Wednesday be the day a Scot delivers an individual medal at these Olympic Games?

Beth Potter will plunge into the Seine early in the morning in the women's triathlon as the reigning world champion and one of Team GB's standout gold medal hopes.

That is assuming that the heatwave currently cooking Paris destroys enough of the bacteria loitering in the river.

The water will undergo an overnight inspection to deem whether it's safe for humans to thrash around in, or whether the race either needs to be rescheduled or become a duathlon.

All this is because of the heavy weekend rain, which has also cluttered the tennis order of play.

Which Scots are competing & when?

Potter's triathlon will be scenic, if nothing else.

It's scheduled to start at Pont Alexandre III in central Paris at 07:00 BST, with the athletes hurling themselves off a pontoon before doing 1500m of the river.

Then it's a quick burst up the 32 steps of the quay to retrieve their bikes before pedalling for 40km past the Grand Palais, along the Champs-Elysees, and back and forward across several bridges, including some sections on cobbled roads.

The wheels are then discarded for four laps of a 2.5km run course through the heart of Paris before reaching the finish back on the Pont Alexandre III bridge at about 09:00.

It's a quieter night for the Scots in the pool, with Keanna MacInnes the only one in action.

After setting a new Scottish record in the 100m butterfly at the weekend, the 22-year-old from Edinburgh goes in the heats of the 200m version (from 10:00), then hopefully the semi-finals later (21:04).

Also on the water will be Fynn Sterritt in races 10-12 of men's skiff (from 13:50).

The Kingussie sailor and crew-mate James Peters need to finish in the top 10 at the end of the day to advance to Thursday's medal race.

And it's another day with Scottish interest in the hockey as Amy Costello, Charlotte Watson and Sarah Robertson represent GB in their pool match with South Africa (09:30).

How can I follow the action?

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