Matthew Richardson is a bit of a rising star in track cycling and the England-born Australian showed why here with an impressive opening win over Tokyo silver medallist Jeffrey Hoogland of the Netherlands.

The second race will take place at 14:29 BST.

France have beaten Japan 3-2 in the men's table tennis team bronze medal match.

France went 2-0 up in the best-of-five encounter but got pegged back before Felix Lebrun beat Hiroto Shinosuka in the decider.

The gold medal match takes place at 14:00 BST as defending champions China - winners of every edition of the event since its introduction in 2008 - face Sweden.

A dominant opener from Harrie Lavreysen, who wins the opener by +0.068 seconds.

Jack Carlin made a game attempt to reel him in on the final bend, but Lavreysen used all his nous to surge over the line out in front.

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Victoria Pendleton
Olympic cycling gold medalist on BBC Radio 5 Live

Carlin's goal will be to try and not let Lavreysen dominate the race. He has got to disrupt the race.

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BBC Sport in Paris

In Harrie Lavreysen, Jack Carlin faces a sprint sensation who very rarely wins anything other than gold.

Reaching the final will be a tall order for the GB rider. But anything can happen in a match sprint.

A little earlier, he was getting his race legs ready by enjoying a few laps of the track before the action started, all under the watchful eye of his coach, Sir Jason Kenny.

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GB's Jack Carlin is about to take on Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands in the first of a best of three men’s sprint semi-final.

Paisley rider Carlin was given a reprieve yesterday when his opponent Kaiya Ota was penalised in their quarter-final. The Scot’s reward is a repeat of the Tokyo semi-final against Lavreysen, which the Dutchman won in straight races on his way to gold.

It’s also a repeat of last year’s semi-final at the World Championships in Glasgow, which was also won in straight races by Lavreysen en route to a fifth straight world title.

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World records have been tumbling all over the spot at the velodrome at these Olympics.

A big part of that is the heat. The in-house announcer said earlier it had been as much as 33-34C INSIDE the venue this week.

When I arrived here a couple of hours ago, my initial thoughts were 'oh, it's not as hot today'.

I jumped the gun. I can confirm it's boiling and my fan has once again taken pride of place on the desk.

No - but Emma Finucane still posts a very, very quick time just 0.047 shy of Lea Friedrich to see her through in second place.

What an incredible qualifying session that was.

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Switzerland's Morgane Metraux leads the way on eight under while GB's Georgia Hall is on two over and Charley Hull is a further three shots behind.

I think this may be a quick track.

Lea Freidrich of Germany is the latest rider to set a new world record time of 10.029.

GB's Emma Finucane is next - can the world champion go even faster?

So close to another world record!

Sophie Capewell posts the second-fastest time of the day, just 0.034 shy of Ellesee Andrews' newly-minted world record.

The most important thing though is she is safely through to the next round.

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BBC Sport in Paris

Outrageous noise in the velodrome as Mathilde Gros of France became the latest rider (at that point) to break the Olympic record. There's a huge 'Allez les Bleus' banner in the upper seating area and French flags everywhere you look.

Before cycling, Gros had a childhood dream of playing basketball at the Olympics.

The issue? Her height.

I know that feeling.

This is incredible.

Mathilde Gros becomes the fifth person to post an Olympic record time in this session, to huge delight of the home crowd.

But she barely has time to celebrate because New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews, who has won a gold and a silver so far at these Olympics, smashes not only the Olympic but the WORLD record, posting 10.108.

GB's Sophie Capewell is coming up next...

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New Zealand's Shaane Fulton is the fastest qualifier so far, posting an Olympic record time of 10.281.

Hold on, that didn't last long.

Hetty van de Wouw of the Netherlands breaks that record with 10.263 - but wait, there's more!

Japan's Mina Sato breaks that on the next run by 0.006 seconds.

How long with that one last?

17 of the 30 riders have gone so far, with GB's Sophie Capewell 26th and Emma Finucane 29th.

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BBC Sport in Paris

With gold and bronze already in her luggage for the return train back to the UK, Emma Finucane is going for her third Olympic medal in the individual sprint - the event in which she is the reigning world champion.

Only one British woman has ever won this Olympic title before - Victoria Pendleton in Beijing 16 years ago.

Earlier today, Finucane posted on her Instagram story a photo of her meeting her "hero" in Pendleton, who is here commentating for BBC Radio 5 Live.

I think Finucane is proving a hero herself this week.

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson will race for Olympic heptathlon gold in the 800m on Friday (19:25 BST) after finishing the morning session in second place, 121 points behind Nafissatou Thiam.

Belgium's Thiam tops the standings with 5,924 points, followed by the Briton with 5,803 and Switzerland's Anna Kaelin on 5,694.

It means Johnson-Thompson will have to run roughly eight seconds quicker than the defending champion to win.

It will be a tough, tough ask for Johnson-Thompson under the lights - she will, ultimately, need the race of her life to claim gold.

There are just 103 points between Johnson-Thompson and Thiam's personal bests in the 800m.

Johnson-Thompson's best time is two minutes 05.63 seconds, while Thiam's is 2:11.79.

That would earn Johnson-Thompson 1,064 points, and Thiam 961.

However, the Briton has given herself a chance, having produced some of her best performances over the past two days.

The competition begins with a 200m flying start (a time trial beginning with two-and-a-half build-up laps). The quickest 24 riders qualify for the first knockout round, with their times used to establish the seeding for it.

Thereafter, the riders go head-to-head over three laps, with the fastest progressing to the next round. It’s a knockout format, but there can be a second chance for the losing riders in a repechage.

From the quarter-finals onwards, races are best-of-three with no repechage.

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First up in the velodrome is women's sprint qualifying. The 30 riders are timed over one lap, with the fastest 24 going through to the next round.

Emma Finucane already has a gold and a bronze from these Games and the 21-year-old is the world champion in this event. It was at this opening stage of the individual sprint at last year’s World Championships where the Carmarthen rider set a sea-level world record for the qualifying lap.

Sophie Capewell will also be harbouring hopes of sneaking on the podium. The Lichfield rider, who has put her maths degree on hold to pursue her Olympic ambitions, won bronze at last year’s European Championships.