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Katie Boulter and Heather Watson advanced to the quarter-finals of the Olympic tennis women's doubles with a straight-set win over Brazilian duo Beatriz Haddad Maia and Luisa Stefani.

After two dramatic wins from compatriots Andy Murray and Dan Evans in the men's doubles, this was much more straightforward for GB's women as they won 6-3 6-4.

The British duo struck early in the first set and held on to their advantage comfortably, but were challenged in the second set as the Brazilians put the pressure on, forcing them to save two break points.

The pair responded strongly, breaking the Brazilians and saving more break points before closing out the match on their third match point. Boulter used her power from the baseline, leaving Watson to show off her speed and agility at the net.

They will next face the third seeds from Italy - Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, who have both reached the French Open semi-finals.

Right then, we're almost done with our day five recap so let's finish with some positive news for Team GB as they hunt for more medals...

A quarter of the way through the race and there is a very large lead group, with China's Zhang Jun now at the front of it.

Great Britain's Callum Wilkinson is still within two seconds of the lead in 32nd place.

China's Pan Zhanle delivered the shock of the evening in the final race of a terrific session in the pool on day five.

He set a new world record time of 46.40 seconds to claim gold ahead of Australia's Kyle Chalmers in second place. Pre- race favourite David Popovici of Romania took the bronze medal.

You can read a full run down of a magical night of racing here.

Spanish duo Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz were eliminated from the men's doubles tournament by Team USA pair Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.

The Americans dominated the opening set on Court Philippe Chatrier, though Alcaraz and Nadal had chances to grab the break of serve in what proved to be the last game of the match.

Krajicek and Ram went on to claim victory to advance into the semi-finals.

Is that the last we will see of 'King of Clay' Rafael Nadal in tennis?

Sweden's Perseus Karlstrom holds the lead but the chasing are right behind him.

Great Britain's Callum Wilkinson is 38th but just three seconds off the leader.

Plenty of water being offered to the athletes on this hot and sticky morning in Paris.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

At one point, Jessica Fox could have been forgiven for thinking she would never win Olympic gold.

But the Australian canoeist has now won her past three Olympic finals, rewritten Games history and will bid for an unprecedented treble at Paris 2024 later this week.

Fox, 30, was born in France and has lit up the canoe slalom on her return, proving a class above her rivals at the spectacular Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

On Wednesday she retained her canoe single (C1) title in style, storming down the course to claim victory by 2.48 seconds ahead of Germany's faultless Elena Lilik - despite incurring two penalty seconds for making contact with a gate.

That came just three days after her kayak single (K1) triumph, which ended a long, agonising wait for gold in that event.

In her first three Olympic finals, Fox missed out on gold by a combined six seconds in an unforgiving sport determined by the finest margins.

But in Paris, she has made history as the first athlete to win two canoe slalom gold medals at the same Games. Her sixth Olympic podium is unmatched in the sport.

Read the full report here

Watch as Canadian gymnast Felix Dolci suffers a shock fall from the high bar after his hand guard splits - before he is given the opportunity to perform his routine again.

We asked you yesterday what you thought was the hardest Olympic event for the average person to do and plenty of you went for gymnastics. This definitely adds weight to that argument...

GB's Fraser and Jarman miss podium as Oka takes goldpublished at 07:10 British Summer Time 1 August

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Gymnastics - men's all-around final

Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Paris

British gymnasts Joe Fraser and Jake Jarman narrowly missed the podium in a thrilling men's all-around final as Japan's Shinnosuke Oka won Olympic gold.

China's Zhang Boheng and Xiao Ruoteng took silver and bronze after defending champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan paid the price of an early fall on the pommel horse.

Fraser's fifth place and Jarman's finish in seventh come after Great Britain were fourth in the men's and women's team competitions here this week.

Read the full report here

Great Britain's Callum Wilkinson is going well, he's in the pack battling it out in these early stages.

Brazil's Caio Bonfim has been signalling to the chasing pack willing them to catch-up and they do just that.

And just on Bonfim, he's been giving a warning for not having his foot on the floor at all times.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport

Great Britain's Kieran Reilly secured BMX freestyle silver in a dramatic Olympic final in Paris.

The 23-year-old scored 93.70 in his opening run to put him in second place at that point and was guaranteed a minimum of a bronze medal by the time he appeared for his second run.

He duly moved back into the silver medal position with a score of 93.91 in his second attempt but it was not enough to topple Argentina's Jose Torres Gil, who scored 94.82 to take gold in a final of the highest quality.

"That was the highest level of competition I have ever seen in BMX," Reilly told BBC Sport.

Read the full report here

Brazil's Caio Bonfim has decided he fancies a walk on his own and has surged ahead in these incredibly early stages.

Bonfim is fifth in the fastest times in this race.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport in Paris

Callum Wilkinson would love to add to Team GB's 17 medals at these Games. Five of them came yesterday - not sure if I mentioned that? - so let's quickly get back to our recap...

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson won Great Britain’s third diving medal at the Paris Olympics by snatching bronze at the last in the women's synchronised 10m platform.

Spendolini-Sirieix, whose father Fred - a TV personality who stars in First Dates – was nervously watching poolside, and Toulson grabbed the medal with a superb final dive to lift them up from fourth.

As the pair completed the dive, Fred leapt from his seat in celebration and Spendolini-Sirieix, 19, and Toulson, 24, were in tears after Canada failed to better their score.

It meant Great Britain, who scored 304.38 points from their five dives, finished behind China, who have taken gold in all three diving events so far and dominated this event with 359.10, and North Korea on 315.90.

Read the full report here

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Now that the walkers are speeding their way around the course, let's take a look at some of the medal contenders.

Admit it, we've all tried the race walking technique in our front rooms, haven't we? Not as easy as it looks, is it?

The athlete must keep one foot in contact with the ground at all times so they are not classed as running.

Great Britain's Callum Wilkinson came 10th in Tokyo and will be looking to improve on that.

Italian Massimo Stano will look to defend his title but no man has ever won this event twice.

Japan's Koki Ikeda is the world lead and holds the third-fastest time ever.

Here we go then. The men are under way in the 20km race following a 30 minute delay due to thunderstorms.

Great Britain's Callum Wilkinson will be hoping to build on his 10th place finish in Tokyo.

Let's see how this one unfolds!

• Thunderstorms in the Paris area meant the start of both the men's and women's 20km walk were delayed by 30 minutes.
• The men's race is due to get underway at 07:00 BST with the women to follow at 08:50.
• The rowers will be hoping the weather improves with four golds up for grabs from 10:18 including two-time gold medallist Helen Glover in the women's four at 10:50.

Here's what you might have missed on Wednesday evening:

• France's Leon Marchand and American Katie Ledecky shone on in the pool on an epic night of swimming.
• Lewis Richardson kept Team GB's hopes alive in the Olympic boxing ring with a split-decision victory over Serbia's Vakhid Abbasov.

BBC iPlayer

We've had a slight delay but it's still an early start over in Paris as the men's 20km walk gets under way shortly. The weather has cleared up and they're ready to go!

Head over to the Red Button or BBC iPlayer to watch interrupted action with Callum Wilkinson going for Great Britain.

Less than 20 minutes after Alex Yee's stunning win, Team GB were at it again...

Great Britain's rowers won a dramatic Olympic gold in the women's quadruple sculls after a photo finish with the Netherlands.

The Dutch led from the front and were half a boat length clear with 200m to go before an astonishing push from GB pipped them at the line.

England's Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson and Georgina Brayshaw and Northern Ireland's Hannah Scott won in six minutes 16.31 seconds, with the Netherlands 0.15 seconds behind them.

After an anxious wait for the winner to be announced, the four collapsed into each other's arms in scenes of jubilation and pure exhaustion as they added Olympic gold to their 2023 world title success.

Read the full report here

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

Great Britain’s Alex Yee produced a sensational sprint finish to claim Olympic triathlon gold, after Beth Potter battled to bronze in the women's race.

In a dramatic conclusion on the banks of the River Seine, Yee upgraded his Tokyo silver as he overhauled rival Hayden Wilde in the closing stages.

Yee, 26, crossed the line after one hour 43 minutes 33 seconds to finish six seconds clear of New Zealand's Wilde, who won bronze three years ago and looked set to triumph after opening a 15-second lead on the run.

However, Yee displayed his class to time his finish to perfection after being led out superbly on the bike leg by team-mate Sam Dickinson, who sacrificed himself to aid Yee's bid.

Read the full report here

While we wait for the first action of the day, let's look back on a memorable day five...