Summary

  • Six medals for Great Britain on a faantastic day three

  • Golds for Tom Pidcock in the mountain biking and GB's eventing team

  • Tom Daley & Noah Williams win silver in 10m synchro diving and Adam Burgess takes superb canoe slalom silver

  • Matt Richards wins silver in 200m freestyle in the pool - and is just 0.02 off a gold medal

  • Laura Collett adds individual eventing bronze

  1. Team GB athletes to watch out for in the rest of Mondaypublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 29 July

    These are the British athletes in action for the rest of the day.

    Sailing (ongoing)

    • Women's skiff (Freya Black and Saskia Tidey)
    • Men's skiff (James Peters and Fynn Sterritt)
    • Women's windsurfing (Emma Wilson)
    • Men's windsurfing (Sam Sills)

    Gymnastics (ongoing)

    • Men's team final

    Badminton

    • Men's doubles Group A - 19:20: Ben Lane and Sean Vendy (GB) v Adam Dong and Nyl Yakura (Can)

    Swimming

    • Women's 400m individual medley final - 19:30 (Freya Colbert and Katie Shanahan)
    • Men's 200m freestyle final - 19:40 (Matthew Richards and Duncan Scott)
    • Men's 100m backstroke final - 20:19 (Oliver Morgan)
    • Women's 100m breaststroke final - 20:25 (Angharad Evans)

    Rugby sevens

    • Women's quarter-final - 20:30 (Great Britain v USA)

    Boxing

    • Men's +92kg last 16 - 20:36 Davit Chaloyan (Arm) v Delicious Orie (GB)
  2. Peaty focusing on recovery ahead of relayspublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 29 July

    Team GB

    Peaty with his silver medalImage source, Getty Images

    Adam Peaty tested positive for Covid after winning silver in the men's 100m breaststroke, putting into jeopardy his participation in the men's and mixed 4x100m medley relay competitions upcoming later this week.

    In an update from Peaty himself, via Instagram, he says: "I’ll now be focusing on a fast, full recovery to give my best in the team relays later in the week."

    The 4x100m mixed medley takes place on Friday and Saturday with the men's 4x100m relay on Saturday and Sunday.

  3. gymnastics

    Max 'consistent' Whitlockpublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

    Sonia Oxley
    BBC Sport in Paris

    Max Whitlock on parallel barsImage source, Getty Images

    Max Whitlock is Mr Consistent - he's scored exactly the same on parallel bars as he did in qualification, a very tidy 13.900.

    He's followed by Jake Jarman, who punches the air after a clean routine that scores 14.366, which is higher than qualification. It is these little gains that could prove absolutely critical.

  4. gymnastics

    Scoring and rules in artistic gymnasticspublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

    Before we get to the business end of the men's team final, let's get you up to speed on how the scoring works.

    Men and women compete for Olympic medals on individual apparatus as well as for all-around and team titles. There are 14 gold medals in artistic gymnastics up for grabs at Paris 2024.

    Men compete on six apparatus: vault, floor, parallel bars, horizontal bar, rings and pommel horse.

    Women compete on four apparatus: vault, floor, beam and uneven bars.

    The qualification round determines which eight teams will contest the team final, which 24 gymnasts will compete for the blue riband all-around title, as well as which eight gymnasts will compete for the title in each of the individual apparatus finals.

    Countries are only allowed two gymnasts in finals, so some high-placing gymnasts in qualifying may not make all-around and apparatus finals if two of their compatriots have placed higher.

    Scores for routines on all apparatus are made up of a combination of a D score (difficultly) and an E score (execution), with any penalties deducted.

    In the team final any combination of three of the five gymnasts per team must compete on each apparatus, with every score counting towards their overall total.

    Read more about artistic gymnastics here.

  5. canoeing (slalom)

    Delight for tearful Burgesspublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 29 July

    Canoe slalom - men's singles final

    Andrew Moon
    BBC Radio Solent in Paris

    Adam BurgessImage source, Andrew Moon

    Adam Burgess broke down in tears when asked about his parents, who, like all his supporters, were dressed in yellow on the course today.

    He said he was so pleased to have made them proud today - he certainly did that.

    What’s his first task as an Olympic medallist? Hug with team-mates? Call his family? Nope, a drugs test. The anti-doping officer wouldn’t let him out of his sight while doing interviews.

  6. What’s happened so far on day three?published at 18:08 British Summer Time 29 July

    • Great Britain's Tom Pidcock claimed men's mountain biking gold in dramatic fashion.
    • Laura Collett, Tom McEwan and Ros Canter won team eventing gold - GBs first at Paris 202 - and Collett later took individual bronze.
    • Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-4 in men's singles second round.
    • Tom Daley and Noah Williams won men's synchronised 10m platform silver - Daley’s fifth Olympic medal.
    • Adam Peaty tested positive for Covid-19 hours after winning men's 100m breaststroke silver, but hopes to be fit for the relay events later in the week.
    • Adam Burgess claimed Olympic silver in the men's canoe singles final - GB’s fifth medal of the day.
  7. gymnastics

    Fenton watching team-matespublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

    Sonia Oxley
    BBC Sport in Paris

    How do you prepare for a team final?

    By watching someone else's, if you are Georgia-Mae Fenton.

    She will be lining up on Tuesday for GB women in their gymnastics team final and we've spotted her in the stands here at the Bercy Arena supporting the men.

  8. hockey

    'Experienced players aren't showing up'published at 18:04 British Summer Time 29 July

    Women's hockey: Great Britain 0-4 Australia (FT)

    Helen Richardson-Walsh MBE
    Olympic gold medal winning hockey player on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It was a tough watch. There's no dressing this up, it wasn't good enough, not up to the standard. It's all so disjointed as a team, and that fear factor started to creep in, people started to not want the ball, and when that happens it’s really worrying.

    There's a still a number of players from Rio with the gold medals, so there’s experience and actually, it’s not the first time Olympians I’m worried about – it’s the ones with the experience who aren't showing up and that’s concerning.

    The next game against South Africa is the big one, we should be beating South Africa. And if we don’t their belief will be blown out the water. It’s not over but they need to stay tight, stay positive, put in a good performance and beat South Africa and that can be enough to turn it around.

  9. hockey

    Team GB lose for a second timepublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 29 July

    Women's hockey: Great Britain 0-4 Australia (FT)

    A disappointing day for Team GB as they slump to a heavy 4-0 defeat against Australia.

    After a 2-1 loss against Spain in their opener, Team GB now sit bottom of Pool B and reaching the knockout phase is going to be very difficult.

    They return to action on Wednesday against South Africa, who lost 2-1 against Australia on Sunday.

    It's successive wins for Australia to climb back to the top the pool.

  10. gymnastics

    Watch: Harry Hepworth dazzles on ringspublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

  11. gymnastics

    GB third at halfway pointpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

    Sonia Oxley
    BBC Sport in Paris

    So, at the halfway point ...

    1. China

    2. USA

    3. GB

    But Japan and China haven't been on vault yet so that will have an impact.

    GB are getting ready for parallel bars now - Joe Fraser, who is a former world champion on the apparatus, could be key here.

  12. Athletes due to swim in the Seine - would you?published at 17:54 British Summer Time 29 July

    James FitzGerald
    BBC News reporter in Paris

    A woman stands on a bridge next to the River Seine
    Image caption,

    Danielle has wanted to swim in the Seine for a long time

    I've been asking people here whether they'd consider having a dip in the Seine.

    Olympics organisers are confident the triathlon swimming will go ahead as scheduled tomorrow despite concerns over pollution in the river.

    A few Parisians clearly don't fancy it. "I will never dive in, even if they clean it for years," says a man named Reda.

    But Danielle says she's wanted to do it for a long time and would "absolutely" have a go, even if "the colour isn't perfect".

    As for overseas visitors - opinions are again mixed. "It's too green," says Rudolf from Mexico... though he'd reconsider if there was an Olympic medal up for grabs.

    Others are less fazed at the idea of open-water swimming. Olympics fans from the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Czech Republic all tell me they've done it.

    "It's not clean enough but I think I'd do it," says a Brazilian man, who says the same concerns over cleanliness exist in his home city of Sao Paulo.

    A couple hold a Mexican on a bridge next to the River Seine
    Image caption,

    For Rudolf from Mexico, the water is "too green"

  13. gymnastics

    Jarman and Hepworth stick big vaultspublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

    Sonia Oxley
    BBC Sport in Paris

    Luke Whitehouse goes first on vault but produces the first real mistake we have seen from GB with a messy landing.

    But it really helps when you have a world champion on the apparatus in your team... enter Jake Jarman, who has just nailed a huge vault to score 15.266.

    Quickly followed by Harry Hepworth, who like Jarman is in the vault final, who scores 14.966.

    They will have clawed back some of what Whitehouse lost in his vault. Team work.

  14. gold-medal

    Heydarov beats home hope Gaba in marathon matchpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 29 July

    Men's under-73kg judo

    An extraordinary final in the men's under-73kg judo, where Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan has won gold after nine minutes and 24 seconds of intense action.

    Heydarov is the world number one, world and European champion, but was pushed all the way by France's Joan-Benjamin Gaba.

    Gaba is ranked 35th in the world, but got a deafening support from the Parisian crowd as he pushed the experienced Heydarov all the way to a golden score period after the regulation four minutes passed without points.

    Eventually Heydarov found the throw for a winning ippon to seal the title, and leave France looking for their first judo gold of these Games in one of their flagship sports.

    Moldova's Adil Osmanov and Soichi Hashimoto of Japan won the two bronze medals which are available in every judo category.

  15. Peaty still in with chance of featuring in relayspublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 29 July

    Team GB

    Adam Peaty holds up a silver medalImage source, Getty Images

    We brought you the news at 15:48 that Team GB had confirmed swimmer Adam Peaty returned a positive test for covid-19 this morning.

    Peaty took silver in the men's 100m breaststroke on Sunday.

    The six-time Olympic medallist is due to be competing in relay events later in the swimming programme and his involvement is now uncertain.

    The 4x100m mixed medley takes place on Friday and Saturday with the men's 4x100m medley relay on Saturday and Sunday.

    Team GB are yet to make a decision on whether Peaty will be involved over the weekend and have provided BBC Sport with this statement.

    “Swimmers can be changed from heats to finals," Team GB said.

    "In terms of those relays at the end of the week, no teams are pre-selected or finalised until the day of the event.

    "Adam has been a regular member of both of those relays across recent Olympics and World Championships when competing."

  16. get involved

    Get involvedpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 29 July

    #bbcolympics, WhatsApp on 03301231286 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    My 6 month old is already loving all the Olympics! Hooked by the diving this morning and now the gymnastics. Maybe a future Olympian?

    Cally

  17. gymnastics

    Japan mistake may open doorpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

    Sonia Oxley
    BBC Sport in Paris

    China and Japan were the pre-event favourites for a gold-medal battle but that was before a terrible pommel showing for Japan's Daiki Hashimoto - the most dominant force in men's gymnastics in recent years.

    The Tokyo 2020 all-around champion fell off the apparatus and made another big mistake to score 13.100, which could end up being very costly for his team.

    Daiki Hashimoto looks disappointedImage source, Getty Images
  18. Postpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 29 July

    Great question Dawn!

    Snoop Dogg was spotted at the gymnastics yesterday and he's been at the skateboarding today.

    Access all areas it seems...

  19. get involved

    Get involvedpublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 29 July

    #bbcolympics, WhatsApp on 03301231286 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    Snoop Dogg with the Olympic torchImage source, Getty Images

    Dawn: Has anyone made a tally of how many times Snoop Dogg has been spotted at the Olympics?

  20. gymnastics

    Hepworth shines on ringspublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 29 July

    Gymnastics - men's team final

    Sonia Oxley
    BBC Sport in Paris

    Absolutely massive rings routine from Harry Hepworth! He's in the individual final for this apparatus - it's his dream to win Olympic gold on rings. The score is in - 14.800, which is higher than the one that got him into the final.

    What a fantastic start by GB in the first two rotations.

    They are fifth in the standings but it's a bit misleading - teams who have been on vault will have higher scores as that apparatus tends to score higher. It's where GB are heading next.