Dame Katherine Grainger
Olympic rowing gold medalist on BBC TV

The Olympics matter so much to every single athlete that comes here, people will do surprising things, surprising race plans to try and take the favourites by storm and that's exactly what Romania did [against Tom George & Ollie Wynne-Griffith in the semi].

That's why they beat them by about three quarters of a length.

Steve Parry
Olympic bronze medal swimmer on BBC Radio 5 live

Britain will want to get their nose in front. They will want to execute better than the other teams, make sure they still stay in the top three before they get on to the dives with more degrees of difficulty.

A season's best time of 3mins 35.83 seconds for Josh Kerr to advance.

It wasn't quite so straightforward for some of his competitors. It was tighter than Team USA's Yared Nuguse might have liked as he qualified in fifth.

Meanwhile, Australia's Olli Hoare, the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, is out. He was back in 13th.

Leon Taylor
Olympic diving silver medallist on BBC TV

Nice and steady it is, beautiful synchronisation from Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher

The execution is good, could both be a little bit cleaner.

Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher with another solid dive which has the pair in the silver medal position, behind China's Daoyi Long and Zongyuan Wang, after two of six routines.

Alistair Watkins
BBC Sport in Paris

The sun has finally broken through at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

My umbrella is up, hat on and the 50+ sun lotion double coated, but after last night's spectacular storm in Paris, some wellies might have been a better choice of footwear.

With no Helen Glover to focus on today, the atmosphere is slightly quieter but it's picking up in the huge stands as we approach the four medal races.

The B, D, E and F finals have been taking place this morning as the rowing regatta enters its penultimate day.

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Allison Curbishley
Athletics expert on BBC Radio 5 Live

Team captain, doesn't Josh Kerr look ready for this? He's spoken a good game in the build up. He's having the season of his life. We will gloss over the fall he had at the British Championships. This guy is ready.

Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland at Stade de France

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Let's call that cruise control from Josh Kerr.

I'm not sure lingering at the backs helps the nerves of those watching, but clearly he knows what he's doing.

The world champion eases into the semi-finals on Sunday night.

Chris Jones
BBC correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

Two big medal prospects this morning, the men's pair at 10:30 BST. What a showdown that will be in a stacked field.

The women's lightweight doubles at 11:20 BST, they're favourites for gold but this is the Olympics and all bets are off. We're set for another dramatic morning on the lake.

Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport in Paris

If you're wondering why the athletes pop into a hot tub after their dives, it's a very simple explanation.

It's essentially so the divers can stay warm inbetween dives, and also keep their muscles loose as they wait to go again.

So confident from Josh Kerr. He took his time, picked his moment and then just eased past those ahead of him.

Once he hit the front, there never looked like any danger of him being caught. He wins the heat in 3:35.83.

Norway's Narve Gilje Nordas is leading the way at the halfway stage with Team GB's Josh Kerr biding his time towards the back.

Plenty of time left for him to make his move. The same goes Yared Nuguse.

Alistair Watkins
BBC Sport in Paris

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Great Britain will seek to add to their four rowing medals on the penultimate day of the rowing competition.

They have strong medals hopes in two of the four finals:

• Oliver Wynne-Griffiths and Tom George go in the men's pair final at 10:30 BST - they won silver at the 2023 World Championships and qualified third fastest.
• Emily Craig and Imogen Grant are favourites to win the women's lightweight double sculls final at 11:22 - the reigning world and European champions are unbeaten since finishing 0.01 seconds short of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

• There's no Team GB in the men's lightweight final at 11:02 but watch out for Ireland's Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan who are the defending champions.
• The women's pair is the other final at 10:42 - there's no GB in that one. Chloe Brew and Rebecca Edwards finished sixth in the B final.

A smile from Josh Kerr on the start line for this 1500m heat.

The 26-year-old Brit is all business now, though, as the starting pistol fires and off they go!

Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport in Paris

Leon Taylor, who is far superior to me when it comes to diving nous, reckoned the Brits looked a bit nervous during the warm-ups.

There's a quick high-five between the pair as they ready themselves for their first dive one last look and nod of the head - and there's huge cheers from the support team on the sidelines as they get themselves on to the board first up.

Not a bad way to shake off the early nerves...

Here come Britain's Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher for their opening dive and it's a good one, getting 49.80 from the judges which puts the pair tied with the USA in the bronze medal position.

Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland

Around Christmas time, Josh Kerr made a special trip to the Stade de France in Paris, home of athletics at this summer's Olympics.

Kerr wanted to stand in the stadium and picture the 1500m final. The din of the crowd, the glare of the lights, the game plan, the winning moment.

He may already be world champion, but for Kerr it has always been about Paris. Even as a boy he talked about one day becoming Olympic champion.

At 26, a career pinnacle could be just around the corner for the Scot, who barring injury or misfortune, will take part in one of the Games' mostly hotly anticipated events.

Yet despite his inexorable rise, Kerr could walk down Princes Street in his hometown of Edinburgh and, probably, go largely unnoticed.

That could all be about to change.

Read more here.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

Aside from the the dazzling purple track, another cool feature you may have noticed this morning at the Stade de France is the lights on the high jump stands.

Lit up in blue while we await the next athlete to approach, they change to green or red depending on whether they have successfully cleared the height.

It looks great, and also ensures those on the far side of the stadium can keep up with what's going on.

GB's Morgan Lake had only seen green with two clearance at 1.83m and 1.88m, but there's a first flash of red as she makes a first attempt at 1.92m.

Thomas Duncan
BBC Scotland at Stade de France

Josh Kerr has probably the toughest heat of the three to contend with first up.

American Yared Nuguse finished fifth behind him at the World Championships last year and has run a shade over three minutes 29 seconds this year.

Meanwhile, Kenyan Brian Komen has a season's best of three minutes 28.80 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League earlier this year.

That's quick. The top six in each heat advance to the semi-finals, though.

One of Great Britain's biggest gold medal hopes in the athletics is 1500m world champion Josh Kerr.

The Scot won bronze over the distance in Tokyo but went two better at the World Championships in Budapest last year.

He goes in the first heat at 10:10 BST and you can watch on BBC iPlayer and the Red Button.