Ed Leigh
BMX commentator on BBC TV

That is a result and that is total dominance.

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Before big events, some sportspeople listen to music, some meditate and Kevin de Bruyne supposedly plays Candy Crush.

GB's teenage 800m runner Phoebe Gill has another tactic, as she revealed she was watching episodes of noughties TV classic Gilmore Gilrls in her room before her heat tonight "while trying not to hyperventilate".

It appears to have done some good as she qualified for the semis.

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Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Paris

Well, that's that. The final line-ups are set.

All three French riders will go in the men's final and that means the roof could actually come off this place.

There was a one-two-three for the French riders at the world championships last year, could we have the same again here?

Kye Whyte will not feature after that earlier crash.

Bethany Shriever will have the chance to defend the Olympic title she won three years ago in Tokyo but faces stiff competition in in-form rider Saya Sakakibara of Australia.

It's tense, people.

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Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

It's been a great night of action so far, but now it's time for the main event of Friday night at the Stade de France.

The first gold medal is about to be decided on the purple track. Well, in around 26 minutes or so once the gun goes off.

The Olympic 10,000m title is the only global distance track title missing for Uganda's world record holder Joshua Cheptegei. Will he complete the set here?

Nobody is leaving early and the crowd make themselves heard again for French duo Yann Schrub and Jimmy Gressier. There's enough time to squeeze in another chant... and away we go!

After beating Colombia 1-0 in the Copa America final in July, several members of the Argentina squad were filmed singing a song questioning the heritage of France's black and mixed-race players.

Argentina fans had sung a song which was described as both racist and homophobic about France's players at the last World Cup.

The rivalry grew when Argentina beat France on penalties in a thrilling final - with Kylian Mbappe's hat-trick having been only enough for Les Bleus to earn a 3-3 draw.

After that December 2022 game, footage emerged from the Argentina dressing room of the players singing "a minute's silence for" and goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez shouting "for Mbappe who is dead".

At their celebrations back in Argentina, Aston Villa's Martinez held a toy baby with Mbappe's face on, while fans had a coffin lid with a picture of the forward which they set on fire.

Those issues were stirred up again after Argentina's Copa America final win.

Chelsea have decided not to take any action against their midfielder Enzo Fernandez, who was singing and had posted the video to his social media account.

His Blues team-mate Wesley Fofana, a French man with an Ivorian father, called it "uninhibited racism" and has since said he hopes the matter will have educated Fernandez.

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If you're watching on BBC One, you'll shortly be able to watch Team GB's Beth Shriever in the final of the BMX racing. That begins at 20:50 BST.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Paris

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Three from three for Bethany Shriever!

That's three victories in three semi-finals. In fact, make it six from six if you include last night's quarter-finals. She is in absolutely scintillating form.

She was pushed by the United States' Alise Willoughby in that last race, probably her toughest test yet, but fended off the defending world champion to take another win.

What a final we are in for!

Team GB's swimmer Duncan Scott, speaking to BBC One after placing second in the men's individual medley: "I need to watch it back. I probably made my coach nervous at one point. My target was to push myself out there.

"Leon Marchand showed his class there, that is very quick. What he just went after what has been a busy schedule for the guy - it was special to race him.

"It is a great way to finish it off or, maybe I am included in some relays."

Team GB's Tom Dean, speaking to BBC One after placing fifth:"With Leon [Marchand] in it, it was electric. Super exciting and another medal for GB [Ben Proud's silver medal]!

"An exciting evening for Team GB and I gave it my all - to walk away from this Olympics as a defending champion is an honour."

Easy peasy. It's three from three in the semi-finals for GB's Beth Shriever, the defending champion.

But Australia's Saya Sakakibari has done the same.

The pair will battle for gold in the final at 20:50 BST.

Team GB's silver medallist Ben Proud, speaking to BBC One: "In lane four it looks like you are protecting that gold.

"It was a great race and to be second behind Cam who has come out on full form this year. He has done phenomenal things and he has changed the way I do some training.

"The 50m is not aggressive and it is not about who is better. It's about doing your best, we share the same coach and that goes a long way!"

You wait a few hours for another GB silver medal, then two come almost at once. Here's how, first, Ben Proud came second in the 50m freestyle, before Duncan Scott followed French superstar Leon Marchand home in the 200m individual medley.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

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It's not to be for GB's Scott Lincoln in the men's shot put qualification.

Lincoln made two fouls before landing a final throw measuring 19.69m, which is not going to be enough to make the top 12.

Expect a huge battle for gold in this event, with American two-time defending Olympic champion Ryan Crouser, famous for wearing a stetson hat in his celebrations at major competitions.

Something else Crouser is known for is his invention of the 'Crouser slide', a unique throwing style which to the untrained eye is not immediately recognisable, but has helped him obliterate the world record.

Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Paris

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It was an interesting medal ceremony at the trampolining. Ivan Litvinovich is here as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) - one of 17 Belarusian athletes competing as an AIN as their country is banned because of its support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

There was no Belarus anthem or flag - instead it was a specially commissioned anthem with no words and a teal AIN flag.

Very different this time for Litvinovich, who took this title in Tokyo 2020.

Victoria Pendleton
Olympic cycling gold medalist on BBC Radio 5 Live

They must be hugely intimidated already by what Shriever has delivered.

Every moment that she has spent on the track has been in front, there is no doubt she is in the physical form of her life and streets ahead of her competitors here.

Here comes GB's Beth Shriever in the third semi-final run.

Shriever won her first two, can she make it three from three?

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport in Paris

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Ended up at the fencing. As you do.

France have just fumbled a bronze in the men’s epee but minutes later the Grand Palais erupts during the gold medal match between Hungary and Japan.

Why?

Because every French person in here is watching a mobile stream of Leon Marchand.

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And if you’re not inside, you and your pals outside and gathered around a phone balanced on a lamp post.

An almighty roar goes up - inside and out - as Marchand heads for the line.

Followed by a hearty rendition of La Marseillaise and a chant of ‘Leon, Leon’.

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Maz Farookhi
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live

Look up grudge match in the dictionary and you'll likely find this fixture. Le Monde had a headline today that described Argentina as the new national enemy.

Victoria Pendleton
Olympic cycling gold medalist on BBC Radio 5 Live

We knew that Kye Whyte had a few injuries that had been bothering him in preparation of these games, so maybe they're just looking after him in case he's aggravated something.

It did look like a bad crash, and our main concern is making sure he's OK.