Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

Not many would disagree that tonight's 1500m showdown between Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the most anticipated - and potentially dramatic - in the athletics offering at Paris 2024.

But the women's 400m hurdles final is right up there.

Both defending champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Dutch world champion Femke Bol make it safely through to Thursday's final, while the excitement in the stadium surrounding France's Louise Maraval's successful qualification adds another dimension to the medal race.

McLaughlin-Levrone will be favourite as the fastest woman in history.

But make no mistake, Bol is in serious form, as shown in her spectacular dash for mixed 4x400m relay gold, and ready to push her all the way.

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
London 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion on BBC TV

It is refreshing. The rivalries make a huge difference. Josh Kerr is confident but he is not confident without everything behind him.

The races that he has done, the times that he has put down and that gold medal from last year.

He's riding that wave of success and he is really going to be a huge threat to Jakob Ingebrigtsen tonight.

Andrew Rogers
BBC Newsbeat reporter at Edinburgh Athletic Club

One of the big names here at Josh Kerr’s former club in Edinburgh is Lee McConnell. She ran the 400m race for Team GB in 2004, 2008 and 2012 and will now be watching with fellow club members as the city’s own goes for gold.

McConnell says so much of Team GB’s success in recent games has been down to funding for grassroots sport – and she’s keen to get the word out about how National Lottery money has played a big part in that.

Josh is far from the only Olympian to start his journey at Meadowbank Sports Centre. Lee did too.

“This was here when I was a kid but it’s been torn down and rebuilt with a lot of National Lottery funding”, she says.

“We really need that funding. You only need to look back to the 1996 Olympics and see how many medals we won”

She’s referring, of course, back to the Games where just three medals were won by Team GB in Atlanta.

Image source, Getty Images

It was tough, but Emma Hayes' USA have just done enough to see off Germany, winning 1-0 after extra time. They will face the winner of Brazil v Spain, which kicks off at 8pm.

Hayes had won seven Women's Super League titles (including the past five seasons in a row) before taking over as the United States head coach at the end of last season.

Before going for Britain in tonight's 1500m final, Josh Kerr took on the (not quite) equally important task of answering a few testing rapid fire questions from us...

It's a slow start by Femke Bol but a strong finish as she's cruising when leaping over the final hurdle before taking the win at 52.57 seconds.

Barely broke a sweat.

Anna Cockrell is second.

It's sixth place for Jessie Knight.

A false start.

Anna Cockrell had her hand raised on the blocks well before the starting gun.

The stewards are meeting to discuss whether they accept - an anxious wait for the American.

A green card and it's all good for Cockrell to stay on the blocks for this final semi-final.

Off they go...

On to the last semi-final with the very special Femke Bol of the Netherlands involved.

Bol won bronze at Tokyo 2020 and picked up gold at the 2023 World Championships.

She has already won gold in Paris as part of the 4×400m mixed relay.

Team GB's Jessie Knight has her work cut out here.

The Team GB trio spoke to BBC TV after winning silver in the men's team sprint final.

Ed Lowe: "I'm ecstatic, silver medal, something I didn't think was possible going into this so second place, I'll definitely take that to the Dutch. Huge credit to these boys as well, so pleased."

Hamish Turnball: "I'm buzzing. We weren't expecting to fight for gold, we were chasing the bronze really so to get into that gold final, all stress was off. We could really enjoy it, soak up the crowd and show everyone what we could do without really any pressure on our backs.

"Huge credit to Ed, because he didn't make it easy for me, fast boy to follow in that first lap but we put three clean rides together and that's what got us the silver medal being clean across the day."

Jack Carlin: "Feeling really good. As a team, we came and delivered. The best probably we could have done on the day. Hamish rode flat which in Tokyo I didn't do that for Jason [Kenny] and he paid the consequences, I've obviously came off fresher.

"Two boys that came in without any experience really at this kind level and they've really stepped up and I'm really proud of them."

China's Zhao Jie leads the way with a distance of 74.27 after two throws.

A throw of 73.17 has world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk back in sixth.

Just as in Tokyo, Great Britain were beaten by the Netherlands in the final of the men's team sprint final in track cycling.

Wow!

American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins the second semi-final at a canter.

McLaughlin-Levrone does hold the world and Olympic records but it's still incredible to see such dominance.

She crosses the line in 52.13 seconds and slowed well before.

France's Louise Maraval is second.

Simon Brotherton
Commentator on BBC TV

Netherlands get gold and break their own world record for good measure as well - 40.949.

What a fantastic trio they are, utterly dominant in this event.

Great Britain could not have achieved more. Different class the Netherlands in men's team sprinting here.

Great Britain gave absolutely everything, finished with the silver. They will have known they were really up against it.

It was all about the men in orange.

Dinesh: No disgrace in losing to the Dutch. They are phenomenal. A great silver for the British men’s team sprint team.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Paris

Oh no!

That is utterly heartbreaking for Great Britain's Laviai Nielsen as she catches the final hurdle and falls to the ground.

She slowly picks herself up and crosses the line to applause. What a devastating way for her competition to end as she pushed for a place in the final.

Victoria Pendleton
Olympic cycling gold medalist on BBC Radio 5 Live

Great Britain have done themselves really proud, a great performance from the trio. They are a young team, there is still time for them to grow and improve. They can be really proud. A silver is the best they could have hoped for in this competition.

Richard Winton
BBC Scotland in Paris

That's a 14th Olympic, world or European medal for Jack Carlin now, but none of them are the colour he really wants.

Silver might be some sort of balm for the sting of missing out again but, just like on the podium in Tokyo, there will be a Dutchman or three celebrating some unfathomable feat of cycling on the step above him.

Another sore one for the Scot.

Alistair Bruce-Ball
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live

The Dutch destroyers have done it again. They are untouchable in this event, they have defended their title. Britain were chasing shadows all the way around and could not keep up. They take silver, but there's no disgracing that.