Team GB

Great Britain remain top of the team eventing standings after the cross country despite a jumping penalty against Ros Canter drastically reducing their lead.

Team GB are looking to defend their Olympic title for the first time since 1972 and looked well placed to do so after a flawless run from Tom McEwen on JL Dublin.

That was followed by Laura Collett suffering only a 0.8 penalty on London 52, and while that saw her drop to second in the individual standings - 0.5 behind Germany's Michael Jung - the British team were some way clear of their nearest rivals.

However, Canter was then given 15 jumping penalties to drop from sixth to 24th in the individual and cut Great Britain's lead to 4.7 over France.

On Sunday evening, British Equestrian confirmed that Canter's penalties stood following a review.

Nigel Ringland
BBC Sport NI Senior Journalist in Paris

Two-time Olympic champion Helen Glover and her Great Britain team-mates Rebecca Shorten, Sam Redgrave and Esme Booth are through to Thursday’s women's four final after a comfortable win in their heat.

They pulled clear early on and kept the rest of the field, led by New Zealand, at bay.

After winning Olympic gold in London and Rio but finishing fourth in Tokyo, Glover now has the opportunity for a third Games title.

The men’s four - Oliver Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson - finished second in their heat but also progress directly to the final.

Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George reaffirmed their favourites tag in the men’s pair by winning their heat to qualify for the semi-finals, were they will be joined by Nathan Timoney and Ross Corrigan. The duo, from Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, were third in their heat, rowing for Team Ireland.

Another Team GB boat who are heavy favourites for gold are the women’s lightweight double of Emily Craig and Imogen Grant.

Beaten by the narrowest of margins into fourth place in Tokyo they haven’t been beaten since and that record remained intact as they reached the semi-finals.

The women’s pair of Rebecca Edwards and Chloe Brew were fourth in their heat and will be back on Monday to race the repechage.

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By Lewis Coombes

BBC Sport in Chateauroux

Britain's Seonaid McIntosh missed out on qualification for the women's 10m air rifle final after her rifle malfunctioned during the warm-up.

Her father Donald, who is her coach, set about fixing the gun, armed with a tool box, with minutes until the competition’s start.

McIntosh scored 624.5 after her 60 shots, finishing 37th and did not progress to tomorrow’s final.

Hyojin Ban from South Korea top scored with 634.5, a new Olympic qualifying record.

McIntosh told BBC Sport: “It’s not been my day. Immediately I knew there was something wrong. The two sights weren’t lining up.

“We bought a spare gun for situations like this. So we ran and got that gun. A lot of thoughts all at once.. “How do we fix it? How fast can I fix it? While trying to stay calm and not get phased by it.”

The issue is understood to have been related to the gun’s barrel, which was completely replaced.

While the rest of the field started the competition, Seonaid was a delayed entry allowed additional time for practice, before eventually re-joining the field.

The 28-year-old showed great composure under the additional pressure, clearly seen to be relying on breathing techniques to stay calm.

She added: “I’m disappointed by the result. But I did work really hard and had to work extra hard because of all the big problems at the start. I did my best and that’s all I can really ask of myself, I guess.

“I had a look at the sight afterwards and there’s a big crack in it. I’m thinking when it’s gone into the armoury it’s fallen over or something.

“I’ll be a bit more cautious with my 50m gun, maybe take the sights off at night-time and things and make sure everything is packed safely.

“At least it’s this time and not my last competition.”

McIntosh returns next week for her favoured event – 50m rifle three positions – in which she is world number one.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport journalist in Paris

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Great Britain's women missed out on a place in the team archery quarter-finals after a straight-sets defeat by Germany in the opening round.

The trio of Penny Healey, Bryony Pitman and Megan Havers lost 6-0 in the best-of-four elimination round.

Healey, who was inspired to take up archery after watching the Disney film 'Brave', looked in strong form as she found the middle target three times.

But the German trio of Katharina Bauer, Michelle Kroppen and Charline Schwarz, who won gold at last year's world championships, hit six 10s to sweep past the British team.

Healey was shortlisted for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year following a 2023 season in which she claimed two European golds and will compete in the individual event on Thursday.

Havers, the youngest archer at the Paris Games at 16-years-old, will also compete in the singles along with Pitman, who made it to the third round of the event in Tokyo three years ago.

Sam Drury
BBC Sport journalist

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Great Britain's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy are out of the men's doubles badminton after losing to China's top seeds Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in three games.

Having lost their opening match on Saturday, the Brits needed to win to maintain any chance of qualifying from Group A.

A close first game ended 21-18 in favour of the Chinese pair before Lane and Vendy stormed back to take the second 21-13.

But Liang and Wang stepped it up in the third, showing far more aggression, and a pinpoint smash from the former sealed a 21-14 triumph.

That ensures the Chinese duo will progress to the next round, while Lane and Vendy will exit after their final group match against Canada's Adam Dong and Nyl Yakura on Monday evening.

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Great Britain's Kimberley Woods has qualified for the women's kayak singles semi-final at the Olympics.

The 28-year-old recorded a time of 97.31 seconds in the first heat, and 95.95 in the second to finish 12th overall.

Australia's Jessica Fox, regarded as the greatest female slalom paddler of all time, topped qualifying after recording the fastest time of the session at 92.18 seconds.

Poland's Klaudia Zwolinska finished in second with Camille Prigent of France in third.

Woods finished last in the K1 final at Tokyo 2020, after receiving 56 penalties, and was captured on camera in a burst of tears.

Since then she has entered the top 10 in the discipline for the first time in her career.

The semi-final takes place on Sunday 28 July at 14:30 BST.