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British duo John Gimson and Anna Burnet's hopes of claiming a medal in the mixed multihull event came to a crushing end when they were disqualified in the final race.

Gimson and Burnet - Olympic silver medallists in Tokyo - were third heading into the double-points medal race.

However, they were judged to have crossed the line before the starting horn sounded and forced to retire while their competitors continued.

The couple, who are planning to get married after the Games, received the maximum 22 points which saw them move down to fourth in the overall standings.

"We made one mistake and it's cost us an Olympic medal so you can imagine we're pretty broken," Gimson said.

Burnet added: "In that moment it's devastating, it's a bad dream but we can be proud of what we have done.

"There's no-one I'd rather be here with. We're so lucky we get to do this together. The highs and lows, we're biding it together."

Italy's Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, who led going into the medal race, crossed the finish line in second to retain their Olympic title.

Mateo Majdalani and Eugenia Bosco of Argentina took silver, while New Zealand's Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson won bronze.

Earlier on Thursday, Austria's Vadlau and Lukas Maehr were crowned Olympic champions in the mixed dinghy event.

Japan's Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka stayed near the front of the pack throughout in the double-points finale to secure silver, while Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson of Sweden picked up bronze.

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Team GB's Yasmin Harper and Grace Reid made it safely through to the semi-finals of the women's 3m springboard competition at the Paris Olympics.

Harper has already won one medal at the Games, securing a dramatic bronze in the women's synchronised 3m springboard alongside Scarlett Mew Jensen.

She finished ninth with 295.75 points in the preliminary round on Wednesday, with the top 18 progressing to the semi-finals.

Reid scored 303.25 points to finish in an impressive fifth place.

China's Chen Yiwen, gold medallist in the synchro competition, topped the standings with 356.40.

The semi-finals take place on Thursday from 09:00 BST.

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BBC Sport in Paris

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Andy Macdonald's skateboarding Olympic debut at the age of 51 ended in the park heats but he called it "an experience of a lifetime".

Born in Massachusetts, USA, he qualified for Great Britain via his Luton-born father. A legend of the sport, who invented some of its tricks decades before the skateboarding was introduced at the Olympics at Tokyo 2020, he had the crowd on its feet in appreciation after all three of his runs.

But his best run of 77.66 put him 18th out of 22, with only the top eight qualifying for Wednesday's final.

"That is how you're supposed to do it, get your run down and then everything else is bonus," he told BBC Sport.

"Experience of a lifetime being at the Olympics.

"There are very few things that bring the world together. Sport is one of those things and the Olympics is one of them."

He said it had been a "long shot" to qualify for the Games in the first place but he clearly enjoyed every moment, waving his skateboard above his head and lapping up the cheers.

"The first run I didn't do the nollie heelflip," he added. "That's a trick I invented and I didn't want to bail on a trick that I invented.

"Then on my second round I put that in, then in my third round I put in the fake 540 that is the one that did it for me in Budapest [to help me qualify for Paris], it was totally a bonus if I could make it here.

"I did a backflip for the fans - thank you and goodnight!"

Australian defending champion Keegan Palmer (93.78) was the top qualifier, followed by American Tom Schaar (92.05) and Italy's Alex Sorgente (91.14). World number one Tate Carew qualified fourth with 90.42.

The eight-man final is from 16:30.

Team GB skateboarder Andy Macdonald, 51, participates in the Olympic park competition, scoring 77.66 on his final run but not enough to qualify for the eight-man final.

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BBC Sport senior journalist in Paris

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Britons Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden comfortably secured their places in Thursday's men's 3m springboard final at the Paris Olympics.

Laugher, bronze medallist in the synchro event alongside Anthony Harding, finished third in the semi-final standings with 467.05 points.

The 29-year-old won bronze in the discipline in Tokyo three years ago.

Houlden finished fifth with 445.55 points to ensure he would reach the final on his debut Olympic Games.

China's Wang Zongyuan, silver medallist in Tokyo, topped the standings with 537.85, with compatriot and defending champion Xie Siyi second (505.85).

The final takes place on Thursday at 14:00 BST.