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The Olympics delivers a first full day of action at Paris 2024 on Saturday after a memorable opening ceremony.
The swimming takes centre stage with Team GB’s focus is on Adam Peaty as he bids to win three consecutive 100m breastroke Olympic gold medals. But the race of the day, and perhaps the meet, puts Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh against each other in the women’s 400m freestyle.
The first gold medals of the summer will be awarded before lunch, with the mixed 10m air rifle finals taking, with Team GB pair Michael Bargeron and Seonaid McIntosh in prime position to win. And there is more potential for British success in the women’s 3m synchronised diving final with British duo of Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen.
Look out for Rafael Nadal, fresh from starring in Friday night’s opening ceremony, with the Spaniard partnering Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s doubles as tennis begins at Roland Garros.
Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below:
Saturday highlights and stars to watch
The first gold medals of the summer will be handed out before lunch, with the mixed 10m air rifle finals taking place at 09:30 BST. The reigning Olympic champions, Chinese duo Haoran Yang and Qian Yang, are not competing, leaving the door wide open for Team GB pair Michael Bargeron and Seonaid McIntosh to bring home the first medals of the summer.
The shooting finals will be closely followed by the women’s 3m synchronised diving final, where the British duo of Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen, who have competed together since 2023, will both look to bring home their first medals.
Perhaps the biggest event of the day at Paris 2024 will be taking place in the pool at the Paris La Defense Arena, with a range of swimming disciplines making their first appearance. The day will include semi-finals in women’s 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle as well as men’s 100m breaststroke, with the day culminating in both the men’s and women’s 400m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle relay finals.
Several Team GB hopefuls will compete in each discipline, including Adam Peaty trying to reach the final in the men’s 100m breaststroke as he goes for a historic third straight gold, while America’s seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky is set to compete in the women’s 400m freestyle, along with Australia’s Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh.
Jamie Braidwood27 July 2024 10:05
Olympics 2024: Women’s 3m synchronised diving
Round three is in the books, and Team GB are tumbling down the order, now finding themselves sat in sixth place.
China sit top at 181.20, trailed by the American pairing of Bacon and Cook. They have just a two point gap to third-placed Australia, while Harper and Mew Jensen are 8.70 points off the podium places.
Arthur Ferridge27 July 2024 10:33
Olympics 2024: First gold medal of the games goes to China
10m mixed air rifle shooting
Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao have become Olympic champions, adding the gold medal to their world championship status.
They beat North Korea’s Keum and Park 16-12.
Sonia Twigg27 July 2024 10:32
Men’s artistic gymnastics qualifying
Great Britain have made an impressive start on the vault as they aim to reach the team final.
The top eight teams will reach the team final on Monday, and the top 24 gymnasts will secure their place in the all-round final.
For each apparatus the top eight will reach the final of each equipment.
Jake Jarman was left shaking his head after a slightly awkward landing from his second vault, but impressed with a 15.166 on his first.
Sonia Twigg27 July 2024 10:29
Women’s 3m synchronised springboard
Harper and Mew Jensen’s third dive is not quite where it needs to be, with a score of 63.90 extending the deficit to the American duo to over eleven points.
Arthur Ferridge27 July 2024 10:27
Olympics 2024 medal table: China and South Korea vie for first gold of Paris Games
USA are set to battle China from supremacy in the count of gold, silver and bronze medals won at the Olympic Games
Sonia Twigg27 July 2024 10:27
Swimming Team GB watch
Keanna Maccines is through into the 100m butterfly semi-final.
She has qualified in 16th place with a time of 57.90 seconds.
China’s Zhang Yufei was the quickest in qualification with a time of 56.50.
Sonia Twigg27 July 2024 10:25
Olympics swimming: Latest updates
The swimming heats are underway at the brilliant La Defense Arena in paris – and one of the biggest rivalries in the pool is coming up in the next 20 minutes.
In the women’s 400m freestyle, Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky will go head-to-head in the third heat. Titmus is the world record holder and Olympic champion, after stunning Ledecky, the seven-time Olympic champion, in this event three years ago.
The final, should they make it, is expected to be one of the races of the Games, with Canada’s Summer McIntosh and New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather also ones to watch. They are in heat two.
Jamie Braidwood27 July 2024 10:23
Women’s 3m synchronised springboard
After the second round, the British pair of Harper and Jensen have dropped from second to third with a score of 96.60.
The United States and China take the top two places.
Sonia Twigg27 July 2024 10:22
Team GB in action in the men’s artistic gymnastics qualification
The men’s artistic gymnastics heats and qualification are underway, so stay tuned for all of the standings and the altest news.
Sonia Twigg27 July 2024 10:16
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