Olympics 2024 LIVE! Tebogo wins 200m final; Lyles Covid, USA comeback; Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon

Olympics LIVE!

Day 13 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games got underway this morning with Team GB attention turning to Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s bid to finally win an Olympic heptathlon medal. The two-day event began with the 100m hurdles and the high jump, with two-time world champion Johnson-Thompson leading favourite Nafi Thia ahead of the second and final day on Friday.

Team GB’s first medal of the day is a gold one, after Ellie Aldridge took victory in the women's kite sailing final. Jack Laugher struggled in the the men’s 3m springboard final, a disastrous early dive meant he finished seventh. Emma Finucane the claimed bronze in the keirin. There will be no gold for Jade Jones as she suffered a shock opening defeat to end her hopes of a third Olympic taekwondo title. Bradly Sinden has also missed out on gold and was later ruled out of his bronze medal match due to injury.

Later on at the Stade de France, the men’s 200m final headlines the athletics schedule as Noah Lyles bid to add to his 100m victory and secure a historic sprint double. The American lost out to Letsile Tebogo and claimed bronze, before it was revealed he in fact tested postive for Covid. Follow all the latest updates from the Paris Olympics via Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below, featuring Matt Majendie and Malik Ouzia’s updates from across the Games.

Olympic Games latest updates

• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks record to win 400m hurdles final

• Katarina Johnson-Thompson strengthens bid for gold

• Lyles had positive COVID test when winning bronze in men's 200m final

• Letsile Tebogo wins men's 200m final

• Ellie Aldridge wins kite sailing gold

• Bradly Sinden out of taekwondo medal match

• Jade Jones suffers shock defeat in first round

• Jack Laugher finishes seventh in painful diving final

• British 4x100m relay teams qualify for finals

• Emma Finucane claims bronze for Team GB in keirin final

And that's a wrap!

22:41 , Jonathan Gorrie

Thanks for joining another day of Standard Sport’s LIVE coverage at the Olympics 2024!

Tune in again tomorrow, where we have more hopes for Team GB as Katerina Johnson-Thompson goes for gold in the heptathlon, as well as in the women’s 4x100m relay!

Boxing - men's 51kg final

22:03 , Jonathan Gorrie

Uzebkistan’s Dustamov disappoints the home crowd to win Olympic gold against France’s Billal Bennama by way of unanimous decision.

USA reach basketball gold medal game

21:56 , Jonathan Gorrie

Serbia were SO close to reaching the gold medal game in the basketball but a LeBron James-inspired comeback sees the USA through.

Boxing - women's 75kg semi-final

21:49 , Jonathan Gorrie

Cindy Ngamba of the Refugee Olympics team loses a split decision to Panama’s Atheyna Bylon to loud boos about the decision at Roland Garros.

Athletics - men's javelin final

21:04 , Jonathan Gorrie

Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan claims Olympic gold with that 92.97 throw.

Neeraj Chopra wins silver, with Grenada’s Anderson Peters winning bronze.

Athletics - men's 110m hurdles final

20:59 , Jonathan Gorrie

Grant Holloway wins gold for America, while teammate Daniel Roberts claims silver.

Rasheed Broadbell of Jamaica in bronze.

McLaughlin-Levrone surges to Olympics gold as Lyles 200m dream ended

20:58 , Jonathan Gorrie

When Noah Lyles took on the NBA with his ‘world-champion-of-what?’ jibe, his argument was that no competition came close to matching the global reach of track and field, never mind one played almost exclusively in the US. Seldom can any view on a subject have been vindicated in a more unwelcome way.

Here in the Stade de France, Lyles was hoist by his own petard, his bid for a 100m-200m double kiboshed by Letsile Tebogo, who ran a blistering 19.46seconds in the latter sprint to win Botswana’s first ever Olympic gold medal.

Ironically, even by the NBA closed view of global supremacy, Lyles would not have been king, countryman Kenny Bednarek taking silver in 19.62. The pre-race favourite, who revealed afterwards he ran despite testing positive for Covid two days ago, managed only 19.70 for third.

Read the full story here!

Athletics - men's javelin final

20:47 , Jonathan Gorrie

Nadeem still leads with his Olympic record throw of 92.97 metres.

India’s Neeraj Chopra is second on 88.45m, while Grenada’s Anderson Peters sits third with 88.54m.

Athletics - women's 400m hurdles final

20:30 , Jonathan Gorrie

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record and wins gold in women's 400-meter hurdles at Paris Olympics.

Athletics - women's 400m hurdles

20:25 , Jonathan Gorrie

Another huge event at Stade de France!

Athletics - women's heptathlon

20:19 , Jonathan Gorrie

Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s hopes of Olympic gold are well and truly alive at the end day one of what looks set to be a heptathlon duel for the ages.

The Brit produced a huge personal best of 14.44m in the shot put, as well as her best high jump performance in five years, to lead on 4055 points after four events, 48 clear of defending champion and long-time rival Nafi Thiam.

Johnson-Thompson put years of injury woe behind her to regain her world title in Budapest last year, but is still searching for a first ever Olympic medal at what is her fourth Games. Having made her debut at London 2012 as a teenager alongside Jessica Ennis-Hill, she was well-fancied to make the podium in Rio four years later, but could only finish sixth, before pulling her calf during the 200m in Tokyo and being forced out of the competition.

Lyles had positive COVID test when winning bronze in men's 200m final

20:15 , Jonathan Gorrie

Noah Lyles had tested positive for COVID before winning bronze in men’s 200m final at the 2024 Olympics, US Track and Field have confirmed.

The American, who won the men’s 100m final earlier this week, finished third behind compatriot Kenny Bednarek and winner Letsile Tebogo at the Stade de France on Thursday night.

Read the full story here!

Athletics - women's heptathlon 200m

20:11 , Jonathan Gorrie

Johnson-Thompson up next!

Athletics - men's javelin final

20:02 , Jonathan Gorrie

Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem throws an Olympic record of 92.97 metres to blow the competition wide open!

Noah Lyles men's 200m final

19:54 , Jonathan Gorrie

The BBC have just shown images of Lyles in the waiting area wearing a face mask.

Noah Lyles update after men's 200m final

19:48 , Jonathan Gorrie

Suggestions from BBC One that Noah Lyles has Covid.

More as we get it!

Letsile Tebogo wins men's 200m final to deny Noah Lyles sprint double

19:43 , Jonathan Gorrie

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won gold in the 2024 Olympics men's 200 metres on Thursday.

Kenny Bednarek of the United States took the silver medal ahead of his compatriot Noah Lyles in third.

Read the full story here!

Athletics - men's 200m final

19:39 , Jonathan Gorrie

Tebogo wins it with 19.46 in a beautiful run.

Bednarek second with and Lyles in bronze.

Athletics - men's 200m final

19:34 , Jonathan Gorrie

Letsile Tebogo WINS men’s 200m final!

Athletics - men's 200m final

19:32 , Jonathan Gorrie

Here we go!

Athletics - men's 200m final

19:30 , Jonathan Gorrie

The athletes are out on the track, with all eyes on Noah Lyles...

Athletics - men's 200m final

19:27 , Jonathan Gorrie

We are closing in on tonight’s showpiece event...

Malik Ouzia at Stade de France

19:07 , Jonathan Gorrie

We started this day wondering whether Katarina Johnson-Thompson was even fit. Turns out, she appears to be in some of the best shape of her life.

Malik Ouzia at Stade de France

19:07 , Jonathan Gorrie

Game-changer! Nafi Thiam equals her personal best, so what is Katarina Johnson-Thompson's response? To launch a huge one of her own! She'd never been beyond 14m before. She's just thrown 14.44m.

Cycling - men's omnium

19:05 , Jonathan Gorrie

Home favourite Benjamin Thomas wins gold inside a jubilant velodrome!

Matt Majendie in Paris

19:03 , Jonathan Gorrie

Sadly, there's news from the taekwondo where an injury means that Bradly Sinden won't be able to compete in his semi-final clash. The unspecified injury was picked up during his quarter-final contest.

Cycling - men's omnium

19:03 , Jonathan Gorrie

Plucky ride by Ethan Hayter, particularly in the elimination race, but the two-time world champion, alas, is going to finish well outside the medals here. He's eighth with one final sprint remaining of the points race.

Malik Ouzia at Stade de France

18:56 , Jonathan Gorrie

Work to do for Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the shot put with one throw to come. She's currently thrown a season's best 13.38m but there is surely more in there. Nafi Thiam, meanwhile, has gone out to 15.20m. The Belgian is comfortably the stronger thrower but even so, as it stands we're looking at a swing of well over 100 points.

Malik Ouzia at Stade de France

18:56 , Jonathan Gorrie

Agathe Guillemot takes down the French national record to sneak into the final. That was a rapid race for this stage of the competition. In fact, there are a whole load of national records among those who didn't even make it through.

Athletics - women's 1500m semi-final

18:56 , Jonathan Gorrie

Agathe Guillemot into the final, though Revee Walcott-Nolan falls out of contention despite a personal best time of 3:58:08.

Athletics - women's heptathlon (shot put)

18:52 , Jonathan Gorrie

Johnson-Thompson throws 13.38 metres on her first attempt in the shot put to make a solid start.

Athletics - women's 1500m semi-final

18:45

Muir and Bell have sailed into Saturday’s final with a fourth and second placed finish respectively in the women’s 1500m semi-final.

Athletics - women's 1500m semi-final

18:43

Malik Ouzia at Stade de France: “Laura Muir did everyone a favour by taking that on around 800 metres out and making sure it didn't turn into the kind of scrappy last lap we saw in the men's 5000m heats yesterday.

“Such an assured performance from Georgia Bell, too, who basically just made sure she covered every move. I don't think there was a stride of that race where she wasn't in a qualifying position and ends up coming through for second looking comfortable.”

Cycling - men's sprint

18:34 , Jonathan Gorrie

Jack Carlin goes through to the semi-final ahead of Ota but it looks as if it’ll be reviewed...

Cycling - men's sprint

18:33 , Jonathan Gorrie

Britain’s Hamish Turnbull loses out to Jeffery Hoogland and is now out of medal contention.

Emma Finucane claims bronze for Team GB in keirin final

18:31 , Jonathan Gorrie

Emma Finucane’s dream of emulating Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny as a triple sprint gold medallist at a single Olympic Games were denied in the keirin final.

This was the weakest of the 21-year-old’s trio of events with her relative lack of experience and tactical acumen.

Read Matt Majendie’s full report here!

Malik Ouzia at the Stade de France

18:30 , Jonathan Gorrie

I was in Dortmund a month ago almost exactly for England vs Netherlands in the Euros semi-final, so this isn't quite the most orange I've seen outside a packet of Wotsits but it's right up there. The Dutch have come in their thousands to back Femke Bol tonight.

Malik Ouzia at the Stade de France

18:30 , Jonathan Gorrie

Good evening from the Stade de France. An epic night of athletics to look forward to, with some of the sport's biggest international stars going for gold later on tonight. Plenty of British interest to get started with, though, because Katarina Johnson-Thompson is away to my right preparing from the heptathlon shot put, while Georgia Bell, Laura Muir and Reeve Walcott-Nolan are all up shortly in the 1500m semi-finals.

Cycling - women's kerin final

18:22 , Jonathan Gorrie

That bronze takes Team GB up to 51 medals at Paris 2024.

New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews takes gold, with Hetty van de Vouw just getting ahead of Finucane for silver.

Cycling - women's kerin final

18:18 , Jonathan Gorrie

Emma Finucance claims BRONZE for Team GB!

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

18:15 , Jonathan Gorrie

Well, well, well, Carlin gets through after all with Ota disqualified. That medal shot is still on. Those medals will be decided tomorrow.

Cycling - men's omnium

18:14 , Jonathan Gorrie

Drama! Carlin in fact goes THROUGH after Ota is disqualified!

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

18:08 , Jonathan Gorrie

I'd had Jack Carlin down for a bronze in the individual sprint. But he's out at the quarter-final stage. Laura Kenny's tipped him for the keirin gold but on the evidence of this I'm not so sure.

Cycling - men's sprint

18:08 , Jonathan Gorrie

Jack Carlin knocked out by Kaiya Ota! He’s out of medal contention.

Johnson-Thompson on top

18:01 , Matt Verri

Not long until the action resumes over at the Stade de France.

Reminder that Katarina Johnson-Thompson sits top of the heptathlon standings after two events.

The shot put, far from Johnson-Thompson’s favourite, gets underway at 6:35pm.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

17:53 , Matt Verri

The elimination race - always such a good watch.

Ethan Hayter positioned himself perfectly throughout it at the front of the pack and comes away with the top spot.

That puts him fifth and 18 points off gold with one event to go. He needs a cracking points race.

Cycling - men's omnium

17:53 , Matt Verri

Hayter has been so impressive, in control at the front and he’s safely through to the final sprint.

And it’s victory, Elia Viviani gives up on that early and Hayter’s coach is screaming at him to ease off the pace, there’s no competition!

Superb from Hayter, he wins the elimination race.

He sits on 88 points overall, fifth now. Six points off third, 18 off top spot.

Cycling - men's omnium

17:49 , Matt Verri

Leitao not happy, seems to come as a surprise to him that someone was being eliminated at the end of that lap.

Five riders left. Make that four, as Welsford is gone.

Hayter still there!

Cycling - men's omnium

17:46 , Matt Verri

Aaron Gate next out, 11th rider to be eliminated.

Hayter continues to do all the work at the front, he hasn’t had to worry about being knocked out for a long time.

Eight still in the hunt. Hayter among them.

Cycling - men's omnium

17:42 , Matt Verri

Hayter had a scare earlier in this race, has since spent most of it at the front of the pack. Taking no chances.

We’ll be a few extra laps in this race, already had a couple of times where it was too tight to eliminate anyone.

Niklas Larsen, second overall, is out early. Real shock.

Still Hayter parks himself at the front.

Cycling - men's omnium

17:37 , Matt Verri

Time for the elimination race. Yes, that’s the fun one.

Last rider at the end of every other lap will be, you guessed it, eliminated.

Ethan Hayter needs a good race here to get right back into medal contention.

Job done... just!

17:33 , Matt Verri

Emma Finucane will get the chance to go for gold later this evening, that final coming up at 6:11pm.

She very, very nearly didn’t make it through to the final...

Cycling - women's keirin

17:30 , Matt Verri

Three riders through to the final, time to decide the other three.

Marchant in third, danger she gets boxed in here. Drops to fourth as they hear the bell.

But it’s superb from Marchant, swinging out and finding the room to power into second! She will join Finucane in the final.

Hetty van de Wouw wins it, Emma Hinze third behind Marchant.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

17:27 , Matt Verri

Blimey, dicey stuff as Emma Finucane sneaks into the keirin final.

A lot tighter than she would have wanted with third in her semi-final.

Cycling - women's keirin

17:26 , Matt Verri

And breathe!

Finucane in third, four thousandths of a second the margin. Loads of room.

Ellesse Andrews wins it, Daniela Gaxiola through in second. Finucane will be in the final.

Cycling - women's keirin

17:25 , Matt Verri

The race properly begins with three laps to go.

Andrews leading the way, Finucane in third and needs to be careful.

It’s... incredibly tight on the line!

Finucane could be in big trouble. Photo finish to see if she’s through.

Cycling - women's keirin

17:23 , Matt Verri

And it’s back to the keirin. Top three in these races will go through to the final.

Emma Finucane in this first race, Katy Marchant in the second.

Cycling - men's sprint

17:20 , Matt Verri

Carlin patient, waiting to make his move.

Kaiya Ota makes the British rider go very wide and Carlin can’t make up the ground on the sprint to the finish.

Well then, that is a shock. Japanese man takes it, Carlin must win the next two.

Cycling - men's sprint

17:18 , Matt Verri

Hamish Turnbull up, he’s taking on Jeffrey Hoogland of the Netherlands.

And it’s a brilliant ride from Turnbull, gets round Hoogland and powers over the line to take the opening race.

Next up, Jack Carlin.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

17:15 , Matt Verri

Love that it's seven-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny who carries the bikes out for the British male sprinters.

You couldn't wish for a more experienced helping hand giving you a final pep talk before a big sprint race.

Cycling - men's sprint

17:11 , Matt Verri

These quarter-finals are best-of-three, as we enter the business end.

Harrie Lavreysen a huge favourite and he cruises to victory in his opening race against Mateusz Rudyk.

Going to take something very, very special to deny the Dutchman back-to-back golds in this event.

Men's omnium - tempo race

17:04 , Matt Verri

The scoreboard has packed up, which is just what you want when riders are picking up points regularly for various sprints.

They’ve crossed the line on the final lap - hopefully someone at some point will work out what’s actually happened. I’ve run out of fingers.

Looks like Ethan Hayter is in tenth overall on 48 points. Fabio Van den Bossche leading on 76, with two events to come.

GOLD FOR TEAM GB!

16:51 , Matt Verri

Sailing - women's kite final

A gold for Team GB to report!

It’s been a couple of days, but Ellie Aldridge has delivered in Marseille.

First time this event has been at the Olympics, and it’s a 50th medal of the Games for Great Britain.

Cycling - women's keirin

16:46 , Matt Verri

Katy Marchant looks to be boxed in as they hear the bell for the final lap.

She finds the room, though, and eases into third to ensure she will join British team-mate Finucane in the next round.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

16:41 , Matt Verri

Emma Finucane safely through into the keirin semi-finals.

But yet again the starter's gun forces me to leap out of my seat even knowing it's coming.

The Welsh rider goes again from 5.15pm UK time for a place in the final.

Cycling - women's keirin

16:40 , Matt Verri

Job done for Emma Finucane.

Hetty van de Wouw wins this heat, but Finucane is safely through in second. No drama there, with the top four going through.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

16:38 , Matt Verri

Nasty crash in the first quarter-final of the keirin across the line with the Belgian, Dutch and Chinese riders hitting the decks.

Initially it didn't look too horrific but all three are still sitting on the track while being checked over by the medical teams.

Sinden still in medal hunt

16:35 , Matt Verri

There won’t be a gold medal for Sinden, but he can still take bronze.

He will look to get himself on the podium, with that bronze-medal contest to come at 7:19pm this evening.

Taekwondo - men's 68kg semi-finals

16:32 , Matt Verri

Nothing to split them after a minute, 1-1.

But now Sinden has big problems, it’s a head kick from Kareem and he’s 7-1 down.

Shot to the trunk landed too, 9-1... and Sinden shakes hands in the final second. He knows it’s done.

Kareem into the final. No gold for Sinden.

Cycling - men's omnium

16:26 , Matt Verri

Ethan Hayer sits sixth after the scratch race. Benjamin Thomas of France the very popular leader.

The riders will be back on track shortly for the second event in the omnium, the temp race.

Taekwondo - men's 68kg semi-finals

16:25 , Matt Verri

The two of them still spending a fair bit of time just starting at each other. Referee urges them to engage. It’s 0-0 after a minute of this round.

Head kick lands though from Kareem, and Sinden then falls. It’s 4-0 to the man from Jordan.

Spinning kick from Sinden... doesn’t land and that’s not going to be enough. Kareem takes the roudn 4-2.

To a decider we go!

Taekwondo - men's 68kg semi-finals

16:21 , Matt Verri

Not much in the way of action in the opening minute, shot to the trunk from Sinden gives him a 2-0 lead. It’s very cagey, both waiting for the other one to make the first move.

Seconds ticking away, it’s Sinden still with a narrow lead... 15 seconds away from taking the opening round.

Sinden topples over as he tried to wind the clock down, that’s 2-1.

But he holds on, he’s one round away from a place in the final. So far, so good.

Taekwondo - men's 68kg semi-finals

16:18 , Matt Verri

Here we go, Bradly Sinden the first to walk out.

Zaid Abdul Kareem standing between the Briton and a place in the final.

Should Sinden win this, it will be a repeat of the final in Tokyo against Ulugbek Rashitov.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

16:07 , Matt Verri

The scratch race is the first of four events in the omnium.

For GB, it's Ethan Hayter, the British rider who ended up out of the saddle and with his legs wobbling all over the place in the team pursuit.

He's a two-time world champion in this event and the last time he did it was on this very track.

Laugher 'devastated' after final

16:04 , Matt Verri

Jack Laugher has been speaking after a disappointing diving final, finishing seventh having gone into it very much in the medal hunt.

“Sad, I think I just let today get the better of me,” he said.

“All week after the synchro I was kind of just taking everything as it came and I didn't really mind how the result was going to be which gave me a bit of freedom.

“Today I had excellent training, just got a little bit too far ahead of myself. I think the emotion, crowd noise was absolutely phenomenal today and following Osmar [Olvera], such a wonderful diver with massive support for himself, I didn’t really expect that to affect me the way it did.

“But I'm really proud of this Olympics, I’m proud of myself.

“Four Olympic medals - it’s hard to be sad but right now in this moment I am obviously devastated.”

Taekwondo - men's 68kg semi-finals

15:59 , Matt Verri

Bradly Sinden is in the second of the semi-finals.

First one is up and running, Spain’s Javier Perez taking on Ulugbek Rashitov of Uzbekistan.

And it will be Rashitov in the Olympic final, he wraps up victory in two rounds.

Now over to Sinden to see if he can guarantee a medal and join him.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

15:54 , Matt Verri

The MC at the track cycling has an energy level I no longer possess at these Games.

She's trying to get the crowd to break the decibel levels here as well as pull off the Icelandic hand clap, neither working to great effect.

No long to go...

15:51 , Matt Verri

It’s the men’s omnium kicking off the velodrome schedule this afternoon.

Scratch race to start, with Ethan Hayter riding for Great Britain. That’s at 4pm.

Focus will then shift to the women’s keirin, where Emma Finucane is eyeing a second gold medal. Katy Marchant also involved in that event.

Heartbreak for Gimson and Burnet

15:45 , Matt Verri

Bradly Sinden and Katarina Johnson-Thompson have impressed, but it’s otherwise been a fairly frustrating day for Team GB.

John Gimson and Anna Burnet fall into that category.

They started the multihull sailing medal race in third, but they were disqualified after being over the line at the start.

Quick turnaround for Sinden

15:35 , Matt Verri

Not to be for Jade Jones, but Bradly Sinden is still firmly in the hunt for a gold medal.

He will go up against Zaid Abdul Kareem of Jordan in the semi-finals, that’s coming up in about 15 minutes at 3:50pm.

Team GB still waiting for their first medal of the day...

Jones' medal hopes over

15:31

There will be medal for Jade Jones, her Olympics are over.

After losing in the first round this morning, she was relying on Miljana Reljikj to reach the final, which would have sent Jones into the repechage and competing for bronze.

But Reljikj has now lost her quarter-final bout, and it means there is no second chance for Jones.

Gold in 2012 and 2016, but it’s been massively frustrating in Tokyo and now in Paris for the British star.

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

15:20 , Matt Verri

Last dive for Jack Laugher in a final he will be keen to forget. 70.20 the score, it will be seventh for him. Huge disappointment.

Jordan Houlden has finished fifth for Great Britain, he’ll be pretty happy with that you’d think.

Bronze for Osmar Olvera and Mexico - now time for the battle for gold. Will be a China one-two, almost certainly.

And it’s gold for Xie Siyi, an absurd 100.70 to finish. Wang Zongyuan has to settle for silver, despite an even more absurd 102.60.

Matt Majendie at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome

15:15 , Matt Verri

The Team Finucane support crew are out in full outside the front of the Olympic velodrome in Paris, about 45 minutes before the action gets under way.

Mum and dad, who drove down in a hired campervan, are wearing navy blue T-shirts with Emma Finucane on the back and Wales flags on the arm.

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

15:06 , Matt Verri

Five dives down in this final, one to go.

It’s a China one-two at the top, with Osmar Olvera in third for Mexico.

Fair gap down to GB’s Jordan Houlden in fourth, with Jack Laugher eighth after his disaster earlier in the final.

Taekwondo - men's 68kg quarter-finals

15:02

Punch from Sinden lands, 3-0 up inside ten seconds of this final round. And more good work on the inside, 5-0.

Reverse turning kick from Sinden, very nearly found the head of Golubic. Instead he falls over and it’s 5-3.

They both lands on the trunk at the same time, 7-5 with 60 seconds to go. Anyone’s bout still.

Kick to the trunk from Sinden, before they then exchange kicks. Sinden is 13-10 with ten seconds left. Hooooooooooold ooooooooooon.

Sinden goes for the head kick, not given but it’s reviewed. And given - three big points! 16-10.

Golubic thinks he’s got the reverse turning kick. Referee has reviewed this, Sinden less than impressed. Doesn’t work out anyway for Croatia.

And there’s the win for Sinden! 18-10 in the final round, he is through to the semi-finals.

Taekwondo - men's 68kg quarter-finals

14:55 , Matt Verri

Early kick from Sinden moves him 2-0 up again. And another one, he’s in charge at the midway point of this round.

It’s very tight heading into the final 15 seconds or so, 9-9.

And now we have a review. Did Sinden grab after the referee said stop? Croatian appeal is unsuccessful.

Golubic finishes really well, he was dominant in that second minute. Late burst and he takes it 11-9.

To a decider we go...

Taekwondo - men's 68kg quarter-finals

14:48 , Matt Verri

Kick to the trunk from Sinden, 2-0... and another one! 4-0 after the first minute of the opening round.

Fairly scrappy for the rest of the round, but that will suit Sinden just fine, having already secured the lead.

The British man with another couple of kicks, he’s cruising... but then Golubic swiftly brings up five points.

Makes it slightly nervy in the last couple of seconds, but Sinden takes the round 8-6.

Taekwondo - men's 68kg quarter-finals

14:43 , Matt Verri

It’s time for Bradly Sinden’s quarter-final.

Marko Golubic of Croatia his opponent, for a place in the last-four.

Big roar for Sinden as he strides out confidently.

Malik Ouzia at the Aquatics Centre

14:38 , Matt Verri

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

Ugh. That's a horrid dive from Laugher.

Over-rotation and the splash has nearly got me up here.

14:38 , Matt Verri

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

Only a 63.00 for Osmar Olvera in his third dive, that’s undone a lot of his good work.

Can Jack Laugher take advantage?

“Oh no... no, no, no, no, no,” from the commentators. Tells you all you need to know about that.

Half the pool emptied. 35.70. That will surely be that.

Malik Ouzia at the Aquatics Centre

14:28

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

Jack Laugher fourth after a much better dive in round two.

But it's not yet the Chinese procession that was forecast. Mexico's Osmar Olvera Ibarra, part of the pairing that ran China so close in the 3m synchro, is currently in second.

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

14:25

Second dive from Jordan Houlden.

Execution marks are down, 64.60 and he’ll slip down the leaderboard.

He’s in seventh now, as Jack Laugher produces a superb dive to move up to second. 84.00.

Two Chinese divers are in the podium positions, split by Mexico’s Osmar Olvera. Laugher in fourth after a couple of dives.

Malik Ouzia at the Aquatics Centre

14:21 , Matt Verri

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

A general point that I think should stand across the entirety of the Games: any final where competitors are competing one after the other, instead of in a race together like the 10,000m, should have a maximum of eight people in it.

Twelve here feels too many.

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

14:13 , Matt Verri

Jordan Houlden up and running, 76.50 for his first dive. Level with Jonathan Ruvalcaba and Carson Tyler.

That’s a tie for second as it stands, with three to come in this opening round. Jack Laugher and the two Chinese divers.

Here is Laugher, 74.80. Only good enough for a share of sixth.

And now comes the masterclass. Just the 86.70 for defending champion Xie Siyi, followed by 81.60 for Wang Zongyuan.

Houlden in a tie for fourth, Laugher seventh.

Johnson-Thompson makes brilliant start

13:54 , Matt Verri

In case you missed it earlier today, Katarina Johnson-Thompson produced her best high jump performance in five years.

A clearance of 1.92m has taken her to the top of the heptathlon standings after two events.

Johnson-Thompson will be back this evening for the shot put and 200m.

Malik Ouzia at the Aquatics Centre

13:40 , Matt Verri

Diving - men’s 3m springboard final

Good afternoon from the Aquatics Centre, where Britain's divers are on the hunt for their first individual medal of these Games after so much success in the synchro events.

Jack Laugher qualified third, while Christopher Houlden was fifth.

We saw with Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix earlier in the week, though, that qualifying performance doesn't always translate.

Final will get underway at 2pm.

Sinden looks to reach semi-finals

13:35 , Matt Verri

Just under an hour until Great Britain’s Bradly Sinden continues his push for taekwondo gold.

He will face Marko Golubic of Croatia in the quarter-finals of the men’s 68kg category, after both eased to opening wins this morning.

That bout scheduled for 2:32pm.

Canoe sprint - men's kayak four 500m final

13:20 , Matt Verri

Thrilling finish in the men's kayak four 500m final!

Looks to be nothing to split Germany and Australia on the line, it’s the Germans who take gold by four hundredths of a second.

Spain barely two tenths back in taking bronze.

Women's golf

13:07 , Matt Verri

Two bogies in her final four holes, but it’s still a brilliant round of 66 from Switzerland’s Metraux Morgane.

It leaves her eight-under after two rounds, and she sits in the clubhouse two shots clear of the field as it stands.

Lydia Ko and home favourite Celine Boutier both still firmly in the hunt for gold, with world number one Nelly Korda only five shots off the lead in the early stages of her round.

As for Great Britain, Georgia Hall is four-over-par, in a tie for 40th. Charley Hull is three under today through eight holes, but she’s six-over for the tournament after a disastrous 81 yesterday.

Hudson-Smith: This is just the start

12:55 , Matt Verri

Matthew Hudson-Smith has vowed to give himself one more crack at Olympic gold after agonisingly missing out in the Stade de France last night.

Hudson-Smith went into last night’s 400m final as the fastest man in the world this year and favourite to land a first global title, but was denied in the final strides by the fast-finishing American Quincy Hall, who took gold by four-hundredths of a second in a rapid time of 43.40sec.

“I thought I had it,” the Briton admitted. “We knew coming in it would come down to the last 50 metres. When the last 50 came, he was strong and he nicked it. That’s it. I’m not angry, I’m not upset. It’s life at the end of the day.

“There will always only be one winner. [Hall] did what he had to do, he came on strong. I can’t complain.”he end of the day. I have another four years left and then I am out.”

Other than his conqueror, Hall, last night, only three men in history have run faster than Hudson-Smith’s new personal best 43.44sec: American greats Butch Reynolds and Michael Johnson, and South Africa’s world-record holder Wayde van Niekerk.

“I’m the best in the world when I’m healthy,” he added. “This is just the start. I’ll lower the time [in the 400m] and go for a 19 second [in the 200m] and shake things up a bit more.

“We have plans on bigger times. It didn’t come in the Olympics, but I have another four years, and that is the last you are going to see of me. I am never coming on the track ever again [after that]. I am getting fat, man.”

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