2024 Paris Olympics LIVE: Team GB’s Josh Kerr claims silver in 1500m after medals in women’s skateboarding and men’s team sprint

Katharine Merry, Former GB 400m runner, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live:

Josh Kerr has now set a national record, he is the fastest Britain ever at that distance. He upgraded from bronze in Tokyo to silver here in Paris. He is going in the right direction. I don’t think he could have done any more.

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When one of your biggest rivals doesn’t get the medal you were hoping for there is a bit inside you that thinks, ‘At least it wasn’t him that won.’ He will have 100% been thinking that.

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The unlikely winner… Or was he?

Not many people were expecting Cole Hocker to take gold, but that’s what’s so great about the Olympics.

Hocker has been running at the highest level for a very long time, so we shouldn’t actually be surprised.

The biggest shock was the fall off from Jakob Ingebrigsten.

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, 1500m runner, speaking to BBC Sport:

My plan was to win. Didn’t go according to plan but I felt very strong in the first couple of laps and that’s why I had difficulty telling the pace because it was quite fast. It was difficult to slow down and kind of reduce myself a little bit. I was starting to get a little bit of gap so kept on pushing but it was just 100m too long today.

The guys behind me, finishing in front of me did a great race. It’s not always easy to spend your energy wisely but I felt strong and of course not the result I wanted.

On falling off at the end:

It depends because in the 1500m, the pace is so strong in the whole race. Especially with me opening so strong, you can’t really tell when you’re hitting the wall when you hit it. It was just a little bit too early today.

If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching the 1500m final, now is your chance. You simply have to watch it.

So much happened in the last 100m. Josh Kerr pushed through, Jakob Ingebrigsten fell away, and then Cole Hocker sprung a surprise.

One of the best races of these Olympics.

Allison Curbishley, Former GB 400m runner, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live:

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is shaking his head. I’m sure he will say in many, many interviews that he was the pacemaker, but this is what happens at championships. There is no pacemaker, you have to do it yourself. He has no other way of running.

He had to make it hard and take the sprint out of everyone else, but unfortunately for him everyone else knows that and has trained for it. They know he can be defeated.

Josh Kerr could not have given any more.

The Briton has set a new national record in 3:27.79 seconds. That is simply rapid.

It was a very quick race, it was always going to take a quick time to medal or win it.

And that’s what Kerr delivered.

Josh Kerr is draped in the British flag, he seems very happy with the silver.

I wonder how he is feeling inside?

All the talk was about the gold medal and beating Jakob Ingebrigsten. Well, he did one of those, but not the other.

Nobody expected Cole Hocker to win that, simply incredible. He executed the race perfectly.

Kerr got caught up with Ingebrigsten, but he still scraped the silver in front of USA’s Yared Nuguse.

He goes one better than three years ago!

Josh Kerr is catching Jakob Ingebrigtsen, he goes past him, he leads!

But here comes Cole Hocker from the USA, out of nowhere, its Kerr, its Hocker, who is going to take it?

Hocker takes gold for the US in an Olympic record. Wow.

I can’t believe it, Ingebrigtsen falls into fourth, he hasn’t even managed a medal.

That was not in the script…

Wow, this pace is frightening.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is flying at world record pace and they are still going world record pace.

The Norweigan is kicking away, Josh Kerr is trying to cling on in third.

Josh Kerr is off the line quickly and is just sitting off the front.

It doesn’t take long for Jakob Ingebrigtsen to go to the front and set the pace. It’s fast.

It seems like the gold medal will go one of two ways, to either Great Britain’s Josh Kerr and Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

Both are very confident lads, both are the world’s top two, and both think they can win.

Ingebrigtsen puts up the number 1 as he walks out, he is in confident mood. Can he retain his Olympic title?

It’s going to be a fascinating battle.

The wait is almost over…

The main attraction of the evening Josh Kerr is just minutes away from competing in the 1500m Olympic final.

He is the world champion and is in the form of his life. Can he take the Gold?

He comes out meaning business with his signature sunglasses on.

I don’t know about you, but I am pumped!

Emma Hayes is beaming with delight!

Well, because here USA women’s football team has just made the Olympic final after beating Germany 1-0.

It took extra time, but her new side got the job done. They wait to see if it’s Brazil or Spain who they face in the final.

Oh no, disaster for Laviai Nielsen of Great Britain!

The Briton was racing in the semi-finals of the women’s 400m hurdles and was aiming for a spot in the final.

She was running well but clipped the final hurdle which wiped her out before the line.

She got back up and trundled to the finish, but that is her Olympics over.

Not the way she wanted it to end…

The Team GB trio, men’s team sprint silver medalists, speaking to BCC One:

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.

If you haven’t seen the men’s team sprint final, here you go.

The Netherlands tore up the track, I’m surprised the wood didn’t catch on fire by the end.

It’s no surprise they broke the world record when you see the speed they were going.

Great Britain were pretty rapid too, and it’s a silver medal that they are very proud of.

A cracking race. Watch, and enjoy.

Keely Hodgkinson, Team GB gold medalist in women’s 800m, speaking to BBC Sport after her medal ceremony:

The support in the stadium was incredible. Seb [Coe] said that was the most popular gold medal they have had yet so it was a real honour for him to say that. Jenny and Trevor [her coaches] were down there as well, Just to share this moment again with so many people again is just great. The medal is so pretty!

I have waited so long to hear the national anthem on a global podium I’ve had it at the Europeans which has been incredible but it really meant a lot and I think you could see that there.

Has it been a whole day already?

Just under 24 hours ago Keely Hodgkinson lit up the Stade de France as she claimed gold for Great Britain in the women’s 800m.

She has been made to wait for her crowning, but now it has come.

She was emotional as she stepped up on that podium, its the moment she has worked so hard for since Tokyo.

Tears soon changed to a smile, though, Hodgkinson is the new queen of distance running.

Victoria Pendleton, Olympic cycling gold medalist, speaking 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.

Great Britain can be proud of themselves, that was a superb race.

Ed Lowe, Jack Carlin, and Hamish Turnbull have just explained how they were not coming into this aiming for gold.

Well, they came so very close, and go home with a silver medal.

I must say, though, they could smile a little more…

Come on lads, you’re Olympic silver medalists!

I’m at a loss for words at that performance.

The Netherlands have just smashed a new barrier in sprint cycling, becoming the first team to ever break 41 seconds.

They set a new time of 40.049…

I know world records are broken with regularity in cycling, I feel that one is going to be hard to beat.

The definition of ‘Hot Wheels’.

Now it’s time for Great Britain in the gold medal ride.

Ed Lowe gets them off to a rapid start but the Netherlands are just in front.

But oh no, the Dutch are pull away, they are flying.

WOW! The flying Dutchmen break their won world record to take gold for the Netherlands for the second Olympics running.

Sensational riding, there is nothing Britain can do. They settle for silver.

It’s heartbreak for the hosts.

France always get on the podium for the men’s team sprint, it’s just in their nature.

But that run has ended today!

Australia take them down in the bronze medal ride in a rapid time of 41.597.

Can GB claim their first gold of the day?

The women clinched the top spot on the podium in the sprint event at the Velodrome last night.

Well, now it’s the turn of the men.

They go up against the Netherlands and it’s set to be less than 60 seconds of fury.

Katharine Merry, Former GB 400m runner, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live

This is not going to be an easy title for Matt Hudson-Smith to win. But how exciting is it that we are talking about him being so very capable of doing it.

Team GB’s Matt Hudon-Smith is up next in the 400m semi-final.

There goes the gun, and my word has he gone off like a bullet. The Briton is flying.

He’s now out all on his own in the final straight, nobody is anywhere near him, what will the time be?

44.07 seconds… and that’s with a slow jog to the line.

That was incredibly impressive.

Great Britain are simply on fire in track cycling and they have delivered once again.

The quartet of Ethan Hayter, Ollie Wood, Charlie Tanfield and Ethan Vernon have qualified for the team pursuit gold medal race.

They have beaten the world champions Denmark, and my word what a ride it was.

They started quickly but soon dropped off and looked destined to miss out.

But they dug deep, really deep, and fought back to take the win. What a rollercoaster of a race.

As I have alluded to, tonight is going to be a cracker!

We have a stacked schedule at the Stade de France, it is practically going to be non-stop action.

Last night will be a tough act to follow, but with the events going ahead this evening, it could run it close entertainment-wise.

So, let’s have a look at the schedule:

• Men’s 400m semi-finals
• Women’s hammer final
• Women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals
• Men’s long jump final
• Men’s 1500m final (featuring GB’s Josh Kerr)
• Women’s 3,000m steeplechase final
• Women’s 200m final (featuring GB’s Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita)

It may have been short, but it was certainly sweet…

Anyway, I’m sat here with a smile on my face because I know how big of a night we have in front of us.

The Velodrome will be bouncing with the men’s team sprint final coming up, and then let’s not leave out the Stade de France. There’s lots going on there.

I’m so excited, and I’m assuming you all are too, surely?

Just a brief stint from myself in the blog hotseat, as I now handover to the capable Harry Bamforth for the rest of the evening!

Next up we’ve got the men’s team pursuit first round.

Ethan Hayter, Ollie Wood, Charlie Tanfield and Ethan Vernon will represent Team GB as they take on Denmark in today’s heat.

The quartet – with Dan Bigham in place of Tanfield – qualified with the second fastest time yesterday, leaving them in good stead for this afternoon.

A superb ride by Team GB sees them secure a time of 41.819, with Jack Carlin storming across the finish line ahead of Germany and secure them a place in the final.

It means that at the very least GB will earn silver in the men’s team pursuit…

Well, before we’re treated to Team GB taking on Germany, we’ve got Japan vs France.

Japan had a nightmare start after a slip as they came out the gates and it proved costly as France narrowly pipped them to the win in the first heat.

In the second heat, we’ve got Australia against China… and it’s Australia who finish first, by a fraction of a second.

During a quick break in the cycling, we’d like to share this stunning photo taken during the surfing earlier.

As Tatiana Weston-Webb from Brazil and Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica battled it out in the last four of the competition, a whale provided photographers with the Olympic moment of a lifetime when it launched itself into the air behind them.

Anyway, next up is the men’s team sprint…

GB record a time of 4:06.710, which leaves them in third place in the standings in the women’s team pursuit.

They will race the United States in what is essentially a semi-final affair on Wednesday. They’ll be grateful to be avoiding New Zealand.

In the women’s team pursuit qualifying, Team GB’s Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts are next up.

They’ll be looking to beat the 4:04.679 time set by New Zealand.

Just take a look at the impressive performance GB’s Sky Brown which earned her a consecutive Olympic bronze medal.

The run initially moved her up to silver before Japan’s Hiraki Cocona snuck ahead with her final run, thus knocking Brown down one.

Team GB’s skateboarding sensation Sky Brown wins bronze in the women’s park final!

Having dislocated her shoulder just two weeks ago, there’s no doubt she’ll be absolutely thrilled to be on the podium here in Paris.

She displayed courage, confidence and expert precision throughout her runs – with her third and final run by far the most impressive.

It’s yet another success for the 16-year-old, who has now secured back-to-back bronze medals.

USA’s Bryce Wettstein falls during her run, meaning that Brown is guaranteed a bronze medal at the very least.

It’s such a shame for the American, who was putting in a great performance before the late stumble.

Here comes Japan’s Hiraki Cocona. Another superb run from the 15-year-oold but how will the judges score it? It’s 92.63! Silver for Japan.

Wow. That was sensational from Sky Brown.

The Team GB star is lifted into the air by her team as she scores a 92.31 and moves into second. She’s within touching distance of a silver medal, but Hiraki Cocona is still to come…

Wow. That was breathtaking from Australia’s Arisa Trew. The crowd is going crazy here after that impressive run. A whopping 93.18. She moves into the gold medal position. All eyes on Brown now…

Hiraki Cocona stumbles at the final hurdle as she attempts a kick-flip and only scores a 79.79. However, she’s still in first place with just one run remaining.

Brazil’s Dora Varella lands an impressive trick at the end of her third run to earn an 89.14 but it’s won’t be enough for a place on the podium.

Sky Brown scores 91.60 on her second run and leapfrogs the competition into second. It was a gigantic run from the Team GB star, who is just one run away from another Olympic medal.

Very impressive from the 16-year-old who discolated her shoulder just two weeks ago.

Arisa Trew with some impressive moves to earn a 90.11 and move into the bronze medal position. Brown now down to fifth.

Finland’s Heili Sirvio then steps up and scores 71.56. Brown is now taking to the course again…

After a huge 91.98 score from Japan’s Hiraki Cocona, we’ve completed the first set of runs in this final.

Sky Brown moves down into fourth but she’ll have two more chances to earn a medal.

USA’s Bryce Wettstein looked like she was enjoying her time out there as she cruised around the course.

A whopping 88.12 for the American.

Heili Sirvio takes a big fall to put a disappointing end to her run.

Up next… Team GB’s Sky Brown!

A strong run from the 16-year-old with some immense speed and trickery. However, a fall at the end sees her run scored at 80.57. Promising start for the teenager, who moves into a silver medal position.

Brazil’s Dora Varella the lowest qualifier for the final, puts in an 85.06 to kick things off.

Next in is Spain’s Naia Laso who unfortunately can’t finish her run, but she’ll still have two more attempts.

And down goes Arisa Trew as well! There have been so many falls today, hopefully we can get some massive runs today to deliver an exceptional final after a pulsating day of skateboarding.

The women’s skateboard finals are upon us and we know what that means..

Fred Sirieix – First Dates host and father of the birlliant Andrea – has been on the BBC and you can just hear the pride he has for his Olympian daughter.

He admitted that she may be disappointed, but remains proud of ‘my little girl’ after picking up her medal in the 3m synchronised event.

We are disappointed, she [Andrea] is disappointed, I am disappointed, but you know, this is sport. I said to you before the competition started that this is brutal and this is what happens. Unfortunately it wasn’t her day.

She didn’t dive like she can do, like she did yesterday. It was an off day, she was tired from yesterday. No excuses, it is just the way it is.

It is what it is. She has had a super year. She is diving well. She made a couple of errors and she got overtaken and she couldn’t claw back the deficit.

But I am proud of my little girl. She has come here, she has come to Paris in the Olympics and she has got a medal.

It’s not just the skateboarders who have been impressing from such a young age.

Team GB have had two climbers in the boulder and lead semi-finals today; Molly Thompson-Smith and 20-year-old Erin McNeice.

McNeice currently sits in 10th in her debut games, with the lead section of the event set to take part on Saturday.

The Olympics is in many ways the pinnacle of sport.

The biggest names in so many different discplines all descending on one city to compete over two weeks in one headline-grabbing feat after another.

And that’s why it’s so strange that one of the most frequently-mentioned questions of the last week or so has been: ‘Is that Snoop Dogg?!’

Well, for the most part, the answer has been yes – the hip hop icon has been all over the Games so far, much to fans evident glee.

For more on the shock star of Paris 2024, you can take a look at the link below!

We saw Germany beat Greece earlier on in the last-eight of the basketball competition, but we’ve also got Serbia taking on Australia.

By the end of the second quarter Nikola Jokic’s Serbia were trailing the Boomers – no I didn’t know they were called that either – by 12 points at half-time.

They in fact went 24 behind at one point, but somehow Australia managed to let that sizeable advantage slip and ended up losing 94-90!

Unbelievable effort from Serbia that.

And speaking of basketball…

Ever wondered how they turn around the venues in such a short space of time?

It was only 24 hours ago that Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade were giving viewers motion sickness trying to watch them backflip their way across the gymnastics floor.

Well, here’s how the organisers have turned the pommel, high bars and vault into a basketball court for the NBA!

And Henrik wasn’t the only one – Andres Azcarrada almost found himself in the water before very deftly flipping himself out of the drink…

For those of you who have been with us since the start – or have already had a scroll abck through the day – you’ll know there was some real drama in the show-jumping final earlier on this morning.

Only three riders made it through the course without picking up a single penalty – out of 30!

There were even a few riders thrown out of their saddles, with Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann – the World No 1 no less – one of them, and you can take a look at that moment below.

The skateboarding is slowly becoming my favourite sport of the Games.

The kayak cross was exceptional, the shotting has been captivating and I’d be lying if I said I was going to be as in to Duplantis’ world record bid as I was last night, but the skateboarding is just so fascinating to watch.

Not only is it a brilliant showcase of talent mixed with just the right amount of bragadoccio, but the bravery on show from the competitiors is just mind-boggling.

Zheng Haohao became China’s youngest ever competitor earlier today at 11 years old when she dropped in for her first run in the second heat – mkaing Team GB’s 16-year-old Sky Brown look like a veteran!

You can take a closer look at the youngsters taking part at the link below!

So much has happened around the Games today already.

We’ve had show-jumping, skateboarding, diving, athletics, basketball, hockey, surfing… and that’s just the half of it!

We’ve got Sky Brown in action in the skateboarding in about an hour for our next British medal hopes before Josh Kerr takes on his great rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1500m tonight!

And that’s not even mentioning the cycling, with Team GB alraedy getting off to a flying start with a world record and a gold medal in the team pursuit event.

It’s a seriously stacked afternoon ahead of us with another six actions of action still to come – you won’t want to miss a second of it!

You can really hear the emotion in Andrea’s voice as she struggles to keep the tears away after the result came in, but she inisists that’s not what has prompted her emotions.

Really powerful message from her, as she admits that she is happy with her performance regardless of the result and just sheds some light on the journey she’s been on.

Obviously it wasn’t the result I wanted. I’m not even upset with the competition.

The girls dove amazing, they were better than me today and it’s because they work really hard and yeah as you said it wasn’t meant to be.

I’m genuinely not trying to be macho or anything I’m not upsett with my performance. Three years ago I didn’t even wanna be alive, so today I’m just happy I’m alive, I’m breathing and I’ve got my family to support me.

The 17-year-old defends her title and beats her team-mate and friend Chen by 4.9 points. The pair put on an absolute show with a slew of dives of supreme quality.

How gutting for the youngster. She produces her best dive to finish and gets a score of 85 for the effort. She’s going to finish in sixth place in the final. It’s tough but that’s sport isn’t.

Meanwhile, Kim Mi Rae produced anotehr superb dive to claim the bronze medal. There was an outburst of emotion from the North Korean after winning her second medal of the Games.

The Canadian needed get around 10 points more than Kim in her final dive. She has just laid down a marker and piled the pressure on the North Korean.

McKay has really grown into this competition and finishes with a score of 364.50 after a 76 in her final effort. Kim will take to the diving platform shortly.

Chen laid down a marker but Hongchan responded with a breathtaking dive to actually extend her lead over her team-mate. She gets a score of 92 for the attempt.

The two Chinese divers are some 40 points clear of third place. This one is going down to the last effort.

As for the bronze, Kim from North Korea is in the driving seat, she’s around nine points ahead of Canada’s McKay.

That looks like that for Spendolini-Sirieix’s medal hopes this afternoon. She get a score of just above 60 for a total of 263.90 through four rounds.

She’s probably going to be in seventh place at the end of the penultimate round.

Karen Pickering, former GB swimmer via BBC:

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is not diving as well as the semi-finals which is so hard as we know she is capable of doing it.

… It will go to a Chinese athlete, that much is for sure. Hongchan put in her worst dive, while her team-mate Chen produced her best in the third round. The two are now seperated by only one point.

Unfortunately, Spendolini-Sirieix has slipped all the way down to sixth.

Tough score that for Spendolini-Sirieix. She is awarded 64.50 for her third round dive, which was a lower difficulty to Kim, who she is chasing.

The Korean has a lead of around 17 points over the Brit right now. It’s a big two rounds to come in the Aquatics Centre.

Crikey! 76.80 for Canadian Caeli McKay. I bring it up because she could have been marked down on a really good dive for her proximity to the diving board. Any closer on her take off and that would have been nasty!

Still, the scores are good and she’s put herself ahead of a few of her rivals with that effort.

China’s Hongchan is way out in front after that second dive. She has a score of 174.80, a fair way clear of her team-mate Chen with 160.90.

Then comes North Korean Kim with 147.50 and Mexico’s Agundez on 146.70. Spendolini-Sirieix finds herself in fifth place at the minute. Let’s not panic – but she’s going to need something special to make up ground on the women ahead.

But she has her work cut out for sure. The Brit had scores of 6.5 and 6s for a total score of 62.40 for her second effort. That puts her in third at the minute with two divers left in the second round.

The final heat is almost done and it looks like Sky Brown has booked her place in the final this afternoon. She’s going to come through in fourth place.

Of course, we were all worried about that fall she had in her final run. She admitted it was scary to fall on her injured shoulder again but said she’s grateful just to be competing.

I’m just happy to be here… I didn’t know if I was going to be able to be here.

The defending champion Quan Hongchan has just put on a clinic. Perfect 10s across the board from the judges to give her a score of 90.

Along with her team-mate Chen Yuxi, China will be very difficult to topple here. I know it’s only the first round but it does feel like nine women are scrapping over one final place on the rostrum.

Spendolini-Sirieix threw up a little bit of splash on entry but with a difficulty of 3.2, she’s got a score of 76.80 to go into second place behind Kim mi rae of North Korea.

It’s a great platform to build on.

The Italian opted to go for a more difficult dive than many of her opponents out the gate. She tops the very early standings with a score of 72.0. Remember, each diver gets five dives so the tension will continue to ramp up.

Spendolini-Sirieix is coming up shortly.

Team GB have been brilliant in diving so far in Paris. They’ve got four medals from the four diving teams that have entered.

This afternoon, each woman gets dives before we’ll see the new 10m diving champ crowned at the Games.

We’re only minutes away from the start of the women’s 10m platform in the diving. Spendolini-Sirieix, who has already bagged a bronze during these Games, qualified in third for the final.

Her dad Fred insisted he’s not feeling the nervous despite his daughter going in the Olympics again or the start of the new season of his show.

The diving gets underway at the Aquatics Centre at 2pm.

I’m not nervous today. About the diving or the new series

The final is down to start at around 4.30pm tonight, which means Brown has about three hours to rest that shoulder – should she make the draw – so that she’s good to go all out later on.

Now, though, it’s an end to heat No 3 and we’ll bring you all the updates from that fourth round of prelims in just a few minutes after the skaters are all warmed up!

Now then, final round for Brown…

And it only lasts 10 seconds!

And heart in your mouth stuff as she lands very heavily on her shoulder!

She’s back on her feet, but holding that left shoulder of hers after an alley-oop at the top of the ramp.

She’s holding it very close to the rest of her body, but she is back on her board.

It doesn’t look dislocated, but that didn’t look comfortable.

And it’s Games over for Tambling!

She had SO much speed coming and fully sent it into the run, but it was just a bit too much, and she crashes out with just 19.50 from her third run.

The 16-year-old has done so well to get to this stage, but she won’t be making it into the final.

Minna Stess burns her third and final run and won’t be making it through, but she’s quickly followed by Arisa Trew.

The form skater, who has picked up honour after honour this season, goes down again, but with just over 82 on the board already, she might just make it through…

Here comes Tambling for run No 3!

Sky Brown came flying out the blocks with some really brave tricks showing plenty of guts and she just gets so much air!

A few classic tricks on the run, but she just loses her grip on her board at the top of the ramp and it gets away from her and she hits the deck.

That being said, though, she’s still going through as it stands.

Here’s a look at Sky’s first run that has shot her straight into the top four!

Arisa Trew has just but in an 82.19, and now it’s time for Tambling’s second run.

A few big 50-50s and slides from the Cornwall native to get started, but it’s a shame as Tambling’s speed is just a little too much and her back foot slips off her board as she goes up to the lip and she comes off her board.

It looked to be a big score in the making, but now Tambling has it all to do in her final attempt!

For someone struggling with a dislocated shoulder, Brown has done fantastically here.

A big jump over the centre of the course carrying plenty of speed saw her hang in the air for an age, and Brown puts together a really impressive opening run full of confidence.

She goes for a big 360 spin over the spine ramp on the buzzer and it doesn’t quite look like it’s snuck in on time, but Brown puts up a huge 84.75 and goes straight into fourth place!

Next up is Ruby Lilley of the US and she gets another strong score, with a 74.98 to leapfrog Tambling for now.

Now, though, it’s Sky Brown time!

Tambling almost comes off her board twice on her full throttle run to get Team GB underway in this heat.

Make that three! It’s a veeeery sketchy landing on her final trick, and it wasn’t the smoothest of runs, but she made it and that will give her so much confidence going into the next two runs.

And despite the rough edges, it’s a 73.85! Brilliant start for Team GB!

But now it’s time for Lola Tambling!

Arisa Trew comes out all guns blazing for the Australian’s first run, and looks to be putting in a big score before she takes a tumble three seconds from time!

72.15, though, is a big score despite that trip.

Here we go then, it’s time for heat No 3 featuring the 16-year-olds Sky Brown and Lola Tambling – who is amped up to say the least for this one as she screams ‘LET’S GO!’ at the camera.

The awkward teenager perhaps coming out in most of these skaters as the camera lingers a little longer than expected as it pans across for the introductions.

And we’re underway! USA’s Minna Stess is first in, but slips going over the big spine ramp in the middle of the course, and she scores 20.10.

Now, just a few minutes away from Sky Brown’s drop-in.

She’s coming back from not just a dislocated shoulder, but knee ligament damage as well – she’s about as tough as they come.

You can expect an amazing show in Paris. From now on we’re just try to progress and I’m gonna try to go higher, make my skateboarding more and more beautiful. It’s going to be an amazing show. I’m really excited to show you guys what we’ve got.

Skateboarding, it’s a very special sport. You can do it anywhere. And when you do it, you know, you forget about everything. You just think about skateboarding and now and what you want to learn next. So I just want to share that to the world.

You know, it can be scary sometimes. A lot of people are watching you and you might be the only girl at the skate park, but you can’t care. Just, do you, do what you love. Skateboarding, you know, you’re going to fall. It hurts. You have to just get back up and don’t give up because that’s part of life.

You know, we’re all going to have our hard times, but we can’t give up. We have to keep going because there’s a lot more cool things to do and a lot more new tricks you can do. So, yeah just never give up and enjoy the journey too. That’s honestly the most important thing, probably. Take things slow. Enjoy the journey because it’s a beautiful life you’re living.

And if that wasn’t enough, there’s also some more honours on offer in the diving in the next hour or so!

Andrea Spendolini-Siriex will go for gold in the women’s 10m platform final.

We’ve already had Laugher and Houlden thrilling viewers this morning, and now the bronze medalist – daughter of the famous First Dates host Fred – will be hoping to match that or even better her accomplishment this afternoon!

We’ve got about 20 minutes to go now until Sky and Lola get out there and see if they can break into the top eight for the final.

There were a fair few tumbles in that second heat, but Isadora Pacheco still put in a strong showing to break the potentially crucial 80-point mark.

The door is primed to be kicked open for the British pair, who will be getting underway shortly.

Pacheco also fails to complete her third run, but does at least have the buffer of that 82.07 behind her that should see her through.

Finally, the last run of Ebert, who touchingly skates with duck feathers in her helmet in tribute to her pet duck.

It’s a strong start getting plenty of airtime and using the full extent of the course, but is the second skater to go down attempting the kickflip.

She puts in a 51.82 as her biggest score of the heat but it won’t be enough to get her through to the finals!

And that’s that for heat two, with Pacheco the only really impressive score from the 18 runs.

Stoephasius and Ventura will have a nervy wait to see if they can also make the cut, with another 10 to come, starting in about 20 minutes’ time.

Zheng Haohao’s run ends prematurely and the 11-year-old Chinese Olympian will surely miss out on the rest of the competition after registering just a 63.19, but full credit to her.

The commentators point out that she took a hefty blow in practice, so she showed some incredible heart to get back up on the board today.

Now then, a completed run from Germany’s Lilly Stoephasius scores an improved 74.40.

It’s good, but it might not be enough to sneak through. She’s in the top eight for now, but there’s still 10 more skaters in the third heat to come…

Ventura misses out again on her third and final run, and will have to wait and see if her 76.24 is enough to make the cut.

Taboulet looks set for a big score, and seems to have shaken off the heat and pressure that had seen her tumble on both her first goes, but the 15-year-old goes down for the third and final time midway through her final run of the course.

The bravery on show here from what quite frankly is a group of teenagers and schoolchildren, is so admirable, but it ends in heartbreak for Taboulet.

Well, there’s something in the air here.

Both Stoephasius and Pacheco also go down in an incident-packed second run from the competitors.

Can Faye Ebert make amends for the pack?

No! About 15 seconds in Ebert looks to have run out of speed going into her run, and she is still yet to complete her run.

Frustration from all the skaters, who will have it all to do on their last run.

Now it’s Zheng Haohao down!

She went for a kickflip grab but got it all wrong and her run lasts only a few seconds.

Regardless of what happens today, though, the 11-year-old deserves a medal for just being there – it actually beggars belief.

I don’t think I could even spell skateboard when I was her age, let alone ride one on the biggest stage of them all!

Raicca Ventura takes a tumble towards the end of her second run and only picks up a 64.33 – which is still very impressive considering she was cut short.

The roars come back out and that can only mean Taboulet is up next.

It was a much better start, but she’s down again!

The corwd are still cheering for her – a front-side smith grind might have something to do with that – but she couldn’t quite land a backside alley-oop and it’s onto the decks once again for Taboulet.

Biiiig score from Isadora Pacheco who drops an 82.07 to register the highest of the heat so far.

Apparently skateboarding is the second biggest sport in Brazil – no prizes for guessing No 1 – and with two athletes in this heat, that isn’t too much of a surprise.

Pacheco is in fact the only one to break into the top four so far from heat two, but remember there’s still two more attempts to go from all of them…

A few oohs and aahs from the crowd for Lilly Stoephasius’ run as she very nearly loses her footing on a number of occasions.

But it’s an exciting run with plenty of variations and a very different use of the course but it’s just the 71.79 for the German skater.

Another very solid start.

In comes the 11-year-old Zheng Haohao, who becomes China’s youngest ever Olympian as she gets going.

Similarly to Ventura, it’s a very comfortable opening run, but won’t score as highly as the Brazilian’s first attempt.

A few solid jumps and grinds, but just the 63.19 to the Chinese youngster.

It is another French athlete, but Nana Taboulet’s run is over almost as soon as it starts.

She attempts the smith grind across the lip of the course, but loses her footing and is off already!

Raicca Ventura is the first in action and sees the course through, including a brilliant back-side 360 over the middle of the course, in a very solid opening run.

It wasn’t anything to set the competition alight, but a strong starting run for the Brazilian.

76.24 for Ventura, and the roar suggests that there’s another French athlete to come next…

Well we’re about to get back underway at the Place de la Concorde for the second heat of the women’s skateboard prelims.

Only eight can make it through to the next round out of 22.

Oh, and Zheng Haohao, representing China, is only 11. She is literally on her summer holidays.

I’m going to be honest, this one slipped me by last night.

Huge from Duplantis, though, who last night broke his OWN world record for the ninth time, and pulled out one of the most iconic celebrations of the Games so far.

The Swedish pole vaulter paid homage to one of the cult stars of the Olympics so far in Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec, and you can take a look at it for yourselves below!

Sky Brown has already been through the mill ahead of her opening heat today.

The 16-year-old – yes, 16 – dislocated her shoulder in the run-up and will have to have surgery once she returns home from the Games.

But she’s keen to compete and is hoping to tough it out for the next few days to bring back yet another medal for Team GB.

So at the end of the first heat, it’s Japan’s Hiraki who is still in the lead with that massive 88.

She’s followed by Bryce Wettstein from the US on 85.65, narrowly in front of Japan’s Jinano Kusaki on 85.11.

There’s a brief pause in the action while the second heat get warmed up on the course before they take their three runs, with Team GB duo Sky Brown and Lola Tambling coming up in heat three.

Plenty to come still from the skaters!

So as we said, the skateboarding is underway over in Paris, and never has there been a sport that makes you feel more old.

Not only are most of the competitors under 21, but the ridiculous tricks they’re attempting have you grimacing worried about every single joint in your own body.

Japan’s Kokona Hiraki, who won silver in Tokyo, is currently leading the way in this particular heat, with a score of 88.07 from her second run.

She had hoped to better that on her third, but a fall called halt to those plans, although it doesn’t look like she’ll be in trouble – it was a seriously impressive second run.

A message from Team GB’s latest gold medal winner…

If you’re just joining us, we’ve already had a busy day in Paris.

Britain’s trio of Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Harry Charles – who pulled out just before the event – fell short in the individual show-jumping event this morning, with Germany coming away with the gold thanks to Christian Kukuk.

Then we had Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden book their sp

ots in the men’s 3m springboard semi-finals, with Laugher in particular putting in a massive 96.20 in the prelims, as Team GB’s strong showing in the diving pool continues.

We also saw Greece and Giannis Antetokounmpo bow out of the basketball, beaten by Germany just moments ago, as well as Brits in action in the 1500m and 400m women’s first rounds earlier on.

There’s still so much to come, with the action getting underway in the always-entertaining women’s skateboarding, and plenty of athletics action continuing at the Stade de France, so don’t go anywhere!

Is this game over for Greece?

Germany are 12 clear now with just over two minutes to go after some sloppiness in possession from Giannis and Co.

Is there a mighty comeback on the cards?

A massive three from Schroder doesn’t exactly help.

1.50 on the clock as a timeout is called, and it’s now a 15-point deficit.

Wondering how athletes can put in performance after performance in such a short space of time?

Well Keely Hodgkinson has given us a little insight, showing off her… interesting… outfit on Instagram.

It comes complete with heated boots and an all-in-one ice and heat vest – and you can read all about it below!

It looks like Thierry Henry went through all the feels last night in the football.

His French side took on and defeated Egypt 3-1, with goals coming from Michael Olise and a brace from his former Palace team-mate Jean-Philippe Mateta in Lyon to set up a potential meeting with Spain.

But you can take a look at the Arsenal legend’s reactions below – including some very interesting dance moves…

Just five minutes to go now in the final quarter and Germany have a seven-point lead.

It was nine, but Giannis scored his 17th point of the game in cutting the deficit, but it’s still all to do for the Greeks. Make that 19 points for Giannis, but it’s still five points to make up.

Germany’s depth has stood them in good stead in the latter stages of this clash, and it looks like one-way traffic at the moment…

No surprises here as Houlden and Laugher qualify for the men’s 3m springboard semis on Wednesday.

The pair finished fourth and third respectively, spots they had held for most of the session in behind the Chinese pair of Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi.

Britain’s divers have so far picked up four medals, and the way these two were performing this morning, it could very well be five by the end of this event.

What a night it was for Keely Hodgkinson and Team GB on the track last night.

Hodgkinson delivered on her heavy billing to take gold in the 800m and continue her huge rise through the ranks in middle distance running and sealed a first win in the event for GB since Dame Kelly Holmes in 2004.

You can check out what she had to say following her unbelievable triumph on Monday night below, including her hopes to inspire the next generation…

We;re into the second half of the basketball and Giannis has just missed the chance to give Greece a narrow one-point lead over Germany from the free-throw line.

The World Cup winners closed the gap brilliantly to make it 36-36 at the half time, but now with a couple of minutes left in the third quarter of this thriller it’s neck-and-neck on 50-50.

Greece perhaps a surprise to reach this stage, but pushing their more favoured opponents all the way here.

Victoria Ohuruogu needed a repechage, but the British 400m runner has made tomorrow’s semi-finals of the women’s event.

It’s a season’s best time as well, with Ohuruogu crossing the line in 50.59s to win her race, and what a time to get it!

It has felt like a long season and it’s taken me a while to get my running feet.

I am happy to get my season best at the Olympics and there is more to come.

I run well on the outside, I thought to attack and once I was aggressive they couldn’t pull me back.

Here comes Guerdat with 38.34 to beat.

Not the quickest of starts, but so far flawless despite a very tight corner taken to beat the clock.

But on the penultimate jump he catches the bar and it will be silver for Switzerland.

The gold goes to Germany and Christian Kukuk and the bronze to Netherlands and Maikel Van der Vleuten!

Next up is Van der Vleuten, who has precious experience securing medals on the jump-off.

It’s a strong start from the Dutchman, but there’s a bar down!

That’s four penalty poins and a final time of 39.12!

He’s left the door open for Guerdat to sneak in ahead, and Kukuk is guaranteed at least a silver!

Back to Versailles – where I can confirm there are no whales – and it’s the start of the jump-off, and Christian Kukuk has got us off with a perfect start!

38.34s to get round the smaller jump-off course and a mighty gauntlet thrown down.

Can Steve Guerdat or Maikel van der Vleuten match it?

Ah, the Olympics. Come for the sport, stay for the whales.

Yes, that’s right – there’s been a whale spotted at the semi-finals of the surfing.

Looks like a humpback whale to me, and the marine giant has clearly been trying to get their fins on a free look at the action!

Back in Versailles and it is confirmed that there will be a three-way jump-off in the individual show-jumping event!

Steve Guerdat (Switzerland), Maikel van der Vleuten (Netherlands) and Christian Kukuk (Germany) will each go round the course with penalties awarded for every bar dropped as before.

The winner will be the rider to make the fewest penalties in the quickest time.

It’s like a penalty shoot-out, but for show-jumping, essentially.

Some big names – quite literally – in action in the basketball with Germany taking on Greece.

About seven minutes to play in the second quarter of that last-eight clash, with Giannis Antetokounmpo ahead by five against the World Cup winners.

We’ll bring you more from that one as it unfolds – it’s been a very end-to-end clash this one so far!

Back to the diving, and Laugher and Houlden are continuing their strong form, both cranking out big 3.9 difficulty dives earlier on.

The duo are still third and fourth with just two more dives to go.

Again, no medals on offer here at the prelims, but a very strong showing – and dare I say a statement – behind the oh-so impressive Chinese pair!

Some great shots coming in from the diving pool, too…

The very ‘brat’ cars that have been used for retreiving javelins have been getting a lot of love on social media in the last few days, but looks like they’ve got more than one job.

This time it’s Olympic mascot Phryge on board, in the first race of the day on the 100m track at the Stade de France

After Steve Guerdat gave us just our third clear round, his compatriot Martin Fuchs looked set to pull off the remarkable with one of his own.

It very nearly all came apart early on after Fuchs’ horse appeared to spook just before a jump but the Swiss rider expertly regained control, although there was a very loud shout that rang out through the arena.

In the process, he appeared to have lost his stirrup and was effectively jumping one-footed, but made it all the way to the final jump.

And then, with the crowd and commentators alike already cheering and praising Fuchs’ feat the final bar came down, bringin an end to his medal hopes against all the odds.

The men’s 110m hurdles event has started up this morning at the Stade de France with the repechages currently on going.

Chaos already over in Versailles – well that’s nothing on what’s been going on at the track.

The second heat in the hurdles was halted on THREE occasions before finally getting underway at the fourth attempt!

First, David Yefemerov of Kazakhstan was DQed after a false start, before shouting from the crowd held up the second attempt.

Then, after all that, the starting pistol failed to go off ahead of attempt No 3 which meant a fourth go was needed!

Chaos in Versailles, and the World No 1 is off his horse!

Henrik von Eckermann changed his mind midway through his run and was unable to recover and his mount threw his rider!

It was a terrible mistake that he seemed to have got away with in the run up to a big gate, but managed to stay seated until his mount turned a corner and he lost his control and hit the deck.

Von Eckermann is up and seems ok if a little dazed.

For all you javelin fans, here’s an update on qualifying Group A…

Germany’s Julian Weber is currently in the lead on 87.76m, leading Kenyan thrower Julius Yego (85.97m), Czechia’s Jakub Vadlejch (85.63m) and Toni Keranen of Finland (85.27m).

No British action to bring you from that one, but I’d definitely recommend checking out the highlights of those if you can because a throw like 87.76m doesn’t really sink in until you see it with your own two eyes.

Earlier on we rounded up the morning’s action in the women’s 1500m first round.

Georgia Bell and Laura Muir made it straight through to the semis, but it will be a repechage for Revee Walcott-Nolan, who spoke to the BBC after her race:

I got caught up on a couple of trips and I have been spiked.

It happened three times and it threw me off my rhythm. I can run so much faster than that so I am annoyed.

I felt good at the bell and I thought I could claw back into the top six. But, where I come off the pack I had to go wide and I didn’t have the legs in the final group – I am really disappointed in that.

I am glad I got another chance, but it’s not ideal. Hopefully, I am strong enough to make it through the repechage.

He’ll be looking to make up for that penalty with a quick round and hope for a higher position if tied on four penalties.

He jumps the last clear and finishes on 81.23s which is decent enough, but it’s not going to trouble for the medals.

It’s fourth place for Brash and Jefferson, who will leave Paris with their heads held high after a gold in the team event.

Here comes Brash and Jefferson – who already have gold in the team event remember – who need to go clear to have a chance at making it two from two.

Four penalties picked up at the exact same point as Ben Maher!

It’s been an eventful morning already in the individual jumping.

We’ve had one rider come off their horse, another brilliantly keep their composure after almost following suit, and just the two of 18 riders manage to get through clear.

There will be a jump-off between Netherlands’ Maikel van der Vleuten and Germany’s Christian Kukuk to determine the result given there can be no tie, and there’s still Scott Brash to come in a moment or two.

Meanwhile, over in the diving Jack Laugher is back in action after already grabbing bronze in the 3m springboard synchornised event.

This time it’s the 3m individual springboard preliminary round – so no medals up for grabs just yet – and Laugher is competing on his own this time round. Well, sort of.

He’s not the only Brit out there with Jordan Houlden joining him in the pool, via an athletic and acrobatic entrance.

The duo are going well, with just Wang Zongyuan and Siyi Xie ahead of them.

Laugher picked up silver in this one in Rio, so will be hoping for some more previous metal to come home with him from Paris.

There’s also some British interest at the Stade de France where the first heats of the women’s 1500m have been getting underway.

Both Laura Muir and Georgia Bell have made it through to the semi-finals of that event this morning, with Revee Walcott-Nolan into the repechage after only coming eighth in her heat.

Both Muir and Bell made it through after finishing second in their heats in a promising start to the 1500m after Keely Hodgkinson’s success last night.

Good morning Olympics fans and welcome to Day 11 in Paris!

We’ve another action-packed day ahead of us, with Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita going in the women’s 200m final, Josh Kerr vs Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the men’s 1500m, more cycling over in the velodrome and Team GB’s teenage superstar Sky Brown in the skateboarding still to come.

But before all of that, we’re already underway in the individual jumping final in Versailles AND we’ve got athletics coming from the Stade de France!

I hope you’ve all had your coffee – it’s going to be a busy morning…