It’s a packed Olympics schedule on Day 13 of the Paris 2024 Games with Team GB keen to add to its medal collection.
American sprint sensation Noah Lyles headlines the athletics today, hunting a double gold sprint performance in the men’s 200m final following Matt Hudson-Smith’s heartbreaking 400m final silver last night. Great Britain’s heptathlon star Katarina Johnson-Thompson is also in action.
Jack Laugher is back in the men’s diving 3m springboard final, looking to win another medal after securing the bronze in the 3m synchro with Anthony Harding.
Plus look out for LeBron James and Team USA in the men’s basketball semi-finals later this evening.
Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.
Olympics 2024: Marathon swimming
The first event of the morning is the women’s marathon swim.
It’s taking place in the Seine, there are six laps, currently they’re over half an hour in and on their second lap.
Great Britain’s Leah Crisp was in ninth place, but more importantly she has stayed a part of the leading group that have pulled away from the rest of the pack.
Sonia Twigg8 August 2024 07:06
Yesterday at the Olympics
Charging like a train, while rocking from side to side, Hall somehow conjured up the fourth-fastest time in history. He was only fourth in this race with 100m remaining, yet he snatched victory away from Hudson-Smith in a scorching 43.40 seconds as Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga claimed bronze.
Lawrence Ostlere8 August 2024 06:59
Team GB watch
Some athletes to look out for today representing Team GB (all times BST):
Charley Hull, Georgia Hall – golf, women’s stroke play round two (from 8am)
Yasmin Harper, Grace Reid – diving, women’s 3m springboard semi-final (from 9am)
Bradly Sinden – taekwondo, men’s -68kg (from 9.59am)
Jade Jones – taekwondo, women’s -57kg (from 11am)
Connor Bainbridge – sailing, men’s kite (from 12pm)
Jack Laugher, Jordan Houlder – diving, men’s 3m springboard final (from 2pm) 🥇
Ellie Aldridge – sailing, women’s kite (from 3.37pm)
Ethan Hayter – track cycling, men’s omnium (from 4pm) 🥇
Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant – track cycling, women’s keirin (from 4.18pm) 🥇
Jack Carlin, Hamish Turnbull – track cycling, men’s sprint (from 5:01pm) 🥇
Lawrence Ostlere8 August 2024 06:47
Today at the Olympics
And Team USA look to stay in the hunt for yet another gold medal in the basketball as they take on Serbia in the semi-finals at 20.00.
Lawrence Ostlere8 August 2024 06:34
Today at the Olympics
The men’s omnium takes place in the velodrome, with Ollie Wood and Ethan Hayter potentially in contention for a medal. That event begins with the scratch race at 16.00. And from 16.18, the women’s keirin quarter-finals get underway, with GB duo Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant in the hunt for a medal.
Lawrence Ostlere8 August 2024 06:22
Today at the Olympics
Yasmin Harper and Grace Reid will compete in the women’s 3m springboard semi-finals from 09.00, hoping to make Friday’s final. And GB’s Jack Laugher is back in the men’s diving 3m springboard final, having won both silver and bronze in this event at the past two Olympics.
Lawrence Ostlere8 August 2024 06:15
Today at the Olympics
American sprint sensation Noah Lyles is the headline in the evening athletics session, as he hunts another gold – potentially number two of three in this Games – in the men’s 200m final at 19:30. He may run in the first heats of the 4x100m relay in the morning too.
In the morning athletics session, GB’s Katarina Johnson–Thompson begins her hunt for heptathlon gold with the 100m hurdles at 09.05.
Lawrence Ostlere8 August 2024 06:02
Olympics 2024
Hello and welcome along to live coverage of the Olympics Games in Paris.
Lawrence Ostlere8 August 2024 00:06