Keely Hodgkinson ran with the weight of Great Britain’s expectations on her shoulders but still emerged Olympic 800m champion at Stade de France, moving up from fifth to first entering the final lap and cruising across the line in 1:56.72.
That was after Great Britain’s women’s sprint team took a sensational gold on the opening night of track cycling in the velodrome, lowering the world record in three successive rounds to get the week off to the perfect start. The GB trio of Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and rising star Emma Finucane were simply unstoppable, dominating New Zealand in the final.
At the start of the day, Team GB’s Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Samuel Dickinson and Beth Potter claimed bronze in the mixed relay triathlon. The team thought they had won silver only to see their finish downgraded after a photo finish.
Joe Clarke and Kimberley Woods emerged from kayak cross chaos with silver and bronze medals respectively as the wet and wild, winner-takes-all discipline enjoyed an Olympic debut to remember in front of over 10,000 fans in Vaires-sur-Marne.
Meanwhile, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix secured her spot in Tuesday’s women’s 10m platform diving final after finishing third in the semi-finals. And Dina Asher-Smith bounced back from 100 metres heartbreak to snap up a place in Tuesday’s 200m final at Stade de France.
There was disappointment for Team GB in the women’s pole vault, however, with a tearful Holly Bradshaw consoled by Molly Caudery after elimination before Caudery was herself eliminated in the biggest track and field shock of the Games. Caudery failed to clear 4.55m in three tries having jumped 4.92m this season.
And Great Britain’s hopes of a hockey medal were ended after the women’s side lost 3-1 to the Netherlands at the quarter-final stage.
Simone Biles failed to add another Olympic gold to her Paris medal collection after she suffered a surprise defeat in the women’s floor exercise final, the American finishing second behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. And there was no medal for Biles on the balance beam this time after she fell off the apparatus. Biles does return to the US with three golds in her possession, having won the all around and vault titles, plus the team competition.
Follow latest updates from day 10…
10:05 PM BST
And on that
delightful orange note, we will call it a night. Thanks for reading.
10:01 PM BST
It’s very close in the basketball
8-7 to the Netherlands with a minute to play – and they have done it! 9-7 to the Dutch.
09:57 PM BST
Channel (hopping) mad
09:42 PM BST
Hang on…. France have got one back!
There’s about eight minutes left. Michael Olise with the assist and Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored.
09:40 PM BST
In the men’s football
Egypt have stunned the hosts by taking the lead against France; it’s 0-1 on 62 minutes.
09:38 PM BST
Gold medal match about to get underway
in the men’s 3×3 basketball, where it is Netherlands against France.
09:35 PM BST
Keely
09:29 PM BST
VERY cool
09:15 PM BST
3×3 basketball
the finals of that are this evening. The women’s gold medal match is currently in progress, with Spain leading Germany. And after that, it is the turn of the men as France play the Netherlands.
08:52 PM BST
Keely Hodgkinson
has won the 800m in terrific style. Brilliant, commanding performance, she controlled the race from the front and she’s a worthy gold medal winner.
Read all about that on our dedicated our athletics blog here.
08:38 PM BST
Keely Hodgkinson incoming
she’ll compete in the 800m shortly. You can follow the action on our athletics blog here.
08:27 PM BST
Legend has her say
08:21 PM BST
Crikey, ref
08:12 PM BST
Olympic newsletter?
08:12 PM BST
In the women’s discus final
it’s America’s Valarie Allman who leads.
07:14 PM BST
The swishiest of all Olympic events starting soon
The Artistic Swimming (Team).
Russia have traditionally had this trophy nailed down in the clubhouse but obvs they aren’t at the Olympics this time. China have been silver medalists at the last three games.
07:03 PM BST
Team GB have won women’s team sprint gold
And in world record time too!
More about that on our dedicated cycling blog.
06:59 PM BST
But what’s this?
Spain have scored two in the second half, the last one on 85 mins and it is now they who lead.
06:33 PM BST
In the men’s football
Mighty Morocco lead Spain 1-0, a place in the final is up for grabs.
06:30 PM BST
Tough draw
06:19 PM BST
Cycling heroics
GB break world record in team sprint cycling at Paris 2024! Read all about that on our cycling blog with Andy McGrath.
06:16 PM BST
It’s a big evening for Team GB
in the athletics. Here are some of the highlights.
Tonight’s schedule
18:00- Men’s pole vault final (featuring world record holder Armand Duplantis)
18:04- Men’s 3000m steeplechase round one
18:55- Men’s 200m round one (featuring new 100m champion Noah Lyles)
19:30- Women’s discus final
19:45- Women’s 200m semi-finals (featuring GB’s Daryll Neita, Dina Asher-Smith and Bianca Williams)
20:15- Women’s 5000m final
20:47- Women’s 800m final (featuring GB’s Keely Hodgkinson)
Be sure and follow all of that on our dedicated athletics blog with Kieran Crichard.
06:02 PM BST
Netherlands win 3-1, Team GB out
At the final whistle, the British players collapse to the ground as the Dutch celebrate wildly. The Dutch move on to a semi final with Argentina. The British women’s hockey team go home. The brutal reality of Olympic competition. 3-1 to the Dutch. Credit to the British, that was closer than anyone would have predicted.
Laura Roper, the Team GB defender, is married to Phil Roper, who was part of the losing men’s quarter final team. Not been a cheery couple of days in the Roper household.
05:52 PM BST
Nice
05:44 PM BST
Golden boy
05:41 PM BST
Netherlands make it 3-1
Writing looks to be on the wall for GB hockey women. Here is Jimmy:
The pattern continues as we enter the last quarter. GB have defended doggedly, heroically at times. But they need a goal. And just to add to the challenge, the Dutch have scored again. Could our women come back? Well here’s a stat for you: if the Netherlands win today they will have lost just once in their last 42 Olympic Games matches – the gold medal game against Germany at Athens 2004. Because don’t forget they drew the Rio 2016 final with Great Britain, missing out on gold in a penalty shootout.
05:33 PM BST
No handshakes please, we are Dutch
Odd fact: the entire Dutch Olympic team refuse to shake hands during these Games, insisting instead on the fist bump. It is, apparently, a legacy of covid restrictions that has become something of a superstition.
05:16 PM BST
Hockey half time
GB were within 21 seconds of making it to half time on equal terms when the inevitable happened. In the melee following a short corner, the Dutch scored, when Luna Fokke fired home. GB argued that a foul had been made in the build up to her shot. The on pitch umpire referred it upstairs. But the video umpire saw nothing wrong and the goal stood. In truth nobody could be surprised. The Netherlands, quicker in their passing, sharper in their control, faster in their running, were unquestionably the superior side. But the British women defended doggedly and persuasively. And had been admirably defiant. Until that last moment.
05:12 PM BST
Netherlands 2-1 up at HT in the hockey
I was just about to say that GB are going to go into the interval level but the mighty Dutch side have popped up to score a few seconds before the half-time whistle hooter. Fokke was the scorer. Well quite.
05:09 PM BST
USA lose in basketball!
It’s admittedly only the 3×3 event, the women’s section, but that must be a shock, right? Spain their conquerors.
05:01 PM BST
Men’s football semi
is about to kick off. Morocco vs Spain.
04:57 PM BST
Team GB have equalised in the hockey
About ten minutes left in the second period. Here’s Lord Jim:
GB were awarded a penalty corner, and took a long time in a huddle before taking it working out their tactical plan. It worked. In the ensuing scramble, Hannha French smacked home the equaliser. Against the run of play it may have been. But deserved for guts and perseverance.
04:49 PM BST
Lord Coe on boxing
Sebastian Coe on boxing gender row: ‘I have daughters, how do you think I feel on this?’
04:36 PM BST
Ghosted
As the women of the Netherlands and TeamGB warm up for the hockey quarter final I’ve just met the ghost of Baron de Coubertin, the inventor of the modern Olympics. Or so he claimed. He was on site because this is the very venue of the 1924 Paris Games. Intriguingly for a ghost he showed me his QR code so I could check out his website.
The Netherlands won five out of five of their group games; GB won two. The Netherlands are unbeaten since they lost to GB in the 2016 Olympic final, winning 96% of their matches. No surprise then that they have taken the lead within 30 seconds, on their first attack. This is going to be a long evening for British supporters.
The Dutch women have just scored a “beautifully pulled down by BERGKAMP” goal in the *hockey*
— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) August 5, 2024
04:33 PM BST
Bad news in the hockey
The Dutchers are already 1-0 up.
04:31 PM BST
Tallest nation in Europe innit
It was noticeable as the players of the Netherlands and Great Britain lined up for the national anthems that the Dutch are about three inches a women taller than their British counterparts. This could be a touch afternoon for the Brits.
04:30 PM BST
Hockeyistas are ready
Here’s our man Jim White at the match.
04:21 PM BST
Hockey ahoy
Team GB’s Women face Netherlands in the quarters.
04:08 PM BST
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix into women’s 10m platform final
Team GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix secured her spot in Tuesday’s women’s 10m platform final after finishing third in the semi-finals.
The 19-year-old will be Great Britain’s sole representative in the competition after Lois Toulson missed out on a qualifying spot.
Five days after claiming bronze in the 10m synchronised event together, the pair returned to the Aquatics Centre on Monday with the aim of qualifying for the individual event.
After easing through the preliminary rounds, both reached the semi-finals, where Spendolini-Sirieix put in a brilliant display, scoring 367.00 points overall to sit behind Chinese divers Hongchan Quan and Yuxi Chen, who finished first and second, respectively.
Toulson finished strongly with a 65.60 on her final dive to push her up the leaderboard, but fell just short of the top 12 qualifying positions with a 13th-placed finish.
04:00 PM BST
Andrade’s haul
03:52 PM BST
Charted territory
That incredible Noah Lyles victory in chart form.
Lyles was in last place until *50m*, and then surged past the field to take it on the line. A blue streak.
Thompson led from 25m to 95m, but not when it counted. pic.twitter.com/TPYr4jYUna
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) August 4, 2024
03:48 PM BST
Lovely stuff
Rebeca is a total superstar, if she hadn’t been born in The Biles Era she’d have a shedload of medals. I thought she was hard done by in the beam earlier.
03:26 PM BST
Diving
There’s action in the women’s ten metre platform, where Andrea Spendolini Sirieix is in the semis, as is Lois Toulson. The top 12 (of 18) qualify for the final. The British girls are currently 9th and 10th respectively.
Intense.
Andrea has qualified in third but, would you believe it, poor Lois has come 13th in the semi. Oh no, so close to being in the final.
03:24 PM BST
Becalmed!
Vita Heathcote and Chris Grube, who are fighting hard for GB in the Mixed Dinghy, are stuck on dry land at the moment because race seven is delayed.
03:12 PM BST
Italy have won
gold in the mixed skeet shooting, beating the USA into silver. You’d assume the Americans would be unbeatable with gun in hand, wouldn’t you, what with their whole right to bear arms thing. But Italy have triumphed 45-44. Trying to work out if that’s 45 skeets to 44 skeets. Is the skeet the clay discus target? Or is it a method/technique? If you have the answer, please let us know in the comments below.
02:55 PM BST
Afternoon all
Tyers here, thank you Daniel, and thanks everyone for joining us on what should be another terrific afternoon/evening of Olympics action.
02:50 PM BST
That’s all from me today
Leaving you in the hands of Alan Tyers for the evening session, including Team GB’s women in a hockey quarter-final against Netherlands at 4.30pm.
02:40 PM BST
Silver for Biles in the gymnastics floor exercise final
Biles finishes with a score of 14.133 but it is not enough to dislodge Brazilian Rebecca Andrade from the top of the standings. Gold medal number eight and nine has eluded Biles today. Follow the latest reaction here.
02:30 PM BST
Toulson’s second dive of the semi-final
Just the 50.40 for that one which leaves Toulson some way behind the leaders.
02:16 PM BST
Cracking first dive from Spendolini-Sirieix
She records a score of 76.80 which is the best so far in the semi-finals. China’s Chen and Quan are yet to go though, the two divers who top-scored in this morning’s preliminaries.
02:12 PM BST
Toulson’s first dive of the semi-final….
She records a score of 58.50, which leaves her fifth in the standings so far. Spendolini-Sirieix is yet to have her first dive of the semi-final.
02:07 PM BST
Diving: The semi-finals of the women’s 10m platform have started
A field of 18 divers will be cut down to 12. Team GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson are among them.
02:05 PM BST
Djokovic sends Alcaraz a message
01:41 PM BST
Biles on the floor shortly
Can the superstar of gymnastics bounce back from her slip-up on the beam earlier in the day? You can follow updates from the floor exercise final here.
01:32 PM BST
The medal table as things stand
01:14 PM BST
Seb Coe has been talking about Noah Lyles
“(Lyles) is hugely important,” said Coe. “Look, I have to be relatively agnostic, but if I’m wearing a promoter’s hat, then him winning last night was important because he’s now creating a narrative that is heading us back into Usain Bolt territory.
“It’s a recognizable face, a face that have now got young people talking about. And I know that not just from being in the stadium here, but from friends of mine who’ve got young kids. They’re now talking about Noah Lyles in the same breath as some of the highest-profile sports men and women in the world.”
12:53 PM BST
Breaking news: Zharnel Hughes out of tonight’s 200m heats
Britain’s dreadful day in the athletics has continued following Molly Caudery’s shock pole vault exit, with Zharnel Hughes pulling out of the men’s 200m with a tight hamstring.
Hughes had been adamant that he was fully recovered from the grade two hamstring tear that he suffered earlier this year, but he admitted after going out of the 100m that it had disrupted his preparations and the Olympics had come too soon. The 200m heats will take place this evening, with Hughes still hoping to make the 4x100m relay, where Britain have a chance of a medal.
A Team GB statement said that Hughes had “hamstring tightness which requires monitoring for the next 48 hours” and added that “no decision has been taken” with regard to the relay.
After exiting the 100m at the semi-final stage on Sunday, Hughes said: “Race sharpness is my issue. If we had more races, you know that I am a better performer than this. The road sometimes can be rocky.”
12:50 PM BST
Alekna leads the way in men’s discus
Lithuania’s world record-holder Mykolas Alekna has shown he is the man to beat in the men’s discus after his leading throw in today’s preliminary round.
The 21-year-old fouled on his first effort then stepped into the circle to throw 67.47 metres on his second before calling it a day with his spot in the final locked up.
“I am confident with my throws, so I knew how to prepare and what to do before I came here. I knew I could do a good throw,” said Alekna, a world silver and bronze medallist. “I did not think about the first one too much, and I am happy for the second one.
“This circle is perfect. I expect long throws.”
12:48 PM BST
A lovely tale
12:21 PM BST
Biles falls from beam
Gasps hear at the Bercy Arena as Simone Biles falls off the beam. She did not look very happy at all as she walked off. Follow the latest reaction to that here, and her floor exercise tilt.
11:41 AM BST
Molly Caudery speaking to BBC
Totally heartbreaking. It’s not the Olympic experience I was hoping for, I’m really sorry for everyone watching back home. But it’s an Olympic experience and I have to learn from it.
I felt great, I’m in the best shape of my life, I had an amazing warm up. I did not feel too nervous, I love a big crowd. For some reason it just wasn’t my day.
11:38 AM BST
The latest from the women’s pole vault
A total of 20 athletes have made it through to Wednesday’s final, having cleared 4.20m and 4.40m without a foul. Given that was sufficient for qualification, Caudery’s decision to go straight in at 4.50m will come under further scrutiny.
11:31 AM BST
Women’s 400m heats
Laviai Nielsen finishes second in her heat and has qualified. She says running in the relays helped her get the measure of the track and conditions. Nielsen through to the semi-final. Amber Anning also qualified for GB. Victoria Ohuruogu was fourth in her heat and must now rely on the repechage.
11:29 AM BST
Strong finish from Toby Roberts in the climbing
He picks up the full quota of 25 points on his last climb to move into third going into Wednesday’s semi-final.
11:24 AM BST
Gold for China in the men’s parallel bars
Zou Jingyuan has retained his Olympic title with a score of 16.200. Silver goes to Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun.
11:13 AM BST
Molly Caudery is out of the pole vault
Having consoled her eliminated team-mate Holly Bradshaw, Caudery is now out of the competition herself. She failed to record a height after failing to clear 4.55m in three attempts. This is a major shock and disappointment for Team GB. Her season’s-best was the best in the world by four centimetres, this was not the cards.
11:08 AM BST
Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson through to diving semi-finals
That can now be written in ink, with the Team GB pair ranked fifth and eighth in the standings. Quan of China is well out in front with more that 400 points on the board. The semi-finals will start at 2pm.
11:01 AM BST
Molly Caudery sailing close to the wind in the pole vault
She has failed in two attempts at 4.55m, and has just one more life remaining. Fail for a third time and she will be heading out alongside team-mate Holly Bradshaw.
10:56 AM BST
Simone Biles going for two more golds
She is fully expected to win gold on the floor but the balance beam brings more jeopardy. Follow her attempt to make more Olympic history on our gymnastics live blog here. Joe Fraser was first reserve for the men’s parallel bars final but there were no drop-outs.
10:54 AM BST
400m hurdle favourite Karsten Warholm on the competition
“The gaps between us are very small,” Warholm said. “We have three people who can run on the 46-second level, (dos Santos, Benjamin) and me. But behind us are many athletes pushing us. It will demand a lot to get to the final.”
10:46 AM BST
Quite the rally
10:28 AM BST
Bad news for Holly Bradshaw in the pole vault
Holly Bradshaw’s pole vault qualification is over following three failures at 4.40m – she was in tears trackside and being consoled by her team-mate Molly Caudery. Bradshaw was a bronze medallist in Tokyo and, while not among the favourites here, was hoping for one last championship final. She intends to retire at the end of this year and has already set up a coffee-making business. Caudery had started out at 4.55m and missed her first vault at a height that should be straightforward for her. She has two more attempts.
10:25 AM BST
Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson safely inside the top 18
The Team GB are currently fourth and eighth respectively going into the fourth round of dives. The top 18 make it through to this afternoon’s semi-finals, with a dozen making it through to the final.
10:19 AM BST
Chalmers ‘doing it for Guernsey’
I’m doing it for the people of Guernsey. Team GB is amazing, we have an amazing team this year.
10:14 AM BST
Better final dive from Spendolini-Sirieix
She finishes on a final score of 196.80, just ahead of team-mate Toulson on 181.20. It looks like both Team GB divers will make it through the 10m platform preliminary.
10:02 AM BST
Jessie Knight through in the women’s 400m hurdle repechage
Jessie Knight has squeezed through the 400m hurdles semi-finals via the new repechage after she missed out in the initial heat. She looked to be going out but a final lean, Noah Lyles-style, was enough to get second place by 0.005sec.
The women’s pole vault qualification is also ongoing. Holly Bradshaw has gone over in her second attempt at 4.20m. Molly Caudery has passed at that height and still having a lie-down in the shade while she awaits what should be a routine qualification for Wednesday’s final.
10:01 AM BST
A better couple of fives from Toulson
She finishes her three rounds on a combined score of 181.20, which currently has Toulson second. A number of divers still need to dive again though, so that is a slightly false position.
09:53 AM BST
A good start from Hamish McArthur in the climbing
The Team GB climber sits top of the standings after the first round of climbers with scores of 9.9, 10, 9.3 and 5.
09:45 AM BST
Spendolini-Siriex’s second dive…
A weaker effort than her first with a score of just 48.00 but she is still comfortably inside the top 18 which is sufficient to progress to the semi-finals.
09:42 AM BST
Alastair Chalmers finishes third in his 400m hurdle heat
What a dramatic finale to that heat, with the Team GB runner throwing himself over the line to just about pinch third. That sends Chalmers through to the next round, by a margin of 0.02 seconds. He lunged forward on his knees like a badly-executed goal celebration.
09:33 AM BST
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09:31 AM BST
After round one in the diving..
Team GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Siriex is second, behind only Quan Hongchan who top-scored with 81.00. Lois Toulson is right on the cutline in 18th with her score of 57.00. Not a good start for Ireland’s Ciara McGing who is last on a score of 33.60.
09:23 AM BST
Another hot favourite through in the men’s 400m hurdles
Just like Rai Benjamin, Karsten Warholm of Norway is through his heat with no alarms. Frenchman Clement Ducos was second.
09:16 AM BST
A very good first dive from Andrea Spendolini-Siriex
She records a score of 76.80 which is one of the better scores in this first round. Fresh off her bronze medal, that was very promising. Spendolini-Siriex needs to finish in the top 18 divers to make it through the preliminary and into the semi-finals.
09:15 AM BST
Every Team GB medal won in Paris so far
The mixed relay triathlon team have added another bronze to Team GB’s haul and you can keep track of every British medal here.
09:10 AM BST
In the men’s 400m hurdles first round
American Rai Benjamin has cruised through by winning that heat with ease. He was followed home by Jamaican Jaheel Hyde in second.
09:03 AM BST
Lois Toulson’s first dive
She span out of her pike a little early, which limits her to a score of 57.00.
09:02 AM BST
The diving has now started
Caeli McKay of Canada is the first athlete up in the women’s 10m platform preliminary.
08:48 AM BST
The diving and climbing kick off in around 15 minutes time
Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Siriex provide the Team GB interest in the women’s 10m platform preliminary.
Likewise Hamish McArthur and Tony Roberts in the climbing. According to his official Team GB profile, McArthur’s love of climbing started by climbing trees at primary school.
08:29 AM BST
Team GB win silver in the mixed relay triathlon
Beth Potter could not quite chase down her German rival Laura Lindemann, but her strong finish was good enough to earn the British quartet the silver medal. It was close between Team GB and USA, but Potter shaded it at the line. Follow all the reaction here.
08:18 AM BST
Biles’ chance to make history
Simone Biles could join an elite club of greatest female Olympians as she goes for titles eight and nine in the balance beam and floor exercise finals later today. The American phenom, who won team, all-around and vault golds in Paris, is the favourite on floor but not a shoe-in on beam, the apparatus where a mere centimetre of misjudgment can separate a medallist from last place. If Biles wins both beam and floor, her nine Olympic golds will tie her with USA swimmer Katie Ledecky and Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most ever won by a female athlete.
07:54 AM BST
Mixed relay triathlon
It looks like being a head-to-head battle between Great Britain and Germany for gold with Switzerland currently third. The well-fancied French quartet have struggled to recover from Pierre le Corre crashing on his bike. Follow the conclusion of the race here.
07:33 AM BST
Newly-crowned Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles on his win
I knew that when the time came, for me to be able to say ‘this is the final, this is where I need to put it together’ I was going to do it.
I did think [Kishane Thompson] had it at the end. I went up to him after, while we were waiting, and I even said ‘I think you’ve got that, good going,’ and then my name popped up and I’m like ‘oh my gosh, I’m amazing’.
I’m going to be honest, I wasn’t ready to see it [his name] and that’s the first time I’ve ever said that. I wasn’t ready to see it.
He was quite a few lanes down, he was in four, I was in seven so it was hard for me to picture where we were.
07:14 AM BST
How the medal table stands after nine days
06:54 AM BST
Mixed relay triathlon
Alex Yee, Beth Potter, Sam Dickinson and George Taylor-Brown are the four athletes trying to defend Team GB’s gold medal in the event. Yee won individual triathlon gold with a sensational finish last week. You can follow live updates here.
06:51 AM BST
Team GB interest in diving, pole vault and women’s 400m hurdles
Good morning and welcome to live coverage of day 10 of the 2024 Olympic Games and we start at the Aquatics Centre where Team GB Louis Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix are up in the women’s 10-metre platform.
Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson earned a hard-fought bronze medal in the women’s synchronised 10m platform last week and dive as individuals today.
The pair jumped into second at the end of round two, but entering the more difficult dives, they could only post 60.3 in the third round, causing them to tumble into fifth.
They responded well in the final rounds, scoring a 77.76 on their final dive and following a nervous wait their spot on the podium was all but confirmed after nearest rivals Canada could only score 68.16 on their last dive
After that at 9.40am, Holly Bradshaw begins starts her fourth Olympic pole vault challenge after achieving Team GB’s first medal in the sport three years ago in Tokyo. No Olympian has competed in four pole vault finals at the Games, giving Bradshaw a chance of making history over the coming days.
Bradshaw, who almost retired last year following the death of her father, said: “It feels pretty surreal to be going to my fourth [Olympics]. It’s quite an honour to go to one, so to be able to sit here and say I’m going to my fourth is such a privilege and an honour. I’m excited. I won bronze in the last one which was amazing.
“I got sixth in London and fifth in Rio. Finally got my medal in Tokyo. Now I feel like I can really soak it up and enjoy it.”
On the track, Jessie Knight will be be racing in the second heat of the women’s 400m hurdles. Knight actually gave up athletics in 2017, becoming a full-time teacher at a school in Epsom, Surrey before returning to competition the following year.
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