Olympics 2024 LIVE: Tom Daley retires from diving as Team GB arrive home from Paris to heroes welcome – updates
TOM Daley has announced his retirement from diving following the Olympic Games in Paris.
The 30-year-old claimed the fifth Olympic medal of his extraordinary diving career with silver in the men's synchronised 10-metre platform in France.
In an emotional interview with the BBC at St Pancras station shortly after Team GB's return, he said the decision to retire "was hard to talk about".
It comes after Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise performed an incredible stunt at the closing ceremony of the Olympics, leaping from the top of the Stade de France, as the Games were handed over to Los Angeles.
Artists performing at the LA handover included Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre and Billy Eilish.
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Going for gold
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, daughter of reality TV star Fred Sirieix, is set to compete in the women's 10m platform final at 2pm BST this afternoon.
She won bronze in the synchronised event last week alongside Lois Toulson, but goes into today's final as the only Brit left in the competition.
You can read more about the 19-year-old here:
Skating sensation
Eleven? ELEVEN?!
China's Zheng Haohao drops into the bowl in the second heat.
She is 11-YEAR-OLD. Genuinely.
Date of birth: 11 August 2012
She was literally born during London 2012...
Credit: Getty Peaty slams Olympic village
Adam Peaty has hit out at Paris 2024 Olympics organisers after claiming athletes have found WORMS in their food.
The six-time Olympic medallist, who won silver in the men's 100m breaststroke at this games, said athletes have been "blindsided" by the lack of food options on offer in the Olympic village.
The Team GB athlete claimed this was in part due to Paris' attempts to meet sustainability targets, with 60 per cent of all meals served at the Games meatless and a third plant-based.
He told The i: "The narrative of sustainability has just been punished on the athletes. I want to meat, I need meat to perform and that’s what I eat at home, so why should I change?
“I like my fish and people are finding worms in the fish. It’s just not good enough. The standard, we’re looking at the best of the best in the world, and we’re feeding them not the best.
“I just want people to get better at their roles and jobs. And I think that’s what the athletes are the best sounding board for.”
Defending champion at risk of exit
Drama at La Concorde!
The defending champion Sakura Yosozumi may well be about to be dumped out in the preliminary round.
She fell on two of her three runs, meaning her first score of 79.70 is her best effort.
That is only the fourth best of heat one - and she faces a nervy wait for the next three heats to see if she will cling on to a top-eight finish to make the final.
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Back at the Aquatics Centre and Jack Laugher and Jordan Holden through the first qualifying round of the 10m platform diving competition.
The pair were third and fourth in the standings, behind the inevitable Chinese duo Wang Zongyuan and Zie Siyi.
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It's the preliminaries now, with the top eight from the heats progressing to this afternoon's final.
Here's what Sky Brown had to say about the shoulder injury ahead of today's action - also hurting her knee in the fall.
Brown: “It's part of skateboarding; it's part of life. I'm used to these injuries and overcoming them.
"Now, this one was definitely hard on my knee. I've never done my knee and I couldn't do a lot of things. it was a long time waiting and not being able to do much, but I made sure I trained every part of my body that I could train and be as strong as I could.
“I was doing a lot of CrossFit physical therapy. I literally did whatever I could to come back stronger than ever without using my knee."
View from Paris
SunSport are back out and braving the Parisian heat to bring you updates from the women’s park skateboarding.
And there is plenty of hype ahead of this one because there are two Brits, two 16-year-old teenage girls in action.
Lola Tambling is one.
The other, you may have heard of, a certain Sky Brown.
A bronze medallist aged 13 in Tokyo, Sky is now the world champion and was one of the pre-tournament favourites for gold here in Paris.
However, she dislocated her shoulder last Sunday on the eve of her journey out to Paris.
But given the green light to skate, she will go in heat three alongside Tambling.
There are 22 skaters in total split into four heats with Tokyo gold medallist Sakura Yosozumi is in the first.
Whale of a time
The Olympic surfing was unbelievably gatecrashed by a WHALE during Monday's women's shortboard semi-final heats.
Fans eyes were drawn away from the action when a whale breached the water in Teahupo'o, Tahiti - 10,000 miles away from Paris.
The crazy moment occurred while Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb and Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy were in the water battling it out for a place in the finals.
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Organisers have cancelled an Olympics practice event just 48 hours before the start.
The city council, Paris 2024 organising committee and World Aquatics have taken action ahead of the 10km open water swim.
Swimmers will not be able to hold their contact sessions two days before the event, with the women's race on Thursday in the Seine.
The men's race follows on Friday, however, the event itself is not currently in jeopardy.
In a statement, organisers confirmed the "familiarisation" session for swimmers in the Seine has been cancelled.
It follows the delays made to the men's and women's triathlon events during the first week of the Games.
The events were at risk of being turned into a duathlon due to the unhealthy state of the water and with no alternative available.
View from Paris
A difficult day for Thompson-Smith.
She can only manage scores of 0.0, 4.8, 5.0 and 0.0 to total 9.8.
That currently has her in 14th and it will need a monumental effort on the lead climbing on Thursday to try and make Saturday’s final.
Remember, the bouldering and lead scores are combined to sort out the eight finalists.
McNeice down to fourth as things stand.
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No medals for GB in the showjumping….
Harry Charles withdrew Romeo 88 before the start of the individual competition.
Then defending champion Ben Maher had four faults on Dallas Vegas Batilly, whose hind legs flicked off the top pole on the second part of the tricky two-part fifth.
And just now, Maher’s history repeated itself for Scott Brash.
His mount Jefferson made EXACTLY the same mistake, to mean he is out of contention.
Brash is currently fourth. Holland’s Maikel van der Vleuten and Christian Kukuk of Germany have both gone clear.
Meet Sky Brown
Skateboarder Sky Brown became Britain's youngest-ever Olympic medallist in 2021 aged just 13-years-old.
She is back in action today in the skateboarding park event - and will be going for gold.
That's despite the fact she suffered an MCL injury three months ago and a dislocated shoulder just a few weeks ago.
More from climbing
Woah Eric McNeice take a bow.
After a 5.0 on her opening climb, she backs that up with two stunning efforts on climbs two and three to get to the top.
Swinging across in seemingly gravity-defying fashion.
This is simply wonderful to watch.
Imagine claiming it is not a sport...!
Another 5.0 from McNeice and she finishes on 59.6 - currently way out in first place.
But the new climbers are coming out in ascending world ranking order, with the best saved until last.
For now, though, that's a fantastic effort.
View from Paris
Beautiful sunny day at the Chateau de Versailles, the former home of the long-gone French royal family.
But it will take a showjumping revolution for Ben Maher to retain his Olympic crown after a fatal error by his mount Dallas Vegas Batilly.
Maher was one of the earliest starters in the 30-horse field after knocking off a late pole in yesterday’s qualifying round.
And just 30 seconds into today’s final first round, at the difficult two-part fifth fence, Maher heard the deadly crash of timber behind him.
Dallas Vegas Batilly appeared to have soared over the second part of the double with ease but a flick out with the back legs dislodged the horizontal bar - and sent Maher’s medal hopes spinning into the sand with it.
At this stage, the defending champion is leading.
But it will not last as the expectation is that there will be multiple clear rounds and a jump-off to decide the winner.
Maher’s gold medal winning colleague from the team event, Scott Brash, goes later this morning.
Bonjour from Paris
It's Day 11 of the Olympics and once again a whole host of medals up for grabs.
But first things first, we've got some early British action at the climbing.
Just like yesterday for Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur, it is the first stage of the semi-final of the boulder and lead event - starting today with just the bouldering.
Brits Erin McNeice and Molly Thompson-Smith are both in action, with McNeice getting underway with an opening 5.0 points to take an early lead.
Charles withdraws from showjumping final
Harry Charles has withdrawn from the individual showjumping final at the eleventh hour.
Charles was set to be one of THREE Brits competing in Tuesday morning's final in Paris.
But an injury to his horse, Romeo 88, has scuppered his bid to win Olympic gold.
A heartbroken Charles wrote on Instagram: "Unfortunately, me and Romeo will not start the individual final today in pairs.
"After a small overreach yesterday he is not quite the 110% that he has been the whole games, so we are not taking any risks. Maybe I'm a little disappointed but honestly not really!
"He has given me so much and took me beyond my dreams.
"We’re leaving Paris with a gold medal and more importantly a happy Romeo, so that’s way more than enough for me!"
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Today's British medal hopes
One of the most highly-anticipated spectacles of Paris 2024 is the 1500m men’s final (7.50pm) - will it be gold for either Josh Kerr or Jakob Ingebrigtsen in their epic rivalry?
World champion Sky Brown, now 16, wants to upgrade her Tokyo bronze to Paris gold in the women’s park skateboarding final but is battling back from a dislocated shoulder (4.30pm).
Ben Maher on board Dallas Vegas Batilly is into the final of the individual jumping equestrian alongside Scott Brash after coming through the 74-rider qualifying and could defend his Tokyo gold after already securing the team title in Paris (9am).
Off track
The Olympics has descended into chaos on the track with athletes failing to turn up for a "brutal" new race.
Several races have seen runners withdraw while others have been undermined by athletes not attempting to win.
That is because of a major change to determining who qualifies for the semi-finals and finals of events.
Previously the top two finishes qualified automatically with the final places made up by the fastest losers.
But in Paris a controversial new repechage system has been introduced for some events, and it has resulted in farcical scenes.
Athletes who do not qualify automatically from their heats then compete in a repechage race, offering them a lifeline to qualify for the final.
But it has led to some athletes not trying in their initial race - American 110m hurdler Freddie Crittenden decreased his effort and finished almost five seconds behind the race winner because he was carrying an injury.
What's on today?
The Paris 2024 Olympics are now into the home straight with day 11 promising yet more drama.
One of the most highly-anticipated spectacles of Paris 2024 is the 1500m men’s final (7.50pm BST/ 2.50pm ET) - will it be gold for either Josh Kerr or Jakob Ingebrigtsen in their epic rivalry?
Emma Hayes’ USA women’s football team face Germany in the semi-final in Lyon (5pm BST / 1pm ET).
While Sha'Carri Richardson and Dina Asher-Smith go for gold in the women's 200m, with the final at 8.40pm / 3.40pm ET.
Hotshot
Superstar pole vaulter Armand Duplantis gave Olympic fans their money's worth last night.
He secured gold by clearing six metres - but that was just the start.
Duplantis broke the Olympic record with a jump of 6.1m with his next attempt.
And the 24-year-old beat his own world record by one centimetre when he cleared 6.25m with his next jump.
The two-time world champion has now broken the record on NINE occasions.
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Keely Hodgkinson reaction
Keely Hodgkinson reckons she is ready to deal with the life-changing moment of becoming an Olympic track-and-field champion last night in Paris.
And after having to settle for three successive silvers at global championships, she delivered on the biggest stage in front of 70,000 fans at the Stade de France.
Hodgkinson, 22, said: “It’s life-changing. It changed my life last time.
“Being Olympic champion, no-one can ever take that away from you. It’s the biggest stage ever for our sport.
“I don’t know what it will bring but I’m a lot better prepared than I was last time. I am a couple of years older, a bit more blonder and all that. I think we’re good. It’s all good fun.
“Is this the greatest day of my life? Yeah. I feel like it hasn’t sunk in yet to be honest.
“I have worked so hard for this. I just knew that if I was in the right mind frame I would be very hard to beat. I am super happy.
“It has been different at these Championships. I had to try to block out the noise. To deliver on that stage means everything.”
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