Olympics 2024 LIVE: Helen Glover denied historic gold plus latest results from Paris

It’s cruel for France goalkeeper Arthur Thieffry, surely sweltering beneath his kit on a scorching and utterly outstanding throughout, but Great Britain finally lead France! James Albery’s shot looked to be covered by Thieffry’s right kicker but a touch off the stick of a defender sends it squirming through the legs of the goalkeper. France have four minutes or so to find an equaliser – though Sam Ward has just clipped the crossbar with a brilliant reverse effort.

An excellent outing for the British show jumpers and their horses at Versailles: Ben Maher, Harry Charles and Scott Brash are through as the third tidiest qualifiers to the final, with Maher producing a perfect ride after a late swap of horse from Point Break to Dallas Vegas Batilly.

“She was incredible today,” Maher tells the BBC of his horse. “It’s a hot day here, a packed crowd, focussed on what we’re doing but it’s hard to ignore. My job is to use my experience to boost the team a little bit to get through qualifying today and it’s a pretty big test.

“That was my job. I tend to go first these days, that’s what the team manager likes. My horse gave me a great feeling though, she was with me today. She seems to be in good spirits, I can tell a lot about here, she’s a very sensitive horse and we have a long way to go this week, but we have a good start.”

It’s 1-1 at Stade Yves-du-Manoir! A penalty stroke is dispatched decisively to the goalkeeper’s right by Zach Wallace after the latest of countless British short corners draws a French infringement.

And to the fourth quarter they will go with the scores level. We’ll have a bit of a break with the temperature up again in Paris.

A bit of major breaking news from Team GB’s athletics squad, and it’s not a positive injury update for Jake Wightman. The 2022 1500m world champion was given an exemption from the British trials due to a calf injury yet earned selection in the 800 metres for the Games, though has now suffered a hamstring problem that has forced his withdrawal.

That allows Elliot Giles a place he probably merits, the middle-distance runner having tangled with Josh Kerr at the British Championships to initially miss out on selection.

Disappointment for Seonaid McIntosh in the women’s 50m 3P Rifle, who had led the way after the kneeling portion of the three-position shooting event. The Scot, world champion in 2018 and a real Team GB medal hope after an excellent season, was below her best both in the prone position and the standing leg, ultimately missing out on the top eight and progression to tomorrow’s final by a distance.

A bit of work for Great Britain to do at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, falling behind seconds before the half-time interval to a goal from Timothee Clement. Team GB have had plenty of short corners, but France have held firm throughout so far.

The morning after shaking the foundations of La Defense Arena with a pair of astonishing gold medals, home swimmer Leon Marchand battled through pain to advance to the 200m individual medley (IM) semi-finals at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.

The 200m IM is Marchand’s final individual event and it may be the most-anticipated of the entire Olympic meet following his golden treble in the 400 IM, 200m butterfly and breaststroke, the latter two titles coming within two glorious hours late on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old will join Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Kristin Otto in an exclusive club of swimmers to have won four or more individual events at a single Games if he can pull off the 200 IM victory.

It will be a struggle, though, with Marchand admitting he was feeling the pinch from his big Wednesday after swimming third quickest into the 200 IM semi-finals, beaten narrowly by Great Britain’s Duncan Scott in his heat.

“My body’s hurting a lot right now,” Marchand told reporters after clocking 1:57.86, 0.38 seconds off the fastest time set by Japan’s Daiya Seto.

“It’s fine because I’ve trained for it, so I’ll be OK.

“But this morning wasn’t easy for me, I really had to try and do a 1:57.

“I hope tonight will be easier for me.”

Adam Peaty has raised hopes he could compete in his Olympic relay events later this week as he returned to the pool following two days of “bed rest”.

Hours after winning silver in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke, Peaty tested positive for covid, having struggled with a sore throat ahead of Sunday’s final before his symptoms worsened.

Unlike the last Olympics in Tokyo, there are no specific coronavirus restrictions on athletes but Team GB said in a statement “all usual precautions (were) being taken to keep the wider delegation healthy”.

Peaty’s diagnosis led to doubts about whether he would be fit enough to take to the pool in the men’s and mixed 4x100m medley relays, with the 29-year-old crucial to to their hopes on the breaststroke leg.

But he posted a picture of himself on his Instagram story on Wednesday evening in a swimming pool along with the caption: “Back in the water with the French public today (2 days of bed rest).”

The mixed medley heats is first up with heats on Friday and the final on Saturday – the men’s preliminaries are on Saturday with the showpiece on the last day of the swimming meet on Sunday.

It may be that Great Britain hold Peaty back for the finals, with James Wilby an able deputy.

Team GB’s men will book their place in the quarter-finals of the men’s hockey up at Stade Yves-du-Manoir as long as they avoid defeat against France today. David Ames’ side are reasonably placed with a win and two draws so far and a point more would leave them out of reach of the hosts in Group A.

France are doing an excellent job of frustrating Great Britain through the first two quarters, Arthur Thieffry making a couple of sharp saves. Both Sam Ward and Nick Park have gone close, though, as they seek a first men’s hockey medal in 36 years.