2024 Paris Olympics LIVE: Team GB and Ben Maher miss out on equestrian gold, Sky Brown in skateboard action before Josh Kerr battles for glory in 1500m final tonight

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 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!

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

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.

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…