Olympics 2024 LIVE: Simone Biles and Andy Murray return as Team GB eye rowing gold medals

Today at the Olympics: Thursday’s schedule as Simone Biles goes for individual gold at Paris 2024

The world’s eyes will be on Simone Biles once more today as the greatest gymnast of all time bids for her sixth Olympic gold medal in the sport’s most coveted event, the individual all–around final (5.15pm BST). Her biggest competition may well come from fellow American Suni Lee, who won gold in Biles’ absence in Tokyo and who impressed during the USA’s team win on Tuesday. And look out for Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who won silver in Tokyo and is the reigning Olympic champion on the vault.

Britain will hope to scoop at least one gold in the various rowing finals, with flagbearer Helen Glover competing in the women’s four (10.50am) before Team GB’s world champions go in the men’s four (11.10am).

Golf makes its first appearance of these Olympics with round one of the men’s competition (8am) at Le Golf National, featuring Rory McIlroy for Ireland. He goes up against American duo Scottie Scheffler and reigning Olympic champion Xander Schauffele, while Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick are the British pair.

American, Australia and Canada will face off in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay (9.03pm) in the pool, after Canadian teenage star Summer McIntosh has bid for the women’s 200m fly title (7.30pm).

Andy Murray will play for a shot at an Olympics medal in what is the final tournament of his career when he and Dan Evans play in their men’s doubles quarter-final.

Murray and Evans produced another sensational escape act on Tuesday night to keep their Olympics dream alive, saving two match points to defeat the Belgian pair Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen , 6-3 6-7 (8) (11/9), in another thrilling match tiebreak.

In the previous round, Murray and Evans saved five match points in their win against Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel, which extended the 37-year-old’s career.  Although Murray and Evans played considerably better in the second round deserved the win.

Now into the quarter-finals, one more win would secure two chances to win a medal at Murray’s final tournament before retirement. Victory in the semi-finals would guarantee either gold or silver and defeat would still result in a chance to win bronze in the play-off.

The athletics gets underway this morning with the race walk – and Suffolk athlete Callum Wilkinson has given up attempting to explain what he agrees might be the most misunderstood sport at the Olympic Games.

It is one that demands the nondescript artistry of a seasoned film extra, the tactical mind of a chess champion and the fortitude of a marathon runner, yet Wilkinson often finds his discipline treated like the black sheep of the athletics family.

So while its name might conjure up the determined gait of someone late to the office, the plain truth of the matter is that race walking is very, very hard.

Great Britain have got off to an impressive start the Paris 2024 Olympics with 17 medals so far.

Alex Yee in the men’s triathlon and Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw in the women’s quad sculls continued the medal rush on Wednesday, taking Team GB to six golds.

Diving duo Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen kicked off the medal rush with bronze in the women’s 3m synchronised springboard, before Tom Daley and Noah Williams and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix made it three medals from three in diving so far.

Day six of the Olympics sees the return of Andy Murray and Simone Biles on a busy day at Paris 2024. Murray is back on court at Roland Garros with Dan Evans and the British pair take on Americans Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz looking to continue their thrilling Olympic ride.

Team USA superstar Biles will bid for a second gymnastics gold of the Games following her team all-around gold on Tuesday when she competes in the star-studded individual competition. Her main competition should come from reigning champion and teammate Sunisa Lee or Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, while Team GB’s Georgia-Mae Fenton and Alice Kinsella are also involved.

It could be a bid day for Team GB at the rowing. Britain will hope to scoop at least one gold in the various rowing finals, with flagbearer Helen Glover competing in the women’s four alongside Esme Booth, Samantha Redgrave, Rebecca Shorten this morning.

Elsewhere there are 17 more gold medals available, while the athletics kicks off with Callum Wilkinson in action in the men’s 20km race walk. In the swimming, look out for superstars Tatjana Smith, in the 200m breaststroke final, and Canada’s Summer McIntosh, in the 200m butterfly final, return to La Defense Arena.