Olympics LIVE: Katarina Johnson-Thompson in heptathlon medal hunt as Crew GB chase biking gold

Unsurprinsgly, Germany’s new world report holder Friedrich is thru within the first warmth of the 1/32 finals.

GB’s Emma Finucane is up subsequent in opposition to Poland’s Marlena Karwacka – and he or she takes it! She crosses in 11.172s to ebook a spot within the 1/16 finals. They happen this night, from 6pm BST.

Again within the 1/32 finals, Sophie Capewell is up in warmth 4 in opposition to Malaysia’s Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri.

Jack Carlin has misplaced the primary of three races in opposition to the Netherlands’ Harrie Lavreysen, who beat Carlin at this stage of each Tokyo 2020 and final 12 months’s world championships.

The Dutchman got here in 0.068s forward of Carlin in race one. Carlin must win the subsequent race to have a hope of a spot within the remaining (and a assured medal).

So what may be anticipated in the event that they each run to their greatest ranges?

It’s certainly KJT who has the superior PB, with 2:05.63 her greatest – and the time she could nicely have to beat tonight to take prime spot on the rostrum.

Nafissatou Thiam’s PB within the occasion is 2:11.79 – and he or she posted that this season, whereas Johnson-Thompson has not posted an 800m aggressive time this 12 months.

Each Crew GB reps are by way of now, as Emma Finucane crosses in 10.067s to present her the second quickest time of the day. It beats her personal PB however is simply wanting the brand new world report of 10.029.

Sophie Capewell finishes fourth in qualifying with a time of 10.132.

The 1/32 finals will start in round 10 minutes.

The information are actually tumbling now. Mathilde Gros turns into the fifth athlete to submit an Olympic report time right now, crossing in 10.182, however moments later, New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews, who has received a gold and a silver to date at these Olympics, beats the world report, posting 10.108.

GB’s Sophie Capewell follows, and he or she qualifies simply – her time of 10.132 would have briefly been one other Olympic report if she’d gone earlier!

And issues actually are getting foolish now as Germany’s Lea Sophie Friedrich crosses in 10.029 for ANOTHER world report on the velodrome.

The president of Botswana declared Friday afternoon a public vacation to have a good time Letsile Tebogo taking the nation’s first Olympic gold medal by successful the 200-metres dash in Paris on Thursday.

Tebogo triumphed over U.S. sprinters Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles to say Africa’s first 200m title and turn into the fifth-fastest man in historical past over the space.

The 21-year-old ran in spikes bearing his mom’s date of delivery, saying he carried her with him, in a tribute after she handed away in Might.

“His Excellency President Masisi needs to state that, on behalf of all the citizenry, he applauds Letsile and provides thanks unceasingly to his late mom,” President Mokgweetsi Masisi wrote in a press release posted on X.

Masisi stated Letsile’s achievement was “deserving of the nation to pause and have a good time him in a most unusual, acceptable and accountable method that might be etched within the annals of the historical past of the Republic”.

Masisi had posted on Thursday that his voice was “fully gone” from shouting encouragement on the tv as he watched Tebogo storm to the win in 19.46 seconds.

We’ve got had two extra Olympic information set within the ladies’s dash qualifying now – can a GB bicycle owner comply with with a fourth of the day?

Hetty van de Wouw of the Netherlands qualifies in 10.263 to take a brand new report, however moments later Japan Mina Sato units her personal report of 10.257.

It’s value noting that Emma Finucane holds the world report (at sea-level) for this qualifying occasion, with a time of 10.234s.

GB’s Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell are each medal hopes within the ladies’s dash, with qualifying underway now.

Finucane is the world champion on this occasion, whereas Capewell received bronze on the European championships.

Within the early outcomes, New Zealand’s Shaane Fulton has set a brand new Olympic report of 10.281!

Right here’s are some highlights of what’s developing for the afternoon and who to look out for, with GB groups or people in brackets:

13.00 – Girls’s dash qualifying (Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane)

13.30 – Rhythmic gymnastics remaining

13.41 – Biking monitor males’s dash semis (Jack Carlin)

14.00 – Soccer ladies’s bronze match, Spain v Germany

17.00 – Biking males’s dash finals

17.00 – Soccer males’s gold medal match, France v Spain

Celebration time for Toby Roberts because the British Olympian realises it’s gold!