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Surprised by how strong Kothari was after that disastrous second dive. With even an average score for that one, he'd have qualified 2nd or 3rd.

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? YES Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal? NO Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? YES Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? NO Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? YES Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? NO Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? NO Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal? YES

Will any of those be Gold? I'd guess the best chances are Finucane, Men's Madison, Kate French, and one of the Taekwondo fighters. Realistically...maybe 1-2 of those?

On total medals, I think we can pretty much count on 3 more from the Cycling (between Finucane/Caldwell, Men's Keirin, Men's Madison, Women's Omnium), plus the two Athletics relays. That's 62. Think it's fair to project that between the two Modern Pentathlon women, two Taekwondo fighters, Muir, and Artistic Swimming, we might get another two. That's 64. Anything beyond that (Emily Campbell, McNeice, Noah Williams, Burgin, or additional medals from the cyclists/pentathletes/Taekwondo fighters) would be a nice bonus, and take us past Tokyo.

Just caught up on Joe Choong's results today - even if he'd had a perfect ride, in addition to his 1st-place swim and 1st-place laser run, he'd still only have come 3= in his SF. Really is SO annoying about the Fencing RR yesterday.

Isn't there another part to it tomorrow?

Two PBs in the seven events for KJT, plus her best High Jump for over five years, and I think her second best ever Javelin. Ironically, if she 'lost' it anywhere, it was on events where she's normally super-solid - Hurdles, 200m and Long Jump, where she probably barely hit par, in terms of points scored. Honestly don't think she lost anything though - that's a superb Silver.

Pretty exciting flurry of medals right there! Madison and W4x100 *could've* got Gold, but ultimately did brilliant work to secure Silver, and that's fine by me. The margins are so fine here - literally hundredths of a second - and in both cases 2nd feels like a perfectly good result.

Massive run from Anning - broke the British record by over a tenth of a second on a wet track! Can't ask for any more than that.

AMAZING!!! That might be a top 3 moment of the Games for me so far - I literally yelped when Anraku came off! Just a superb climb from Toby Roberts.

Ugh no, 8.2 seconds. OK, just about over then.

If Thiam doesn't improve with her 3rd throw (BIG if), the gap will be 7.2 seconds. Gap between their PBs is 6.2 seconds. So not quite over, but a big, big ask.

44.64! Unless she falls over in the 800m, that should be enough for a medal.

Anna Hall having a horrific LJ was very helpful. She's a better 800m runner than KJT, but their Javelins are similar, so she shouldn't now be a factor. Noor Vidts also probably not a big threat to Kat, unless something weird happens. Anouk Vetter too far back. Right now, I'm not really sure where the threat to KJT getting a medal is going to come from (obvious answer: from herself).

6.40 isn't big exactly, but it's pretty much on par with what she's been jumping in recent years, and keeps her in very good position for Silver or Bronze, assuming she doesn't screw up the Javelin. Could've done with putting 30-50 points into Thiam to retain a realistic shot at Gold, but that was always going to be tough - Thiam's actually been a slightly better long-jumper than KJT in recent years.

Artistic Swimming: Do our pair finish today in the top 5? YES Athletics: Do we win a gold today? NO Cycling Track: Do we win a gold medal today? NO Diving: Any Brits in the top 5 of the WOMEN'S Final? NO Golf: Do any Brits get at least par for the day? YES Marathon Swimming: Any Brits in the top 10? YES Modern Pentathlon: How many Brits make the final? 3 1 (edited at 9am - assume this question refers to Men only!) Sport Climbing: Does ROBERTS medal? YES

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Sorry, but this is an absolutely ridiculous comment. Hayter absolutely rode his balls off in an excellent Team Pursuit performance, and is still well in contention in the Omnium.

MUCH better Fencing RR for the British women - Kate French 3rd, Kerenza Bryson 5th! Sets them up nicely to be right in the mix.

Slight upset in the QF to decide Sinden's opponent - Jordanian 6th seed (a man without a Wikipedia page!) beat the Turkish 3rd seed.

Yessss, great work Bradly Sinden! Will definitely fight for a medal.

Gosh, yeah - looking back at previous competitions, that's Choong's gold medal hopes pretty much done and dusted (and possibly his chances of getting any medal at all). How gutting.

She seems to have stabilized a bit!

This is just the Semi Final though, right? Does anyone know how many advance to the Final, and whether scores get reset at that point?

Super-solid start for KJT - still don't think she's a serious contender for Gold, but 13.40 + 1.92 is very encouraging as far as Silver/Bronze are concerned.