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By the look of it, Toby Roberts is equally accomplished on Lead as on Boulder (if not more so), which bodes well for his qualification chances. He looked really good today.

Ugh, between Reekie and Caudery, that's two serious medal chances in Athletics gone already. Really feel for both of them - absolutely devastating.

Eek, two failures at 4.55m for Molly Caudery...

SF secured for Alastair Chalmers in the 400H! Pretty good effort, given that he went into his heat with the 7th-quickest PB and 6th-quickest SB.

A bit frustrating, but Germany and France both looked stronger coming in, so Silver is also probably one step higher on the podium than we might have expected. The format of the event a) doesn't necessarily suit our best triathletes as much as it does those from other countries, and b) means that small leads passed on from one team member to the next aren't really worth that much. You get such an advantage from working together, especially on the bike, and as soon as Knibb joined Lindemann it was obvious that the two of them would catch Potter, while also not having to work quite as hard over that last half-lap on the bike. Asking a former 10,000m specialist to beat two slightly fresher athletes over 1,800m was never going to be an easy one.

Athletics: Does Hodgkinson win gold? YES Canoe Slalom: Does CLARKE win a medal? YES Cycling Track: Do we medal? YES Diving: How many Brits make the final? 1 Hockey: Do we reach the semis? NO Sailing: Does any Brit win a race? YES Sport Climbing: Are any Brits in the top eight? YES Triathlon: Do we win a medal? Yes

Amber Rutter safely through to the Skeet final 👍

Archery: Does Hall beat Unruh? NO Artistic Gymnastics: Does JARMAN medal? YES Athletics: How many Brits make the 100m final? 1 Canoe Slalom: How many Brits make it through? 3 Cycling Road: Is a Brit in the top 10? YES Equestrian: Do we win at least one medal? NO Golf: Does FLEETWOOD win a medal? YES Hockey: Do we get past India? YES Sailing: Is SNELLGROVE still in the top 3 at the end of the day? NO Shooting: Does Rutter win a medal? YES Swimming: Do we medal? NO

Loathe as I am to take the bait on more of this obsessive funding nonsense, but the GB Men have got a very winnable QF against India, and still look a very decent shout for a medal. So yeah.

Archery: Does Havers get at least one set point? NO Artistic Gymnastics: Do GB win at least one gold today? YES Athletics: Do we get a RELAY medal? YES Boxing: Does Richardson win? YES Canoe Slalom: How many Brits avoid the repechage? 3 Cycling Road: Do GB win a medal? NO Equestrian: Do GB win a medal? YES Hockey: Do GB avoid defeat? NO Golf: Is FLEETWOOD in a medal position at the end of the day? YES Sailing: Does WILSON win gold? YES Shooting: Is Rutter in the top ten at the end of the day? NO Swimming: Do we get a RELAY medal? YES

Athletics: Does the RELAY team make the final? YES Canoe Slalom: Is a Brit first in either event? YES Cycling BMX Racing: Does SHRIEVER win gold? NO Diving: Do they get a medal? YES Equestrian: Do GB get a medal? YES Golf: Does FLEETWOOD end the day in the top ten? NO Hockey: Do we win? NO Rowing: Do we get at least one gold today? YES Sailing: Does WILSON win gold? YES Swimming: Does PROUD win gold? NO Trampoline Gymnastics: How many Brits make the final in total? 1

GB Men now guaranteed to reach the knockout rounds of the Hockey tournament. A win against Germany in the final group game would probably mean a QF against Argentina or India, and a decent shot of progressing to the medal games. Draw or lose against Germany, and we're likely to find ourselves facing Belgium or Australia, who'd provide a much stiffer test.

Question of the Day Archery: Does Wise beat Li? YES Athletics: Does Wilkinson come in the top fifteen? NO Canoe Slalom: Can Clarke win a medal? YES Cycling BMX Racing: Does Whyte top his quarter-final NO Equestrian: Are the team in the top three at the end of the day? YES Golf: Is FLEETWOOD in the top ten at the end of the day? YES Hockey: Do the WOMEN win? YES Judo: Does Reid beat Yoon? YES Rowing: Do the WOMEN'S FOUR win gold? YES Sailing: Does SILLS qualify for the Men's Medal Race (note revised schedule) NO Shooting: Does McIntosh qualify? YES Swimming: Do we get a RELAY medal? NO Tennis: Do the MEN win at least one set? YES

Laura Stephens is the current World Champion for the 200m Butterfly. Swam 3 seconds slower today than in that Final, and only scraped through, but possible she's saving something for tonight/tomorrow?

Question of the Day Archery: How many MEN make at least the 1/16 Final? 0 Artistic Gymnastics: Does JARMAN win a medal? NO Boxing: How many Brits win today? 1 Canoe Slalom? Does Franklin get top 5? YES Cycling BMX Freestyle: Does Reilly win gold? YES Equestrian: Does Fry get top 2 in her group? YES Hockey: Do we win? YES Judo: Does Yeats-Brown fight in the afternoon session? NO Rowing: Do the MEN win a medal? YES Sailing: Does Wilson finish the day on top? YES Shooting: Does Bargeron make the final? NO Swimming: Out of Stephens, Macinnes, Greenbank, and Morgan, how many make finals? 2 Table Tennis: How many games does Pitchford win against Jorgic? 2 Tennis: Do our team win at least one SET? YES Triathlon: Do we get at least one gold medal today? YES

Drove back to our Airbnb an hour west of Paris through sheet lightning and (eventually) torrential rain. Luckily, the lightning map on my phone showed all the storm activity missing the city itself, so...maybe?

Going to be a nervy second run for Joe Clarke in the Canoe Slalom. 50pt penalty on Run #1. Only has to finish in the top 20 (of 24) to advance, but means he can't afford any big errors.

Fantastic final quarter, and an epic last five minutes from the GB boys, who were actually very solid throughout (a distinct improvement in overall gameplay from the first two games). Very encouraging.

Enjoying my first Paris 2024 experience so far!

Question of the Day Artistic Gymnastics: Can we get a medal? NO Badminton: Does Gilmour win a game? NO Canoe Slalom: Is CLARKE in the top ten? YES Cycling BMX Freestyle: Is REILLY in the top five? YES Equestrian: Our the TEAM in the top three at the end of the day? YES Hockey: Do they win? NO Judo: Does Renshall fight in the evening session? NO Rowing: Do they make the final? YES Rugby Sevens: Do we come 5th? NO Sailing: Is WILSON in a medal position by the end of the day? YES Shooting: Do either of our MEN make the final? YES Swimming: Gold for the RELAY team? YES Tennis: Do the MEN'S DOUBLES team go through? YES Triathlon: Medal for YEE? YES

At this rate, we will walk the 4x200m, and I wouldn't rule out a (minor) medal for Richards in the 100 Free. Peaty's Covid test also put his performance last night into perspective - he briefly alluded to a scratchy throat post-race, and I don't think it's a stretch to say he'd have taken Gold by a tenth or two if he'd been at 100%. Gymnastics a bit annoying, but posting a 255.5 with one pretty big mistake on Vault, and only dropping one point from Qualifying with all scores counting (for context, China dropped 4, Japan 1, Italy 1.5, Switzerland 2.2, and Canada 2.4), is still pretty darn good. No shame in losing the Bronze to a USA team that improved its score by *4.6* points.

Evans Cycles to be liquidated, all Halfords stores repurposed as Showjumping arenas.

Archery: Can we beat Chinese Taipei? NO Artistic Gymnastics: Do we get a medal? NO Badminton: Does GILMOUR win her game? YES Boxing: Does Orie win? YES Canoe Slalom: Does Burgess win a medal? NO Cycling Mountain Bike: Do we win a gold medal? YES Equestrian: Does the TEAM win a gold medal? YES Hockey: Do the team avoid defeat? NO Judo: Will Nairne fight in the afternoon session? NO Rowing: Do we get a clean sweep of advancements again? YES Rugby Sevens: Do we make the top two in the group? YES Sailing: Will the WOMEN'S SKIFF team be in the top ten at the end of the day? YES Shooting: Are either of our guys in a top eight position by the end of the day? NO Swimming: Do we get a medal in the Men's 200m Freestyle? YES Table Tennis: Does Pitchford win? YES Tennis: Does the DOUBLES team win their match? YES

Ha, I'm willing to jinx it and say our THREE gold medals tomorrow will be Pidcock, Team Eventing and Collett!

Four medals on the first two days - first time we've done that in the modern two-week Games, apparently!