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    Olympics 2024 LIVE: Kieran Reilly goes for BMX gold after Alex Yee leads Team GB medal rush with stunning win

    By Jack Rathborn,Lawrence Ostlere,Jamie Braidwood and Karl Matchett,

    9 hours ago

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    Day five of the Olympics has already seen a Team GB medal rush, starting with the women’s and men’s triathlon events to kick off another busy day at Paris 2024 .

    Alex Yee turned his Tokyo silver into a spectacular Paris gold with a scarcely believable comeback in the men’s triathlon, which had to be postponed yesterday after failing safety tests due to pollution in the river Seine, just after Team GB’s world champion Beth Potter took a gutsy bronze in the women’s triathlon amid treacherous conditions.

    Shortly after, the women’s quad sculls rowers added to the GB haul with an incredible comeback of their own to pip the Dutch boat to gold on the line. Meanwhile, in diving, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson won a resilient medal in the women’s 10m platform synchro, coming from behind to win bronze on their final dive .

    Later this afternoon, Mallory Franklin could earn GB a podium spot in the canoe slalom and BMX freestyle star Keiran Reilly heads into the final as the top qualifier. Then this evening, Katie Ledecky returns to the pool looking to extend her dominance in the women’s 1500m freestyle and claim her eighth Olympic gold, while there will be an exciting battle in the gymnastics hall when the men’s individual all-around final pits defening champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan against China’s Zhang Boheng. Joe Fraser and Jake Jarman also feature for Team GB.

    Last night, Andy Murray continued to write a remarkable final chapter to his career in Paris as he and Dan Evans conjured another dramatic escape to reach the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles, while there was a sensational first swimming gold medal for Team GB’s men’s 4x200m freestyle team.

    Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.

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