Olympics 2024 LIVE: Men’s triathlon postponed before swimming and gymnastics

The men’s triathlon at the Olympics has been postponed due to polluted water in the Seine River, with last-minute tests revealing water quality levels that were “still above the acceptable limits” for Tuesday’s race to go ahead on time and leaving athletes facing uncertainty.

Heavy rain led to increased levels of the harmful bacteria E.coli in the Seine, despite more than €1bn spent in an ambitious plan to clean up the river and host open-water swimming events in the Seine. Organisers had previously said they were confident the race would go ahead on time.

Swimming training event for the triathlon had been cancelled for two consecutive days on Sunday and Monday because of concerns over water quality and organisers now plan to stage both men’s and women’s races on Wednesday morning, but that remains contingent on water levels improving.

Simone Biles will bid for her first medal of the Games as she and the rest of Team USA’s gymnasts go for gold in the women’s team final. Led by a spectacular showing from Biles, the Americans topped the standings in qualifying and are firm favourites, while Team GB will hope to be in the medal mix with an improved outing.

After the men’s triathlon was postponed, there will be no problems with the quality of the water at La Defense Arena as a packed programme of swimming continues. Team GB’s fab four (Duncan Scott, Matt Richards, James Guy and Tom Dean) defend their men’s 4x200m freestyle relay crown at 9.01pm BST, with Richards and Scott looking to get over disappointment in the individual event with another group gold. Daniel Wiffen, meanwhile, is a good contender to continue Ireland’s success in the pool after Mona McSharry’s bronze last night — he swims in the 800m freestyle.

And over at the Stade de France, the rugby sevens concludes with the women’s medal matches. An impressive Australia have lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites, but New Zealand could well stand in their way in the final. Canada and the USA are their respective semi-final opponents.

Still a bit of time to go before any British rowers are in action and first up is the single sculls quarter-finals.

It looks absolutely beautiful out on the lake there are none of the rain or difficult conditions from the first few days, the water is still and almost like a mirror reflection. It is stunning.

The day four rowing schedule is about to get under way with these races: Women’s single sculls, men’s single sculls: quarter-finals; women’s double sculls, men’s double sculls: semi-finals; women’s four, men’s four: repechage

The main British interest is after 9am, when Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Rebecca Wilde will be competing in the women’s double sculls semi-final.

Here are some of the biggest highlights to look forward to on the Olympics day four:

• 5.15pm-7.30pm: Women’s team final

• 3pm-6pm: Women’s -63kg, Men’s -81 kg: medal rounds

• 1.30pm-7.45pm: Women’s placement matches, semi-finals, bronze and gold medal matches

• 8.30am-9.50am: Mixed team 10m air pistol: finals
• 8am-4.05pm: Women’s trap: qualification day 1; men’s trap: qualification day 2 and finals

• 6pm-3.50am: Men’s and women’s quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals

• 7.30pm-9.30pm: Men’s 100m free, women’s 200m fly: semi-finals, women’s 100m back: final, men’s 800m free: final, women’s 100m free, men’s 200m breast: semi-finals; men’s 4x200m free relay: final

Much of Versaille’s gilded grandeur was made during the 1789 French Revolution but it was Great Britain who snatched the gold from under French noses at their Olympics.

Laura Collett praised her prince of a horse as he delivered another Olympic team title – and individual bronze – in the garden of France’s famous Sun King at Paris 2024.

Kirsty Gilmour is proud as punch to be the only out LGBTQ badminton player at the Olympics.

There are 191 out LGBTQ athletes in Paris and 11 who are part of Team GB, but Gilmour is the only shuttler among that number.

We will be bringing you all the action from the biggest events, the Badminton men’s singles is already underway.

The first is the shooting men’s and women’s trap qualifications which starts at 8am BST.

Then Judo and at 9.30 and the women’s double sculls rowing semi-final at 9.50.

Tom Daley gazed up after completing the set of Olympic medals with a fabulous silver alongside Noah Williams in the men’s synchronised 10m platform. But then came a surprise; a juice cup launched from above in his direction. It was his adorable son Phoenix, revelling in his father’s latest glorious Olympic moment, tossing down his cup in pure excitement as reporters scattered.

Three hundred and twenty-eight other gold medals will be handed out at these Paris Games, but surely none will be won as dramatically as this. Tom Pidcock lost the race to a puncture, won it back, then lost it again to the determined Frenchman Victor Koretzky before pulling off a do-or-die overtake around a tree to defend his Olympic title.