2024 Paris Olympics LIVE: Adam Peaty and Katie Boulter both in action for Team GB as the first medals of the Games are to be awarded as USA’s Katie Ledecky can become the most successful female swimmer of all time

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A quick overview of today’s action

This is just a taste of what we can expect today.

  • Women’s 3m syncho diving at 10am – Jasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen in the final
  • Josh Tarling in the men’s time trial at 3:32 p.m., with Anna Henderson in the women’s at 1:30 p.m.
  • Adam Peaty begins his quest for a third gold medal in the breaststroke in the heats from 10am

Sir Steve Redgrave’s preview of today’s action

Who better to hear than a man who won five gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games?

Sir Steve Redgrave has his finger on the pulse in Paris. From the mood at Team GB House to our best medal chances for the day, he gives an exclusive preview of the action.

He also reflects on Friday night’s opening ceremony, which divided opinion to say the least…

Read the article below and hear what Redgrave thinks.

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Dressage trainer makes shocking claim about abuses in sport

The Olympic dressage eventing competition kicks off at 8.30am (BST) today, but the sport has been rocked in recent days by the Charlotte Dujardin scandal.

Major sponsors have cut ties with her after a whistleblower video surfaced of her whipping a horse.

Now Mail Sport can reveal damning statements from Alicia Dickinson, the dressage trainer who denies being the whistleblower, about abuse at the top of the sport.

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Who are Team GB’s biggest hopes at the moment?

We’ll be showing you an exclusive video preview of today’s match with Sir Steve Redgrave soon, as he tells us who he thinks has the best chance of winning a medal.

He is today setting a target of bringing Team GB six medals and says team headquarters is ‘buzzing’ with anticipation.

Good morning

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport’s live broadcast of the first Saturday of the Olympic Games!

Today we have a busy schedule planned and at the end of the day some athletes will go to bed with a gold medal.

There are plenty of British medal contenders, so stay with us. More on that in a moment.

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: The Olympic Rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower prior to the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Place du Trocadero on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Major updates

  • A quick overview of today’s action

  • Sir Steve Redgrave’s preview of today’s action