As it happened: Celine Dion performs from the Eiffel Tower as Olympic flame lit in rain-drenched opening ceremony
25 July 2024, 08:15 | Updated: 26 July 2024, 23:42
Celine Dion kicked off a rain-drenched Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday on a day which threatened to be overshadowed by a series of attacks against the nation's railways.
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It was a star-studded affair, with performances and appearances by Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, and Zinedine Zidane.
The Paris Olympics will run from 27 July to 11 August, with events in multiple locations around France and surfing to take place in Tahiti.
Read how the opening ceremony unfolded below.
- Three gold medals so far for Team GB on day seven of the games, with even more medal chances in swimming, trampolining and BMX.
- Equestrian showjumping team claim GB's ninth gold of the games.
- Emily Craig and Imogen Grant win gold in women's rowing pairs after missing out on a medal by 0.01 second at Tokyo 2020.
- Bryony Page wins trampoline gold, completing her Olympic medal set.
- Team GB pipped to the post by Croatia in men's rowing pairs but come away with silver.
- A fourth diving medal for Team GB as Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher take bronze in the 3m springboard synchro.
Perzamanos into trampoline final for Great Britain
Zac Perzamanos is through to the trampoline final, qualifying in seventh place.
Reekie wins 800m heat
GB's Jemma Reekie has won the first women's 800m heat. She's through in a time of 2:00:00.
GB 4x400m finish first in heat
Sam Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Nicole Yeargin finish first in their mixed 4x400m heat, setting a national record of 3:10:61.
They're into Saturday's final, alongside the Netherlands who qualify second and Italy in third place.
USA break 4x400m record in heats
The United States have won their 4x400m relay heat in style, with a world record of 3:07:41.
GB are up next in the second heat.
GB medal hopes in the pool
Five British athletes are competing for medals in the swimming tonight.
Ben Proud is going for gold in the 50m freestyle final, while Katie Shanahan and Honey Osrin compete in women's 200m backstroke final, and Duncan Scott and Tom Dean return to the pool for the men's 200m individual medley.
First evening athletics session of Paris
You're in luck if you've been waiting for the athletics to start, as the first evening session of the Games is getting going at the moment.
Tonight's events range from discus qualifications to 10,000m:
- Now - Men's decathlon high jump
- Now- Women's 5,000m round one
- Now - Women's triple jump qualificatio
- 17:55 - Women's discus qualification
- 18:10 - 4x400m mixed relay round one
- 18:45 - Women's 800m round one (including Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie and Phoebe Gill)
- 19:10 - Men's shot put qualification (including Scott Lincoln)
- 19:50 - Men's decathlon 400m
- 20:20 - Men's 10,000m final
Franklin third fastest in kayak time trial
GB's Mallory Franklin has finished third fastest in the women's kayak cross time trial while Kimberly Woods placed 16th.
Their times determine the seeding for the kayak cross rounds, where four paddlers at a time will go head to head against each other on the water.
Engagement at the Games
Liu Yuchen proposed to his girlfriend - and teammate - Huang Yaqiong, after they won gold for China in the badminton mixed doubles.
Men's trampoline qualifiers underway
After Bryony Page's gold earlier, GB’s Zak Perzamanos is aiming to secure a spot in the trampoline final.
He'll have two chances to try and make the top eight.
Teddy Riner takes judo gold
France's Riner has won gold, making him the most successful judoka in Olympic history.
He beat South Korea's Kim Min-jong to add a sixth Olympic medal to his collection.
He's back tomorrow to compete in the mixed team event.
