Olympic 2024 LIVE: Triathlon decision made as Beth Potter and Alex Yee chase gold for Team GB

Day five of the Paris 2024 Olympics sees the women’s and men’s triathlon events kick-off off another busy day with medals up for grabs in diving, gymnastics, swimming and much more.

Team GB’s world champion Beth Potter, Tokyo gold medallist Georgia Taylor-Brown and rising star Kate Waugh go in the women’s triathlon before favourite Alex Yee and Sam Dickinson go in the men’s race, which had to be postponed yesterday after failing safety tests due to pollution in the river Seine.

In diving, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson chase a medal in the women’s 10m platform synchro, looking to emulate Tom Daley and Noah Williams’ fine silver.

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 Hashimoto Daiki of Japan against China’s Zhang Boheng together. Joe Fraser and Jake Jarman also feature for Team GB.

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

Paris 2024 Olympics – latest medals and results

• Olympics 2024 continues with action-packed day in Paris

• Triathlons finally given go ahead after Seine passed clean for swimming: ‘We will swim!’

• British world champion Beth Potter going for glory in women’s race (7am BST)

• Team GB’s Alex Yee favourite in rearranged men’s race (9.45am BST)

World Triathlon: ‘We will swim!’

04:48 , Lawrence Ostlere

World Traithlon have announced the news with three words! Finally, after all the chaos, there will be Olympic triathlons this morning:

World Triathlon statement

04:25 , Lawrence Ostlere

“Following a meeting on water quality held on 31 July at 3.30am attended by Paris 2024, representatives of World Triathlon and their Technical and Medical Delegates, Météo France, the City of Paris and the Prefecture of the Île-de-France Region involved in carrying out water quality tests, the stakeholders involved have confirmed that the women’s and the men’s triathlons will go ahead as planned on 31 July at 8am and 10.45am respectively.

“The results of the latest water analyses, received at 3.20am, have been assessed as compliant by World Triathlon allowing for the triathlon competitions to take place.”

Paris Olympics 2024

04:03 , Lawrence Ostlere

Hello and welcome along to live coverage from the Olympic Games in Paris.