2024 Paris Olympics LIVE: Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood are underway in the golf – as Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne clinch bronze in the women’s double sculls

Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten have won silver in the women’s quad final.

It’s the Netherlands who have out gunned the british quad to take first place, with Glover agonisingly missing out on her third Olympic gold medal.

But it was an outstanding race from both GB and the Netherlands who gave everything they had in that race.

But it’s yet another medal for Team GB and what a performance it was from the women’s quad.

It’s all go this morning and the women’s quad has just got underway with Helen Glover out to win yet another Olympic gold medal.

Glover herself is a two-time Olympic gold medallist and is rowing alongside Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten, the quartet are favourites to win this women’s final.

They’ve moved into third place inthe race with China and New Zealand ahead of them. Can they pull it back with 700m left to go?

The heroics of Becky Wilde, 26, and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, 29, who are just recieving their bronze medals, have added to Team GB’s medal count, which now sits at 17.

Team GB now have six gold medals, six silver medals and six bronze medals and are hot on the heels of both France and Japan in first and second place.

It’s not a great start from the 2019 Open champion though.

It looks like he’s sliced his drive off the first right into the bank on the right of the first tee.

He grits his teeth in anguish at the drive but the Irishman should be able to get up and down for par from there.

Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne are full of emotion as they exit their boat.

The pair have just embraced with a big hug on the jetty after clinching an epic bronze medal in Paris!

They’ve also brought home Team GB’s 17th medal of the games!

‘Quite surreal to be honest,’ Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne said, speaking on clinching bronze to BBC Sport.

‘I knew we could do it before hand. But knowing you can do it is quite different from actually doing it. We saw from races here that anything can happen. I said before that all I have to do is stay in my boat and if I can do that I can get the best out of us.’

Her team-mate Becky Wilde was subsequently asked how they clinched an Olympic medal despite her only haivng raced internationally three times before.

‘I have no idea,’ she said. ‘I’ve had the support of so many people behind me. Mathilda has been such a great support to have on the bow and I just know that if I do my job, push as hard as I can then she’ll get me over the line.’

What a victory from the British pair!

It’s another medal for Romania! Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache have delivered a dominant performance here in the men’s double sculls to claim their second gold medal of the Olympic games and third medal in paris.

In second place come the Netherlands while Ireland’s Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle give a big thumbs up as they claim third!

There’s no Team GB representation in this race, but Romania are showing their dominance yet again.

They’re in the lead just behind Spainm who got off to a roaring start, with Ireland sitting in third.

Meanwhile, we have the full analysis on Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde’s epic 2000m double sculls win in Paris below!

Jess Eddie, Team GB Olympic silver medallist, reflecting on Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne’s bronze medal, told BBC Radio 5 Live that this was ‘one of the stories of the British rowing team.

I cannot to tell you the journey this crew has been on. To see them with Olympic medals around their necks in a matter of moments this is unbelievable. This is one of the stories of the British rowing team here.

Joined together only this year, Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne have clinched bronze in the women’s double scull.

This was also only Wilde’s third ever Olympic race!

What an achievement from the Team GB duo!

New Zealand take gold by half a boat length with a powerful performance in France, while Romania clinch the silver medal!

New Zealand have taken the lead, with Romania are in second but they look to be dropping back.

GB are third but can they find a second gear?

But there’s stilol 1500m to go here. Norway have taken the lead, with Romania starting to put on the after burners, with New Zealand in third.

Matilda Hodgkins-Byrne competed for GB at the 2020 summer Olympics, finishing seventh in Tokyo in the Women’s quad scull, but will be hoping to come away from Paris with a medal today.

Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodkins-Byrne are off to a solid start here in the double scull, taking the lead with Romania and Netherlands hot on their heels.

They booked their place at the Olympic games after qualifying at the last moment.

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The finals are quickly approaching and it’s Becky Wilde and mathilda Hodgkins Byrne coming up in the women’s double sculls final in just a moment’s time.

Team GB produced a sensational victory in the women’s quad yesterday to snatch victory off the Netherlands.

While we wait for today’s race to get underway – recap on Team GB’s epic victory from Tuesday in Paris here!

Team GB’s Tommy Fleetwood is also off to a good start here! He’s one-under through five and has drained a brilliant 30-foot par putt to maintain his solid start.

The man from Merseyside has already experienced huge success at Le Golf National, having helped Team Europe claim victory against the USA back in 2018. He also clinched the French Open at this iconic par 71 track the year before, in 2017.

For Fleetwood, the Olympics should have the same status as golf’s four major championships.

‘But I think the Olympics for me is sport in its purest form – it’s the most amazing event in the world,’ he said.

‘The last two gold medal winners in Justin and Xander were fantastic for the game – I’m pretty sure kids will start growing up dreaming a bit.

‘If I was to win a gold medal, it would go there alongside any other achievement I’ve ever had.

‘It really is special, and it is the most special sporting event in the world.

‘For us, we just didn’t grow up with that, but I’m sure kids will from now on and it will be very high.’

What a tough putt this is. The 2021 Masters champion has a horrible putt into the green on the par-four fifth and he’s opted for the wedge to get himself around the inlet of rough that breaks up his shot to the flag.

‘A difficult shot and you know no body likes doing that,’ golfing legend Gary Player says on Eurosport’s live coverage of the event. ‘These greens are perfect. Nobody wants to take a divot out of the green. You’d like to because that’s the shot that you’d want to play. But you just can’t make yourself do it!’

It’s not a bad result for Matsuyama though, who dinks his ball onto the bank on his left and drops it down about six feet from the hole. He’ll have a putt in for par to keep his score at two-under par.

The World No 1 and two-time Masters champion has enjoyed a sensational season picking up six wins on tour so far this season – and is the favourite to win gold in his first Olympic Games.

Scheffler is currently two-under through the first three holes and has just ripped a huge drive off the fourth tee straight down the fairway.

The 28-year-old also became a dad earlier this season and has been enjoying taking in all the sights that Paris has to offer with his wife Meredith and their new-born son this week.

Team GB’s Emma Reid has been eliminated from the women’s 78kg judo after suffering defeat by Sout Korea’s yoon HYunji.

The Brit was penalised three times during the encounter and was beaten by her opponent, who scored an ippon.

Rory McIlroy is one-over par through three holes at Le Golf National, but that score isn’t reflecting his golf at the moment.

He’s chipped onto the green from a horrific lie to tap in for a birdie to bring his score back to evens, but what a chip on that was.

While he’s endured a difficult year on tour this season, the Northern Irishman, who is representing Ireland at this summer’s games, is striking the ball very well so far today.

But after a disappointing year on the PGA Tour, noting his agonising finish at the US Open, what would winning the Olypmics mean to McIlroy?

‘The last time you guys saw me, I didn’t give a very good account of myself at Troon,’ McIlroy said, ahead of his first tournament since missing the cut at The Open.

‘I’ve been asked this question a lot, where would an Olympic medal sit in sort of the hierarchy of my career achievements and it’s something I probably won’t be able to answer until when everything is said and done.’

He added: ‘It would be the achievement, certainly of the year (for him). It’s well documented that I haven’t won one of the big four in 10 years. It would probably be one, if not the biggest, in my career for the last 10 years.’

So we’ve got a busy day ahead. We’ve already seen Ecuador’s Brian Pintado win gold in the men’s 20km walking race, while Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy – representing Ireland – are underway in the first round of the men’s golf at Le Golf National.

Meanwhile, Bryony Pitman is underway in the women’s archery having progressed to the round of 16.

So, what’s coming up today at the Olympic Games…

• JUDO: Britain’s Emma Reid competes in the 78kg women’s judo competition. Preliminary rounds start at 9.00am BST with medal events coming at 4.00pm BST.
• ROWING: A big day of rowing action is coming your way with women’s double sculls starting at 10.18am BST with Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne set to start for Team GB. The Women’s four, which will include Olympic flagbearer Helen Glover will also begin at 10.50am BST. While Team GB are also favourites in the men’s quad sculls final at 11.10am BST.
• SAILING: The men’s skiff medal race will see James Peters and Fynn Sterritt begin at 1.43pm BST. The women’s skiff medal race, which begins at 2.43pm BST, will see Team GB’s Saskia Tidey and Freya Black in action.

• CANOEING: Joe Clarke will compete in the men’s K1 slalom final at 4.30pm BST.
• GYMNSATICS: The women’s individual all-around event, which will feature USA superstar Simone Biles, starts at 5.15pm BST.
• SWIMMING: The women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final begins at 8.48pm BST.
• TENNIS: Andy Murray could play in his final-ever tennis match alongside Dan Evans as they take on US duo Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz at Roland Garros at 4pm BST.

Elsewhere, Team GB’s men and women’s hockey sides are both in action, with the GB women’s side taking on top-ranked Netherlands.

While Beth Shriever and kye White compete for GB in the first round of BMX racing from 7pm BST.

We’re back for another day at the 2024 Paris Olympics and boy have we got an exciting morning ahead.

Team GB have been outstanding so far at the games and have climbed their way to fourth in the medal table.

Wednesday was one of the country’s best days at an Olympic Games, with medals raining in for Team GB. Alex Yee produced a sensational comeback in the men’s triathlon to clinch gold, while the women’s quadruple scull snatched gold from the Netherlands during yesterday’s rowing.

Kieran Reilly agonisingly just missed out on a gold medal in the men’s freestyle BMX despite producing a jaw dropping performance to come second, while Beth Potter, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson all clinched gold medals in the women’s triathlon and the women’s 10m synchronised diving.

It was a sensational day for the Brits, and their best start to an Olympics for 112 years – with Team GB raking in a haul of 17 medals – six gold, six silver and five bronze.

But there are more medals up for grabs today – so stay tuned as we’ll have all the live action, commentary and analysis right here on Mail Sport for Thursday at the Olympic Games!