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2024 Paris Olympics: Andy Murray is back in doubles action with Dan Evans, Simone Biles looks to lead Team USA women to gymnastics gold and Team GB men look to retain Olympic relay crown

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By Luke Power

Published: 10:00 BST, 30 July 2024 | Updated: 10:59 BST, 30 July 2024

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A fencer wins Olympics match - seven months pregnant!

By Luke Power

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she was seven months pregnant when she claimed a shock victory over Elizabeth Tartakovsky of the United States to advance to the last-16 at the Olympics on Monday.

Despite carrying the tot, she won her first match 15-13 before being eliminated by by South Korea's Jeon Hayoung.

A great story of resilience.

Kristof Milak and Leon Marchand advance

By Luke Power

World record holder for the men's long course 200m butterfly Kristof Milak is through his heat.

Not his greatest showing but he got the job done and eased off at the end having been comfortable with his advantage.

Next up: French favourite Leon Marchand. He only manages to come second in his heat but is through.

Are they on a collision course for the final?

Paris 2024 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 200m Butterfly - Heats - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - July 30, 2024. Kristof Milak of Hungary in action. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Some of the best pictures from this morning so far

By Luke Power

No-look table tennis, raging basketball coaches, and see-through badminton stars. Welcome to the Olympics.

Paris 2024 Olympics - Table Tennis - Men's Singles Round of 32 - South Paris Arena 4, Paris, France - July 30, 2024. Hugo Calderano of Brazil in action during his round of 32 match against Alvaro Robles of Spain. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Leon Marchand, of France, competes during a heat in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Greece head coach Vasilis Spanoulis gestures in a men's basketball game against Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

 Antonio Esposito of Team Italy and Valentin Houinato of Team Benin compete during the Men's -81kg Elimination Round of 32 match between Antonio Esposito of Team Italy and Valentin Houinato of Team Benin on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Champs-de-Mars Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Paris 2024 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle - Heats - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - July 30, 2024.  Ovesh Purahoo of Mauritius reacts. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Paris 2024 Olympics - Badminton - Men's Doubles Group play stage - Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France - July 30, 2024. Joshua Yuan of United States and Vinson Chiu of United States in action during the Group D match against Chi-Lin Wang of Taiwan and Yang Lee of Taiwan. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Indonesia's Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti play against Malaysia's Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah during their women's doubles badminton group stage match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Paris 2024 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle - Heats - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - July 30, 2024.  Jack Kirby of Barbados in action. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Men's triathlon and surfing POSTPONED

By Luke Power

A really important one in case you've missed it.

The men's triathlon has been postponed due to - no surprises here - worries about the River Seine's water quality.

Despite spending around £1billion to try and clear it up, a 3.30am inspection found that pollution levels were still too high for it to be safe.

Meanwhile, over in Tahiti, the surfing if off for now due to 'adverse weather conditions'. That impacts the men's and women's quarter-finals.

Not all plain sailing!

Ireland reach men's double sculls final

By Luke Power

Hats off to Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle, who have made Thursday's final for the men's double skulls after beating second-placed USA by over a second.

Germany had been in the lead early on but are heartbroken after slipping out of contention and missing out on the final.

epa11499212 Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle of Ierland compite during Men Double Sculls heat race of the Rowing competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne, France, 27 July 2024.  EPA/ALI HAIDER

Shooters in action this morning

By Luke Power

Good luck to Nathan Hales, Matthew Coward-Holley, and Lucy Hall this morning as they take part in the trap qualification for men and women respectively.

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Riath Al-Samarrai's search for the SOUL OF THE OLYMPICS

By Luke Power

This is one of my favourite pieces Mail Sport has produced so far from Paris.

In this magnificent piece, Riath Al-Samarrai traces the stories of some of the athletes you probably won't hear of anywhere else and the extraordinary paths they have taken to get here.

Well worth a read.

One to keep an eye on this morning

By Luke Power

Starting this morning - the heats for the men's 100m freestyle swimming.

We've got Matthew Richards and Jacob Whittle competing in that and will keep you updated with their results.

It bodes very well that Richards claimed silver in the 200m freestyle yesterday, finishing an agonising 0.02 seconds behind Romanian star David Popovici.

 Silver Medalist Matthew Richards of Team Great Britain poses with his medal after the Men's 200m Freestyle Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, France on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The medal table as it stands

By Luke Power

Great Britain are seventh in the medal table as we speak.

The first of the gold medals came in eventing thanks to Tom McEwen and his horse JL Dublin, Ros Canter on Lordships Graffalo, and Laura Collett riding London 52.

Then, Tom Pidcock followed that up with a stunning comeback in the cross-country cycling, recovering from a 40-second deficit and a puncture to cross the line first as the French crowd booed.

What's on the TV today?

By Luke Power

Here's a preview of some of the live action that you can follow on the BBC today.

Of course, you'll want to make sure you have Mail Sport's live blog open as well - we'll be bringing you all the updates and reaction from the Games, as well as wider articles covering various themes, until dusk.

Great Britain qualify for women's double skulls final

By Luke Power

Rebecca Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne have qualified for the final of the women's double skulls with a fantastic performance, only losing out to Romania.

They're through to the Olympic final on Thursday, having only united as a pair this season.

Hardly anyone has come close to Romania since Tokyo - fabulous work. GB were one of the lowest-ranked boats here but have upset the odds.

 Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne and Rebecca Wilde of Team Great Britain compete in the Women's Double Sculls Heat during on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on July 27, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kevin Voigt/GettyImages)

Today's preview with Sir Steve Redgrave

By Luke Power

You might have already had your breakfast by now, but it's time for another - Mail Sport's Olympics Breakfast Briefing with Sir Steve Redgrave. Scrumptious.

Team GB come into day four on 10 medals and Redgrave has hioghlighted the best of the action to look forward to.

Andy Murray and Dan Evans, anyone? They snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the first round and will be up later.

Good morning

By Luke Power

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport's live blog of the Paris OIympics.

We'll be bringing you another thrilling day of action from the city of love.

I've had the beach volleyball on this morning - how about you?

Paris 2024 Olympics - Beach Volleyball - Men's Preliminary Phase - Pool C - Germany vs France (Ehlers/Wickler vs Bassereau/Lyneel) - Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris, France - July 30, 2024. Nils Ehlers of Germany and Clemens Wickler of Germany  pose for a picture after winning as the Eiffel Tower and Olympic rings are seen in the background. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

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  • Great Britain qualify for women's double skulls final against the odds

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