PARIS 2024: TODAY AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, SUNDAY 28 JULY

Here is a rundown of the BBC's live coverage of the Olympic Games today.

Key finals

13:10-14:40 Mountain bike: women’s cross-country

16:45-17:30 Canoe slalom: women's kayak single

19:30 Swimming: men’s 400m individual medley

20:40 Swimming: men’s 100m breaststroke

Jeanette Kwakye and JJ Chalmers guide you through the second morning’s action, starting with mum-of-three Helen Glover beginning her quest for a third Olympic rowing gold medal.

Glover finished fourth in the women’s pair three years ago in Tokyo, only months after coming out of retirement – ‘a lockdown project that’s gone too far,’ as she put it. The Cornishwoman is now part of a strong-looking crew in the four, who will expect to ease into the next round.

Swimming heats include British 200m freestyle champion Matt Richards and six-time Olympic medallist Duncan Scott, while the 400m individual medley features French star Leon Marchand, the reigning double world champion and face of the Paris Games.

It’s also the start of qualifying in women’s artistic gymnastics, and in equestrian, the eventing competition continues with the cross-country phase.

British medal hopefuls are among the elite athletes showcasing their skills, as mountain bike and canoe slalom champions are crowned and women’s gymnastics qualifying continues.

Malvern rider Evie Richards became Britain’s first mountain bike world champion just weeks after finishing seventh at the Tokyo Olympics, though her preparation for Paris has been hindered following a concussion. France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prevot is the current world champion and guaranteed incredible support as the riders go wheel-to-wheel on a narrow and twisting cross-country circuit.

Another Brit vying to tame a treacherous course could be multiple global medallist Kimberley Woods in the women’s kayak single final.

Presenter Clare Balding is poolside as British swimmer Adam Peaty seeks to emerge from what he describes as ‘three years of hell’ with a third straight Olympic 100m breaststroke title.

Peaty has endured injury and mental health issues since the Tokyo Olympics but returned to action this year with a fresh outlook and has the chance to become just the second man, after Michael Phelps, to win three Olympic gold medals in the same swimming event.

Max Litchfield is another British swimmer on the comeback trail after personal problems, and his recent world silver in the 400m individual medley has raised hopes of a first Olympic medal in the event after coming fourth in each of his two previous attempts. The outstanding favourite though is Leon Marchand, France’s current world champion, world record holder and face of the Paris Games.