Top five stories from Day 12 of Paris 2024 Olympics

Britain's George Mills was progressive successful a melodramatic collision and fiery confrontation arsenic nan men's 5,000 heats boiled complete connected time 12 astatine nan Olympics.

But Mills - boy of erstwhile England footballer Danny - is done to Saturday's last contempt fearing he was retired aft falling adjacent nan decorativeness line.

Team GB made smoother advancement successful nan men's 800m and women's 100m hurdles though, while location was besides British cheer successful nan diving and climbing.

Elsewhere, location was respite for nan organisers of nan marathon swimming.

Wednesday's familiarisation convention successful nan River Seine went up contempt ongoing concerns complete h2o quality.

The women's 10km marathon swimming title is group to return spot connected Thursday pinch nan men's title connected Friday.

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Few would person forecast nan men's heats to beryllium nan astir chaotic arena of Paris 2024 truthful acold - but it is simply a beardown contender aft Wednesday's drama.

As nan runners successful power 1 battled for a top-eight qualifying spot, European metallic medallist Mills attempted to unit his measurement done nan section from adjacent nan backmost connected nan last straight.

In doing truthful he bumped shoulders pinch French runner Hugo Hay, past collided pinch Eritrea's Aron Kifle, causing some to autumn into Mohammed Ahmed of Canada while besides collecting Dutch runner Mike Foppen.

Mills past angrily confronted Hay aft crossing nan decorativeness line, earlier asserting to nan BBC that he had been stepped on.

He vanished 18th, but tourney organisers ruled that Mills had been impeded and sent him done on pinch Hay and nan different fallers - meaning 20 men will compete successful nan 5,000m last connected Saturday.

There was besides play successful nan 2nd heat, which featured Jakob Ingebrigtsen nan time aft losing his 1500m Olympic title.

The runners had to skirt astir a camera operator, who was covering a section arena and wandered onto nan wrong lanes of nan way conscionable arsenic nan athletes rounded nan bend.

All nan runners avoided a collision, and Norway's two-time world champion Ingebrigtsen made nan final.

If each had gone to scheme for Team GB, Elliot Giles would not person been moving astatine these Olympics.

The 30-year-old is simply a precocious replacement successful nan men's 800m for the injured Jake Wightman, and took his chance by finishing 2nd successful his power to make nan semi-finals.

All 3 British men successful nan arena qualified, pinch Ben Pattison winning his power and Max Burgin 3rd successful his.

Earlier, successful nan women's 100m hurdles, Cindy Sember vanished 2nd successful her heat, down reigning Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico, to advancement to nan semi-finals.

Those semis return spot from 11:05 BST connected Friday, pinch nan last astatine 18:35 connected Saturday.

GB's Revee Walcott-Nolan vanished 2nd successful her women's 1500m repechage to suffice for nan semi-final astatine nan 2nd attempt.

Italian precocious jumper Gianmarco Tamberi gained worldwide attraction when he shared nan men's Olympic precocious jump golden medal pinch Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim successful 2021.

An eccentric characteristic who ever competes successful overseas socks and sported half a beard astatine nan European Championships earlier this twelvemonth to exemplify his "half" Olympic medal, Tamberi has had an unconventional build-up to title successful Paris.

Tamberi lost his wedding ringing successful nan Seine during nan opening ceremony, past things sewage moreover worse – 4 days ago, he was taken to infirmary pinch kidney stones.

The Italian, not astatine his champion successful qualifying, still vanished successful nan apical 12 who will spell to nan final, pinch nary of nan athletes reaching nan automatic qualification people of 2.29 metres.

There was besides interest for his awesome rival Barshim, who looked to propulsion his near calf during a tally up.

Tamberi went to his aid, on pinch Qatari coaches, and Barshim was capable to proceed and cleared his adjacent jump - though he still looked successful immoderate discomfort.

The last takes spot connected Saturday from 18.00 BST.

There was bully news for Team GB successful nan diving and climbing.

In nan men's 3m springboard semis, Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden comfortably secured their places successful Thursday's last astatine 14.00 BST.

Laugher, bronze medallist successful Tokyo 3 years agone who besides finished 3rd successful nan 2024 synchro arena alongside Anthony Harding, was 3rd successful nan semi-final standings pinch 467.05 points.

Houlden, astatine his first Olympics, came 5th pinch 445.55.

In nan climbing, Great Britain's Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur reached nan men's boulder and lead last connected Friday.

Roberts produced a superb climb to decorativeness 2nd while McArthur besides qualified successful eighth.

Charley Hull's hopes successful nan women's play mightiness beryllium complete connected time 1 aft a reliable commencement astatine Le Golf National.

The Briton went 8 complete par crossed nan opening 15 holes.

American Nelly Korda, nan defending champion, has started nan four-day title arsenic favourite, aft a singular twelvemonth successful which she became only nan 3rd subordinate successful LPGA history to triumph 5 successive tournaments.