Great Britain at Paris 2024: Preview, highlights, athletes to watch and schedule for 3 August

The 3rd of August marks the second Saturday of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 with another thrilling day in store for British athletes competing on Day 8 of the Games.

Max Whitlock will attempt to make Olympic history by becoming the first artistic gymnast from any nation to win a medal on the same apparatus at four different editions of the Games.

Dina Asher-Smith will be hoping to claim a first individual Olympic medal in the women’s 100 metres, presuming she emerges unscathed from the highly-charged semi-final earlier in the day that is.

The rowing regatta concludes with Team GB’s men’s eight, the two-time world champions, targeting a matching Olympic gold.

Mixed relays feature today, in swimming and athletics. The Brits are the defending champions in the highly-anticipated mixed 4x100m medley relay, winning the Olympic debut contest at Tokyo 2020. The mixed 4x400m relay on the track, features in its second Olympic outing.

Tom Pidcock competes in his second cycling event of Paris 2024, the men’s road race, and that just marks the beginning of an action-packed day for Team GB, with the equestrian dressage team aiming for another medal after bronze in Japan.

Read on to discover Team GB’s highlights on Day 8 of Paris 2024.