Two silvers, two bronzes for GB on Olympics day 11

Josh Kerr claimed silver in the 1500m as Team GB also won medals in cycling, skateboarding and boxing on day 11 of the Paris Olympics.

Kerr upgraded his bronze from the Tokyo Games but his much-anticipated battle with Jakob Ingebrigtsen had an unexpected twist.

Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull continued Great Britain’s medal-winning start at the Olympic velodrome with men’s team sprint silver, after gold in the women’s team sprint on Monday.

Skateboarding star Sky Brown overcame a dislocated shoulder to take bronze in the women’s park final, while Lewis Richardson also became the only British boxer to win a medal at the Games in the men’s 71kg category.

It was otherwise mixed fortunes for Britain’s athletes on Tuesday, with medal hopes in the equestrian, climbing and diving events all dashed.

It means Britain are fifth in the medal table, with 12 golds and 46 medals in total.

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Kerr v Ingebrigtsen had been billed as a race for the ages given the trash talking and mutual animosity that has built between the two celebrated middle-distance runners.

And with 100m to go, an expectant Stade de France and millions of television viewers around the world waited for the fireworks.

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Ingebrigtsen was leading and his nemesis Kerr, the world champion, was on his shoulder ready to pounce.

But with the Olympic crown in sight, the United States’ Cole Hocker ripped up the script. The Norwegian vacated the inside lane to make life difficult for Kerr and Hocker surged through the gap to run away with the gold medal.

Meanwhile, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita finished within 0.03 secs of a medal in the women’s 200m as American Gabby Thomas stormed to gold in 21.83.

Asher-Smith finished fourth in 22.22 and Neita crossed the line fifth in 22.23.

Earlier GB’s Matt Hudson Smith won his semi-final to reach the men’s 400m final on Wednesday (20:20 BST). Laura Muir and Georgia Bell advanced to the women’s 1500m semi-finals and Victoria Ohuruogu reached the last four of the women’s 400m.

Having made it on to the podium in Tokyo three years ago, British skateboarder Brown nearly missed out on the Paris Games altogether when she dislocated her shoulder just days before the start of the competition.

The 16-year-old then suffered a further scare when she was left clutching the same left shoulder following a heavy fall during her final run in Tuesday’s preliminary round.

There was some uncertainty over whether Brown would be fit enough to take part in the final only a couple of hours later, but she made another remarkable recovery to shine at the Place de La Concorde.

A sensational final run of 92.31 mved her to third behind 14-year-old Australian Arisa Trew and Japan’s Kokona Hiraki, ensuring she added to the bronze she won in Tokyo, when she became GB’s youngest medallist aged 13 years and 28 days.

Reigning Olympic champions the Netherlands were very much the country to beat heading into the men’s team sprint event – and so it proved.

Having already set a new world record during qualifying, they lowered that mark even further to retain their title in an astonishing time of 40.949 secs.

With Carlin – now a three-time Olympic medallist – on the final lap, Britain crossed the finish line 0.865 secs behind.

The Netherlands, whose team was made up by Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland, have won five of the past six men’s team sprint World Championship titles and are simply in a class of their own.

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Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix was overcome by emotion after finishing sixth in the women’s 10m platform diving final.

The 19-year-old was bidding to become the first British woman to win two Olympic diving medals, having taken bronze alongside Lois Toulson in the synchronised event.

But she was unable to reach those levels again, with Chinese pair Quan Hongchan and Chen Yuxi producing another dominant display to win gold and silver.

Visibly emotional as she was consoled following her final dive, Spendolini-Sirieix told BBC Sport: “I am just happy that I am alive.

“Three years ago I didn’t even want to be alive. Today I’m just happy that I am alive, I’m breathing and I’ve got my family to support me.”

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An agonising semi-final defeat by Mexico’s Marco Verde for Richardson means GB’s Olympic boxing campaign ends with just a solitary bronze medal to show for it.

Richardson, the last British boxer standing at Roland Garros, looked to have done enough to secure a place in Friday’s final but lost on split decision.

The first gold medal final in the boxing went the way of Ireland’s Kellie Harrington, who successfully defended her 60kg title.

The 34-year-old Dubliner defeated China’s Yang Wenlu by a split points decision and danced away in the ring as she celebrated with her team and the Irish fans.

Imane Khelif cruised into the final of the women’s 66kg category, winning by a unanimous points decision against Thailand’s 2023 world silver medallist Janjaem Suwannapheng.

The Algerian welterweight is one of two boxers competing despite being disqualified from last year’s World Championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after she was reported to have failed gender eligibility tests.