Olympics LIVE: Team GB target equestrian gold before Sky Brown skateboards and Josh Kerr battles Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Over on the track Team GB’s Laura Muir is safely through to the 1500m semi-finals after crossing the line in second in the first heat of the day.

Ethipoia’s Gudaf Tsegay took to the front early on and held on to win despite a late surge from the Scot. Ireland’s Sophie O’Sullivan finished just outside of the automatic qualification spots in seventh so will go into the repechage.

Ben Maher and Dallas Vegas Batilly get their run started. Maher is the defending Olympic champion, what can he muster up here?

The first three fences are safely negotiated before Maher clips the rail in the second fence of the first combination and displaces it. There are clear rounds expected in this competition so that could already be a killer blow.

Maher clears the rest of the course in 81.70 and goes into first place for the time being but he looks slightly disappointed by that run.

We’ll have to see how the rest of the field goes.

The fences are very high for this course. Argentina’s Jose Maria Larocca knocked five bars off during his routine which results in 20 penalty points.

Team GB’s Ben Maher is up next. He’s already won a team jumping gold in Paris. Can he claim an individual one as well?

Team GB still have two competitiors going for gold in the showjumping final this morning witn Ben Maher and Scott Brash both looking to back up their team gold with another medal.

The 30 finalists will attempt to clear 12-15 fences against the clock with Britain’s Maher competing third and Brash going out 19th.

Elsewhere, Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam and Daniel Coyle qualified second and third respectively behind ‘flying Frenchman’ Julien Epaillard – who is vying to be the first rider to win individual gold in this event at a home Olympics since American Joe Fargis in 1984.

Team GB’s Harry Charles says he is disappointed not to be competing in this morning’s showjumping final but admits the welfare of his horse Romeo 88 is more important than seeking a gold medal atop an unfit horse.

Writing on Instagram, Charles said: “Maybe I am a little disappointed but, honestly, not really. He has given me so much and took me beyond my dreams. We’re leaving Paris with a gold medal and, more importantly, a happy Romeo so that’s way more than enough for me.

“Team GB have a great shot at the medals with two of the best today in Scott and Ben so we will be on the sidelines cheering them on.

“Thank you to everyone for all the support you have given me and Romeo throughout the Games and making it an experience of a lifetime.”

Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull will go in search of glory in the men’s team sprint on the second day of track cycling out at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Team GB came through Monday’s qualifying session second fastest with a time of 41.862 seconds after a big final leg from Carlin – the sole survivor of the team that took silver in Tokyo after the retirements of Sir Jason Kenny and Ryan Owens.

As expected, the Dutch squad of Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland and Roy van den Berg went fastest with a time of 41.279 seconds, a new Olympic record and only just outside their own world record set in 2020. The first round is at 5.59pm BST.

Will Team GB be able to challenge the Dutch for gold?

Great Britain’s Harry Charles is out of Tuesday’s jumping individual final at Chateau de Versailles after his horse Romeo 88 suffered a “small overreach” on Monday.

Charles, who won jumping team gold with team-mates Ben Maher and Scott Brash on day seven of the Games, had been due to compete in the individual final, along with Maher on Dallas Vegas Batilly and Brash on Jefferson.

But Charles posted on his Instagram on Tuesday morning: “Unfortunately me and Romeo will not start the individual final today in Paris. After a small overreach yesterday he is not quite the 110 per cent that he has been the whole Games.”

Today is the first day of the canoe sprint and the sun is shining. First up are the Men’s Kayak Four over 500m, it’s a day of heats and quarter-finals with the semi-finals coming on Thursday.

The canoe sprint is strange event to watch, especially in four person boats, the whole team needs to be in sync and rhythm in order to reach the highest speeds.

Serbia have won the first heat in an Olympic best time with Hungary coming in second. Serbia will go through to the semi-finals following that win and will avoid the quarter-final race later today.

Britain’s team jumping heroes Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Harry Charles will all have a shot at individual gold on the final day of equestrian action at the Chateau de Versailles at 10am (9am BST).

The trio, plus horses Dallas Vegas Batilly, Jefferson and Romeo 88, caused a minor surprise in winning Friday’s team prize, but that success ranks them among the leading contenders in a 30-strong field.

Maher is the defending individual champion and with three golds to his name, having also been part of the winning team in 2012, another victory would see him become the most successful British equestrian at the Olympics.

The British squad has enjoyed a fantastic Games so far, with the eventing team also winning gold and the dressage team taking bronze, with Laura Collett and Charlotte Fry taking individual bronzes.

Joe Clarke and Kimberley Woods claimed silver and bronze medals respectively as kayak cross made a wet and wild entry onto the Olympic programme in front of packed grandstands in the Nautical Stadium at Vaires-sur-Marne.

Clarke, who went into the event as a heavy favourite with three world titles to his name, had to settle for second throughout in a relatively straightforward four-man final behind Finn Butcher of New Zealand.

Woods, the reigning world champion, had blazed through her quarter and semi-finals in first place and looked set to also dominate her final as she led at the half-way point.