Paris 2024 day 11: Josh Kerr wins 1,500m silver as Team GB medals in cycling and skateboarding

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Team GB star Josh Kerr has won silver in the men's 1,500m at the Paris Olympics after the United States’ Cole Hocker stormed to a shock gold.

The American pipped Kerr to the gold medal with an Olympic record of three minutes and 27.65 seconds.

Kerr's long-time rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen crossed the finish line in fourth place.

Meanwhile, in boxing, Team GB's Lewis Richardson had to settle for bronze after being beaten on a split decision by Mexico's Marco Verde.

A back and forth battle was fought between the two, but all five judges saw the contest differently and awarded the Mexican a slot in the Olympic final.

Earlier on Tuesday, Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull won a silver medal in the men's sprint.

The trio lost out on Olympic Gold to the Netherlands, whose own trio of riders defended their title from Tokyo 2020 in style by setting a new world record.

Carlin was part of the Team GB squad that took silver three years ago alongside Sir Jason Kenny and Ryan Owens, with their replacements Turnbull and Lowe securing what is undoubtedly the biggest result of their respective careers so far.

Although beaten in the final, there were smiles and celebrations from the British squad, who had been well aware of the task they faced against an all-conquering Dutch team, who have won the world title in five of the last six years.

Elsewhere, Dina Asher-Smith was just two one hundredths of a second shy of claiming her first individual Olympic medal in a women’s 200 metres final won by American Gabby Thomas.

The 28-year-old Londoner was pipped to the finish by Thomas’ team-mate Brittany Brown in 22.20, while Asher-Smith’s training partner Julien Alfred added silver to her 100 metres gold.

Daryll Neita finished one hundredth further back in 22.23 seconds.

In skateboarding, Sky Brown won a bronze medal, after narrowly missing out on silver when Cocona Hiraki edged ahead of the teenager.

Australia's Arisa Trew took first place with a score of 93.18, Hiraki received 92.63 for silver, and Brown was slightly behind with 92.31.

Brown will be proud nonetheless, earning a bronze medal at 16 after she dislocated her shoulder last month.

She also suffered a fractured skull in an accident just over a year before winning her first Olympic bronze at Tokyo 2020.

Brown was close to tears after aggravating her injured shoulder during qualifying and falling heavily in her final run, finishing fourth with a score of 84.75.

Sky Brown during the women's skateboarding park final. Credit: PA

Despite the pain, she vowed to “fight through” and moved from fourth place after her first run to serious medal contention.

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix missed out on becoming the first British woman to win two Olympic diving medals, placing sixth in the women's 10m platform final.

After claiming bronze alongside Lois Toulson in last week's synchronized event, Spendolini-Sirieix hoped to repeat her medal success.

However, she was no match for China's Hongchan Quan, who claimed gold, and Yuxi Chen, who took silver. North Korea's Rae Kim Mi secured the bronze.

Ben Maher and Scott Brash also failed to gain a medal in the equestrian individual jumping final.

Brash finished in sixth place with a time of 81.23, while Maher was close behind in ninth with a time of 81.70.

Maher and Brash, alongside Harry Charles, had already won gold in the team jumping event in Paris.

Ben Maher aboard his horse Dallas Vegas Batilly. Credit: PA

Maher was the reigning individual Olympic champion after winning a six-way jump-off in Tokyo.

In climbing, Erin McNeice and Molly Thompson-Smith missed out on a spot in the boulder final.

But in the pool, Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden made it to the semi-finals of the men's 3m springboard, which will take place on Wednesday.

Team GB's women's 1,500m competitors, Laura Muir and Georgia Bell, also both placed second in their heats to earn a spot in the semi-finals.

And Victoria Ohuruogu won the women's 400m repechage, which is a second chance race for athletes who were eliminated in the heats and qualifying rounds, allowing her to advance to the semi-finals.

Outside of Team GB, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif sealed her place in the Olympic women’s welterweight final.

Khelif has been at the centre of a gender dispute after defeating her Italian opponent, Angela Carini, in just 46 seconds.

The 25-year-old, along with Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, was banned from last year's world championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for failing an unspecified eligibility test.

However, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) has confirmed that both are fully eligible to compete in Olympic women's boxing, calling the aggression they faced "totally unacceptable".


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