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The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is well into its first week with Team GB’s medal count quickly rising. Britain has one of the most successful records in Olympic history and Team GB are once again fighting the likes of the United States and China in the medal table. The nation has secured 20 medals at Paris 2024 so far from the opening five days; six gold, seven silver and seven bronze, making it their best start to an Olympics for 112 years. Follow Metro.co.uk’s live blog for latest news on the Paris Olympics Here is the updated medal tally…

Turkey’s Yusuf Dikec has been dubbed a ‘hitman’ by Olympics viewers after his cool and calm performance in the air pistol shooting. The 51-year-old is competing at his fifth Olympics, having previously participated in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo in 2021. Dikec had not won an Olympic medal before travelling to Paris but made history with his teammate Sevval Ilayda Tarhan as they won silver – Turkey’s first-ever shooting sport medal. During the event, spectators could not help but notice that Dikec stood out from the rest of his competitors with his minimalist equipment. Typically, pistol shooters…

Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle has accused his rivals of ‘looking down’ on him and ‘deliberately splashing’ his coach at the Paris 2024 Olympics. It comes after Pan broke his own world record as he won gold in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday night, further intensifying the doping row involving China’s swimmers. An investigation by the New York Times revealed in April that 23 Chinese swimmers who had competed at the last Olympics in Tokyo had failed a drugs test – 11 of whom are competing again at Paris. Follow Metro.co.uk’s live blog for updates from the Paris 2024 Olympics Pan…

Team GB’s Emma Reid was in tears after a disqualification ended her hopes of winning an Olympic medal in the women’s judo. The 29-year-old, who won gold at the Commonwealth Games two years ago, lost to South Korea’s Hyunji Yoon in the opening round of the under-78kg event on Thursday morning. Reid’s exit has now ended Team GB’s chances of winning a judo medal in Paris. ‘I think we had a really good preparation. We were at home, we went away for a camp. I just think it’s tough, especially when a few of us, it’s our first Games. ‘We’re not…

BBC viewers are once again being forced to settle for scaled-down coverage of the Olympics in Paris this summer. For both London 2012 and Rio 2016, the BBC was able to provide wall-to-wall action of the Olympics, giving viewers their choice of every event to watch throughout the competition. However, the BBC lost control of the rights to the Olympics after they were sold to US broadcasting giant Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) for £920 million in 2015. The BBC subsequently agreed a deal with Discovery to sub-license the rights but that only allows two live events to be shown simultaneously,…

Team GB star Luke Greenbank won his heat but was subsequently disqualified (Picture: Getty)Ian Thorpe has criticised Luke Greenbank for taking an unnecessary risk which led to the Team GB swimmer’s disqualification from the men’s 200m backstroke event at the Paris Olympics. Greenbank appeared to secure a spot in the semi-finals with ease, blowing away the rest of the field to win his heat with the fastest time from Wednesday morning’s qualifying session. However, Greenbank – a two-time medallist in Tokyo in 2021 – dropped to his knees with his head in his hands after it became clear that he had broken the…

It’s called the summer Olympics but didn’t always feel like that (Picture: Reuters/BBC/AFP)The security around Paris 2024 is so stringent that the city has been compared to a jail, with QR codes needed to access the centre. Police are taking no chances when it comes to attacks on the Games from people – but there’s not much they can do about sabotage from the weather itself. Late July should have been fairly safe for outdoor events, but much like booking a wedding, there’s always the chance of getting rained out on the day. Unfortunately, the weather has not been kind…

Cindy Ngamba trains with GB Boxing but isn’t allowed to represent Great Britain (Photo: Getty)Boxer Cindy Ngamba is hopeful of winning a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics – but has vowed never to go back to her home country of Cameroon. Ngamba left the African nation aged just 11 with her family to head to the UK, where they settled in Bolton, eventually being granted asylum status years later. She picked up boxing a decade ago, but while she trains with GB Boxing and had hoped to represent Great Britain at the games, she has been prevented from doing…

Khelif was awarded the win inside a minute (Picture: Getty/TNT Sport)Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won her boxing match against Angela Carini after her Italian opponent quit in the ring after just 46 seconds at the Olympic Games in Paris. Carini was on the receiving end of some heavy shots from the opening bell, one of which appeared to knock her head guard loose. After being caught with another vicious right hand, the Italian retreated to her corner again moments later, visibly frustrated and angry before the referee waved off proceedings off with the fight officially abandoned by Carini. Khelif was…

Belarusian and Russian athletes are competing under the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) flag at the Olympics in Paris (IOC)Russian and Belarusian athletes are competing as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) at the Olympics in Paris. At the previous Olympics in Tokyo, Russian athletes were forced to compete under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee – or ROC for short – after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) handed Russia a four-year ban in 2019 for running a state-sponsored doping scheme. Belarus, meanwhile, were permitted to compete in Tokyo without restrictions and ended the Games with seven medals, including one gold for…