By Will Castle

Duncan Scott will look to emulate his heroics of Tokyo 2020 as Britain’s most decorated Olympic swimmer takes to the pool with gold in his sights on day seven.

After taking home four medals from Tokyo - the most ever collected by a Brit at a single Olympic Games - Scott will be eager to add to his overwhelming prize haul in Saint-Denis.

But he begins his medal quest in an event in which he only managed silver last time out - the men's 200m individual medley final. 

The 27-year-old won’t be the only British Olympic champion looking to make a splash at the Aquatics Centre on Day 7, with Matt Richards and Tom Dean also seeking to add to their Tokyo legacies in the 50m freestyle and 200m individual medley respectively.

Staying in the water, medals will also be up for grabs in the rowing, with the coxless pair and lightweight double sculls set to battle it out for a place on the podium on Friday morning. 

The latter race will see Imogen Grant and Emily Craig enter as heavy favourites. They missed out on the podium by one-hundredth of a second in Tokyo and Craig has had a picture of the photo finish on her wall ever since to act as motivation to banish those demons.

Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George, who won bronze as part of the men’s eight in Tokyo, also carry strong medal hopes in the men’s coxless pair, entering unbeaten in 2024 and fresh from their first European crown.

Also on the water, Tokyo bronze medallist Emma Wilson will hope to play a prominent part in the iQFOiL medal reace.

In the evening, all eyes will turn to the Stade de France for the men’s 10,000m final.

Patrick Dever went second in the UK all-time list when he clocked a personal best of 27:08.81 in March - only Sir Mo Farah has gone quicker over the distance - and he will hope to follow in Farah’s golden footsteps here.

Elsewhere, Roland-Garros will play host to its first medal matches in tennis. Bronze will be decided in the women’s singles event, while gold will be in the offing for a mixed doubles pairing - a title currently held by Andrey Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the Russians who will be competing as neutral athletes due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

There will be prizes to be won in trampoline gymnastics and diving, with Bryony Page well set to challenge in the former having become individual world champion for the second time in Birmingham last year.

To see out the first week of Paris 2024, fans will get to sink their teeth into BMX Racing - an event that never fails to entertain.

In an action-packed Friday night, the BMX will come to a boil as both the semi-finals and finals unfold, with Beth Shriever defending her Tokyo crown.

Do not miss: All eyes will be on the pool as a handful of high-performing Brits battle it out for medals. The likes of Duncan Scott, Tom Dean and Matt Richards have set a precedent as serial winners, so it’s not unreasonable to expect history to unfold.

Star of the day: Joshua Cheptegei is the world record holder over 5,000m and 10,000m but only won gold in the former in Tokyo. He had to settle for silver over 10k but the Ugandan will be desperate to put that right.

Best Brit: Beth Shriever was a surprise gold medallist in Tokyo, beating her idol Mariana Pajon to top spot, and has battled injury setbacks on her road to Paris. But she won World Championship gold in Glasgow last year and looks well set to thrill on the BMX once more.

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