BBC Scotland at the Olympics

Thomas Duncan
BBC Sport Scotland at Stade de France

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Well, that was a fairly serene morning on the track for Scotland's 1500m world champion Josh Kerr.

The 26-year-old from Edinburgh eased through to win his heat having lingered at the back for a bit longer than he would have liked.

He looked incredibly relaxed on the track and as he trailed through the winding mixed zone at Stade de France.

He stopped for about eight or nine interviews, including one for BBC Scotland.

Kerr even craned his neck amidst speaking to make sure he saw his fellow Scot Neil Gourlay cross the line to qualify from the third heat.

"It's what I do best," he said of finally getting out on the track.

"Just getting the first round out the way and feeling the legs. Knowing they're exactly where they're supposed to be is always good.

"Sometimes you come in off the travel a bit lackadaisical. I kept my head on straight and made sure I was up the front near the end.

"It was the plan - although I didn't want to be in last place. I wasn't really worried about it.

"These are the moments we dream of as kids. To come in with this fitness, you don't want to let it go very easily.

"So I just need to stay with my head screwed on for the next couple of days and stay away from any problems. I'll hopefully get through these rounds smoothly and then it's time to close."

On what the next couple of days look like before Sunday's semi-final, Kerr added: "It's pretty boring stuff man, it's not documentary-worthy. You get the right nutrition in and the right sleep and come off this one pretty good."

Thomas Duncan at La Defense Arena
BBC Sport Scotland

Duncan Scott has given himself another shot at an Olympic medal after qualifying for Friday's 200m individual medley final.

The 27-year-old was second in the first semi-final, finishing behind American Carson Foster but third fastest overall, with French superstar Leon Marchand quickest after winning his semi-final.

Great Britain team-mate Tom Dean took fourth behind Scott and will also go in Friday's final.

"It felt alright," Scott told BBC Sport.

"I probably wanted to be out a bit quicker and work the backstroke a bit more. We'll look at it.

"I should have an alright lane for tomorrow night so it should be a good one. I'm excited."

Scott won silver in the event three years ago in Tokyo and will have the chance to climb on to the podium once again at 20:43 BST on Friday night.

The Alloa swimmer could go above Sir Chris Hoy in Scotland's all-time Olympics list if he claims an eighth career medal, having already won a gold as part of Britain's 4x200m freestyle relay team in Paris.

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Thomas Duncan
BBC Sport Scotland at La Defense Arena

Glasgow swimmer Katie Shanahan booked her place in a second Olympic final in Paris as she made it to the medal race in the 200m backstroke.

The 20-year-old finished fourth in her semi-final behind Kaylee McKeown of Australia, Peng Xuwei of China, and British team-mate Honey Osrin.

Her time of two minutes and 8.52 seconds was enough to qualify as the seventh fastest swimmer overall.

"I'm really happy to be in the final I knew it was going to be really tight to get again," Shanahan told BBC Sport.

"But I'm not too happy with the swim. I feel like I've got more in the tank. It was a bit too slow but I can't really complain making my second final."

Shanahan, competing at her first Olympics, claimed seventh spot in the 400m individual medley medal race earlier this week and will get the chance to try to match or improve that performance at 19:36 BST on Friday.

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Scottish sailor Fynn Sterritt will have to come back to compete in the men's skiff final on Friday after the medal race was disrupted by wind.

The race began before being interrupted amid changing conditions off the coast of Marseille.

Sterritt and team-mate James Peters will return on Friday at 12:13 BST.

“It was good fun, pretty difficult conditions and pretty hard to tell what the wind was doing," Sterritt said.

"In actual fact it was retreating away from us most of the time.

“But we obviously felt like we were in both of the abandoned races - we were in good places to keep attacking, but they made the right decision abandoning it.

"The wind was just a bit too unpredictable, and when it gets like that it gets unfair to the sailors involved, so we get another shot to do it all again tomorrow.”

Thomas Duncan in Paris
BBC Sport Scotland

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Katie Shanahan is safely into Thursday night's 200m backstroke semi-final.

The 20-year-old from Glasgow finished fifth in her heat but was the 11th fastest swimmer overall as the top 16 went through to the next round.

Shanahan will race from lane seven in the second semi-final at La Defense Arena shortly after 20:20 BST.

The eight fastest swimmers will progress to Friday night's final.

Shanahan has already finished seventh in the 400m individual medley in Paris.

Meanwhile, fellow Scot Lucy Hope helped Great Britain qualify for Thursday night's 4x200m freestyle relay.

Hope swam the third leg as GB finished third in their heat behind the United States and Brazil, qualifying seventh fastest.

The final is at 21:03 BST and, should Britain get a medal, Hope will receive one whether or not she is selected in the final quartet.

Richard Winton in Paris
BBC Sport Scotland

The news of Jake Wightman's withdrawal from the men's 800m after failing to recover from a hamstring injury is just the latest bit of wretched news to befall the Scottish contingent amid Team GB.

From double gold medal-hunting cyclist Katie Archibald being ruled out of the Games after falling over a step in her garden, to world number one Seonaid McIntosh failing to make the final of the 50m rifle three positions, to Wightman's woes, it's been a grim few days.

Add in a few missed medal opportunities here and there, and any pre-Olympic hopes of matching the record haul of 14 in Tokyo three years ago seems shot.

Richard Winton at Chateau de Versailles
BBC Sport Scotland

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Scott Brash will have the chance to emulate his London 2012 team jumping gold medal after qualifying for Friday’s final at the 2024 Olympics.

Brash, from Peebles, was the third of the three-strong team to go at the fabulous Chateau de Versailles venue outside Paris and recorded just one fault on horse Jefferson.

Team GB finished third in qualification so advance to Friday's final, with a medal very much within their capabilites.

Thomas Duncan in Paris
BBC Sport Scotland

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Duncan Scott qualified second fastest for Thursday night's 200m individual medley semi-finals by beating France's triple gold medallist, Leon Marchand, in his heat.

Scott, 27, won the third of four heats in one minute 57.77 seconds, 0.09 seconds ahead of Marchand.

France's poster boy made history on Wednesday night by claiming two gold medals in a single session in the pool before returning to La Defense Arena this morning.

Japan's Daiya Seto qualified fastest by winning heat four, with Scott's Great Britain team-mate and friend Tom Dean also making the semi-finals.

Scott and Dean will go in the first of two semi-finals from 20:47 BST on Thursday.

Marchand, the favourite to win a fourth Olympic title in Paris, and Seto are in the second race with the eight fastest swimmers progressing to Friday night's final.

Scott claimed silver in the 200 IM in Tokyo and this is his final chance to win an individual medal in Paris, having finished fourth in the 200m freestyle before helping Team GB to gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.

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It's heartbreak for Scottish shooter Seonaid McIntosh in the women’s 50m 3P rifle at the Olympics.

After starting like a train, the world number one led the way after the first position, kneeling.

But by the time she'd completed her 20 shots in prone, the Edinburgh athlete had dropped to third.

And, seemingly struggling to get to grips with the standing position, a disconsolate McIntosh finished 12th, with a score of 586-38x.

Only the top eight progress to Friday's final.

For McIntosh, this will be a hard pill to swallow as an Olympics which promised so much has ended with nothing.

The 28-year-old had won all bar one of the World Cup events in this discipline this year, so was a favourite to win a medal, having struggled in the Tokyo Games.

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Scotland's Keanna Macinnes has missed out on a place in tomorrow's women's 200m butterfly.

The 22-year-old swimmer had won her heat at the París La Défense Arena to qualify for Wednesday night's semi-finals.

But Macinnes, from Edinburgh, finished fourth in her semi behind China's Zhang Yufei, USA swimmer Alex Shackell and Abbey Lee Connor.

Her time of 2m 8.04s was not enough to book a place in tomorrow's final, with teammate Laura Stephens securing a final's place by just over a tenth of a second.

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Kingussie sailor Fynn Sterritt will compete for a medal in the men's skiff on Thursday after reaching the final round of the competition.

The 35-year-old, along with partner James Peters, finished seventh overall in qualifying following today's final three races.

Despite coming in 19th in race 10, their sixth place finish in race 11 and fifth in the final race cemented their berth place in the medal race.

Sterritt and Peters, who won European bronze in 2022, will face nine other crews when the medal race gets underway at Marseille marina tomorrow afternoon.

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After Beth Potter started the day with triathlon bronze, and Amy Costello scored as Team GB's women's hockey team beat South Africa 2-1, the rest of Wednesday is quieter for the Scots.

In the pool, with Keanna MacInnes will go in the 200m butterfly semi-finals (21:04) after the 22-year-old from Edinburgh won her heat to qualify seventh fastest.

Also on the water earlier in the day is Fynn Sterritt in races 10-12 of men's skiff (from 13:50).

The Kingussie sailor and crew-mate James Peters need to finish in the top 10 at the end of the day to advance to Thursday's medal race.