Top five stories from day one of Paris Olympics 2024

Great Britain enjoyed their best opening day at an Olympic Games for 44 years as Paris 2024 got under way.

Team GB divers Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen took a dramatic bronze in the women's synchronised 3m springboard, before Anna Henderson rode to silver in the women's cycling time trial.

The medal successes ensured it was Team GB's most profitable first day of an Olympics since 1980 in Moscow.

After a rain-soaked but spectacular opening ceremony on Friday, the wet weather continued on Saturday with several scheduled events rescheduled, including the men's skateboard street event being moved to Monday.

There was also medal joy for host nation France and a strong start for some of the Games' most recognisable names.

Amid treacherous conditions for cycling at high speed through the Paris streets, Team GB's Henderson finished the time trial in 41 minutes and nine seconds to claim silver behind Grace Brown of Australia, who was a remarkable 90 seconds faster.

American Chloe Dygert fell less than a second short of Henderson's time to end up in third place.

It was a gutsy performance from Henderson, especially so as the 25-year-old has twice broken her collarbone this season. She kept her nerve and her balance as others fell around her on the slippery surface.

There was bad news, however, for GB's Josh Tarling, who missed out on a medal in the men's time trial after sustaining a puncture. He finished fourth, pipped to the podium.

Earlier in the diving, Harper and Mew Jensen were only in sixth place with two dives remaining and were fourth before their final attempt.

Australia looked set for bronze at worst, but an excellent final effort by the British pair moved them into third and a horrible mistake on Australia's final dive meant they failed to overhaul Harper and Mew Jensen.

The bronze-winning pair were in tears at the end of the competition as they snatched Britain's first women's diving medal at an Olympics for 64 years, finishing behind impressive duos from China and the United States.

Adam Peaty has described himself as "the person with the bow and arrow and not the one being fired at".

He says there is "no pressure really" on him after time on the sidelines with a foot injury and the period when he stepped away from swimming to focus on his mental health.

But the man who has won the last two 100m breaststroke gold medals looked in fine fettle as he won both his heat and semi-final in his hunt for a third straight Olympic title.

Peaty will go in Sunday's final at 20.54 BST.

GB finished fifth in the final of the men's 4x100m freestyle relay, and seventh in the women's final.

Hosts France got their Games going with a bang on day one by winning gold in the men's rugby sevens.

In front of an ecstatic crowd at the Stade de France, the French defeated reigning champions Fiji 28-7.

The dream final for the neutrals saw the hosts play the favourites. Fiji had won gold in the two previous men's Olympic rugby sevens competitions and had never previously lost a match at the Games.

But inspired by Antoine Dupont, France came from behind - with two of their four tries scored by the 15-a-side captain - to make history.

Earlier, Shirine Boukli opened France's medal account with bronze in the women's -48kg judo, while Luka Mkheidze reached the final of the men's -60kg.

Mkheidze had to settle for silver as he was beaten by Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan.

France thought they were on course for a gold medal in the women's epee fencing when Auriane Mallo-Breton led 7-1 over Vivian Kong of Hong Kong, but Kong produced a stunning fightback to clinch a dramatic 13-12 win in overtime.

Nick Park and Rupert Shipperley scored either side of a Gareth Furlong double as Great Britain's men opened with a 4-0 win over Spain in the hockey.

Captained by Northern Ireland's David Ames, GB men are aiming to secure a first Olympic medal since winning gold in 1988 and continue their campaign against South Africa on Sunday.

In the dressage, Laura Collett set an Olympic record with her leading score on London 52 in the eventing dressage, recording just 17.5 penalties, while in men's gymnastics GB reached the team final following a strong qualifying performance.

In the rowing, it was a fast start for Great Britain with the women's quadruple sculls winning their heat in style. The group of Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Georgina Brayshaw beat Germany, Switzerland and the US to qualify for the final with the fastest time from the heats, almost four seconds quicker than the rest.

The men's quartet also booked a spot in the final, and the women's double sculls pair of Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne and Rebecca Wilde finished second in their heat to qualify for the semi-finals.

Also on the water, Adam Burgess qualified in second for the men's canoe singles semi-final on Monday, while Kimberley Woods reached the same stage in the women's kayak singles.

Spain's all-star men's doubles team of Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal began their gold medal bid by beating Argentina's Andres Molteni and Maximo Gonzalez 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 at a raucous Roland Garros.

While they had to work hard, few athletes will experience simpler opening tasks in Paris than Novak Djokovic encountered on Sunday.

In just 53 minutes, the Serbian crushed Australian doubles specialist Matt Ebden 6-0 6-1. Ebden was playing his first singles match for two years.

Up next for Djokovic? It could be his great rival Nadal, should the 14-time French Open champion beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics.

In the women's tennis, Poland's Iga Swiatek got up and running at the venue where she is a four-time French Open champion by beating Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu 6-2 7-5.