The Latest Breaking News from Alex Yee

Beth Potter was pipped by American Taylor Knibb, with Germany taking gold.

Beth Potter thought she had won silver in a sprint finish, only for Team GB to be downgraded to bronze

There have been concerns over the water quality in the River Seine.

After opening ceremony japes, Olympic competitors go higher, stronger, faster. Elsewhere, Japan’s atomic bomb survivors look back, and British comedy at its lewdest

Yee’s classmates messaged old teachers to say how proud they are of the Olympic champion

After cancelled training sessions and a last-minute postponement caused by unexpected storms spilling sewage into the Seine, Paris’s cherished dream of making the capital’s river clean enough to swim in came true Wednesday in the men’s and women’s individual triathlons.

British rower Lola Anderson choked back tears as she told of her pride in fulfilling her late father’s faith as Team GB chalked up five more Olympic medals

There were also bronze medals for Beth Potter in the triathlon, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson in the diving and silver for Kieran Reilly.

To the relief of Olympic organisers, the triathlon did take place in the River Seine, days after the water faliled a pollution test. The women Tri-athletes went first...diving into the Seine at the historic Alexandre III bridge.It was France's Cassandre Beaugrand who won the women's gold, and team GB's Alex…