An emotional Adam Peaty says "in his heart, he's already won" despite narrowly missing out on a historic third consecutive 100m breaststroke gold medal.
Peaty was bidding to become just the second man after Michael Phelps to win the same swimming event at three consecutive Olympics.
However, he had to settle for a tie for silver with America's Nic Fink, after Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi snatched a shock win by beating them to the wall by 0.02 seconds.
Peaty recently took a break from the sport to cope with mental health struggles, which came to a head when he broke his foot in 2022, ending his eight-year dominance over 100m.
Having made his comeback with a bronze at this year's World Championships, a tearful Peaty explained why he was not disappointed about falling short of the top prize.
"It's been a very long way back. I look at the score there, you never think in your wildest dreams it would be 59 [seconds] to win it," he told the BBC.
"I gave my absolute all and executed it as well as I could. It's not about the end goal, it's all about the process. It doesn't matter what the end time says on the board, in my heart, I've already won.
"I'm not crying because I came second, I'm crying because it took so much to get here. It's incredibly hard to win it once, and to win it again, and again and trying to find new ways to do it.
"Everything I have done to this point has happened for a reason. I'm so happy I can race the best in the world and get joint second.
"In my heart, I've won. These are happy tears. I said to myself to give my absolute best every single day and I have. You cannot be upset about that."
Peaty will have another chance to go for gold in Paris when he competes in the 4x100m relay.
Gauff storms into Olympics round of 16 with dominant win
Coco Gauff got another commanding win at the Paris Olympic Games as she booked her place in the round of 16 with a straight-sets victory over Maria Lourdes Carle.
The American took just one hour and 26 minutes to brush Carle aside 6-1 6-1 on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Monday.
Gauff stormed into a 5-0 lead in the first set before the Argentinian found her fight – she held break point three times in the final game, but the 20-year-old finally converted on her fourth set point.
It was much the same in the second, with Gauff cruising through. Though she lost her serve in the penultimate game, she made quick work in the last to set up a meeting with Donna Vekic of Croatia.
Data Debrief: Gauff continues to shine
Gauff remains undefeated in her Olympics debut, staying active in all three disciplines as she is also competing in the women's doubles and mixed doubles.
She followed up a dominant win on Sunday with an equally impressive performance as she converted eight break points on Monday while only dropping serve once.
Alizadeh progresses on another day of mixed results for Caribbean athletes at 2024 Paris Olympics
Dara Alizadeh Wins Men’s Single Sculls Semifinals E/F
Bermuda’s Dara Alizadeh has qualified for the Final E in the men’s single sculls after a remarkable win in the semifinals. Alizadeh finished first with a time of 7:33.38, maintaining his first-place rank throughout the race. He was a force to be reckoned with as he sailed to victory lapping his opponents with Zimbabwean Stephen Cox coming in second with a time of 7:36.59. He will compete in the men’s single sculls Final E on August 2nd.
USVI Kruz Schembri Outmatched in Fencing
U.S. Virgin Islander Kruz Schembri loses men's foil individual table of 64 bout 2 to Canadian Blake Broszus 15-8. The 17-year-old, ended the first period 13-8 falling behind and in period 2 15-8 unable to redeem himself against the Canadian.
Schembri is the first fencer to represent the US Virgin Islands at the Olympic Games since Los Angeles 1984 making this an historic feat despite his loss. He is the 2024 Junior Pan American champion in foil and bronze medallist in epee.
Sören Opti Retires in Men’s Single Badminton Match
Surinamese Sören Opti retired in his second match today against Italy's Giovanni Toti at the La Chapelle Arena Court 1. The match finished at 1 nil with Opti retiring in the second game. Toti won game one 21-8 and was leading game two 4-1 when Opti conceded.
While Opti's time in Paris has come to a close, the athlete played passionately and represented his country on the world stage, leaving his mark.
Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago Will Not Advance in the Women's 100m Backstroke
Zuri Ferguson of Trinidad and Tobago and Emma Harvey of Bermuda both performed exceptionally in the women's 100m backstroke heats held today at the Paris La Defence Arena.
Ferguson was third in her heat with a time of 1:02.75, 0.45 seconds behind first-place Israeli Aviv Barzelay. Harvey was eighth in her heats with a time of 1:01.78, 3.30 seconds behind first-place Australian Kaylee McKeown. In spite of their valiant performances, neither will make it to the semifinals. Ferguson and Harvey placed 27th and 23rd, respectively, and failed to qualify with the USA, Katharine Berkoff leading the qualifying round with a time of 57.99.
'I don't think I've done that before' - Murray proud of thrilling Olympic doubles comeback
Andy Murray says he is proud of his double's comeback with Dan Evans after admitting it was a new career experience having to save five match points.
Team GB looked set to crash out of the Olympics in the first round, but a thrilling match instead saw them prevail 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 11-9 against Japan's Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniels.
Having already forced a tie-break in the second set, Murray and Evans had to dig deep once again in the decider after going 9-4 down, and remarkably saved five match points before booking their place in the next round.
Murray, who is set to retire at the end of the Olympics, lauded Evans for the part he played in the dramatic fightback that has prolonged his career by at least one more match.
"I don't think I've saved five match points in a row – in singles it's almost impossible to do that, so I don't think I've ever done that before," Murray said after their win.
"It's probably up there in terms of comebacks – probably the way we were playing to that stage would have not suggested we were able to come back.
"In my career, I've turned around a lot of matches I've looked unlikely to win or people thought I shouldn't have won - at times I've had that mental toughness, strength that was at times early on in my career was questioned.
"I'm really proud of that - I always try my best to fight and figure out ways to come through. I certainly couldn't have done that on my own today – as a team, Evo played his part in that.
"Evo has shown that before and helped me big time today. We both served well, came up with some great returns, and it was a brilliant turnaround."
Murray and Evans will face either Belgium's Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen or France's Arthur Fils and Ugo Humbert in the next round.
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