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It’s day five of the Olympics, and today we’ll see champions crowned in artistic gymnastics, canoe slalom, BMX freestyle, diving, fencing, judo and a host of other sports.

Here’s what we’ve got our eyes on today.

Team GB

Women’s triathlon: It was an early start for potential British medals, with world champion Beth Potter and Georgia Taylor-Brown both eyeing gold from 7am.

BMX freestyle: World champion Kieran Reilly qualified top in the men’s and will be looking to win the final today.

Diving: Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson will hope to repeat their World Championships success in the 10m synchronised final.

Judo: Katie-Jemima Yates-Brown competes for GB’s first Olympic gold in the discipline in history.

Gymnastics: Jake Jarman is eyeing a podium place in the men’s all-around final.

Canoe slalom: Another GB medal is at stake as Mallory Edwards takes on the the rapids at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

Rowing: The men’s and women’s quadruple sculls will feature GB athletes, with the former coming silver at the last Olympics.

Rest of the world

Five medals will be on offer in the swimming at La Defense Arena, including the men’s 100m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 200m breaststroke, the women’s 100m freestyle and the women’s 1,500m freestyle final.

Katie Ledecky will look to tie the record for most Olympic medals won by an American woman with a 12th in the 1,500m.

Two more Olympic champions will be crowned in the judo at the Champs-de-Mars Arena for the women’s under-70kg class and men’s under-90kg.

Tennis continues at Roland Garros with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz in men’s singles third-round action.

South Sudan will hope they can pull off one of the biggest upsets in basketball history and beat the mighty United States.

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