Team GB at Paris 2024 Olympics: Preview, highlights, athletes to watch and schedule for 7 August

The 7 August is another breathless day for Team GB athletes competing on Day 12 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Matthew Hudson-Smith takes to the men's 400m final in athletics with a medal in mind, having secured the world-leading time a week before Paris 2024 began.

The dizzying team pursuit in track cycling could result in medals for both women and men, if the jeopardous event pans out in their favour. The former secured silver at Tokyo 2020, the latter didn't make the final in Japan.

John Gimson and Anna Burnet narrowly missed out on a Tokyo Olympic title in sailing mixed Nacra 17 class to their training partners from Italy in Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, so will be hoping for a reversal this time around. The 2022 world silver medallists in the 470 mixed dinghy class, Chris Grube and Vita Heathcote, will also be vying for a medal.

Andy Macdonald takes to the men's skateboarding park final, the oldest athlete in Olympic skateboarding’s short history at 51 by age, but probably the youngest at heart.

Read on to discover Team GB’s highlights on Day 12 of Paris 2024.

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British athletes to watch on 7 August: Matthew Hudson-Smith, John Gimson and Anna Burnet, and Andy Macdonald

The eminently likeable Hudson-Smith takes to the 400m final with a good chance of a medal, if not gold.

After a series of injuries and mental-health challenges, the resurgent Wolverhampton native is on form and in a good place ahead of the one-lap race at the iconic Stade de France. At the London Diamond League, he smashed his own European record of 44.07 with a blistering 43.74. Rivals in his final could include American newcomer Quincy Hall and Grenada’s legendary Kirani James, an Olympic gold, silver and bronze medallist in the distance.

Gimson and Burnet are the 2020 and 2021 world champions, but the Italian pair of Tita and Banti have won the past three titles ahead of the British duo in second place in 2023 and 2024. So the Italians are the form boat, but this is an Olympic Games where anything can, and does, happen.

Macdonald is a skateboarding icon. A professional in the sport since 1994, his career has run in parallel with the icon, Tony Hawk. American-born Macdonald is competing for Team GB courtesy of his father being born in Luton, and hopes to win a medal for his adopted nation in men's park.

"I got my first skateboard when I was 12," Macdonald posted to Instagram from La Concorde skatepark in Paris. "39yrs later, I’m an Olympian. My hope is that I can inspire one more kid to pick up a skateboard or equally, inspire one more adult to not put it down. Skateboarding truly is the fountain of youth."

Paris 2024 schedule highlights for Team GB on 7 August

All times listed in British Summer Time

Matthew Hudson-Smith in the men's 400m final

20:20

John Gimson and Anna Burnet in the mixed Nacra 17

13:43

Andy Macdonald in the men's skateboard park

11:30 prelims / 16:30