Tokyo Olympics 2020 live: Simone Biles to return to action in beam final on Tuesday

• Tokyo Olympics day 10: No Team GB medals overnight, but Laura Muir qualifies for 1,500m final

• Sailing: Britain medal hunt in the men's and women's 49erFX and men's 49er forced postponed after abandonment for the day - updates below

• Track cycling is underway with Team GB men aiming for team pursuit qualification as women's four qualify with second-fastest time

• Eventing - Oliver Townend and Laura Collett go for gold after topping the leaderboard on Sunday

• Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova going for medals in a Simone Biles-less women's individual floor gymnastics final

• But Biles confirms she will return to action in Tuesday's beam final

• 11.50am: Emily Jade Campbell goes up against Laurel Hubbard and more in women's +87kg weightlifting final

US gymnast Simone Biles is on the start list for Tuesday's balance beam final and is set to return to action having pulled out of the women's team final, individual all-around final last week and Monday’s floor final, to focus on her mental health.

Many had assumed Biles’ Games was over after last week’s "freak out” but her name on Tuesday’s entry list for the beam final was quickly followed up with a tweet from USA Gymnastics confirming the four-time gold medallist from Rio would be making a welcome return to action.

Last week in the week Biles quit both the team and all-around finals, then subsequently the floor final, having sent shockwaves across sport by admitting her "mind and body are not in sync" due to mental health issues.

The 24 year old, who is one of the greatest gymnasts in history and was expected to be the global star of these Games, has been open about her mental health difficulties while in Tokyo and continued to support her US team-mates from the sidelines.

During a social media Q&A on Friday, Biles expanded further on the challenge that she was facing. The gymnast said she had experienced the "twisties" before - a kind of mental block that has been compared to the yips in golf, but never on all four pieces of apparatus. "It's never transferred to bars and beam before for me,” she said. “It strictly likes vault and floor - the hardest two. But this time it's literally on every event. Which sucks. Really bad."

The beam is her last chance to take part.

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09:44 AM

Canada lead four-time champions USA

Penalty to Canada!

On 74 minutes, Jessie Fleming has given Canada a 1–0 lead against the Americans

The ref consulted the pitchside monitor after what seemed to be an obvious foul in the box.

Not long for the USA to turn this around.

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09:37 AM

Men's team pursuit set up Denmark contest

The men's team pursuit qualify fourth fastest as Denmark set the pace at the Izu Velodrome.

Follow all the action with John MacLeary here - Team GB women's team pursuit set up USA match; men to face world champions Denmark – latest updates

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09:11 AM

The women's gymnastics floor final is under way

By Molly McElwee

Without Simone Biles, this competition is genuinely wide open.

Italy's Vanessa Ferrari qualified top. Her story is incredible - she is 30 years old and won gold in the all-around at the World Championships in 2006. Yes, you read right, that's 15 years ago. Wouldn't it be something if she could pull off a result here.

Then USA's Jade Carey, who had a nightmare in vault yesterday, could bounce back here by getting a medal.

Then Rebeca Andrade, all-around silver medallist and vault champion, has proved herself a real competitor at these Games.

Join Molly as she guides you through all the action at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre here

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09:06 AM

Not much action in the Canada vs USA semi final so far

By Tom Garry

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09:04 AM

Diving into the semi-finals

Both James Heatly and Jack Laugher are into the next round of the 3m springboard diving event. The two Team GB divers finished in fourth and fifth places respectively having been out of the top 10 after three of the six rounds.

Heatly scored 458.40 from his six dives, while Laugher posted 445.05.

It was no shock to see the 3m synchro gold medallists from China Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi occupy the top two spots.

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08:32 AM

US Gymnastics confirm Simone Biles' return to action

We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow - Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can’t wait to watch you both!

— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) August 2, 2021

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08:28 AM

BREAKING NEWS: Biles on start list for Beam finals tomorrow

Many had suspected that we wouldn't see USA star and four-time Olympic champion again in Tokyo BUT, according AFP, Biles will take part in the Beam final on Tuesday.

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08:20 AM

A bit more on the women's football - expect lots of drama

By Tom Garry

Team GB's hopes of a medal in women's football were quashed on Friday with their dramatic 4-3 loss to Australia after extra-time, but the competition continues today with two semi-finals that look set to be crackers for a neutral.

The first of them, which sees the world champions the United States take on their neighbours Canada, is just getting under way. The Canadians are bidding to win a medal at their third consecutive Games while the Americans are the record four-time gold medal winners. Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd are only on the bench for the USA, while the sport's all-time record goalscorer Christine Sinclair starts for Canada, who are coached by former England assistant Bev Priestman.

Then at midday BST, the Aussies take on Sweden, who stunned the USA with a 3-0 win in the opening round of group-stage games and have since become many people's favourites to win the title. Yet the competition remains wide open - three of the four quarter-finals went to extra time, so expect plenty more drama today.

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08:15 AM

The women's football semi final is under way

It's a local derby (in international terms) as Canada take on the USA.

The all-time leading international goalscorer Christine Sinclair (she’s scored a bonkers 187 goals in 302 appearances) captains the Canadians in Kashima (one of my favourite stadiums, in case you were wondering…you weren’t? Ah, OK…). Some British interest sees Manchester City's Janine Beckie and Chelsea's Jessie Fleming start.

For the USA, world-beaters Rose Lavelle, Tobin Heath and Alex Morgan start with Megan Rapinoe, Sam Mewis and Christen Press on the bench ready to come on if need.

The winner will play either Australia or Sweden in Friday's gold-medal match.

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08:06 AM

At the velodrome

Team GB have qualified with second fastest time in the women's Team Pursuit. Katie Archibald, Laura Kenny, Elinor Barker and Josie Knight tailed off towards the end of their qualifying race to set up a meeting with USA tomorrow. They beat their former world record time with 4min 9.022sec. BUT Germany, having gone earlier, went even faster setting a new world record of 4min 7.307sec.

Catch up with all the action from the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka with John MacLeary here with the men's Team Pursuit about to get under way.

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07:45 AM

Much better from Jack Laugher

After four rounds of the 3m springboard diving the silver medallist in this event from Rio is up to sixth.

His fourth dive scored 84.60 (third best overall) and he's back in the top ten. Fellow Briton James Heatly is up to eighth following a great dive of 85.75 (second best overall).

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07:35 AM

Unless you're a competitor then the only way...

...you can watch these Games is on the old gogglebox (that's TV for all our younger readers), or via social media on phones and whatnot. Either way, denied the chance to be there as a fan or family member of those super humans who live off protein shakes and get up before 6am, the only way 99.9 per cent of us can imbibe the Tokyo Olympics is on the sofa.

As ever we all have firm opinions on TV coverage (who among us hasn't fancied our chances as an editor or director of a fast-paced, broadcasting organisation? It's easy, no?!).

Here's my friend and yours, Alan Tyers, giving his two-pennies' (or should that be 10 yen's?) worth on the BBC coverage of the Games so far.

READ: The BBC's Olympics coverage is in danger of becoming too matey

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07:20 AM

After round three

Of the men's 3m springboard qualifying Jack Laugher is back in 12th with 198.90. Having been in second after the first round the silver medal winner from Rio has put in two poor (ish) dives. The top 18 go through so he's still ok in terms of progressing but, for confidence reasons alone, he could do with a good final three jumps here.

Fellow Briton James Healty is currently 16th.

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07:00 AM

When you've won gold

And nailed a history-making 360 backflip you have every right to be overjoyed and write tweets with Caps Lock on.

Charlotte Worthington take a bow!

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06:54 AM

Jack Laugher's second dive...

...is a poor one.

Having been second after the first round of jumps in the 3m diving he's now fallen back to eighth. His second dive scored only 59.50, compared to his first jump of 83.30.

The Chinese pair of Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi, who won gold in the 3m synchro last week, are (no shock at all) currently first and second.

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06:46 AM

The track cycling is under way

And who doesn't like seeing the lycra-clad athletes storm around the velodrome at frighteningly fast speeds in a series of races (some that are easier to understand than others)?

John MacLeary is covering all the action from the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka and you can catch him and the cyclists here - Laura Kenny and Team GB's pursuit squads poised to get title defences under way – latest updates

While we're talking about track cycling may I suggest to take a moment of your morning, perhaps get a decent coffee, and read this fine, and exclusive, interview by Oliver Brown with Laura Kenny - GB's queen of the track.

READ: Laura Kenny exclusive interview: 'I just ride a bike, I don't feel like a role model'

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06:30 AM

Jack Laugher is in action

In the 3m diving heats.

He's got off to a good start and lies in second place after round one with a score of 83.30.

Laugher and Dan Goodfellow were unable to defend Team GB's (and Laugher's) gold in the Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard last week as they finished seventh in the final. BUT that first jump from Laugher will have given him a welcome boost.

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06:19 AM

A recap of events on the track today

By Ben Bloom in Tokyo

Attempting the most audacious treble in the history of women’s distance running, Sifan Hassan’s historic quest almost ended in the 1,500 metres heats on Monday morning when she had to sprint back from a fall to make the semi-finals.

Due to contest the 5,000m final this evening and 10,000m later in the week, the Dutchwoman looked to conserve as much energy as possible by settling well back in the main group only for another athlete to fall in front of her, trip her up and cause her to tumble to the floor. With less than one lap remaining, that meant she had to quickly jump to her feet and embark on a quest to recover the lost ground, having seen the leaders gain a 30m lead.

Sprinting as fast as she could, she soon caught up with them down the back straight and even managed to relax again before taking a remarkable victory.

Her mission to become the first athlete in history to win three track gold medals in distance events at the same Olympics remains alive, but the question now is how much recovering from that fall will have taken out of her.

There were no such troubles for Laura Muir, who made a serene start to her quest to win an elusive Olympic medal by easing through her 1,500m heat without alarm. Muir, who has won five European indoor and outdoor titles, is looking to end a run of narrow misses at global level having finished seventh at the last Olympics and fifth, fourth and fifth at the last three World Championships.

Meanwhile, Jamaica’s 100m bronze medalist Shericka Jackson committed the fatal error of complacently slowing down at the end of her 200m heat and failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Noticeably not putting in 100 per cent effort at any point in the race, Jackson was never in the lead but thought she had done enough to finish in the top three. A misjudgement saw her slip into fourth though and she was eliminated. Two more gold medals were awarded, with Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn winning the 100m hurdles and Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou triumphing with his final effort in the long jump.

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06:00 AM

News from Enoshima Yacht Harbour

From Pippa Field in Tokyo

And there we have it. Official confirmation just through that due to weather conditions, or more specifically lack of wind, all sailing has been abandoned for the day.

So no sniff of any action on the waters of Enoshima Yacht Harbour, the main excitement this morning having been who was going to claim the last seats in the increasingly crowded media tent.

Today was meant to see races 9 and 10 of the men's and women's 470 fleets plus medal races for the women's 49erFX and the men's 49er. The fallout of the postponement is the latter two - featuring the British pairings of Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey and Dylan Fletcher and Stu Bithell - will be moved to tomorrow, meaning a bumper day of medal chasing, with four fleets reaching their competition conclusion.

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05:49 AM

No sailing possible due to light winds

Monday's Olympic sailing programme has been abandoned for the day as organisers wait for winds to pick up at the Enoshima Yachting Harbour.

The venue was supposed to host the final two opening series races in the men's and women's 470 classes, as well as the medal races in the 49er class for both genders later in the afternoon.

The weather forecast published by World Sailing early on Monday morning predicted that winds would remain light at four to six knots meaning no action can take place.

World Sailing previously told reporters that winds of at least six knots would be necessary to ensure fair competition.

Team GB were hoping for medals in the women's 49er FX and men's 49er medal races today but it seems they will have to wait until the wind picks up.

Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey lay in fifth in the women's 49erFX while Dylan Fletcher and Stu Bithell are even better placed in the men's 49er, currently in the silver position behind New Zealand defending champions Peter Burling and Blair Tukel.

This time last week the rowing was postponed for a couple of days due to strong winds and poor conditions. Seven days on it’s the opposite problems with not enough wind now the issue.

Earlier today in a sport that is fine without blowy conditions Laura Muir made a serene start to her quest to win an elusive Olympic medal by easing through her 1,500 metres heat, but there was huge drama when gold-medal favourite Sifan Hassan - who is attempting an unprecedented 1,500/5,000/10,000m treble in Tokyo - had to recover from a fall to win her race.

Content to plonk herself at the back of the 15-woman field in the early stages, Muir switched all the way out into lane three at the halfway point before smoothly making her way to the head of proceedings.

From that point, qualification never looked in any danger as she held her position alongside former training partner Gabriela Debues-Stafford, of Canada, and ensured she exerted minimum energy while cruising over the finish line in second place. Her time was four minutes 3.89 seconds, just behind Debues-Stafford.

Muir, who has won five European indoor and outdoor titles, is looking to end a run of narrow misses at global level having finished seventh at the last Olympics and fifth, fourth and fifth at the last three World Championships.