Paris Olympics 2024: all the action ahead on day 6

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Team GB will hope their Paris Games medal rush continues on day six across rowing, BMX, canoeing, swimming and more. While there will be plenty of eyes on Andy Murray and Dan Evans' tennis doubles quarter-final clash with USA pair Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.Two-time gold medalist Helen Gloves is in action early doors in the women's rowing four final before Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson in the men's final shortly after. That's after the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Rory McIlroy get the men's golf competition underway.
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00:00Good morning from day six here in Paris where Helen Glover's the early morning
00:04story. Mum of three came out of retirement to row once again and all
00:09three of her kids and her husband the TV presenter Steve Baxhall will be
00:12watching in the stands today. She's going for gold in the women's four rowing
00:17current world champions and also the men are a great medal shout as well in the
00:21same event so that's the big medal shot early in the day and then also at a
00:26similar venue neighboring venue to the rowing is the canoe slot where Joe Clark
00:29another world champion goes in the K1 class. He won in Rio but then
00:34missed out on selection in Tokyo so kind of has a point to prove but those are
00:38the sort of two big shouts. Then later this evening Andy Murray and Dan Evans
00:42will be doing one of their great escape acts no doubt in the men's doubles
00:45tennis. Win that against Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz and they're into the
00:50semifinals and edging close to a medal and internationally speaking we've got
00:54Simone Biles going in the gymnastics individual all-around. A lot of
00:58attention will be on her obviously.

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