Top five stories from day two of Paris Olympics 2024

Adam Peaty was narrowly denied a third successive gold medal after Andy Murray and Dan Evans produced one of Britain's great Olympic comebacks on day two of Paris 2024.

On a star-studded day in the French capital, Peaty had to settle for silver in the men's 100m breaststroke after Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi beat him by 0.02 seconds.

Earlier, Murray extended his stellar career with a dramatic tie-break win in the men's tennis doubles alongside Dan Evans, against Japanese opponents Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel.

Celebrities came out on Sunday morning to see Simone Biles, one of the most decorated gymnasts in history, make her much-anticipated Olympics return.

Elsewhere, Kimberley Woods earned Team GB's third medal of the Games in spectacular style, with bronze in the canoe slalom.

There were early exits for Team GB to contend with, but rower Helen Glover, who was a flagbearer alongside Tom Daley, made a positive start to her quest for a third Olympic gold.

In the morning, a planned triathlon training session had to be cancelled due to pollution in the River Seine.

There were boos as Dutch volleyball player Steven van der Velde began his Olympic campaign. He was jailed in 2016 for raping a 12-year-old British girl.

Since winning his second Olympic gold medal in Tokyo three years ago, Peaty has been through the wringer with injuries and mental health struggles.

To be at the Games in Paris is an achievement in itself - to come within two-hundredths of a second of a third straight gold was remarkable.

Peaty was pipped at the post in a dramatic final, with Martinenghi taking a surprise gold. The Brit finished in a dead heat with American Nic Fink - both men will take home a silver medal.

Earlier in the night, the Parisian crowd was sent into ecstasy as 's Leon Marchand set a new Olympic record - and narrowly missed breaking his own world record - in the men's 400m medley.

GB's Max Litchfield finished fourth in that event - the third successive Olympics in which he has finished just outside the medals.

Litchfield's compatriots Duncan Scott and Matthew Richards both made the final of the men's 200m freestyle, while Oliver Morgan also progressed from the semi-finals in the 100m backstroke.

Murray has never done anything easily in his extraordinary career - and he is not going to start now.

He and Evans lost the first set of their first-round match to Daniel and Nishikori of Japan, before winning a tie-break in the second to set up a first to 10 championship tie-break shoot-out in the decider.

Murray is playing in his final tournament before retirement, and his farewell tour seemed to be ending as the Japanese duo led 9-4 in that third set - giving them five match points.

Yet the Britons somehow fought back, winning seven successive points to triumph 11-9 in the tie-break and reach the second round - sparking wild celebrations.