Kristian Blummenfelt attacks! He’s trying to distance himself from Yee and Wilde and they are struggling to contain the move. Closing in on the home straight here in Tokyo.

New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde leads, Norway’s experienced Kristian Blummenfelt is second, and Britain’s Alex Yee is third – the three together at the front. Others are trying to catch but they are running out of time.

This lead group is thinning out as they near the final two laps of this four-lap loop. GB’s Yee leads, with two tucked behind him and the there’s Brownlee in fourth, clinging on. Everyone else seems to be falling away...

We are into the final throes of the men’s triathlon and Team GB have two men in contention: Jonny Brownlee, aiming to complete his set of Olympic medals after silver and bronze in London and Rio; and Alex Yee, the new man on the block. Yee is a fast runner and is in a great spot here in this front pack of six or so runners.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are underway in the men’s and women’s football tournaments.

There has already been an upset with the USA women suffering a heavy defeat to Sweden in their opener.

For the full schedule of both tournaments, kick-off times and TV information, check out The Independent’s coverage here:

Paris will be the host of the next Games and they will be held between July 26 and August 11 in 2024 . This means the Olympic cycle will be shortened to three years from the usual four.

The cycle will then return to normal with the next edition being in 2028 in Los Angeles.

Russia was banned from the Tokyo Olympics in December 2019 after its notorious doping scandal, which rocked the sporting world.

The initial ban of four years was reduced to two years in 2020, but still ensured no official Russian te

am would be present at the Olympic Games in Japan or the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Nonetheless, Russian athletes are still at Tokyo 2020 due to the establishment of the Russian Olympic Committee.

This year’s Olympic Games are receiving record-low ratings as viewers fume that NBC has made them too hard to watch.

On Twitter, complaints abound that Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, has blocked some sports with a paywall, while other viewers have struggled with TV reception problems.

“NBC and Peacock suck for making #USA #Basketball a Premium Peacock option,” one user griped.

“This still isn’t the #Olympics… but I guess it’s better than the test pattern,” another wrote, posting a photo of a typed message on her TV: “The station normally seen on this cable channel is experiencing technical difficulties.”

If the broadcast’s ratings are any indication, there does seem to be a problem. According to data from NBC, only 16.7 million Americans watched the Olympics’ opening ceremony on TV – its smallest audience in 33 years.

Olympic viewers are sharing their praise and admiration for US skateboarder Jagger Eaton after he secured a bronze medal while listening to his AirPods.

“I need to know what Jagger Eaton is vibing to on his AirPods,” one person tweeted, while another asked: “Is anyone else insanely curious what Jagger Eaton is listening to in those AirPods?”

Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, 46, received a standing ovation after her record-breaking eighth appearance at an Olympic Games.

Ms Chusovitina received a score of 14.166 in the vault competition, not enough to make it into the final. But she earned a moving show of support from her teammates and opponents, who stood and cheered for her as she posed for pictures.

Ms Chusovitina first competed at the Olympics in 1992, representing the former Soviet Union.