British judoka Chelsie Giles won bronze at Tokyo and had a bye to the second round in Paris, but she was left in tears as she suffered a surprise exit after a golden score defeat by Brazil’s Larissa Pimenta.
There was also disappointment for Rosie Eccles in the boxing as she fell at the first hurdle, suffering a split-decision loss to Poland’s Aneta Rygielska.
And just a couple of hours before his first-round match in the tennis, British number two Cameron Norrie withdrew from the men’s singles because of injury.
In the afternoon, Britain’s Evie Richards took fifth in the women’s mountain biking as home hero Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won gold for France.
There was better news for the rowers. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover, 38, is competing in the women’s four event with Rebecca Shorten, Esme Booth and Sam Redgrave.
They are favourites for gold after winning two World Cups and the European Championships, and they eased through to the final in Vaires-sur-Marne.
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