Team GB enjoyed a fantastic Friday at the Paris Olympics with three gold medals in a thrilling three hours.
Rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant started the gold rush by winning the lightweight double sculls, avenging their narrow fourth-place finish in Tokyo three years ago.
Bryony Page was then triumphant on the trampoline to complete her set of Olympic medals, before Ben Maher, Harry Charles and Scott Brash landed the showjumping team title, with Charles emulating the success of his dad Peter at London 2012.
Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George collected Britain’s first medal of day seven with silver in the rowing men’s pair after being pipped on the line by Canada.
Diving duo Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher then picked up a bronze in the synchronised three-metre springboard, before Team GB won those three golds in quick succession.
Britain added another two silvers in swimming during the evening, as Ben Proud finished second in the 50m freestyle and Duncan Scott was runner-up to Leon Marchand in the 200m individual medley, the French poster boy claiming his fourth gold of his home Games.
Scott is now joint second on the list of Britain’s most decorated Olympians, drawing level with Bradley Wiggins on eight medals, and behind only Jason Kenny on nine.
On Saturday, Max Whitlock is bidding to win his fourth Olympic gold when he competes in the pommel horse final, while Adam Peaty hopes to recover from Covid to race in the mixed 4x100m medley.
Meanwhile, Team GB were hoping to add another gold medal to Friday's incredible collection with Bethany Shriever looking set to defend her women's Olympic BMX title after flying through the heats.
The final was meant to be Shriever's for the taking but a slow start meant she was caught in traffic and couldn't find her way through the crowd and ultimately finishing last.
Great Britain now sits in third place in the medal table with nine gold medals on the seventh day of the games, taking their tally to 27 overall.
Away from Team GB there was horror in the pool on Friday morning after Slovakian athlete Tamara Potocka collapsed following a swim in the 200m medley heats.
The 21-year-old competed in a heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley at 10:30am BST this morning and clambered out of the pool having come in seventh, missing out on qualification for the later rounds.
She was seen sitting poolside for a few seconds in clear distress, even as another eight swimmers lined up for the next heat, before slumping backwards.
Organisers realised something was wrong and postponed the next swim as medical staff descended on the scene.
Medics quickly placed an oxygen mask over the face of the young Slovak, who was lying motionless, before carefully loading her onto a stretcher and rushing her out of the La Defense arena as her British rival Abbie Wood watched on in horror.
Her condition is not yet known.
