Great Britain continued their most successful start to a summer Olympics as they collected three gold medals on day seven in Paris.
It means Team GB have nine golds after seven days at the Games for the first time ever.
Friday’s impressive showing delivered seven medals in total as Britain’s overall tally at the Games rose to 27, and they climbed briefly to third in standings in the afternoon.
By Friday evening, it was party time for hosts France as they enjoyed success at the Champ de Mars Arena, in the pool and then spectacularly on the BMX track.
A week after igniting the Olympic cauldron, France’s Teddy Riner put his own name back up in lights as he became the most decorated Olympic judoka ever.
Leon Marchand became the first French athlete to take four individual golds at a single summer Games and only the third male swimmer to achieve the feat, after American greats Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz.
And Joris Daudet, Sylvain Andre and Romain Mahieu then took a clean sweep of the medals in the men’s BMX racing final.
Silver medals for Duncan Scott, behind Marchand in the 200m individual medley, and Ben Proud in the 50m freestyle ensured a satisfactory end to the night for Britain.
Success for the British team had arrived early on with three medals across rowing and diving.
Emily Craig and Imogen Grant won gold in the women’s lightweight double sculls, while men’s pair Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George claimed silver after being pipped on the line by Croatia.
Divers Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher added to the tally with bronze in the men’s 3m synchro springboard final. Bryony Page stormed to gold in the trampoline – and in the equestrian arena, GB triumphed in the team jumping final.
