There were six more medals on Saturday, as the rowing concluded in golden style.
Alongside their final rowing medals of the Games, Team GB also secured their first athletics and sailing medals of Paris 2024, with more bronzes in gymnastics and equestrian.
Rowing
The rowing concluded with two more medals for Team GB, leaving them on eight medals, including three golds.
The men’s eight crew of Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin and Tom Ford, along with cox Harry Brightmore, clinched a superb gold.
They triumphed by 1.08 seconds as they crossed the line in 5.22.88, finishing in front of the Netherlands and the United States.
“I'd say 99.9% of it was perfect,” Elwes said. “We've had a bit of a duff stroke on stroke one. That really scared us, but having a bit of a duff stroke fires you up to 120%. We shot out the start like a rocket and then just never looked back.”
The women’s eight team of Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Harriet Taylor and Annie Campbell-Orde, coxed by Henry Fieldman, took the bronze medal.
“It was quite breathless, actually,” said Campbell-Orde. “I think I was really trying to focus on what Henry was saying at the time, because if I thought about the whole 2km, it was almost a bit overwhelming. He said to do the best of our ability, and I think that we did that at that moment on that day.”
Sailing
Emma Wilson clinched a bronze medal in the women’s windsurfing, having won eight of the 14 preliminary races. She consequently earned a bye into the final, but finished third behind Italy’s Marta Maggetti and Israel’s Sharon Kantor.
“I just hope I can inspire some kids,” she said. “What I’ve done this week, I’ve shown you can dominate a sport. If I can show them that you work hard and that’s what happens, then that’s a win. I’d love to go home with a gold medal but bronze will have to do.”
In the men’s windsurfing, Sam Sills finished fourth in his semi-final after making it through the quarter-final in second.
Meanwhile, Michael Beckett and Hannah Snellgrove are well-placed in the dinghy class, second in the men’s and third in the women’s respectively.
John Gimson and Anna Burnet sit sixth in the mixed multihull class following the first day of racing.
Gymnastics
Jake Jarman earned Team GB’s first artistic gymnastics medal in Paris, finishing with bronze in the men’s floor.
His score of 14.933 was 0.033 behind silver medallist and defending champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, while Carlos Edriel Yulo of the Philippines took the gold medal with a routine that scored 15.000.
Luke Whitehouse, who was also representing Team GB, finished sixth.
Max Whitlock, competing in his final ever competition, finished fourth in the pommel horse, with a score of 15.200. He retires as Team GB's most decorated gymnast in history, with three golds and three bronzes.
Equestrian: Team Dressage
Team GB added a fourth equestrian medal to their Paris 2024 collection after winning an impressive team dressage bronze.
Seven-time Olympian Carl Hester, Lottie Fry and debutant Becky Moody scored a combined 232.492 to secure their spot on the podium at Chateau de Versailles, placing behind gold medallists Germany and Denmark in silver.
It’s the fourth consecutive Olympics that Team GB have medalled in the event, with Hester part of all four podium performances dating back to gold in London 2012.
Moody was a late addition to the team after being promoted from reserve just 10 days ago, but rose to the occasion on her Olympic debut, scoring a personal best of 76.489% on Jagerbomb.
Athletics
Team GB’s first athletics medal of the Olympics came in the mixed 4x400m relay, as the team secured a hard-fought bronze.
Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning ran a superb time of 3:08.01 to pip Belgium in the last leg. The Netherlands won gold ahead of the USA.
Daryll Neita finished fourth in the women’s 100m final in a time of 10.96, the best performance from a British woman in the 100m at the Olympics since 1960. Dina Asher-Smith and Imani-Lara Lansiquot both finished fifth in their semi-finals.
Zharnel Hughes and Louie Hinchliffe both qualified for the men’s 100m semi-finals, which will take place on Sunday.
Hinchliffe ran 9.98 in his heat, beating reigning world champion Noah Lyles to the finish line, while Hughes ran in 10.03. Jeremiah Azu was disqualified after a false start.
George Mills qualified for the men’s 1500m semi-finals through the repechage.
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