Team GB has risen to third in the medal table at the Paris Olympics today as the showjumping team, trampolinist Bryony Page and rowing pair Emily Craig and Imogen Grant all took gold.
The British showjumpers stayed calm and collected to complete a near flawless run as they went last on the final outing of the competition, taking Team GB to nine golds so far this Olympics.
Page, who went second to last in the trampolining final at lunchtime, screamed and fell to the floor when her score of 56.480 was revealed and later appeared emotional as she waved to the strong contingent of British fans in the crowd.
The 33-year-old won a surprise silver medal in Rio eight years ago and then bronze in Tokyo – but went into the competition as the reigning world champion and gold medal favourite.
It came after China‘s athlete, who went last, hit her head on the side of the trampoline and crashed out of the event. Fortunately she got up quickly and appeared unharmed, walking off the stage to be comforted by her coach.
And rowing pair Grant and Craig were jubilant and seen embracing and sobbing after hanging on to cross the line first this morning.
For the men, Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George achieved silver in the double sculls and divers Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding clinched a bronze.
Bryony Page, 33, looked thrilled at the end of her routine, which was the most difficult in the competition, after smashing her eight moves
There were hugs, tears and smiles after Page completed her finals routine at the Bercy Arena
The 33-year-old dropped collapsed to the floor when her score was revealed as she took first place with just one competitor to jump
Rowers Craig and Grant were left in floods of tears after crossing the line in first as they embraced tearfully following the doubles lightweight sculls final
Emily Craig and Imogen Grant secured a spectacular gold medal in the lightweight sculls after heartbreak in Tokyo three years ago
Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Harry Charles won Olympic gold for Great Britain in the team jumping final.
The trio qualified for the event in third place behind Germany and the USA, but with the scores reset to zero, Maher jumped clear with one time penalty, before Charles added a perfect round and Brash jumped clear, with one time penalty which was good enough for gold.
Maher won individual gold in Tokyo three years ago, while both he and Brash were members of the team that secured gold in 2012. It is a first Olympic medal for Charles, whose father Peter was also in the London squad.
Page was the penultimate gymnast to compete in the trampolining final at Bercy Arena and she cried and leapt with joy after her score of 56.480 was confirmed.
Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya from Belarus became the first neutral athlete to win a medal at the Games, taking silver, while Canada's Sophiane Methot claimed bronze.
Page, who also won the world title in 2021, qualified for the final with the fifth highest score but watched those competing ahead of her largely fail to surpass their qualifying marks.
The Sheffield-based athlete, meanwhile, increased her score by close to a full mark from 55.620 and then saw the final competitor, China's Hu Yicheng, fall during her routine.
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 25 overall.
Harry Charles of the British showjumping team as he jumped clean on Friday afternoon to help secure the gold medal - his father competed in 2012 in London
The equestrian event saw tough competition from the home French team, Germany and the Netherlands
Gold medalists Scott Brash, Harry Charles and Ben Maher of Team Great Britain pose for a photo during the medal ceremony for the Jumping Team Final in 2024
Gold medalists Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Peter Charles (father of Harry Charles) of Great Britain celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Team Jumping on Day 10 of the London 2012 Olympic Games
Page celebrated with her coach as tears flowed following her gold medal, to add to her silver and bronze from Rio and Tokyo
The gymnasts only had just over an hour to prepare for the final after earlier qualification
Bryony Page of Britain reacts to her score during the women's trampoline finals in Bercy Arena
The Olympian couldn't believe her eyes in the final after a lower than expected qualification score
Meanwhile rowers Craig and Grant were left in floods of tears after crossing the line in first as they embraced tearfully following the doubles lightweight sculls final.
It comes after the pair had a heartbreaking fourth place in Tokyo, finishing just 0.01 seconds off the podium.
But in Paris they started the race as favourites and went in unbeaten during this Olympiad.
They delivered on that promise at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium and held off a last-ditch sprint by Romania, winning the competition by 1.72 seconds.
Elsewhere Team GB has already secured a silver in the Men's edition of the race and a bronze in diving on the seventh day of the games, helping them rise to sixth place in the medal table with a total of seven golds.
The golden British pair were slightly slow from the off but nosed in front after 400 metres and continued to pull away, moving a second ahead by the mid-point of the race.
They created a healthy lead and found clear water to give themselves a cushion to hold off the late Romanian sprint.
Scott Brash celebrates after securing the team gold for Great Britain
Bryony Page holds the Union Jack after being presented with her gold medal this afternoon
The pair appeared in disbelief as they stood on the top of the medal podium
Great Britain's Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding also claimed bronze in the men's synchronised 3m springboard final
Great Britain's Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George receive their silver medals during the ceremony for the Rowing Men's Pair finals
Grant, who attended Cambridge, is a qualified doctor and a world and European champion. She is due to start her medical career in a matter of days.
Craig holds the same medal accolades and is also a qualified personal trainer.
The pair were in tears as the enormity of their achievement sunk in, and were shared an emotional embrace as they left their boat and returned to land.
The title they craved is now theirs in perpetuity, with this the last time the event is due to be part of an Olympic Games.
Afterwards, Grant said: 'I think we both knew we had it in us today, the tears was an outpour of training early nights, party and weddings missed, just all of it coming out at once.
'Emily is the toughest, most incredible person I've had the pleasure to row with. she took me from a clueless single rower to an Olympic champion. She's been there every single step of the way.'
Craig added: 'I have so much respect for how talented Imogen is. She has so much confidence, the days where I don't know if I can do it, I have to look at her and know it will be fine. There were points today where I needed that. Thank god she's the person she is.'
Elsewhere on Friday, Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George claimed silver for Great Britain in the men's boat as Croatia pipped them at the post.
The duo pushed hard from the start and held a narrow lead from Romania at halfway.
They looked as if they would hold in a frantic finish, but Martin and Valent Sinkovic of Croatia took gold with a desperate burst to the line to win in six minutes 23.66 seconds - less than half a second in front of the British pair.
Wynne-Griffith and George were part of the GB men's eight crew that won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.
They switched to the men's pair after taking a year out to study at Cambridge and compete in the Boat Race.
Coming into the Games the pair were unbeaten in 2024, having won their first major title at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in April.
Great Britain's Emily Craig and Imogen Grant celebrate winning gold in the Lightweight Women's Double Sculls Finals
Emily Craig and Imogen Grant won gold in the women's double sculls on Friday morning at the 2024 Olympic Games
The pair delivered a sensational performance to claim Team GB's sixth medal of the rowing at the Olympics
Britain's Laugher and Harding smile as they stand on the podium following their diving final
The pair posed with their medals, which contain a piece of the original Eiffel Tower
Team GB's rowers have excelled in Paris over the last few days, with Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Georgina Brayshaw sealing a sensational victory in the women's quadruple sculls on Wednesday.
Speaking after today's silver, Griffith blamed himself for getting it wrong at the finish.
'I don't know, I made a mistake on the line and that's racing for you,' he said. 'Olympic silver medallists, I'm so proud of what we did.
'We had a great start and had a great first 1500m honestly, just on the last four strokes it was a case of winning or losing unfortunately.
'I can't fault the passion and grit and result that we've gone through as a pair and I've enjoyed the ride and every second of it.'
George added: 'I don't think I want to watch that back it was so close. We did an awesome race and did exactly what we said we wanted to do and we're proud of what we achieved. These things happen.
'A lot was made of us after the semi-finals and we came in as favourites. All season whenever we've won we've reminded ourselves that we're going to be hunted and we tried to go well and we did, just three strokes short. I'm proud.'
Great Britain's Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding also claimed bronze in the men's synchronised 3m springboard final.
In Tokyo Laugher managed to clinch a bronze in the individual event but did not medal in the synchro competition.
This time the pair occupied a podium position from the first round, bouncing between second and third throughout the competition.
However, the colour of their medal was confirmed in the final round with a brilliant dive scoring 94.62.
China's Zongyuan Wang and Daoyi Long finished with gold, while Mexico's Juan Manuel Celaya Hernandez and Osmar Olvera Ibarra took silver.
Fan favourite Tom Daley was again pictured crocheting in the background, as the team celebrated.
All the British divers who have so far competed in the games have come away with a medal.
Slovakia's Tamara Potocka is taken on stretcher from the pool deck after collapsing following a heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024
Slovakian athlete Tamara Potocká collapsed after completing a swim at the Olympic Games this morning
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.
