Paris 2024 Olympics: Hodgkinson crowned new queen of British athletics

KEELY HODGKINSON became the new queen of British athletics by taking Olympic gold with a commanding performance in the women's 800m at the Stade de France.

The brilliant 22-year-old Leigh Harrier ran the race on her terms, hitting the front early on and setting the tempo throughout.

Heading into the final straight, Hodgkinson still had Kenyan world champion Mary Moraa for company - but kicked on to finish clear of her rivals and become only the ninth British female ever to win an Olympic athletics title.

That glorious moment arrived shortly after Team GB won its first gold medal in well over 48 hours as the British track cycling team started in the velodrome with a bang.

Remarkably, considering the fine reputation in Olympic cycling, Great Britain had never won the women's team sprint - and did not even make an entry in the event at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020+1.

However, the emergence of Emma Finucane changed everything - and the finest women's sprinter currently racing anchored a world record-breaking time of 45.186 seconds alongside Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell.

It ended a sequence of three silver medals and nine bronze without a gold between Saturday afternoon and Monday afternoon.

But, despite that mini-drought in terms of gold medals, there were actually four Olympic champions for Team GB crowned in the preceding 24 hours between Friday and Saturday morning.

First, in rowing, Emily Craig and Imogen Grant dealt with the pressure of being overwhelming favourites ahead of the last ever staging of the lightweight double sculls event.

Any pressure did not show, though, as the partnership comfortably retained their three-year unbeaten record since the final in the same event at Tokyo 2020+1.

There, Craig and Grant agonisingly finished fourth - and outside of the medals by 0.01 seconds in a photo finish - but Craig then mounted that very photograph on her living room wall, and it clearly served as ample motivation.

Later on Friday, Bryony Page bounced her way to trampolining glory to become the first ever British woman to win a gymnastics gold medal in any discipline.

And Scott Brash, Harry Charles and Ben Maher were also jumping for joy - literally - after becoming Olympic champions in the team jumping element of equestrian on Hello Jefferson, Romeo 88 and Point Break.

Rounding off the rowing regatta on Saturday, Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford, and cox Harry Brightmore overcame the Netherlands to regain the men's eight Olympic title for Team GB.

So, certainly, the rowing at National Olympic Nautical Stadium produced far more fruitful outcomes than the extremely disappointing performance by British boats in the sport in Tokyo 2020+1, where only one silver medal and one bronze medal were won.

On top of the three gold medals mentioned above and the two silver medals mentioned later in this write-up, British boats took bronze in the women's double sculls, men's coxless four, and women's eight.

Meanwhile, across the weekend, Great Britain continued to collect plenty of other medals across a number of sports, though particularly in those where there was water involved.

In the pool, Duncan Scott and Ben Proud took silver medals in the men's 50m freestyle and men's 200m individual medley respectively.

And Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding claimed bronze in the 3m springboard to ensure that Team GB won medals in all four synchronised diving events at the same Olympics for the first time ever.

Elsewhere, in the men's event at Le Golf National, there was a fine silver medal for Tommy Fleetwood as he carded a five-under 66 in his final round to finish just one shot shy of world number one Scottie Scheffler.

Additionally, equestrian brought in another couple of bronze medals through the efforts of Lottie Fry on her mount Glamourdalec in the team dressage alongside the experienced Carl Hester on Fame and Olympic first-timer Becky Moody on Jagerbomb.

Fry herself then also finished third for a bronze medal in the individual dressage competition.

Of course, it is the track-and-field programme which dominates the calendar in the second half of an Olympic Games - and, among the 41 athletics gold medals to be won in the Stade de France, the crowning of the fastest man on the planet is usually seen as the blue ribbon event.

That man is now Noah Lyles who beat Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by five-thousands of a second (0.005) to win the men's 100m Olympic gold medal in a truly incredible photo finish.

The 27-year-old American surged through from last to first in the second half of a sensational race in which all eight competitors broke the 10-second barrier for the first time in the history of the event.

In the end, 100m came down to millimetres - and was determined by a more desperate lunge for the line by Lyles than Thompson.

The women's 100m final was also pretty close - decided by 0.15 seconds as Julien Aldred of the Caribbean island of St Lucia beat American pair Sha'Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson to win her nation's first ever Olympic medal of any type.

Daryll Neita was fourth for Team GB, just four-hundredths of a second away from taking bronze - and it has certainly been an Olympic Games of fine margins for many British competitors.

Sometimes, it has worked out in Team GB's favour - for, that is something to which BMX rider Tom Pidcock, triathlete Alex Yee and the women's quadruple sculls team in rowing can attest.

But, in the triathlon mixed relay featuring Yee and his team-mates Sam Dickinson, Georgia Taylor and Beth Potter, a silver medal turned into bronze following another photo finish.

Back in the rowing, the Netherlands got their revenge for the their dramatic defeat in the quadruple sculls by beating Great Britain in the women's four with a similar comeback.

And that meant Helen Glover was unable to add a third gold medal to the two which she had won at London 2012 and Rio 2016 alongside Heather Stanning in the women's pair.

Similarly, Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George had to settle for a silver medal in the men's pair after being caught on the line by Croatia.

In the gymnastics arena too, there have been some extremely tight calls with 22-year-old Jake Jarman taking a bronze medal in the men's floor final, having been just 0.067 points away from gold.

Jarman made a fine Olympic debut - and alongside another debutant, 20-year-old Harry Hepworth who took bronze in the vault final, British men's gymnastics looks in safe hands following the retirement of long-time standard bearer Max Whitlock.

Of course, in sports such as gymnastics and diving where the ultimate outcome is determined by a set of judges, experience can count for a lot and that is a hard lesson which will have been learned by 19-year-old Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix.

The daughter of First Dates maître d' Fred Sirieux qualified for the final in third place - but a series of early errors in the final itself left her fruitlessly playing catch-up.

Then again, sometimes, the competition is simply too hot - and sometimes the whole event is simply too unpredictable.

Staged on white water rapids, Joe Clarke and Kimberley Woods entered the new Olympic discipline of kayak cross as world number one in the men's rankings and women's rankings respectively.

True to form, both Clarke and Woods reached the medal finals - but, in the men's event, Clarke found himself hampered at the start and took silver.

Then, in the women's event, Woods was crashed into when leading, though did at least collect a second bronze medal of the Games.

Finally, sometimes, the officials get it horribly wrong and there is nothing which can be done about it.

In a tense women's skeet shooting final, Amber Rutter was tied with Chile's Crovetto Chadid after making 55 shots out of 60, meaning extra shots were required.

The pair could not be separated after three further shots when, in a moment of contention, Rutter was called to have missed a shot which slow motion replays appeared to show she hit.

Despite protesting, there was no provision for a video review and the judges did not overturn the decision - and so Rutter was denied the chance to add to Britain's gold total after Chadid fired the winning shots.

Certainly then, it was a frustrating weekend at times for Team GB - but it is perhaps more of an indication of just how many medal opportunities are being created by this excellent squad.

Indeed, the overall Team GB tally of 42 medals at the close of Day 10 was better than it stood at that stage of the Games at London 2012 (40), Rio 2016 (41) and Tokyo 2020+1 (35).

And, while the number of gold medal winners at the end of 5 August was somewhat down on 2012 (18) and 2016 (12), the usually medal-rich track cycling events had been completed in both of those previous editions.

By contrast, this time, the action in the velodrome has only just begun - and form again suggests it will provide a regular source of medals. 

PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

MEDAL TABLE

Pos	Updated 07/08/2024 21:35	G	S	B	TOTAL
1	UNITED STATES (USA)	26	35	32	93
2	CHINA (CHN)	25	23	17	65
3	AUSTRALIA (AUS)	18	12	9	41
4	FRANCE (FRA)	13	16	20	49
5	GREAT BRITAIN & NI (GBR)	12	17	20	49
6	JAPAN (JPN)	12	6	13	31
7	SOUTH KOREA (KOR)	11	8	7	26
8	ITALY (ITA)	9	10	8	27
9	NETHERLANDS (NED)	9	5	6	20
10	GERMANY (GER)	8	5	4	17
11	CANADA (CAN)	6	4	9	19
12	IRELAND (IRL)	4	0	3	7
13	NEW ZEALAND (NZL)	3	6	1	10
14	ROMANIA (ROU)	3	4	1	8
15	HUNGARY (HUN)	3	3	2	8
15	SWEDEN (SWE)	3	3	2	8
17	BRAZIL (BRA)	2	5	7	14
18	SPAIN (ESP)	2	3	6	11
19	UKRAINE (UKR)	2	2	3	7
20	CROATIA (CRO)	2	1	3	6
21	BELGIUM (BEL)	2	0	3	5
22	HONG KONG (HKG)	2	0	2	4
23	PHILIPPINES (PHI)	2	0	1	3
24	AZERBAIJAN (AZE)	2	0	0	2
24	SERBIA (SRB)	2	0	0	2
26	ISRAEL (ISR)	1	4	1	6
27	JAMAICA (JAM)	1	3	1	5
28	SWITZERLAND (SUI)	1	2	4	7
29	KAZAKHSTAN (KAZ)	1	2	3	6
30	THAILAND (THA)	1	2	2	5
31	GEORGIA (GEO)	1	2	1	4
32	DENMARK (DEN)	1	2	0	3
33	GREECE (GRE)	1	1	5	7
34	POLAND (POL)	1	1	4	6
35	KENYA (KEN)	1	1	3	5
36	SOUTH AFRICA (RSA)	1	1	2	4
37	CHILE (CHI)	1	1	0	2
37	ECUADOR (ECU)	1	1	0	2
37	ST LUCIA (LCA)	1	1	0	2
37	UGANDA (UGA)	1	1	0	2
41	CHINESE TAIPEI (TPE)	1	0	4	5
42	CUBA (CUB)	1	0	2	2
42	IRAN (IRI)	1	0	2	3
42	UZBEKISTAN (UZB)	1	0	2	3
45	CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE)	1	0	1	2
45	GUATEMALA (GUA)	1	0	1	2
45	NORWAY (NOR)	1	0	1	2
48	ALGERIA (ALG)	1	0	0	1
48	ARGENTINA (ARG)	1	0	0	1
48	BAHRAIN (BRN)	1	0	0	1
48	DOMINICA (DMA)	1	0	0	1
48	MOROCCO (MAR)	1	0	0	1
48	SLOVENIA (SLO)	1	0	0	1
54	NORTH KOREA (PRK)	0	2	3	5
55	ARMENIA (ARM)	0	2	1	3
55	MEXICO (MEX)	0	2	1	3
57	ETHIOPIA (ETH)	0	2	0	2
58	KYRGYZSTAN (KGZ)	0	1	3	4
58	TURKEY (TUR)	0	1	3	4
60	LITHUANIA (LTU)	0	1	2	3
61	KOSOVO (KOS)	0	1	1	2
61	TUNISIA (TUN)	0	1	1	2
63	COLOMBIA (COL)	0	1	0	1
63	CYPRUS (CYP)	0	1	0	1
63	FIJI (FIJ)	0	1	0	1
63	MONGOLIA (MNG)	0	1	0	1
67	INDIA (IND)	0	0	3	3
67	TAJIKSTAN (TJK)	0	0	3	3
69	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (DOM)	0	0	2	2
69	MALAYSIA (MAS)	0	0	2	2
69	MOLDOVA (MDA)	0	0	2	2
72	AUSTRIA (AUT)	0	0	1	1
72	CAPE VERDE (CPV)	0	0	1	1
72	EGYPT (EGY)	0	0	1	1
72	GRENADA (GRN)	0	0	1	1
72	INDONESIA (INA)	0	0	1	1
72	PERU (PER)	0	0	1	1
72	PORTUGAL (POR)	0	0	1	1
72	SLOVAKIA (SVK)	0	0	1	1
72	ZAMBIA (ZAM)	0	0	1	1

MEDAL ROLL OF HONOUR
TEAM GB

		GOLD
1	29-Jul	Rosalind Canter (Lordships Graffalo) Laura Collett (London 52) Tom McEwen (JL Dublin)	Equestrian	Team eventing
2	29-Jul	Tom Pidcock	Cycling	Men's mountain bike cross-country
3	30-Jul	Nathan Hales	Shooting	Men's trap
4	30-Jul	Matt Richards Duncan Scott Tom Dean James Guy Kieran Bird James McMillan	Swimming	Men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay
5	31-Jul	Alex Yee	Triathlon	Men's event
6	31-Jul	Lauren Henry Hannah Scott Lola Anderson Georgie Brayshaw	Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls
7	02-Aug	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Rowing	Women's lightweight double sculls
8	02-Aug	Bryony Page	Gymnastics	Women's trampoline
9	02-Aug	Scott Brash (Hello Jefferson) Ben Maher (Point Break) Harry Charles (Romeo 88)	Equestrian	Team jumping
10	03-Aug	Sholto Carnegie Rory Gibbs Morgan Bolding Jacob Dawson Charlie Elwes Tom Digby James Rudkin Tom Ford Harry Brightmore (cox)	Rowing	Men's eight
11	05-Aug	Sophie Capewell Emma Finucane Katy Marchant	Cycling	Women's team sprint
12	05-Aug	Keely Hodgkinson	Athletics	Women's 800m

		SILVER
1	27-Jul	Anna Henderson	Cycling	Women's road time trial
2	28-Jul	Adam Peaty	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
3	29-Jul	Tom Daley Noah Williams	Diving	Men's synchronised 10m platform
4	29-Jul	Adam Burgess	Canoeing	Men's C-1 canoe slalom
5	29-Jul	Matt Richards	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle
6	31-Jul	Kieran Reilly	Cycling	Men's BMX freestyle
7	01-Aug	Helen Glover Esme Booth Sam Redgrave Rebecca Shorten	Rowing	Women's four
8	02-Aug	Ollie Wynne-Griffith Tom George	Rowing	Men's pair
9	02-Aug	Ben Proud	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle
10	02-Aug	Duncan Scott	Swimming	Men's 200m individual medley
11	04-Aug	Amber Rutter	Shooting	Women's skeet
12	04-Aug	Tommy Fleetwood	Golf	Men's event
13	05-Aug	Joe Clarke	Canoeing	Men's kayak cross
14	06-Aug	Jack Carlin Ed Lowe Hamish Turnbull	Cycling	Men's team sprint
15	06-Aug	Josh Kerr	Athletics	Men's 1500m
16	07-Aug	Dan Bigham Ethan Hayter Ethan Vernon Ollie Wood Charlie Tanfield	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
17	07-Aug	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Athletics	Men's 400m

		BRONZE
1	27-Jul	Yasmin Harper Scarlett Mew Jensen	Diving	Women's synchronised 3m springboard
2	28-Jul	Kimberley Woods	Canoeing	Women's K-1 canoe slalom
3	29-Jul	Laura Collett (London 52)	Equestrian	Individual eventing
4	31-Jul	Beth Potter	Triathlon	Women's event
5	31-Jul	Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix Lois Toulson	Diving	Women's synchronised 10m platform
6	01-Aug	Becky Wilde Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne	Rowing	Women's double sculls
7	01-Aug	Oli Wilkes David Ambler Matt Aldridge Freddie Davidson	Rowing	Men's four
8	02-Aug	Anthony Harding Jack Laugher	Diving	Men's synchronised 3m springboard
9	03-Aug	Heidi Long Rowan McKellar Holly Dunford Emily Ford Lauren Irwin Eve Stewart Hattie Taylor Annie Campbell-Orde Henry Fieldman (cox)	Rowing	Women's eight
10	03-Aug	Emma Wilson	Sailing	Women's IQFoil
11	03-Aug	Lottie Fry (Glamourdalec) Carl Hester (Fame) Becky Moody (Jagerbomb)	Equestrian	Team dressage
12	03-Aug	Jake Jarman	Gymnastics	Men's floor
13	03-Aug	Sam Reardon Laviai Nielsen Alex Haydock-Wilson Amber Anning Nicole Yeargin (heats)	Athletics	Mixed 4 x 400m relay
14	04-Aug	Lottie Fry (Glamourdalec)	Equestrian	Individual dressage
15	04-Aug	Harry Hepworth	Gymnastics	Men's vault
16	05-Aug	Alex Yee Georgia Taylor-Brown Sam Dickinson Beth Potter	Triathlon	Mixed relay event
17	05-Aug	Kimberley Woods	Canoeing	Women's kayak cross
18	06-Aug	Sky Brown	Skateboarding	Women's park
19	06-Aug	Lewis Richardson	Boxing	Men's welterweight
20	07-Aug	Elinor Barker Josie Knight Anna Morris Jess Roberts	Cycling	Women's team pursuit

Paris 2024 Olympics: Flurry of gold for Team GB

GREAT BRITAIN won two gold medals in an extraordinary 15 minutes on Day Five of the 2024 Summer Olympics to move up to fifth in the medal table. 

On the streets of Paris, Alex Yee fell 14 seconds behind New Zealand's Hayden Wilde in the men's triathlon as the bell rang out to signal the last lap in the 10km run.

It looked at that stage as if Yee would have to settle for a second successive Olympic silver medal in the men's individual competition - but the 26-year-old from Lewisham saved enough energy for a sprint finish.

With just a few corners to go, Yee strode past Wilde and towards a truly remarkable - and delayed - triumph.

Nevertheless, it was well worth the wait following a 24-hour postponement of the men's event being caused by the water quality in the River Seine not meeting the required standards for the swimming leg.

Now, if that was not enough drama for one morning, the Stade Nautique in Vaires-sur-Marne was the source of a second astonishing Team GB comeback, barely quarter of an hour after Yee crossed the line.

Trailing the Netherlands boat for all except the last few metres of the 2000m course in the women's quadruple sculls, the British boat was a half-length behind with just 200m to go.

However, as the race reached the red buoys marking the last 100m, the quartet of Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw and Hannah Scott began their surge.

As the finish line approached, inside the last 5m, the boats were effectively level but making alternative strokes - and the contest concluded in a photo finish.

Incredibly, it showed the final British stroke towards the line was decisive - and confirmed a sixth gold for a Team GB squad which has won medals on every day of the Games so far.

The very first arrived before 11am on Day One as Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen won bronze in the women's 3m springboard diving.

Indeed, diving has again been a fruitful source of medals for Team GB at these Olympics with First Dates maître d' Fred Sirieux watching on as his daughter Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix took bronze in the women's 10m platform alongside Lois Toulson.

Between the women's two synchronised medals, Tom Daley secured an emotional fifth medal in five Olympic appearances with a silver after a stunning performance alongside Noah Williams in the men's 10m platform.

Adam Peaty, Anna Henderson and Leam Lane's very own Kieran Reilly also all took silver medals in the men's 100m freestyle breaststroke swimming, the women's road time trial cycling and the men's BMX freestyle finals respectively.

Meanwhile, the award of the biggest prize has hardly been a rare occurrence.

Following an admittedly quiet opening weekend, the first gold medal was not long in coming, having been nicely set up by the three-day eventing team in the equestrian.

Rosalind Canter, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen carried it home to defend the team title on Lordship Graffalo, London 52 and JL Dublin - and, having helped break Team GB's duck, Collett later added a bronze in the individual event.

In the meantime, Tom Pidcock produced a comeback to rank alongside Yee in the triathlon and the women's quadruple sculls in the rowing.

Favourite Pidcock hit the front early on but then suffered a puncture on the fourth lap which appeared to have devastated his race as he resumed in ninth, 36 seconds down on French leader Victor Koretzky.

The 25-year-old from Leeds did not panic, reeling in his opponents one-by-one, and regaining the lead towards the start of the final lap of the 4.4km course.

Roared on by the home crowd, however, Koretzky overtook Pidcock - and so it all came down to the final few metres.

In a wooded section of the course, Pidcock snatched back the lead with just a few corners to go, smashing his way past Koretzky in a dramatic conclusion in which there was contact between the two bikes.

Later, Adam Burgess took silver in the men's canoeing slalom behind a pretty much perfect performance by France's Nicolas Gestin.

Then, on a medal-laden Day Three, Matt Richards also took silver in the men's 200m freestyle swimming despite starting from an outside lane following a poor semi final performance.

By contrast, on a quiet Day Four at the Olympics, there were only two medals - although both of them were gold.

First, in the mid-afternoon, Nathan Hales proved to be a really sharp-shooter by hitting 48 out of 50 targets in the men's trap shooting final to set a new Olympic record.

Then, in the evening in the swimming, the highly-fancied men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay team - James Guy, Tom Dean, Matt Richards, and Duncan Scott - dominated to become the first quartet of the same men to defend an Olympic title in the event.

Altogether, at the close of Day Five, Team GB had won six gold medals, six silver medals and five bronze for a total of 17 - and that compared favourably with the figures at the same stage of previous Games.

At London 2012, Great Britain had won two gold medals and nine in total - while, at Rio 2016, those tallies were three and 12 respectively.

Most recently, at Tokyo 2020+1, Team GB had won five gold medals and 16 in total by the end of Day Five - although different Games have slightly different sports and schedules.

For example, organisers pushed forward the Rugby Sevens in the hope that the decision of Les Bleus' usual XV captain Antoine Dupont to skip the Six Nations for the Olympics would pay off.

It was a huge all-round risk but it paid dividends as France beat Fiji in the men's final at a packed Stade de France to get their Games off to a flier, albeit a somewhat manufactured one.

Still, though, the swimming schedule is almost always in the first week with track-and-field athletics waiting until the second half of the jamboree - and, in the pool, the French have genuinely produced a new Olympic legend.

Leon Marchand followed up his breathtaking performance in the men's 400m individual medley on Day Two by winning both the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke in the space of 20 minutes on Day Five.

Elsewhere, the host nation has also won gold medals in canoeing, fencing and the women's triathlon event through Cassandre Beaugrand, as well as other medals in archery, equestrian and judo. 

France even briefly sat top of the medal table after Marchand's performances - before Pan Zhanle broke the world record in men's 100m freestyle final to send China back to the summit. 

Nevertheless, both France and Great Britain can be extremely satisfied with their efforts so far in these Games - and there is still plenty more to come. 

PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

MEDAL TABLE

Pos	Updated 01/08/2024 22:45	G	S	B	TOTAL
1	CHINA (CHN)	11	7	6	24
2	UNITED STATES (USA)	9	15	13	37
3	FRANCE (FRA)	8	11	8	27
4	AUSTRALIA (AUS)	8	6	4	18
5	JAPAN (JPN)	8	3	5	16
6	GREAT BRITAIN & NI (GBR)	6	7	7	20
7	SOUTH KOREA (KOR)	6	3	3	12
8	ITALY (ITA)	5	7	4	16
9	CANADA (CAN)	3	2	3	8
10	GERMANY (GER)	2	2	2	6
10	NETHERLANDS (NED)	2	2	2	6
12	NEW ZEALAND (NZL)	2	2	1	5
13	ROMANIA (ROU)	2	1	1	4
14	HONG KONG (HKG)	2	0	2	4
15	AZERBAIJAN (AZE)	2	0	0	2
16	HUNGARY (HUN)	1	2	1	4
17	GEORGIA (GEO)	1	2	0	3
18	SOUTH AFRICA (RSA)	1	1	2	4
18	SWEDEN (SWE)	1	1	2	4
20	BELGIUM (BEL)	1	0	2	3
20	IRELAND (IRL)	1	0	2	3
20	KAZAKHSTAN (KAZ)	1	0	2	3
23	CROATIA (CRO)	1	0	1	2
23	GUATEMALA (GUA)	1	0	1	2
23	UZBEKISTAN (UZB)	1	0	1	2
26	ARGENTINA (ARG)	1	0	0	1
26	ECUADOR (ECU)	1	0	0	1
26	SERBIA (SRB)	1	0	0	1
26	SLOVENIA (SLO)	1	0	0	1
30	BRAZIL (BRA)	0	3	3	6
31	NORTH KOREA (PRK)	0	2	0	2
32	SPAIN (ESP)	0	1	3	4
33	POLAND (POL)	0	1	2	3
33	SWITZERLAND (SUI)	0	1	2	3
35	GREECE (GRE)	0	1	1	2
35	ISRAEL (ISR)	0	1	1	2
35	KOSOVO (KOS)	0	1	1	2
35	MEXICO (MEX)	0	1	1	2
35	TURKEY (TUR)	0	1	1	2
35	UKRAINE (UKR)	0	1	1	2
41	FIJI (FIJ)	0	1	0	1
41	MONGOLIA (MNG)	0	1	0	1
41	TUNISIA (TUN)	0	1	0	1
44	INDIA (IND)	0	0	3	3
45	MOLDOVA (MDA)	0	0	2	2
46	AUSTRIA (AUT)	0	0	1	1
46	EGYPT (EGY)	0	0	1	1
46	SLOVAKIA (SVK)	0	0	1	1
46	TAJIKSTAN (TJK)	0	0	1	1

MEDAL ROLL OF HONOUR
TEAM GB

		GOLD
1	29-Jul	Rosalind Canter (Lordships Graffalo) Laura Collett (London 52) Tom McEwen (JL Dublin)	Equestrian	Team eventing
2	29-Jul	Tom Pidcock	Cycling	Men's mountain bike cross-country
3	30-Jul	Nathan Hales	Shooting	Men's trap
4	30-Jul	Matt Richards Duncan Scott Tom Dean James Guy Kieran Bird James McMillan	Swimming	Men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay
5	31-Jul	Alex Yee	Triathlon	Men's event
6	31-Jul	Lauren Henry Hannah Scott Lola Anderson Georgie Brayshaw	Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls

		SILVER
1	27-Jul	Anna Henderson	Cycling	Women's road time trial
2	28-Jul	Adam Peaty	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
3	29-Jul	Tom Daley Noah Williams	Diving	Men's synchronised 10m platform
4	29-Jul	Adam Burgess	Canoeing	Men's C-1 canoe slalom
5	29-Jul	Matt Richards	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle
6	31-Jul	Kieran Reilly	Cycling	Men's BMX freestyle
7	01-Aug	Helen Glover Esme Booth Sam Redgrave Rebecca Shorten	Rowing	Women's four

		BRONZE
1	27-Jul	Yasmin Harper Scarlett Mew Jensen	Diving	Women's synchronised 3m springboard
2	28-Jul	Kimberley Woods	Canoeing	Women's K-1 canoe slalom
3	29-Jul	Laura Collett (London 52)	Equestrian	Individual eventing
4	31-Jul	Beth Potter	Triathlon	Women's event
5	31-Jul	Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix Lois Toulson	Diving	Women's synchronised 10m platform
6	01-Aug	Becky Wilde Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne	Rowing	Women's double sculls
7	01-Aug	Oli Wilkes David Ambler Matt Aldridge Freddie Davidson	Rowing	Men's four

Tokyo 2020+1 - Kennys keep their Golden Touch

JASON KENNY became the outright most successful British Olympian of all time after he won a seventh career Olympic gold medal with victory in the men's Keirin on the last day of action in Tokyo.

Earlier last week, his wife - Closing Ceremony flagbearer Laura Kenny - had become the top female British Olympian by winning her fifth career Olympic gold medal alongside Katie Archibald in the women's Madison. 

And, certainly, on the back of this performance, it can now be said that the supposed demise of British track cycling had been much exaggerated. 

Beyond the Kennys, Matthew Walls became an Olympic champion in the men's Omnium and later added a silver in the Madison alongside Ethan Hayter. Additionally, Jack Carlin continued to show promise by taking bronze in the men's sprint. 

There was not such good news from the Olympic Stadium where Britain failed to win a gold medal in athletics for the first time since the complete flop at the Atlanta Games in 1996.

In fairness, the outcome was not too much of a surprise, especially when big medal chances - heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson (calf) and sprinter Dina Asher-Smith (hamstring) - both pulled up during their events with injuries. 

To her credit, Asher-Smith recovered sufficiently to secure a bronze the 4 x 100m relay alongside Asha Philip, Imani-Lara Lansiquot and Daryll Neita. 

Undoubtedly, though, the men's equivalent event was the closest that Team GB came to athletics gold all week - and it really was painfully close.

CJ Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake ran 37.51 seconds to be beaten by the Italian quartet by one-hundredth of a second. 

It completed a remarkable summer for Italy following triumphs in the Euro 2020+1 Final and, through Marcell Jacobs, a men's 100m Final from which Hughes was disqualified for a false start.

Elsewhere, in the women's 1500m, Laura Muir enjoyed a Tom Daley-esque moment of redemption as she took silver after so many near-misses in the major championships over the years. 

Then, in the men's 1500m, fellow Scot Josh Kerr won bronze in the second-fastest British time ever behind only Mo Farah and ahead of the likes of Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram. 

Kerr, aged 23, should have plenty of majors left in him, hopefully - and so should 19-year-old Keely Hodgkinson who stormed to a shock silver in the women's 800m. 

In her first senior outdoor championship, the Leigh Harrier performed outstandingly in her Final to break the British record set by Kelly Holmes back in 1995. 

Add in Holly Bradshaw's bronze in the pole vault - and, while there was no gold rush (or even a trickle, for that matter), this was a pretty acceptable showing for an athletics cohort in transition and beset by misfortune.

Collectively, of course, Team GB has performed spectacularly well in the last couple of weeks and equalled the tally from London 2012 with 65 medals overall.

That was good enough for fourth place in the medal table behind United States, China and hosts Japan with the Americans only just jumping above the Chinese on the final day. 

A late run of British gold medals held off strong challenges from the team representing Russia, who finished fifth, and sixth-placed Australia.

And, altogether, Team GB won medals in 18 of the 26 sports in which it entered competitors - a greater breadth of sports than any other country in the world.  

Chelsie Giles got the first of the 65 medals with bronze, appropriately enough in the Japanese sport of judo, on the second day - and Lauren Price completed the haul with gold in the middleweight boxing in the last few hours of the final day. 

In between, there were British Olympic champions in no fewer than nine different sports: cycling, swimming, sailing, boxing, equestrian, modern pentathlon, triathlon, diving and gymnastics.

“For this team to deliver 65 medals is absolutely extraordinary,” the Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England said.

"The team has made history on the back of the most complex, challenging and most difficult environments that we will ever face, certainly in my lifetime. And I can say that because I’ve been involved in five or six summer Games.”

Gold medal success for Team GB in modern pentathlon for both Kate French and Joe Choong was particularly impressive, given they were only two gold medals available - while in another multi-sport event, the triathlon, Team GB took medals in all three events, including a gold in the new mixed relay event. 

Indeed, in an encouraging demonstration of adaptability, Team GB performed strongly in several of the new sports and events. 

Charlotte Worthington won the inaugural gold medal in the women's BMX freestyle - and, on the final day of a historic performance in the swimming pool, Britain won the first ever mixed 4 x 100m medley relay through Kathleen Dawson, James Guy, Anna Hopkin - and that man Adam Peaty. 

As well as the women's Madison and the mixed relay in triathlon, mentioned above, there were also medals in the men's BMX freestyle through Kye Whyte, women's skateboarding through 13-year-old Sky Brown, and women's featherweight boxing through Karriss Artingstall.

The women's +87kg weightlifting was also technically a new event - although, in reality, it was simply an adjusted version of the existing heavyweight category. 

Nonetheless, Emily Campbell's silver medal was the first ever won in weightlifting by a British woman, and the first British weightlifting medal of any sort since 1984.

Remarkably - except for the opening day - there were medals for Team GB on each and every day of Tokyo 2020+1. 

Day 11 on Tuesday 3 August was particularly special, producing eight medals which coincidentally matched the total from day 11 of both London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. 

To begin, Britain woke up to sailing gold medals in the 49er and Finn categories for Stuart Bithell and Dylan Fletcher, and Giles Scott respectively following a series of ridiculously tight races. 

Meanwhile, there was a silver medal in the Enoshima Yacht Harbour for John Gimson and Anna Burnet in the mixed nacra 17 class. 

In the velodrome, there were also silver medals for Archibald, Laura Kenny, Elinor Barker, Neah Evans and Josie Knight in the women's team pursuit, and for Carlin, Jason Kenny and Ryan Owens in the men's team sprint. 

But the medal rush did not stop there. At breakfast time in the UK, Birtley boxer Pat McCormack took a fourth Team GB silver of the day in the men's welterweight and Jack Laugher secured a bronze in the 3m springboard diving.

Finally, there was that athletics medal for the teenager Hodgkinson, a fifth Team GB silver of the day.

The following day - Wednesday 4 August - could not quite live up to those incredible standards but still produced five medals including another sailing gold, this time for Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre in the women's 470 class. 

Benjamin Whittaker and Frazer Clarke won silver and bronze boxing medals at light heavyweight and super heavyweight respectively, a few hours after skateboarder Brown had become Britain's youngest ever Olympic medal winner. 

Strangely, despite a generally impressive Games, it looked like boxing gold might somehow elude the male Team GB competitors. 

However, on the penultimate day of competition, Birmingham flyweight Galal Yafai completed the domination of his weight division.

Of course, there are some Olympians who, it felt, seemed simply destined to make it onto the podium. 

Max Whitlock defended his pommel horse title to become the most successful British gymnast in Games history - and top all-time British diver Tom Daley added a bronze in the 10m platform to the gold which he won with Matty Lee in the synchronised event. 

In equestrian, following the dressage success for Charlotte Dujardin, Team GB continued to produce the goods. 

Tom McEwen won gold in team eventing alongside Laura Collett and Oliver Townend - and won silver in the individual category on Toledo De Kerser. Ben Maher won gold in the jumping event on Explosion W. 

Other reliable medal shouts came on the water in canoeing where Liam Heath picked up his fourth career Olympic medal in the K1 200m sprint - and from women's field hockey team which has now won medals at the last three Olympics.

True, in the hockey, there was disappointment initially as eventual winners Netherlands got revenge for the defeat in the 2016 Final in Rio de Janeiro with a comprehensive 5-1 semi final win. 

However, the Team GB squad held its nerve to secure third place in a dramatic 4-3 win against India.

For sure, though, this Olympics - from a British perspective - belongs to the Kennys and their phenomenal achievements, and Britain will certainly miss them when they are gone.

Their fierce determination and prestigious talent is further augmented by their delightfully modest attitude and low-key approach to publicity. 

After all, when asked how they are going to celebrate their Record Games, Jason Kenny suggested that a quiet night with their three-year-old son, Albie, is probably going to be as wild as it is going to get.

“Just being home is the plan,” he said. “Being fair with Albie, we haven’t seen him for two weeks now. It’s the longest we’ve ever been away from him."

Little Albie - who has been staying with grandparents - will not realise yet but his parents are both British sporting legends.

The Kennys truly are Britain's Golden Couple. 

🔴MEDAL TABLE Final standings • BBC closing montage

Pos		G	S	B	TOTAL
1	UNITED STATES (USA)	39	41	33	113
2	CHINA (CHN)	38	32	18	88
3	JAPAN (JPN)	27	14	17	58
4	GREAT BRITAIN (GBR)	22	21	22	65
5	RUSSIAN OLYMPIC TEAM (ROC)	20	28	23	71
6	AUSTRALIA (AUS)	17	7	22	46
7	NETHERLANDS (NED)	10	12	14	36
8	FRANCE (FRA)	10	12	11	33
9	GERMANY (GER)	10	11	16	37
10	ITALY (ITA)	10	10	20	40
11	CANADA (CAN)	7	6	11	24
12	BRAZIL (BRA)	7	6	8	21
13	NEW ZEALAND (NZL)	7	6	7	20
14	CUBA (CUB)	7	3	5	15
15	HUNGARY (HUN)	6	7	7	20
16	SOUTH KOREA (KOR)	6	4	10	20
17	POLAND (POL)	4	5	5	14
18	CZECH REPUBLIC (CZE)	4	4	3	11
19	KENYA (KEN)	4	4	2	10
20	NORWAY (NOR)	4	2	2	8
21	JAMAICA (JAM)	4	1	4	9
22	SPAIN (ESP)	3	8	6	17
23	SWEDEN (SWE)	3	6	0	9
24	SWITZERLAND (SUI)	3	4	6	13
25	DENMARK (DEN)	3	4	4	11
26	CROATIA (CRO)	3	3	2	8
27	IRAN (IRI)	3	2	2	7
28	SERBIA (SRB)	3	1	5	9
29	BELGIUM (BEL)	3	1	3	7
30	BULGARIA (BUL)	3	1	2	6
31	SLOVENIA (SLO)	3	1	1	5
32	UZBEKISTAN (UZB)	2	0	2	4
33	GEORGIA (GEO)	2	5	1	8
34	CHINESE TAIPEI (TPE)	2	4	6	12
35	TURKEY (TUR)	2	2	9	13
36	GREECE (GER)	2	1	1	4
36	UGANDA (UGA)	2	1	1	4
38	ECUADOR (ECU)	2	1	0	3
39	IRELAND (IRL)	2	0	2	3
39	ISRAEL (ISR)	2	0	2	4
41	QATAR (QAT)	2	0	1	3
42	BAHAMAS (BAH)	2	0	0	2
42	KOSOVO (KOS)	2	0	0	2
44	UKRAINE (UKR)	1	6	12	19
45	BELARUS (BLR)	1	3	3	7
46	ROMANIA (ROU)	1	3	0	4
46	VENEZUELA (VEN)	1	3	0	4
48	INDIA (IND)	1	2	4	7
49	HONG KONG (HKG)	1	2	3	6
50	PHILIPPINES (PHI)	1	2	1	4
50	SLOVAKIA (SVK)	1	2	1	4
52	SOUTH AFRICA (RSA)	1	2	0	3
53	AUSTRIA (AUT)	1	1	5	7
54	EGYPT (EGY)	1	1	4	6
55	INDONESIA (INA)	1	1	3	5
56	ETHIOPIA (ETH)	1	1	2	4
56	PORTUGAL (POR)	1	1	2	4
58	TUNISIA (TUN)	1	1	0	2
59	ESTONIA (EST)	1	0	1	2
59	FIJI (FIJ)	1	0	1	2
59	LATVIA (LAT)	1	0	1	2
59	THAILAND (THA)	1	0	1	2
63	BERMUDA (BER)	1	0	0	1
63	MOROCCO (MAR)	1	0	0	1
63	PUERTO RICO (PUR)	1	0	0	1
66	COLOMBIA (COL)	0	4	1	5
67	AZERBAIJAN (AZE)	0	3	4	7
68	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (DOM)	0	3	2	5
69	ARMENIA (ARM)	0	2	2	4
70	KYRGYZSTAN (KGZ)	0	2	1	3
71	MONGOLIA (MGL)	0	1	3	4
72	ARGENTINA (ARG)	0	1	2	3
72	SAN MARINO (SMR)	0	1	2	3
74	JORDAN (JOR)	0	1	1	2
74	MALAYSIA (MAS)	0	1	1	2
74	NIGERIA (NGR)	0	1	1	2
77	BAHRAIN (BAH)	0	1	0	1
77	SAUDI ARABIA (KSA)	0	1	0	1
77	LITHUANIA (LTU)	0	1	0	1
77	NORTH MACEDONIA (MKD)	0	1	0	1
77	NAMIBIA (NAM)	0	1	0	1
77	TURKMENISTAN (TKM)	0	1	0	1
83	KAZAKHSTAN (KAZ)	0	0	8	8
84	MEXICO (MEX)	0	0	4	4
85	FINLAND (FIN)	0	0	2	2
86	BOTSWANA (BOT)	0	0	1	1
86	BURKINA FASO (BUR)	0	0	1	1
86	IVORY COAST (CIV)	0	0	1	1
86	GHANA (GHA)	0	0	1	1
86	GRENADA (GRN)	0	0	1	1
86	KUWAIT (KUW)	0	0	1	1
86	MOLDOVA (MDA)	0	0	1	1
86	SYRIA (SYR)	0	0	1	1

🔴TEAM GB MEDALS 22 GOLD • 21 SILVER • 22 BRONZE • TOTAL 65

GOLD • BBC montage

26-July	Tom Pidcock	Cycling	Men's cross-country	Report
26-July	Tom Daley Matty Lee	Diving	Men's synchornised 10m platform	Report
26-July	Adam Peaty	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke	Report
27-July	Tom Dean	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle	Report
28-July	Tom Dean James Guy Matt Richards Duncan Scott [Callum Jarvis]	Swimming	Men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay	Report
30-July	Bethany Shriever	Cycling	Women's BMX racing	Report
31-July	Jess Learmonth Jonathan Brownlee Georgia Taylor-Brown Alex Yee	Triathlon	Mixed relay	Report
31-July	Kathleen Dawson James Guy Adam Peaty Anna Hopkin [Freya Anderson]	Swimming	Mixed 4 x 100m medley relay	Report
01-August	Charlotte Worthington	Cycling	Women's BMX freestyle	Report
01-August	Max Whitlock	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	Report
02-August	Laura Collett Tom McEwen Oliver Townend	Equestrian	Team eventing	Report
03-August	Stuart Bithell Dylan Fletcher	Sailing	49er	Report
03-August	Giles Scott	Sailing	Finn	Report
04-August	Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre	Sailing	Women's 470	Report
04-August	Ben Maher	Equestrian	Individual jumping	Report
05-August	Matthew Walls	Cycling	Men's Omnium	Report
06-August	Katie Archibald Laura Kenny	Cycling	Women's Madison	Report
06-August	Kate French	Modern pentathlon	Women's individual	Report
07-August	Galal Yafai	Boxing	Men's flyweight	Report
07-August	Joe Choong	Modern pentathlon	Men's individual	Report
08-August	Jason Kenny	Cycling	Men's Keirin	Report
08-August	Lauren Price	Boxing	Women's middleweight	Report

SILVER

25-July	Bradly Sinden	Taekwondo	Men's -68kg	Report
26-July	Lauren Williams	Taekwondo	Women's -67kg	Report
26-July	Alex Yee	Triathlon	Men's individual	Report
27-July	Duncan Scott	Swimming	Men's 200m freestyle	Report
27-July	Georgia Taylor-Brown	Triathlon	Women's individual	Report
28-July	Tom Barras Jack Beaumont Angus Groom Harry Leask	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	Report
29-July	Mallory Franklin	Canoeing	Women's C-1	Report
30-July	Duncan Scott	Swimming	Men's 200m individual medley	Report
30-July	Kye Whyte	Cycling	Men's BMX racing	Report
01-August	Luke Greenbank James Guy Duncan Scott Adam Peaty [James Wilby]	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100m medley relay	Report
02-August	Tom McEwen	Equestrian	Individual eventing	Report
02-August	Emily Campbell	Weightlifting	Women's +87kg	Report
03-August	John Gimson Anna Burnet	Sailing	Mixed Nacra 17	Report
03-August	Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Neah Evans Laura Kenny Josie Knight	Cycling	Women's team pursuit	Report
03-August	Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens	Cycling	Men's team sprint	Report
03-August	Pat McCormack	Boxing	Men's welterweight	Report
03-August	Keely Hodgkinson	Athletics	Women's 800m	Report
04-August	Benjamin Whittaker	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	Report
06-August	Laura Muir	Athletics	Women's 1500m	Report
06-August	Chijndu Ujah Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Athletics	Men's 4 x 100m relay	Report
07-August	Ethan Hayter Matthew Walls	Cycling	Men's Madison	Report

BRONZE

25-July	Chelsie Giles	Judo	Women's 52kg	Report
27-July	Bianca Walkden	Taekwondo	Women's +67kg	Report
27-July	Jennifer Gadirova Jessica Gadirova Alice Kinsella Amelie Morgan	Gymnastics	Women's team all-round	Report
27-July	Charlotte Dujardin Charlotte Fry Carl Hester	Equestrian	Team dressage	Report
28-July	Charlotte Dujardin	Equestrian	Individual dressage	Report
29-July	Matthew Coward-Holley	Shooting	Men's trap	Report
30-July	see below [1]	Rowing	Men's eight	Report
30-July	Luke Greenbank	Swimming	Men's 200m backstroke	Report
30-July	Bryony Page	Gymnastics	Women's trampoline	Report
31-July	Emma Wilson	Sailing	Women's RS:X	Report
31-July	Karriss Artingstall	Boxing	Women's featherweight	Report
01-August	Declan Brooks	Cycling	Men's BMX freestyle	Report
03-August	Jack Laugher	Diving	Men's 3m springboard	Report
04-August	Sky Brown	Skateboarding	Women's park	Report
04-August	Frazer Clarke	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight	Report
05-August	Liam Heath	Canoeing	Men's K1 200m	Report
05-August	Holly Bradshaw	Athletics	Women's pole vault	Report
06-August	see below [2]	Field hockey	Women's tournament	Report
06-August	Jack Carlin	Cycling	Men's sprint	Report
06-August	Asha Philip Imani Lansiquot Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita	Athletics	Women's 4 x 100m relay	Report
07-August	Tom Daley	Diving	Men's 10m platform	Report
07-August	Josh Kerr	Athletics	Men's 1500m	Report

[1] Men's eight Josh Bugajski, Jacob Dawson, Charles Elwes, Thomas Ford, Thomas George, James Rudkin, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Henry Fieldman (cox)
[2] Women's field hockey team Giselle Ansley, Grace Balsdon, Fiona Crackles, Maddie Hinch, Sarah Jones, Hannah Martin, Shona McCallin, Lily Owsley, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Izzy Petter, Ellie Rayer, Sarah Robertson, Anna Toman, Susannah Townsend, Laura Unsworth, Leah Wilkinson