Page wins Team GB’s first trampoline gold

Bryony Page won Great Britain’s first trampoline Olympic gold to complete her set of a medal of every colour.

The 33-year-old, who took silver at Rio 2016 for what was the nation’s first Olympic trampoline medal, followed that up with bronze at Tokyo 2020 before taking the ultimate prize in Paris with 56.480 points.

Two-time individual world champion Page had her head in her hands and looked in disbelief at Bercy Arena when her score beat Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, who took silver, with Canada’s Sophiane Methot in bronze.

Bardzilouskaya’s silver was the first medal won at the Paris Games by a member of of the Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) team, set up for approved Russian and Belarusian athletes after their countries were banned because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

After qualifying for the eight-woman final with the fifth best score, Page had to wait until seventh of the eight gymnasts to compete and her victory was confirmed when the final gymnast Hu Yicheng of China bounced off the trampoline early in her routine.

Page, who has said she dreams of joining the circus when she retires, flew high and entertained the audience with a routine packed with a high level of difficulty that she executed with style, staying close to the centre of the trampoline throughout.

Defending champion Zhu Xueying came fourth.