Five more medals for GB and Biles sparkles – top five stories from Paris

Team GB added five more medals, including one gold, on day eight of the Olympics to take their total medal haul up to 32.

The 10th British gold of Paris 2024 was won in the men’s rowing eights, and puts them fifth in the medal table.

The women’s eights won a hard-earned bronze, as the rowing team reached historic heights in the French capital.

GB’s equestrian team continued their impressive Games with a medal in the team dressage, although they missed out on the golden clean sweep.

In the Gymnastics, American superstar Simone Biles won her third gold of the Games in the vault, while Team Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan became the new Olympic pommel horse champion.

GB’s Max Whitlock missed out on a history-making medal in the same final, but there was success for Jake Jarman who claimed bronze on floor.

There was also bronze for Emma Wilson in the windsurfing, Great Britain’s first sailing medal at Paris 2024.

However, she was disappointed to miss out on gold having dominated the earlier rounds and made her feelings known after the final, saying she was “done with the sport”.

Meanwhile, there were mixed fortunes on the track, as Louie Hinchliffe won his men’s 100m heat – but team-mate Jeremiah Azu was disqualified.

In the pool, Adam Peaty made his return following a positive Covid test as GB aim for medals in the relays as the swimming action approaches a conclusion.

Earlier in the archery, 16-year-old Brit Megan Havers – the youngest archer competing at the Olympics – was beaten by number one seed Lim Si-hyeon in the women’s individual competition.

The final day of rowing competition at the 2024 Games brought medals for Team GB in both blue riband events.

Firstly, the women’s eights took bronze after a close battle with Canada, who won silver while Romania ran away with gold.

Then came the men, who were neck and neck with the Netherlands at the halfway mark before charging away in the final 500m to emulate the gold they won in this event in 2016.

Cox Harry Brightmore was on his feet in the boat, pointing out each of the eight rowers to congratulate them on their achievement.

This was GB’s eighth rowing medal in Paris, making it their best medal tally for an overseas games. They won nine at 2012, and eight in 1908 – both in London.

Legendary American gymnast Simone Biles and Team Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan both win gold as Great Britain’s Max Whitlock misses out on a medal.

Biles secured her third Olympic gold of the Paris Games when she took the vault title on Saturday in emphatic fashion, with her two attempts scoring an average of 15.300.

The 27-year-old reclaimed another of the titles she first won at Rio 2016, having lost them in Tokyo when she pulled out of several events with the ‘twisties’.

McClenaghan, 25, added to his two world championship titles, three European golds and one commonwealth gold by becoming Olympic champion on pommel horse.

The gymnast, from Northern Ireland, posted 15.533 to edge out Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov (15.433) and American Stephen Nedoroscik (15.300).

Defending champion Whitlock, who was going for an unprecedented fourth consecutive medal on the same gymnastics apparatus, was just 0.100 off the podium in fourth and says he is now “done” competing.

There was, however, success for Team GB at the Bercy arena, with Olympic debutant Jake Jarman claiming a bronze medal in the floor final.

The 22-year-old will have another chance for a medal on Sunday when he goes in the men’s vault final.

Hinchliffe, the British sprinter trained by American Olympic great Carl Lewis, laid down a marker in the men’s 100m heats.

He won his heat in 9.98 seconds ahead of highly fancied Noah Lyles of the USA, before GB’s Zharnel Hughes also progressed.

Before that, the men’s 100m – arguably the highlight of the Olympics in male competition – could not have got off to a worse start for Team GB.

It was heartbreak for Azu as he was disqualified from his heat for a false start.

The 23-year-old from Cardiff – who ran 9.97 seconds in May, one of the top 10 fastest times ever by a British athlete – fiercely fought his case, but eventually left the track in the most disappointing fashion.

The highlight of tonight’s athletics action is the women’s 100m final at 20.20 BST. GB’s Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot and Daryll Neita are all through to the semi-finals.

Peaty returned to the pool to help Great Britain qualify fifth-fastest for the men’s 4x100m medley relay final.

The team of Oliver Morgan, Peaty, Joe Litchfield and Matt Richards led their heat at the halfway point but were pipped into second spot by the United States.

Leon Marchand swam the breaststroke leg in heat one for France, who were roared on their way to victory. The final takes place at 18.10 BST tomorrow.

Earlier, Britain’s Anna Hopkin qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s 50m freestyle – but only just.

Hopkin finished in a tie for fourth in her heat and qualified joint-15th fastest with a time of 24.72 seconds.

Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, the world record holder who won the 100m freestyle this week, qualified quickest with a time of 23.85secs – almost half a second faster than the rest of the field.

Team GB will defend their mixed 4x100m relay swimming gold at 20.30 BST – with Peaty aiming to be involved.

Before these Games, Britain’s dressage team were affected by the withdrawal of multi-gold-winning rider Charlotte Dujardin after a video emerged of her mistreating a horse.

On Saturday they completed their recovery with a bronze medal, as Germany took gold and Denmark silver.

Becky Moody, who replaced Dujardin in the squad, rode first on Jagerbomb followed by Carl Hester – competing in his seventh Games having made his Olympics debut at Barcelona 1992 – on Fame.

Lottie Fry on Glamourdale completed the job to put GB on the podium.

One negative was that GB missed the chance to complete an unprecedented equestrian clean sweep, following golds in team eventing and jumping.