Top five stories from day seven at Paris Olympics

There is no stopping the Team GB medal train at Paris 2024, as four more were added in the early stages of day seven.

The water was a happy hunting ground for the British team, making the podium in the rowing and diving as GB moved up to 24 medals overall.

This included gold for Emily Craig and Imogen Grant in the women’s lightweight double sculls, while men’s pair Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George won silver, pipped on the line by Croatia.

In the diving, Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher added to the medal tally with bronze in the men’s 3m synchro springboard final.

GB have finished on the podium in all four diving events so far in Paris, sealing that team’s best ever showing at an Olympics.

And the trampoline was the stage for success too, as Bryony Page stormed to gold for Great Britain.

That second gold of the day, and eighth overall, moved the team up to fourth in the overall medal table behind France.

There were also mixed British fortunes in the athletics heats, while the swimming team remains in the hunt for more medals…

Three years ago, Craig and Grant missed out on a double sculls medal by just 0.01 seconds in Tokyo.

Today in Paris, they are Olympic champions after a dominant performance in which they pulled away to win by almost a length from fast-finishing Romania.

And it was so near but yet so far for Wynne-Griffith and George in the men’s pairs, as they took a significant early lead only to be caught near the line by Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic.

The British duo led by a boat-length at one point, but were agonsingly reeled in by the Croatians in the final 20 metres.

“I made a mistake on the line and that’s racing for you,” said Wynne-Griffiths. “Olympic silver medallists, I’m so proud of what we did.”

Page won a silver medal at Rio 2016 and a bronze at Tokyo 2020. In Paris, she has completed the set.

The British gymnast qualified for the trampolining final this morning with a score of 55.620 – despite a couple of nervy moments where she landed worryingly close to the edge.

But the reigning world champion is a woman used to the big moments and delivered when it counted with a phenomenal, flawless routine.

The 33-year-old’s score of 56.480 lifted her above Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya into the gold position and sparked joyous celebrations for Page and her fans.

Four finals, four medals. This has been Great Britain’s best ever Games in the diving competition.

Harding and Laugher added to the medal tally, ensuring this is the first Olympics in which Team GB have been on the podium in four different diving disciplines.

Favourites China took gold, while a magnificent display throughout the competition saw Mexico pip GB into silver.

With the individual diving events to come next week, the British success off the diving boards and platforms might not be over yet.

Following yesterday’s race walks, the athletics got under way in earnest on Friday on the remarkably purple track at the Stade de France.

One of Britain’s prime medal hopes, Josh Kerr, cruised into the semi-finals of the 1500m in three minutes 35.83 seconds – his best time of the season so far.

GB’s Neil Gourley is also through after coming fifth in his first race, behind defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway. George Mills missed out in his heat, but could still progress through the newly introduced repechage.

Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Imani-Lara Lansiquot all qualified from their women’s 100m heats.

But there was a blow for GB in the women’s high jump, as Morgan Lake failed to qualify for the final after missing three jumps at 1.92m.

Great Britain’s gold medal hope Keely Hodgkinson, Tokyo fourth-place finisher Jemma Reekie and teenage sensation Pheobe Gill will each be in action in the women’s 800m heats from 18:45 BST.

Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka suffered an asthma attack and collapsed after her 200m medley heat this morning.

She was taken from the arena on a stretcher after immediate medical treatment, and BBC Sport has been told the 21-year-old is conscious, communicative and has been receiving oxygen.

Potocka finished seventh in her heat and missed out on a place in the semi-final.

Also at the pool, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty did not take part in the mixed 4x100m medley relay heats, after it was revealed on Monday he tested positive for Covid-19.

The 29-year-old was diagnosed a day after winning silver in the 100m breaststroke.

Even without six-time Olympic medalist Peaty, Team GB qualified for the medley final – an event in which they are defending champions.

Peaty could still come in for the final on Saturday evening.

He could also compete in the men’s 4x100m medley relay which begins on Saturday, if fit enough.