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Paris Olympics: Peaty, Asher-Smith, Laugher – top five stories from day seven at Games

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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…

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