With eight more gold medals won than in Tokyo three years ago, the British team also equalled another record set then, winning medals across 18 of the 19 sports the team competed in – still the highest of any nation ever, with more than half of the 215 athletes in the team also reaching the podium.

Penny Briscoe OBE, ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission at Paris 2024, said: “ParalympicsGB have achieved so many milestones at these Games, I could not be more proud of every single team member for their fantastic performances across 11 thrilling days of competition here in Paris.

“To finish these Games with 49 gold medals and 124 overall – surpassing what we achieved in Tokyo – is testament to our incredible athletes, coaches and support staff and the years and months of dedicated hard work they all put in.  Every Paralympic Games we see competition from around the world getting tougher and tougher, so to return home with so many fantastic performances from across the entire team really is so special.”

The gold medal rush began in the pool with Games’ debutant Poppy Maskill in the 100m butterfly S14 and continued throughout the eleven days of competition – day four a notable highlight as ParalympicsGB won 12 gold medals – the greatest number in a single day this century. Day nine saw the team claim their 42^nd gold medal – surpassing the number won in Tokyo with two more days of competition still to go.

Maskill’s medal haul of three gold and two silver medals made her the most successful athlete in the team, but there was plenty of promise from other young stars too, as ParalympicsGB’s youngest athlete, 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith, won her first Paralympic medal, a silver in the 100m breaststroke SB7. Another name for the future is undoubtedly 14-year-old Bly Twomey who claimed two Para table tennis bronze medals in the women’s singles WS7 as well as doubles WS14 with Fliss Pickard.

Dame Sarah Storey already had 18 Paralympic medals to her name by the time Winnifrith was born – she became ParalympicsGB’s most decorated Paralympian ever at Tokyo 2020 with 17 gold medals and 28 medals overall. The 46-year-old added to that incredible tally in Paris at her ninth Games, with two further Para cycling gold medals around the roads of the French capital.

Every member of ParalympicsGB’s 10-strong rowing squad won medals in Paris, including 26-year-old Lauren Rowles, who made history by becoming the first Para rower to claim consecutive gold medals at three Games.

ParalympicsGB’s Para triathlon and Para canoe squads enjoyed their most successful Games to date, while the swimming squad claimed no fewer than 18 golds – their highest number this century.

Triathlon’s Clare Cashmore and equestrian’s Natasha Baker both reached double-digits in terms of Paralympic medals with 10 apiece across six and four Games respectively – taking the total number of ParalympicsGB athletes with 10 or more medals up to 40.

At the Stade de France – home of the Para athletics events – Hannah Cockroft notched up her ninth Paralympic gold, a winning record that began at London 2012; there was also golden glory for vision impaired javelin thrower Dan Pembroke, who retained his Paralympic title with a world record to boot.

ParalympicsGB’s success wasn’t just about medals. Para archer Jodie Grinham arrived in Paris seven months pregnant, determined to show the world that competing while pregnant was no hurdle to success. She did just that – returning home with Paralympic gold and bronze medals to her name, having climbed to the top of the podium alongside her mixed team compound open partner, Scotsman Nathan MacQueen.

Briscoe added: “The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games have been memorable for so many reasons beyond the amazing performances we have seen on the field of play. The Paris 2024 organisers have provided us with experiences that will live in our hearts forever – from spectacular venues to amazing volunteers, our hosts have made these a Games to remember.”

With thanks to ParalympicsGB 

ParalympicsGB is delighted to announce Paralympic champions and Games debutants Matt Bush and Poppy Maskill as the flagbearers for the British team at the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Sunday 8th September.

ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission, Penny Briscoe OBE said: “Poppy and Matt have not only excelled in their sports at their first ever Games, delivering amazing performances for ParalympicsGB – they have been fantastic team members off the field of play too. They have thrived in the Paralympic Village and supported their team mates throughout, exemplifying the team spirit and values that ParalympicsGB as a team is so proud of.

“Competing for the first ever time at a Paralympic Games is a momentous occasion for anyone, and I’m delighted to see Poppy and Matt take it all in their stride. They will now be able to add to their fantastic memories of Paris 2024 with the honour of carrying the Union flag for ParalympicsGB at the Closing Ceremony this evening.”

Bush claimed Para taekwondo gold in the men’s 80kg + class with a dominant 5-0 win in the final – victory was particularly special for the 35-year-old who was unable to compete at the Tokyo Games three years ago after injury ruled him out of the team less than a month before the Games got underway.

Prior to that, the Welshman had competed in Para athletics, throwing the javelin, but was thwarted in his quest to make the ParalympicsGB Para athletics squad for Rio 2016 after he injured his shoulder.

Bush said: “It’s an unbelievable honour to represent not only the athletes in my sport but across all the 19 sports in ParalympicsGB. Everyone has performed so well and it’s been so fantastic to be here, I’m just super happy.

“It’s been such a fantastic experience, coming together as one big team and having the opportunity to spend time together with athletes from other sports. ParalympicsGB is such a close-knit team it is extra special that I can carry the flag on behalf of everyone. It’s an unbelievable way to finish my first experience of a Paralympic Games.”

Maskill, who competes in the S14 Para swimming class for intellectually impaired athletes, claimed her first gold medal in the pool in the 100m butterfly, setting a world record in the process. That gold was also the first for ParalympicsGB at Paris 2024. The 19-year-old went on to win golds in the 100m backstroke S14 and the 4 x 100m freestyle mixed relay as well silvers in the 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley.

Maskill, who is ParalympicsGB’s most successful multi-medallist of these Games said: “I’ve won five medals in Paris, the butterfly was my favourite as it was my first Paralympic medal and a world record. Next time I really want to win five golds. I’ve had a really amazing time and I can’t wait to carry the flag.”

With thanks to ParalympicsGB

From boccia to wheelchair rugby, Brits will be competing in a variety of sports across the French capital as they look to kick their Games off with a bang.

Track cycling

Kadeena Cox gets things underway for ParalympicsGB at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome as she competes in the women’s C4-5 500m time trial, with qualifying underway from 11:00 BST.

A four-time Paralympic champion across cycling and sprinting, Cox begins the defence of her time trial crown after setting a stunning new world record on the way to gold at Tokyo 2020 in 2021.

Double world champion Daphne Schrager and Fran Brown, who competed in triathlon in Tokyo, get their campaigns started in the women’s C1-3 3000m individual pursuit.

The tandem trio of Neil Fachie, James Ball and Stephen Bate will then battle it out for the medals in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit.

Swimming

ParalympicsGB will be well represented on the opening day of finals at the pool at La Defense Arena.
Watch out for 17-year-old Olivia Newman-Baronius in the women’s S14 100m butterfly: she is joint holder of the world record in that event and reigning European champion.

World silver medallist Poppy Maskill and double Tokyo podium finisher Louise Fiddes will also be in the mix, with William Ellard and Cameron Vearncombe challenging on the men’s side.

The last event of the day is the women’s S5 200m freestyle in which Tully Kearney will defend her title with Toni Shaw in action too in the women’s S9 400m freestyle.

Wheelchair basketball

Both the men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams get their Paris 2024 campaigns going on Day One in a pair of hotly-anticipated group games.

The men’s squad have won bronze medals in three of their last four Paralympic appearances, but ever since their silver of Atlanta 1996, a place in the final has eluded them. Opening Ceremony Flagbearer Terry Bywater is expected to see some action when they kick off their Games against Germany in Group A at Bercy Arena, with play starting at 09:30 BST.

Then, at 11:45 BST, the women’s side take on Spain in Group A, starting their journey towards what could be a first-ever medal.

Badminton

All four British shuttlers are in badminton action on Day One, with Jack Shephard pulling double duty.

Alongside partner Rachel Choong, Shephard starts his day at 08:10 BST in the SH6 mixed doubles Group A, taking on Indonesia’s pairing of Rina Marlina and Subhan Ina Subhan.

Shephard is then in singles action later that afternoon, competing in the men’s singles against China’s Lin Naili.

Krysten Coombs and Dan Bethell also begin their Games in the SH6 and SL3 categories respectively, with Tokyo silver medallist Bethell looking to go one better than his previous Paralympic appearance.

Boccia

There are six boccia contests to keep your eyes peeled on Day One.

Three-time Paralympic champion and four-time world champion David Smith sets the tone at 09:30 BST, taking on Jose Oliveira of Brazil in Pool A of the men’s individual BC1.

It is then an all British affair as William Arnott faces Patrick Wilson in their Pool A opener in the men’s individual BC3.

Stephen McGuire then takes centre stage to face Malaysia’s Abdul Razup Mas Abdul Rahman in Pool C of the men’s individual BC4.

At 17:10 BST, focus turns to the women’s events as Claire Taggart gets her women’s individual BC2 campaign underway against Ecuador’s Joselyn Leon, before Kayleigh Haggo takes on Soyeong Jeong in the same event.

To see off ParalympicsGB’s first day of action, Sally Kidson faces Brazil’s Evelyn Oliveira in Pool C of the women’s individual BC3.

There is also action in the archery as Tokyo champion Phoebe Paterson Pine and Rio silver medallist Jodie Grinham, who will compete while 28 weeks pregnant, begin their Paris 2024 campaigns in the ranking round.

The South Paris Arena will also play host to table tennis with Felicity Pickard and Bly Twomey contending in the WD14 women’s doubles, in quarter-final action in the morning with a potential semi-final in the evening.

With thanks to ParalympicsGB

Seven-time Paralympic Wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater and Wheelchair tennis athlete Lucy Shuker, who will be competing at her fifth Games, will lead the British team at the Opening Ceremony which takes place at Place de la Concorde on 28th August.

Penny Briscoe, ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for Paris 2024 said: “I am absolutely delighted to announce Terry and Lucy as our ParalympicsGB flagbearers for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony. Their selection – which was voted for by their teammates – underlines just how much both athletes epitomise the Paralympic values that we as a team are so proud of.

“I have had the pleasure of working closely with both Terry and Lucy since they made their Paralympic debuts, and watching them grow both as competitors and as individuals. Their dedication and commitment to their sport, matched with their positive attitudes and enthusiasm to support those around them makes me immensely proud.”

Redcar-born Bywater, who made his Paralympic debut back in Sydney 2000 at just 17-years-old, has been a stalwart of the British team at every Games since, winning four Paralympic bronze medals along the way – most recently at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games. This year marks his 25th anniversary in the sport.

Speaking after being told the news of his special role within the team, the 41-year-old said: “It’s a dream come true – I feel quite emotional. This is my seventh Games, I actually wear the number seven vest too – so this is all a bit crazy right now. To be honest, carrying the Union flag, it hasn’t sunk in – I’m just super, super proud. This is not just about me, this is for the 215 athletes that are here, all the staff, my family, my wife, my son, my family that have passed away that always followed me – I’ll be doing it for everyone.

“Going to Sydney as a 17-year-old kid, I never thought I’d make two Games never mind seven. I kept on going because I just love Wheelchair basketball – I’m very passionate about it, it’s my life. But I also love ParalympicsGB, I’ve got fond memories of every single Paralympic Games going back to Sydney 2000. This is a genuine dream.”

Shuker first represented ParalympicsGB at Beijing 2008, claiming her first medal four years later when she won women’s doubles bronze alongside Jordanne Whiley at London 2012. The pair went on to win another bronze medal at Rio 2016 before going one better at Tokyo 2020 where they claimed silver.

Shuker, 44, said: “To have that honour to lead ParalympicsGB out is incredible and something that I never thought I would do. To qualify for my first Paralympics in Beijing was an achievement in itself – but to come to my fifth Paralympics and now be a flagbearer is a real dream come true.

“Leading the parade down the Champs-Elysées and Place de la Concorde is going to be really different – eyes will be on me, but also the rest of ParalympicsGB. We are a big team and to be at the front of that is insane, incredible and an honour. The team is everything, we are all there to represent ParalympicsGB and bring back medals – so we will do it together.”

With thanks to ParalympicsGB

Gemma Collis – Photo ParalympicsGB

Paralympians who train at the University of Bath are heading to Paris determined to write their own chapters in this summer’s sporting success story.

Seven athletes from four sports – Dan Bethell (para-badminton), Suzanna Hext (para-swimming), Michael Taylor (para-triathlon), and Gemma Collis, Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson (wheelchair fencing) – have been selected to represent Britain when the Games take place from Wednesday 28th August to Sunday 8th September.

Defending Category A epee champion Gilliver, Coutya and Lam-Watson brought nine medals home from Tokyo between them – one gold, three silver and five bronze – and, along with four-time Paralympian Gemma Collis, will be keen to add to their tally when they compete in the stunning Grand Palais from 3rd to 7th September.

With pool matches starting early in the morning and medals decided in the evening, the fencers are facing five long days of competition and Gilliver, silver-medallist in Rio and gold-medallist in Tokyo, said: “It’s going to be a challenging environment – not only are you facing the world’s best athletes but you’ve also got a very tough schedule to stick to.

“It’s going to be a really special experience, though. Paris is so close to home, we’ve got a fantastic venue with the Grand Palais, and friends and family will be able to come and support us. That will mean a huge amount.”

Para-swimmer Hext, who will contest the S5 100m freestyle on Friday 30th August, is also looking forward to experiencing a venue that provided one of the best atmospheres at the Olympics – the Paris La Defense Arena.

“Watching on TV and seeing that pool – oh my gosh, it’s going to be insane!” said Hext, from Calne, whose Paralympics debut in Tokyo was cut short by illness. “I’m going to be able to hear the noise too because of the rule change which means I’m allowed to race with my cochlear implants. I can’t wait.”

It’s a second Games too for Taylor, originally from Barnstaple and now living and studying in Bristol, who is coached by Jack Hall with the British Triathlon Bath National Performance Centre squad.

“It’s going to be a very different experience to Tokyo,” said Taylor, a lower-leg amputee who will compete in the PTS4 race on Sunday 1st September. “My family and friends are going to be there, and there will be crowds on the course too.

“The course itself is incredible, right through the centre of Paris. I think the River Seine swim will hopefully really play to my strengths, I used to swim a lot in the sea while growing up in North Devon so I should be used to the currents in the river. It’s a nice, flat course and the weather should be relatively cool so I think it should suit me.”

Bathonian Bethell – who does his regional training at the Sports Training Village where he began his para-badminton journey as a youngster with the Team Bath Futures athlete development programme – made history in Tokyo when he won Britain’s first-ever medal in the sport, a SL3 men’s singles silver.

He has high ambitions for Paris, saying: “My hope is to win the gold medal, that’s what I set out to do in this sport from the very beginning. Winning a silver in Tokyo was one dream fulfilled and it’s amazing to be a Paralympian, now I want to upgrade the colour in Paris.”

The para-badminton medals will be decided on Monday 2nd September.

With thanks to Bath University Press Office

It means Team GB have finished on 65 medals, surpassing their total from Tokyo and matching their total from London 2012.

Track Cycling

Emma Finucane won her third medal of the Olympics, securing a bronze in the women’s sprint with a confident bronze medal race win.

The 21-year-old, who already had team sprint gold and keirin bronze to her name, saw off Dutch rider Hetty van der Wouw in back to back races after losing her semi-final to New Zealand’s gold medallist Ellesse Andrews.

That makes her the first female Team GB to win three medals at a single Games since Mary Rand in 1964.

Finucane said: “I’m really proud that I could deliver on the final day and to come home with another bronze medal is unreal, I can’t believe it.

“I haven’t properly celebrated the team sprint or the keirin, so I get to celebrate all three and I’m just going to live my best life now after the Games.”

Teammate Sophie Capewell finished fifth, winning the fifth to eighth ranking race after being beaten in the quarter-finals.

It means Team GB have picked up eight track cycling medals in total in Paris.

Elsewhere, Jack Carlin suffered a crash in the men’s keirin final, while teammate Hamish Turnbull finished 11th after coming off his bike in the semi-final.

Neah Evans finished 15th in the women’s omnium.

Weightlifting

Emily Campbell earned Team GB’s final medal of the Games with a bronze in the weightlifting.

Campbell, silver medallist from Tokyo, lifted 126kg in the snatch and 162kg in the clean and jerk for 288kg total.

The 30-year-old, Team GB’s sole weightlifting representative, finished behind world record holder China’s Li Wenwen and South Korea’s Park Hye-jeong.c
She said: “The standard was so, so high today and I really had to pull it out of the bag.

“I could not be more elated with my performance. It was actually a PB performance, so you can’t really complain when you do that.”

Elsewhere, Kerenza Bryson finished ninth in the women’s modern pentathlon, with defending Olympic champion Kate French having to pull out before the final through illness.

In the women’s marathon, Clara Evans was 46th, Rose Harvey 78th and Calli Hauger-Thackery did not finish.

With thanks to Team GB

It also saw Team GB seal its highest number of athletics medals won at a Games since 1984, while there were also taekwondo and diving medals to celebrate.

Athletics

There were three bronze medals as Team GB finished their track and field campaign with a bang.

Georgia Bell set a new women’s 1500m national record on her way to a brilliant bronze.

Bell’s time of 3:52.61 was nearly four seconds quicker than her previous personal best, set earlier this year and was enough for third behind three-time gold medallist Faith Kipyegon and Australia’s Jessica Hull.

She said: “I don’t know if I’ve ever been this happy. I’m over the moon.”

Team GB’s Laura Muir was fifth, running a personal best time of 3:53.37.

The men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams also picked up bronze medals, both clocking new national record times.

The men’s team Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey and Charlie Dobson secured bronze in a time of 2:55.83, a European record.

Hudson Smith said: “It was an amazing Olympic games. I wanted to come away with two medals and to do this one for the boys. I’ve got the best team in the world, it’s an amazing feeling.”

Victoria Ohuruogu, Laviai Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin and Amber Anning then followed that up with a time of 3:19.72 to take third in their race.

The results mean Team GB won medals in every relay event and finished with ten athletics medals, their most since Los Angeles 1984.

Max Burgin finished eighth in the men’s 800m final in 1:43.84 and George Mills was 21st in the men’s 5000m final.

Earlier in the day, Emile Cairess finished fourth in 2:07:29. in the men’s marathon. Philip Sesemann placed 46th in 2:13:08, while Madamed Mahamed was 57th in 2:15:19.

Taekwondo 

Cade Cunningham picked up Team GB’s first taekwondo medal of the Games with a silver in the men’s +80kg.

Huddersfield’s Cunningham won three bouts before losing his gold medal fight to Iran’s Arian Salimi.

He said: “It’s the start of whatever I want. If I stay with this, I’ll be the king of taekwondo for the next four years, no problem.”

Teammate Rebecca McGowan was defeated in the quarter-finals of the women’s +67kg.

McGowan won her first repechage fight but lost her bronze medal fight to Turkey’s Nafia Kus Aydin.

Artistic Swimming

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe made history with Team GB’s first-ever artistic swimming medal with silver at Paris 2024.

The best friends from Bristol won duet silver after a jaw-dropping free routine on the second day of competition which rocketed them up from fourth to second place.

The duo produced a show-stopping score of 294.5085 in their routine that is inspired by a rising phoenix to leapfrog the Austrian and Netherlands pair and clinch silver.

They scored 264.0282 in their technical routine yesterday.

Diving

Noah Williams produced two stunning final dives to earn his second medal of the Olympics in the men’s 10m platform.

The individual bronze for Williams, who also got a silver in the synchro event with Tom Daley, means Team GB finish with five diving medals at this Olympics, their highest total at a Games.

Williams scored 497.35 points in total, with his last two dives both going above 90 points, as he finished third behind Rikuto Tamai of Japan and Cao Yuan of China.

The 24-year-old said: “I don’t think it’s sunk in. It’s literally a dream. I know I said that last time in the synchro but winning an individual medal is on a whole other level.”

Team-mate Kyle Kothari finished 11th.

Around the Games

Kerenza Bryson and Kate French both qualified for the women’s modern pentathlon final on Sunday.

Bryson progressed as the semi-final winner, setting a new Olympic record for points scored as she finished on 1402 while French, the reigning Olympic champion, progressed to the final in fifth.
Joe Choong finished ninth in the men’s modern pentathlon.

On the cycling track, Emma Finucane cruised into the women’s sprint semi-finals, while Jack Carlin and Hamish Turnbull qualified for the men’s keirin quarter-finals.

Sophie Capewell lost her women’s sprint quarter-final, while Mark Stewart and Ollie Wood finished 12th in the madison.

Elsewhere, Erin McNeice finished fifth in the sport climbing women’s combined. She scored 59.5 in the boulder and 68.1 in the lead to record 127.6 points in total.

In the women’s golf, Charley Hull shot four under par to finish one over par, while Georgia Hall finished five over.

With thanks to Team GB

There are 13 golds to be won on Day 16, with Team GB targeting a strong finish across a multitude of sports.

Track Cycling

There are three gold medal events on the final day of track cycling.

First up is the women’s sprint final at 12:45 CET, featuring Sophie Capewell and reigning world champion Emma Finucane, who are both into tonight’s quarter-finals.

Finucane is looking for her third medal of the Games after gold in the team sprint alongside Capewell and Katy Marchant, and bronze in the keirin.

This is followed by the men’s keirin at 13:32, which will feature Jack Carlin, whilst Hamish Turnbull faces the repechage.

Carlin is also looking for his third medal of the Games, with silver in the men’s team sprint alongside Turnbull and Ed Lowe, and bronze in the individual sprint.

The women’s omnium will be decided at 13:56 and will feature Neah Evans, who will be aiming to win Team GB’s last medal of the Games.

Evans already has a silver medal from Paris 2024 in the women’s madison and won World Championship points gold last summer.

Modern Pentathlon

The women’s modern pentathlon final begins at 11:00 and should conclude by 13:30, with Team GB athletes well-placed heading into the final.

Kerenza Bryson topped the standings in her semi-final with 1402 points, while Kate French, the reigning Olympic champion, qualified in fifth with 1398 points.

Bryson goes into the final in fifth with 230 points and French in third with 240 points after the fencing ranking round, which carries through into the final.

Weightlifting

Emily Campbell will contest the women’s +81kg weightlifting event, which starts at 11:30.

Campbell clinched silver in Tokyo, earning Team GB’s first ever Olympic women’s weightlifting medal.

Since then, the 30-year-old has added world silver and bronze, as well as four successive European titles and a Commonwealth gold.

Athletics – Women’s Marathon

The women’s marathon gets underway at 08:00. Team GB are represented by Rose Harvey, Calli Hauger-Thackery and Clara Evans.

Harvey, 31, will compete at her first Olympic Games just two years after turning professional.

She set a PB of 2:23.21 at last year’s Chicago Marathon, becoming the fifth-fastest British woman of all time.

Both Hauger-Thackery and Evans are also making their Olympic debut, with the latter called up as a replacement for Charlotte Purdue, who withdrew due to an ankle injury.

With thanks to Team GB

There were medals across the cycling and running tracks, as well as a first Olympic medal for Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Sport Climbing

Toby Roberts earned Team GB’s maiden sport climbing medal, triumphing to take gold in the men’s combined. He scored 155.2 to win, recording 63.1 in the boulder and 92.1 in the lead.

Roberts, who qualified second, was third following the boulder event, but pulled off a better lead effort than Japanese climber Sorato Anraku to clinch Team GB’s 14th gold of the Games.

“I’ve been working towards this for like 10 years,” Roberts said. “Me and my dad, we created a plan to get to this stage. It’s been a journey, a lot of competitions, ups and downs, but to finally be on this stage, competing in front of this crowd and to win the gold medal is a dream come true.

“Once climbing got introduced into the Tokyo Olympics [he made the plan to compete]. So when I was around 12, but I’ve been climbing since I was seven.”

Hamish McArthur finished fifth, scoring 53.9 in the boulder and 72.0 in the lead to finish on 125.9.

Athletics

Katarina Johnson-Thompson won her first Olympic medal with a brilliant silver in the women’s heptathlon.

Solid efforts from the two-time world champion in the long jump and javelin were backed up by a personal best in the 800m as she scored 6844 points in total.

Johnson-Thompson said: “I’m just so relieved, I’m so happy, so so happy to add an Olympic medal to my collection.

“I really don’t know what to say at the minute, I’m so overwhelmed.”

Jade O’Dowda finished tenth with 6280.

Both the men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams medalled in a frenetic penultimate evening of athletics.

The women’s team of Dina Asher-Smith, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita ran 41.85 to secure a superb silver medal.

Asher-Smith said: “We’re all so proud and so happy. We’ve worked so hard for this.”

The men’s team of Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Zarnel Hughes then secured bronze in a time of 37.61.

Amber Anning posted a new a national record in the women’s 400m final as she ran 49.29 to finish fifth.

Earlier in the day, Max Burgin qualified for the men’s 800m final on Saturday with a personal best of 1:43.50.

Both the men’s and the women’s 4x400m team qualified for their respective finals on Saturday in second place.

Matthew Hudson-Smith, Charlie Dobson, Sam Reardon and Toby Harries progressed to the final in 2:58.88, while Lina Nielsen, Jodie Williams, Hannah Kelly and Yemi Mary John ran in 3:24.72 to book a place in the final.

Eilish McColgan and Megan Keith finished 15th and 23rd respectively in the women’s 10,000m.

Track Cycling 

Elinor Barker and Neah Evans produced a hard-fought silver in the women’s madison, securing 31 sprint points.

A last lap sprint win secured ten vital points to pip the Dutch, who earned a bronze, while Italy won gold.

It was the first of two track cycling medals on Friday as Jack Carlin won a brilliant individual men’s sprint bronze in a deciding race against Dutchman Jeffrey Hoogland.

Team GB now have seven track cycling medals in this Olympics, with four events to come over the last two days.

In the women’s individual sprint, Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell cruised into the last 16.

Artistic Swimming 

Team GB are well-placed after the first of the two women’s artistic swimming disciplines, sitting less than a point off a medal in fourth.

Isabelle Thorpe and Kate Shortman, competing in their second Olympics, scored 264.0282 in their technical routine, which will be combined with tomorrow’s free routine to determine the medals.

The pair have World Championship medals in both disciplines and are targeting their first Olympic medal.

Around the Games

Defending Olympic champion Joe Choong qualified for tomorrow’s final as he finished eighth in his semi-final. Teammate Charlie Brown finished tenth and did not qualify.

Yasmin Harper placed fifth in the women’s 3m springboard final with 305.10, while Grace Reid was 10th with 275.85.

Noah Williams and Kyle Kothari both qualified for the men’s 10m platform semi-final on Saturday in eighth and ninth respectively.

Hector Pardoe finished sixth in the men’s 10km open water swim in 1:51:50.8, while Toby Robinson was 14th in 1:56:43.0.

Georgia Hall and Charley Hull both shot under par to move to three over and five over respectively in the women’s golf.

With thanks to Team GB

It was also a productive day for Team GB’s divers and climbers, with more finals to come this week.

Track Cycling

There were two more medals in the velodrome for Team GB on Day 12, as Team GB’s cyclists made it four medals in four events.

The men’s team pursuit squad brought home silver, while the women’s team secured bronze.

Dan Bigham, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield and Ethan Vernon were beaten by Australia, who set a world record earlier in the competition, in a close gold medal race.

Tanfield said: “We put it all on the line tonight and we just fell short. We can be super proud of what we have done tonight.”

Shortly after, Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Jess Roberts beat Italy in a pulsating bronze medal race after a stunning final kilometre.

Roberts said: “Receiving the medal was a surreal moment and to do it with my friends is so special. We put together three really good rides and we can be really happy with that.”

Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin both qualified for tomorrow’s men’s individual sprint quarterfinals after a series of strong races.

Athletics

Matt Hudson-Smith broke his own European record to pick up a silver medal in the men’s 400m.

Hudson-Smith ran a 43.44, the fifth fastest time in history, to pick up his first Olympic medal, while American Quincy Hall ran a personal best 43.40 to snatch gold.

It was Team GB’s fourth athletics medal of the Games and their second silver in as many days.

Amber Anning qualified for the women’s 400m final with a superb personal best to finish second in her semi-final and fourth overall in 49.47.

Laviai Nielsen was third and Victoria Ohuruogu fifth in their semi-finals and did not make the final.

Max Burgin, Ben Pattison and Elliot Giles all qualified for the men’s 800m semi-finals on Friday, while George Mills reached the men’s 5,000m semi-finals and Cindy Sember progressed to the women’s 100m hurdles semi-finals.

Revee Walcott-Nolan booked a place in the women’s 1500m semi-finals after finishing second in her repechage race.

Tade Ojora finished seventh in his men’s 110m hurdles semi-final while Alastair Chalmers did not qualify for the men’s 400m hurdles final.

Diving

Jack Laugher and Jordan Houlden both qualified for tomorrow’s men’s 3m springboard final.

Laugher already has a synchro bronze at these Games along with individual silver from Rio and bronze from Tokyo.

He finished third with 467.05 in the semi-finals, while Houlden progressed in fifth with a score of 445.55.

“I’d love it to be me challenging the Chinese divers for gold,” Laugher said. “Obviously I try and bring my best every time, and I am in admiration of how good they are, but I know that if I turn up and do everything as good as I can I’ve got a shot at trying to beat them.”

Grace Reid and Yasmin Harper also qualified for the women’s 3m springboard semi-finals in fifth and ninth respectively.

Around the Games

Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur both qualified for the men’s combined final on Friday.

Roberts progressed in second place, having recorded 68.1 in the lead semi-final to finish on 122.2. McArthur was eighth in qualifying, scoring 45.1 in the lead for a total of 79.3.

Micky Beckett finished tenth in the men’s dinghy medal race, leaving him sixth overall.

The mixed multihull medal race, featuring Team GB’s John Gimson and Anna Burnet was postponed until Thursday.

In the first round of women’s golf, Georgia Hall shot two over par and Charley Hull nine over par.

Andy Macdonald was unable to progress from the men’s park qualification round, finishing 18th with a score of 77.66.

With thanks to Team GB