From shared golds to mixed medley success for Team GB, here is a selection of memorable events from the Olympics
The success of Matty Lee and Tom Daley was part of a Magic Monday with gold medals also won by Adam Peaty in the 100m breaststroke and Tom Pidcock in the cross-country mountain bike race. Peaty was part of another story though, as British swimming enjoyed its best ever medal haul. The successes ranged from Peaty’s supreme title defence to Tom Dean, whose preparation was ravaged by two bouts of Covid-19, pulling past Duncan Scott in the 200m freestyle to win the gold medal by millimetres as Britain recorded its first 1-2 in 113 years. The run of medals ended with a silver in the 4x100m, which the quartet seemed disappointed with. There is more to come.
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