Alex Yee Picture Wikipedia
Final Wednesday, Staff G.B. gained 5 extra medals together with two golds.
The primary gold got here courtesy of Triathlon athlete Alex Yee who pulled off an excellent victory after being over 100 yards behind New Zealand chief and subsequent silver medallist Hayden Wylde with barely a quarter-of-a-mile remaining.
And gold medal quantity 2 was gained in magnificent fashion by GB’s 4 feminine rowers within the quadruple skulls race. They gained with the final stroke – which is claimed to be the shortest profitable distance ever recorded on this occasion. Nicely achieved Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw and Lauren Henry.
Additionally GB’s Beth Potter gained a bronze within the ladies’s triathlon… Kieran Reilly gained silver within the B.M.X. freestayles remaining and Andrea Spendolini-Siriex and Lois Toulson doubled as much as win silver within the ladies’s 100 metres synchronised diving.
Elsewhere… French super-swimmer Leon Marchand created historical past in entrance of a wild residence crowd with a golden double within the pool, whereas American Katie Ledecky gained a record-equalling eighth Olympic gold medal on an epic night time of swimming in Paris.
