Day 7 Round up
Medals from Equestrian and the pool were highlights of a successful day seven. Scott Brash and his team held their nerve to put in a stunning performance to take gold in the Jumping Team Final at the Château de Versailles, all three jumping clear rounds and picking up just two time penalties.
Duncan Scott took his eighth Olympic medal with silver behind home hero Leon Marchand in the Men’s 200m Individual Freestyle Medley. Keeping in contention through the first three lengths, he powered home in his favoured freestyle, closing in on Marchand all the way to the touch. He becomes the most decorated Scottish Olympian ahead of Sir Chris Hoy who won seven Olympic medals.
Katie Shanahan raced in her second final at her debut Olympics, finishing a fantastic fifth in the women’s 200m Backstroke, just outside her own Scottish record. Kathleen Dawson was in action in the Mixed 4x100m Medley relay heats, as Team GB qualified for tonight’s final.
At the athletics at the Stade de France, Neil Gourlay and Josh Kerr went comfortably through from the heats of the Men’s 1500m. Jemma Reekie was also an assured qualifier in the Women’s 800m, while Nicole Yeargin was part of the Mixed 4x400m team that broke the British record in qualifying for tonight’s final.
Fynn Sterritt and team mate James Peters were in with a medal chance right to the last in the in the Skiff (49er) class but in the end had to settle for 7th place.
Team GB’s men’s hockey, with Scot Lee Morton lost 2-1 to Germany in their final group game but will progress to the quarter-finals where they will face India.
Day 8 Preview
There are two medal chances in the rowing with both the Men’s and Women’s Eights in finals action. Rowan McKellar features in the women’s event and Sholto Carnegie in the men’s.
Back in the pool, Kathleen Dawson and Keanna MacInnes will take the Backstroke and Butterfly legs in the heats of the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay. The evening session brings the final of the Mixed Medley Relay.
Team GB women’s hockey with Amy Costello, Charlotte Watson and Sarah Robertson, who will earn her 100th GB cap, face Argentina in their final group game.
Anna Burnett with partner John Gimson, silver medallists at Tokyo 2020, get underway with the first day of competition in the Mixed Multihull (Narca17).