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TEAM GB’s relay stars made it a Super Saturday for Gr-eight Britain as they chalked up two historic golds.
The mixed triathlon quartet landed our seventh gold. Then in the pool, the mixed medley four made it a glorious eight – powering to a world record in the process.
It saw swimmers Adam Peaty and James Guy grab their second golds of the games.
With another two bronzes also coming in, Team GB sit proudly in sixth place in the medals table with 28 gongs.
Triathlete Jonny Brownlee – so often the runner-up to brother Alistair – finally got his gold medal in his final Olympic race.
Leeds-based Jonny, 31, had claimed bronze in London and silver in Rio.
He said his win was a dream come true and a fitting end to his Olympics story.
Jonny added: “It feels absolutely amazing. It’s my third Olympics and I finally walk away with gold.
“If someone had told me at the start of my career I’d have three Olympic medals and three different colours I’d have taken that. To finally get a gold, I’m quite emotional.
“I keep on trying to get gold medals, Alistair’s won two so far and to go home with one now is super special.
“It’s also the first ever mixed team relay in triathlon so we’ve made history. It’s capped off my Olympic career amazingly.”
Jess Learmonth, 33, also of Leeds, got Team GB off to a great start in the first leg then Brownlee broke away.
It was down to individual silver medallists Georgia Taylor-Brown, 27, of Manchester – and on crutches 12 weeks ago – and Londoner Alex Yee, 23, to finish off the job.
In the pool, Peaty and Guy hugged and punched the air as they won the medley with Kathleen Dawson and Anna Hopkin. It was a record time of 3:37:58 and Team GB’s fourth swim gold – the most at a single Olympics since 1908.
Peaty, 26, said the mixed medley teams had been a “brilliant story” since first introduced in swimming in 2014.
The star said: “I never thought I’d have
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four Olympic medals. That is my 14th world record. I hope this team and the rest of British swimming get the recognition they deserve.
“There’s no point doing any of this if we’re not inspiring people. That’s what the Olympics is about – to do better and chase dreams.”
It was Peaty’s second gold of Tokyo 2020 after winning the 100m breaststroke and it follows his double gold haul at Rio in 2016.
And it was more Tokyo joy for Guy, 25, of Bury – this was his second gold after winning the
Integrity Unit. Team officials stressed she was contesting the findings and was trying to make a legal challenge.
The news comes two days after 10 other Nigerian athletes were declared ineligible for the Games through non-compliance with out-of-competition drug 4x200m freestyle.
While Loughborough-based Peaty turned his attention to the men’s 4x100m medley relay in the early hours today, Guy wiped back tears of joy to talk about their win.
He said: “I won a gold medal and set a world record. To do this with my best mates – amazing. And we are all Northerners!”
He is due back in Britain tomorrow and his dad
Andrew said: “The first
testing requirements in the run-up to the Olympics.
Kenyan 100m sprinter
Mark Otieno Odhiambo was due to run in the 100m heats but has also been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test.
He denies the violation. thing he’ll do when we pick him up is say, ‘Dad, I need a curry’. He will put a bit of weight on but do you know what, he’s entitled to it.”
Team-mate Anna, 26, of Chorley, Lancs, beamed after her final leg.
And Kathleen, 23, of Warrington, Cheshire said: “I am really proud to be part of that. I hope this is an inspiration for the next generation of female swimmers.”
Dorset star Emma Wilson – daughter of Olympian Penny
Way – claimed Team GB’s first sailing medal with a windsurfing bronze. Army gunner Karriss Artingstall, 26, capped a fine day by claiming bronze in the women’s
featherweight boxing.