Top five stories from day seven at Paris Olympics

There was no stopping the Team GB medal train at the Paris Olympics as they moved to fourth in the overall table on a golden day seven.

Three golds – from five medals overall on Friday – meant just China, the USA and France were ahead of the British team in the standings.

The water proved a happy hunting ground for the British team early in the day, with three medals across rowing and diving.

Emily Craig and Imogen Grant won gold in the women’s lightweight double sculls, while men’s pair Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George claimed silver after being pipped on the line by Croatia.

Divers Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher added to the tally with bronze in the men’s 3m synchro springboard final.

GB have finished on the podium in all four diving events so far in Paris, sealing that team’s best ever showing at an Olympics.

The trampoline was the next stage for success, as Bryony Page stormed to gold.

And then eyes turned to the equestrian arena, where GB held their nerve in the final round to win the team jumping final.

Great Britain now have 25 medals – nine golds, eight silvers and eight bronzes.

Three years ago, Craig and Grant missed out on a double sculls medal by just 0.01 seconds in Tokyo.

But now they are Olympic champions after a dominant performance in which they pulled away to win by almost a length from fast-finishing Romania.

And it was so near but yet so far for Wynne-Griffith and George in the men’s pairs, as they took a significant early lead only to be caught near the line by Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic.

The British duo led by a boat length at one point, but were agonisingly reeled in over the final 20 metres.

“I made a mistake on the line and that’s racing for you,” said Wynne-Griffith. “Olympic silver medallists, I’m so proud of what we did.”

Page won a silver medal at Rio 2016 and a bronze at Tokyo 2020 – and in Paris she completed the set with gold.

The Briton qualified for the trampolining final with a score of 55.620 – despite a couple of nervy moments where she landed worryingly close to the edge.

But the world champion is a woman used to the big moments and delivered when it counted with a phenomenal, flawless routine.

The 33-year-old’s score of 56.480 lifted her above Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya into top spot and sparked joyous celebrations for Page and her fans.

After being set up by team-mates Harry Charles on Romeo 88 and Ben Maher on Dallas Vegas Batilly, it was up to Scott Brash to bring home gold in the equestrian team jumping final.

Brash was put under pressure by an excellent circuit from American rider McLain Ward on Ilex, which meant knocking down a single fence would have denied Team GB the title.

But he delivered under pressure with a nerveless circuit on Jefferson, sparking wild British celebrations in Versailles at their first gold in this event since London 2012.

USA had to settle for silver, with hosts France taking bronze.

Four finals, four medals. This has been Britain’s best ever Games in the diving competition.

Harding and Laugher added to the medal tally, ensuring this is the first Olympics in which Team GB have been on the podium in four different diving disciplines.

Favourites China took gold, while a magnificent display throughout the competition meant Mexico pipped GB into silver.

With the individual diving events to come next week, British success off the diving boards and platforms might not be over yet.

Following Thursday’s race walks, the athletics got under way in earnest on Friday on the remarkably purple track at the Stade de France.

One of Britain’s prime medal hopes, Josh Kerr, cruised into the semi-finals of the 1500m in three minutes 35.83 seconds – his best time of the season so far.

GB’s Neil Gourley is also through after coming fifth in his race, from which defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway also progressed.

George Mills missed out in his heat, but could still progress through the newly introduced repechage.

Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Imani-Lara Lansiquot all qualified from their women’s 100m heats.

But there was a blow for GB in the women’s high jump, as Morgan Lake failed to qualify for the final after three failed attempts at 1.92m.

Great Britain’s gold-medal hope Keely Hodgkinson, Tokyo fourth-place finisher Jemma Reekie and teenage sensation Pheobe Gill will each be in action in the women’s 800m heats from 18:45 BST.