The Prince and Princess of Wales have offered their ‘huge congratulations’ to athletes after Team GB picked up six medals, including two golds, on the best day of the games for the country so far.
Adam Burgess secured a ‘fairly tale’ canoeing silver after Tom Pidcock won mountain bike gold and the eventing team also retained their title.
Swimmer Matthew Richards won silver in the 200m freestyle final with Tom Daley and partner Noah Williams also claiming second spot in the synchronized diving.
Laura Collett also won a bronze medal in the individual eventing competition.
In a post on X, William and Kate said: ‘Huge congratulations to the Equestrian Eventing Team and Tom Pidcock in the mountain biking on winning @TeamGB’s first gold medals!
‘Here’s to more success ahead!’
Matt Richards won silver for Great Britain in the 200m freestyle final on Monday evening
Richards put in a stunning performance in lane No 1, and secured GB’s sixth medal of the day
Adam Burgess claimed second spot in the canoe slalom finishing behind France’s Nicolas Gestin
Burgess celebrates on the podium after claiming a silver medal in the canoe slalom
Britain’s Thomas Pidcock celebrates his victory after winning the men’s cross-country mountain biking event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Elancourt Hill in the most extraordinary circumstances
Noah Williams of Great Britain kisses team-mate Tom Daley As the pair present their silver medals after the Men’s Synchronised 10m Final
Gold medallist Nicolas Gestin of France on the podium after winning with silver medallist Adam Burgess of Britain and bronze medallist Matej Benu
Great Britain’s Laura Collett aboard London 52 celebrates following the Eventing Team Jumping Final after winning a gold medal at the Chateau de Versailles
The first medals began arriving at around 11am.
Tom Daley and Noah Williams picked up Team GB’s second diving medal of the Olympics with a silver in the men’s 10m synchronised event.
Nothing could separate Great Britain and Canada in the first two rounds, with both teams tied on 105.00, but a brilliant third dive from Daley and Williams saw them gain a 4.8 point advantage over the Canadians.
From there Great Britain extended the gap over Canada, consistently placing second in their remaining rounds.
China’s Hao Yang and Junjie Lian took gold on Olympic debut, while Canada finished third.
Silver completes the collection for Daley, who has three bronzes and one gold, and it is a first Olympic medal for Williams.
Tom Daley blows kisses to his family today from the podium
Daley and Williams secured a remarkable silver in the men’s synchronised 10m diving event
Dustin Lance Black, husband of Great Britain’s Tom Daley, gives an enthusiastic thumbs up
Debbie Daley, mother of Thomas Daley, Dustin Lance Black, husband of Thomas Daley, and their children are seen in attendance as they show their support ahead of the Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform
The boys wore t-shirts emblazoned with Team Daley on the front and ‘that’s my papa’ on the back
The pair pulled off a succession of near-perfect dives to land second place
Laura Collett and London 52 then sealed a first British gold medal at the Paris Olympics as the eventing squad won the team competition at the Chateau de Versailles.
Collett and teammate Tom McEwen were both winning the title for a second time having triumphed in Tokyo three years ago, but it was a debut Olympic gold for Ros Canter, who was travelling reserve last time around.
With France starting the day in second, home fans were out in force hoping for a winning performance, resulting in an atmosphere to remember for Collett.
She said: ‘I’m on top of the world – riding into that stadium is an experience I don’t think I will ever have again, it was spine-tingling and then we just had to focus on trying to get the job done.
‘I’ve said it a million times, but I owe everything to him, he’s the horse of a lifetime and I’m so, so proud of him.
‘It’s very cool to win the first gold of the Games and long may it continue, it’s pretty special to be the first.’
Following a record-breaking performance in the dressage on day one, Britain went into the third phase narrowly ahead of France after Canter incurred 15 penalties for a missed flag in Saturday’s cross-country stage.
The advantage was increased when the first French rider Nicolas Touzaint had two fences down, with Canter knocking down the sixth fence before McEwen jumped clear.
It was then down to Collett and while London 52 clipped the final obstacle and went marginally over the allotted time to add a further 0.8 penalties, it was more than good enough for gold.
Laura Collett then won a bronze medal in the individual eventing competition at the Paris Olympics.
Laura Collett of Great Britain competes in the Equestrian Eventing Team Jumping Final, where Team GB took gold
Laura and horse London 52 then took bronze hours later
Laura rides with an extraordinary Swarovski-incrusted helmet
After securing team gold earlier in the day, Collett went into the individual jumping round in third, with fellow Brit Tom McEwen 2.7 penalties behind in fourth.
Both jumped clear, but with German Michael Jung and Australian Christopher Burton also enjoying perfect rounds to take first and second respectively, Collett had to be content with third.
And Tom Pidcock stormed back from a front puncture to take a second consecutive Olympic mountain bike gold in dramatic fashion at the Paris Games.
Pidcock’s race was in danger of unravelling when he suffered a flat front tyre on the fourth of eight laps, shortly after he had taken control of the 35km race with an attack which split the pack.
Having fallen 40 seconds behind French hope Victor Koretzky, Pidcock fought his way back to reclaim the lead with a lap and a half to go, but the pair traded blows in the last couple of kilometres – dramatically touching wheels – before Pidcock burst forward to take the win.
Pidcock was booed by the home crowds at Elancourt Hill, who had been ecstatic when Koretzky had attacked on the final climb of the race – the sort of territory where Pidcock would be expected to make a move – to take the lead late on.
But their hearts would be broken after Pidcock got his nose in front of Koretzky as the path narrowed before a tree, the decisive moment in a tense race.
After a relatively poor start, Pidcock had moved to the front on the third lap and then took control, only for things to unravel with a front flat tyre.
Pidcock managed to beat the French despite getting a puncture
Thomas Pidcock, of Britain, celebrates winning the men’s mountain bike race, at the 2024 Summer Olympics
He celebrated with his girlfriend Bethany Louise Zajac after winning gold
Gold medalist Thomas Pidcock of Team Great Britain (C), Silver medalist Victor Koretzky of Team France (L) and Bronze medalist Alan Hatherly of Team South Africa (R) pose on the podium during the Men’s Cross-Country on day three of the Olympic Games
Pidcock was lucky in that it happened close to the pits but his team were not ready for him and it was a slow change, leading Pidcock down in ninth place, the gap to the front suddenly ballooning.
He caught back up to catch Koretzky with two laps to go, but the effort told as he could not shake off the Frenchman until the very last.
Adam Burgess claimed second spot in the canoe slalom finishing behind France’s Nicolas Gestin.
The 32-year-old had just missed out on a bronze in Tokyo three years ago by just 0.16 secs.
Matthew Richards then won a silver medal for Team GB in the 200m freestyle final.
The Brit, 21, was pipped to the gold at the end by two-hundredths of a second by Romania’s David Popovici in another hugely dramatic race – meaning he was edged out by the same margin as Adam Peaty in the 100m breastroke final on Sunday night.
Despite his narrow miss, Richards – who won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay in Tokyo – put in a superb performance and was almost joined on the podium by fellow Brit Duncan Scott, who finished fourth.
