Keely Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold as Team GB pick up five medals on day 10

Joe Clarke won silver and Kimberley Woods bronze in the kayak cross, while Team GB were downgraded from silver to bronze in the triathlon mixed relay.

Great Britain picked up five medals on day 10 of the Paris Olympics.

Keely Hodgkinson claimed victory in the women’s 800 metres final while there was gold on the first day of track cycling for the women’s team sprint trio of Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell.

Joe Clarke won silver and Kimberley Woods bronze in the kayak cross, while Team GB were downgraded from silver to bronze in the triathlon mixed relay.

We look back on another successful day in France for Team GB that has taken the overall total to 42 medals – 12 gold, 13 silver and 17 bronze.

Queen Keely the nearly woman no more

Keely Hodgkinson celebrates winning the women's 800 metres final — Keely Hodgkinson, left, claimed her first global title on Monday (Martin Rickett/PA)

The 22-year-old was an overwhelming favourite in the women’s 800m showpiece but the weight of expectation was no burden as she held off the challenge of Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma and Kenya’s Mary Moraa to triumph.

Hodgkinson claimed Team GB’s first title on the track since Mo Farah’s 5,000m and 10,000m double at Rio 2016.

Sprinting to gold

Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell celebrate winning the women's team sprint at the Paris Olympics — Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell claimed a historic gold for Team GB (David Davies/PA)

Britain failed to even qualify in this event since London 2012 but they set a new benchmark in every round, culminating in the last of them a time of 45.186 seconds which saw them beat New Zealand by five tenths of a second.

“It doesn’t get much better than that,” said Marchant, the 31-year-old who flew the women’s sprint flag alone for Britain in Rio and Tokyo.

Kayak-cross captures the imagination

Joe Clarke claimed silver in the inaugural kayak-cross competition — Joe Clarke settled for silver (John Walton/PA)

The discipline, which involves four racers trying to outdo each other down a helter-skelter 200 metre course, threw up controversy and disqualifications aplenty to the delight of the raucous 10,000-plus crowd.

Clarke, a three-time world champion, had to settle for second behind Finn Butcher of New Zealand while Woods took an early risk that failed to pay off and crossed the line last only to be promoted to a medal when Germany’s Elena Lilik was disqualified.

Photo finish downgrades GB

Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Samuel Dickinson and Beth Potter celebrate with their bronze medals — Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Samuel Dickinson and Beth Potter were downgraded to bronze in the triathlon mixed relay (David Davies/PA)

Beth Potter crossed the line with American Taylor Knibb, just behind Germany’s Laura Lindemann, and Britain were initially given second only for a closer look at the photo finish to cause officials to realise their error.

There were no complaints from the British team, with individual gold medallist Alex Yee saying: “Of course there’s initially a little bit of confusion but I guess they just hadn’t fully seen the photo finish yet.”

Biles misses out

Simone Biles after falling from the beam during the women’s balance beam final — Simone Biles took silver in the women’s floor exercise final (Mike Egerton/PA)

At a packed Bercy Arena, Biles completed all her tumble sequences but she twice stepped out of the floor area after landing – mistakes which proved costly and resulted in a score of 14.133.

Biles does return to the US with three golds in her possession, having won the all around and vault titles, plus the team competition.

Picture of the day

Keely Hodgkinson celebrates her triumph in the women's 800 metres final — Keely Hodgkinson celebrates her triumph in the women’s 800 metres final (Peter Byrne/PA)