Day Five report: Léon Marchand becomes a legend

French swimmer Léon Marchand wins two individual gold medals in 90 minutes and Team GB win two golds in triathlon and rowing.

TOP STORY – Marchand becomes an Olympic legend in the pool

Léon Marchand won two Olympic golds medals in one night to cement his name amongst the legends of the sport.

The French swimmer broke the Olympic record in the 200m butterfly with a time of 1:51.21. He returned 90 minutes later to break the Olympic record in 200m breaststroke in 2:05.85.

Marchand became the first swimmer since 1976 to win two individual golds on the same day. It was also the first time a swimmer has completed the 200m breaststroke and butterfly double in the same meet.

Elsewhere in the pool, American swimming legend Katie Ledecky won her eighth Olympic gold medal after retaining the women’s 1500m freestyle title.

Chinese swimmer, Pan Zhanle broke the world record in the 100m freestyle with a time of 46.40 to win the gold medal. Australian Kyle Chalmers won silver, and David Popovici secured bronze to win his second medal of the games.

TRIATHLON

Great Britain’s Alex Yee won men’s Triathlon gold after incredibly overtaking leader Hayden Wilde on the final straight.

Yee, was 15 seconds behind the New Zealander during the running leg but managed to reign him in after a phenomenal last push. He won the race in a time of 1:44.43. The bronze medal went to France’s Léo Bergere.

Yee has now won two Olympic golds and one silver in his career. He will be back later in the week to defend the mixed relay title.

On Wednesday morning, Team GB’s Beth Potter won bronze in the women’s race. The triathlon was finally given the go ahead after being postponed several times due to pollution in the river Seine.

ROWING

The British quartet of Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson and Georgina Brayshaw and Hannah Scott won gold in the women’s quadruple sculls.

The 2003 world champions were neck and neck with the Netherlands but managed to narrowly drag themselves across the line first in a time of 16.31.

It was GB Rowing’s first Olympic title since Rio 2016 after they failed to win a gold medal in Tokyo. Great Britain should add to this tally in the coming week.

BMX FREESTYLE

Team GB’s Kieran Reilly won silver in the men’s BMX freestyle in Paris after posting a score of 93.91 on his final run.

The reigning world champion was first in qualifying but was pipped to the gold medal by Argentina’s José Torres Gil with a score of 94.82. France’s Anthony Jeanjean won the bronze medal.

Australian Olympic champion Logan Martin missed out on a medal after falling in both his runs.

DIVING

Great Britain’s Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix won bronze in the women’s 10m synchronised platform. Their score of 304.38 was enough to edge out Canada after an incredible fifth dive.

China won the gold medal, and the silver went to North Korea.

BOXING

Lewis Richardson became the only British boxer to reach the quarter finals after beating Vakhid Abbasov by split decision in the men’s middleweight division. He is now one win away from guaranteeing a bronze medal.

Earlier in the day, Chantelle Reid lost a 3-2 split decision to Morocco’s Khadija Mardi in the first round of the women’s middleweight competition.

Refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba won her first fight to progress to the quarter-finals of the middleweight division.

Ngamba was born in Cameroon before moving to the UK when she was 11. The 25-year-old currently trains with team GB despite being denied British citizenship last year.

HOCKEY

Great Britain women’s team beat South Arica 2-1 to keep their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive.

Kayla de Waal opened the scoring for South Africa via a penalty corner. GB faced elimination before Amy Costello equalised just before half time. Their performance improved in the second half and were rewarded when Hannah French scored the winner with a sublime finish in the third quarter.

They have now moved into fourth in Pool B and will play the USA and Australia in their final matches on Thursday.

TENNIS

Carlos Alvarez and Rafa Nadal lost their men’s double quarter final against Austin Krajicek and Ranjeev Ram 2-6 3-6.

Alcaraz was also in action in the singles, he beat Roman Safiullin his third-round match 6-4 6-2. He was joined by Novak Djokovic who beat Dominik Koepfer 7-5 6-3

In the women’s doubles, British pair Heather Watson and Katie Boulter are through to the quarter finals.

Also, three-time grand slam champion and Rio Olympic silver medallist Angelique Kerber retired at Roland Garros after losing in the women’s singles.