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8 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Jason Kenny became the most successful British Olympian in history this morning, now boasting nine medals, seven gold and two silver. On Friday, his wife Laura won her fifth gold medal.

Their son now has a total of 15 gold and silver toys to play with.

thetimes.co.uk/article/jason-…
Lauren Price has faced a long wait and winding road, but she delivered a last-day gold medal for Great Britain in convincing style at the Kokugikan Arena today.

thetimes.co.uk/article/tokyo-…
Tom Daley added a bronze in the men’s individual 10m platform to the gold medal he had won earlier in the synchronised version.

His husband, Dustin Lance Black, tweeted a clip of their son, Robbie, 3, watching his father on television, chanting “Go, Papa, go!”
The nation’s best performance at a modern Olympics was in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, with 67 medals. Can #TeamGB match or overtake the 65 medals they won at the London Games?

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