Great Britain's men's eight stormed home at Paris 2024 to add the Olympic title to world honours. Victory came just 20 minutes after the women's eight had taken bronze as Britain's medal haul at Paris 2024's rowing regatta rose to eight.

Morgan Bolding, Sholto Carnegie, Jacob Dawson, Tom Digby, Charlie Elwes, Tom Ford, Rory Gibbs and James Rudkin withstood challenges from the Netherlands and the United States to take gold in five minutes 22.88 seconds.

Britain and the Netherlands set their stall out from the start and were neck and neck at the 1,000 metres halfway stage. But the British crew, double European and double world champions during this Olympic cycle, broke the Dutch challenge over the next 500. They moved away to complete a brilliant victory, finishing 1.04secs ahead of the Netherlands with the United States back in third.

The crew which won gold included three South West rowers. Gibbs attended Millfield School in Somerset, Bolding is from Withiel in Cornwall, while Dawson is from Plymouth. The latter overcome a near-fatal blood clot to reach his second Olympic Games and add to the Bronze he won in Tokyo.

Speaking to the BBC One after winning gold, Dawson said: "Massive mix of emotions. There is a bit of sadness that this is the end, but complete and total elation that we have finished off this project in the right way."

Earlier in the day, the women's crew of Annie Campbell-Orde - originally from Wells, and who went to Millfield School, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford sister of Tom in the men's eight Lauren Irwin, Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Eve Stewart and Hattie Taylor were also in the medals at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

Great Britain's Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Harriet Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde, and Cox Henry Fieldman with their bronze medals won in the Women's Eight Final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on the eighth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture date: Saturday August 3, 2024. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.

Britain finished behind world champions Romania and Canada in a time of five minutes 59.51 seconds. Romania forced the pace from the start and never looked like being caught, leaving Canada and Britain to contest silver.

Britain tried to squeeze Canada in the final 250 but finished 0.67secs down on the reigning Olympic champions. Cox Henry Fieldman claimed another Olympic medal as he won bronze in the Tokyo GB men's eight three years ago.