Wiggins wins record eighth Olympic medal as Team GB take three golds at Rio

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Team GB have claimed three gold and three silver medals on a record-breaking seventh day at the Rio Olympics.

Great Britain's Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Owain Doull won the gold medal in the men's team pursuit with a world record time.

The result gave Sir Bradley his fifth Olympic gold medal and made him the most decorated British Olympic athlete of all time, with eight medals.

Sir Bradley Wiggins now has five Olympic Gold medals. Credit: PA
Owain Doull, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Sir Bradley Wiggins with their gold medals. Credit: PA

Earlier, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning started the medal rush after storming to victory in the women's coxless pair, with a time of 7:18.29 to defend their London 2012 crown.

The heavyweight coxless four of Alex Gregory, Mohamed Sbihi, George Nash and Constantine Louloudis extended their unbeaten run to secure gold less than 20-minutes later, after recording a time of 5:58.61.

Bryony Page claimed Britain's first Olympic medal in the trampolining, whilst the Team GB quartet of Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Fiona Bigwood and Spencer Wilton took silver in the dressage.

In the pool Jazz Carlin took silver in the women's 800m freestyle after being beaten by Katie Ledecky of the USA who set a new World Record with a time of 8.04.79.

Olympic rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning are now undefeated in 37 races, in a remarkable run that stretches back to 2011.

In an interview with ITV News, Helen Glover described the enormous pressure they faced ahead of Friday's final.

"When you wake up in the morning of an Olympic final and you've been unbeaten for six years - that's pressure.

"One more race where you know that it's not just our Olympic final it's five other people's Olympic final and they're out to get you", she added.

The men's Team GB rowing team have also extended their unbeaten run, after claiming gold in the heavyweight coxless four for a fifth Olympics in a row.

Team GB's last defeat in the event came in Atlanta, 1996.

Speaking to ITV News after winning gold, George Nash said: "It's great. It's just a dream effort out there. It's just fantastic to be a part of it."

Teammate Alex Gregory added: "It was a massive relief. To have done the job, done what we knew what we could do - there was a lot of pressure on us. We got it right and I'm so pleased."

However there was disappointing news for Team GB in the women's 10,000m, as Jo Pavey couldn't keep pace with the field and finished 15th in her fifth Olympic Games.

Great Britain's Jess Andrews finished 16th, with Beth Potter crossing the line in 34th place.

Almaz Ayana claimed a new world record to dash British hopes. Credit: Reuters

Eighteen personal bests were broken in the race, which was won by Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana who smashed the 1993 world record held by China's Junxia Wang in a time of 29:17.45.

It was only the second time Ayana has competitively raced the 10,000m distance.