Team GB wins historic silver in women's duet and scores medals across the board

Kate Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe during the Duet Free Routine. Credit: PA

Team GB picked up a sweep of medals on Saturday including a historic silver in the women's duet at the Paris Olympics.

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe claimed the first artistic swimming medal ever for Great Britain on Saturday evening.

The pair were fractionally outside the podium positions after Friday’s technical routine although a score of 264.0282 was less than a point off the Netherlands, who held third place overnight.

Their routine was adjudged the best of the 17-strong field on Saturday and a score of 558.5367 points overall lifted Shortman and Thorpe above both Austria and the Netherlands.

Georgia Bell celebrating her third place win. Credit: PA

They were beaten by China by under eight points.

On the fighting arena Caden Cunningham, who competed in the heaviest category, toppled world champion Cheick Sallah Cisse at the Grand Palais and ended up winning silver in taekwondo.

But in the women's category, Rebecca McGowan was beaten by Uzbekistan’s Svetlana Osipova in the quarter-finals of the +67kg.

On the track, the UK picked up bronze in both the men's and women's 4x400 metre relay.

Earlier in the day Georgia Bell came third in the women's 1500 metre to pick up her medal.

Noah Williams during the Men's Diving 10m Platform Final. Credit: PA

Over in the swimming pool Noah Williams managed to clinch a bronze in the men's 10m diving after a thrilling comeback.

The 24-year-old staged a comeback to challenge for a podium place towards the end of the competition.

Williams was fourth going into the fourth round, but some over-rotation caused him to drop down to fifth.

But he followed that up with two excellent scores of 93.60 and 94.35 on his final two dives to get bronze.

Williams’ team-mate Kyle Kothari had to settle for an 11th placed finish.

Erin McNeice also followed in the footsteps of newly crowned Olympic champion Toby Roberts by qualifying for the final on Sunday.

McNeice rose from 10th to seventh in the lead section to secure the top-eight place required to make Saturday’s final at Le Bourget Climbing Venue.

But, it wasn't all good news, Joe Choong fell well short of retaining his Olympic title in the modern pentathlon when he finished 9th in the competition.

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