Team GB won a gold medal in the men's eight rowing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Team GB have a 10th gold medal at Paris 2024 thanks to a dominant display from the men's eight crew. Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charles Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford and cox Harry Brightmore took the lead at halfway and held on to defeat the Netherlands by just over a second. The United States finished in bronze medal position.
Romania pulled more than four seconds clear in the second half of the 2000m course to claim gold. After the race, brother and sister Emily and Tom Ford embraced. It's the first time since 1908 that a brother and sister have won medals at the same Olympics for Team GB. How to follow the Olympics on SkyKeep up to date with the action from the Paris 2024 Olympics across Sky Sports' digital platforms and Sky Sports News every day between now and Sunday August 11.
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