Charlotte Worthington has won the women's BMX freestyle - after landing a backflip 360 - which has never before been performed in female competition.
The category is new to the Olympics so Worthington has won a place in the history books as the first person to win a gold medal for BMX freestylingThe sport has enjoyed a high profile this year thanks to the success of Bethany Shriever, who won gold in women's BMX racing, and"Prince of Peckham" Kye Whyte, who took silver in the men's BMX racing.
Meanwhile, swimmer Duncan Scott has become the first British athlete to win four medals at a single Olympics as Team GB celebrated their best swimming haul at a Games. Scott, Adam Peaty, Luke Greenbank and James Guy won the silver medal in the men's 4x100 metres medley relay. They finished 0.73 seconds behind the United States, who claimed gold in a world record time of three minutes and 26.78 seconds.
Britain's eighth medal - with four golds, three silvers and a bronze - in the final swimming event in Tokyo bettered their previous best tally in the pool of seven gongs, set at the London 2012 Games.
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