With five days to go, Rio 2016 is already Team GB’s most successful ever Games on foreign soil, beating the previous best of 48 in Beijing.

London 2012’s modern-day record of 65 medals is now firmly in Team GB’s sights.

Cycling’s golden couple Laura Trott and Jason Kenny both won gold, sailor Giles Scott won gold, diver Jack Laugher took silver, cyclists Rebecca James and Katy Marchant took silver and bronze in the women’s sprint and gymnasts Amy Tinkler and Nile Wilson won bronze, taking GB’s medal total to 50, keeping GB second in the medal table.

Trott, already the first British woman to reach three gold medals, is now the only one to win four. She broke down in tears after wrapping herself in a Union flag at the end of the race embossed with the words “Go Trotty, Go!” then giggled with delight as she waved on the podium.