More history was then made in the pool, as Team GB won its fourth swimming gold in Tokyo - the first time the swimming team have won that many Olympic golds in 113 years.

It came courtesy of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin as they won the inaugural 4x100m mixed medley relay in a world-record time.

Turns out us Brits are pretty good at mixed events.

Day eight was another golden one for Team GB, and historic too.

The British quartet of Jess Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Alex Yee were crowned triathlon mixed relay champions as the event made its debut at the Olympics.

It meant a triumphant Games farewell for Brownlee, who secured his first gold in his third and likely final Olympics.

He now has gold, silver and bronze medals from three Olympics. "The Olympics? I've completed it," he said.

While the cross-country eventing continues does anyone fancy a quick recap of day eight...?

Tom: Listening to the sounds on the golf, and the abroad vibes I'm getting with the noisy cricket sound you normally hear in Greece or somewhere.

Phil: Just back from a local festival with an incredible Prodigy tribute band headlining... looking forward to some awesome sport before I finally give up and go to bed.

When I read that last entry I weirdly thought of Irish broadcaster Henry Kelly...

Maybe it's working these odd hours but can just imagine him introducing the live coverage to the theme tune from 'Going for Gold'.

Simon Gleave
Head of sports analysis, Nielsen Gracenote

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After eight days of Olympic competition in Tokyo, Great Britain has 28 medals including eight golds.

In terms of medals, this is comparable with both Rio 2016 (30) and London 2012 (29) at this stage. Those two Olympics were Great Britain's best since 1908. Team GB are short of both of those Olympics on gold medals though. In London, Team GB had 14 gold medals at this stage whereas in Rio, the team had won 10.Only London 1908 has produced more medals in the first eight days of medals being awarded (51 including 16 golds) - but those eight days were spread across April, May and July when the Games had a totally different format. In addition, Great Britain provided around a third of the 2,200 or so competitors.

One rider from each of the 15 teams has now been put through their paces on the cross country course. Team GB still in command.

Not sure I'd fancy this at the best of times but BMX freestyle has definitely caught the eye at Tokyo 2020.

GB's Charlotte Worthington gave up a career as a chef to train full-time when freestyle was added to the Olympics, and she enters this event as a world bronze medallist.

You can see her go for gold from around 02:10 BST. GB's men's contender is Declan Brooks. He's up from around 03:20 BST.

We've got you Louisa....Frangible devices allow cross-country fences to collapse under both forward and upward pressure and are designed to prevent rotational falls, which can cause serious injuries to horses and riders.

Team GB's Pat McCormack will fight in the final of the men's welterweight competition after Ireland's Aidan Walsh was forced to pull out of their semi-final with an ankle injury.

The pair were due to fight later on Sunday.

A Team Ireland statement read: "The decision has been made to withdraw Aidan Walsh from the semi-final of the men's welterweight competition at the Olympic Games.

"The Belfast boxer was due to fight in Sunday's semi-final against Pat McCormack, but due to an ankle injury sustained during his quarter-final bout with Mervin Clair, the decision to withdraw him was made in conjunction with his medical team.

"Walsh had initially hoped to compete and waited to give himself every opportunity to do so. However subsequent scans and medical reviews have now ruled out this possibility.

"He will still take home his bronze medal which he won in the quarter-final bout, becoming the 16th (Irish) boxer to bring home a medal from the Olympic Games."

Louisa Gummer: Anyone else watching the cross country and desperately googling 'frangible device' which seems to be a thing that’s appeared since the last time I watched eventing! Please explain!

Lots still to come over the next few days of course but this of course is an Olympics like any other.

With safety of paramount for importance for team officials and the organisers alike, there's very little hanging around once events are concluded unlike in previous Games when getting to the closing ceremony would be well worth the wait.

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Anyone else had Vangelis on to get them in the mood for the athletics over the last few days?

We will head over to the track later on Sunday but plenty coming before then.

If you're just heading in from a night out or have been sat at home waiting for the coverage to start what tunes have you been rocking to get in the swing of things?

Feel free to drop me a line with all your Saturday night/Sunday morning routines and tunes.

Here's how the medal looked at the start of day nine.

GB sitting nicely in sixth.

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Let's hear from Oliver Townend

"[Ballaghmor Class] is an unbelievable horse - he's tough and very special.

"For me [the course] is OK but add the terrain, the fences and the Olympic pressure and it becomes highly pressurised for some people, but for me it's fine."

Ian Stark
Olympic silver medallist on BBC TV

Why is Oliver Townend (second in the individual standings) going out first for Team GB (leading the team event) and not the anchor leg?

"It could be lots of different reasons. The horse is probably the most experienced and had success so they want to find out from Oliver how the course lies. It could be cooler and some horses perform better when it is cooler.

"Then again it could be team tactics held close to their chest!"

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Oliver Townend is looking good on Ballaghmor Class, waltzing around the Sea Forest XC course.

One error can change all that but at the moment this is looking very good for GB.

The finish is now in sight, a flawless start as he lay down an early marker, finishing five seconds inside the time limit to remain on his overnight score from the dressage test.

BBC One

BBC One is on through the night/morning to bring you action from the Olympics with JJ Chalmers in position.

They're showing the Equestrian at the moment, with Great Britain in the gold medal position going into the cross-country team eventing.

Sam Quek and Rishi Persad will be on duty from 04:00 to guide you through the rest of the early morning.

• Golf - the final round of the men's tournament is actually under way. GB's Paul Casey currently tied for third starts at 03:09 BST. American Xander Schauffele leads on 14 under par.
• BMX freestyle (from 02:10 BST) - Charlotte Worthington races in the women's park final, before Declan Brooks goes in the men's.
• Swimming (from 02:30 BST) - GB's Ben Proud, Dan Jervis and the men's 4x100m medley relay team including Adam Peaty and Duncan Scott are in finals action.
• Boxing (from 04:03 BST) - British boxers Pat McCormack and Ben Whittaker are in semi-final action at their respective weights.
• Weightlifting (05:50 BST) - GB's Emily Godley competes in group B of the women’s -76kg.
• Tennis (from 07:00 BST) - It's another gold medal day in the tennis. Alexander Zverev takes on Karen Khachanov in the men's singles final.
• Gymnastics (10:41 BST) - Max Whitlock looks to defend his pommel horse Olympic title.
• Hockey (13:30 BST) - GB men look to earn a place in the semi-finals as they take on India.
• Athletics (13:50 BST) - It's the day of the men's 100m final. Who will end Usain Bolt's reign as Olympic champion?

For the first time since 2004, a men's 100m final will take place at the Olympics without Usain Bolt. Who will be the main man this time around?

That's all a little (well actually a lot) later on (13:50 BST) but before then there's a good chance that GB can add to their medal haul in the final day of action in the pool.