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Great Britain's Bryony Page completed her set of Olympic medals with gold in the women's trampoline.
The 33-year-old won a surprise silver medal in Rio eight years ago and then bronze in Tokyo but went into this competition as the reigning world champion and gold medal favourite.
Page was the penultimate gymnast to compete in the final at Bercy Arena and she cried and leapt with joy after her score of 56.480 was confirmed.
Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya from Belarus became the first neutral athlete to win a medal at the Games, taking silver, while Canada's Sophiane Methot claimed bronze.
Page, who also won the world title in 2021, qualified for the final with the fifth highest score but watched those competing ahead of her largely fail to surpass their qualifying marks.
Bryony Page has won a sensational gold in the women's trampolining at the Paris Olympics
Page, 33, put in a simply stunning display in the final on Friday afternoon as she scored 56.480
After the result was confirmed, Page cried and leapt with joy as she completed her medal set
The Sheffield-based athlete, meanwhile, increased her score by close to a full mark from 55.620 and then saw the final competitor, China's Hu Yicheng, fall during her routine.
That ensured Page would win Britain's latest gold medal, to the delight of the hordes of flag-waving fans packed into the arena.
Page won silver in Rio in 2016 and bronze in Tokyo in 2020, but she finally got a gold medal
The 33-year-old could barely believe what had happened when the result was confirmed
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