Tokyo Olympics: Team eventing gold for GB while Laura Kenny and Laura Muir progress

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Great Britain won the Olympic team eventing title for the first time in 49 years to clinch an 11th gold medal in Tokyo and could add to that tally in the individual competition later on Monday.

World number one Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen sealed victory in the final show jumping stage for Team GB's 33rd medal of the Games.

Laura Kenny's bid to become Britain's most decorated female Olympian also got off to a promising start in the women's cycling team pursuit.

A quartet of Kenny, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker and Josie Knight qualified second fastest, behind only Germany's new world-record pace.

Britain were hoping to compete for podium places in the sailing, but a lack of wind in Enoshima has seen both the women's 49er FX and men's 49er races postponed until Tuesday.

Emily Campbell is also aiming to become the first British woman to win an Olympic weightlifting medal, with the +87kg category beginning at 11:50 BST.

It was an impressive performance from the GB eventing team to win gold for the first time since 1972 and the riders are poised for more medals on day 10.

Townend is second in the individual standings with McEwen third and Collett fifth before the final round of jumping (12:45).

The Olympic debutants opened a lead of 17.9 penalties after faultless rounds in Sunday's cross-country phase and retained top spot in Monday's final stage.

Australia finished second while France took the bronze medal.

Kenny chases gold

As the final week of the Olympics rolls in it brings the start of the track cycling at the Izu Velodrome.

Kenny, looking to win gold for a third successive Games, was part of the team pursuit quartet who set the world record in Rio five years ago.

That mark remained until earlier on Monday when the German team set a blistering new world-leading target of 4:07.307.

The GB four began their team pursuit defence in 4:09.022, which would have broken their previous record and was enough for second in qualifying.

It means they will race against the USA in the first round on Tuesday.

Kenny already has four gold medals and could overtake Charlotte Dujardin, who has six medals, as Britain's most decorated female Olympian at this Games.

The 29-year-old is also set to compete in the omnium and madison this week.

Muir 'more prepared than ever'

Medal hope Laura Muir clocked four minutes 3.89 seconds to finish second in her 1500m heat and reach the semi-finals, saying she felt "more prepared than ever".

GB team-mate Katie Snowden also progressed in 4:02.77 but Revee Walcott-Nolan came seventh to miss out.

Meanwhile, Britain's Nick Miller made the hammer final and Deborah Kerr qualified for the women's kayak single 200m semi-finals.

Twins Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the women's gymnastics floor final, while James Heatly and Jack Laugher reached the men's diving 3m springboard semi-finals.

There were gold medals to be had in athletics early on Monday.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won Puerto Rico's first Olympic track and field gold medal, topping the podium in the women's 100m hurdles in a time of 12.37 seconds.

Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou used his last effort to leap 8.41m and take the long jump title, edging Cuba's Juan Miguel Echevarria by virtue of his second-best jump on the day being longer than that of his opponent.

What is coming up on Monday?

Athletics: Team GB's Beth Dobbin will run in the 200m semi-finals (11:25 BST)
Weightlifting: GB's Emily Campbell competes in the women's +87kg (11:50)
Hockey: Britain face Spain in the women's quarter-finals (13:00)