Thursday's success for Scottish Olympians followed Lossiemouth rower Heather Stanning winning gold alongside Helen Glover in the women's pairs on Wednesday, the same day as Glasgow-born Michael Jamieson won silver in swimming's 200m breaststroke final.

BBC: Golden success for Olympic Scots

Japan meanwhile were celebrating after landing their first Olympic swimming title for 12 years when double world champion Kosuke Kitajima won the men's 100m breaststroke.

CNN: Thai gold as Asian athletes excel