Day 9 (final day) –

. Peaty plans break after Tokyo Olympics citing mental health issues

Adam Peaty has revealed he will take a short break from swimming after the Olympics to refresh and protect his mental health – referencing the struggles of Simone Biles and England cricketer Ben Stokes.

The British swimmer, who has won two gold medals and one silver in Tokyo, had already said he was likely to skip the International Swimming League season, which starts at the end of this month.

But following life in the Olympic bubble, Peaty plans to relax with his family and take time out before beginning his preparations for next year’s World Championships and then Paris 2024.

. USA win gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay and set a new World Record

Gold – USA

Silver – GBR

Bronze – Italy

Another gold for the legend Caeleb Dressel, and a world record to boot. The US had the strongest quartet, and Dressel’s butterfly sealed the deal. Adam Peaty’s breaststroke earned Team GB silver, once again demonstrating his margin of dominance over his rivals is the greatest of any swimmer at these Games, just phenomenal.

USA took gold with a new world record of 3 minutes and 27.51 seconds

Britain won silver behind the USA in the men’s 4x100metres medley relay – the last event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre – to take their tally to eight medals, eclipsing the seven won at London 1908.

Peaty himself leaves with two gold medals and one silver, while Duncan Scott became the first Team GB athlete in any sport to win four gongs in a single Games.The quartet of Luke Greenbank, Peaty, James Guy and Scott set a new European record of 3min 27.51sec but it was 0.73sec behind the American team of Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zach Apple.

Britain were seventh after Greenbank’s first backstroke leg, but Peaty brought them up to first with the fastest breaststroke split – 56.53sec – of all time.

James Guy then had to fend off 100m butterfly world record holder Dressel, whose split of 49.03sec was also the fastest in history.

Dressel’s swim gave the USA a 0.60sec lead going into the freestyle and Zach Apple was able to fend off Scott.

It was a fifth gold for Dressel, who also won a silver, and joins countrymen Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi, as well as East Germany’s Kristin Otto, as the only swimmers to win that amount at a single Olympics.