2 August 2012 Last updated at 14:31 ET

Scottish athletes are celebrating after further Olympic success at the London games.

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy won gold in the team sprint - his sixth Olympic medal in total, and fifth gold.

Fellow Scots Tim Baillie won gold, and David Florence silver, in the canoe slalom C2 event. Both are from the Aberdeen area.

Scottish hopes for more success on Friday rest largely with rower Katherine Grainger.

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.

Sir Chris, from Edinburgh, and teammates Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes powered to gold by beating France in a world record time of 42.600 seconds.

The medal represents Sir Chris's fifth gold, matching rower Sir Steve Redgrave's British record of Olympic titles.

Sir Chris also won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Minister for Sport Shona Robison said Sir Chris had confirmed his status at Scotland's greatest-ever Olympian.

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