It started slowly, before belatedly gathering momentum. But can the Scottish athletes’ medal pursuit really pick up pace in the final week of the Paris Olympics?

The first nine days of competition have yielded seven medals.

No Scottish person in history has won as many as swimmer Duncan Scott, who added 4x200m freestyle gold and 200m individual medley silver to his six bits of metal from Rio and Tokyo.

Showjumper Scott Brash delivered a flawless performance under huge pressure to replicate his London 2012 team gold.

Beth Potter swam, cycled and ran her way to triathlon bronze. And Nicole Yeargin earned the same in the mixed 4x400m relay after running in the heats.

And on Saturday, rowers Sholto Carnegie and Rowan McKellar claimed gold and bronze respectively in the men’s and women’s rowing eight events.

The Tokyo games last time round delivered a record tally of 14 – three gold, eight silver and three bronze.

Can the Scottish contingent get anywhere close to that mark in France?