It has been an exciting week for Scottish sport with the Olympics only a week in, and Scots competitors already close to breaking the country’s all-time tally for the most medals.

For the first time at an event of this scale, athletes have been sharing the excitement and disappointment with each other and the public directly, via Twitter.

Below is a round-up of their messages from the first week of the Games.

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