hello and welcome along to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. majestic leon marchand thrills the home crowd, with a two golds, on an historic night for him in men's swimming. a piece of history for america and katie ledecky, too — as she sets an olympic record in the women's 1500m freestyle. and japan continue to dominate in the men's gymnastics — but it's not the man you'd expect bringing home the gold in the all—around. hello and welcome along to the programme.

it's been all about leon marchand in the pool on day five of the paris olympics the french home favourite — again took the roof off the la defense arena — with golds in both the 200m butterfly — and the 200m breaststroke. no—one in history has completed the 200m butterfly—breaststroke double, but marchand did, breaking the olympic records in both. earlier, he beat kristoff malik, in the butterfly, pan zhanle of china won the 100m freestyle in a stunning world record time of 16.40 seconds, shaving an incredible 0.40 off his previous mark set at the world championships in doha last february. australia's kyle chalmers finished a distant second, while david popovici had to settle for bronze. history as well for team usa's katie ledecky, who became the first woman to win gold medals at four different olympic games.

different olympic games after retaining her title in the women's 1500m freestyle — with another commanding performance on wednesday night. she's regarded as the greatest distance swimmer of all time and came home with an olympic record ahead of france's anastasiya kirpichnikova and germany's isabel gose. it's ledecky�*s eighth career olympic title, moving her level for all—time swimming golds record. sweden's sarah sjostrom's late decision to enter the women's 100 metres freestyle paid off as she beat a top—quality field to clinch the gold medal. she edged out america's torri huske who took silver and and hong kong's bronze—winner siobhan haughey. japan continued their domination in the men's artistic gymnastics with gold in the all—around, thanks to 20—year—old newcomer shinnosuke oka. the outsider got the better of countryman and tokyo champion daiko hashimoto — and china's boheng zhang who who took silver, and ruoteng xiao who claimed bronze.

oka's win giving his nation a fourth straight victory in the event. both triathlon races took place after the men's event was postponed on tuesday because of poor water quality in the river seine. britain's alex yee looked as though he'd have to settle for silver in the men's race, just as he did in tokyo three years ago. but on the final lap of the 10k run, he overcame a ill—second deficit. he overcame a14—second deficit to pass his great rival, new zealand's hayden wilde, and secure gold. great britain have won more triathlon medals than any other nation since becoming an olympic sport in 2000. the women were first to dive into the seine, and their race was close until the final lap of the run, when france's cassandre beaugrand pulled clear of switzerland'sjulie derron with great britain's beth potter in third. derron says they had no concerns over the water quality. swimming was fine, and if we win the race, we know they took some this morning.

but we had a great race today. great britain's rowers failed to win a single gold in tokyo three years ago, bringing homejust two medals, but they have a gold on the board with an incredible finish in the women's quadruple sculls. with 200 metres to go, they trailed the netherlands, but pulled it back to take victory with the final stroke. lauren henry, lola anderson, hannah scott and georgina brayshaw won it by 0.15 of a second. they were seventh in tokyo. this is the first time team gb has won the men's or women's event. netherlands won the men's quad. there are some outstanding crews — there are some outstanding crews here at well that were pushing _ crews here at well that were pushing us every day. i will think— pushing us every day. i will think of— pushing us every day. i will think of quite the same for all of us — think of quite the same for all of us and _ think of quite the same for all of us and we're over the moon. the _ of us and we're over the moon. the come — of us and we're over the moon. the come from seventh to first, i don't _ the come from seventh to first, i don't know. i think you idon't know. i think you really— i don't know. i think you really have to take the

experience. so a fantastic performance from the british quartet, and afterwards, we got the views of dame katherine grainger — double sculls gold medallist at london 2012 — and she believes the gold could inspire team gb�*s rowing team. there were no gold medals that all. there were no gold medals that alt you — there were no gold medals that alt you can _ there were no gold medals that all. you can see _ there were no gold medals that all. you can see the _ there were no gold medals that all. you can see the team - there were no gold medals that all. you can see the team was i there were no gold medals thati all. you can see the team was a little _ all. you can see the team was a little bit — all. you can see the team was a little bit unsure. _ all. you can see the team was a little bit unsure. here, - all. you can see the team was a little bit unsure. here, we - little bit unsure. here, we arrived, _ little bit unsure. here, we arrived, and _ little bit unsure. here, we arrived, and the _ little bit unsure. here, we arrived, and the team - little bit unsure. here, wei arrived, and the team feel confident, _ arrived, and the team feel confident, they're - arrived, and the team feel. confident, they're behaving, bouncing _ confident, they're behaving, bouncing their— confident, they're behaving, bouncing their step- confident, they're behaving, bouncing their step to - confident, they're behaving, bouncing their step to see . confident, they're behaving, . bouncing their step to see that first goat— bouncing their step to see that first goal come _ bouncing their step to see that first goal come in. _ bouncing their step to see that first goal come in. so - bouncing their step to see that first goal come in. so i - bouncing their step to see that first goal come in. so i think. first goal come in. so i think we'tt— first goal come in. so i think we'll see _ first goal come in. so i think we'll see enthusiasm - first goal come in. so i think we'll see enthusiasm and i we'll see enthusiasm and incitement. _ we'll see enthusiasm and incitement. we _ we'll see enthusiasm and incitement. we saw- we'll see enthusiasm andl incitement. we saw some we'll see enthusiasm and i incitement. we saw some of we'll see enthusiasm and - incitement. we saw some of the british— incitement. we saw some of the british cruise _ incitement. we saw some of the british cruise ruling _ incitement. we saw some of the british cruise ruling down- incitement. we saw some of the british cruise ruling down —— - british cruise ruling down —— crews— british cruise ruling down —— crews rowing _

british cruise ruling down —— crews rowing. this - british cruise ruling down —— crews rowing. this will- british cruise ruling down —— crews rowing. this will do i british cruise ruling down —— crews rowing. this will do a i crews rowing. this will do a lot crews rowing. this will do a tot for— crews rowing. this will do a tot for the _ crews rowing. this will do a lot for the team. _ china have continued their perfect record, making it three golds from three diving events so far. chen yuxi and (juan hongchan blew away the competition in the women's synchronised 10m platform, finishing far out in front. the bronze went to britain's andrea spendolini—sirieix and lois toulson, who leapfrogged canada with this final dive. north korea on the left took their second silver of the games. —— leapfrog china. we've had both finals in the freestyle bmx, the men's gold has gone to argentina, with britain's kieran reilly taking the silver medalon his olympic debutjose torres gil had a flawless first run, which stood for the entire competition. it was argentina's first individual medal in the event and theirfirst medal at the paris games. world champion reilly beat france's anthony jeanjean to silver. you can't really overestimate games. it would technical. i

haven't been to the tv house yet. i came here with a dream of being an olympian and i'm leaving as an olympic medallist, so it's really special. in the women's event, 18—year—old deng yah—wen impressed the judges with a series of high—flying tricks seeing her edge out the usa's perris benegas with her second run. bennegas made the podium after finishing fourth in tokyo, while australia's natalya diehm claimed bronze — her country's first in freestyle bmx. adriana ruano—oliva has won the first olympic gold medal in guatemala's history with victory in the women's trap at the chateauroux shooting centre. oliva began her career as a promising gymnast, but had to quit the sport after a spinal injury injury in 2011. she took up shooting making her olympic debut in tokyo, where she came 26th.

but in paris she set a games record, with 45 hits out of 50. guatemala has only three olympic medals in total. the dream is over for rafael nadal and carlos alcaraz, after their olympic medal hope in the men's doubles were ended by a quarter—final loss to american fourth seeds austin krajicek and rajeev ram.the spanish pair lost in straight sets, to two of the best doubles players in the game. nadal has been tight—lipped about his future but this nadal has been tight—lipped about his future, but this could be the 14—time french open champion�*s farewell to paris. alcaraz stayed on course for a gold—medal clash with novak djokovic in singles earlier after both reached the quarter—finals. away from the olympics now — and steve mcclaren has been appointed head coach of the jamaica national men's team. he's signed a two year deal after leaving the backroom staff of manchester united the jamaica football federation says mcclaren�*s target is to guide the reggae boyz to the 2026 world cup finals. their only world cup appearance to date came at france 1998, when they were knocked out in the group stage. manchester city's preparations for the new season saw them lose on penalties

to barcelona, but there may be some worries over the fitness of striker erling haaland. jack grealish, who was left out of england's euros squad this summer, made it 2—2 that night in a match that was delayed by storms in florida. barca won the penalty shoot—out 4—1. erling haaland was taken off in the first half, but pep guardiola played down any serious injury concerns. if he doesn't feel comfortable, we don't — if he doesn't feel comfortable, we don't want to take the risk. thet's— we don't want to take the risk. that's alt _ we don't want to take the risk. that's all. the decision is there. _ that's all. the decision is there, around the corner. i don't — there, around the corner. i don't want _ there, around the corner. i don't want to take a risk because _ don't want to take a risk because if it's happening after. _ because if it's happening after, we're going to lose him for three _ after, we're going to lose him for three weeks or month, would be a _ for three weeks or month, would be a big — for three weeks or month, would be a big problem. in the men's game, manchester united's new £59 million signing, leny yoro, could be out action with a foot injury. yoro signed from lille earlier this month, but got the injury in united's 2—1 defeat to arsenal in los angeles on saturday. the central defender came

off after half an hour and was seen using crutches and wearing a protective boot on his left foot. the potential loss of yoro for a lengthy period would be a major blow for the club. just time to take a quick look at the medal table from the olympics before we go after day five of competition at paris 202a. china are now top of with nine golds, ahead of hosts france and japan, who are both on eight. australia are next on seven, with great britain and south korea both on six, followed by the united states on five. the americans though still with plenty of time to catch up. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the team, thanks very much indeed. two see you next time. —— we'll.

hello there. humidity levels are beginning to increase now, and we're starting to see a thundery breakdown take place across england and wales, certainly after this recent hot spell. so, a thundery day on thursday, some good sunny spells around. yes, it will continue to feel very warm and humid. if you catch some of these torrential downpours, you really will know about it. we'll start thursday morning with torrential downpours through central, northern and eastern parts of england. then, into the afternoon as a sunshine comes out, we'll see further thunderstorms developing — east wales, the midlands, southern and eastern england. scotland and northern ireland not doing too badly — variable clouds, some sunshine and comfortable conditions there, ranging from 17—23 celsius, but another very warm one across england and wales, 25—29 celsius. as we head through thursday evening, those thunderstorms

fade out across central and eastern england. it turns dry with clear spells, but the breeze picks up with more cloud developing across western scotland and northern ireland. a little bit warmer across scotland and northern ireland to start friday than we've had of late, but it will be another muggy one for england and wales. start to see some changes into friday — this new area of low pressure will bring weather fronts, outbreaks of rain, strengthening winds to western scotland and northern ireland through the day, winds also picking up through the irish sea. large parts of eastern scotland, certainly england and wales will have another sunny afternoon with a few thunderstorms across eastern england — but it's going to be another warm one again, 28—29 celsius in the warmest spots in the southeast, low—20s further north and west. and it will be turning fresher here as this weather front starts to cross the country during saturday. eventually, it will reach east and southeastern england during saturday afternoon, clearing through, then allowing fresher air to move in across most areas, with sunny spells, variable cloud, scattered showers

for western scotland and northern ireland. here, the high teens at best, further south, it's cooler as well, 21—25 celsius. the fresher air will be across all areas as we move into part two of the weekend. low pressure starts to dominate, bringing our air source from the atlantic. not a bad day in store for sunday — a lot of sunshine through central, southern, and eastern areas, more cloud further north and west. we'll start to see more persistent rain moving into northern ireland and western scotland with strengthening winds. high teens celsius again in the north and west, low—to—mid—20s further south.

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