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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  August 6, 2024 12:45am-1:01am BST

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great britain have their first 800 metre olympic champion for 20 years. keely hodgkinson leads from start to finish reaching new heights, duplantis retains his olympic pole vault title with another world record biles is strangely off balance on the beam as she fails to add to her golden tally on the final day of the gymnastics another great day for great britain at the olympic games. keely hodgkinson. after taking silver three years ago in tokyo, and also finishing second at the last two world championships — she's now the olympic 800 metres champion. hodgkinson had set the fastest time this year and led the race
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from start to finish at the stade de france. it was close on the final bend but she kicked clear hodgkinson is the first british 800 metre champion since kelly holmes completed the 800/1500 double in athens in 200a. i think for me, with the calibre that we have in the women's 800, nothing is cemented until you've crossed the line. i always believed in myself, but until you've done it, nothing is written. ijust wanted to get out hard, and i knew it was going to be a bit of a battle to get in position, which i think it was. didn't quite pan out how i thought it was going to be, but that's 800 metre racing for you. i wanted to stay out of trouble because it's can be brutal out there sometimes. yeah, ijust stuck to my lane, kept composed and kept kicking for that line.
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a world of his own as he cruised to victory with the clearance of six metres. sam kendricks _ clearance of six metres. sam kendricks one _ clearance of six metres. sam kendricks one silver - clearance of six metres. sam kendricks one silver from - clearance of six metres. sam i kendricks one silver from the us, he's the first man to retain the olympic vault title since the american bob richardson 56, but a sell—out crowd watched him break the old olympic record before he cleared six metres 25 there to better his own world record, the ninth time that the 24—year—old has bettered the worldmark. i 24-year-old has bettered the worldmark.— worldmark. i guess i've been fortunate _ worldmark. i guess i've been fortunate enough _ worldmark. i guess i've been fortunate enough to - worldmark. i guess i've been fortunate enough to do - worldmark. i guess i've been fortunate enough to do it - fortunate enough to do it several times now, but every time, the feeling is kind of the same. i think this was probably a more extreme version of the feeling. when i'm going over the bar, it isjust like... yet, it doesn't feel real, in a way, so that was morejust kind of real, in a way, so that was more just kind of hysteria and just freaking out. fix,
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more just kind of hysteria and just freaking out.— just freaking out. a fantastic spectacle- — just freaking out. a fantastic spectacle- a _ just freaking out. a fantastic spectacle. a very, _ just freaking out. a fantastic spectacle. a very, very - just freaking out. a fantastic l spectacle. a very, very special knight for the swedish supporters in the crowd. he is a leaend supporters in the crowd. he is a legend already, _ supporters in the crowd. he is a legend already, but - supporters in the crowd. he is a legend already, but he - supporters in the crowd. he is a legend already, but he will i a legend already, but he will be a legend for a long time. he, yeah, iwould be a legend for a long time. he, yeah, i would say he is bigger. he, yeah, i would say he is bi cer. ., . ., bigger. he needed to challenge himself and _ bigger. he needed to challenge himself and sort _ bigger. he needed to challenge himself and sort of— bigger. he needed to challenge himself and sort of win - bigger. he needed to challenge himself and sort of win over- himself and sort of win over himself _ himself and sort of win over himself. that wasjust magic, wasn't — himself. that wasjust magic, wasn't its? the best ending there — wasn't its? the best ending there could ever be. wonderful! i aet there could ever be. wonderful! i net the there could ever be. wonderful! i get the goose _ there could ever be. wonderful! i get the goose bumps, - there could ever be. wonderful! l i get the goose bumps, whatever it's called. — i get the goose bumps, whatever it's called, because _ i get the goose bumps, whatever it's called, because it— i get the goose bumps, whatever it's called, because it was... - it's called, because it was... especially— it's called, because it was... especially when _ it's called, because it was... especially when he - it's called, because it was... especially when he took - it's called, because it was... especially when he took the | especially when he took the world — especially when he took the world record. _ especially when he took the world record. it— especially when he took the world record. it was - especially when he took the i world record. it was amazing. coming — world record. it was amazing. coming here _ world record. it was amazing. coming here and _ world record. it was amazing. coming here and seeing - world record. it was amazing. coming here and seeing him. world record. it was amazing. i coming here and seeing him do the world record, it is a dream. i cannot find a better word. it is fantastic. it dream. i cannot find a better word. it is fantastic.- word. it is fantastic. it was definitely _ word. it is fantastic. it was definitely goose _ word. it is fantastic. it was definitely goose bumps. i word. it is fantastic. it was - definitely goose bumps. there was also a gold on the track, that was in the 5000 metres. a stunning finished on the home straight, taking gold from her
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team—mate, but shortly afterwards, she was disqualified for pushing during the race, from the netherlands, she moved up to silver. italy's competitor with a surprise bronze. the 100 metre champion, julian alford is into the 200 metres final later on tuesday, great britain's tina asher smith and darrell nita, also through the usa's abby thomas, she set the fastest time in the semis. the day after winning the men's100 metres, noah lyles booked his place and wednesday's semi finals of the 200. he comfortably won his heat. we've had the first day of the track cycling competition — just one gold on offer and that was always going to be great britain's in the women's team sprint, emma finucane, katy marchant and sophie capewell broke the world record in each of their three races, and they beat new zealand in the gold medal race by half a second. the kiwis had also broken the world record in the first round, it's the first time great britain have competed in the event since 2012 —
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and the first time they have won gold simone biles failed to sign off from the games with another gold. the american took silver on floor and and finished out of the medals on the beam. here's our sports correspondent katie gornall. she came into this competition today with this aura of invincibility around her after winning those three gold medals earlier in paris. at first up, of course, it was the beam final, and we know what a fiendishly difficult bit of apparatus that is. it's just ten cm wide. it takes no prisoners, and some biles made a few mistakes and fell off the beam. she wasn't the only one to do so, but it left her out of contention for a medal with the gold they're going to italy's alister, just 21 years old, but simone biles appeared to be distracted during her routine. seem to complain to her coach of crowd noise and fishing coming from the stands.
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afterwards in a press conference, she explained a bit more and this is what she had to say. beam final was always the most stressful, but usually we have music or background noise, — we have music or background noise, whatever that may be, and _ noise, whatever that may be, and honestly we do better in in environments when there noise going _ environments when there noise going on— environments when there noise going on because it feels most like practice. so today you could _ like practice. so today you could hear some of the android rin- could hear some of the android ring tones_ could hear some of the android ring tones going off, the photo clickers. — ring tones going off, the photo clickers, whatever that was, so you are — clickers, whatever that was, so you are trying to stay in your zone — you are trying to stay in your zone and _ you are trying to stay in your zone and people started cheering and then the shushing -ets cheering and then the shushing gets louder, so they should be cherished because they are louder— cherished because they are louder i _ cherished because they are louder i don't know. it was weird _ louder i don't know. it was weird and _ louder i don't know. it was weird and awkward. so from that, it went _ weird and awkward. so from that, it went to _ weird and awkward. so from that, it went to the - weird and awkward. so from that, it went to the second l weird and awkward. so from i that, it went to the second and last event, the floor final. simone biles was a huge favourite for gold in this, but the score was set by brazil's rebecca, the popular brazilian here who had a really energetic and entertaining routine. now, simone biles routine which
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followed after had a high degree of difficulty, but of course with those huge tumbles that she pulls off, the height and the power behind them comes big risks as well and she stepped out of bounds twice during her routine. ultimately, that cost her a gold medal. fiur that cost her a gold medal. our correspondent _ that cost her a gold medal. our correspondent there. let's move away from the olympics. away from the olympics, some very sad cricket news, with tributes paid to former surrye and england batter graham thorpe, who's died at the age of 55. he played 100 tests for england before he retired from playing in 2005. he then moved into coaching. in a statement, the england and wales cricket board, said: "there seem to be no appropriate words to describe the deep shock we feel at graham's death." the premier league starts a week on friday and west ham have continued to strengthen their squad, signing german he was a beloved member of the cricket family and revered by fans all over the world. graham thorpe, who has died at the age of 55. he said he was the best
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better to ever play the professional game. the outstanding _ professional game. the outstanding thing - professional game. ti: outstanding thing about professional game. tie: outstanding thing about him professional game. ti: outstanding thing about him was he was good against everything. mid-905, he was good against everything. mid—90s, you've got the great spinners of the world, so warren and marley, both of whom have got runs against. i think thatjust have got runs against. i think that just gives you have got runs against. i think thatjust gives you the range of his talents. an office trailer, he was good, at home he was good, and sri lanka he was good. so i think he's got, you know, it's covered the bases. the key to coaching his empathy. and, of course, when you got the experience that graham has, it's the ability to get into someone's mind. everyone is different, that's the tough thing about coaching. when people who can contribute to the overall confidence of that dressing room, so people who can be upbeat, people who are bubbly, people who can take the heat out of situations. people who can get runs in
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those pressured situations. some of my graham would have done that. —— someone like graham the premier league starts a week on friday, and west ham have continued to strengthen their squad, signing german striker niclas fullkrug on a four—year deal from borussia dortmund. chelsea and england midfielder conor gallagher is closing in on a move to atletico madrid. the 2a—year—old, who joined chelsea when he was eight, captained the side last season — he's agreed a move to la liga with atleti having a £33 million offer accepted. from september, twickenham will go by a different name, it will be known as the... after a sponsorship deal between the rugby football union and the insurance company. it does the first time they've sold the naming rights to twickenham. the rfq say the deal will be beneficial for grassroots rugby and transformational for the
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sport. rights, just before we go here and sportsday, let's have another look at the medal table. at the close of play on monday in paris, starting the final weeks of the games. —— final weeks of the games. —— final weeks of the games. —— final week of the games. china lead the way with 21 gold medals — 53 in total. the us are second — 20 gold medals to them. australia are in third, just ahead of the hosts france and great britain. more medal chances coming up on tuesday. go to the bbc sport website for the very latest, but for me on the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. tuesday is going to feel cooler and fresher, some sunshine, could be a few showers as well. on monday, though, the highest temperature of the day was in north—eastern scotland.
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temperatures in the moray firth got up to 27 degrees. that was in this warm and humid air ahead of this weather front here, which is bringing some rain in from the west. following on from that, we see the cooler and fresher air moving into the north—west of the uk. the rain on that weather front increasingly light and patchy, but quite a change coming into northern ireland. temperatures some ten degrees lower than at the same time on monday morning. a more comfortable night for sleeping. quite muggy, though, across the midlands and eastern england. a little rain here, could prove to be a bit hit and miss. that moves through, then we get some sunshine following. the odd shower coming in over the irish sea, but most of these showers getting blown into northern ireland and western scotland. a bit drier in eastern scotland, but we're not going to see the high temperatures we had on monday in that cooler and fresher air.
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the highest temperatures towards the south—east of england, the mid 20s here. but with that weather front out of the way, we still have the low pressure getting closer to the north—west. that's strengthening the winds, quite windy for the time of year on wednesday. to greet the day, we have some wet weather in scotland. as that moves through, more showers in scotland and northern ireland — with that stronger wind, we could blow a few showers further east across england and wales. still looking dry in the south—east of england, but temperatures even here will be lower on wednesday. 18—22 celsius is a little below the average for this time of year. the area of low pressure to the north of scotland does finally move away by thursday, but it allows these weather fronts to come in from the atlantic. we will find the cloud thickening and increasing during the day on thursday, some rain and drizzle setting in. still uncertainty as to how far north the rain is going to get. now pushing a little further north into the central belt of scotland. northern scotland dry, and we may not get much rain towards the south—east of england, with temperatures into the low 20s.
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but we're not going to see a return of the heat. that's because the position of the jet stream is rushing right the way across the uk, so we are more likely to have some rain from time to time.
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welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. let's get you the headlines.
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bangladesh's prime minister resigns and flees the country after weeks of protests. the army chief says an interim government will be installed. bangladesh's president orders the release ofjailed former prime minister and leading opposition figure khaleda zia. iran says it needs to punish israel to prevent further instability in the region. a growing list of countries are urging citizens to leave lebanon as soon as possible. another night of unrest in england — this time in plymouth — where police have confronted an angry crowd. you're watching bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the big story first. there have been celebrations across bangladesh and among bengali communities around the world
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following a day of enormous upheaval. it began in dhaka, when the long reigning

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