in the 1500 metres he and josh kerr battled it out in one of the great rivalries in athletics, but both lost out on the gold to american cole hocker. ingerbritssen took the race out fast and paid for it in the latter stages, finishing fourth. kerr couldn't hang on in front, as hocker sprinted through, but he did set a new british record on his way to silver. it took the fastest olympic 1500 metres race in history to be able to beat me and that is what happened and you shake everybody�*s hand and you move on and try and get better from it and i think there will be some good storylines coming out of this 0lympics some good storylines coming out of this olympics and going into the world championships in the coming years and then the next cycle will be coming towards la.

i've always had a good finish most of my— i've always had a good finish most of my running career, back to grade school, _ of my running career, back to grade school, but — of my running career, back to grade school, but it— of my running career, back to grade school, but it takes a lot of things to culminate and i took full advantage of everything and i was not thinking with 150 to go i would run a _ not thinking with 150 to go i would run a fast — not thinking with 150 to go i would run a fast time, i thought i was going _ run a fast time, i thought i was going to — run a fast time, i thought i was going to win and that is what it came _ going to win and that is what it came down to. team gb's dina asher—smith and daryl neita finished 11th and 5th in the womens 200 metres final. the usa's gabby thomas ran away with the gold medal. silver went to st lucia's 100 metre championjulien alfred. the usa's brittany brown just edged out asher—smith for bronze i was confident going into the race and i did not realise i hadn't won the race until i crossed the line and i knew i would have to execute until the finish and had an olympic champion in the lane next to me and the race wasn't over until it was over. team gb�*s mathew hudson smith is the favourite to take gold

in the final of the 400 metres later. he looked very impressive in comfortably winning his semi—final against a field that included former world champion, michael norman. if hudson smith can win he'll become britain's first male 0lympic 400 metres champion since eric liddell — of chariots of fire fame. in the velodrome, the dutch smashed their own world record twice in defending their team sprint title, outclassing great britain in the final. roy van den berg, harrie lavraysen and jeffrey hoogland were the same three that took gold in tokyo, when they ended the olympic stranglehold that team gb had on the event since london 2012. the british trio of ed lowe, hamish turnbull and jack carlin had no complaints about taking silver imane khelif, the algerian boxer whose eligibility has been called into question, will fight for an olympic gold medal on friday having won her welterweight semi—final by a unanimous points decision. khelif is one of two boxers competing in paris,

despite being banned from last year's world championships by the international boxing association after they were reported to have failed eligibily tests to compete in the women's category. the ioc believe the iba to be discredited. ireland's kellie harrington has announced her retirement from boxing after winning back to back gold medals. she beat china's wenlu yang to successfully defend the lightweight title she won in tokyo. she said afterwards it was time to move on with the rest of her life. the next chapter is going to be my life chapter and who knows what that is going to be but i can't wait. i can't wait to just live my life, not that i'm not living my life, what

are you talking about? but to not be looking at the scales every morning. the two chinese divers led the way in qualifying for the mens 3m springboard final. but team gb�*s jack laugher is safely through in the third place, and jordan holden willjoin him in thursday's final after he finished fifth. laugher is looking for his second medal in paris having got bronze in the synchro event. former chelsea women's boss emma hayes has her sights set on gold after guiding the usa team to the olympic final. the americans sealed their spot after a tense 1—0 win over germany — sophia smith scoring in extra time. they'll face brazil next. the usa are looking to win a 5th gold medal. away from the games, julien alvarez�*s move from manchester city to atletico madrid is edging closer, just 10 days before the start of the premier league season. he's reported to have agreed personal terms in a deal that would be a record for atletico.

they'll pay at least £61; million up front with a further £17 million in potential add—ons for the argentinian world cup winner. if it goes through it'll represent a big profit for city who signed him two years ago for 1h million pounds. sri lanka are batting in the deciding one day international against india. they're 147 for 1 in the 30th over. don't forget you can find all the latest from the olympics on the bbc sport website and app. including the women's golf which got under way on wednesday morning. and that's all the sport for now. for the next three and a half weeks

artist from putting on 52,000 performances from comedy to cabaret, music to magic. 0ur reporter courtney pembridge is there. the floor is yours. hi. courtney pembridge is there. the floor is yous-— courtney pembridge is there. the floor is yours-— floor is yours. hi, lewis, you are very lucky- _ floor is yours. hi, lewis, you are very lucky- we — floor is yours. hi, lewis, you are very lucky. we have _ floor is yours. hi, lewis, you are very lucky. we have another- floor is yours. hi, lewis, you are| very lucky. we have another very special performance for you today as this is the machine do circe, and we are going to see some experts make this shine, so i'm going to get out of the way and let them take it away. this is machine do circe and their show is called ghost light and they are about to jump on this board and just before we came on air they were

doing somejumps that just before we came on air they were doing some jumps that were very impressive but we are about to see something even more impressive. this is magazine. —— maxine from machine du circe. maxine, who you can see on the left of your screen actually holds the world guinness record for the number of backwards somersaults and they have a fancy name that i cannot remember, ona on a teeter board, so imagine doing this but also a backlit, just like that. they are more than 3500 acts performing at the edinburgh fringe.

we are at the circus buys you can see behind us, attracting quite a crowd. wow. we are delighting passers—by who have come across this. thank you. tell me how you do something like this. you are probably both out of breath, but how does a performance like that come together? there are different layers and steps to things _ there are different layers and steps to things. there is a technical aspect— to things. there is a technical aspect which is highly acrobatic and the communication and the working of the communication and the working of the relationship with the other one to communicate how we are jumping, which _ to communicate how we are jumping, which is _ to communicate how we are jumping, which is one _ to communicate how we are jumping, which is one of the most important

things— which is one of the most important things and — which is one of the most important things and after developing an artistic— things and after developing an artistic proposition around it. you need a lot — artistic proposition around it. you need a lot of— artistic proposition around it. you need a lot of trust _ artistic proposition around it. 7m. need a lot of trust and energy. how did you find performing here as everybody stop to have a look? is it exciting to be at fringe? yes. everybody stop to have a look? is it exciting to be at fringe?— exciting to be at fringe? yes, lots offun, exciting to be at fringe? yes, lots of fun. the _ exciting to be at fringe? yes, lots of fun, the ambience _ exciting to be at fringe? yes, lots of fun, the ambience is _ exciting to be at fringe? yes, lots of fun, the ambience is fun, - of fun, the ambience is fun, everyone _ of fun, the ambience is fun, everyone is happy and there is a good _ everyone is happy and there is a good vibe — everyone is happy and there is a good vibe and there is a lot of new friendships — good vibe and there is a lot of new friendships created and cooperation between _ friendships created and cooperation between the different shows, so it's been really fun.— been really fun. have you had a chance to _ been really fun. have you had a chance to see _ been really fun. have you had a chance to see some _ been really fun. have you had a chance to see some shows - been really fun. have you had a - chance to see some shows yourself? i've seen some comedy, lots of comedy— i've seen some comedy, lots of comedy and it's fun for us to see different— comedy and it's fun for us to see different things. and comedy and it's fun for us to see different things.— different things. and acts from around the _ different things. and acts from around the world, _ different things. and acts from around the world, and - different things. and acts from around the world, and quickly, j around the world, and quickly, before we go, tell me, you are the guinness world record holderfor the number of backward somersault, the name of which is? it’s number of backward somersault, the name of which is?— name of which is? it's the most consecutive _ name of which is? it's the most consecutive on _ name of which is? it's the most consecutive on a _ name of which is? it's the most consecutive on a teeter- name of which is? it's the most consecutive on a teeter board. | name of which is? it's the most. consecutive on a teeter board. 101. 101 consecutive _ consecutive on a teeter board. 101. 101 consecutive on _ consecutive on a teeter board. 1011. 101 consecutive on the teeter board. so you will be setting a new record

this fringe?— so you will be setting a new record this frinae? , ., . ., ., this fringe? maybe, we don't know. an hint this fringe? maybe, we don't know. an him is this fringe? maybe, we don't know. anything is possible. _ this fringe? maybe, we don't know. anything is possible. this _ this fringe? maybe, we don't know. anything is possible. this is - anything is possible. this is machine du _ anything is possible. this is machine du circe, _ anything is possible. this is machine du circe, and - anything is possible. this is machine du circe, and they| anything is possible. this is - machine du circe, and they have got a show called ghost light and it is high energy and it has delighted the children behind us and it'sjust one of many acts we are trying to bring you on bbc news this week. courtney, brilliant stuff — you on bbc news this week. courtney, brilliant stuff and _ you on bbc news this week. courtney, brilliant stuff and thank _ you on bbc news this week. courtney, brilliant stuff and thank you _ you on bbc news this week. courtney, brilliant stuff and thank you i - brilliant stuff and thank you i noticed courtney didn't choose to join in with some of the act. plenty more from edinburgh coming up, but now let's get the weather. it isa it is a sunshine and showers day, quite breezy and windy across the far north of scotland and we have this stripe of cloud you can see on the earlier satellite picture which brought the rain for some of us yesterday and still this area of low pressure is swirling to the north—west driving the showers most

frequently across the north of scotland where some will be thundery. this area of low pressure is whirling to the north—west driving show is most frequent across the north of scotland where some of the thundery. quite a few across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. quite breezy across the uk. breezy in the far north wales. the far south—west of england rather cloudy. 23 degrees in london, more like 15 for lerwick and stornoway. this evening and overnight by many of the showers will fade but there will be more cloud from the west, across northern ireland and north—west england there will be some showers. thanks to an approaching warm front you can see on the weather front for thursday morning. initially this will bring mostly light and patchy rain. as it pushes north and east, some of the rain will turn heavier. sunshine to start across a good part of scotland. that will be replaced by cloud for many. the outbreaks of rain pushing north and east and turning heavy in northern england, northern ireland and southern

and central scotland. the south—east of england will stay largely dry. we could get to 23 in norwich. 18 in the rain in glasgow. on friday, this frontal system will clear south—east. sunshine and showers following on the the north and west where we will see blustery winds. temperatures for many in the high teens and low 20s. we could get to 25 in london. perhaps a sign of things to come. we'll keep an eye on developments over the weekend. we could start to tap into some warm perhaps hot air all of us. it's unlikely to affect all of us and it mostly affects the south and east of the uk where temperatures could climb to the high 20s or low 30s but that heat, if it does arrive, is unlikely to last long.

a nearly 6,000 police officers are mobilised across the uk, as met police chief mark rowley denies accusations of two tier policing.

we have commentators from either end of the political spectrum, who liked to their accusations of bias at the police because we stand in the middle, we operate independently under the law without fear or favour. the sentencing of the first rioters to be convicted of violent disorder is under way at liverpool crown court. us vice president kamala harris makes her first public appearance with new running mate tim walz — with a second rally planned for tonight the israeli army issues a new evacuation order for palestinians in gaza — it says it's in response to a series of rockets fired from the area on tuesday. it's day 12 of the paris 0lympics. we look at what can be expected in wednesday's events. hello.

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