two teenagers light up the paris pool, with david popovici winning the closest—fought race of the nightchina's grasp as japan continue their historic dominance of men's team gymnastics. and has rafa nadal played the final singles match of his career? if so, defeat in meeting number 60 with novak djokovic may well be a notable way to go out. hello again. welcome along. there were a couple of thrilling finishes to two key races in the olympic pool on monday. the women's 200m freestyle provided a shock. the men's edition of the same race less so, although it was incredibly close. romanian teenager david popovici won byjust two hundredths of a second, adding olympic gold to his world title from 2022. popovici was only third at the halfway stage but came through just at the end to pip matt richards of britain, who claimed the silver from lane one. less than a tenth of a second separated all the medal winners, with america's luke hobson taking the bronze. i felt really good, felt strong. um, you know, i thought i maybe might have got it coming into the wall, but obviously didn't know because

two teenagers light up the paris pool, with david popovici winning the closest fought race of the nightr historic dominance of men's team gymnastics. and has rafa nadal played the final singles match of his career? if so, defeat in meeting number 60 with novak djokovic may well be a notable way to go out. hello again. welcome along. there were a couple of thrilling finishes to two key races in the olympic pool on monday. the women's 200m freestyle provided a shock. the men's edition of the same race less so, although it was incredibly close. romanian teenager david popovici won byjust two hundredths of a second, adding olympic gold to his world title from 2022. popovici was only third at the halfway stage but came through just at the end to pip matt richards of britain, who claimed the silver from lane one. less than a tenth of a second separated all the medal winners, with america's luke hobson taking the bronze. i felt really good, felt strong. um, you know, i thought i maybe might have got it coming into the wall, but obviously didn't know because i was breathing the other way. turne

romanian teenager david popovici won byjust two hundredths of a second, adding olympic gold to his world title from 2022. popovici was only third at the halfway stage but came through just at the end to pip matt richards of britain, who claimed the silver from lane one. less than a tenth of a second separated all the medal winners, with america's luke hobson taking the bronze. i felt really good, felt strong. um, you know, i thought i maybe might have got it coming into the wall, but obviously didn't know because i was breathing the other way. turned around and saw second by my name, which is a fantastic result. you know, i'd be lying if i said i didn't want to be three hundredths quicker maybe, and be first by my name. well, no female 200m freestyle champion had successfully defended their olympic title. that is still the case after a surprise defeat for ariarne titmus in the final to her australian team—mate molly o'callaghan. titmus, was going for the double double, having already won the aoom in paris, but couldn't match o'callaghan�*s olympic record time. the women's aoom individual

australia's kyle chalmers finished a distant second, while david popovici had to settle for bronze. 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 b

but romania�*s david popovici beat him a by mere fingernail, just two one—hundredths of a second.er individual at an olympic games, so to walk away from that with a silver medal is fantastic. a trio of silvers, then, shining from british stars of the water. natalie pirks, bbc news, paris. this programme continues on bbc one. accusing the previous tory government of covering up unfunded policies, the chancellor counsels road and rail projects to plug a gap of £22 billion in the public finances. but can she really blame the tories

david popovici was the first gold winner for romania.04 seconds slower than when he finished fourth in tokyo. >>> team japan edged out china in the men's gymnastics to win gold. take a look at that. wow. japan came back from sixth at the halfway stage to seal the eighth men's tigtle winning by half a point. the u.s. secured the bronze. that was a big win for team usa as well. >>> coming up on the show, we will take a closer look at the private equity markets as they undergo a crucial shift. 'lbeig bk.h . wel rhtac i'm andrea, founder of a boutique handbag brand - andi - and this is why i switched to shopify. it's the challenges that we don't expect, like a site going down or the checkout wouldn't work. what's nice about shopify is when i'm with my family, when i'm taking time off, knowing that i have a site up and running and our business is moving forward because we have a platform that we can rely on. that is gold to us. start your free trial at shopify today. they started as dreamers. but today, they're stars. follow every moment of t

popovici, was with him.en gold and silver but two 100ths of a second and an athlete's respect. those fractions can be powerful. adam burgess was denied a medal by a sliver of a second in tokyo, a frustration that helped drive him along the turbulent waters of the canoe slalom course in a breathtaking time. commentary: adam burgess cannot believe it! _ it took him to silver and closure. motivation is especially important to a diver. it pushes you over the edge. a force that brought tom daley back to the sport with a new partner, noah williams, preparing for the last dive of the ten metres synchro olympic final. commentary: yes! it won them the silver. watching in the stands was daley�*s husband, dustin lance—black, and for the first time at an olympics, his sons phoenix and robbie. i think we're alljust very emotional, because this has been such an impossible dream. a year and a half ago, we were in colorado springs awaiting the birth of our second child, and tom and robbie here saw this olympic video in the