boxer ben whittaker donned the official regalia of the first citizen. medal, and i want to become the mayor of wolverhampton. i want one of those nice chains on my neck, and i'll be calling all the shots. everybody in wolverhampton will have a nice ice grill, and a nice big chain, courtesy of ben whittaker. after trying on that nice big chain, it was time to get to work with some official engagements — amongst them, a visit to a city centre youth club. it's a dream come true, i keep saying this, when i was a kid, with my coach i said, "i'm going to be the mayor, i'm going to be the mayor." went to the olympics, "i'm going to be the mayor." come back, i'm the mayor! so dream's a reality, really. the role of the mayor involves encouraging young people and this group seemed impressed. we both do boxing. together and itjust... that's our dream, so we're - going to hopefully reach them. this inspired me a lot, and i can't believe he won the medal, a silver. i was proud, he should be proud of himself. . he made everyone else proud, it was the best he could do

boxer ben whittaker donned the official regalia of the first citizen. want to become the mayor of wolverhampton. i want one of those nice chains on my neck and i'll be calling all the shots. everybody in wolverhampton will have a nice ice grill, and a nice big chain, courtesy of ben whittaker. after trying on that nice big chain, it was time to get to work with some official engagements, amongst them, a visit to a city centre youth club. it's a dream come true, i keep saying this, when i was a kid, with my coach i said, "i'm going to be the mayor, i'm going to be the mayor." went to the olympics, "i'm going to be the mayor." come back, i'm the mayor! so dream's a reality, really. the role of the mayor involves encouraging young people and this group seemed impressed. we both do boxing. together and itjust... that's our dream, so we're - going to hopefully reach them. this inspired me a lot, and i can't believe he won the medal, a silver. i was proud, he should be proud of himself. . he made everyone else proud, it was the best he could do. i everywhere w

there were boxing medals too, for ben whittaker with a silver, and frazer clarke, winning bronze. the american sydney mclaughlin smashes her own world record, winning the aoom hurdles. also this lunchtime... jabs for teenagers — more than a million could soon be eligible for a covid vaccine. and president bidenjoins calls for the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, to resign over sexual harrassment claims. and coming up on the bbc news channel... a silver for team gb�*s ben whittaker in the light heavyweight boxing, but the brit was disappointed not to take gold after losing in the final. good afternoon. team gb are racking up the medals in tokyo at the olympics, and the success is across a wide range of sports. history was made at the skate park with sky brown, who's just 13, taking britain's first ever skateboarding medal, and securing her place as the country's youngest ever olympic medallist. and there was a gold in sailing for hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, winning the 4—70 class, making mills the most successful female olympic sailor of all—time, after a gold in rio

boxer ben whittaker donned the official regalia of the first citizen. ts. everyone in wolverhampton will have a nice grille, and a nice big chain, courtesy of ben whittaker. after trying on the nice big chain, it was time to get to work with some official engagements. amongst them, a visit to a city centre youth club. it's a dream come true, i kept saying this, when i was a kid, with my coach i said, i'm going to be the mayor, i'm going to be the mayor. went to the olympics, "i'm going to be the mayor." come back, i'm the mayor. so dreams a reality, really. the role of the mayor involves encouraging young people. this group seemed impressed. we both do boxing together. |and itjust, that's our dream, so| we're going to hopefully reach it. it inspired me a lot, and i can't believe he won the medal, the silver. i was proud, he should be proud of himself. . he made everyone else proud, it was the best he could do. i everywhere we've been today, he's been inundated with people wanting to wish him well, telling him how proud they are, having pictures with him.

elsewhere ben whittaker took a silver in the boxing.from the heptathalon because of injury. our sports correspondent andy swiss watched today�*s events. he once compared it to driving a ferrari. britain�*s ben maher on explosion w, in a six wayjump—off for gold. come on, ben, move. and after a display of spring heeled splendour, they were fastest. into the lead. but there were still two riders to go. could they beat maher�*s time? well, it was oh, so close. he�*sjust not quite made it. and ben maher has gold for great britain. delight then for the 38—year—old and another gold to go with his team triumph in 2012, but he said he owed it all to his horse, whojumped, he added, like he had wings. this horse is a different world. i don�*t even remember what i was doing in thejump—off, to be honest. i had my plan, ijust went and he just gave me everything. but another british medal hope has ended in heartbreak. oh, katarinajohnson—thompson, it all comes crashing down. the world heptathlon champion has been plagued by injury, and in the 200 met

ben whittaker was so upset with his silver, he didn't even put it on.g in the final he couldn't hide his disappointment. i just want to say to everybody i don't want to look like a baby or a spoilt brat, but i'm so upset i didn't win the gold, so to me i feel like i've lost the gold, that's it. i can't celebrate a silverjust yet. there was also a medal for superheavyweight frazer clarke. a nasty cut ended his hopes of gold, but afterjust missing out on a place at the last two games, the bronze was worth the wait. and it's the best the women's hockey team can hope for, the olympic champions losing 5—1 to the netherlands in their semifinal. once again, though, the day's standout performance came in the 400 metres hurdles. karsten warholm smashed the men's world record. america's sydney mclaughlin did the same to the women's. it's mclaughlin's title and a new world record. two new records in 2a hours. the hurdles, it seems, are proving no prayerier to brilliance. andy swiss, bbc news. after a ll after all that, a look at the medals table shows that great b

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boxer ben whittaker donned the official regalia of the first citizen.tre youth club. it's a dream come true, i keep saying this, when i was a kid, with my coach i said, "i'm going to be the mayor, i'm going to be the mayor." went to the olympics, "i'm going to be the mayor." come back, i'm the mayor! so dream's a reality, really. the role of the mayor involves encouraging young people and this group seemed impressed. we both do boxing. together and itjust... that's our dream, so we're - going to hopefully reach them. this inspired me a lot, and i can't believe he won the medal, a silver. i was proud, he should be proud of himself. i he made everyone else proud, it was the best he could do. i everywhere we've been today with ben, he's been inundated with people wanting to wish him well, telling him how proud they are, having pictures with him. and he's so good with the local community. he's happy to meet everybody. there were celebrations as ben met the crowds at wolves, time also for some new policies. i've told people that the kids can have monday to w

there were two more boxing medals, with ben whittaker taking silver in the light—heavyweight categoryter a calf injury in the 200 metres. with full round—up of the day's olympic action, here's austin. as you say, it's been another successful day for team gb. the 12th day of the games has come to an end in tokyo and team gb have five more medallists, and skateboarder sky brown has become britain's youngest in olympic history, at the age ofjust 13 years and 28 days. she produced a composed final run to finish third in the women's park skateboarding final and claim bronze. hosts japan got the gold and silver as the sport made its olympic debut. it's incredible. i mean, it feels unreal! i'm so happy to be here with sakura and kokona. all the girls were ripping it, it was insane. it was a super sick final and qualifier, semifinals. it was insane. so, great britain take their tally to 48 medals after day 12, 15 of which are gold. so, they move up to fourth in the medal table and go above australia. plenty of those medals in tokyo have come in the sailing, and there was another gold from the

if britain rules the waves, cuba are king of the ring, which meant bad news for ben whittaker. the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazers eye opened up again by his opponant, but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said, "it was not the fairy tale i wanted but i'm proud of myself". after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are through to the quarterfinals of the individual sprint. kenny, who's the defending champion and going for a seventh gold medal, beat yuka wakamoto of japan to reach the last 8. and carlinjoined him there soon afterwards, outpacing mohammed sahrom of malaysia. the quarterfinals get under wayjust before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. in the women's keirin, team gb�*s katy marchant made it through to the quarterfinals at the second time of asking. she had to race again in the repechage, after being relegated from her first round heat for a technical infringement. and italy have beaten denmark to take the mens team p

frazer clarke won bronze in the super heavyweight division and this was ben whittaker, who said he losty brown has become britain's youngest medallist in olympic history, at the age ofjust 13 and 28 days. she produced a composed final run to finish third in the women's park skateboarding final and claim bronze. it's incredible. it feels unreal. i'm so happy to be here. all of the girls are repping it. it was insane. it was a super sick final and qualifierfor it was a super sick final and qualifier for the it was a super sick final and qualifierfor the semi it was a super sick final and qualifier for the semi finals. it was insane. let's cross to tokyo now and speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. sarah a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson thompson in the heptathlon. yes, it was. it was a here at late on wednesday night at the olympic stadium and the track and field. she was going in the 200 metres. she had been placed at the 200 metres. she had been placed for fendi habitat to line up until that point. this is one of her stronger events, and she started off, she was going well aro

ben whittaker said he was disappointed after losing in the gold medal light heavyweight match, but theked away with a silver medal. cuba's arlen lopez was the winner in the gold medal match, landing more punches than whittaker. the brit is from wolverhampton and had said if he won gold he wanted to become the new mayor — that won't be happening now, unfortunately. well, earlier frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer's eye opened up again by his opponent, the uzbekistan six foot eight giant. but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said, "it was not the fairytale i wanted but i'm proud of myself". reigning world champion katarina johnson—thompson is in fifth place after three events in the women's heptathlon. she looks like she could be in trouble after a leg injury in the 200 metres. she won her hate for the 100 metre hurdles but did not perform as well in the high jump, clearing 1.86 metres. —— she won her hea

a few guaranteed medals to come though, british boxer ben whittaker will win at least a silver afterinal. pat mccormack will also fight for gold in the men's welterweight division while frazer clarke is into the super—heavyweight final after france's mourad aliev was disqualified. gb's sailing team have also guaranteed two more medals to add to the bronze they have already won. that's all for now. as we've been saying, max whitlock won gold defending his pommel horse olympic title in tokyo. here's his family's reaction. so proud. you cannot put it into words. it was just really emotional to watch, but yeah, so proud and so happy for him. what were the nerves like watching him doing that first performance? we were all on the edge of our seats. wejust wanted him to do a good job. it has been a long—time training, from training in the garden and everything else that has been on with the year of covid, i think the fact he was even at the olympics, we were just happy that he had the opportunity to still compete, so we just wanted him to do a good job for him, really. when he did that land

there were two more boxing medals, with ben whittaker taking silver in the light heavyweight categoryreigning world champion, katarina johnson—thompson is out of the heptathlon after a calf injury in the 200 metres. as we've heard, 13—year—old sky brown has become great britain's youngest ever olympic medallist after winning bronze in the women's park skateboarding. her stunning performace comesjust a year after she suffered serious injuries in an accident during training. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has the story. sky brown will take bronze. she's already lived her young life in the spotlight. 13 years of age. but for the girl born injapan, draped in the british flag, this was the best feeling in the world. so much height, but the talk is over. thejudges were looking for difficult tricks, quality and consistency. sky brown has a giant trick bag. strap yourselves in, here we go. straight in... all she needed was a smooth run. 0h! going for that kick flip indy, we knew it was going to come out. not ideal, but with three runs allowed there was still hope. just missing the kic

ben whittaker wil compete for light heavyweight gold after he beat imam khataev of russia.t it was a split decision. he lost the opening round but won the fight 4—1. pat mccormack had a bye into the welterweight final after the irish fighter aiden walsh was forced to withdraw with an ankle injury, he suffered in the quarter—finals. great britain's eventers will go for gold in the team and individual competitions tomorrow, afterfine performances in the cross—country element. world number one oliver townend set the tone, jumping clear five seconds inside the optimum time aboard ballaghmor class, before laura collett and tom mcewen followed suit, to give them the lead in both contests, going into the showjumping tomorrow. four—time olympic gymnastics champion simone biles has withdrawn from tomorrow's floor final, leaving her in just one event, and she's yet to make a decison on whether she'll compete in the beam on tuesday. after struggling in the vault, biles pulled out of the team and all—around finals to focus on her mental health, and went on to withdraw from the vault an

frazer clarke won bronze in the super heavyweight division and this was ben whittaker, who said he lostd claim bronze. it's incredible, i mean, it feels unreal. i'm so happy to be here with all the girls, they were ripping it. it was insane, like, it was a super sick final and qualifier, semi final, it was insane. let's cross to tokyo now and speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. sarah, a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson—thompson sarah, a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson— thompson in the heptathlon. yes, it was. it was the final event late on wednesday night at the olympic stadium and the track and field. she was going in the 200 metres. she had been placed fifth in the heptaholon to line up until that point. this is one of her stronger events, and she started off, she was going well around the bend, and then suddenly, she just pulled up. you can see there was a serious injury for her there. so she got to the bend can and you could just see her there just hoppinh, and it turned out not to be the achilles injury which she has been dealing with over the last year, but actual

there were two more boxing medals, with ben whittaker taking silver in the light heavyweight categoryt division. but there's also disappointing news this afternoon, as the reigning world champion, katarina johnson—thompson is out of the heptathlon after a calf injury in the 200 metres. with a full round up of all the action, natalie pirks reports from tokyo. sky brown will take bronze. she's already lived her young life in the spotlight. at 13 years of age... but for the girl born injapan, draped in the british flag, this was the best feeling in the world. so much hype, but the talk is over. thejudges were looking for difficult tricks, quality and consistency. sky brown has a giant trick bag. strap yourselves in, here we go. all she needed was a smooth run. going for that kickflip indy. we knew it was going to come out. not ideal. but with three runs allowed there was still hope. she let it go again! missing the kickflip indy. the pressure is on that third and final run now. time for a pep talk. in the searing heat of the ariake skate park, one british teenager shook off the nerves an

if britain rules the waves, cuba are kings of the ring, which meant bad news for ben whittaker.ith bronze in the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer's eye opened up again by his opponent, the uzbekistan six foot eight giant. but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said "it was not the fairy tale i wanted but i'm proud of myself". after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are back in action in the individual sprint and it's so far, so good, for both riders. carlin had broken the olympic record this morning to qualify, although it was then beaten a few minutes later... but then he had no problem beating australia's nathan hart to reach the last 16. then, jason kenny, who's the defending champion, also made it through safely, against the former world champion aziz awang of malaysia. and in the last few minutes, katy marchant has also qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's keirin. what a run for the usa's sydney mclaughlin — she b

boxer ben whittaker donned the official regalia of the first citizen. amongst them, a visit to a city centre youth club. it's a dream come true, i kept saying this, when i was a kid, with my coach i said, i'm going to be the mayor, i'm going to be the mayor. went to the olympics, i'm going to be the mayor. come back, i'm the mayor. so dreams a reality, really. the role of the mayor involves encouraging young people. this group seemed impressed. we both do boxing together. and itjust, that's i our dream, so we're going to hopefully reach it. it inspired me a lot, and i can't believe he won the medal, the silver. i was proud, he should be proud of himself. i he made everyone else proud, it was the best he could - do. everywhere we've been today, he's been inundated with people wanting to wish him well, telling him how proud they were, having him how proud they are, having pictures with him. and he's so good with the local community. he is happy to meet everybody. celebrations as ben met the crowds at wolves, time also for some new policies. i told them th

if britain rules the waves, cuba are kings of the ring, which meant bad news for ben whittaker.fending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad, got away fastest, but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.a6 seconds, and take almost half a second off the world record, muhammad getting silver. the new women's best follows norway's karsten warholm obliterating his own world record in the men's a00 metres hurdles on tuesday. disappointment for great britain who will not retain their women's hockey title following defeat by the netherlands in the semifinals. they lost 5—1. that's it for now. thank you. jane dougall. when the ever given ran aground and blocked the suez for a week in march, it halted roughly 15% of global trade in the process, it was the culmination of a perfect storm for global supply chains. the ship finally made it into the english port of felixstowe, yesterday, to the relief of businesses whose precious cargo has been trapped for four months. the ever given saga highlighted our reliance on global supply chains for just about everything and