will break his world record tiny and whether adam petey will break his world record tin— world record record tiny and retain his olympic title, so i like to - world record tiny and retain his olympic title, so i like to lookl olympic title, so i like to look forward — olympic title, so i like to look forward to as a nation, but, of course. — forward to as a nation, but, of course, terrible disappointment for him on _ course, terrible disappointment for him on an— course, terrible disappointment for him on an individual level. | course, terrible disappointment for him on an individual level.- him on an individual level. i love the personal— him on an individual level. i love the personal story, _ him on an individual level. i love the personal story, simon, - him on an individual level. i love the personal story, simon, very| the personal story, simon, very quickly, and it's wonderful, son of a single mum, we spoke to her earlier. ~ , , �* ., ., earlier. absolutely. i'm not going to net to earlier. absolutely. i'm not going to get to talk _ earlier. absolutely. i'm not going to get to

but when adam petey wins his gold medal, he doesn't really care about the covid restrictions in the rulesfive gold medals for team gb, and long may it continue. but i don't think the athletes care, at the end of the day, theyjust want to get on with doing what they've trained, in quite challenging circumstances, to achieve. and in terms of your practicalities of covering covid, have you got many staff working outside working on this? i mean, presenters that you would've had in tokyo hosting it from elsewhere? we have scaled down our operation, that's for sure, and i think that's both out of respect for the local japanese community, as well as managing some of the uncertainty about what we could do on site. things like accessing athletes is a bit trickier at this olympics, you know, getting access and moving around venues is a bit trickier. and there's practical examples like the mix zone where the athletes, after they've won their battles or lost their heat, or whatever it might be have to walk might be, have to walk through the mix zone where all the broadcasters of the world can have a

lee and the men synchronised ten metre platform diving and swimmer at her and petey underlining his underlining his ——adamecause he was defending his title, he won the same event back in it real. ——rio. he was under a lot of pressure. let's look at some of the day's other news... beijing has launched a blistering attack on the united states, accusing washington of turning china into an "imagined enemy" to cover up us problems. the state department said discussions between the chinese vice—foreign minister and the us deputy secretary of state had been frank and open. relations between the two superpowers have become extremely fraught over the last few months. the lebanese parliament has voted for the billionaire businessman nijab mikati to become the next prime minister. lebanon is in a deep economic and financial crisis following last year's beirut port explosion and has been in political deadlock. the current prime minister hassan diab has been ruling in a caretaker capacity after his cabinet resigned following the blast. the website ofjailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been blocked by