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dylan fletcher and stuart bithell picked up a dramatic gold in the men's 49er medal race.he finn class, as giles scott recovered from an earlier error in the medal race to retain his olympic title. in athletics — norway's karsten warholm set a stunning aoom hurdles world record — breaking his own previous by more than half a second. and later simone biles will return in the gymnastics competition in the women's beam. for a full round up of the action at the olympics this morning — let's cross to jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. they needed to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came down to a thrilling end, with the kiwis back in third it was a dramatic race to the finish in germany —— for germany. dramatic race to the finish in germany -- for germany. great britain win — germany -- for germany. great britain win the _ germany -- for germany. great britain win the medal— germany -- for germany. great britain win the medal race - germany -- for germany. great britain win the medal race and l germany -- for germany. great. britain win the medal race and

including two golds — the first from dylan fletcher and stuart bithell getting first place in the men'shen giles scott successfully defended his olympic finn title. and there was a silver for anna burnet and john gimson in the mixed nacra 17 class. jess softley was watching. team gb has never won gold in the men's 49er class until now. british pair dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were well placed for a medal but would need to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came down to a thrilling end with the kiwis back in third it was a dramatic race to the finish with germany. mere centimetres between them. right on the line! great britain win the medal race and with it the gold medal in tokyo 2020! if that wasn't enough drama for you, giles scott was up next in the men's finn, a class gb has won consecutively for the last six olympics. he didn't have the best of starts but quickly made up time. giles needed a top five finish to retain his gold medal. he has to start overtaking. his experience showed in the final stretch as he sailed into fourth place... giles scott at the lin

team gb sails to success — with golds for dylan fletcher and stuart bithell in the men's 49—ers class scott retained his title in the finn class and us gymnast simone biles competes in the women's vault final. they have just emerged. i'm victoria fritz — the other headlines... a sprinter from belarus who refused her team's order to fly home early from the olympics has been granted a humanitarian visa by poland. it's believed krystsina tsimanouskaya plans to go to warsaw tomorrow. and the head of an organisation helping belarussians who have fled abroad has been found dead in kiev. vitaly shiskov ran the belarusian house in ukraine. fighting is raging in helmand province as taliban militants and afghan government forces battle for control of the southern city of lashka ga. criticism from uk's opposition labour party, but praise from within the travel industry, as the uk government abandons plans for an amber �*watchlist�* of countries for international travel. and firefighters in helicopters are battling wildfires raging for a seventh day near southern coastal resorts in turkey. a warm

britain rules the waves at the tokyo olympics with double gold in the sailing for dylan fletcher andtuart bithell in the men's 49er and giles scott in the finn class. and beaming biles — after struggles with her mental health superstar american gymnast simone beils takes bronze on the beam. criticism from labour — but praise from the travel industry — as the government abandons plans for an �*amber watchlist�* for trips abroad. let's cross now to the scotland first minister nicola sturgeon who is making a virtual statement to msps — she is set to reveal whether her government will lift most legal covid restrictions. i will set out a number of mitigation conditions. i will summarise the key points from new guidance being published today on arrangements for the start of the new school year. let me start by summarising today's statistics. the total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1016 which is 8.1% of all tests. there are 406 people receiving host tokyo and 61 people receiving host tokyo and 61 people receiving host tokyo and 61 people receiving intensive care which has

dylan fletcher and stuart bithell in the men's 49er class and giles scott in the finn.nd teenager keely hodgkinson takes silver in the women's 800 metres — breaking the british record set by kelly holmes. i wanted to put it all out, leave it all out there. i leave it all out there. want to thank my amazing te family i want to thank my amazing team, my family that made so many amazing sacrifices for me. and beaming biles — after struggles with her mental health — superstar american gymnast simone biles takes bronze on the beam. in other news... first minister nicola sturgeon says scotland will remove most of its remaining covid restrictions from monday — face coverings in indoor public settings will continue. this change is significant and hard—earned. the sacrifices everyone has made over the past year and a half can never be overstated. coronavirus cases continue to fall in the uk, but deaths have risen to 138 — the highest reported daily figure since march 17th. borisjohnson meets the opposition leader of belarus — after one of the country's athletes at the olympics s

dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were in a great place in the men's 49er and just needed to beat thenal race. they literally put it all on the line. right on the line, great britain. with it, the gold medal in tokyo 2020. but not to be outdone, giles scott was doing in the finn class where britain is superb. they have won gold at the last five games. but with just seconds remaining, scott was cutting it fine. and giles scott holds on to the gold medal, in the dying moments of that race. talk about skin of your teeth! a quick plunge to celebrate, as back home there was delight. cheering. she never ever watches his racing, and so for her to put herself through that is awesome. so we can onlyjust say "thank you, giles" for delivering in the end. although as he said to us, at least she didn't have a heart attack. and silver in the nacra 17 topped off a wonderful day for britain's sailors. three britons in this final. it had been 41 years since that last happened, but here werejemma reekie, alex bell and keely hodgkinson right in the mix. and it's great britain, second and third, hodgkins

sailors dylan fletcher and stuart bithell won olympic gold as they started what great britain hope willw, we have the wonderful gerlach in the background. it is merely raining here, certainly been raining medals for the british sailors and in the last few minutes, we have had another silver, anna burnett and john gimson in the event, a tremendous silver medal. they were guaranteed a medal going into today there is was just a question of which colour could they catch the italians? not quite, is the answer, but it is a silver for them both and i am with anna burnett's parents just now. the first thing i have to say is congratulations. give us your thoughts and emotions. we congratulations. give us your thoughts and emotions. we are very over the thoughts and emotions. we are very overthe moon. _ thoughts and emotions. we are very over the moon, totally _ thoughts and emotions. we are very over the moon, totally elated. - thoughts and emotions. we are very| over the moon, totally elated. there were so_ over the moon, totally elated. there were so many nerves. it's great to calm — were so m

including two golds — the first from dylan fletcher and stuart bithell getting first place in the men'sgb has never won gold in the men's 49er class until now. british pair dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were well placed for a medal but would need to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came down to a thrilling end with the kiwis back in third it was a dramatic race to the finish with germany. mere centimetres between them. right on the line! great britain win the medal race and with it the gold medal in tokyo 2020! if that wasn't enough drama for you, giles scott was up next in the men's finn, a class gb has won consecutively for the last six olympics. he didn't have the best of starts but quickly made up time. giles needed a top five finish to retain his gold medal. he has to start overtaking. his experience showed in the final stretch as he sailed into fourth place. giles scott at the line holds onto the gold medal! ..and into the history books. jess softley, bbc news. and there was a silver to add to the tally on the water with anna burnet and john gimson getting

the brits having a great regatta so far and dylan fletcher and stuart bithall made it even better, finishingsh line with germany. but in the end gb coming out on top for a first gold in the classification. and shortly after that, giles scott defended his title in the men's finn. that's six consecutive gold medals in that class for gb. and there was a silver to add to the tally on the water with anna burnet and john gimson getting second place in the mixed nacra17 class. team gb has a new star on the track, 19—year—old keely hodgkinson — who took silver in the women's 800 metres, against a really tough field. she managed to finish second behind america's athing mo— in a time of one minute, 55.88 seconds. britain's jemma reekie finished fourth, with alex bell in seventh. but the brilliant run from hodgkinson was a new british record, beating dame kelly holmes's previous best. i'm speechless right now. obviously kelly is a legend. she will be a legend of british athletics for a long time. i have looked up to her. i've spoken during the last couple of days, she is a lovely person. i just... i ha

dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were in a great place in the men's 49er and just needed to beat then their final race. they literally put it all on the line. right on the line, great britain. with it, the gold medal in tokyo 2020. but not to be outdone, giles scott was doing in the finn class where britain is superb. they have won gold at the last five games. but with just seconds remaining, scott was cutting it fine. and giles scott holds on to the gold medal, in the dying moments of that race. talk about skin of your teeth! a quick plunge to celebrate, as back home there was delight. cheering. she never ever watches his racing, and so for her to put herself through that is awesome. so we can onlyjust say "thank you, giles" for delivering in the end. although as he said to us, at least she didn't have a heart attack. and silver in the nacra 17 topped off a wonderful day for britain's sailors. three britons in this final. it had been 41 years since that last happened, but here werejemma reekie, alex bell and keely hodgkinson right in the mix. and it's great britain, second and third

dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were in a great place in the men's 49er and just needed to beat thetheir final race. they literally put it all on the line. right on the line, great britain. with it, the gold medal in tokyo 2020. but not to be outdone, giles scott was doing in the finn class where britain is superb. they have won gold at the last five games. but with just seconds remaining, scott was cutting it fine. and giles scott holds on to the gold medal, in the dying moments of that race. talk about skin of your teeth! a quick plunge to celebrate, as back home there was delight. cheering. she never ever watches his racing, and so for her to put herself through that is awesome. so we can onlyjust say "thank you, giles" for delivering in the end. although as he said to us, at least she didn't have a heart attack. and silver in the nacra i7 topped off a wonderful day for britain's sailors. three britons in this final. it had been 41 years since that last happened, but here werejemma reekie, alex bell and keely hodgkinson right in the mix. and it's great britain, second and third,

the brits having a great regatta so far and dylan fletcher and stuart bithall made it even better, finishingthe mixed nacra 17 class. team gb has a new star on the track —19—year—old keely hodgkinson — who took silver in the women's 800 metres, against a really tough field. she managed to finish second behind america's athing mo— in a time of1 minute, 55.88 seconds. britain'sjemma reekie finished 4th, with alex bell in 7th. but the brilliant run from hodgkinson was a new british record, beating dame kelly holmes's previous best. i'm speechless right now. obviously kelly is a legend. she will be a legend of british athletics for a long time. i have looked up to her. i've spoken to her during the last couple of days, she is a lovely person. i just... i have no words for that, honestly. but i want to thank my amazing team, my family, they have made so many sacrifices for me. oh, i'm going to cry. and trevor and jenny, they have got so much belief in me, because i did it. look what that meant to her. staying in athletics — andjust like in rio, jamaica's elaine thompson—herah has been crowned the