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for giles scott, it i was comfortable in my mind with giles. thought he was over the starlight and return to restart and he effectively started in last place and only got the places he needed to guarantee gold at the last turning mark, just before the finishing line, so i was confident about giles before the race but if you'd asked me two minutes before the end of the race, i thought he had blown it. that is honest of you. i race, i thought he had blown it. that is honest of you.— that is honest of you. i don't. .. i'm glad — that is honest of you. i don't. .. i'm glad the — that is honest of you. i don't. .. i'm glad the olympics - that is honest of you. i don't. .. i'm glad the olympics is - that is honest of you. i don't. .. i'm glad the olympics is only i i'm glad the olympics is only every four years, i'm glad the olympics is only every fouryears, in i'm glad the olympics is only every four years, in fact five years this time, because it will take me that long to recover. but it's a tribute to a huge amount of hard work and what i've learn

and giles scott in fourth place hangs on to| scott in fourth place hangs on to the gold medal. fiend scotta burnet and john gimson getting second place in the mixed nacra 17 class. team gb's jack laugher has taken bronze in the 3 metre springboard diving final. the yorkshireman put on an excellent display with his six dives, securing third place and sealing his olympic medal with 87.75 in his final dive. laugher took silver in this event in rio and had been hoping to do one better, but china took the gold and silver positions. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. tea m team gb do have a number of silver and gold medals under the belts for jason and laura and i was incredible for the germans to break that olympic record by six seconds which was just olympic record by six seconds which wasjust phenomenal. olympic record by six seconds which was just phenomenal. they both still have events to come, they have parents —— might they have become parents —— might they have become parents and i think what they have ac

giles scott! success on the water for team gb in tokyo — giles scott takes gold in the firm class sailing — and there was gold for dylan fletcher and stuart bithell in the men's 49—ers — plus silver forjohn gimson and anna burnet in the mixed nacra 17 class. on the track, norway's karsten warholm smashes the world record for the men's aoon hurdles. and there was bronze for gb diverjack laugher in the three—metre springboard event in other news: the head of an organisation helping belarusians who have fled abroad has been found dead in the ukrainian capital kyiv. vitaly shishov ran the belarusian house in ukraine. criticism from labour as the government abandons plans for an �*amber watchlist�* of countries for international travel — amid warnings the system was becoming too complex. what impact have the changes to the traffic light system had on your travel plans this summer? let me know — you can get in touch at @vfritznews using #bbcyourquestions gunfire. fighting is raging in helmand province b

for giles scott...am gb at the top of the medal table in sailing with the prospect of more tomorrow. daniela relph, bbc news. cyclist jason kenny's success makes him britain's equal most decorated olympian of all time. and there's been more success for team gb today: there was silver for pat mccormack in boxing, and bronze forjack laugher in diving. on the track meanwhile there an extraordinary win for norway's karsten warholm, who smashed his own world record in the men's aoom hurdles. andy swiss was watching. this time it was not to be. it is gold for the netherlands. still silver, and for kenny that was a place in the record books, his eighth olympic medal, six of them gold, making him briton's most decorated olympian. you catch up on the momentum. to repeat it and having to do it again and again. earlier, jason's wife laura kenny took silver in team pursuit. herfifth olympic medal took silver in team pursuit. her fifth olympic medal as the family tally continues to grow. there was another british me

but not to be outdone, giles scott was doing in the finn class where britain is superb. t 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, hodgkinson now striding towards silver, athing mu away and clear to the gold medal. she's going to take it, and hodgkinson — reekie�*s under pressure for the bronze. hodgkinson, the silver. atjust19, hodgkinson�*s potent kick finish had p

giles scott at the line holds onto the gold medal! ..and into the history books.john gimson getting second place in the mixed nacra 17 class. in the boxing, there was a silverfor great britain's pat mccormack after he lost to cuba's ron—ee—l iglesias in the welterweight final. mccormack had been ranked as the top seed, but lost on unanamous points after an impressive performance from iglesias, who's now won three olympic medals. mccormack�*s silver means team gb has secured a record six medals in the boxing events at tokyo. more action from the aquatics centre now. jack laugher said today's bronze meant more to him, than the gold he won in rio, after battling mental health issues earlier this year. he even said he wanted to quit diving altogether at the time. but today — he finished 3rd on springboard and dedicated his medal to everyone he says kept him in one piece. nick hope reports. the last few months of been the toughest of jack's career. from the highs of rio 2016 to the laws of the europeans just three months ago. then he was sixth twice and he told me that

and giles scott holds on to the gold medal, in the dying moments of that race.t 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, hodgkinson now striding towards silver, athing mu away and clear to the gold medal. she's going to take it, and hodgkinson — reekie�*s under pressure for the bronze. hodgkinson, the silver. atjust19, hodgkinson�*s potent kick finish had propelled her on to the podium. well, that's britain off the mark with their first medal in the athletics stadium, and that silver is britain's first medal in this event si

and giles scott holds on to the gold medal, in the dying moments of that race.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, hodgkinson now striding towards silver, athing mu away and clear to the gold medal. she's going to take it, and hodgkinson — reekie's under pressure for the bronze. hodgkinson, the silver. atjusti9, hodgkinson�*s potent kick finish had propelled her on to the podium. well, that's britain off the mark with their first medal in the athletics stadium, and that silver is britain's first medal in this event since

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

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and shortly after that, giles scott defended his title in the men's finn.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 have no widespread, 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

defending champion giles scott leads the men's finn class and cannot now drop out of the medal placesl and slovakia's rory sabbatini silver. simone biles has withdrawn from tomorrow's floor final, but is yet to make a decision on whether she will compete in the beam final on tuesday. the four—time olympic champion had already withdrawn from the team final, individual all—around final, plus the vault and uneven bars finals to focus on her mental health. unfortunately, not all good news for gb on day nine. great britain were beaten by india in the men's hockey quarterfinals, which means india are into the last four for the first time since 1980. our olympic correspondent nick hope rounds up the rest of the action for us from tokyo. we'll come to that quarterfinal, but it's a dramatic day of boxing. fraser clark, after over a decade for qualifying, had made it to tokyo 2020, but also secured a medal. he and opponent have history, but it was the frenchman who came out controversially on top of the olympic qualifier earlier this year. it turned into a bloody battle in the first and second

and shortly after that, giles scott defended his title in the men's finn.e, 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 sprint queen of the tokyo games. she took gold in the women's 200 meters to go with her gold in the 100 at the weekend. she surged to victory in 21.53 seconds — the second fastest time in history. it means that thompson—herah completes the "d