for 19—year—old keely hodgkinson, it means medals. keely hodgkinson- needs to stay strong. just a sense of relief, really, because i really wanted to get that automatic qualification. because only top—two is guaranteed and, like, as a lot of people know, that line—up was ridiculous. the women�*s 800 is really, like, the depth in it is crazy. so, to take the win in that field of people. but also, in manchester, my family were there, they haven�*t seen me run in a while, it was a really special moment. keely is already setting records, winning titles and making history. she�*s following in the footsteps of another middle—distance great, who�*s her mentor and who also trained here at the track in wigan. jenny meadows, will she get there? she does! she is amazing. she never fails to surprise me. she is improving week to week at the moment, and that's what's so exciting about her. we see it day in and day out, you know, all the hard miles that she does here in wigan. and, yeah, she's showing the world what she's got now. it's incredible. keely�*s rapid rise includes setting a ju

for 19—year—old keely hodgkinson, it means medals. keely hodgkinson- needs to stay strong.and she's now heading to the tokyo olympics as the youngest member of the great britain athletics squad, after also winning the british trials, where she beat compatriot laura muir. just a sense of relief, really, because i really wanted to get that automatic qualification. because only top two is guaranteed and, like, as a lot of people know, that line—up was ridiculous. the women's 800 is really, like, the depth in it is crazy. so, to take the win in that field of people. but also, in manchester, my family were there, they haven't seen me run in a while, it was a really special moment. keeley is already setting records, winning titles and making history. she's following in the footsteps of another middle—distance great, who's her mentor and who also trained here at the track in wigan. here comes jenny meadows, will she get there? - she does! she is amazing. she never fails to surprise me. she is improving week to week at the moment, and that's what's so exciting about her. we see it

in the women's 800 metres have qualified for the final — for the first time ever. 19—year—old keely hodgkinson alex bell and jemma reekie in the final on tuesday. on her olympic debut, emma wilson has won bronze in the women's windsurfing. the 22—year—old's mother, penny way, is a former world champion, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the 1992 and 1996 olympics. and four—time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from two more gymnastics events — sunday's vault and uneven bars finals. she withdrew from tuesday's women's team final as well as thursday's individual all—around final, saying she had to focus on her mental health. as we've been saying, it was an historic win for team gb in the pool. great britain claimed a fourth swimming gold at an olympics for the first time in 113 years. the quartet of kathleen dawson, adam peaty, james guy and anna hopkin won the inaugural ax100m mixed medley relay in a world—record time. earlier, i spoke to mark skimming, who coached anna hopkin at bath university. i was trying, actually, to be really quiet and not wake up other people in the house

time three team gb athletes have qualified for the final of the women's 800 metres. 19—year—old keely hodgkinson biles has pulled out of two more events at the olympics, confirming she won't compete in tomorrow's vault and uneven bars gymnastics finals. the four—time olympic champion hasn't competed since she pulled out of the women's team final after this vault earlier in the week. us gymnastics says biles is continuing to be evaluated daily as she focuses on her mental health. there's been plenty happening away from the olympics — in cape town, the british and irish lions lost the second test by 27—9 as south africa levelled the series. it'll now come down to next saturday's decider. katie gornall reports. pride and pressure is what a lions tour is all about, with the series on the line it was a question of which team could harness that passion. defeat last week left the springboks wounded. early on it was clear they would not go down without a fight. the penalties racked up, so to the yellow cards, this kick sent duhan van der merwe out the sin—bin before south africa boss mike cheslin kolbe

800 metres, for the first time ever, after impressive displays in the semi finals. 19—year—old keely hodgkinsonjoin alex bell and jemma reekie in the final on tuesday. on her olympic debut, emma wilson has won bronze in the women's windsurfing. the 22—year—old's mother, penny way, is a former world champion, who narrowly missed out on a medal in the 1992 and 1996 olympics. and four—time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from two more gymnastics events — sunday's vault and uneven bars finals. she withdrew from tuesday's women's team final as well as thursday's individual all—around final, saying she had to focus on her mental health. we have all been hearing about alex yee and he has just and he hasjust tweeted and he has just tweeted so let's show you his twitter feed there. you can see beyond proud, this is my home referring to a tweet of congratulations coming from his home town of brockley. congratulations to our local gold medallist olympian alex at the of course he's won gold in that mix triathlon but also silver in the triathlon as well so it's wonderful to see these messages of

800 metres, for the first time ever, after impressive displays in the semi—finals. 19—year—old keely hodgkinson on a medal in the 1992 and 1996 olympics. and four—time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from two more gymnastics events — sunday's vault and uneven bars finals. she withdrew from tuesday's women's team final as well as thursday's individual all—around final, saying she had to focus on her mental health. fighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western afghanistan as the taliban try to seize them from government forces. taliban fighters have entered parts of herat, lashkar gah and kandahar. let's speak to our correspondent, secunder kermani, in the afghan capital, kabul. how close is the taliban to taking control of these places? well, this is certainly the most serious moment yet we've seen in weeks of intensified fighting in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territory, now they are trying to capture leather city. this evening they went right into the heart of lashkar gah city, following heavy fighting though, after the arri

the women's 800 metres, two certainly have a great chance, going through to the semifinals, keely hodgkinson, looking strong, so fingers crossed we will get a few medals. i must ask you about your event, you won silver in the 1500 metres in 1984, we were so dominant at middle—distance running, who should we be looking out for, though, this time? ~ ., ., �* , we be looking out for, though, this time? ~ ., ., �*, , time? well, on the women's side, laura time? well, on the women's side, laura muir. _ time? well, on the women's side, laura muir, having _ time? well, on the women's side, laura muir, having had _ time? well, on the women's side, laura muir, having had her- time? well, on the women's side, laura muir, having had her wholel laura muir, having had her whole career coming very close, i think she has got a great opportunity this time. on the men's side, it is so good to see jake wightman and josh kerr right up in the world rankings, so 1500 can often be tactical, and there is a hot favourite, two, timothy cheruiyot and ingebrigtsen, but one of our guys could sneak in and get a medal. a