kieran reilly is known for defying gravity.rite to become olympic champion. i started bmx with no intentions of trying to qualify to go to the olympic games and then now to get this opportunity to go to the biggest sporting competition in the world and to be in such a good sport, like, the more i talk about it i get like goose bumps because it's just a mad feeling to be saying that. it was only four or five years ago that i was on a building site and i hated it and i would have loved to be where i am now. i strived for it, you know? so like before i drop injust remembering that and remembering why i started bmx. it's because i love the sport. this olympicjourney started in gateshead in the north—east of england. reilly was nine when he first picked up a bmx bike and ii when he first started competing. looking back now, especially, i mean, you can see how animated my face is on some of the clips, how happy i am. i never had energy for anything unless i was on my bike. it was the only thing i ever put work into and i know if i lo

the phenomenon, kieran reilly! ..and at the european games in poland.jokes about, like, a gold letterbox. having the gold postbox in leam lane where i'm from, and, you know, maybe if i go to the games and win gold, we can start a skate park in newcastle, i can move back and live happily ever after. that's a hell of a dream to have. it's a big one, so, you know, if you're watching this from newcastle, you best pick a bike up if i'm going to build a skate park! if reilly does achieve his 0lympic dream, it'll be some time before he comes back down to earth. katie gornall, bbc news. hundreds of runners have paid their respects at the funeral of fell runnerjoss naylor, who died last month at the age of 88. the cumbrian sheep farmer was known as the king of the fells and broke numerous records in his long and illustrious sporting career. bbc look north's mark mcalindon reports. joss naylor lived his entire life in the wasdale valley, a shepherd and farmer who took to running in the fells. you know, i would set off from borrowdale in the morning and i would co

world champion kieran reilly, was guaranteed a bronze going into hsi final run and threw everything ateeing her edge out the usa' perris benegas with her second run. bennegas made the podium after finishing fourth in tokyo, while australia's natalya diehm who claimed bronze — her country's first in freestyle bmx. the canada womens football team have had their appeal against a six point deduction rejected by the court of arbitartion for sport. they were punished after using a drone to spy on their first opponents in the olympics new zealand. head coach bev priestman and two of her assistants were also banned from any football related activity for 12 months. that leaves canada , who are 0lympic champions, on zero points in their group, needing to beat colombia later to have any chance of reaching the quarters. and away from the olympics mercedes have been explaining the reason why george russel�*s car was disqualified, costing him victory at last weekend's belgian grand prix...the car was found to be one and a half kilograms underweight after the race , which mercedes have put down to th

kieran reilly won silver in one of my fave sports to watch time now for 10 seconds of cuteness overloadw to do it with their seriously good moves and balance on a panda tower. i mean, look at that perfect balance. so cute! you're all caught up now. have a great night. hello and welcome along to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. majestic leon marchand thrills the home crowd, with a two golds, on an historic night for him in men's swimming. a piece of history for america and katie ledecky, too — as she sets an olympic record in the women's 1500m freestyle. and japan continue to dominate in the men's gymnastics — but it's not the man you'd expect bringing home the gold in the all—around. hello and welcome along to the programme. it's been all about leon marchand in the pool

an incredible performance, filled with breathtaking tricks delivered a silver medal for kieran reillyhe argentine, jose torres gil who took gold. france's anthonyjeanjean dropped to the bronze medal position after reilly's final run. katie gornall reports. he has tricks that defy gravity. his flips and spins have already made him a world champion, he was here looking to become an olympic champion. the pace was set by argentina'sjose champion. the pace was set by argentina's jose torres champion. the pace was set by argentina'sjose torres gil who champion. the pace was set by argentina's jose torres gil who flew through the argentina'sjose torres gil who flew through the air like a superhero and thejudges were through the air like a superhero and the judges were impressed. through the air like a superhero and thejudges were impressed. competing last, riley knew exactly this court to beat. he is guaranteed a bronze but now it is the right of his life, if he snatches that olympic title. it was an electric final run from the 23—year—old, he knew he'd given it everything, it was enough to

we've had both finals in the freestyle bmx, the men's gold has gone to argentina, with britain's kieran reillyentire competition. it was argentina's first individual medal in the event and theirfirst medal at the paris games. world champion reilly beat france's anthony jeanjean to silver. you can't really overestimate games. it would technical. i haven't been to the tv house yet. i came here with a dream of being an olympian and i'm leaving as an olympic medallist, so it's really special. in the women's event, 18—year—old deng yah—wen impressed the judges with a series of high—flying tricks seeing her edge out the usa's perris benegas with her second run. bennegas made the podium after finishing fourth in tokyo, while australia's natalya diehm claimed bronze — her country's first in freestyle bmx. adriana ruano—oliva has won the first olympic gold medal in guatemala's history with victory in the women's trap at the chateauroux shooting centre. oliva began her career as a promising gymnast, but had to quit the sport after a spinal injury injury in 2011. she took up shooting making her olympic d

he was the first in the world to perform this trick, — can kieran reilly take his skills to paris ande bmx gold? and we hear from the british 17—year—old phoebe gill who's taking time out from her studies to compete in paris. welcome to the programme, as we look ahead to a busy weekend of sport, but as the second day of the open draws to a close, it's been another impressive round from shane lowry. he's the clubhouse leader on seven under and is the man to beat. yesterday belonged to qualifier dan brown and he is still very much in contention, finishing two shots behind the leader. but some of the big names may not survive, tiger woods will be going home, and it was the rory mcilroy horror show, he also looks likely to miss the cut. but the day was all about the irishman, shane lowry as olly foster reports. there's a fine line between brave and foolhardy, finding a balance on the course is key to mastering the royal should. the course is key to mastering the royalshould. shane the course is key to mastering the royal should. shane lowry has done just that one off the lead overnight he

great britain's kieran reilly secured bmx freestyle silver in a dramatic 0lympic final in paris.ality event with argentina'sjose torres gil setting the standard with a great run that was more than enough for gold. world champion reilly, was guaranteed a bronze going into his final run. and threw everything at it, moving up to silver. france's anthonyjeanjean took the bronze. for the second run i knew i was guaranteed a metal. it didn't really change my mindset at all because i knew growing up there it was going for gold. i puta knew growing up there it was going for gold. i put a rundown on the board that i was happy with but it wasn't my best and i wanted to go out there and do my best. and i think in that second run and the circumstances, that was ever the guy give, and i left everything on this course. there was a bronze for the british pair of andrea spendolini—sirieix and lois toulson in the women's synchronised ten metre platform diving competition earlier. china continued their perfect record, making it three golds from three diving events so far. chen yu shi and chuan hon

elsewhere in paris so far it's been about qualifying with kieran reilly making tomorrow's final in themx freestyle with the world champion registering the best qualifying score. but not a day of complete success in the event for team gb defending champion charlotte worthington failed to qualify for the women's final. she did produce two smooth runs — but her routine failed to wow the judges enough to progress. i have no idea what the future holds. this is been a crazyjourney and not been from the top of the world to my own personal rock bottom. i'm in the process of building up. i don't know if i'll go to another olympics and i don't know where my competition lies now. i'm very, very proud to get here and represent this country and everyone stands behind me. really happy. in the pool — anna hopkin and matt richards qualified for the semi finals of their respective 100 metre freestyle events. and richards will likely be back in the pool tonight. he's expected to come into the men's 4 by 200 metre relay team for the final after the defending champions qualified with the fastest time. the

great britain's kieran reilly secured bmx freestyle silver in another dramatic olympic final in parisput that to bed, with two sensational performances — both breaking the olympic records. earlier he beat kristoff malik, in the butterfly — and then brought home the double. it's his third gold of the games in paris. very much the standout star so far. not long ago, too, pan zhanle of china, broke the world record in the 100m freestyle.. you can keep up to everything olympic related and the rest of the sports news on the bbc sports website. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. temperatures reached 29—30 degrees across southern parts of the uk again today, but we're starting to see a few changes. there has already been the odd shower around, but things are going to get more active overnight and into tomorrow with the risk of some thundery downpours, mainly across england and wales. but if we look towards the west, across northern ireland, there are some showers here and those will develop and push their way across southern scotland and then really generate some heavy, thundery

. >> we'll have the very latest from paris as britain's kieran reilly could also bring home a third medalan riley does very well with his bmx thing , i just don't bmx thing, i just don't understand why bmx freestyle is an olympic sport. >> there are lots of i mean, i didn't even there are sports that i've discovered i didn't even know existed until until i've seen them in the olympic games. >> yeah, some of them seem more sporty and some of them seem just like we've rolled a tombola and picked something vaguely active. we're taking it out and we're going to throw this in the who cares? >> it's raining gold medals, so whatever. >> we've overtaken just about every other country apart from it's only china. france and one other country that's ahead of us now in the, in the medal table. >> i think the, the us have done very well in the gymnastics. i think i might be wrong. i haven't actually been watching it. >> i have to it.— >> i have to confess. it. >> i have to confess. we don't have to i can i can just talk amongst yourselves for a second. >> i'll, i'll get this medal table talk amongst o