kokona hiraki is not even a teeanger yet. she's just 12!nd the bronze was taken by british 13—year—old sky brown. so, why arejapanese women so good at skateboarding at such a young age? who better to ask than mariko oi? good morning. how popular is the sport injapan? you good morning. how popular is the sport in japan?— good morning. how popular is the sport in japan? you know what, i did not realise how— sport in japan? you know what, i did not realise how popular— sport in japan? you know what, i did not realise how popular it _ sport in japan? you know what, i did not realise how popular it was - sport in japan? you know what, i did not realise how popular it was until. not realise how popular it was until we saw those amazing young athletes doing so extremely well. after say that podium was so adorable. as you said, 19—year—old sakura yozozumi winning the gold but 12—year—old kokona hiraki is was 13—year—old sky brown becoming the youngest medalists for their own countries and of course sky brown posit mother is japanese even though you

kokona hiraki is not even a teeanger yet. she's just 12! to have you on the programme again. how popular is the sport injapan? i programme again. how popular is the sport in japan?— the sport in japan? i have to sa i the sport in japan? i have to say i did _ the sport in japan? i have to say i did not _ the sport in japan? i have to say i did not know _ the sport in japan? i have to say i did not know how- the sport in japan? i have to i say i did not know how popular it was until i saw those amazing performances by those young athletes. as he said the 19—year—old sakura yozozumi 19—year—old sa kura yozozumi winning 19—year—old sakura yozozumi winning gold and the 12—year—old kokona hiraki and 13—year—old sky brown becoming the youngest medalists ever for their own countries. and of course skype is a mother is japanese even know if you're presented team gb we feel like she is part of team japan as well. and only last week we had the youngest ever gold medallist forjapan as well. but i think what i have enjoyed the most is their post—match i

japan's kokona hiraki and great britain's sky brown become their countries youngest ever medallists —ing gold and bronze in the skateboarding experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17—year—olds in the uk should be offered a covid vaccine — with the aim of driving down infections. anything we can do to improve vaccination rates, including going to below the age of18, 16, 17—year—olds, clearly will be a good thing, to get as many people vaccinated as possible, with both doses of the vaccine. if you want to get in touch with your views on any of today's stories — including the idea of giving vaccines to children — i'm... lebanon is holding a day of national mourning to mark the first anniversary of a massive warehouse explosion that killed over 200 people and injured thousands. the belarusian 0lympic sprinter who sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy in tokyo has now left japan, boarding a flight to vienna this morning. and coming up this hour, professor barbie. the scientist who designed the oxford coronavirus, vaccine has been honoured with her very own doll. a warm welcome to tokyo a

kokona hiraki, who won silver, is 12. gold medallist sakura yosozumi a comparative veteran at 19. needed to finish seventh in the 470 medal race. they had to fight hard in that race but it is gold for great britain. fifth was enough. for mcintyre, she emulates dad mike, who won gold in seoul in 1988. if britain rules the waves, cuba are kings of the ring, which meant bad news for ben whittaker. he was guaranteed a medal but had a puncher�*s chance against arlen lopez, already an olympic champion from 2016. in the end, the hardest of hits were delivered by the cuban, leaving a gutted whittaker with silver. well earlier frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer's eye opened up again by his opponent, the uzbekistan six foot eight giant. but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said "it was not the fairy tale i wanted but i'm proud of myself". after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack car

but she's a boarding veteran compared to the silver medallist — kokona hiraki is not even a teeangery brown. so, why arejapanese women so good at skateboarding at such a young age? who better to ask than mariko oi. how popular is the sport injapan? i don't know, i have to say, i didn't even realise how popular skateboarding was until i saw the amazing performance of those young athletes but the podium was so a ball —— adorable, a gold medal won by the 19—year—old but they were both becoming the youngest medallist for their own countries, but her mother is japanese so even though she represented team gb, we feel like she is part of team japan as well. in the youngest ever gold—medallist forjapan as gold—medallist for japan as well. gold—medallist forjapan as well. an amazing performance by those girls. i have to say, what i've enjoyed the most is the post match interviews. the 12—year—old was saying she did not feel the pressure as well despite the enormous achievement but also 19—year—old sakura saying she had fun and wants to have a nice meal but also the 12—year—old was talking thi

we're going to talk skateboardsing, the finals today and look at the medalist here, 12-year-old kokona hirakiager. who else on the podium, 13-year-old sky brown wins bronze, sky brown from the uk. during the olympics one of the favorite things these last couple weeks we role play an vision, dream about what sport we will play if we were olympians. i have ideas for our anchor team in the bay area. here we go. cue up the graphic, marcus washington you love to dance, in the discuss because it's about hip movement. kari you're so precise and smooth you are going to be our rower and mike, because i know you well back to our days in mountainview, here you go, break dancing for you in 2024. >> are we missing anyone? >> laura. >> oh. laura garcia, we have -- >> oh, i take platinum for that one. >> undefeated. >> right. >> 2042 the summer olympics live from union square or santana row and there's going to be laura garcia just like this. >> this girl is on fire. >> laura has it. >> i thought you were going to say like synchronized swimming, gymnastics. >> synchronized shopping. >> oh. >> i love that. b

japan's kokona hiraki won silver atjust12 years old, and sky brown from the uk won bronze at the agee of those venues that might definitely benefit from the sky brown effect. skaters are here already. and i'm sure throughout the day we will see more and more. overnight, sky brown becoming team gb's youngest ever athlete and medallist by winning the bronze medal. you would think it would be a great day to be head of skateboard gp. i am here with james hope killed. firstly, your reaction to the medal? just hope killed. firstly, your reaction to the medal?— hope killed. firstly, your reaction to the medal? , _, , , to the medal? just completely bowled over. it is to the medal? just completely bowled over- it is an — to the medal? just completely bowled over. it is an absolutely _ to the medal? just completely bowled over. it is an absolutely phenomenal i over. it is an absolutely phenomenal achievement for her. i am really so pleased _ achievement for her. i am really so pleased for— achievement for her. i am really so pleased for her, because she has worked _ pleased for her, because s