our correspondence spent the day at the club where laura kenny was then laura trott, and began her actinghis is where it all started for her, but little did we know back then that she would go on to win gold at three successive olympics. we are joined by francis, the head coach here. you were going wild this morning, tell us what did you make of the madison? i was just completely blown away. best race i have ever seen and they actually dominated it and just blew the rest of the world apart, it was fantastic. what is it about laura that makes her such a great cyclist, such a great competitor? grit, determination and never giving in, never giving up and she always wants to win. has she always been like that? oh, yes. right from a very young age, she was was competitive and she has been an inspiration to all our young riders. when did you spot something special, when did you think that this girl could go really far? right from an early age, probably about nine, ten, when she was down here, i introduced her to the track when she was about seven or eight years old. from that point on, she love

laura kenny nowjoins other cyclists sir bradley wiggins, sir chris hoy and also sir steve redgrave ande only british olympians with five gold medals at the least and she has the prospect of more. there are more possibility of british success tonight with laura muir in the women's 1500 metre success tonight with laura muir in the women's1500 metre final, jody williams and the 400 metre final, andy burchard in the 5000 metre men's final as well and at the end of the evening, we have the sprint relay, dina asher—smith part of the women's 100 relay, dina asher—smith part of the women's100 metre team that has a real chance of success as do their men. lots of excitement in store here in the athletics stadium before the end of the night. eleanor roper is in welwyn garden city at the club where laura kenny began cycling. yes, this is where she first got on a bicycle, which started for her and little did we know back then she would go on to win gold medals at three successive olympics. we are joined by new head coach here. you are going wild this morning, what did you make of the madison? that

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laura trott became laura kenny when she married jason, shortly after rio.eir son albee was born. through the beautiful chaos of becoming a mother, to delivering a masterclass in composure today. britain's most successful female olympian isn't going anywhere yet. she has a long, i think, long career ahead her still. you know, we are talking as if this is the end of her career, her last games. it's not, you know, she'll be in paris, she could even be in two or three games beyond now. jack carlin claims the bronze medal... bronze forjack carlin in the men's sprint made this a successful day for britain in the velodrome. and after 120 laps of biking bedlam, this now familiar step to the top of the podium became a coronation. the madison�*s first female olympic champions, and perhaps ourfirst sight of dame laura kenny. natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. team gb�*s athletes on the track have had a good day. laura muir won silver in the 1500 metres, and there a silver in the men's 4x100 metre relay, with britian losing out in a photo finish to italy. and there was a

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while laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic title — her team were beaten by germany, who broke the worlds world record time in an emphatic victory. so silverfor team gb, but kenny has the chance of gold in the omnium or madison later in the week. i think that the government by surprise. just in the qualifier, —— i think they took everyone by surprise. and i knew we were going to go for an fast but maybe not that fast stop i paid an opportunity for tumour metals? yeah, this keeps showing up see what happens. —— two more metals. so two silver medals for team gb — and team kenny — in the velodrome today. earlier i spoke to the former olympic champion, sir chris hoy, and asked him whether there'd be disappointment in the team that they'd ended up with silvers rather than golds. i think there is mixed emotions today. the sprint with the dutch team was the hot favourite for that event but laura kenny and their team—mates, they're hoping for the gold medal. they were the favourites. of the german team broke the world record and was just in a different class today. and the hoop different class t

and it�*s history making — one for laura kenny, who has become first british woman to win gold medalsthis morning. i love the team pursuit but it was given the fears like never before. once that was out of the way, it�*s almost hard to say but i felt relieved, because the one race i really wanted to win was this, and then we did it. and another medalfor team gb in the velodrome as jack carlin won an impressive bronze in the men�*s individual sprint. he won the first two of these bronze medal races against russian denis dimitrev, the second by a whisker, and so there was no need for a third race in the best of three showdown, and so carlin was on the podium. the gold medal match in the women�*s hockey between the netherlands and argentina is currently goalless, and although the olympic champions from rio, team gb, missed out this time on the final, they have made the podium for the third games running, winning the bronze medal match against india 14—3. the brits were two goals up early on, but by the third quarter, india had fought back brilliantly to lead 3—2. but a late rally turned

laura trott became laura kenny when she married jason shortly after rio.ter, their son albie was born. through the beautiful chaos of becoming a mother to delivering a master class in composure today, britain's most successful female olympian isn't going anywhere yet. she has a long... i think a long career ahead of her still. this isn't, you know, we're talking as if this is the end of her career, her last games — it's not. you know, she'll be in paris, she could even be in two or three games beyond now. jack carlin claims the bronze medal! bronze forjack carlin in the men's sprint made this a successful day for britain in the velodrome and after 120 laps of biking bedlam, this now familiar step to the top of the podium became a coronation. natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. there were successes for team gb�*s athletes on the track too. laura muir won silver in the 1500 metres and there were medals for both the men's and women's ax100m relay teams. our sports editor dan roan watched all the action, begining with team gb�*s kate french, who took gold in the m

we have the amazing cyclist laura kenny andy runner laura _ cyclist laura kenny andy runner laura muirn can talk about that one, but a lot of these — can talk about that one, but a lot of these front pages of the rating our female athletes and in such a positive _ our female athletes and in such a positive way, and ijust get his wonderful— positive way, and ijust get his wonderful and i think people are going _ wonderful and i think people are going to — wonderful and i think people are going to be looking at the sports they did — going to be looking at the sports they did not know about, particularly the modern pentathlon, which _ particularly the modern pentathlon, which is _ particularly the modern pentathlon, which is a _ particularly the modern pentathlon, which is a really curious event! we have now which is a really curious event! - have now been introduced to the madison, which is this team event in the cycling, which laura kenny and katie archbold won together. it reminds me, i had no idea what... i think i have mispronounced it, it was one of the sailing events, but i was one

and laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic title — her team were beaten by germany, who broke the worldhave the chance of two more golds though in the omnium and the madison later in the week. the day got off to the perfect start with two golds in the space of an hour on the water in the sailing. the brits having a great regatta so far and dylan fletcher and stuart bithall made it even better, finishing in first in the men's 49er. and it was a nail—biting race to the finish 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

well, laura kenny was involved in the action on the final day at the velodrome, as was her husband jasoncome the first briton to win seven olympic golds. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. hold the front page! jason kenny a picture of delight after hurtling into the record books. the keirin is usually a slow burner of a race before a frantic late dash — but with three laps still to go kenny took his rivals completely by surprise. he sensed an opportunity and jason kenny will go for it for great britain... in a flash he was out of sight, charging clear and heading where no british athlete had ever been before. and they are not going to catch him. kenny comes to the finish here and we are watching british olympic history as jason kenny takes the title. his seventh gold, the most by any british olympian, a remarkable feat achieved and in remarkable fashion. i couldn't believe that no one came past. i felt like i was standing still at that last corner and i kept attacking way and i kept telling myself it is a medal even if one comes it isjust the middle. and even went across the go

the first of the two was a historic one for laura kenny.ecome the most decorated female olympian in british history. she and katie archibald were crowned the inaugral women's madison champions in the velodrome. kenny is also the first british woman to win golds at three consecutive games. reaching five overall now in her career. extraordinary performance. the british pair dominated the 120—lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints on offer to finish on 78 points. out of all the medals kenny has won this seems to mean the most i never wanted to win herve so badly in my life and that was the one. i've messaged jason today and said i feel like me olympics and is today. that was really my main target. i love the team but it was giving me feels like i've never had before and once that was out of the way it was hard to say that i felt relieved because the one race i really wanted to do was come in and all of a sudden we went and did it! and there was another medal for team gb in the velodrome as jack carlin won an impressive bronze in the men's indi

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laura kenny has got her fifth gold of shakespeare.t an amazing athlete she has proved to be over so many years, herfifth olympic gold, women that in the women's madison until keele. —— in tokyo. getting gold yet again. greece has been plunged into an unprecedented environmental crisis — according to the country's prime minister. days of heatwaves have turned the country into a powder keg — and he predicts the worst is yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames. as mark lobel reports, villagers are coming under pressure to abandon their homes. as villages like these in the peloponnese burn, the greek prime minister is urging extreme caution. houses can be rebuilt, he says, trees can regrow, however human life cannot be replaced. but abandoning your home is never easy in your 70s. translation: leave and go where, and let my house burn? _ if we had left, this place would have burned. we told the women and elderly and kids to go, and whoever was able stay to help, however they could. crops are at risk, too. so far,

earlier there was i another medal for laura kenny to be fair.e katie archibald and juicy night. forfifth olympic alongside katie archibald and juicy night. for fifth olympic medal as the family tally continues to grow. there was another british medal in the box and, although not the colour pat mccormack was hoping for. the 26—year—old from sunderland is the current commonwealth champion but after being edged out in the welterweight final by his cuban competitor he had to settle for olympic silver. in the diving, meanwhile, there was success for jack laugher after winning bronze in the springboard he revealed he had considered retiring because of mental health issues. this means so much, he said. mental health issues. this means so much. he said-— mental health issues. this means so much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, _ much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, the _ much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, the return - much, he said. simone biles is back. in the gymnastics, the return of - much, h

well we saw laura kenny carrying the flag for team gb at the ceremony. she had a busy day. going for another olympic gold at the velodrome earlier, as was her husband jason kenny who became the first briton to win seven olympic gold medals with a spectacular defence of his men's keirin title. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. hold the front page. jason kenny a picture of the weight after hurtling into the record books. the keirin is usually a slow burner of a race before a frantic meet —— but with three left ago kenny took his rivals completely by surprise. he three left ago kenny took his rivals completely by surprise.— completely by surprise. he says an opportunity — completely by surprise. he says an opportunity and — completely by surprise. he says an opportunity and jason _ completely by surprise. he says an opportunity and jason kenny - completely by surprise. he says an opportunity and jason kenny will. completely by surprise. he says an| opportunity and jason kenny will go for it for great britain... in a flash she — for it for great britain... in a flash

one of them came in the velodrome, with laura kenny becoming the most successful female british olympian first british woman to win golds at three consecutive games. the british pair dominated the 120—lap race, winning ten of the 12 sprints on offer to finish on 78 points, over twice as many as the danes who finished second. out of all the medals kenny has won, this fifth gold seems to mean the most. i have never wanted to win a race so badly in all my life, and that was the one. i messaged jason this morning, i said the one. i messaged jason this morning, isaid ifeel the one. i messaged jason this morning, i said ifeel it my the one. i messaged jason this morning, i said i feel it my olympic and stewed a. that was really our main target. i love the team pursuit, but it was giving me fears like i have never had before. once that was out of the way, it is almost hard to say, but i felt relieved because the one race i wanted to do was coming. and we went and did it! jack carlin added to his silver in the team sprint with a bronze in the individual event. he beat russian denis dmitriev for

and laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic title — her team were beaten by germany, who broke the world a nail—biting race to the finish 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 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 l

so no doubt it will be all eyes on laura kenny bear and the great story that she provides, and then onost of the spine is that the outdoors and the olympics and at the recent past, but she is never quite got on the podium. she has taken the 800 metres away from herself and this eventin metres away from herself and this event in order to focus on the 1500 metres. however, she will have some stiff opposition from the dutch runner. she has already won gold in the 5000 metres. she's going in the 1500 metres as well, and she is also trying to get an unprecedented travel because she has —— she's also going to go for gold in the women's 10,000 metres. a great story but deena asher—smith. we have seen the injury concerns for her earlier on injury concerns for her earlier on in the games. she was able to come back and take part in the four by one —— 100 metre relay. they were able to qualify to through the final. however, the jamaican relay team will be really tough and that, so they will give them a tough task. that potentially, get hopes for great britain's men's and the relay because we saw

in the track cycling, britain's golden couple — jason and laura kenny — both had to settle for silverhe gymnastics competition — winning a bronze 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. jason and laura kenny both adding to their medals with silver in the team forjason means he is level with the bradley wiggins on eight medals, britain'sjoint most bradley wiggins on eight medals, britain's joint most decorated olympian. going into the final against the netherlands, team gb had far too much work to do in the final lap. kenny, along with ryan owens and jack carlin, battled but to settle for silver — beaten comprehensively by the dutch team who set a new olympic record. kenny said he felt he had an empty tank in the final. i think we poured our heart into the second right to get to the final and just geared up and went for it because obviously we knew we had a bit of ground to make up. i mean, i had nothing in the final. i was rubbish. but like i say we dry so hard to get there. we always fo

laura kenny to be the banker for the gold myself we expected laura kenny to be the bankerfor the gold laura and a bit of a nightmare in the first race at the omni with a crash that wasn't her fault and then a small mistake in the elimination race and she was out of the running for the points race at the end. she was disappointed about that end we were expecting more and she was expecting more but i think it was made by the truly spectacular performance from jason kenny. absolutely incredible. i had never seen a keirin final like it at any level before, particularly at world level for somebody like jason to be able to just launch off the front of the bunch and have no reaction from the rest of the guys we were standing open whilst watching the reaction and he just destroyed them and became britain's most successful olympian ever in the process. most successful olympian ever in the rocess. ., , , ., most successful olympian ever in the rocess. , ., ., ., process. people put that down to exnerience- _ process. people put that down to experience. they _ process. people put that down to ex

laura kinney the most successful female cyclist of all time from any nations. she's not done yet and shall go for her sixth on sunday to match sir chris hoy and her husband, jason kenny. it was hard to believe she was born six weeks early with a collapsed lung. laura became laura kinney when she married jason shortly after rio. a year later, their son was born. through the beautiful chaos of becoming a mother to delivering a master class in composure today, britain's most successful female olympian isn't going anywhere yet. she successful female olympian isn't going anywhere yet.— successful female olympian isn't going anywhere yet. she has a long career ahead _ going anywhere yet. she has a long career ahead of _ going anywhere yet. she has a long career ahead of her— going anywhere yet. she has a long career ahead of her still. _ going anywhere yet. she has a long career ahead of her still. we're - career ahead of her still. we're talking as if it's the end of her career. it's not. she can be in two or three games beyond. jack claims the bronze medal! _ or three games beyond. jack claims the bronze medal! after _ or three games beyond. jack claims the bronze medal!

two cycling medals for team gb, with golden couple jason and laura kenny both adding to their alreadyive haul. a silver in the team sprint forjason means he draws level with bradley wiggins on eight medals as britian's most decorated olympian. going into the final against the netherlands, team gb had far too much work to do in the final lap. kenny, along with ryan owens and jack carlin, battled but to settle for silver — beaten comprehensively by the dutch team who set a new olympic record. laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic gold and her team pursuit team were forced into silver by germany who broke the world record. team gb were aiming for the gold, but katie archibald, laura kenny, neah evans and josie knight were shocked by a germany team who took almost two seconds off their previous world record time in an emphatic victory. so silverfor team gb, but kenny has the chance of gold in the omnium or madison later in the week. but the team gb�*s reign as olympic men's team pursuit champions ended in a bizarre way as the danish rider frederik madsen crashed into charlie tanfield dur

laura kenny, britain's greatest female olympian, with the honour of carrying the flag.ut rather than sadness at what was missing, a sense of pride at the spirit that had prevailed. for the first time since the pandemic began, the entire world came together. billions of people around the globe were united by emotion. this gives us faith in the future. the olympic games — tokyo 2020 — are the olympic games of hope, solidarity and peace. from world records... smashed the old world record! ..and new sports... that was incredible! ..to shocks... italy take the gold! ..and great sportsmanship. 0h, they've given it to them both. tokyo 2020 will be seen by many as a classic, despite unprecedented challenges faced by both organisers and athletes. i think it's just been probably the most challenging games but at the same time, the most giving because if you got here and you've achieved what youwanted after everything that we've been through, itjust makes these medals just that bit more special. britain's 65 medals equals their haul as hosts at london 2012. this their second most

three gold medals awarded there, many people know the british couple jason and laura kenny, they haveium and she is looking to become britain's most decorated female olympian if she is to win that battle. we also have boxing, which will start on a couple of hours. those four gold medals that we will hand out there, notably kelly harrington from ireland will be going for a gold medal, looking to become just the second irish female boxer to win a gold medal at teletext. she will take on brazil's beatrice ferreira in that one. we also have volleyball ongoing, we will have some water polo, and i think that is about it. i think we are nearly, nearly done. find we are nearly, nearly done. and sarah, we are nearly, nearly done. and sarah. you _ we are nearly, nearly done. and sarah, you have _ we are nearly, nearly done. and sarah, you have been covering the games for us throughout the period, would have been some of the highlights for you?— the highlights for you? looking back, the highlights for you? looking back. three _ the highlights for you? looking back, three weeks, _ the highlights f

today at six: history's made by team gb cyclist laura kenny, becoming britain's most successful femalen tokyo. alongside katie archibald, she wins in the madison event in the velodrome — her third gold in consecutive olympic games. just to have katie there the whole time, ijust feel like i'm racing with a sister, and i couldn't have done it if we hadn't had that relationship. and a stunning fightback from team gb�*s kate french sees her win in the modern pentathlon. but agony in the men's 4x100 metre relay, as britain's sprinters are pipped to gold in a photo finish. also on the programme: northern ireland becomes the first of the home nations to begin vaccinating i6

laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic gold — her team pursuit team were forced into silver by germanyny team who took almost two seconds off their previous world record time in an emphatic victory. so silverfor team gb, but kenny has the chance of gold in the omnium or madison later in the week. in the boxing, there was a silver for great britain's pat mccormack after he lost to cuba's roniel 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 0lympic medals. mccormack�*s silver means team gb has secured a record six medals in the boxing events at tokyo. and away from the olympics — tottenham striker harry kane has again failed to report to the club's training ground as a stand—off over his future continues. kane didn't appear at the scheduled time yesterday for a coronavirus test, after a three week break following euro 2020. he is expected back at training by the end of the week. talks are expected between both parties, but it's understood kane believes he has a

led by its most successful woman, laura kenny, team gb celebrated its second most successful overseasg of the olympic stadium. the end of 16 days we thought might never happen. you created the magic of these olympic games, tokyo 2020. in these difficult times, you gave to the world, the most precious of gifts — hope! it was a golden end for team gb... commentator: and jason kenny stands alone in british olympic history! - whether you've won your seventh gold or yourfirst, the metal is just as precious. just ask wales' lauren price. i can't really put it into words, it's just a dream come true. yeah, i still can't believe it, i've got to pinch myself but itjust goes to show years of hard work, if you dream and you work hard enough, you can achieve anything. achieve, team gb did, exceeding expectations with 65 medals, 22 of them gold, fourth overall. when we look back on tokyo it'll go down as a games to remember, packed with hits, highs and heroes. great britain have a gold medal in the diving pool! it had heartbreak for those whose dreams were dashed. oh, no, katarina johnson—thompson

here we are, simon kenny and laura kenny with their multi—success, jason, i called him simon.orfamily, friends airline that brought them back. big hug for family, friends and everybody else, their mum, michael and beverley there to greet him. you may remember we spoke to them on bbc news during course of the weekend at their delight. and possibly that is grandma. not sure. and then we have also got frazer clark the bronze superheavyweight boxer, who has also arrived, with somebody who has really missed him. lots more arrivals, we will bring you the best of those here on bbc news. let us look at the weather that will greet them back home. here is darren. we are seeing more ever i have thundery showers, particularly in parts of scotland, northern ireland, southern england too. some showers elsewhere, developing, some sunshine around as well and the winds are not as strong today but temperatures aren't as high as they would normally be at this time of the year. so we still have the heavy thundery drown pours into this evening, they will gradually fade away overnight. we will see

katie archibald and laura kenny ride in the madison at quarter past nine. ad great britain�*s bid for a relay medal in the women�*s 4x100m relay final at 2.30 in the afternoon. the action from day 14 starts just after midnight. news coming in from spain before we go and lionel messi it looks like will not be staying at barcelona as this saga enters a new chapter according to a statementjust put out by barcelona for top for more on that, go to the website, but that is a protracted issue that will alert a lot of interested clubs. thank you for your company. lot of interested clubs. thank you foryour company. it lot of interested clubs. thank you for your company. it has been a busy one! goodbye for now. hello there. there�*s certainly no summery weather in this forecast. it weather in this forecast. will feel much like argus l the it will feel much like argus over the next couple of days. cool conditions for the time of year, windy weather and also some heavy rain, some thundery downpours and places, but there will be some sunshine around as well, so not a com

so no doubt it will be all eyes on laura kenny bear and the great story that she provides, and then onfocus on the 1500 metres. however, she will have some stiff opposition from the dutch runner. she has already won gold in the 5000 metres. she's going in the 1500 metres as well, and she is also trying to get an unprecedented treble she's also going to go for gold in the women's 10,000 metres. a great story but deena asher—smith. we have seen the injury concerns for her earlier on in the games. she was able to come back and take part back and take part in the four by 100 metre relay. they were able to qualify to through the final. however, the jamaican relay team will be really tough and that, so they will give them a tough task. that potentially, get hopes for great britain's men's and the relay because we saw that the usa men's team failed to qualify yesterday, a very bad second changeover in their seat side and finished down in sixth. so team gb potentially looking at some medals in the relays. thank you very much, sarah, talking to us from tokyo. india will resume on 125 for four o

and the sun features the tokyo olympics' golden couple, jason and laura kenny, who returned to the uk the rest of team gb after both winning record—breaking cycling golds. so let's begin, let's start with the guardian, which has got a photo that is featured on so many of the front pages, and extraordinary greek tragedy photo, isn't it, taken of a woman in distress? as the wildfire nears her home in greece, and lucy, the last time we spoke, i think you are making the point we have this extremely stark disturbing report about climate change at the same time as so many people around the world are not really directly feeling the effects of climate change. feeling the effects of climate chan . e. , feeling the effects of climate chance. , . .,, ., ~ change. yes, and i was also thinking about the fact _ change. yes, and i was also thinking about the fact that _ change. yes, and i was also thinking about the fact that it _ change. yes, and i was also thinking about the fact that it feels _ change. yes, and i was also thinking about the fact that it feels so - change. yes, and i was also thin

laura kenny has won the team pursuit at two olympics in a row. e will also see the debut of sport climbing at the olympics. with a combination of lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering, the new olympic sport of sport climbing will be one of the toughest gold medals to win in tokyo. usually athletes focus on one or two of the disciplines, so being an all—rounder is a big advantage. australian teenager oceana mackenzie will be challenging the world's best at the aomi sports park, as the sport aims to gain millions more fans around the world. i'm oceana mackenzie, i do sport climbing and i'm from australia. so, i started when i was about eight, and, yeah, my mum, she actually took my sisters to our local climbing gym, but i would go with them and hang out at the gym and start traversing around the walls. and, yeah, i pretty muchjust loved it straightaway. climbing has this great challenge where you're actually trying to find a way to get up the climb. i loved having that challenge of trying to figure it out and challenge my mind as well as my b

laura kenny has won the team pursuit at two olympics in a row. sprint at every games since beijing 2008. and another event makes its olympic debut — sports climbing, which promises to be one of the toughest gold medals to win in tokyo so, lots to look forward to today, rich. let's ta ke let's take a look at the metal table. this is how it is shaping up early on day 11. you will be able to see that the united states has the most overall medals, with 64 all up, but it is china that has more gold medals, with a whopping 29 of those. interesting to know, one interesting note as we look ahead to sport climbing, we have seen other sports with surfing and skateboarding here at the olympics, the ioc have actually said that five of the most viewed events, five out of the most top ten, have been those new sports. it shows the ioc have wanted to show sports like this to bring younger audiences into protect the future of the olympic games, and it is certainly working with the interest proving to be there. ., , with the interest proving to be there. . , , , .

in cycling, laura kenny has become team gb's most decorated female olympian.the women's hockey, the netherlands have beaten argentina 3-1 at the l to take the gd medal. they settled for silver in rio when team gb won the gold. two sports cohes from belarus have been stripped of their accreditation and asked to leave the village after reportedly attempting to force an athlete to return home early. the athlete who is safe in poland said she was taken to the airport i can stir will. the president of the ioc called her trip deplorable. >> the ioc is not in a position to change the political system in a country. it is also not our mission. this is true in this case and many other issues. at our responsibility and our remedies is to protect the athletes as much and as far as we can. and then, toanction those, or to keep those out of the games who are infringing on our values. >> that is the president of the international olympic commission at a news conference in tokyo. let's see how that leaves the medals with one day to go. china is first, followed by u.s. and jap

in the velodrome, it could be a good day for britain's golden couple laura and jason kenny — laura kennynd for the first time, we have the new sport climbing event debut today, for the first time at an olympics. fighting in a major city in afghanistan has been intensifying. there are fears lashkar gah in the southern helmand province could be the first provincial capital to fall to the taliban. a tv station there is reported to have been seized by the militants, and thousands of people have been fleeing rural areas. the uk and us say the taliban may have committed war crimes. the taliban say those accusations are baseless. ramzan karmali has the details. firing on the city of herat, one of the capitals coming underfire by the one of the capitals coming under fire by the taliban. in the south, thousands have been forced to flee and in lashkar gah in helmand province, the taliban reports to have seized a local tv station. over the last few months, the taliban have taken over large parts of the countryside but in recent days fighting has been taking place on the outskirts of the capital cou

there was disappointment for laura kenny l believe it. it is bizarre.tually finished sixth. that's painful to look at, isn't it? she has written two most successful female athletes after she and katie archibald won the female madison yesterday. and lauren price one boxing gold after beating the chinese athlete. she switched to boxing only in 2014 and now she is olympic champion.— she has done it all but this is the one she really wanted. there was no doubt who won the first round. the following two were tighter but the chinese boxer was kept at an arms length with the welsh were meant waiting for moments to strike. but soon the rating would be over. lauren price is olympic champion. a moment— lauren price is olympic champion. a moment of— lauren price is olympic champion. a moment of reflection and to be thankfut — moment of reflection and to be thankful. ., ~ moment of reflection and to be thankful. ., ,, , ., ., , ., ., thankful. thank you to everyone who su aorted thankful. thank you to everyone who supported me _ thankful. thank you to everyone who

to cycling, and laura kenny has become team gb�*s most decorated female 0lympian as she and team—mateaten argentina 3—1 in the final to take the gold medal. you'll remember they had to settle for silver in rio when team gb won a gold in a thrilling penalty shoot—out. let's update you on another story. two sports coaches from belarus have been stripped of their accreditation and asked to leave the olympic village. this comes, of course, after they allegedly attempted to force one of their athletes to return home early. the belarusian sprinter, krystina timanovskaya, who is now safe in poland, said she was taken to the airport against her will. thomas bach, president of the ioc, called her treatment deplorable. the ioc is not in a position to change the political system in a country. and this is also not our mission, and it is not our aim. and this is true for this case and many other issues. what our responsibility and our remit is is to protect the athletes as much and as far as we can and then to sanction those or to keep those out of the games who are infringing there on our values.

and the mirror has a full—page photo of team gb's cycling husband and wife, jason and laura kenny — withver medals to add to the family collection. writes, tangled between them, jason, laura, they have now got more silver is. we will come back to the olympics in a moment, but first, let's begin with the natural. underneath picture of katie hodgkinson celebrating her silver medal. there is potentially important news for people in the country, third wave in retreat, rachel? , , ,. ., , rachel? yes, well, this is certainly aood rachel? yes, well, this is certainly good news — rachel? yes, well, this is certainly good news if _ rachel? yes, well, this is certainly good news if true. _ rachel? yes, well, this is certainly good news if true. although, - rachel? yes, well, this is certainly. good news if true. although, people are understandably watching this very, very closely. i'm obviously not an expert in the in pandemics. of the people who are experts are welcoming this and citing several reasons for the reduction that we are seeing. it seems that the spike that happened a few weeks ago wa

runner keely hodgkinson brought home britain's first medal on the athletics track; while jason and laura kennyritish cycling teams which claimed silver in the velodrome. our correspondent natalie pirks reports from tokyo. nautical perfection, sailing dominance. britain were riding the crest of a wave. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were in a great place in the men's 49er and just needed to beat the germans in 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 lea

britain's most successful couple ever are first off the plane, jason and laura kenny.athletes have been reunited with their loved ones. how does it feel to be home? oh, it's... it's the best feeling in the world, honestly. i've missed these lot so much. i went there, you know, with dreams. i've come back and this is what it's all about, these lot here. oh, it wasjust absolutely, like, amazing, like, unbelievable. i didn't expect there to be such a huge reception. obviously, i was looking forward to seeing my family but i didn't think, like, i kind of understood like how much it would would mean to me, seeing them again after so long. ijust don't think i could be happier right now. along with cyclists, boxers and pentathletes, this plane was carrying eight golds, nine silvers and three bronze medals. that's ten kilos of extra weight. lauren price, the last to capture gold for team gb. what do you think this will mean to your nan, because i know you are very close, and she wasn't able to be there injapan. i spoke to her every night on facetime. she sends me inspirational

the daily mirror celebrates team gb's "haul of fame", after laura kenny's fifth gold medal and the relayonze. the sun adds that it was a stellar day for team gb's women, as they won the most medals in a single day in what it calls a "girl power glory charge". the telegraph writes that the archbishop of york has criticised the london "metropolitan elite" for treating people who are proud to be english as "backwardly xenophobic". we will discuss all of those stories and plenty more. this began. kate, do you want to cuss off? the times confidently saying no more lockdowns. there is a slight, a little bit more caution in the quoting, but it is a good headline. yeah, this seems to be able source story, some of the biggest names we have heard of in the pandemic, professor neil ferguson and professor neil ferguson and professorjohn edmonds, who both advised on stage will submit ferguson saying that he imagines there could be a transition quite quickly into something where coronavirus is something that the country begins to live with. he says this will be something that happens quite quickly, al

the race because the front page of the sun has what is described as the golden couple jason and laura kennyh by jason. race that final push byjason. it race that final push by jason. it is the stuff of _ race that final push by jason. it is the stuff of fairy _ race that final push byjason. it 3 the stuff of fairy tales. in an interview afterwards he said he was just running ragged and had nothing more to give but it certainly did not look like it. he clearly said he was racing every race as though it was racing every race as though it was his last but this really was and i think that cliche of leaving it all on the track, my goodness right from the start, it was a bit of a mo farah exercise leading from the front and never ever stopping or looking back and so what a way to go out, very impressive.— out, very impressive. tony, sir chris hoyt _ out, very impressive. tony, sir chris hoyt was _ out, very impressive. tony, sir chris hoyt was interviewed - out, very impressive. tony, sir chris hoyt was interviewed and out, very impressive. tony, sir. chris hoyt was interviewed and we spoke with

laura kenny began her quest for another gold medal alongside katie archibald, elinor barker and josiea radical new bike design they came second in qualifying for the pursuit. room for improvement but a solid first ride. it looked more solid than one australian cyclist�*s bike, alex porter's handlebar is disintegrating mid—race. thankfully no major harm done. meanwhile one of britain's biggest hopes on the track got her all under way, biggest hopes on the track got her all underway, laura muir going in the 1500 metres, it was the smoothest of starts. second in her heat to ease into the semifinal. so heat to ease into the semifinal. sr excited to get started. all my flatmates... i was itching to get going is a really nice to get the first round out the way. feeling comfortable. _ first round out the way. feeling comfortable. there _ first round out the way. feeling comfortable. there was - first round out the way. feeling comfortable. there was drama | first round out the way. feeling i comfortable. there was drama in another heat, they will champion ready to make her move on the final

led by its most successful woman, laura kenny, team gb celebrated its second most successful overseascelebration fitting of the olympic stadium. the end of 16 days, we thought, might never happen. you created the magic of these olympic games, tokyo 2020. in these difficult times, you gave to the world, the most precious of gifts — hope! it was a golden end for team gb... commentator: and jason kenny stands alone in british olympic history. - whether you've won your seventh gold or yourfirst, the metal is just as precious. just ask wales' lauren price. i can't really put it into words, it's just a dream come true. yeah, i still can't believe it, i've got to pinch myself but itjust goes to show years of hard work, if you dream and you work hard enough, you can achieve anything. achieve, team gb did, exceeding expectations with 65 medals, 22 of them gold, fourth overall. when we look back on tokyo it'll go down as a games to remember, packed with hits, highs and heroes. great britain have a gold medal in the diving pool. it had heartbreak for those whose dreams were dashed. oh, no, katar

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little bit earlier, and we are also waiting on the women's omnium, over several events, all eyes on laura kennyason kenney, and this would have been potentially one of her favourite events, however she is having a tough time of it, and crashed in one of the events when a number of riders went down on the track in the velodrome, and then she went out earlier than expected in the elimination race, so she has an awful lot of work to do to get herself back up into the metal positions. also under way elsewhere we have the women's basketball final with the usa taking on the hosts japan, and the usa is such a dominant force, yesterday we were talking about the men's team being a dominant force, they won theirfourth being a dominant force, they won their fourth consecutive gold medal yesterday, but the women are going for the seventh consecutive gold medal, they have already beatenjapan in this tournament by 17 points, they are leading at the moment, but we will see what japan could potentially do in that final as it progresses over the next hour or so. let's move away from the action right now and tal