earlier, liam heath took bronze in the sprint canoeing. metres relay to help take the team to the final, after withdrawing from the women's 200 metres on saturday. andy swiss reports. olympic debuts just don't get better than this. 23—year—old matt walls from oldham after the ride of his life. walls was already the european champion in the omnium, one of track cycling's most brutal spectacles. four energy sapping races culminating in a 100 lap epic. and after dominating the event from start to finish, he did more than enough to clinch the title. fortune favours the bold, and there were none older than walls in this one. if he wasn't a household name before, he certainly is now after a win walls dedicated to his family back home. i wouldn't be here without them, especially my parents. when i was growing up, travelling around the country racing, no chance i would be here without them, so a big thank you to them. they are all in shoreside watching, so have fun. it wasn't all good news for britain's cyclists though. jason kenny's nine year rei

team gb's most successful canoeist, liam heath, has added to his olympic medal haul with a bronze in0 metres sprint. and coming up this hour: 15 million of us live with a long—term condition — but are some social media influencers faking illnesses for fame, money and attention. fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to quarantine on arrivalfrom france , as part of a shake—up of coronavirus travel rules in england, scotland and northern ireland. seven more european countries have been added to the green list, while spain will remain amber despite concerns about covid variants there. other changes include india, bahrain, qatar and the united arab emirates —, switching from red to amber , meaning arrivals from those countries will no longer have to quarantine in government—approved accommodation. while austria, germany, slovenia, slovakia, latvia, romania and norway will be moved onto the green list. but georgia and mexico have been now be added to the red list , the highest level of restrictions. this report from our transport correspondent, caroline davies. a near empty swimm

meanwhile, in the kayak final, britain's liam heath was paddling to preserve his 0lympic title.or hungary. but behind him, heath had taken bronze in the tightest of photo finishes. great britain! this, his fourth olympic medal, confirming his status as britain's most successful canoeist. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello there. certainly not going to feel very much like august over the next few days thanks to low pressure. it's going to bring fairly cool conditions for the time of year, windier weather and also some heavy rain, some thundery downpours in places. but there will be some sunshine around as well. it's not going to be a complete wash—out. here it is, this area of low pressure, which is going to stick around for quite a while. it's been moving across our shores during thursday, and through tonight into friday, it'll be bringing bands of showers, longer spells of rain, some of them thundery again. in between, there will be some drier interludes, but i think tonight it's going to be fairl

meanwhile in the kayak final, britain's liam heath was paddling to preserve his 0lympic title.or hungary. but behind him, heath had taken bronze in the tightest of photo finishes. great britain! this, his fourth olympic medal, confirming his status as britain's most successful canoeist. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. let's take a look at some of today's other 0lympics news. the chinese diver tian hongchan won gold with a new world record in the women's 10 metre platform. aged just 14, she scored three perfect 10s. in the men's hockey, india took bronze after coming from behind against germany, in a thrilling 5—4 victory. it's india's first medal in the event for 41 years. belgium beat australia in a shoot—out to win gold. spain's alberto henez—lopez became the first—ever 0lympic sport—climbing champion, winning the men's combined event. the 18—year—old beat the american nathaniel coleman into second place, with jakob schubert of austria taking bronze. and a quick look at the medals table shows great britain slipping to sixth place, with 16 golds, 18 silvers and 17 bronzes. the time

liam heath paddles onto the podium once more.coming up in the programme: james anderson strikes twice in two balls. with both a big scalp and historic mark claimed with the second on a rainy second day at trent bridge. and two weeks after australia and new zealand said they weren't coming, the rugby league world cup is postponed. hello again. it's been a multi—event kind of day at tokyo 2020. while the heptathletes and decathletes completed their gruelling tasks in the olympic stadium, track cycling's version, that now takes place in only one day, delivered team gb with their first gold in the velodrome. so that's where we start on sportsday today and drew savage's report. for british anthem heard for the first time in the velodrome at this 0lympics, four days into the track cycling programme and the first british gold in the men's omnium. laura kenny has dominated the women's events in 2012 and races on sunday, but today would be all about matt waltz. he got off to a flyer, victory in the scratch race giving him maximum points.

team gb�*s most successful canoeist, liam heath, has added to his olympic medal haul with a bronze ingary's sandor totka took the gold. portugal's pedro pichardo won the gold medal in the men's triplejump — his winning leap was 17.98 metres. and jamaica's hansle parchment delivered one of the biggest shocks of the olympics athletics competition... beating world champion grant holloway in the men's 110 metres hurdles final.holloway had not lost a hurdles race since august last year and was the overwhelming favourite to win. but he lost momentum in the final two hurdles, and parchment surged past him, adding a gold medal to his london olympic bronze. he said afterwards "it's unbelievable that i caught the guy." but disappointment for the us after it failed to make the men's ax100 metres relay. the star—studded team finished a shocking sixth in the semifinal. the latest in a series of sprint relay failures for the nation. lots of criticism about that performance. well, here injapan, the government is considering expanding emergency coronavirus restrictions in a bid to contain the rapid s

gb's reigning olympic champion liam heath will try to retain his sprint canoe title in the men's k1 200m. and karate is one of the final sports to get under way as it makes its olympic debut. there we go, if you want more from day 12 it you can watch the highlights on today at the games on bbc one at 7:30pm. but for me and the team, that is all from a sportsday. thanks for watching and we will see you next time. hello there. the end of the week is looking decidedly unsettled and it will bring showers and longer spells of rain and will be cooler than what we expect this time of year. here is this new area of low pressure pushing into western areas as we head the course of the night, eventually bringing stronger winds, cloud and rain to northern ireland, perhaps in the west as coloured as but for much of the country, those heavy, thundery showers fade, it will be dry for most of us. temperatures at lifting across the southern and western areas as it winds pick up, around 40 or 50 degrees, per day if you call it spot further north and east of. —— around 14 or 15 degrees. some of this rain o

in the kayakfinal, britain�*s liam heath the defending champion. could he do it again? me home. on the track, dina asher—smith was back. after pulling out of the 200m, she returned for the relay heats and helped the british team into the final with a new national record to boot. after asher—smith�*s tears at the weekend, it was all smiles. i know that these ladies are in great shape, they're incredibly talented, so i knew that i had to rest up and get ready for the team event. and that's what i was going to be doing this week. i have been training hard to get ready! but if you think it is just the competitors putting themselves on the line, watch this. in the skateboarding, one cameraman got rather more of a close—up than he bargained for. in a sport of thrills and spills, well, it was surely top marks to him. andy smith, bbc news. perks of thejob! perks of the job! we can take you away from the olympics and momentarily to trent bridge where james anderson has taken two wickets in two balls including virat kohli for a golden duck to give britain a bit of hope for the fir

in the kayak final, britain's liam heath the defending champion. could he do it again?ly close. it's totke who takes. the goal for hungary! but behind him, heath took bronze in the tightest of photo finishes, his fourth olympic medal confirming his status as britain's most successful canoeist. in the boxing, meanwhile, another brit now has gold within his reach after a stunning victory in his flyweight semifinal. delight for the 28—year—old, whose two older brothers are also boxers. i talked about it at home with my brothers, and now i'm fighting in front of everyone, in front of them my mum, family and friends, the whole team, the whole world watching, and i'm in the olympic final and just got to deliver the goods and pray that win�*ll i come home. on the track, dina asher—smith was back. after pulling out of the 200—metres, she returned for the relay heats and helped the british team into the final with a new national record to boot. after asher—smith's tears at the weekend, it was all smiles. i know that these ladies are in great shape. they're incredibly talented, s

the brits today but it was an impressive one, on the water and a fourth olympic medal overall for liam heath after making a "hesitant start", in this, the defence of his olympic men's kayak, single 200 metres. he's now 36, and clocked a time of 35.202 seconds to just take that third place hungarian, sandor totka, won gold with italy's manfredi rizza taking silver. it's going pretty well so far for britains holly bradshaw in the pole vault final. she is currently in silver medal position, as one of only four vaulters to clear 4.70. she has though just failed in her first attempy at 4.80. some good news for team gb, as dina asher—smith returned to the track for the women's four by 100 metre relay heats and the team set a new national record. alongside asha philip, imani—lara lansiquot, and daryll neita. asher—smith ran the third leg. they finished ahead of the usa and jamaica in a155 seconds. asher—smith, who tore her hamstring injuly, pulled out of the olympic 200 metres after failing to make the 100 metre final. in my head i was —— there was never any doubt in my mind that i was going to be

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