in the men's highjump final last night and we had this epic contest between mutaz essa barshim of qatary and they were just going toe to toe. no separating them. they were going to go to a jump off and mutaz essa barshim asked the official if they could share the metal and the official said it is possible and then they suddenly realised and they had i°y suddenly realised and they had joy and delight and jumping all over the place. a wonderful moment and a couple of minutes later, gianmarco tamberi congratulated his compatriot and teammate in the 100 metre as he won the 100 metre final, lamont marceljacobs winning that. a surprise winner in the 100 metres, everyone looking for the new star of athletics in men sprinting after usain bolt and it was an italian went on that. it has been an exciting day all around in the action here in tokyo. one thing i particularly enjoyed watching was the bmx. let's speak to jason richards. a former competitor who joins jason richards. a former competitor whojoins us jason richards. a former competitor who joins us now. jason richards. a former competitor

italy also made history in the men's highjump as gianmarco tamberi shared gold with qatar's mutaz essa barshimrances of 2.37 metres. they were offered a jump—off, but in a moment of sportsmanship agreed to share the title. it's the firstjoint olympic podium in athletics since 1912. venezuela's two—time world champion yulimar rojas set a new world record as she won olympic gold in the women's triple jump. it measured 15.67 metres, smashing the previous best of 15.50m set by ukraine's inessa kravets in 1995. it's the south american country's first gold of this games and just the fourth in its history. swimmer duncan scott has become the first british athlete to win four medals at a single games. he now has a gold and three silvers, after the men's 4x100 metres medley relay team finished second behind the united states. the americans broke the world record to win it. doesn't quite feel real yet. four olympic— doesn't quite feel real yet. four olympic medals. i came in with a great _ olympic medals. i came in with a great opportunity in four events, and to— great opportunity in four events, and to

qatar's mutaz essa barshim and italy's gianmarco tamberi couldn't be separated after completing their have a jump—off. and team gb is currently sixth in the medal table with 32 medals — 10 of them gold. let's return to tokyo. dan roan�*s there. we are at the halfway stage, how would you sum up how they have been going? would you sum up how they have been auoin ? would you sum up how they have been oiiin ? ., , , would you sum up how they have been auoin ? ., , , ., going? clive, it has been a fascinating _ going? clive, it has been a fascinating weekend. - going? clive, it has been a l fascinating weekend. packed going? clive, it has been a - fascinating weekend. packed full of sporting drama and no little controversy. coming into these olympics organisers would have hoped and expected perhaps for established household names like simone biles and naomi osaka and maybe even dina asher—smith as well to provide some of the key performances. for a variety of reasons, they have been prevented from doing so, but instead you have new stars, stars like lamont marcelljacobs, new names like cha

after an exhausting two—hour competition qatar's mutaz essa barshim and italy's gianmarco tamberi couldn'tfered an opportunity to take part in a jump off, but in a moment of sportsmanship decided to share the title, sparking huge celebrations. it's the firstjoint olympic podium in athletics since 1912. and venezuela's yulimar rojas set a new world record — the first time that's happened at these games in athletics — as she won olympic gold in the triplejump. a silver medallist in rio five years ago, rojasjumped 15.67 metres, smashing the previous record of 15 and a half metres. the four—time olympic champion simone biles has withdrawn from monday's floor final at the olympics, but is yet to make a decision on whether she'll compete in the beam final on tuesday. she's withrdrawn from all previous events to focus on her mental health. max whitlock has won gold again on the pommel horse for great britain, retaining one of the titles he won in rio. he was first to go in the eight—man pommel horse final and he produced a stunning routine which proved unbeatable. this was the most nervous i have

qatar's mutaz essa barshim, and italy's gianmarco tamberi couldn't be separated after theirjumps, and to share gold, rather than have a jump off. italy has won its first ever gold medal in the 100m, with victory for marcelljacobs. but there was frustration for team gb�*s zharnel hughes, the first british man to reach a 100m final since sydney in 2000. he was disqualifed, after a false start. here's our sports editor, dan roan. empty seats but one of the most watched events in world sport. the men's 100 metre final remains among the biggest moments of any olympics. for the last three games, one man dominated. the champion becomes a legend! but after usain bolt�*s retirement, who would now follow in the fastest of footsteps? zharnel hughes... britain had theirfirst finalist since sydney 2000. starter gun oh, no, zharnel hughes, no... 0h! but zharnel hughes�* race was over before it began, disqualified for a false start. at the second attempt, however, the most open men's final in years could begin. starter gun kerley gets a very good start. su bingtian gets left in the blocks this time

incredible moment of olympic spirit yesterday, as the high jump final ended with both qatar's mutaz essa barshimbut incredibly agreed to be joing champions. here they are putting their gold medals on each other today — making history with the first joint olympic podium in athletics since 1912. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello. last month's heatwave took us to our warmestjuly on record. wells, northern ireland and scotland according to the met office were drier than average in another dreaded day across much of scotland, england was wetter than average last month but many have stayed trade today but there have been some torrential downpour is around in courts of the hundred millimetres on the isle of wight with some flooding and the thundering downpours have developed after rumbling around to the evening will die away as we get into the night and by morning, most places are dry with clear spells and away from the town city centres, down into single figures and so fresh feeling start and there will be plenty of sunshine around and there is a ridge of high pr

incredible moment of olympic spirit yesterday, as the high jump final ended with both qatar's mutaz essa barshim both sharing the gold medals. after two—hours, the pair couldn't be split, having recorded best clearances of 2.37 metres. they had the option of a jump—off — but amazingly agreed to share the title. here they are putting their gold medals on each other today — making history with the first joint olympic podium in athletics since 1912. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including news of another medal — this one in weightlifting, with emily cambell getting silver. thank you, gavin. a sprinter from belarus is said to be seeking asylum in poland after claiming she was being forced to return home from the olympics by her country's officials. krystina tsimanouskaya has taken refuge at the polish embassy in tokyo, the un refugee agency is now involved in the case. richard galpin reports. this is the moment the sprinter krystsina tsimanouskaya decided to abandon her country belarus and to seek asylum in the polish embassy in tokyo.