rowers helen glover and polly swann came third in their women's pairs heat.ports correspondent andy swiss has been watching today's action. five, four, three... the waiting was finally over. the first full day of competition in tokyo, and high hopes for britain in the men's road race, but one of them soon came tumbling down. geraint thomas involved in a crash and he later had to retire. after a gruelling 145 miles, ecuador�*s richard carapaz broke clear to win gold. but behind him on the far left of screen, britain's adam yates led the charge for the other medals. he was ultimately squeezed out though and finished ninth. in the tennis, there was a good start for another big british hope. it is a brilliant win. andy murray and his partner joe salisbury winning their first round doubles match. but it was a tougher day for helen glover in the rowing. the double olympic champion has only recently returned after having children and she and partner polly swann could only finish third in their heat, enough to make the semifinals but they know they will need to impro

among them are the olympic rowers — helen glover and polly swann who are competing together.m normal. applause. she's been cheered to gold at the last two games. but since then, helen glover's found a new fan club. what do you see? mummy. with the arrival of logan and twins bo and kit, competing in tokyo, it's fair to say, wasn't in the family diary. but then the games were postponed for a year, and she couldn't resist the challenge. over that first lockdown the babies were so small that i wanted to get some fitness back and while they were napping i went on the rowing machine. and that alljust kind of escalated up into thinking, i wonder if i could make the team? the little ones are all early risers, which is great! but actually, it's become quite a nice part of the routine because i have a couple of hours with them when they wake at five and i leave at around seven. i will sometimes do weights when the babies have gone to bed. do they have any sense at all of what their mum is doing? if they see a rower they will kind of point at it and say, rower, mummy. and they think eve

she and polly swann finished fourth in the women's pairs final. children had been her inspiration and she said her trying and failing is not a problem as long as you try. andy swiss are now reports on a day of ups and downs for team gb. from windsor leisure centre to the olympic final. mallory franklin was just five when a family day out sparked a passion for paddling. now the ultimate test. the canoe slalom is sport's wildest white—knuckle ride, and after weaving her way through the gates franklin powered into the lead. commentator: and that is a fabulous performance. - relieved? just a bit. the 27—year—old was in gold—medal position. with five more still to race, an agonising wait. could any of them beat her? well, they couldn't until the very last paddler. australia's jessica fox charging to gold. mallory franklin! but still silver for franklin, and in an event making its olympic debut for women, it was particularly sweet. obviously it's amazing to have the medal, and i think that it can mean so much for people, and i hope that we will see more

but there was to be no fairy—tale finish for helen glover and polly swann in the women's pair. ack medal didn't materialise. they finished fourth in glover's last games, and she had this message for her children. you can do anything you want to do. trying and failing is no problem as long as you try. five strokes, there it is... and how's this for a tight finish? britain's lightweight women's double sculls were initially shown as joint third, but they were later squeezed out of bronze by one hundredth of a second. it was britain's fifth fourth place in the rowing. oh, no! biles not often a spectator... the biggest star in gymnastics wasn't defending her 0lympic all—around title tonight for mental health reasons. big powerful gymnast... but in her absence, american team—mate sunisa lee grabbed the opportunity to snatch the crown. there is the new all—around champion. 16—year—old twinsjennifer and jessica gadirova were contesting their first 0lympics. jessica came tenth, britain's best performance in this competition. jennifer 13th. good landing. coming top 15 is just amazing, and

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among them will be the olympic rowers helen glover and polly swann, who are competing together.ompeting in tokyo wasn't in the family diary. for them the game were postponed for a year and she couldn't resist the challenge. over that first lockdown, the babies were so small that i wanted to get some fitness back, and while they were napping i went on the rowing machine, and that alljust kind of escalated up into thinking, "i wonder if i could make the team." the little ones, they are all early risers, which is great! but actually, it's become quite a nice part of the routine, because i have a couple of hours with them when they wake at five and i leave at around seven. i'll sometimes do weights when the babies have gone to bed. do they have any sense at all of what their mum's doing? if they see a rower, they'll kind of point that it and say, "rower, mummy," and they think every rower is me. and then logan, i told him that i was going to be going to the olympics and he told me i was too old! they laugh so that was a real boost! but if glover has had some journey, so has a partne

helen glover and polly swann finished fourth in the race. gb's matt coward—holley in men's trap shooting.....britain's 17th medal of the tokyo olympics... he is, the world and european champion, but paid the price for a slow start, missing three of his first 10 targets. the briton recovered with 14 successive hits to, climb into the bronze medal position. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated — orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising with the director of the us national public health agency. the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid—june. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. there's a growing sense of urgency. about half the population is fully vaccinated, but infection rates are rising, the delta variant is spreading rapidly, and the number ofjabs in arms is still much lower thanjoe

her hopes of a fairytale ending at tokyo 2020 were dashed when she and her rowing mate polly swann finishedof heights, now is the time to look away. as if this glass bottom suspension bridge china's hunan province wasn't terrifying enough, it is now offering the world's highest bungee jump from a footbridge. as it has can take in the views as they leap from the nearly 900 foot drop. thejump comes at leap from the nearly 900 foot drop. the jump comes at the hefty price of around $300 but gives plenty of bragging rights to those willing to brave the fall. not sure that is something i can do. let's take a look at some new pictures from mexico where guadalajara zoo is celebrating the safe arrival of its latest family member. this baby hippopotamus, whose sex is still unknown, is in good health and currently weighs around 50 kg. hippos are a nocturnal animal, they usually prefer to rest during the day but while their offspring are young men just like human parents, they spend a lot more time awake. the doting mother and father have been seen up and about and much more active than normal recently

her hopes of a fairy—ending at tokyo 2020 were dashed when glover and her rowing mate polly swann finished woman to win a three olympics. british woman to win a three olympics. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kacungira well, friday brought quite a nasty spell of weather to some south—western and southern areas of the uk. gale—force winds around coasts briefly. they were very, very strong indeed, brought by storm evert. you can see on the satellite picture here thunderstorms and heavy showers inland, generally a really changeable day, but the weather has now shifted into the southern north sea. it's approaching parts of germany and denmark. behind it, you can see from the motion of the arrows, it's a fairly cool north—northwesterly, so it's going to be a fairly cool day for most of us. really quite nippy, in fact, in the very far north of the country. sunny spells and showers expected. so, let's have a look at the early morning hours. that northerly wind blowing across scotland and along the north sea coast. showers there right from the word

her hopes of a fairytale ending at tokyo 2020 were dashed when she, and her rowing mate polly swann, win at three olympics. she's now ruled out another olympic bid. the bbc proms season has got under way. it's the world's biggest classical music festival. it has a full audience — but restrictions are in place to make it as secure as possible. audience members are being "strongly encouraged" to wear masks and they're required to provide proof of either a negative covid test, or double vaccination. last year a reduced orchestra played to an empty royal albert hall. mark savage reports. i will now try and take you over to door one, it has been two years since i've done this so i might get lost. it is notjust the stewards — for music lovers at the royal albert hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely thrilled, i have been waiting two years for this day. being not socially distanced will be something to quickly get over. to be leaning forward, listening to music with the same intensity as the person next to you is going to be just, it is a feeling of community. the concert was led

her hopes of a fairytale ending at tokyo 2020 were dashed when she, and her rowing mate polly swann, bbc news app and you can reach me an twitter. thanks very much for watching from me and the team. bye—bye. brought a nasty spell of weather to some areas of the uk. gale—force winds around coasts briefly. you can see on the satellite picture here thunderstorms and heavy showers inland, generally a really changeable day, but the weather has now shifted into the southern north sea. it's approaching parts of germany and denmark. behind it, you can see from the motion of the arrows, it's a fairly cool north—northwesterly, so it's going to be a fairly cool day for most of us. really quite nippy, in fact, in the very far north of the country. sunny spells and showers expected. so let's have a look at the early morning hours. that northerly wind blowing across scotland and along the north sea coast. showers there right from the word go, but i think showers are possible almost anywhere early in the morning, apart from the extreme north west of the country here. temperatures a little on the fr

but disappointment for one of the country's biggest rowing stars, helen glover, and her partner, polly swannle comeback for helen glover, who was going for her third olympic gold after giving birth to twins last year. this was her message to her three children. i love you so much. you've been my inspiration. i never saw myself getting back in a rowing boat until you guys came along, especially kit and bo, in the lockdown. and i just want to say that you can do anything you want to do, and trying and failing is no problem, as long as you try. this was maidenhead in berkshire in the very early hours of tuesday morning — the family and friends of the british swimmer tom dean as he was going for gold. these images went viral on social media, and showjust how much the olympics mean notjust to the atheletes but to everyone around them. and tom did of course win not just one but two gold medals at the games, becoming the first british male swimmer in 113 years to get two at one games. he has been taking to our sports editor dan roan about his whirlwind past few days. commentator: tom dean, - you've

the good news is that she and polly swann are through to the semifinals of the women's pairs, but theyre than a decade and she admitted they have a fight on their hands. well, things were a bit more positive in the gymnastics centre for max whitlock. he said he was relieved to get through qualifying, after he safely reached the pommel horse final. he's defending the title he won in rio. and he was in third place, with the top eight progressing. whitlock said qualification was the hardest and most nerve—racking stage, because everything rides on it. he also reached the team final alongsidejoe fraser, james hall, and giarnni regini—moran. ellen white scored her third goal in two games, as great britain beat japan to make it through to the knock—out stage of the women's football competition. hers was the only goal of the game against the hosts in the sapporo dome. gb are top of their group with a game against canada to come. and sam ward made a dream return to olympic action in the men's hockey, scoring their opening goal in a 3—1 win over south africa. ward suffered a career—threatening

she was competing alongside polly swann in the women's pairs, but asjim lumsden reports, it wasn't aitle! ~ , ., ., ., , the title! when glover road to glory in 2016, it looked _ the title! when glover road to glory in 2016, it looked as _ the title! when glover road to glory in 2016, it looked as if— the title! when glover road to glory in 2016, it looked as if she'd - in 2016, it looked as if she'd reached the peak of her career. another olympic gold to add to her first in london. retiring on a high, she raised a family, a buoy and a twin girl and she raised a family, a buoy and a twin girland buoy she raised a family, a buoy and a twin girl and buoy followed. priorities have changed. it was announced that the tokyo games would be postponed. mum announced that the tokyo games would be postponed-— be postponed. mum is going to go to the olympics- _ be postponed. mum is going to go to the olympics- say — be postponed. mum is going to go to the olympics. say well _ be postponed. mum is going to go to the olympics. say well done, - be postponed. mum is going to go to i the olympics. sa

she, and partner polly swann, finished second in their coxless pair semi final — to qualify for the finalalfor andy murray at the olympics — he and joe salisbury are out of the men's doubles after losing their quarterfinals match against croatia. they won the first set fairly confortably, taking it 6—4. but lost the second — and then lost the third set tie break 10—7 against marin cilic and ivan dodig. one british player left — that's liam broady and he's on court right now in the men's singles. it's a disappointment, because we were so close, 6—3, 4—3 in game points, i thought we were in a great position to win. that can happen sometimes in doubles, momentum was with them at the end and they did well to close it out, they served better. really disappointing, because i felt we were playing really well. because i felt we were playing really well-— because i felt we were playing reall well. ., �* g , really well. liam broady and jeremy chard is really well. liam broady and jeremy chardy is into _ really well. liam broady and jeremy chardy is into a _ really well. liam broady and jeremy char

glover, who's now 35, finished fourth in the women's pair along with polly swann.ng while her 3 babies slept, saying, "you can do anything you want to do. trying and failing is no problem as long as you try." world number one novak djokovic has kept his hopes of a calendar golden grand slam alive. the serbian is through to the olympic semi—finals after beating home favourite kei nishikori in straight sets, 6—2, 6—0. after complaints from djokovic and daniil medvedev about the tokyo heat and humidity, matches have been pushed back to a later start. but this didn't seem to help a frustrated medvedev, as he crashed out, losing to spains pablo carreno busta. elsewhere, the day has been affected by coronavirus. just a day before the start of the track and field events begin, sam kendricks, the world pole vault champion, has withdrawn from the games, having tested postive. he had been expected to contend for a medal in tokyo. the argentinian pole vaulter, german chiaraviglio, has also tested positive. he tweeted that the games are over for him, but better news for the au

time, the fact they had to settle for third, that they were beaten in this race, alongside partner polly swannthat taste of defeat was her first in a decade, and some 51 races, spanning both those olympics in rio and at london 2012. but she lives to fight another day on tuesday. ok. 2012. but she lives to fight another day on tuesday-_ 2012. but she lives to fight another day on tuesday. ok, mike, thank you very much- — day on tuesday. ok, mike, thank you very much- mike _ busheu bushell there. hot and humid in tokyo! what is the weather doing here? time for a look with owen evans. hello, everyone. i hope you're doing all right. we have seen some thundery dampers across southern parts. a turning colour as we move through the next 24 hours, but where we see those dampers, we will see the rainfall and a short space of time in a short area —— downpours. this and a short space of time in a short area -- downpours.— and a short space of time in a short area -- downpours. this is the area of concern. — area -- downpours. this is the area of concern, parts _ area -- downpours. this is the area of con

news is you through to the semifinals on thursday, but was disappointed with our time with partner polly swannor a whole decade, some 31 races spanning both those olympics and rio and london 2012.— races spanning both those olympics and rio and london 2012. thanks for that round up up there, mike. now it's time for a look at the weather with owain wyn evans. hello, everyone. i hope you're doing all right. we're turning a page weather—wise at present. but it's also turning cooler, so if the hot weather isn't for you, we will get a relief as far as that is concerned. through this morning we have seen heavy downpours across south—western parts, across towards the south—east as well. they are likely to continue as we progress through this afternoon, generating a lot of rainfall within a short space of time and frequent lightning and hail in the mix as well, whereas further north, drier, brighterwith some centre and feeling one.

. - helen glover has said she won't try for another olympics after she and polly swann finished fourthve birth to three children. in an emotional interview the pair said they were so proud just to be at this olympics — but it's been a frustrating games so far for british rowers, who've now finished fourth in five races. joe lynskey rounds up the day's action. just reaching the start line was remarkable enough. helen glover had plans to watch these games at home, but she got back in a boat during lockdown while her babies were asleep. now she was back in an olympic final, the women's pear defending champion, and alongside her was probably spine who trained for the last year while working as a doctor. the two were on the here is the games were delayed, but a fairy tale metal was just out of reach. great britain just over the line now in fourth place, and regardless of the position here, you have to put your hat off, take your hat off to them. . , your hat off, take your hat off to them. ._ ., ., . ~ , them. the way we attack this ro'ect, them. the way we attack this project. it — them. t

rowing, it's the women's pair final — helen glover continues her incredible comeback — she and polly swannto all involved. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. take care. good evening. summer warmth and sunshine have been in short supply today. rain certainly hasn't been. plenty of drenching downpours and still that's met office amber warning across northern scotland with the risk of flooding and disruption. the wet weather continuing here for a time overnight. that rain also sinking down into northern ireland. for england and wales, showers taking a while to fade. most places will be dry by thursday morning. overnight lows around 9—10 celsius. quite a cool, fresh night for many, and then into tomorrow, northern ireland, scotland, northern england, can expect a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain. for wales, the midlands, east anglia and the southeast, plenty of sunshine and just the odd shower, but cloud and rain will approach the far southwest later in the day. some very brisk winds out there, and quite a cool feel to the weather as well, 16—21 celsius.

glover, is now 35, and along with polly swann, finished fourth in the women's pair. failing is no problem as long as you try." better news for team gb's matt coward—holley, in men's trap shooting as he won bronze — britain's 17th medal of the tokyo olympics. he is the world and european champion, but paid the price for a slow start, missing three of his first 10 targets. the briton recovered with 14 successive hits to, climb into the bronze medal position. and joy for ireland, as they celebrated the country's first ever olympic rowing gold, in the lightweight double sculls. it was fintan mccarthy and paul o'donovan, who made history, in the lightweight double sculls, holding off a late surge from the germans, to add to the silver won five years ago in rio. and just look at this — their team ireland team mates gave them a very special welcome back to the olympic village. their women's 4s had earlier picked up a bronze, the rowing team. the heroes of all of ireland back home, having won a first ever rowing medal at the rio games. after winning a second bronze medal in

glover is now 35 and along with polly swann, finished fourth in the women's pair.io, i said it was my last one. "this time i'm saying no, it's definitely it." she is also keen to inspire others, after her incredible journey back into the sport — training while her three babies slept — saying, "you can do anything you want to do. "trying and failing is no problem as long as you try." better news for team gb�*s matt coward—holley in men's trap shooting, as he won bronze — britain's 17th medal of the tokyo olympics. he is the world and european champion, but paid the price for a slow start, missing three of his first 10 targets. the briton recovered with 14 successive hits to climb into the bronze medal position. and joy for ireland as they celebrated the country's first ever olympic rowing gold, in the lightweight double sculls. it was fintan mccarthy and paul o'donovan who made history, holding off a late surge from the germans, to add to the silver won five years ago in rio. they said the streets back home would be flowing with porter. and just look at this — their

she, and partner polly swann finished second in their coxless pair semifinal — to qualify for the final dodig. great britain's sevens olympic campaign has ended without a medal — after a 17—12 defeat to argentina in the bronze medal match in tokyo. and in the last hour fiji have beaten new zealand to retain their olympic title. disappointment too in the diving forjack laugher and daniel goodfellow as they finished 7th in the 3m synchro final — with china taking gold. it means laugher�*s reign as olympic champion is over. american gymnast and four—time olympic gold medallist simone biles has withdrawn from tomorrow's individual all—around final in tokyo for her mental health. she withdrew from the team final yesterday — during the competition — but remained at the side of her teammates as they went on to win silver. usa gymnastics has said in statement: "after further medical evaluation, simone biles has withdrawn from the final individual all—around competition to focus on her mental health." they go on to say, "she will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not to part

she, and partner polly swann, finished second in their coxless pair semi final — to qualify for the finalased a shocking video, showing the moment a lorry driver crashed into another vehicle whilst using a mobile phone. 59—year—old derek holland has been jailed for more than three years after the crash last year that left three people badly injured. an onboard camera shows that over a period of four hours he repeatedly reached for his mobile phone, and even steered with his elbows. this report by matt graveling opens with footage you may find upsetting. the worst case of prolonged distracted driving they had ever seen. the damning words of sussex police after derek holland drove his lorry straight into the back of the security van. the crash in august that left three people seriously hurt. one suffered a brain injury. two more have been unable to work since. but this devastation could have occurred at a number of points in holland's drive. his on—board camera revealed a1 other incidents of poor driving. most of those incidents involved in utilising his mobile phone on his windscreen, his

over in tokyo preparing and of course she will be competing in the women's event there alongside polly swann else and when you look at what she is achieved, those years from 2012 to thousand 16, record after record and olympic and european gold, she will want to get on that podium in some shape or form. , . �* get on that podium in some shape or form. , :, �* :,, ., get on that podium in some shape or form. , :, �* ., , form. they haven't lost a race is the world _ form. they haven't lost a race is the world championships - form. they haven't lost a race is the world championships in i form. they haven't lost a race isj the world championships in 2011 form. they haven't lost a race is i the world championships in 2011 and they have won every single thing that the done and helen has been such that anything less than a fear like a disappointment for her but the fact she's got back to tokyo, this time last year she was a mum who had just given birth to twins and she was in no kind of shape to start thinking about rolling again let about getting back to elite sport. going is one of the most grue