do you agree with what sebastian coe is a l agree with what sebastian coe is a saying that the organiserseyond about the measures being taken? . ., ., ., , taken? there are a lot of measures taken? there are a lot of measures taken but of _ taken? there are a lot of measures taken but of course _ taken? there are a lot of measures taken but of course the _ taken? there are a lot of measures taken but of course the message i taken but of course the message was if you remember, thomas bock said there is a zero chance of the spread. and there will be no cases. and that was a neatly proven wrong. —— thomas bach. those kind of statements of course sort of backfire. �* ., ., ., backfire. and now we are on the eve ofthe backfire. and now we are on the eve of the games _ backfire. and now we are on the eve of the games and _ backfire. and now we are on the eve of the games and i _ backfire. and now we are on the eve of the games and i know _ backfire. and now we are on the eve of the games and i know it - backfire. and now we are on the eve of the games and i know it is - of the games and i know

sebastian coe has been speaking to us.at you have to protect as well. but i think there were moments, and some of them are political as well, but i think there were moments where we were beginning to doubt whether or not this was going to happen. but everybody kept their nerve. it has been easy to forget there are no fans at these games because of the situation with covid, but then this massive arena, the athletes are putting their team—mates during the heats. a huge amount to look forward especially this evening with the final of the 10,000m for men, the world champion will be favourite in that. and over the course of the next week so much to look forward to at the athletics. many thanks. our top story this lunchtime: a historic day for britain's bmx riders as they pick up first a silver and then a gold in tokyo. winner beth shriever said she was stunned by her achievement you she was stunned by her achievement are an olym- honestly, you are an olympic champion. honestly, i am you are an olympic champion. honestly, lam in

sebastian coe is a double olympic champion and president of world athletics.earlier to the bbc�*s garry richardson. i do know that the protocols that were put in place — the tracking, the tracing, the isolating, which is working and is testament to the amount of work that has already gone into this — i believe will be enough to maintain a safe and secure games. and the rising numbers we're talking about, nobody is entirely sure, garry, whether these are not generated at a local level. i think there is something else that's important here, too. i think what we have done an actually good job about is explaining to the athletes and the media and the technical officials and the few sponsors that will be there what the protocols are, how seriously we take them. maybe there hasn't been as good a job as could have been made of informing local people just how seriously we take that and how seriously we take those protocols and how tight those protocols are. six members of the czech olympic team have tested positive. czech 0lympic officials are now investigating the ch