his fellow brits, tao geoghegan hart, lost control on his front wheel, they both fell onto the tarmac they got back onto their bikes but they lost too much ground, they had to pull out. in the end silver went to a belgian rider. a tyre width gave him the silver. and slovenia got bronze, that puts them on the medal table. one problem that quite a lot of athletes seem to be struggling with today, and the weather continues, as humidity, it seems to have affected some of the tennis players. absolutely. we have heard lots about the heat from athletes and experts. they were raising concerns before the games even started in tokyo. afterjust the games even started in tokyo. after just the first day of the tennis tournament a number of players have said the conditions are too difficult and too hot to play in. none more so than the world's top two players, novak djokovic, and medvedev, they both played first—round matches today. they have called on organisers to try to move matches to later in the day when conditions are not quite as impressive. when novak djokovic was on court earlier, it was

fellow brit tao geoghegan hart lost control of his front wheel.tarmac and although they got back on, they had lost too much ground and eventually thomas pulled out. wout van aert of belguim won silver by a tyre width ahead of tour de france champion, tadej pogacar who took the bronze to put slovenia on the medals table. tough time for the tennis player. concerns raised by novak djokovic. but after just the first day of the tennis tournament a number of players have said the conditions are too difficult to play the world's top two men's players — novak djokovic and daniil medvedev — have both called on the organisers to move matches to later in the day, so the conditions aren't quite as opressive. the temperatures on court stayed at around 33 degrees celsius — with extremely high humidity too. both players said they were the toughest conditions they had ever had to deal with. but they both comfortably made their way through to the next round in straight sets. they will be hoping that those matches going forward in a tournament can be moved to later

his teammmate tao geoghegan hart hit something in the road and took thomas down with him.y, there was a little metal ridge in the middle—of—the—road, and he had that — his front wheel went. so his bike went there with nowhere to go. i hit the floor myself and landed on my right side, the same shoulder that i did on the tour. but luckily it stayed in. that was one positive. helen glover is aiming to win her third gold medal, 1a months after giving birth to twins. she's the first british mother to compete at an olympics in rowing. the good news is that she and polly swann are through to the semifinals of the women's pairs, but they could only finish third in their heat. that's glover's first defeat in more 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