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and tom mcewen won as well a silver in the individual eventing final later.any'sjulia krajewski was enough to take the gold. a couple of errors by team—mate oliver townend pushed him out of the medal positions, so australia's andrew hoy secured bronze at the age of 62. olympic history was also made today by laurel hubbard. she became the first openly transgender athlete to compete at a games in a different gender category to the one in which they were born. ultimately, hubbard failed to record a successful lift in the women's over 87kg weightlifting. but in that same category today, emily campbell made history of her own, becoming the first british woman weightlifter to win an olympic medal as she finished with a silver. the 27—year—old lifted a total of 283kg, as china's li wun—wun won gold with a new olympic record of 320kg. iamjust i am just very grateful, i'm very thankful right now. i want to prove to everybody if you work hard for what you want, you can achieve it, and i hope every boy and girl watching me today wants to go out and achieve their dreams.

tom mcewen, not a foot wrong. advantage and held his nerve, and finally britain had done it. yes! 49 years great britain have waited for their eventing gold medal. a brilliant display from three riders all making their olympic debuts, team gb�*s long wait for a gold in this event has certainly been worth it. it was a frustrating day for britain's sailors because they could not actually sail, their medal hopes were put on hold as a lack of wind meant racing was postponed. elsewhere there was no shortage of action. laura kenny began her quest for another gold alongside katie archibald, elinor barker and josie knight. with the help of a radical new bike design they came second in qualifying for the pursuit. room for improvement but a solid first ride. a lot more solid than one australian cyclist�*s bike, alex porter's handlebars disintegrating mid—race. thankfully no major harm done. meanwhile one of britain's biggest hopes on the track got her olympics under way. laura muir going in the 1500 metres, it was the smoot

tom mcewen, toledo de kerser. not a foot wrong. off to the perfect start, with a clear round. and after laura collett, it was down to final rider oliver townend. he set out with a healthy advantage. he held his nerve, and finally britain had done it. yes! a9 years, great britain have waited for their eventing gold medal. a brilliant display from three riders, all making their olympic debuts. team gb�*s long wait for gold in this event has certainly been worth it. it was a frustrating day for britain's sailors, though, because they couldn't actually sail. their medal hopes had to be put on hold, as a lack of wind meant racing was postponed. elsewhere, though, there was no shortage of action. laura kenny, beginning her quest for another gold, alongside katie archibald, elinor barker and josie knight. with the help of a radical new bike design they came second in qualifying for the women's pursuit. room for improvement, but a solid first ride. a lot more solid than one australian cyclist�*s bike. alex porter's handlebars disintegratin

tom mcewen with a clear round to get the party started. not a foot wrong. champion here. and with only one fence down, it left the best event rider in the world, 0liver townend, with thejob... now bring it home for us, oliver. ..ofjust getting round without drama. yes! 49 years, great britain have waited for their eventing gold medal! i unreal! it's still not sunk in, but there'll be a big celebration, and i don't think it'll be with a cup of tea and a biscuit! laughter. that's it, then, a gold for great britain — the first time in this event since 1972. but there's no rest for these riders, they've got to go again in the individual event now, and there could be more medals. eventing was originally a cavalry test for officers' charges. with military precision, tom mcewen and horse toledo de kerserjumped all obstacles to perfection. it's 0liver townend. only two riders could now deny him gold. one was his team—mate. but 0liver townend's individual hopes were dashed by fence two. 0h! a majestic final round from julia krajewski, of germany, saw her become the

tom mcewen with a clear round to get the party started. not a foot wrong. an horrific fall and was in an induced coma, losing sight in one eye. she was giving it everything to become the olympic champion here. and with only one fence down, it left the best event rider in the world, oliver townend, with thejob... now bring it home for us, oliver. ..ofjust getting round without drama. yes! 49 years, great britain have waited for their eventing gold medal! - unreal! it's still not sunk in, but there'll be a big celebration, and i don't think it'll be with a cup of tea and a biscuit! laughter. that's it, then, a gold for great britain — the first time in this event since 1972. but there's no rest for these riders, they've got to go again in the individual event now, and there could be more medals. eventing was originally a cavalry test for officers' charges. with military precision, tom mcewen and horse toledo de kerserjumped all obstacles to perfection. it's oliver townend. only two riders could now deny him gold. one was his team—mate. but oliver townend's in

tom mcewen with a clear round to get the party started. not a foot wrong.coma, losing sight in one eye. she was giving it everything to become the olympic champion here. and with only one fence down, it left the best event rider in the world, oliver townend, with thejob... now bring it home for us, oliver. ..ofjust getting round without drama. yes! 49 years, great britain have waited for their eventing gold medal! - unreal! it's still not sunk in, but there'll be a big celebration, and i don't think it'll be with a cup of tea and a biscuit! laughter that's it, then, a gold for great britain — the first time in this event since 1972. but there's no rest for these riders, they've got to go again in the individual event now, and there could be more medals. eventing was originally a cavalry test for officers' charges. with military precision, tom mcewen and horse toledo de kerserjumped all obstacles to perfection. it's oliver townend. only two riders could now deny him gold. one was his team—mate. but oliver townend's individual hopes were dashed by fence two.

and tom mcewen won as well a silver in the individual eventing final later.e age of 62. olympic history was also made today by laurel hubbard. she became the first openly transgender athlete to compete at a games in a different gender category to the one in which they were born. ultimately, hubbard failed to record a successful lift in the women's over 87kg weightlifting. but in that same category today, emily campbell made history of her own, becoming the first british woman weightlifter to win an olympic medal as she finished with a silver. the 27—year—old lifted a total of 283kg, as china's li wun—wun won gold with a new olympic record of 320kg. i'm just very grateful. i'm very thankful right now. ijust wanted to prove to everybody that if you work hard for what you want, that you can achieve it, and i hope every little boy and girl is watching me today and wants to go out and achieve their dreams. and if i've done that, i've done a marvellous job today. defending champions great britain secured a place in the semi—finals of the women's hockey after a dram

and it�*s eventing team gold for great britain�*s tom mcewen, laura collett and oliver townend.eam gb. the belarusian olympic athlete, krystina tsimanouskaya, has entered the polish embassy in tokyo to ask for asylum. she spent the night secured in an airport hotel after belarusian officials tried to force her onto a flight home. the ioc has asked for a full report from the belarusian olympic committee, which claimed she had been removed from the team because of her emotional state. on friday she had criticised the team�*s coaches on social media. her husband is reported to have now entered ukraine. anatol kotau is from the belarus sports solidarity foundation. his organisation is in direct contact with ms tsimanouskaya. he gave us this update. we are in direct contact, now she is feeling safe, and today she made a decision that she would take an advantage of coming to the country to seek for protection. and for continuation of the career of her as an athlete in this country. so we are happy that she is feeling safer, finally, and we are assisting her in just meeting her intenti

years, great britain have won the olympic team eventing title. 0liver townend, laura collett and tom mcewenin the final showjumping stage, before mcewan then won a second medal — this time a silver — in the individual competition. jess softley reports: gold medallist in olympic champions. 1972. the last time britain won a gold medal. this time with three on debutantes. laura struggled with the london 52 but a near perfect run kept them on track.— london 52 but a near perfect run kept them on track. yes! not a foot wronu. it kept them on track. yes! not a foot wrong- it was _ kept them on track. yes! not a foot wrong. it was left _ kept them on track. yes! not a foot wrong. it was left with _ kept them on track. yes! not a footj wrong. it was left with road number one to bring — wrong. it was left with road number one to bring it— wrong. it was left with road number one to bring it home. _ wrong. it was left with road number one to bring it home. with - wrong. it was left with road number one to bring it home. with that - one to bring it home. with that incredible four fence cushion, it seem

world number one oliver townend impressed, along with laura collett and tom mcewen, to give them thealey�*s talents? already with a gold medal to his name, he was doing some casual knitting as he watched the women's three metre springboard final in leisurely style. the moment came ahead of the third round of dives, shortly after china's shi tingmao completed her second dive to cement her lead. this is what he was enjoying lost knitting at the same time. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. bye— bye. hello there. it's a quiet start to the month of august, but nothing i suspect most of you want some settled summer sunshine for the beginning of august — why not? unfortunately, today, it was a slightly disappointing story. there was more cloud around than there was sunshine, as you can see by this weather watcher picture. there were also some nuisance showers yet again, drifting their way steadily south by a cold front. it may well enhance some thundery showers over the next few hours. the best of the breaks in the cloud, well, that was further west and we k

jumping clear five seconds inside the optimum time aboard ballaghmor class, before laura collett and tom mcewensts, going into the showjumping tomorrow. four—time olympic gymnastics champion simone biles has withdrawn from tomorrow's floor final, leaving her in just one event, and she's yet to make a decison on whether she'll compete in the beam on tuesday. after struggling in the vault, biles pulled out of the team and all—around finals to focus on her mental health, and went on to withdraw from the vault and uneven bars events. great britain'sjennifer gadirova will take her place in the floor final. away from the games, the british and irish lions' series with south africa will go to a decider after the springboks won a fiery second test 27—9 in cape town. they're level at one—all, with match three to come on saturday. our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. pride and pressure is what alliance lions tour is all about. with the cds on the line it was the question of which team could defeats last week left the springboks wounded and early on it was clear they were not going down wi