Years of hard work, if you dream and you work hard enough, you can achieve anything. achieve, team gb did. exceeding expectations with 65 medals 22 of them gold fourth, overall. when we look back on tokyo, it ll go down as a games to remember packed with hits, highs and heroes. great britain have a gold medal in the diving pool! it had heartbreak for those whose dreams were dashed. oh, no! 0h, katarina johnson thompson. it all comes crashing down. there were sports we d not seen at the olympics before. hands in the air yes, sky! there were the faces some couldn t wait to see again. there were the stars who stood up for more than just their sports who spoke out for the millions whose voices can t be heard. it s ok sometimes to even sit out
The big competitions to focus on yourself because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are. but we should be out here having fun and sometimes that s not the case. the city cannot sleep yet, though the paralympics comes to town two weeks tomorrow. for the olympic games, sport s most iconic arena held against the most challenging of backdrops. we say, thank you, tokyo. thank you, japan. it s arigatou tokyo, a bientot, paris. ben croucher, bbc news. it s lovely watching it, i have watched so many hours of it. we ve got a real treat for you this morning. two of team gb s champions, max whitlock and adam peaty, will be here with us soon. we have got a pommel horse for max, we need to pull as well? let s fix
It s ok sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are. but we should be out here having fun and sometimes that s not the case. the city cannot sleep yet, though the paralympics comes to town two weeks tomorrow. for the olympic games, sport s most iconic arena held against the most challenging of backdrops. we say, thank you, tokyo. thank you, japan. it s arigatou tokyo, a bientot, paris. ben croucher, bbc news. it s exhausting just watching it! what an incredible couple of weeks it has been. that is how we re going to remember it. but what about in japan? we re joined now by our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes. the paralympics still to come, but as the people of tokyo specifically look back on the games, what do you
We will bejoined we will be joined later from greece with british holiday makers waiting to find out what those fires mean for them. almost all remaining covid restrictions have been lifted in scotland, meaning social distancing has been scrapped in most settings and hospitality venues can open at full capacity. but, face coverings are still required in indoor public areas and schools. scotland s health secretary has warned that the pandemic is not over, and cautioned that cases would rise as a result of the rules being eased. we are going to be talking about the early picks quite a lot on this programme, we still need to celebrate and remember what has been happening talking about the olympics. including this. 13 year old skateboarder sky brown became team gb s youngest ever olympic medallist when she scooped a bronze in tokyo. since then, there s been an increased interest in the sport. nina s at a skateboarding park
Withjon kay and louise minchin. coming up on breakfast this morning. coming up on breakfast fresh from tokyo, we ll be joined in the studio by olympic gold medallists adam peaty and max whitlock. they ll be chatting about their success and answering viewer questions. get in touch and we will put your questions to them. we ll hear from two paramedics about the pressures of working on the front line during an unprecedented time for the nhs, as the latest bafta award winning series of ambulance returns to our screens. and just after 8.30 this morning we ll bejoined by eastenders star sid owen, otherwise known as ricky butcher, as he releases a memoir about his childhood and rise to fame. just after 6:30am. free taxis, pizzas and cinema tickets are just some of the incentives that the government