but there was frustration in the women s sprint relay as dina asher smith pulled up injured and the team could only come in sixth. andy swiss reports from eugene. a day of relay drama for britain, but ultimately delight, a medalfor the men in a truly frantic final. the us were the favourites but a wobbly last baton change let canada through and behind them could reese prescott fend offjamaica and hang on to bronze? canada, have it, united states, great britain third. so as canada celebrated, so did the british team: zharnel hughes, prescott, nethaneel mitchell bla ke, and jonah efoloko. well, what a dramatic race that was. and against the very toughest opposition, the british men s quartet have brought home a medal. i mean, we stepped up when we had to and credit to everybody for raising their game. we came with a medal. it s a stepping stone. we ll get better and got to raise our game going forward. but at this moment, we re going to enjoy it together, appreciate the fact that we got
who need to get to school. nobody is enjoying this. this is not something that we wanted to see today, it s certainly not something we want to see on thursday or saturday. it s deeply damaging. no one thinks this is a huge triumph, it really isn t. but what matters now is that the people involved in finding a solution are able to do so. the government has a role in this, so far it hasn t stepped up to take that role, but it really needs to do so now. let s talk to our political correspondent, ione wells. la ke lake union are desperate to drag the government into it, they come and are desperate to keep away as far as possible. but are desperate to keep away as far as ossible. ., ., ., , ., possible. but a lot of it is about central government possible. but a lot of it is about central government because . possible. but a lot of it is about i central government because more possible. but a lot of it is about - central government because more and more of the railway is effectively in
helped that to continue through the digital platforms that we are putting on this year. i’m digital platforms that we are putting on this year. i m sure it will be a fantastic putting on this year. i m sure it will be a fantastic august - putting on this year. i m sure it will be a fantastic august for i putting on this year. i m sure it i will be a fantastic august for you. i hope you enjoy it and plenty of people turn up to support it. thank you very much. british men win silver in 4x100 metre relay italy win gold. members of the team gb relay team are. members of the team gb relay team are chijindu ujah, zharnel hughes, richard kilty, nethaneel mitchell bla ke. to sydney now and some amazing images of swimmers in the sea off bondi beach. what they don t often know is that
they are combined into one a so called laser run. athletes run four 800 metre laps with range shooting in between. french made up the 15 second gap on the leader to become britain s second women s modern pentathlon champion three more medals came within the space of a little over an hour in the olympic stadium. both 4 by 100 metres relay teams got on the podium, with the men s team settling for silver after being inches away from gold. cj ujah, zharnel hughes, richard kilty and nethaneel mitchell bla ke, who was run down by the italian runner on the final leg. it wasn t marcelljacobs who won the individual gold earlier in the week, but filippo tortu. that was the difference, just 100th of a second. canada third. it was bronze in the women s event. asha philip, imani lansico, dina asher smith and daryll neita led team gb to third, finishing behind winners jamaica and silver medallists usa. also on the track, laura muir has won a silver in the women s1500 metres,