kilogram category. having come agonisingly close to a place in the final earlier on, walkden shrugged off her disappointment to beat poland s aleksandra kowalczuk, this time holdling on to a lead to eventually win 7 points to 3. it s her second consecutive bronze medal. earlier, team gb secured a fourth gold of tokyo 2020, and with it their best start to an olympics. tom dean and duncan scott also delivered britain s first one two in the pool for 113 years. it came in the 200 metres freestyle final. in a thrilling finish, dean, who s in lane 6, touched home in1 minute 114.22 seconds, securing a british record at his debut games. scott finished just four one hundredths of a second behind. it might have been the early hours of the morning, but that wasn t going to stop tom dean s family back in maidenhead from inviting friemds, family and neighbours over. around 70 in their garden cheering dean all the way to gold! back in tokyo, dean could barely believe it, and was thankful for all the
having come agonisingly close to a place in the final earlier on, walkden shrugged off her disappointment to beat poland s aleksandra kowalczuk this time holdling on to a lead to eventually win 7 3. it s her second consecutive bronze medal. charlotte dujardin has become the most decorated female british 0lympian of all time after winning another medal a bronze as part of the team dressage. it s a record equalling fifth olympic medal for the reigning individual dressage champion a mark she s reached to match rower dame katherine grainger. dujardin won the bronze alongside carl hester and charlotte fry behind winners germany and the usa. earlier, team gb secured a fourth gold of tokyo 2020 and with it their best start to an 0lympics. tom dean and duncan scott also delivered britain s first one two in the pool for 113 years. it came in the 200 metres freestyle final. in a thrilling finish,
russia won ahead of the united states which was where the drama happened because this comes after the shock news that simone biles has pulled out of the gymnastics team final. the hugely sucessful and well known gymnast started the event on the vault which was below her usual standard. then she left the arena only to return shortly afterwards and put on her tracksuit. confirmation then that she d withdrawn due to a medical issue. the us team said, she will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions. biles was hoping to win all six golds available to her to become the most successful olympic gymnast of all time. britain s bianca walkden has won the second olympic medal of her career. she got another bronze in the taekwondo above 67 kilogram category. having come agonisingly close to a place in the final earlier on, walkden shrugged off her disappointment to beat poland s aleksandra kowalczuk. this time holdling on to a lead to eventually win 7 points to
focus on her mental health . biles only appearance was to register a below par vault in her opening discipline. bearing in mind she is the olympic champion in the vault. after it, she left the arena, returning shortly afterwards but only to put on her tracksuit and support her team mates from the sidelines. confirmation then followed that she d withdrawn, with the us team originally saying it was for medical reasons. biles has since revealed she didn t want to go on after that first vault. and she also spoke tojohn watson once the event had finished. i m 0k, just dealing with things internally that will get fixed in the next couple of days, but super proud of how they stepped up to the plate tonight and worked. congratulations. there is a great bond in the team? yes, this has made us stronger, for sure. definitely. britain s bianca walkden has won the second 0lympic medal of her career. she got another bronze in the taekwondo above 67 kilogram category. having come agonisingly close