who timed to perfection a tactical final descent after a tough 234 kilometre course to give ecuador only its second ever gold medal in an olympics. some of the leading tennis players are calling on the organisers to delay the start times of the matches, after a number of competitors struggled in the tokyo heat and humidity on the opening day of the tournament. world number one, novak djokovic, eased through his first round in straight sets, but said the playing conditions were particularly demanding. our sports presenter chethan pathak has been watching all the action on the opening day. we start with the boost that japan got today. yeah, it was a big boost, wasn t it, lukwesa, for them. we know what the polling seems to have indicated injapan many people opposed to having the games there, tokyo, in a state of emergency amidst the pandemic. and yet they did get their hands on their first
some of the leading tennis players are calling on the organisers to delay the start times of the matches, after a number of competitors struggled in the tokyo heat and humidity on the opening day of the tournament. world number one, novak djokovic, eased through his first round in straight sets but said the playing conditions were particularly demanding. let s cross to the bbc sports centre and speak to chetan pathak, who s been watching the action in tokyo. so let s just start off with the boost that japan got today, or rather on saturday? it boost that japan got today, or rather on saturday? boost that japan got today, or rather on saturday? it was a big boost, rather on saturday? it was a big boost. wasn t rather on saturday? it was a big boost, wasn t it, rather on saturday? it was a big boost, wasn t it, for rather on saturday? it was a big boost, wasn t it, for them. - rather on saturday? it was a big boost, wasn t it, for them. we l rather on saturday? it was a big -
and humidity on the opening day of the tournament. world number one, novak djokovic, eased through his first round in straight sets, but said the playing conditions were particularly demanding. our sports presenter chethan pathak has been wathing all the action on the opening day. we start with the boost that japan got today. it was a big boost for them. we know what the polling seems to have indicated injapan. many people opposed to having it in a state of pandemic, yet they got their hands on the first gold medal. that was in judo, and that for a player, a competitor who has talked about his passion and love forjudo many times. but this was always good to be a challenge, i need delivered what he needed. takato making up for
the new york times. elie honig is here, and john bresnahan, congressional bureau chief for politico. john, let me lean on what you know happens behind closed doors on capitol hill. what happened with democrats overnight, and what is it with mcgahn s empty chair that seems to be something of a tipping point now? i think we are close to a tipping point. i don t think we re at a critical mass yet where democrats are going to impeach or try to impeach trump. but i think they re close. i think speaker pelosi has got a problem. she s got a real problem here. there was a dispute, a couple meetings last night where this was batted back and forth. pelosi and the rest of her leadership team said no, they don t want to move forward with impeachment. that was the message jerry nadler got today. that s why the hearing went so quickly today. pelosi and nadler didn t want any discussion of impeachment during that hearing. but i think they re really getting close here, and they re going to have a
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