cornwall early on, elsewhere in england and wales, most stay dry with sunny spells but a few thundery showers developing again. this is bbc news. the headlines: yes! 49 years great britain have waited for their eventing gold. team gb strike gold again at the tokyo olympics. britain s riders make history, clinching a gold medal in the team eventing and silver in the individual. let s hope we can inspire the next generation of kids, because if we can do it, we are all from pretty normal backgrounds in comparison to many, and itjust shows that the hard work and dedication pays off. emily campbell becomes the first british female weightlifter to win an olympic medal taking silver in the over 87kg category.
sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. thank you very much indeed. i tell you what, great britain are involved in a shoot out in the hockey at the moment, we will show you that as soon as we have a result on it. but we start with eventing. we ve had success in the equestrian at the olympics, with britain getting a first gold medal in almost 50 years in the team eventing, with another medal coming in the individuals. and britain began their campaign in track cycling today, with the potential for more golds there, as well. it was a near perfect performance from mcewen, on his horse toledo de kerser, but a superb final round from germany sjulia krajewski was enough to take the gold. ididn t i didn t know how much we had in hand actually, so i put myself under a bit of pressure, but that s normal. but these two guys have made it very easy for me, jumping such
story. i remember oliver townend actually saying to me a little while back that, growing up, he used to look at his idols, and the olympics, that was always what he aspired to do. and ijust think it s amazing, you know, look, he s come to an olympics, the team have won all three of them in their first olympics they have won team gold by i think one of the biggest margins ever seen. the score they won honours possibly even a record breaking score, it was so good, and that, just look at that message that it sends out to aspiring young riders in the talent we have across the country, and i would urge anybody, you know, the sport is accessible, do go and visit the british equestrian website, there are details on their of local riding schools, clubs, and it is a sport we can all get into. ht is sport we can all get into. it is cuite an sport we can all get into. it is quite an undertaking - sport we can all get into. it is quite an undertaking very, isn t it, to take courses or that way and
were telling you about that is just taking place in tokyo. tom mcewan has won a silver medal for team gb. he has won a silver medal in the individual eventing final. that follows the gold medal he won earlier this morning, when great britain s eventing team took the top spot. congratulations to tom. chinese health authorities say they have detected seven new covid cases in wuhan where the pandemic began. according to state media, this is the first time the virus has reappeared in the city sincejune 2020. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell explained how the chinese authorities are responding. it doesn t sound like many cases, does it? i mean, people listening to this will be thinking, so what? but in china, for many, many months, in virtually every part of this country, everyone had been going about their lives without the coronavirus, without any cases at all,