manu tuilagi will make his first england appearance since march 2020 against tonga at twickenham on saturday, for england s autumn series opener. centre tuilagi was called into the england camp over the summer, but had to withdraw because of a hamstring issue. he s spent long periods on the sidelines with injuries, including eight months out with a torn achilles, repeated groin injuries and knee ligament damage. captain 0wen farrell will start at fly half. the team announcement was delayed because a member of support staff had tested positive for covid i9. wales have also named their team for the match against south africa. ellisjenkins will make his first appearance in three years on saturday at the principality stadium. the cardiff flanker is one of six changes from last weekend s 54 16 defeat against new zealand. details of both squads are on the bbc sport website. tottenham begin a new era tonight
for the 100 metre final. she says she s still struggling with a hamstring issue and has now withdrawn from the 200 metre event. so where does that leave the medals table? well, team gb remain sixth they have picked up eight gold medals and 28 in total. at the top is china, with 21 golds and 46 overall. for a full round up of the action let s cross to austin halewood at the bbc sport centre. i at the bbc sport centre. just don t know how you a keeping ijust don t know how you are keeping up with all this action! it is a bit of a challenge. lots going on in tokyo and lots of medals for team gb on another really good day for them injapan. what a final of the women s 100 meters it was. jamaica s elaine thompson herah ran the second fastest time in history
afterfailing to qualify for the 100 metre final. she says she s still struggling with a hamstring issue and has now withdrawn from the 200 metre event. so where does that leave the medals table? team gb remain sixth they have picked up eight gold medals and 28 in total. at the top is china with 21 golds and 46 overall. for a full round up of the action let s cross to austin halewood at the bbc sport centre. what a final of the women s 100 metres it was. jamaica s elaine thompson herah ran the second fastest time in history to succesfully defend her 0lympic100 metres title. she beat her compatriot
in the last few minutes, jamaica have secured a clean sweep, first, second and third in the women s 100 meters at the olympic games in tokyo. this is how the race was run with elaine thompson herah strectching into the lead to take the gold medal in an olympic record time of 10.61 seconds. shelley ann fraser price won silver and shericka jackson the bronze. it was the second fastest time ever run by a female athlete. it comes as one of team gb s great medal hopes, dina asher smith, saw her bid for the podium come to an early end after failing to qualify for the 100 metres final. she says she s still struggling with a hamstring issue and has now withdrawn from the 200 metre event. this is what asher smith said afterfinishing third in her heat.
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. jamaica has secured a clean sweep first, second and third in the women s 100 meters this afternoon at the olympic games in tokyo. it comes as one of team gb s great medal hopes dina asher smith saw her bid for the podium come to an early end, afterfailing to qualify for the 100 metre final. she says she s still struggling with a hamstring issue, and has now withdrawn from the 200 metre event. earlier today, team gb added two more gold medals to their tally. the first came in the inaugural triathlon mixed relay. then, in the swimming pool, great britain claimed another, this time, in the mixed 4x100 metre medley.