friday, it s the return of time daily. but for the news today, jack is back. let s take a look at some of the day s other olympic stories now. sweden s armand duplantis is the new olympic pole vault champion. the 21 year old was already the world record holder, and although this vault of 6 metres two centimetres was 16 centimetres short of that, clearing it first time was enough to give him the gold medal. brazil are through to the final of the men s football tournament, after beating mexico on penalties. they ll play spain, who beat japan 1 0 after extra time. and success for poland in the women s hammer. a mighty heave from anita wlodarcyk made it a hat trick of olympic golds she d come back from knee surgery to follow up victories in london and rio with another win in tokyo. just a few days ago, many wondered whether we d see simone biles in action again
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hello there, and a warm welcome to sportsday. where we have another packed show show full of medals for team gb to bring you, show show full of medals we ll start in the velodrome, where jason and laura kenny were hoping to make history in their team races today. they had to settle for silvers but the medalforjason means he becomes britain s most decorated olympian he still has more chances to come, to break the record for golds too. drew savage rounds up the action. perhaps an unaccustomed place on the podium forjason kenny, but another metal to add to a collection that cannot be beaten by any british olympian. finishing second of the world champions for hot favourite is no disgrace. a blistering lap from ryan owens gave them a fighting chance against the netherlands. the qualifying for the final in taking its toll. ., ., ., , its toll. now, having to put in an enormous its toll. now, having to put in an enormous effort.
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britain are now off the mark on the track too. keely hodgkinson announced herself on the big stage, in spectacularfashion. winning silver in the women s 800 metres, it was a sensational performance. and i was delighted to be joined in the studio, by one half of her coaching team the former athlete jenny meadows. along with her partner trevor painter, she s overseen keely s career for the last two years. this is how the 19 year old reacted after breaking kelly holmes long standing british record in the final. i m speechless right now. kelly is a legend for a long time. i looked up to her and in the past couple of days, she is a lovely person. i have no words for that. i want to thank my amazing team, my family. they put so much belief in me! i did it! what