a third triathlon medal today in the inaugural mixed team event but, this time, gold. with each athlete facing a 300 metres swim, 6.8 kilometre bike ride and two kilometre run, jessica learmonth got britain s bid off to a great start before jonny brownlee then extended the lead in this, his third and final olympics. team gb still had their two silver medallists from the individual events to come first georgia taylor brown and, for the final leg, alex yee, who powered home to seal a fourteen second victory. after a bronze and silver in his previous two games, brownlee finally emulating brother alistair and claiming olympic gold. it s something that i ve wanted to do for a long time. i ve chased that dream for a long time. i ve seen my brother, obviously, achieve it twice, and now i ve done it and it feels amazing. introduced to try and improve gender balance, the new mixed team events
good evening. team gb have won two more gold medals at the tokyo olympics, both in new events where men and women compete together. there was further success for the swimming team, who took gold in the axioom mixed medley relay. our sports editor dan roan was watching the action. a first for the olympics but a familiar feeling for team gb. a third triathlon medal today in the inaugural mixed team event but, this time, gold. with each athlete facing a 300 metres swim, 6.8 kilometre bike ride and two kilometre run, jessica learmonth got britain s bid off to a great start before jonny brownlee then extended the lead in this, his third and final olympics. team gb still had their two silver medallists from the individual events to come first georgia taylor brown and, for the final leg, alex yee, who powered home to seal a fourteen second victory. after a bronze and silver in his previous two games, brownlee finally emulating brother alistair and claiming olympic gold.
swim, 6.8 kilometre bike ride and two kilometre run, jess learmonth got britain s bid off to a great start before jonny brownlee then extended the lead in this, his third and final olympics. team gb still had their two silver medallists from the individual events to come. first georgia taylor brown, and, for the final leg, alex yee, who powered home to seal a 14 second victory. after a bronze and silver in his previous two games, brownlee finally emulating brother alistair and claiming olympic gold. it s something i have wanted to do for a long time. i ve chased that dream for a long time. i ve seen my brother obviously achieve it twice and now i ve done it and it feels amazing. introduced to try and improve gender balance, the new mixed team events have been one of the features of the games here in tokyo, and britain are certainly enjoying them. team gb s swimmers have already had a remarkable olympics, but it got even better in the 4x100 mixed medley relay.
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