The first medals in tokyo for Team Gb on day two of olympic action. It was Chelsie Giles who kicked off the Medals Table with a bronze injudo. To come away with a medal, and it to be the first for Team Gb, is really special. In taekwondo, Bradly Sinden came Agonisingly Close To Olympic Glory but ended his final with a silver. Itjust got me that i didnt win gold where i think it was there for me to take. Well have all the latest from tokyo, including Andy Murray having to pull out of the singles tennis. Also on the programme. Police warn of the dangers of Open Water after three people including a nine year old drown in Loch Lomond. And Sajid Javid apologises after facing criticism for saying people shouldnt cower from coronavirus. Good evening. Team gb have won their first medals of the tokyo olympics, a silver for Bradly Sinden in taekwondo, and earlier, a bronze for Chelsie Giles injudo. There was disappointment howeverforjadejones, twice an olympic champion, when she failed to progre
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Day two of the olympics in tokyo has brought us all what we have come to expect from the games. There were major shocks in the swimming pool, a World Record was broken, and for some big names their Olympic Dream has come to an end. And a couple of sports made their debut too. The bbc s Sarah Mulkerrins has been following the action so far on day 2. What a story we have had as we have seen the first Gold Medal given out in one of the four new spots here at the olympic games. Skateboarding took Centre Stage with the Street Event final for the men taking place and i can tell you that the Host Japan have one at with a 22 year old michael from tokyo, yuto horigome, winning gold in that. It sees the skateboarders make some runs and pull up some great picks and skills on rails and ramps and also steps. A wonderful win for the hostjapan. Wonderful win for the Host Japan. Also wonderful win for the hostjapan. Also a big win in the pool with a gold in the wom
Day of action including injudo and fencing. Ill have all the latest. Im Ben Mundy in london. Todays other main news. Plans to require Football Fans to be fully vaccinated if they want to go to Premier League matches from october are being considered by the government. British mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the Governments Coronavirus Spending for decades. Wildfires in northern California Force thousands into Evacuation Centres while a Covid Outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. A warm welcome to tokyo, its day two of the olympics there has been an extraordinary upset in the womens cycling Road Race with austrian Mathematician Anna Kiesenhofer taking gold. She has not had a professional contract since 2017, and raced ahead of the peleton with more than aokm still remaining. In mens swimmming,18 year old tunisian swimmer, Ahmed Hafnaoui, has pulled off a stunning victory the outsider won the mens 400 Metre Freestyle Gold despite qualifying last. He h
Of a new Housing Estate. Hello. Iam here i am here at Tokyo Bay in the japanese capital. The olympics are all about stories of dedication, commitment and occasionally a big surprise. Well, there have been two surprises in the pool in the last couple of hours. Australia smashed the World Record to win the womens 4 x 100m relay. That coming about an hour after tunisias Ahmed Hafnaoui pulled off one of the biggest surprises of this or any olympics. The 18 year old took Gold in the Mens Aoom freestyle final its only the 5th Gold Medal for the country in its olympic history four of them have come in the Swimming Pool earlier, the United States picked up their first medals of these games. Chase kalisz finishing well ahead of Jay Litherland in the Mens Aoom individual medley. And japan has its first Gold in the pool of these games Yui Ohashi winning the final of the woMens Aoom individual medley. The Womens Road Race has started, with current champion Anna Van Der Breggen representing The Net
Sport, and for a full round up, from the Bbc Sport centre, heres austin. Good afternoon. Well, Team Gb are on the board. They have their first medal of the tokyo games and it came in thejudo 24 year old Chelsie Giles winning a bronze in the womens Under 52kg event. She beat switzerlands Fabienne Kocher in the Bronze Medal final. She scored an early Waza Ari to take the lead and then won the bout with this ippon to make her Team Gb s first medallist In Tokyo. But the brits are guaranteed another medal within the hour because Bradly Sinden is into the mens Under 68kg final in taekwondo. So that means hes guaranteed at least a silver. But if he wins, hed be the first british man to win a Taekwondo Title at the games. And sinden got there after a dramatic Semifinal Win over chinas zhao shuai. Sinden was well behind going into the last minute of the third and final round, but a brilliant late onslaught from the brit sent him into the final. That gets underway shortly at around 1 45pm. But t