getting under way tomorrow. rachael latham has been following the build up. two very exceptional athletes carrying the flag for britain. talk us through their achievements, and why they have been selected for this task. ~ ., . ., ., why they have been selected for this task. ~ ., i ., ., , task. well, ellie and john have been selected not task. well, ellie and john have been selected not only task. well, ellie and john have been selected not only for task. well, ellie and john have been selected not only for their selected not only for their excellence in their sport, but also the leadership they bring to the team. let s start with their achievements. john stubbs took a gold medalfor great achievements. john stubbs took a gold medal for great britain achievements. john stubbs took a gold medalfor great britain in the archery in 2008 in beijing, and ellie simmonds has won five paralympic gold medals in the swimming pool. this is theirfourth games for both of them, and combined t
oh, and he s down! oh, there you go! it took him barely a minute to put his opponent on the canvas. and, from there, victory was gloriously inevitable. before the last games, yafai was working in a car factory. now the 28 year old, whose two brothers are also boxers, had achieved the ultimate. and so has this man after swimming, fencing, and shooting, joe choong sprinted to gold in the modern pentathlon. and there is the new olympic champion for great britain. delight for the 26 year old from kent. and, after kate french s victory in the women s event yesterday, a dazzling double for team gb. there was more british success in the cycling. matt walls and ethan hayter are housemates back in manchester, and they teamed up to take silver in the madison. and there was another medalfor tom daley. oh, tom daley, you superhero! a bronze in the individual event
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started. if you remember, though, earlier in the week, japan has actually managed to beat the united states, so a lot of people hoping they could do it again. ifjapan manages to win this it will be the first ever gold medalfor manages to win this it will be the first ever gold medal forjapan, while the us will be hoping for the second gold medal in the olympics, so a lot of excitement about that. meanwhile, apparently there has been a little party at my parents home earlier today after a woman s health match where japan s also won a silver medal, you and you talked about usa natalie corder winning a gold, where she managed to beat a great player, so a lot of people glued to television this evening. pretty good news for local tv channels, i m sure. absolutely, and i can tell there channels, i m sure. absolutely, and i can tell there is channels, i m sure. absolutely, and i can tell there is a channels, i m sure. absolutely, and i can tell there is a bit channels, i m sure. abso
success in the cycling. matt walls and ethan hayter are housemates back in manchester, and they teamed up to take silver in the madison. and there was another medalfor tom daley. oh, tom daley, you superhero! a bronze in the individual event to go with his earlier gold in the synchronised. he s certainly had a glittering games. andy swiss, bbc news. britain sjosh kerr has won a bronze medal in the men s 1,500 metres. a brilliant bronze medal. the scot came home in a personal best time. it s britain s first medal in the race since peter elliott won silver in seoul 33 years ago. he almost beat the world champion kenya s timothy cheriot on the line to silver, while the clear winner was norway s jakob ingebrigtsen. team gb have now won six medals