at 3a, murray s glittering olympic career may now be over. the rowing brought some success in the men s quadruple sculls. the british crew at the top of the screen clinging on for silver, but it was a rare highlight in a largely frustrating day. the men s four had won gold at the previous five games, but this time, their hopes veered wildly off course. look at the steering problems of the british! there s going to be a crash between great britain and the italians! after that remarkable near miss, they could only finish fourth, and you could feel every ounce of their pain. i forgot the steering a little bit, and i think that s what cost us. lads, i m sorry i didn t steer us the best line at the end there. at least they finished. not everyone did. in the double sculls, norway s race curtailed in the soggiest of circumstances. help did eventually arrive,
the team have won their first men s quadruple sculls medal after winning silver. harry leask, angus groom, tom barras and jack beaumont held off a late charge from australia and poland to secure second place behind the netherlands. good news too for helen glover in her attempt for a third olympic medal. she, and partner polly swann, finished second in their coxless pair semi final to qualify for the final tomorrow morning. and there will be no third gold medalfor andy murray at the olympics he and joe salisbury are out of the men s doubles after losing their quarterfinals match against croatia. they won the first set fairly confortably, taking it 6 4. but lost the second and then lost the third set tie break 10 7 against marin cilic and ivan dodig. one british player left that s liam broady and he s on court right now in the men s singles. he has gone out in the third round. there was disappointment too in the diving for britain s jack laugher and daniel goodfellow.
and united states when they arrive in england. the prime minister says august the 16th is nailed on as the date for easing self isolation restrictions in england. august the 16th is nailed on. there has never been any question of a review date for august the 16th. we will go ahead with the move. a national memorial unveiled all the british police officers who ve died in the line of duty. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: more on day five at the olympics as team gb s rowers win silver in the men s quadruple sculls.
a silver in the men s quadruple sculls. a warning this report from andy swiss does contain flashing images. another day of triumph and tears of joy another day of triumph and tears of joy for britain s swimmers itjust doesn t get better than this. they had begun with high hopes in the men s freestyle relay with the individual gold medallist tom dean leading them off and gradually they ground down their opponents. first james guy and then a brilliant swimmerfrom james guy and then a brilliant swimmer from matthew richards took them into the lead nearly 1.5 seconds clear as duncan scott dived in for the final leg. what followed was almost a victory procession. their only real race was against the clock. . , . their only real race was against the clock. ., , ., ., ., clock. team great britain right on the world record clock. team great britain right on the world record line. clock. team great britain right on the world record line. this - clock. team great britain right on the world