‘Mon’ stands for land of the Monpas and ‘Duro’ depicts Enduro format of the MTB. Monduro 3.0 is the first after the state government declared it a calendar event.
leading up to this olympics, include covid, and then include i the fact that he becomes the first gold medallist, it has i just been extraordinary. you need incredibly broad shoulders to be able to cope with that. - watching on in the early hours back home in leicestershire, peaty s partner and baby son. i can t even find the words to describe it, because i don t think i ve felt this kind of pride before. obviously, with george, there s a lot of pride, but it is so different, isn t it? already swimming s best ever breaststroker, peaty s status among the greatest of olympians now secure. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. and the medals kept coming. 21 year old tom pidcock from leeds took gold after a fearless display in the mountain biking race. in total, team gb brought home seven medals today, and it is only day three. as our sports correspondent
already swimming s best ever breaststroker, peaty s status among the greatest of olympians now secure. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. two months ago, 21 year old tom pidcock from leeds was recovering after breaking his collarbone. today he won gold in the mountain biking race, in his first appearance at the olympic games. our sports correspondent andy swiss looks at some of the other olympic highlights in tokyo today. his report contains some flashing images. the journey to olympic gold has rarely been bumpier. just two months ago, tom pidcock broke his collarbone in a training accident, but as he charged to the front in the mountain bike cross country, you would hardly have guessed it. the 21 year old finished so far ahead, he had time to celebrate in style. tom pidcock, the finest young mountain biker around, he takes gold in tokyo. pidcock trained for tokyo s temperatures in a specially heated