hello, this is bbc news. iam martine i am martine croxall. more now on max whitlock retaining his olympic title, with gold in the pommel horse final. he s become the most successful gymnast ever in the event. his mum, madeleine, his wife, leah, daughterwillow, and the rest of the family were watching from hertfordshire. afterwards they spoke to melissa sharman. so proud. you can t put it into words. it was just really emotional to watch, butjust, yeah, so proud and so happy for him. leah, what were the nerves like watching him doing that first performance at the start? we were all on the edge of our seats, weren t we? we just wanted him to do a good job. obviously it s been a long time training, like he said, from training in the garden and everything else that has been on with the year of covid, i think the fact he was even at the olympics. we were just happy that he had the opportunity to still compete, so we just wanted him to do a good job for him, really. when he did that landing,
that was rather an abrupt start. team gb have 2 more gold medals on day 9 of the tokyo olympics, with success in gymnastics and bmx. in the ariake arena, max whitlock retained his olympic title, with gold in the pommel horse final. the 28 year old now becomes the most successful gymnast ever in the event and it brings his overall tally of olympic medals to 6, with 3 golds and 3 bronze. in the bmx freestyle, charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in herfirst run to claim a remarkable victory and duncan brooks took bronze in the men s event. britain have now won a medal in all 4 bmx events. and there was further success in the swimming with silver in the men s medley relay. britain have now won a record 8 medals in the pool. with 4 medals, duncan scott becomes britain s most successful athlete at an olympic games. great britain have had their most successful olympics in the swimming
there was gold for team gb gymnast max whitlock who retained his 0lympic title in the pommel horse final. another gold for team gb charlotte worthington wins a dramatic bmx park freestyle final. young people in england will be offered incentives to have their first covid jab such as discounts for takeaway food and taxi journeys. now, on bbc news. ahead of the paralympics injapan, the bbc s disability correspondent introduces us to five people who have experienced important moments in the history of disability. hello, i m nikki fox. thanks forjoining me at the queen elizabeth olympic park here in london ahead of the summer 2020 paralympic games. in this special edition of witness history, we re looking back at some important moments in the recent history of disability and sport.
in the ariake arena, max whitlock retained his olympic title, with gold in the pommel horse final. the 28 year old now becomes the most successful gymnast ever in the event, and it brings his overall tally of olympic medals to 6, with 3 golds and 3 bronze. in the bmx freestyle, charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in herfirst run to claim a remarkable victory and duncan brooks took bronze in the men s event. britain have now won a medal in all 4 bmx events. and there was further success in the swimming with silver in the men s medley relay. britain have now won a record 8 medals in the pool. with 4 medals, duncan scott becomes britain s most successful athlete at an olympic games. let s find out more about today s action from marc edwards at bbc sport centre. good afternoon. max whitlock has won gold again for great britain at the olympic games in tokyo
and when the hot favourite hannah roberts couldn t complete her run, the celebrations could begin. the 25 year old used to be a chef in a mexican restaurant. now she had served up an olympic fairy tale. it s kind of unreal. i m waiting to wake up, mate. i ve been dreaming about this for four years and it still feels like i m dreaming four years ago so i m kind of waiting to wake up. worthington then turned cheerleader could her team mate declan brooks match her? not quite, but a bronze was still some performance. before these games, britain haven t had a single medal in bmx. in tokyo they have won one in every event. and would there be more success in the gymnastics? max whitlock only came fifth in qualifying for the pommel horse final, but he s the reigning champion and he showed precisely why. a brilliant display from whitlock, and a score to match. it is a huge score of 15.583!