much ground to make up, eventually withdrawing from the race. british team mate adam yates finished ninth, but, of course, a disappointing race for thomas. there was a metal ridge. there was nowhere to go. landed on my right side. well things were a bit more positive in the gymnastics centre for max whitlock. .. he said he was relieved to get through qualifying, after he safely reached the pommel horse final. he s defending the title he won in rio. and he was in third place, with the top eight progressing. whitlock said qualification was the hardest and most nerve wracking stage, because everything rides on it. he also reached the team final, alongsidejoe fraser, james hall and gianni regini moran. ellen white scored her third goal
hours richard carapaz claimed only ecuador s second gold in olympic history. carapaz takes the gold for ecuador! well, it wasn t to be in the road race, but team gb is still chock full of more athletes with olympic pedigree. and today, more big names were beginning their quest to bring home more hardware, including adam peaty in the pool. peaty is as close to a nailed on medal as you can get, and in his heat he hammered home the point to reach the semis at a canter. he is unbeaten in seven years at the 100 metre breaststroke. helen glover has won back to back golds in the women s pairs, but since rio she s had three children. her partner polly swan is an nhs doctor, and on the day of clever s son s third birthday, the pair came third in the heats. room for improvement in the semis. come on, come on! double olympic champion max whitlock was in action in gymnastics qualifying, safely through to the pommel horse final.
they know they ll need to improve. we agreed afterwards that that s not kind of reflective of where we ve been at in training. but, i mean, it s the first race of the olympics, it s a good kind of markerfor us to step up from. other british stars, though, have already found their feet. well done, max! max is through. double champion at the last games, max whitlock through to the pommel horse final. while adam peaty looked as impressive as ever as he cruised through to the semifinals of the 100 metres breaststroke. but the games first shot at glory belonged to china. yang qian winning the opening gold in the air rifle. because of covid, it s up to athletes to put their own medals on. not quite the usual ceremony but while the presentation may be different, the elation is just the same.
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