they had to fight hard in that race, but it is gold for great britain. fifth was enough. for mcintyre, she emulates dad mike, who won gold in seoul in 1988. if britain rules the waves, cuba are kings of the ring, which meant bad news for ben whitaker. he was guaranteed a boxing medal, but had a punchers chance against lopez, and already an olympic champion from 2016. in the end, the harvest of hits were delivered by the cuban, hardest of hits. leaving a gutted whitaker with a silver. ben croucher, bbc news. well, earlier, frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight category. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazer s eye opened up again. but the loss does mean he walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said it was not the fairy tale i wanted but i m proud of myself .
but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said it was not the fairy tale i wanted but i m proud of myself . after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are back in action in the individual sprint and it s so far, so good, for both riders. carlin had broken the olympic record this morning to qualify, although it was then beaten a few minutes later. but then he had no problem beating australia s nathan hart to reach the last 16. then, jason kenny, who s the defending champion, also made it through safely, against the former world champion aziz awang of malaysia. and in the last few minutes, katy marchant has also qualified for the quarterfinals of the women s keirin. what a run for the usa s sydney mclaughlin she broke her own world record in the women s 400m hurdles taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win
eye opened up again by his opponent, the uzbekistan six foot eight giant. but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said, it was not the fairytale i wanted but i m proud of myself . reigning world champion katarina johnson thompson is in fifth place after three events in the women s heptathlon. she looks like she could be in trouble after a leg injury in the 200 metres. she won her hate for the 100 metre hurdles but did not perform as well in the high jump, clearing 1.86 metres. she won her heat. the shot put went better than expected with a throw over 13 metres. she has just pulled she hasjust pulled up limping in the 200 metres, we will get you more details when they come in. and laura muir is into the final of the 1500 metres, as she aims for her first major medal.
fifth was enough. for mcintyre, she emulates dad mike, who won gold in seoul in 1988. if britain rules the waves, cuba are king of the ring, which meant bad news for ben whittaker. he was guaranteed a boxing medal but had a punch s chance against arlen lopez, already an olympic champion from 2016. in the end, the hardest of hits were delivered by the cuban, leaving a gutted whittaker with silver. well, earlier, frazer clarke added another medal in the boxing with bronze in the super heavyweight. he lost his semifinal match after the referee stopped the fight because a deep cut above frazers eye opened up again by his opponant, but the loss does mean clarke walks away with a bronze medal. afterwards he said, it was not the fairy tale i wanted but i m proud of myself . after winning silver in the mens team sprint, jason kenny and jack carlin are through to the quarterfinals of the individual sprint.