let s speak to jane dougall, who s in the bbc sports centre. great to see you. a lot is happening and good news in the sailing for team gb. it and good news in the sailing for team gb. ., , , , and good news in the sailing for teamgb. , ,, team gb. it has been griping because great britain team gb. it has been griping because great britain went team gb. it has been griping because great britain went into team gb. it has been griping because great britain went into today - team gb. it has been griping because great britain went into today in - team gb. it has been griping because great britain went into today in the i great britain went into today in the silver medal position for the men s 49er sailing race to stop they were behind new zealand and the way the points worked, they had to make sure the kiwis finished in third if britain were to have any chance of gold. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell stayed calm, didn t like the pressure get to them and fortunately it was the germa
got some breaking news from the olympics for you and it s particularly good news for team gb and their sailing team. they have taken gold in the mens 49er class the first time they have won the gold in history. dylan fletcher and stuart bithall were the victorius pair. they pipped the german pair to the gold by the tiniest of margins new zealand have taken the bronze. well let s take a look at the olympic sporting action now a little earlier i was joined by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. i haven t completely caught my breath from the action that we have seen in the last hour. a remarkable performance on the track in one of the finals, the 400 metres hurdles finalfor men. it had been hotly anticipated because we had norway s karsten warholm going in this. he was the world record holder after last year breaking a world record that had stood for 29 years,
there are so many things that have been great fun. it s all in the race for donations for the motor neurone disease association. the charity which supported stuart s brother spencer, who passed away from the illness. he was 49, he had two boys who were four and seven who he loved unconditionally, as all dads do. he wanted his legacy to be that we would keep raising money and awareness, and we will do that. 60 events down. still more than 30 to go. tomorrow, they ll also take on the 100 metres. aiming for a time under 20 seconds. congratulations. thank you. so, no world records being broken, but they ve already won the silver and gold for effort. andrew plant, bbc news. this me, what a fantastic geo and
two of them came in the track cycling. golden couple jason and laura kenny both added to their already impressive tallies. a silver in the team sprint forjason means he draws level with bradley wiggins on eight medals, as britain s most decorated olympian. going into the final against the netherlands, team gb had far too much work to do in the final lap. kenny, along with ryan owens and jack carlin, battled but had to settle for silver beaten comprehensively by the dutch team who set a new olympic record. and laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic title her team were beaten by germany, who broke the world record on their way to gold, in the women s team pursuit. kenny does have the chance of two more golds though in the omnium and the madison later in the week. the day got off to the perfect start with two golds in the space of an hour on the water in the sailing. the brits having a great regatta so far and dylan fletcher and stuart bithall made it even better, finishing in first i
medals, as britain s most decorated olympian. going into the final against the netherlands, team gb had far too much work to do in the final lap. kenny, along with ryan owens and jack carlin, battled but had to settle for silver beaten comprehensively by the dutch team who set a new olympic record. and laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic title her team were beaten by germany, who broke the world record on their way to gold, in the women s team pursuit. kenny does have the chance of two more golds though in the omnium and the madison later in the week. the day got off to the perfect start with two golds in the space of an hour on the water in the sailing. the brits having a great regatta so far and dylan fletcher and stuart bithall made it even better, finishing in first in the men s 49er. and it was a nail biting race to the finish line with germany. but in the end gb coming out on top for a first gold in the classification. and shortly after that, giles scott defended his title