a little bit. i couldn t believe that no one came past. i felt like are standing still. ijust kept telling myself, it s a medal, it s a medal, i did not want to cross the line. couldn t believe it, it s bizarre, amazing. his wife laura kenny will be the team gb flag bearer at the closing ceremony. disappointment for her on the track she was brought down at the end of the omnium and could not find her way back up the field, eventually finishing sixth. but she is great britain s most successful female athletes. she won the madison on friday with katie archibald. i think i was done after friday with katie archibald. i think i was done after the friday with katie archibald. i think i was done after the madison. - friday with katie archibald. i think i was done after the madison. you ust i was done after the madison. you just hit i was done after the madison. you just hit such a high. we put so much work just hit such a high. we put so much work into just hit such a high. we put so
medal, even if nothing else it s still a medal. and then when i cross the line i realised it was a bloody gold medal! just amazing. his wife laura kenny was the team gb flag bearer at the closing ceremony but there was disappointment for her on the track. she was brought down in a pile up towards the end of the first discipline in the omnium the points race and couldn t fight her way back up the field, eventually finishing 6th. but she s great britain s most successful female athlete, after winning the madison with katie archibald on friday. and britain s last medal of the games came in the boxing ring, and it was gold for lauren price, who beat china s lee chee un to take the middleweight crown. price s story is a remarkable one from being a kickboxing world champion and international footballer, she is now an olympic champion. craig templeton reports.
we can speak now to mark foster, who has competed in 5 olympic games and in 2008 was the team gb flag bearer at the opening ceremony in beijing. he is also forming part of the bbc s punditary team. how are you commentating? it is auoin to how are you commentating? it is going to start how are you commentating? it 3 going to start tomorrow, the swimming, but i am staying in a hotel away from the bbc centre in salford. the final is in tokyo in the morning because america wants swimming in the morning because it is prime time. i will be on from 2:30am until 4:30am every morning. you are watching it on television and commentating? that you are watching it on television and commentating? you are watching it on television and commentating? that is how i will be doinu and commentating? that is how i will be doin: it. and commentating? that is how i will be doing it- they and commentating? that is how i will be doing it. they have and commentating? that is how i will
to be selected as a rower and be the flag bearers in a very 0lympic based sport, is a sport of pride, it sport, it is a sport of pride, it does not create superstars, so to be front of house for the team, to be the face alongside hannah, i think is such a phenomenal role. ijust hope we will show the countries back home that a normal kid from normal comprehensive secondary school, 18 years later, can be the person that is leaving out the team at an olympic games. is a leading out. is a leading out. andy murray was the team gb flag bearer in rio five years ago, when he went on to win the gold medal. he s been talking today about the covid situation in tokyo, after shooter amber hill was forced to pull out following a positive test. 12 new cases have been identified at the games, including two unnamed athletes in the olympic village.
team. andy murray was the team gb flag bearer in rio five years ago, when he went on to win the gold medal. he s been talking today about the covid situation in tokyo, after shooter amber hill was forced to pull out following a positive test. 12 new cases have been identified at the games, including two unnamed athletes in the olympic village. it takes the total number of olympic related cases to 87. murray says he and the rest of the team are wary of the dangers. if you ve been preparing for something for five years and something for five years and something like that was to happen to you, it would be brutal. i think there is a little bit more anxiousness, which is understandable. but from what i have seen everyone is sort of taking the protocols and measures in place here seriously. hopefully there will not be too many more issues. the men s football tournament is now underway, and mexico have thrashed france 4 1. the pick of the goals came from sebastian cordova early in the second