A tough act to follow. And while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south americas first ever olympic and Paralympic Games. Thered be plenty of time for selfies after the success, and team gb had big ambitions hoping for their best ever foreign olympics. Paralympics gb hoping to better their medal haulfrom london 2012. More on their Success Stories later, but first to athletics. And Super Saturday, part two the stadium erupts three gold medals for gb what a night sydney 2000 heptathlon champion denise lewis was there in rio as mo farah, Jessica Ennis hill and Greg Rutherford bid to defend their respective olympic titles. We were all looking forward of Super Saturday from london 2012. We had mo farah going in the 10,000 metres. Not without its drama. Falls. Fallen, clip there. Bumps, barges. But mo still came through. The atmosphere in the stadium was el
A tough act to follow. And while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south americas first ever olympic and Paralympic Games. Thered be plenty of time for selfies after the success, and team gb had big ambitions hoping for their best ever foreign olympics. Paralympics gb hoping to better their medal haulfrom london 2012. More on their Success Stories later, but first to athletics. And Super Saturday, part two the stadium erupts three gold medals for gb what a night sydney 2000 heptathlon champion denise lewis was there in rio as mo farah, Jessica Ennis hill and Greg Rutherford bid to defend their respective olympic titles. We were all looking forward of Super Saturday from london 2012. We had mo farah going in the 10,000 metres. Not without its drama. Falls. Fallen, clip there. Bumps, barges. But mo still came through. The atmosphere in the stadium was el
cheering then, confirmation came that she had finished third, and added to her first bronze of the games in the team dressage event. dujardin now has six olympic medals, having won double gold at london 2012, and gold and team silver in rio on the now retired valegro. well, dujardin wasn t the only success for team gb today. medals have been won elsewhere most notably in the pool as the men s 4 x 200 metre relay team stole the headlines. andy swiss reports. another day of triumph and tears ofjoy. for britain s swimmers, itjust doesn t get better than this. they began with high hopes in the men s freestyle relay, with individual gold medallist tom dean leading them off. and gradually, they ground down their opponents. firstjames guy, than a brilliant swim from matthew richards took them into the lead nearly a second and a half clear, as duncan scott dived in for the final leg.
for thejudges, and the horse who was picked to respond best to the heat of tokyo came to the boil at the perfect time. and their work in tokyo is done. when the final rider made too many mistakes, the british team could celebrate bronze. aficionados of dressage know dujardin well. she s the most successful british rider in history. but every time the olympics rolls around, the rest of britain is reminded just how good the self titled girl on the dancing horse is. in london 2012, she and valegro stunned the world of dressage with a patriotic routine. she s going for gold! wow. she came away with two golds. and in rio, the perfect pair rode once again to victory. but after 2016, valegro retired and she had to say goodbye. enter gio. the ten year old helped her to a fifth olympic medal
then confirmation came that she had finished third and added to her first bronze of the games in the team dressage event. dujardin now has six olympic medals, having won double gold at london 2012 and gold and team silver in rio on the now retired valegro. there on the now retired valegro. are so many incredible on the now retired valegro. sportspeople come 0l women incredible sportspeople come out women that have achieved so much, and now that i have done that and i have topped it all, last night i think i was, or today, i was level with katherine grainger, now i have beaten her, it is a little bit surreal, so you only dream of these things happening and it is actually happening, so i can t believe it. there was more gold medal success for great britain s men in the olympic pool, this time in the final of the 4x200 metre freestyle relay. tom dean is now a double olympic champion, a day after he won his first gold. he, along with duncan scott, james guy and matthew richards came