but he was not the only history maker, as the women s 100 metres champion elaine thompson herah took the 200 metres. commentator: she is | beginning to come away! she is going to make it a double. it is the second games in a row she has won both sprints. the jamaican becoming the first woman to clinch the so called double double. the first woman to clinch and there was more success for britain. in the boxing, pat mccormack had to settle for silver after losing his welterweight final. while in the diving there was a bronze forjack laugher. laugher later revealed he had considered retiring earlier this year because of mental health issues. this, he said, was redemption. andy swiss, bbc news. let s take a look at the medal table after 11 days of competiton. after all those medals today, in the sailing, cycling, boxing, diving and on the track, team gb are currently in sixth place with a total of 43 medals. in scotland, the first minister nicola sturgeon has announced that most covid restr
and there was a silver to add to the tally on the water with anna burnet and john gimson getting second place in the mixed nacra 17 class. in the boxing, there was a silverfor great britain s pat mccormack after he lost to cuba s ron ee l iglesias in the welterweight final. mccormack had been ranked as the top seed, but lost on unanamous points after an impressive performance from iglesias, who s now won three olympic medals. mccormack s silver means team gb has secured a record six medals in the boxing events at tokyo. more action from the aquatics centre now. jack laugher said today s bronze meant more to him, than the gold he won in rio, after battling mental health issues earlier this year. he even said he wanted to quit diving altogether at the time. but today he finished 3rd on springboard and dedicated his medal to everyone he says kept him in one piece. nick hope reports. the last few months of been the
later in the week. in the boxing, there was a silver for great britain s pat mccormack after he lost to cuba s iglesias in the welterweight final. mccormack had been ranked as the top seed, but lost on unanamous points after an impressive performance from iglesias, who s now won three 0lympic medals. mccormack s silver means team gb has secured a record six medals in the boxing events at tokyo. and away from the olympics tottenham striker harry kane has again failed to report to the club s training ground as a stand off over his future continues. kane didn t appear at the scheduled time yesterday for a coronavirus test, after a three week break following euro 2020. he is expected back at training by the end of the week. talks are expected between both parties, but it s understood kane believes he has a gentleman s agreement with chairman daniel levy to leave the club. manchester city remain keen
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forjason means he draws level with bradley wiggins on eight medals as britian s most decorated 0lympian. 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 0lympic record. laura kenny was denied a fifth olympic gold her team pursuit team were forced into silver by germany who broke the world record. team gb were aiming forthe gold, but katie archibald, kenny, neah evans and josie knight were shocked by a germany team who took almost two seconds off their previous world record time in an emphatic victory. so silverfor team gb, but kenny has the chance of gold in the omnium or madison later in the week. in the boxing, there was a silver for great britain s pat mccormack after he lost to cuba s roniel iglesias in the welterweight final. mccormack had been ranked as the top seed, but lost on unanamous