Housing estate. Welcome to tokyo bay in the south of the japanese capital. The olympics are all about stories of dedication, commitment and occasionally a big surprise. There have been two surprises in the pool in the last hour or so. Just a few minutes ago, australia smashed the world record to win the women s axioom relay. That coming about an hour after tunisia s ahmed hafnaoui pulled off one of the biggest surprises of this or any olympics. The 18 year old took gold in the men s aoom freestyle final it s only the fifth gold medal for the country in its olympic history. Four of them have come in the swimming pool. Earlier, the united states picked up their first medals of these games. Chase kalisz finishing well ahead of jay litherland in the men s aoom individual medley. And japan has its first gold in the pool of these games yui ohashi winning the final of the women s aoom individual medley. Coming up later, the women s road race starts with current champion anna van der bregg
Of a new housing estate. Hello. Iam here i am here at tokyo bay in the japanese capital. The olympics are all about stories of dedication, commitment and occasionally a big surprise. Well, there have been two surprises in the pool in the last couple of hours. Australia smashed the world record to win the women s 4 x 100m relay. That coming about an hour after tunisia s ahmed hafnaoui pulled off one of the biggest surprises of this or any olympics. The 18 year old took gold in the men s aoom freestyle final it s only the 5th gold medal for the country in its olympic history four of them have come in the swimming pool earlier, the united states picked up their first medals of these games. Chase kalisz finishing well ahead of jay litherland in the men s aoom individual medley. And japan has its first gold in the pool of these games yui ohashi winning the final of the women s aoom individual medley. The women s road race has started, with current champion anna van der breggen represe
Across the country which will mean it stays on the chilly side to close out the month of april. Early morning rain clears the kent coast, lots of sunshine on thursday, if you sharpen thundery showers again, some of them turning wintry on the higher ground and between eight and 13 degrees, but the clear skies by day could lead into clear skies over night and we close out the month of april once again with the potential of a frosty sky. That s all from the bbc news at six. So it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak, coming up on tonight s programme. Hoping to reach their second final of the season can chelsea get past real madrid in the last four of the champions league. Wimbledon lays out its plans for the summer with hopes at least ten thousand fans will be allowed each day. And we hear from australian cricketer andrew tye about why he returned home from the indian premier league and ho
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