Good afternoon. The Cyclist Laura Kenny has become britains most decorated female olympic athlete, after she and Team Mate Katie archibald won the Womens Madison Event in the velodrome. The pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. It means kenny has won gold in three consecutive Olympic Games, and archibald in two. Elsewhere after their gold in rio, britains Hockey Women have taken bronze in tokyo, with a narrow victory over india. And Team Gb s 18th Gold Medal of the games came from Kate French in the womens moden pentathlon. And in the last few minutes, Team Gb s Laura Muir has won silver in the 1500m final. Sport and for a full Round Up, from the bbc sport centre. Two more golds on Day 1a of tokyo 2020 have taken Team Gb up to fourth in the overall medals table. The first of the two was a historic one for Laura Kenny. She has become the most decorated female olympian in british history. She and Katie Archibald were crowned the inaugral Womens Madison champions
One of the worlds greatest footballers, lionel messi, is leaving barcelona after more than 20 years. The International Olympic Committee says its ordered two belarusian coaches to leave the Athletes Village to protect the rest of their team. Greece has been plunged into an unprecedented environmental crisis, according to the countrys Prime Minister. Days of heatwaves have turned the country into a Powder Keg and he predicts the worst is yet to come with strong westerly winds expected to fan the flames. As Mark Lobel reports, villagers are coming under pressure to abandon their homes, as villages like these burn, the greek Prime Minister is urging extreme caution. Houses can be rebuilt, he says, trees can regrow, however human life cannot be replaced. But abandoning your home is never easy in your 70s. Translation leave and go where, and let my house burn . If we had left, this place would have burned. We told the women and elderly and kids to go, and whoever was able stay to help, howe
Still showers to come into monday. We need a glowing, glimmer of good news to cling on to. Here it is, quite. Slightly quieter and drier by tuesday. Thank you, louise lear. And a reminder of our top story. Another successful day at the olympics for Team Gb. History for cyclist Laura Kenny, becoming britains most successful female olympian ever after winning gold in tokyo. Thats it, so goodbye from me. Now on bbc one, letsjoin our News Teams where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello, im olly foster, heres whats coming up on sportsday this evening Out Of The Madness of the madison, another magical gold for Laura Kenny alongside Katie Archibald. They all mean so much to me. I got to be honest, i probably did enjoy that one the most theres also gold for Great Britain in the Modern Pentathlon as Kate French saves the best for last. Still no Athletics Gold for Team Gb but pure muir relief, silver for the scot in the 1500 metres. Also coming up in the programme. A twist to the Harry Kane
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