Look at that, look at the way. Where are the scores . Just yes, es and jubIlatIon for DIver Tom Daley wIth hIs new Partner Matty Lee four olympIc games and hes fInally won gold. All day today, Its lIke everythIng Is fallIng Into place. We found that sense of flow. We dIdnt really say anythIng to each other. We just knew what we had to do to get the job done. And more brItIsh success a gold for Tom PIdcock In the Mens MountaIn BIke Cross Country and sIlver for Alex Yee In the Mens TrIathlon a bIt bIzarre, really. That Its me thats doIng ThIs. Im just a normal guy from south east london. So Its just crazy. Dreams really do come true. Well brIng you all the latest from tokyo as Team Gb shoots Up To fourth place In the medals table. Also on the programme. WIll more key workers In england be gIven the rIght to test daIly for covId Instead of self IsolatIng . MInIsters are meetIng to decIde. Flash floods and wIldfIres In a year of extreme weather globally, scIentIsts meet to assess the full
And the golds kept coming, with tom daley in his fourth consecutive olympic games coming top in the men s synchronised 10 metre diving with his partner matty lee. alongside them, tom pidcock won gold in the men s mountain bike cross country event and there was success in the men s triathlon, with alex yee securing a silver medal. our correspondent in tokyo natalie pirks has been watching all the action, and shejoins us now: well, and shejoins us now: we all well, and she joins us now: we all enjoyed super saturda well, we all enjoyed super saturday in london, didn t we? but today has been magic monday. first we had a swimming gold medal, and then diving right behind me. and thenjust moments later, britain s first ever olympic gold in the men s mountain bike, about to make your hours south west of you. first, let s hear all about adam peaty s exploits, as he became the first british man to retain an olympic swimming title, as dan roan reports.
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A roar of relief. minutes later, the 26 year old telling me just how much it meant. the amount of blood, sweat and tears that have gone into this. my preparation, the investment, time, energy, love, because we ve been through a tough time. covid or not, vaccine or not, doesn t matter. everyone s been through a tough time. the world s changed, and hopefully this race and this sport and hopefully the gold medals that are about to follow with team gb, we can give everyone hope back home. adam peaty is the olympic champion. this the first time ever a british swimmer has retained an olympic title. music: god save the queen. victory has rarely felt so inevitable. so great britain s banker at these games delivers again. in truth, it has become hard to imagine adam peaty not winning this, team gb s first gold medal
Alex yee had won silver in the men s triathlon, and then all eyes turn to the side of the aquatics centre,, the side of the aquatics centre,, the men s ten metre diving platform in the synchronised diving. tom daley s journey has taken him from a 14 year old in beijing, to the self confessed grandad of the team. he was guiding his new diving partner, matty lee, on his olympic debut. and it turns out rather successfully. and then we watched him wonder, as tom pidcock cemented his status as the one to watch in men s mountain bike. tom daley, olympic champion. the words he has waited a lifetime for. as he wiped away the tears ofjoy, it seemed even he could scarcely believe it. some 13 years after his debut, this games seemed his last realistic chance of a gold medal, in partnership with olympic debutant matty lee. partnership with olympic debutant