Triathlon, with team gb s georgia taylor brown winning the silver medal. we ll bring you all the latest from the fourth day of the games, with britain now in fifth place on the medals table. also on the programme. damning criticism of a london council for allowing the decades long abuse of more than 700 children in 5 children s homes. electronic tagging of burglars after release from prison part of a government plan to cut crime in england and wales. and a rare sight on northern shores we hear from the family who met a red octopus on the beach. and coming up on the bbc news channel. more from the olympics, where bianca walkden misses out on a taekwondo final after being beaten in the last second. she ll now go for bronze.
In the men s 10 metre synchronised diving. it was third time lucky for 27 year old tom, after bronze at the last two olympics. there was another gold medal in the men s mountain bike cross country event. tom pidcock with the victory, just two months after breaking his collarbone. earlier, the swimmer adam peaty won team gb s first gold medal in tokyo, with victory in the 100 metres breast stroke. the 26 year old finished in just under 57.4 seconds, the fifth fastest time in the event s history. he s become the first british swimmer to retain an olympic title. overnight, team gb also secured another silver medal, thanks to alex yee in the men s triathlon. and in the last few minutes, lauren williams was just pipped for the gold in her taekwondo final. but britain isn t the only country celebrating a good day at the games. momiji nishiya made history at the age ofjust 13, as she became the first women s olympic street skateboarding champion. let s get a round up of all the action from an
Bloody stressful enough with less than a year! it is unbelievable, really. in the last hour, team gb have added another silver to their tally. 22 year old lauren williams winning it in the under 67 kilo catergory of the women s taekwondo. she was beaten in the final, though, by croatia s matea jelic. another dramatic taekwondo final at these tokyo games. williams was leading going into the last few moments of the final round, but had the gold snatched from her in the last few moments. the first medal of day three came in the men s triathlon with great britain s alex yee taking the silver in sweltering conditions, as norway s kristian blummenfelt claimed gold. yee had led for much of the 10k run, in his debut games, before blummenfelt pushed through to breakaway and take the gold. britain s jonny brownlee came fifth. that does are, really, that it is me who is doing this. i m just a normal
Is even more exciting. and the third gold medal came from an unexpected source. but what a stunning win it was team gb s tom pidcock in the men s cross country mountain biking. in hot and humid conditions, the 21 year old from leeds domminated, leading the race from halfway onwards. the ineos grenadiers riderfinished a clear 20 seconds ahead the rest of the field. and the win today came just two months after pidcock broke his collarbone in a collision with a car while out training. team gb have added another silver to their total 22 year old lauren williams winning it in the under 67 kilo catergory of the women s taekwondo. she was beaten in the final though by croatia s matea jelic another dramatic taekwondo final at these tokyo games. williams was leading going into the last few moments of the final round. but had the gold snatched from her in the final few seconds. the first medal of day three came in the men s triathlon with great britain s alex yee taking the silver in swelterin
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