From france to the uk will no longer have to isolate. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The tokyo olympics have ended, with a Closing Ceremony in the national stadium of empty fans. Moments after the flame was extinguished in the Olympic Stadium a volley of multi coloured fireworks lit up the Night Sky around the Olympic Stadium where athletes were already heading for the exits. The president of the international olympic committee, thomas bach, thanked the people of japan and described the sixteen Day Event as unprecedented because of the pandemic. The olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of paris where the games will be held in three years time. Team gb have matched their Medal Total from london 2012 with 22 golds, and 65 medals in total. Jason kenny won a Gold Medal in the Mens Kieren Cycling event in the veladrome. That makes him britains most successful male athlete with a total of seven olympic Gold Medals under his belt and a total of nine ol
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Day two of the olympics saw some high drama, most notably in the Swimming Pool but also in cycling and tennis. Theere was an unexpected Gold Medal Fortunisia in swimming and the first medals for team gb, with a silver in taekwondo and a bronze injudo. The Womens Road Race resulted in a huge Shock And Ash Barty Couldnt Replicate her wimbledon success. Lucy hockings is in tokyo for us. Day two here in tokyo has produced some extraordinary performances and some real upsets as well. The day started with a big upset in the Womens Road Cycling race the austrian Mathematician Anna Kiesenhofer took gold, she has not had a professional contract since 2017, she raced ahead of the peloton with more than a0 kilometres still remaining, it was an amazing race, and in fact she has a phd in maths from cambridge so very clearly made the right calculations in todays race, a great victory for austria and for anna kiesenhofer. And then we
Coming up in sport, more than one of the bigger shocks of the olympics so far as austrias Ana Kiesenhofer upsets the odds to win the womens cycling Road Race. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Its day two of the olympics, and the Sporting Action has brought us just the sort of Unpredictability And Excitement only these games can bring. An unexpected Gold Medalfor Tunisia in the pool and the first medals for Team Gb with a silver in taekwondo for Bradly Sinden and a Judo Bronze for chelsie giles. The womens Road Race resulted in a huge shock earlier in the day. Lucy hockings is in tokyo for us. Day two has produced some extraordinary performances and some real upsets as well. The day started with a big upset in the Womens Road Cycling race the austrian Mathematician Anna Kiesenhofer took gold, she has not had a professional contract since 2017, she raced ahead with more than a0 kilometres remaining, it was an amazing race, and in fact she has a phd in ma