Well, here at saint pancras station, perhaps the first chance for members of the Great Britain Olympic Team to get a sense of the impact that theyve made on audiences and the General Public here in britain. Of course, the paris games, as close as were going to get to a home olympics, just a trainjourney away. And thatjourney for some of the medallists, a chance perhaps, to really begin in earnest a sense of reflection. My coach said it quite nicely, theyve got a whole lifetime for it to sink in. And i guess that takes in a little bit, like im going to be an olympic champion for the rest of my life, and this whole game has been an amazing experience. And to yeah, to say it again, like to be part of this team. Im so, so proud. And for the third time as well, itsjust phenomenal. Even before i left, my family were already organising a party on the 24th for me just to get. And i was like, its only going to be my family. But now i think the whole community is going to turn up. Um, but yeah,
Well, here at saint pancras station, perhaps the first chance for members of the Great Britain Olympic Team to get a sense of the impact that theyve made on audiences and the General Public here in britain. Of course, the paris games, as close as were going to get to a home olympics, just a Train Journey away. And that journey for some of the medallists, a chance perhaps, to really begin in earnest a sense of reflection. My coach said it quite nicely, theyve got a whole lifetime for it to sink in. And i guess that takes in a little bit, like im going to be an olympic champion for the rest of my life, and this whole game has been an amazing experience. And to yeah, to say it again, like to be part of this team. Im so, so proud. And for the third time as well, itsjust phenomenal. Even before i left, my family were already organising a party on the 24th for me just to get. And i was like, its only going to be my family. But now i think the whole community is going to turn up. Um, but yeah
She transItioned in 2019 and has been picked to represent Italy in the 200 and 400 metres sprints for visually impaired athletes. At the moment individual governing bodies set their own policies regarding eligibilIty in womens sport, the head of the international paralympic commIttee, andrew parsons, told our correspondent laura scott, that a more unified approach is needed sport in general, international federations and we need them to look for a different future and i am comfortable for the moment because It is respecting the rules of the moment and the rules are there and we need to respect them. But i do think for The Future, we need to focus on that of the world, they deserve an answer which cannot be, this week you can compete, maybe in The Future cannot compete, we need to come up wIth a better, Solid Answerfor to come up wIth a better, solid answer for that issue. And the tour de France Femmes has got underway today Its starting in netherlands and there was a dutch Winner Charl
for dragging in the milder air. as the wind direction changes to a southerly or a south westerly, the milder air pushes steadily north through the weekend but it means on saturday a cloudy, grey and damp start. outbreaks of rain moving steadily eastwards. sheltered areas clinging the best of any brightness, so temperatures here not quite as promising, but double figures to the west. the west. the real mild air arrives for all for the second half of the weekend, but again cloudy and damp at times. i prefer the cold and crisp. damp at times. i prefer the cold and cris. ., , ., ~ ,, 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 jane dougall. despondent down under. england flop again, as a travis ton helps australia rack up the runs in brisbane. covid checks at your club. fans will have to prove they ve been double jabbed, or test negative, following new government gu
and advantage lewis hamilton as he sits on pole position for tomorrow s saudi arabia grand prix. we ll have more on that story and all the day s other sports news. the uk s health secretary sajid javid has announced a further tightening of travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant of covid. anyone arriving into the uk will require proof of a negative test taken before departure. it means britain isjoining a long list of countries who are tightening restirctions, including the us which announced a similiar policy last week. from monday, all travellers, even if you re vaccinated, will need to take a pre departure test. there are 27 cases already in england and that is growing, and nigeria is now second only to south africa in terms of linked cases to omicron. today, the government has decided to add nigeria to the travel red list and that will be effective from 4am on monday, meaning that only uk citizens and residents of the uk can enter the uk from nigeria from t