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Team GB’s Hannah Mills has become the most successful female Olympic sailor in history after claiming gold with Eilidh McIntyre in Tokyo, while 13-year-old Sky Brown has become the country’s youngest medallist in the women’s skateboarding.
Mills took gold with McIntyre in the women’s 470 class and Brown claimed the bronze medal in the women’s skateboard park event at the Ariake Urban Arena.
Also, Ben Whittaker won Olympic silver after losing to Cuban Arlen Lopez in the men’s light-heavyweight boxing gold, while Frazer Clarke took bronze in the men’s super-heavyweight division after losing his semi-final against Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov.
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Telegraph Sport s live coverage of day 12 at the Tokyo Olympics, where the women s marathon swim is currently underway.
A blazing sun. Drenching humidity. Choppy waters. Gusting winds. Two dozen bodies diving in together for two hours of swimming mixed with a stray elbow here, an occasional kick there.
Marathon swimming is as much a test of mental endurance as it is physical conditioning over a 10-kilometre course. The outcome is often decided by weather and water conditions, as well as strategy and a furious sprint to the finish.
Varying conditions appeal to marathon swimmers because of the challenges they present. But the potential for dangerous air and water temperatures had some swimmers, coaches and federations urging Olympic organizers to move the races from Tokyo Bay to a cooler location.
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Tokyo Olympics: Team GB s Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win sailing gold medal in women s 470 class
Mills, 33, becomes Britain s most successful female
Olympic sailor ever - adding this gold medal to her gold in Rio and her silver in London.
Cardiff-born Mills and 27-year-old McIntyre - who made her debut at the
Tokyo Games - jumped into the water to celebrate their Olympic title.
However, the pair faced a nervous wait for their gold medal to be confirmed after France lodged a protest against Great Britain on completion of the race.