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Comments from Team GB athletes following today's afternoon and evening events at Tokyo 2020.
Athletics
Daryll Neita
Age: 24 Hometown: London: Camberwell
Result: Eighth in 11.12 in the women's 100m final
On her performance
"That wasn’t good. I’m so disappointed. I’m not happy with that not happy with that at all. That’s
Karriss Artingstall collected Team GB’s first confirmed boxing medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with bronze in the women’s featherweight division.
The 26-year-old lost to Japan’s Sena Irie in a tight
EVENT: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition
VENUE: Enoshima, Japan
HEADLINES:
• Emma Wilson wins BRONZE for Team GB in the women’s RS:X
• Becomes only second ever female British Olympic windsurfing medallist after Bryony
Emma Wilson claimed Team GB's first sailing medal of Tokyo 2020 with a brilliant windsurfing bronze at Enoshima Bay.
Wilson's mother Penny Way competed in two Olympics, finishing sixth and seventh at the 1992 and 1996 Games in Barcelona and Atlanta.
Those achievements led to her local council
Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin combined to produce one of the great moments in British Swimming history by breaking the world record to secure the inaugural Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Olympic gold for Team GB.
The British quartet headed fastest into a final
Team GB ensured their place in the history books as they won the inaugural mixed 4x100m medley relay at an Olympic Games with a mesmerising world record swim at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin delivered a dominant display to smash the world record by
Alex Yee led home a brilliant performance from Team GB to claim the first Olympic gold medal ever contested in mixed relay triathlon.
The Olympic silver medallist in the men’s triathlon was put into the perfect position by teammates Jess Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee and
£4 million new scheme to give opportunity for all to study Latin
From:
Department for Education and The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP
More students across the country will have the opportunity to learn Latin through a new £4 million programme, announced by the Education Secretary today (Saturday 31 July).
The Latin Excellence Programme will aim to
Comments from Team GB's athletes following day seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Athletics
Comments from Team GB’s athletes following the first day of athletics at the Games that took place at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday
Dina Asher-Smith
Age: 25 Hometown: London: Orpington
EVENT: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition
VENUE: Enoshima, Japan
HEADLINES:
• Marked change from big breeze of last two days: 6-8 knots S. Cloudy but hot – 34 degrees
• RS:X medal races scheduled for 6.33am BST (women’s) and 7.33am BST (men’s) on Saturday
• Emma Wilson assured a medal, but will enter three-way fight to decide the colour. Tom Squires looking to climb on to the podium.
• Dylan Fletcher and Stu Bithell still lead the 49er fleet after 2-3-16 race results, but it’s hotting up at the top. Top four separated by just five points going into final day of fleet racing tomorrow.
• Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey challenged
Bryony Page claimed her second Olympic medal with a brilliant trampolining bronze in Tokyo.
The 30-year old became the first Brit to win an Olympic medal in the discipline five years ago when she won silver in Rio.
In the years since she has had to overcome a
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Team GB's men’s eight finished off the regatta on a high as they claimed bronze in the final rowing race of Tokyo 2020.
Britain’s rowers were left with several near-misses on the water with six fourth-placed finishes in total, including Vicky Thornley in the women’s single sculls earlier in the day.
However, the men’s eight, led by Mohamed
Duncan Scott obliterated his own British record in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley to claim a brilliant silver and become the joint-most decorated Team GB swimmer of all time at Olympic Games, while Luke Greenbank sealed a superb Men's 200m Backstroke bronze.
University of Stirling man Scott already had a
Duncan Scott shattered his personal best to win his third medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with silver in the men’s 200m Individual Medley.
Scott finished in 1:55.28 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, beating the 1:55.90 he previously swam to improve upon his own British record and complete a medal hat-trick.
Gold went to Shun Wang of China, just 0.28
Luke Greenbank became the first British athlete to win a men’s 200m backstroke Olympic medal as his bronze took Team GB’s tally to 20 at Tokyo 2020.
Greenbank stopped the clock in 1:54.72 to take the third and final spot on the podium, just 1.45 seconds behind Russian Olympic Federation’s Evgeny Rylov, who won in an Olympic record.
That took Team GB’s haul in the swimming pool
The active travel boom seen throughout the pandemic will continue to thrive thanks to a £338 million package to boost cycling and walking across the country, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced today (30 July 2021).
Infrastructure upgrades, changes to The
The Chancellor today praised the “inspiring” people and businesses of Scotland during a visit to meet those supported by the UK Government’s £352 billion Plan for Jobs.
From:
HM Treasury
Rishi Sunak travelled to Fife, Edinburgh and
Explanation of vote by Alice Jacobs, UK Deputy Political Coordinator at the UN, following the Security Council adoption on CAR sanctions renewal
From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Thank you, Mr President. I would like to start by thanking France, as penholder, for their sterling efforts to achieve this outcome.
The United Kingdom supports this resolution,
Britain’s Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay team put down a statement swim to break their own European record and qualify fastest for the inaugural Olympic final.
Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and
EVENT: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition
VENUE: Enoshima, Japan
HEADLINES:
• Weather: Another day of sun, sea and wind. 11-17kts
• A guaranteed Olympic medal and top three in six other classes on day 5
• Emma Wilson – the youngest sailor in the team – is guaranteed a medal in the RS:X following a strong day of racing. She has an insurmountable lead over fourth going into Saturday's double-points medal race
• Tom Squires also makes the medal race in the
Mallory Franklin delivered a nerveless run to canoe slalom silver in Tokyo in the very first Women's C1 event to be contested at the Olympic Games.
The 27-year-old opened up an early 0.90s lead on the field and despite dropping into trouble and touching the 15th gate, posted 108.68 which was more than enough for a medal.
Franklin, fastest in the heats, finished 3.64s
Comments from Team GB athletes after today's morning events at Tokyo 2020
Boxing
Comments from Team GB boxer Frazer Clarke following his 4-1 (points) victory over Ukraine’s Tsotne Rogava in the Men’s Super Heavyweight (+91kg) Round of 16. Clarke is making his Olympic debut for Team GB in Tokyo.
Frazer Clarke
Age: 29 Hometown: Staffordshire: Burton
On the seven-day wait to compete
“It’s a great feeling. Waiting is something I’ve become very good at so seven days wasn’t too long to be honest.
“I was itching to get in there, I even had to ease back on the training because I was so keen to let
Matt Coward-Holley won Team GB's 17th medal of Tokyo 2020 with bronze in the men's trap shooting final.
The world and European champion was forced to give up a promising schoolboy rugby career after twice breaking his back.
He travelled to Rio as a reserve but two years
Abbie Wood and Molly Renshaw set up another Olympic final with double British involvement as both qualified for Friday’s finale of the Women’s 200m Breaststroke – meaning Team GB are set for representation in each of tomorrow’s four medal races.
The David Hemmings-coached duo swam in
The Prime Minister will call on world leaders today to invest in children’s education at the Global Education Summit in London.
From:
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP
The Prime Minister will call on world leaders today [Thursday] to invest in children’s education and avoid a ‘legacy of wasted talent’ due to the pandemic, as the UK and Kenya host the Global Education Summit in London.
The Summit will raise funds for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), which is aiming
Over £860m to be invested in flood alleviation schemes this year with further action including improvements to flood insurance
From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, The Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Rebecca Pow MP, and The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP
Thousands more homes and businesses are to be better protected from flooding and coastal erosion, as part of plans published today by the Government outlining a record £5.2 billion of investment over the next six years. More than £860 million will be spent in 2021-22 boosting design and construction of more than 1,000 schemes across England as part of the Environment Agency’s annual capital programme.
It is all part of the Flood and Coastal Erosion
Nearly three quarters of eligible mainstream secondary schools across England to host a summer school
From:
Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP
Football
An overwhelming majority of eligible secondary schools in England have signed up to host a summer school over the holidays, offering a
Hopkin was the first Brit in action at the Tokyo
Charlotte Dujardin became the first British woman to win six Olympic medals with a stunning individual dressage bronze in Tokyo.
Riding young horse Gio, the three-time Olympic champion produced a brilliant ride to snatch third place on the podium in the Grand Prix
Comments from a selection of Team GB athletes in action on Day 5 of Tokyo 2020.
Rugby Sevens
Comments from Team GB rugby sevens player Ollie Lindsay-Hague following the 17-12 loss to Argentina in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Stadium. Team GB finish in fourth place in the men’s tournament. The women’s competition gets underway on Thursday.
Ollie Lindsay-Hague
Age: 30 Hometown: London: Wimbledon
On the defeat to Argentina
“The boys are absolutely gutted. You can’t explain how it feels. I’m hurting a lot and I’m just gutted we didn’t get over in the end.
“We made a few mistakes and you just can’t do it
EVENT: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition
VENUE: Enoshima, Japan
HEADLINES:
• Men’s and women’s 470 and Nacra 17 racing begins – the final classes of Tokyo 2020 to start
• Eight classes in action on first of two jam-packed days
• Hannah Mills commences Olympic title defence
• Weather: sun, plenty breeze and waves – conditions that favour the Brits. 14kts northerly building to 19kts through day
• Leading in three classes and top five in all classes that sailed on day 4
• Giles Scott promised to come out swinging in
Jack Laugher and Dan Goodfellow were unable to make more British Olympic diving history as they finished seventh after a tough outing in the Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard contest at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The City of Leeds pair were looking to defend the
Team GB claimed a third Olympic gold medal in the swimming pool at a single Games for the first time in 113 years while Charlotte Dujardin won her sixth Olympic medal on an historic day five at Tokyo 2020:
Gold rush continues in pool
British Olympic history continues to be made at
Comments from Team GB rowers on today's events at the Sea Forest Waterway
Matt Rossiter
Age: 31 Hometown: Berkshire: Newbury
Result: Finished fourth in a time of 5:45.78 in the Men's Four final, with Ollie Cook, Sholto Carnegie and Rory Gibbs. Gold was won by Australia.
On the conclusion of the race
“I don’t think it’s quite sunk in. It all happened so
Abbie Wood was so close to an Olympic medal in the Women's 200m Individual Medley
Britain’s swimmers continue to reach new heights at Tokyo 2020 as the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay team dominated their rivals to secure the Olympic title and make it three Team GB golds in the pool for the first time in more than a century.
The classy quartet of Tom Dean, James Guy,
British Olympic history continues to be made at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre as the men’s 4x200 freestyle relay team claimed a brilliant gold medal in the pool.
That means Team GB have won three swimming golds at a single Games for the first time since 1908 – also the last time a British quartet climbed the top step of the 4x200m freestyle relay podium.
After Tom Dean and Duncan’s Scott historic one-
Team GB won a men’s quadruple sculls medal for the first time in Olympic history after coming home for silver for the first rowing medal of Tokyo 2020.
Harry Leask, Angus Groom, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont held their nerve to make history on the Sea Forest Waterway, stopping the clock in 5:33.75 in one of the most dramatic races of the meet.
Gold went to the Netherlands while Australia
EVENT: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition
VENUE: Enoshima, Japan
HEADLINES:
• Marked change in weather – wet, cooler, and a blustery 14-18 knots N. A welcome arrival after a long build-up in lighter winds, but also a new challenge. Wind shut down mid-afternoon which caused delays.
• Some obvious rust in the windy conditions across the fleets and nations.
• Dream start for Charlotte Dobson and Saskia
Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng’s first Olympic appearance together ended in a seventh-placed finish in the Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform event on Tuesday morning.
The pair secured a stylish silver medal at the Diving World Cup in the same Tokyo Aquatics
Charlotte Dujardin became Britain's most decorated female Olympian of all time with her fifth medal in Tokyo.
Dujardin helped Team GB claim a team equestrian dressage medal for the third straight Olympics - adding a bronze to their gold and silver from London and Rio.
That sees the 36-year-old join rower Dame
Team GB’s artistic gymnasts won a first women's team Olympic medal since 1928 after delivering a spectacular performance to battle back for bronze in Tokyo.
Team GB were down the standings after the first two rotations but a brilliant comeback on the vault and uneven bars saw Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, Alice Kinsella and Amelie Morgan leapfrog Italy and Japan.
They finished with a combined 164.096, just
Bianca Walkden is already looking to Paris 2024 after landing her second consecutive Olympic bronze medal at Tokyo 2020.
The world champion and world number one was edged out in her 67kg semi-final in a close and cagey contest with South Korea's Lee Da-bin - who overhauled Walkden's lead with a high-scoring head kick in the very last second.
But she picked herself up to win the bronze
The Men’s 4x200m Freestyle has been a hotly anticipated affair, with competition for a place among the British team set at a high bar during the breath-taking domestic 200m Freestyle final at April’s British Swimming Selection Trials – and this morning’s historic one-two only adding fuel to talk of TeamGB’s medal potential.
Leading off the team, Matthew Richards more
Tom Dean and Duncan Scott blasted Britain to their first gold and silver medal double in more than a century of Olympic swimming as their 200m Freestyle performances ensured another remarkable morning at Tokyo 2020 for Team GB’s aquatics athletes.
Less than 24 hours after Adam Peaty opened the British gold haul for the Games, teammates Dean
Georgia Taylor-Brown conquered a flat tyre to claw back incredible Olympic silver in the women’s triathlon.
The Mancunian lost 22 seconds after a mechanical failure on the final lap, leaving her fifth.
But she bridged the gap to bronze in little more
Comments from Team GB athletes after today’s afternoon/evening events at Tokyo 2020
Artistic Gymnastics
Comments from Team GB’s artistic gymnasts after the men’s team final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.
Result: Team GB – represented by Max Whitlock, Joe Fraser, James Hall and Giarnni Regini-Moran
Comments from Team GB’s artistic gymnasts after the men’s team final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.
Result: Team GB – represented by Max Whitlock, Joe Fraser, James Hall and Giarnni Regini-Moran – finished 4th in the men’s team final, the same position as at Rio 2016, after scoring 255.760 points. They were 6.134 points behind China in bronze (261.894) while the Russian Olympic Committee took gold with 262.500 and Japan won silver.
Max Whitlock
Lauren Williams secured Team GB’s fifth medal of Day 3 with Olympic taekwondo silver in the women’s -67kg.
The 22-year-old was leading the gold medal contest by three points with 10 seconds to go but ultimately lost 25-22 to Croatia’s Matea Jelic.
She follows in the footsteps of gold medallists
A clean sweep of qualifications were secured by Freya Anderson, Abbie Wood and Alicia Wilson during Monday evening’s heats session at Tokyo 2020.
Anderson and Wood were returning to the pool after their involvement in the British record breaking 4x100m Freestyle relay quartet on Sunday morning, whilst former World University Games champion, Wilson, was making her debut appearance in the Olympic arena.
Having won European bronze in May, Anderson
EVENT: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition
VENUE: Enoshima, Japan
HEADLINES:
• Increase in wind – 14-16 knots NE – and bigger swell as result of tropical storm Nepartak in the morning but dropped to 10 knots SW later in the day
• Sailors’ nerves settled following opening day successes
• Emma Wilson (Women’s RS:X), Team GB’s
[Photo credit: British Swimming]
Tom Daley and Matty Lee bring home TeamGB’s second gold of the Games with a superlative series of dives at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Tom Daley and Matty Lee produced the combined performance of their diving lives to
Tom Pidcock soared to cross-country gold with a searing solo attack that earned Team GB its first medal in mountain biking.
The 21-year-old overtook eight-time world champion Nino Schurter and Mathias Fluckinger on the third lap and never looked like letting go of gold, prevailing by 20 seconds in a time of 1:25:14.
A heavy early fall for race favourite Mathieu van
Comments from Team GB athletes after today’s morning events at Tokyo 2020
Triathlon
Comments from Team GB triathlete Jonny Brownlee after today’s men’s individual event at the Odaiba Marine Park
Jonny Brownlee
Age: 31 Hometown: West Yorkshire: Leeds
Result: Fifth in a time of 1:45:53, 49 seconds behind gold medallist Kristian Blummenfelt of
History maker Adam Peaty wrote the latest chapter of his swimming legacy by becoming the first Brit to defend an Olympic title in the pool, powering to gold in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke final on Monday morning.
Just as he did in Rio five years ago, Peaty claimed
Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to retain their Olympic title after winning Team GB’s first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 with victory in the men’s 100m breaststroke.
The fastest man to ever compete in breaststroke was a huge hope for gold and hit the expectations of a nation, stopping the clock in 57.37 seconds to become double Olympic champion.
With eight world titles, 16 European titles, the 16
Alex Yee scorched to Tokyo silver and embraced his status as the heir to the Brownlee brothers' Olympic throne in men's triathlon.
The 23-year-old star ensured Team GB's unparalleled record in the sport continued with sixth British swim, bike, run medal.
Yee got exactly the race he wanted, with the
Bradly Sinden became the second male taekwondo player in Team GB history to win an Olympic medal after securing silver on Games debut at Tokyo 2020.
Sinden followed in the footsteps of Lutalo Muhammad, Olympic silver medallist at Rio 2016 and bronze medallist at London 2012, as well as his hero Sarah Stevenson, who won bronze at Beijing 2008.
The 22-year-old from Doncaster lost out to
Competing in the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard, Grace Reid and Katherine Torrance were TeamGB’s first divers in action at this summer’s Games.
In what was the first of the diving event on the programme at Tokyo 2020, Reid and Torrance lined up among eight pairings to have secured a place in the competition – the British duo’s place having been sealed in the very same venue, courtesy of a sixth place performance at the Tokyo World Cup in May.
Opening up with the mandatory two required
Thomas Dean and Kathleen Dawson kick started their Tokyo 2020 campaigns in fine form, producing the fastest heat swims of their career.
Sunday’s schedule got off to a fine start as University of Stirling duo Kathleen Dawson and Cassie Wild progressed to the semi-finals of the Women’s 100m Backstroke.
With the two previous heats having seen the
Comments from Team GB athletes after today’s afternoon/evening events at Tokyo 2020
Boxing
Comments from Team GB boxers after today’s bouts at the Kokugikan Arena
Luke McCormack
Age: 26 Hometown: Tyne and Wear: Washington
Result: Beat India’s Manish Kaushik on points (4-1) in the Men’s Lightweight (57-63kg) Round of 32
On his fight
“He was a tricky opponent, a tough one to start off with. He's a former World Championship bronze medallist and he's a good fighter, so I'm glad to have gotten the better of him.
“He was stepping off of me a few times for five
