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Handball team was recently slapped with a 1500 dollar fine for refusing to play in the regulation bikini bottoms, during a tournament. opting instead for elastic shorts. now popstar pink is offering to pay the fine, saying shes very proud of the team for protesting the very success rules about their uniform. at the olympics, the german womens gymnastics team, sent a similar message, wearing full unitard, stretching to their angles during the qualifiers. instead of the typical bikini cut leotards...

Of the competitors was 14. new this time of course to the olympics. more on the tokyo olympics later in the programme. for more on the tokyo olympics — go to the bbc news website. you can keep up to date with the schedule, and take a look at the medal table. go to bbc.com/news and follow the links. here in the uk, senior ministers will decide today, whether to further expand the scheme, allowing fully vaccinated key workers in england to avoid self isolation by taking daily covid tests instead...

Details and clothes and parts of the body or elements that really speak about sexuality. >> reporter: it wasnt until 1952 that females made up more than 10% of the competitors. now of the 11,000 athletes in tokyo, nearly half are women, and theyre able to compete in more sports than ever before. so while many strides have been made, clearly when it comes to gender equity, there is still a distance to go. stephanie gosk, nbc news, tokyo. in swimming, the americans in the 4x400 freestyle went th...

Out because they tested positive. we ick out because they tested positive. - pick up a few cases those days, but we have done over 200,000 tests across the village in the olympic family and we are getting a very small number of positives, not .02% out of that. if i tested that number of people in the uk at the moment i will probably stay up to 3,000 cases. ~ . will probably stay up to 3,000 cases. . . ., ., cases. we have heard from the organisers _ cases. we have heard from the organisers that ...

Earlier, michael, of three teenagers on the podium. day three of official competition monday and another day for japan once again in skateboarding. remember making its olympic debut, michael, at these games. historic as well in the womens competition this all three competitors, all three on the podium, teens. japans momoji nishia has won gold, at just 13 years of age. shes one of the youngest gold medal winners in olympics history who got silver, that would be another 13-year-old, brazils winnin...

To make it here and to have a performance like today. >> finally, is this a olympic ceremony or a class photo. the 13-year-old winning historic gold in the first ever womens skateboarding competition. another 13-year-old and a 16-year-old joined her on the podium, poppy. got to be the youngest total age of any olympic podium. the olympic committee wanted to bring new sports to bring youthful audience and bringing youthful competitors as well. >> and i have a 3-year-old who wants to skateboard an...

The city. a lot of events around here. the bridge links tokyo bay and brings you right into the heart of the city. in that you have the heritage area where mariko was. a lot of the infrastructure from the 1964 games are in there. we are in the south of the city where we have the triathlon, the olympic village just over beyond the rainbow bridge into the heart of the city and then over on this site, you have the beach volleyball, the rowing, so lots of action around here as well. pretty stunning ...

This is a big bed. good, hey? and you cannot notice where our carpenters have made the extension. very neat. and it is notjust a good night sleep that the olympic competitors need. nutrition plays a vital role in their performance so the kitchens here have had to adjust their menus accordingly. they want at least eight different salad bars, celery, cucumberand broccoli, you know? i have designed a menu, here i have added three carbs, five different vegetables. three protein. the nutritionist and...

Selfish sport, only you can lift the bar, nobody can help you, we are in a village full of thousands of fantastic athletes and we need to focus on everybody�*s journey and im looking forward to competing against other girls in that line—up. so looking forward to competing against other girls in that line-up.— other girls in that line-up. so what do ou other girls in that line-up. so what do you say — other girls in that line-up. so what do you say when — other girls in that line-up. so...

This olympics has been a reminder of how you can go from a world—class excess and followed by defeat. the ups and downs of this professional sporting clear. it has really summed up sporting clear. it has really summed up —— been some twopenny microcosm today. up -- been some twopenny microcosm toda . ., , ., ., , , today. the world number one has been in such brilliant _ today. the world number one has been in such brilliant form _ today. the world number one has been in such brilliant for...