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Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theres been more triumph for team gb at the olympics in tokyo, with gold and silver medals in the mens swimming 200 metres freestyle. tom dean touched home in one minute a422 seconds, securing a british record on his debut games, with duncan scottjust 0.04 seconds behind his teammate. its the first time in more than 100 years that two british male swimmers have shared the podium. tom dean described it as a "dream come true" after contracting covid twice in...

Good afternoon. with ten medals in total, as things stand, this is the best start for great britain in olympic history. what a moment in the pool this morning where, for the first time since 1908, two male british swimmers finished on the podium together. at his debut games, tom dean taking gold and duncan scott silver in the 200m freestyle final. in a thrilling finish, dean, whos in lane six, touched home in one minute 114.22 seconds, securing a british record at his debut games. scott finished...

Record at his debut games. scott finished just four hundredths of a second behind. great britains first medal of the day came they have drawn for the quarter finals against canada and showed a lot of changes. the opening goal scored of the game in the second half but caroline deflected a shot with five minutes ago meaning they are group winners and will play australia in the last eight. news away from the olympics but staying with football and toby has completed the transfer from tottenham hotsp...

In a thrilling finish, dean touched home in one minute aa.22 seconds, securing a british record on his debut games. scott finished just 0.0a seconds behind his team—mate, with fernando scheffer of brazil taking bronze. it might have been the early hours of the morning — but that wasnt going to stop tom deans family back in maidenhead from inviting friends, family and neighbours over. around 70 in their garden cheering dean all the way to gold! fantastic fa ntastic stuff. fantastic stuff. gre...

Consecutive bronze medal. and news of yet another bronze in just the last few minutes in the team dressage competition. for charlotte dujardin its a record—equalling fifth olympic medal. dujardin, the reigning individual dressage champion, carl hester and charlotte fry. earlier, team gb secured a fourth gold of tokyo 2020 and with it their best start to an olympics. tom dean and duncan scott also delivered britains first one—two in the pool for 113 years. it came in the 200metres freestyle f...

Tom dean claimed a stunning gold and duncan scott silver to ensure a british one—two in a fast, closely—fought 200m freestyle at the tokyo olympics. dean touched home in one minute 44.22 seconds, securing a british record on his debut games. scott finished just 0.04secs behind his team—mate, with fernando scheffer of brazil taking bronze. it is the first time since 1908 that two male british swimmers have finished on the olympic podium together. lets speak now to bbc sports reporter khered...

Dean, whos in lane six, touched home in one minute, 114.22 seconds, securing a british record at his debut games. scott finished just four hundredths of a second behind. great britains first medal of the day came in the womens triathlon, where georgia taylor—brown took silver. she was beaten by bermudas flora duffy, who made history by winning the island nations first gold at an 0lympics. for taylor—brown, second was a great achievement, too — she revealed afterwards she was on crutches ju...

Yee led for much of the 10km run in his debut games, before blummenfelt pushed through to breakaway and take the gold. britains jonny brownlee came fifth. were still in the group stages of the hockey. earlier today gb men won 3—1 against canada, gb women, the defending champions, came from behind to beat south africa 4—1. despite conceeding in the 31st minute, great britain went on to score four in reply with a much stronger performance in the second half. the fourth goal came from ellie ray...

He led the race from about midway onwards, navigating the tough course superbly. the 21—year—old from leeds finished a clear 20 seconds ahead the rest of the field to take great britains third gold medal. it comes two months after pidcock broke his collarbone in a collision with a car while out training. great britains alex yee won silver in a difficult mens triathlon as kristian blummenfelt of norway claimed gold. yee had led for much of the led for much of the 10km run in her debut games, ...

Of the womens taekwondo. she was beaten in the final though by croatias matea jelic. another dramatic final at these tokyo games. williams was leading going into the last few moments of the final round, but had the gold snatched from her in the last few moments. the first medal of day three came in the mens triathlon with great britains alex yee taking the silver in sweltering conditions, as norways kristian blummenfelt claimed gold. yee had led for much of the 10k run, in his debut games, befor...