And disruption throughout the final round. she started the day with a three shot lead, however, she dropped a couple of shots in the front nine but was able to gather it back and then with two holes to play, play was suspended because of bad weather so they had to go back in, waitaround bad weather so they had to go back in, wait around for half an hour or so and then they reemerged and she was able to win it on the 18th hole a 1 shot. nelly korda won her first major earlier on this year and now she has an olympic gold medal to go alongside that. of course from a great sporting family, her sister jessica also plays golf and their brother sebastian is a tennis player and their parents were also tennis players. their dad petr korda winning an australian open title. the first middle of the day went to cannula in the women s marathon, that taking place in sapporo in northern japan and that went to peresjepchirchir. thanks to sarah there. plenty more
Around. his medal means it is the best ever olympics for his country, the philippines. it was the woman s marathon earlier. this was moved to the northern city of sapporo, where it is supposedly cooler than tokyo. it was also moved to 6am in the morning, but it was still a sweltering 28 degrees. ia runners didn t finish, including the reigning world champion from calais kenya. kenya were able to celebrate winning gold and silver, but maybe not in the order we expected. the world record holder brigid kosgei was overtaken by her compatriot, peresjepchirchir, who won by 16 seconds in the end. also
Medal. it isjust after 9am but we already had medal. it isjust after 9am but we already had our medal. it isjust after 9am but we already had our first - medal. it isjust after 9am but we already had our first gold l we already had our first gold medal of the day in tokyo. indeed. this was the women s marathon. it had been moved to sapporo in the north ofjapan to try and counteract the extreme heat that happens here at this time of the year but it was as hot there for the athletes. they put forward the start by one hours so they started at 6am and there is hell winner, peresjepchirchir from kenya, winning ahead of the favourite, her fellow kenyan brigid kosgei, the world record holder going into this. she finished in second. and a word on the woman who won bronze, she qualified for the olympics by running her first ever marathon. this is her second ever official marathon and she has won a bronze medal at the olympics. great story there. than great story there. an incredible great
The day already. we we have had our first gold of the day already. the day already. we have. it has gone the day already. we have. it has gone to the day already. we have. it has gone to kenya the day already. we have. it has gone to kenya in - the day already. we have. it has gone to kenya in the - has gone to kenya in the women s marathon early this morning here injapan. not in tokyo, it is in sapporo in the north ofjapan. they tokyo, it is in sapporo in the north of japan. they moved the marathon in the race walks up there to try and counteract the extreme heat in tokyo that it has at this time of year however they had bad luck because it is as hot in sapporo at the moment as it is here in tokyo. so much so that they actually brought forward the start of that women s marathon by one hours so they began at 6am local time. they battled the conditions and it was can you s peresjepchirchir who won the gold ahead of the fancied winner, brigid kosgei, also from kenya. she settled f
This is bbc news. the headlines: afghan officials say the taliban have seized the south west city of zaranj, the first provincial capital to fall to the militants for five years. during a un emergency meeting to discuss the worsening violence, its envoy to the region demanded the militants end their offensive. the greek government has put almost half of the country s regions on high alert as wildfires continue to spread. huge clouds of smoke are billowing over the outskirts of athens. a man has been killed in a village north of the city after being hit by a falling electricity pole. the penultimate day of action at the olympics is underway in tokyo. kenya s peresjepchirchir has won the women s marathon, claiming the country s second consecutive gold medal in the event. later, medals will also be up for grabs in basketball, volleyball and golf.