Singles Sculls News Today

everywhere but some into the start of next week. until then we have the weather warning for extreme heat. across much of england as far north as the pennines, eastern wales, and devon and cornwall. that is in place until the end of the day on sunday with the heat uncomfortable for many and dangerous for some. still weather fronts in north—west scotland. yesterday, aberdeenshire saw 31 but cloudy here today. the majority have blue sky and sunshine with temperatures rising steadily. al...

7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop—up sites — the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next years eurovision song contest — seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures ove...

Future stars in the form of Salman Khan (Army) and Mrunmayee Salgaokar (Maharashtra) were born as both emerged fastest rowers after bagging the Singles Sculls event in the men's and women's sections respectively, while Services (men) and Orissa ...

Double gold medallist in rowing events at the 36th National Games, Punjab's Khushpreet Kaur took up the sport over a chide for being a girl."I had gone swimming and I got intrigued by the boats," she disclosed on Monday, shortly after ...

Third in their double sculls semifinal. theyre through to the medal final. as is paralympian benjamin pritchard, who was in fine form as he comfortably won his singles sculls race. there are plenty of medals up for grabs in the track cycling today, but great britain wont be winning one in the womens team sprint. thats after a nasty crash during their heat. sophie capewell and emma finucane went down towards the end of the first lap. thankfully, both riders were able to get up and leave the track...

Ah! in the olympics game ofjeopardy, this pair supported each other to an historic double. natalie pirks, bbc news, tokyo. well, swimmer duncan scott has added yet another medal to his olympic haul, after winning silver in the 200 metre individual medley. he could become the first british olympian to win four medals at a single games when he races again this weekend. but it has been a very different story for britains rowers — their worst performance since 1996 and the first time team rowers h...

Well, swimmer duncan scott has added yet another medal to his 0lympic haul after winning silver in the 200 metre individual medley. he could become the first british 0lympian to win four medals at a single games when he races again this weekend. but it has been a very different story for britains rowers — their worst performance since 1996 and the first time team gb rowers have not won a gold at the olympics since 1980. with more, heres our sports editor dan roan. steve is just going to break ...

She touched the wall, won the gold, realised a couple of seconds later. you could see the shock in herface as she had broken that long—standing record. also a very fast time for the women in the 100 metres freestyle final with emma mchn from australia winning that in an olympic record. she is just the second woman to go under 52 seconds for that distance. in the men in the 200 metres individual medley final, we have a new champion, the first time we have had a new champion since 2000. michael ...

Of four medals having won a gold and silver already in these games. hes going in the mens 200 metres individual medley, and he qualified as second—fastest in that. there will be other opportunities for other swimmers in the pool, but lets move across to the rowing because its the final day of the medals being awarded there. vicky thornley is going in the womens singles sculls. she qualified third—fastest for that final, and the mens eight are also going looking to defend their gold from rio ...

The top three finishers in each heat will automatically make the quarterfinal, while the remaining crew will go into the Repechage for another crack at making the latter stages of the competition. Toko is the second Nigerian athlete ever to compete in the Rowing event. She follows in the steps of Chierika Ukogu, who made history at the Rio 2016 Olympics where she became the first Nigerian to compete in Rowing. This is a good learning curve for the young Nigerian Rower, but it’s not over for h...