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Great Britain ruled the waves again as they took gold in the womens 470 class  Hannah Mills becomes the countrys most successful female sailor as she won with Eilidh McIntyre  They entered the medal race with commanding 14-point lead and a fifth-place finish saw them to victory  Mills was one of the Team GB flag bearers at the opening ceremony in Tokyo  McIntyre emulates her father Mike, who won sailing gold for Britain in 1988 

Ben Shephard left in tears on ITV Good Morning Britain. (PA) Good Morning Britain presenter Ben Shephard was left in tears during Tuesday morning’s instalment of the show. The Tipping Point and Ninja Warrior UK host was presenting the ITV breakfast show alongside Kate Garraway. Ben explained to viewers how he had “been in tears” as Kate joked that it was not down to her for once. Ben was in fact left emotional by the success of Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He confes...

There is one last chance for a sailing medal on Wednesday as the mens 470 crew of Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox had a good final day of fleet racing with a sixth and a third. That lifted them to fourth on the table for the medal race featuring the top 10 crews, and they are only six points off a bronze medal Burling and Tuke went into the medal race with a four point lead on the table. They ended on the same points as Great Britain after the medal race which had double points on offer, but...

Giles Scott took the overall win in the men’s Finn class. Credit: AP Team GB have claimed eight more medals at the Tokyo Olympics - with two golds and a silver in sailing, and two silvers in track cycling. In sailing, Giles Scott took the overall win in the men’s Finn class, shortly after Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell claimed gold in the men’s 49er at the Tokyo Olympics. And Great Britain’s John Gimson and Anna Burnet won the silver medal in the mixed Nacra 17 class. Meanwhile, GB w...

By Press Association 2021 Vivian and Leslie Bithell watch their son Stuart Bithell and his helm Dylan Fletcher win a gold medal in the 49er medal race (Peter Byrne/PA) Tearful and proud family members watched on as Team GB ruled the waves in Tokyo with sailors scooping double Olympic gold medal glory on Tuesday. Giles Scott won gold in the men’s Finn class, Britain’s sixth successive title in the event, shortly after fellow sailors Dyl...

Cambs sailor Giles Scott wins gold in dramatic race at Tokyo Olympics The sailor from Huntingdon won his second gold medal as Great Britain won the event for the sixth consecutive time Giles Scott of Team Great Britain celebrates after winning gold in the Mens Finn class on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Enoshima Yacht Harbour (Image: Getty Images) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking news straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try aga...

With more track cycling to come, team gb is guaranteed medals in the boxing, it will be nigh on impossible to match the 67 medals from rio, 27 of those four gold medals and i dont think that will happen but there were 51 medals in beijing and they could be on track for that. given what has happened and what we have all been through in the last 18 months, it has had a huge impact on athletes, a lot of competitions were cancelled, they have not been able to test themselves against the rest of the ...

More on all that coming up, but first, daniela relph on britains sailing triumphs today. are not believable finish. it was a display of dominance on the water for team gb, display of dominance on the water forteam gb, maintaining display of dominance on the water for team gb, maintaining the strong run of success in olympic sailing. the mens 49er was a race that had all the drama of a sprint finish. we are all the drama of a sprint finish. - are going to repeat ourselves, this is a crucial momen...

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