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Within the last hour, elaine thompson—herah has completed the women's sprint double. the jamaican has won the 200 metres, to go with her 100 metres title — she surged to victory in 21.53 seconds, just short of a long standing world record held by florence griffithjoyner. it means that thompson—herah completes the "double—double" after achieving golds in the same events at rio in 2016. namibia's christine mboma and usa's gabrielle thomas took silver and bronze respectively. there were three medals for team gb in the sailing earlier today. including two golds — the first from dylan fle...

Britain rules the waves at the olympics in tokyo — with double gold in the sailing. dylan fletcher and stuart bithell in the men's 49er class and giles scott in the finn. and teenager keely hodgkinson takes silver in the women's 800 metres — breaking the british record set by kelly holmes. and beaming biles — after struggles with her mental health — superstar american gymnast simone biles takes bronze on the beam. in afghanistan, government forces are fighting to stop the taliban from taking control of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province, where british troops were stationed fo...

Including two golds — the first from dylan fletcher and stuart bithell getting first place in the men's 49er, then giles scott successfully defended his olympic finn title. and there was a silver for anna burnet and john gimson in the mixed nacra 17 class. jess softley was watching. team gb has never won gold in the men's 49er class until now. british pair dylan fletcher and stuart bithell were well placed for a medal but would need to get ahead of new zealand to keep their points up. it came down to a thrilling end with the kiwis back in third it was a dramatic race to the finish with germa...