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Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there's been more triumph for team gb at the olympics in tokyo, with gold and silver medals in the men's 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. it's 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 the past year. and there there was more success with georgia taylor—brown winnning silver in t...

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, who's in lane six, touched home in one minute 114.22 seconds, securing a british record at his debut games. scott finished just 0.04 seconds behind his team—mate. it might have been the early hours of the morning — bu...

Record at his debut games. scott finished just four hundredths of a second behind. great britain's 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 hotspur. he had two years or meaning on his contract by this decided to make the move to the middle east...

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 wasn't going to stop tom dean's 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. great celebrations. but huge disappointment this morning for britain's bianca walkden in her taekwond...

Consecutive bronze medal. and news of yet another bronze in just the last few minutes in the team dressage competition. for charlotte dujardin it's 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 britain's first one—two in the pool for 113 years. it came in the 200metres freestyle final. in a thrilling finish, dean, who's in lane 6, touched home in one minute aa.22 seconds, secu...