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Of the norm and that is why, you know, medical experts are saying that the government has to do something more. what they can do, we still don't know and we still need to find out. let's get more on the sporting action from day six of the games. and mallory franklin has become only the second british woman to win a medal in olympic canoe slalom by taking silver in the c1 class in tokyo. the 27—year—old is a former world champion and multiple medallist at all levels but had been denied a shot at olympic glory before the category was included for the first time here. there has been an upset ...

Hikenburg got the silver and bronze. and ledecky powers over australia in her final leg to come within .4 of the gold, won by china's world record setting time. amazing. the u.s. leads the world with 37 total medals, but trails japan's 15 golds by two. meanwhile, two-time reigning world pole vault champion sam kendricks will not represent the united states in tokyo after testing positive for covid-19. heartbreaking. his father confirmed the news yesterday in a since deleted post on instagram writing, quote, officials informed sam that his daily test was positive so he is out. >> how sad. >> it...

Of her and what we have done together. yeah, it's been a special ride. ijust want to say, logan, kit and bo, i love you so much. you've been the inspiration. i never saw myself getting back in a rowing boat until you guys came along. especially kit and bo in the lockdown. ijust want to say that you can do anything you want to do, and trying and failing is no problem, as long as you try. and there was soon more heartbreak. the lightweight women's double sculls, with britain third from the top, in a quite extraordinary finish. commentator: the italians are coming through. - the dutch are out. an...

>> dressel is going to win gold! >> reporter: caeleb dressel winning his first individual gold there in team three. >> reporter: it was gold as well finke. >> reporter: surging from behind to win the 800 meter freestyle. >> katie ledecky has come out surging. >> i couldn't be more proud of these three. it's amazing. >> reporter: and with track and field kicking off tonight, another american athlete has tested positive for covid, pole vaulter sam kendricks hoped to contend for gold. now he is in isolation. there were upwards of 3800 new cases in tokyo on thursday, another record high with the v...

Watching. that's the stuff that makes you tough. >> drive, drive, drive, drive, drive! >> reporter: it was only natural for sam to become elise's coach, and with that new role, he found no purpose. do you enjoy it? >> i do. i enjoy it, yeah. in ways, i even like of an olympian. in 2017, he found the strength to walk down the aisle at their wedding. >> i wanted to just show her that i was going to work for her. r think what they've been through has only made ew, to be honest. >> i know he is riding every one of those jumps with me, and he is feeling exactly what i'm feeling out there. >> report...