Swimmer Tom Dean clinched Britain’s fourth gold of the Tokyo Games with a superb display in the men’s 200m freestyle, winning in one minute 44.22 seconds and securing a British record in the process. He finished just 0.04 seconds ahead of his teammate, Duncan Scott, while Brazil’s Fernando Scheffer took...
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Swimmer Tom Dean won Team GB’s fourth gold of Tokyo 2020 on day four of the Olympics at what is now Great Britain’s best ever start to a Games. The team won six medals today – Dean’s gold, two silvers and three bronzes – to take their tally to 13...
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Naomi Osaka will not win an Olympic medal on home soil after a surprise defeat to Czech Marketa Vondrousova. The four-time Grand Slam champion lost in straight sets, with Vondrousova producing a superb display to win 6-1 6-4. Osaka is the second major scalp the Czech has claimed at the...
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Reece Goodall finds a lot to love in Pixar's latest film, even if it isn't without its flaws.
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Tom Daley and Matty Lee continued Team GB’s Monday gold rush with a win in the 10m synchronised platform dive. The diver ended his long wait for an Olympic gold medal with a sublime display that saw Team GB pip China and the ROC to the gold, finishing with 471.81...
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Two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray has pulled out of the men’s singles competition at the Tokyo Olympics due to a thigh injury. He had been due to face Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime on the second day, and will now be replaced in the singles draw by Australian Max Purcell. Murray won...
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Team GB finally took home some gold medals on the third day of Tokyo 2020, as a medal rush brought Britain into the medal table top five. The day kicked off strong as Adam Peaty, one of the Team’s strongest medal hopes, and it proved an easy victory. He has...
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Adam Peaty made history on Day Three of the Tokyo 2020 Games, becoming the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title with a typically dominant display in the final of the men’s 100m breaststroke. Peaty put Team GB’s first gold medal on the board, storming to the win in...
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It was silver for Team GB in the men’s triathlon, with Alex Yee putting in an impressive performance in gruelling conditions and after the drama of a false start. Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt took the gold, with Hayden Wilde of New Zealand in bronze position. The race started early in the...
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Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock took the nation’s gold medal tally to three on the third day of the Tokyo 2020, securing a dominant win in the men’s mountain bike cross country. The rider was so far ahead of his nearest rival, Mathias Flueckiger of Switzerland, that he was able to...
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Chelsie Giles ended Team GB’s wait for a medal at Tokyo 2020 with a bronze in the women’s -52kg judo. The 24-year-old athlete, from Coventry, defeated Switzerland’s Fabienne Kocher in the repechage to claim the medal. Giles was knocked out of the tournament in the quarter finals of the pool...
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Team GB took their first medals of Tokyo 2020 on a day of upsets which saw a number of promising competitors knocked out of heats or forced to withdraw from the Games. It was our martial artists who first added to the Tokyo medal haul. Chelsie Giles, of Coventry, defeated...
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Reece Goodall appreciates the more character-oriented 'Amortycan Grickfitti' episode of 'Rick and Morty.
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