Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Tom Doyle,Matt Majendie and Malik Ouzia

Tokyo Olympics 2021 LIVE updates! Day Six latest - Team GB win medals in shooting and canoeing; Dressel wins gold

Tokyo Olympics 2021 - LIVE!

Team GB has made its most successful start to a modern-day Olympic Games.

With 16 medals after five days, it has been a Games to remember so far and there could be more British success on what will be another action-packed day in Tokyo.

Double Olympic rowing champion Helen Glover and Polly Swann came up just short in fourth place in the women’s pair, while Britain’s most successful female canoeist Mallory Franklin won silver in the women's C1 slalom.

Matt Coward-Holley picked up bronze in the men’s trap shooting.

There was no Simone Biles in the women’s gymnastics all-around final after she pulled out to focus on her mental health, while the US legend has thanked fans on Twitter for their ‘love and support’ and for helping her to see that she is ‘more than her accomplishments’.

Team-mate Sunisa Lee took gold in a tense competition.

There are more British medal hopes in the swimming pool, women's rugby sevens starts, the golf gets underway and expect mayhem when the BMX racing begins.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.