Bethany Shriever wins Gold in women’s Bmx on Olympic debut
Day eight of Tokyo 2020 is underway as the day starts with an early morning start to the triathlon and mixed triathlon relay finals.
Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky added to the tally of United States’ gold medals at the games on Saturday while Australia’s winning streak continued with Kaylee McKeown winning the 200m backstroke for their seventh gold in the pool.
Team GB took bronze in women’s windsurfing as Emma Wilson came in third after China’s Lu Yunxiu, who took the gold.
Simone Biles pulled out of gymnastics finals for the vault and the uneven bars. It was announced that the Team USA superstar, who has not performed since pulling out of the team all-around event to deal with her mental health, withdrew from the events “after further consultation with medical staff.”
Britain claimed swimming gold in the new 4x100m mixed medley relay with a world record of 3 minutes, 37.58 seconds.
On the track, Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith will compete later on Saturday in the women’s 100m semi-finals, just one day after she qualified to move to the next stage of the competition.
Great Britain’s Beth Shriever and Kye Whyte made BMX history on Friday as they delivered gold and silver at the Ariake Urban Sports Park. Moments after Whyte won Britain’s first medal in the event since its introduction to the Olympic programme in 2008, taking silver, Shriever led almost from start to finish to claim a superb gold in the women’s race.
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