Day 12 of the Tokyo Olympics saw skateboarder Sky Brown became the youngest British Olympian ever to win a medal.
The 13-year-old claimed a brilliant bronze but it was host nation Japan who took gold and silver through Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki. The 12-year-old silver medallist Hiraki is also the youngest individual to win an Olympic medal in 85 years.
Elsewhere there was more sailing for Great Britain with Hannah Mills becoming the most successful female Olympic sailor in history by winning gold with Eilidh McIntyre in the women’s 470 class in Tokyo.
There was disappointment in the boxing ring, however, with both Ben Whittaker and Frazer Clarke falling short. Whittaker was powerless to stop Arlen Lopez charge to men’s light-heavyweight gold while Clarke’s bid to become the third successive Briton to reach the men’s super-heavyweight final was ended after he was stopped on cuts by top seed Bakhodir Jalolov.
In the athletics, Sydney McLaughlin set a world record in the women’s 400m hurdles with her US compatriot Dalilah Muhammad taking the second spot winning silver. Later, 17-year-old American sprint sensation Erriyon Knighton will take on a fast field in the final of the men’s 200m while Katarina Johnson-Thompson will continue her bid to add an Olympic gold to her world title in the heptathlon.
