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tonight here in tokyo, the equestrian park, ben maher and six ridersjump off with equestrian park, ben maher and six riders jump off with a beautiful horse explosion w and all the hype about how good that horses in the way he floated around the arena, both in the third round does make a first round tonight and then in the jumper. has such a deceptive away about and that you think maybe he could go a bit faster, but he moved very quickly and has grace and elegance. the interesting thing about bennett meir, this is a big summerfor him, not only is he here at the olympics but he is getting married as well when he gets back home. —— interesting thing about ben maher. the olympics is the pinnacle in the equestrian world and to be here and compete is one thing, but to be here and gain a medal and podium position is a very special thing and when you can get your hands on gold, the ben maher, a second time for him, it is something that dreams are made of. well, it's a second career gold for maher, who won gold in the team jumping event at london 2012 and understandably he was full of prais

and ben maher has gold for great britain. delight then for the 38—year—old and another gold to go with his team triumph in 2012, but he said he owed it all to his horse, whojumped, he added, like he had wings. this horse is a different world. i don�*t even remember what i was doing in thejump—off, to be honest. i had my plan, ijust went and he just gave me everything. but another british medal hope has ended in heartbreak. oh, katarinajohnson—thompson, it all comes crashing down. the world heptathlon champion has been plagued by injury, and in the 200 metres the curse struck again. her agony was matched only by her bravery, asjohnson—thompson limped to the finish line. after lying in fifth place, her olympics are over in the very cruellest fashion. in the boxing, meanwhile, surely the games�* most reluctant medallist. ben whittaker was so upset with his silver, he didn�*t even put it on. his podium picture perhaps not one for the photo album. he�*d earlier fought for gold in the light welterweight, but after

and ben maher has gold for great britain. delight then for the 38—year—old and another gold to go with his team triumph in 2012, but he said he owed it all to his horse, whojumped, he added, like he had wings. this horse is a different world. i don't even remember what i was doing in thejump—off, to be honest. i had my plan, ijust went and he just gave me everything. but another british medal hope has ended in heartbreak. oh, katarina johnson—thompson, it all comes crashing down. the world heptathlon champion has been plagued by injury, and in the 200 metres the curse struck again. her agony was matched only by her bravery, asjohnson—thompson limped to the finish line. after lying in fifth place, her olympics are over in the very cruellest fashion. in the boxing, meanwhile, surely the games' most reluctant medallist. ben whittaker was so upset with his silver, he didn't even put it on. his podium picture perhaps not one for the photo album. he'd earlier fought for gold in the light welterweight, but after losing in

ben maher takes top spot in the individual showjumping. katarina johnson—thompson pulls out of the heptathlon after suffering a calf injury during the 200m. the british security guard killed in last thursday's drone attack on a tanker off oman is named as adrian underwood. a minute's silence and the reading of victims names — of victims�* names — to commemorate exactly one year — since the catastrophic explosion in the port city of beirut. new research shows the amount of people worldwide who are exposed to flooding has risen by 24% since the turn of the century — ten times higher than scientists previously thought. calls to boost the uk's forestry industry as the price of timber and pressure on supplies rise sharply. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. scientists advising the government have given the go—ahead for 16 and 17—year—olds to be given the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation held a briefing. let's take a look at the key points. as mentioned, thejcvi says it is advi

that news just enter us that ben maher has just won the gold medal in the showjumping individualfinal at the gold medal in the showjumping individual final at the tokyo olympics. more in the sports bulletin coming up. the oxford coronavirus vaccine co—creator, professor dame sarah gilbert, has been honoured with a barbie doll from the toy company mattel. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine is now the most widely used around the world, with doses sent to more than 170 countries. ramzan karmali has the details. a barbie doll with a difference. this one is modelled on the scientist professor dame sarah gilbert. she's the co—designer of the oxford coronavirus vaccine. although she finds the concept of a barbie doll created in her likeness strange, she hopes it will inspire girls to think about a career in science. i hope that my barbie doll, as well as others of women who work in science and medicine willjust keep reminding them there are many careers open to them, so when they are playing they're also thinking about what they might like to do in the future. in total, mattel has created si

ben maher has secured individual showjumping gold on his horse, explosion w. history was made in the skate park with sky brown, who�*s just 13, taking britain�*s first skateboarding medal, and securing her place as the country�*s youngest ever olympic medallist. and there was a gold in sailing for hannah mills and eilidh mcintyre, winning the 470 class, making mills the most successful female olympic sailor of all—time, after her gold in rio, and a silver at london 2012. there were two more boxing medals, with ben whittaker taking silver in the light—heavyweight category and frazer clarke claiming bronze in the men�*s super—heavyweight division. but there�*s also disappointing news this afternoon, as the reigning world champion, katarina johnson—thompson is out of the heptathlon after a calf injury in the 200 metres. with a full round up of all the action, natalie pirks reports from tokyo. sky brown will take bronze. she has already lived her young life in the spotlight. at 13 years of age... but for the girl born injapan, draped in the briti

today, ben maher won gold in the individual showjumping event, on his horse "explosion w" — after a dramatic six—horsejump—off. maher completed his run in 37.85 seconds to pip sweden's peder fredricson by 17—hundredths of a second and claim the gold. it's a second olympic title for maher — after winning gold in the team jumping event in london 9 years ago. two medals in boxing for team gb. frazer clarke won bronze in the super heavyweight division and this was ben whittaker, who said he lost the gold medal, rather than won a silver as he was beaten in the light—heavyweight division by cuba's arlen lopez. sky brown has become britain's youngest medallist in olympic history, at the age ofjust 13 and 28 days. she produced a composed final run to finish third in the women's park skateboarding final and claim bronze. it's incredible. it feels unreal. i'm so happy to be here. all of the girls are repping it. it was insane. it was a super sick final and qualifierfor it was a super sick final and qualifier for the it was a super sick final and qualifierfor the semi it was a super sick fina

ben maher became olympic champion last week. next week, he's getting married. it's a case study in what happens when religion and politics clash with science. the number of covid infections are surging in the united states as a result of the delta variant. but it's where that's happening that's most interesting. health professionals are calling it an epidemic of the unvaccinated. there was an average of 113,000 cases per day in the us over the last week. but the sharp increase in hospitalisations and deaths is nearly all concentrated in strongly republican — and religious — southern states where vaccine take—up has been virtually half the national average. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel is in louisiana and has been travelling across the deep south to find out why. a south to find out why. warning that his report conti distressing a warning that his report contains distressing images. the life tabernacle church in louisiana. congregation — thousands. influence in the state — considerable. a message — don't get vaccinated. pastor spell estimates

now it's the turn of the show jumpers with ben maher, scott brash and harry charles taking part in tomorrow's individual final. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello. low pressure moving in from thursday will turn things windier and downpours will become more widespread across the uk again. they have been fairly isolated today and any showers that have cropped up will gradually fade as we get into the night. although overnight we will continue with showers affecting the north, northwest of scotland into the western aisles. there'll be a few mr fog patches developing, it will be cooler than this on the countryside again, some places will be into single figures as we start the day tomorrow. with a lot of dry weather tomorrow morning some sunshine around, still showers affecting north, northwest scotland and few will pop up elsewhere in scotland, northern ireland, a greater chance of down downpours developing in northern england compared to the recent days. though most will stay dry, light winds in for those reasons it will feel very pleasant, we get to see som

that was james burridge talking to ben maher. and we'll be chatting to another olympic champion at around a quarter to eight — the cyclist matt walls. there's a lot to celebrate right now. having the olympics been amazing? we're not going to talk about it, though. we're not going to talk about it, thou~h. , . ., we're not going to talk about it, thou~h. , ., we're not going to talk about it, thou~h. , _, ., ., we're not going to talk about it, thou~h. , ., ., , we're not going to talk about it, thou~h. , _, ., ., , ., though. things come and go but other thins come though. things come and go but other things come about _ though. things come and go but other things come about to _ though. things come and go but other things come about to occupy - though. things come and go but other things come about to occupy the - things come about to occupy the attention. ., , ., , attention. the premier league starts this weekend — attention. the premier league starts this weekend and _ attention. the premier league starts this weekend and

i�*m joined now by team gb�*s ben maher, who secured gold in the equestrian jumping individial event. he�*s in bishop stortford. many congratulations. i wanted to start with the positive, but you are not wearing your medal. where sa? ih not wearing your medal. where sa? in case you were asking, i have it here. ., ., , case you were asking, i have it here. ., , ., here. how do you carry it home? they ave us a here. how do you carry it home? they gave us a very — here. how do you carry it home? they gave us a very nice — here. how do you carry it home? they gave us a very nice box _ here. how do you carry it home? they gave us a very nice box which - here. how do you carry it home? they gave us a very nice box which has i here. how do you carry it home? they gave us a very nice box which has a i gave us a very nice box which has a hidden in the bottom and it is very well packaged up. it comes in your hand luggage with a lot of team members. we all travelled back yesterday. members. we all travelled back esterda . ~ . members. we all travelled back esterda .~ . members. we all trav

it's a second olympic title for maher — after winning gold in the team jumping event in london 9 years ago. it's a second olympic title for maher — after winning gold in the team jumping event in london 9 years ago. two medals in boxing for team gb. frazer clarke won bronze in the super heavyweight division and this was ben whittaker, who said he lost the gold medal, rather than won a silver as he was beaten in the light—heavyweight division by cuba's arlen lopez. and sky brown has become britain's youngest medallist in olympic history, at the age ofjust 13 years and 28 days. she produced a composed final run to finish third in the women's park skateboarding final and claim bronze. it's incredible, i mean, it feels unreal. i'm so happy to be here with all the girls, they were ripping it. it was insane, like, it was a super sick final and qualifier, semi final, it was insane. let's cross to tokyo now and speak to our reporter sarah mulkerrins. sarah, a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson—thompson sarah, a heartbreaking day for katarina johnson— thompson in the heptathlon. yes