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27 Jul, 7 tweets, 6 min read
#TeamGB are enjoying their best start to an Olympics in modern history.

Overcoming the adversity of:
🦠Strict Covid protocols
👏No spectators
🌡️30C-plus heat

The team have struck gold on back-to-back days at #Tokyo2020

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🔟A British swimming one-two in the 200m freestyle and a silver in the women's triathlon take Britain to 10 medals - eclipsing the previous record of just six by day four.

🥇Four golds are also more than the squad has ever achieved so early
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#Gold WINNERS

🥇Adam Peaty
🥇Tom Daley and Matty Lee
🥇Tom Pidcock
🥇Tom Dean

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#Silver WINNERS

🥈Lauren Williams
🥈Alex Yee
🥈Georgia Taylor-Brown
🥈Duncan Scott
🥈Bradley Sinden

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#Bronze WINNERS

🥉Chelsie Giles

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⬆️With 10 medals in total so far at this stage on day four, this start by Team GB dwarfs previous hauls of six set in 2016, 2000 and 2008.

UK Sport set a medal target of 45 - 70 and has repeatedly emphasised a "holistic" approach after ruthless regimes in previous Games
Team GB are currently fifth in the medal table.

🇧🇷In 2016, Britain came second, with 67 medals.

🇬🇧A haul of 65 was secured at London 2012.

Read more👇
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Read more on what happened to Simone Biles here👇
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28 Jul
🔭It is proven: black holes warp the very fabric of space.

🌌Astronomers have seen the back of a black hole for the first time, proving Albert Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity right

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28 Jul
🔴Day five of #Tokyo2020 is underway with #TeamGB continuing their best Olympics in modern history with more #GOLD and #Silver on the board!

Follow all the latest updates on our #Olympics liveblog👇
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#TeamGB currently hold 14 medals early on day five.

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🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈
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🔎Use our interactive tool to search medals and full results by events and countries
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#OlympicGames medal tally, as of early day five:

🇯🇵Japan
🇺🇸USA
🇨🇳China
🇷🇺Russian Olympic Committee
🇦🇺Australia
🇬🇧Great Britain

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27 Jul
Day5⃣

#TeamGB are on the hunt for more medals today with the men's coxless four in action 🚣

Follow the latest in our #Tokyo2020 live blog 👇

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What's on today?

Here is your complete guide to the action from #Tokyo2020

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Silver for #TeamGB! 🥈

The men come home second in the quadruple sculls for our first rowing medal of the Games. 🚣 #Tokyo2020

Get all the reaction in our live blog 👇

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27 Jul
🏖️ As Britain’s healthcare system gasped for air in January, Australians were hitting the beach.

🇦🇺 Many credited Australia's zero-Covid strategy

"Today, zero-Covid has backfired" writes @Louis_Ashworth

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🔒As major economies reopen, Sydney has been plunged into its strictest lockdown since the start of the pandemic.

"It is bleeding billions of dollars a week as tourism, hospitality and construction remain closed"
The total number of people having to stay at home has reached 13 million.

📉Scott Morrison is now coming under increasing pressure to end zero-Covid to save the A$2 trillion economy
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27 Jul
🔴Day four of #Tokyo2020 Olympics is underway.

🥇🥈#TeamGB have secured a gold and a silver medal so far today.

Follow live coverage of the #OlympicGames here👇
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🇬🇧#TeamGB are placed 5th on the leaderboard early on day four.

🇺🇸USA lead the way with 19 medals.
🇯🇵Hosting nation Japan are currently holding second place.

🔎Use our interactive tool to search medals and full results by events and countries
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⛵️Sailing
🥊Boxing
🥋Taekwondo

See the full schedule of #TeamGB events on day four👇
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