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4 Aug, 7 tweets, 7 min read
#Tokyo2020 #Olympics

- Sky Brown becomes Britain's youngest medallist
- Sydney McLaughlin smashes 400m hurdles record
- #TeamGB beaten in hockey semi-final

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- Turkey in the boxing finals
- #TeamGB's Johnson-Thompson third in heptathlon after two events

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#SkyBrown, Britain’s youngest ever summer Olympian at 13 years old, has won a bronze medal in the women’s skateboarding final in #Tokyo2020.

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US hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist twice in the #Olympics Stadium today as she protested against racial injustice.

“It was the same thing: social injustice, racial injustice.”

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Raven Saunders’ mother died just days after the American Olympian won #silver in the shot put at the #Tokyo2020 Games.

“My mama was a great woman and will forever live through me.”

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#Gold Yosozumi Sakura (19)
#Silver Hiraki Kokona (12)
#Bronze Sky Brown (13)

The combined age of #skateboarding medalists: 44 years 👏

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#TeamUSA’s Sydney McLaughlin set a new world record to win women’s 400m hurdles as she crossed the finish line in 51.46 seconds.

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