17/08/2016 Newsround


17/08/2016

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This is Newsround live from the Olympics in Rio this

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What a night at the velodrome as Laura Trott becomes the first

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British woman to win four gold medals.

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And her boyfriend Jason Kenny's not bad either.

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Mo Farah avoids another fall as he goes through his heat

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And GB sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark will win

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Olympic gold if they finish their medal race later.

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It was an amazing night for Team GB athletes in the velodrome. Laura

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Trott is the first female Team GB athlete to win four gold medals. I

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was in the velodrome to soak up that nursery yesterday. Nobody wanted to

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leave the velodrome, they all wanted to stay there. We also got some more

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medals in gymnastics yesterday. They came from one of our youngest

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athlete is, 16-year-old Amy Tinkler, and Nile Wilson also got a medal.

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Laura Trott has become the first British woman to win four

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Olympic gold medals, by defending her omnium title.

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It is a special, special Olympic moment for Great Britain.

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Towards the line, Jason Kenny's got it.

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Her partner, Jason Kenny, followed, winning the keirin,

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He now has the same number of golds as cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy.

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It's made me, like, want to be in the Olympics when I'm older.

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In the sprint, Becky James was awarded the silver medal

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Giles Scott beaming with joy, winning the men's fin.

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Jack Laugher was back on the diving board after his sensational gold

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alongside Chris Mears earlier in the week.

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He won silver in the three metre springboard.

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So the medals just keep on coming for Team GB.

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She is one of Britain's's youngest athlete at the games. 16-year-old

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Amy Tinkler, she won bronze in the women's floor. Another bronze in

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gymnastics and a first for Team GB. Nile Wilson winning Britain's's

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first-ever medal in the horizontal bar.

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So the medals just keep on coming for Team GB.

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There'll be loads more happening here in Rio this evening.

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Mo Farah has cruised through his first heat

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Later on we'll see the world's fastest man back on the track.

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Usain Bolt will go against Team GB's Adam Gemilli in the Men's

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And later tonight Team GB will face New Zealand

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Sticking with the Olympics, Simone Biles has become one

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of the biggest stars of this year's Games in Rio.

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Everyone wants to know how she has won so many medals.

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She's the most searched-for gymnast online, has a move named

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after her and has even been described as one of

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Simone Biles, Team USA's superhuman competitor.

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At only 19 years old and just 142 centimetres tall,

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Simone has won a whopping four gold medals and a bronze

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Simone grew up in Texas in America and first got into gymnastics

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when she went on a school trip at just six years old.

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Since then, she has taken part in lots of competitions and has even

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smashed the record for winning the most medals ever at

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You were hoping to maybe get five golds here...

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No, that was everyone else's goal for me.

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Why do you think people put this pressure on you?

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I mean, surely you put the pressure on yourself and that is enough?

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Yeah, so I think everyone sees the potential in me,

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so they hope that is the result in the end.

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But I think bronze is still pretty good.

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19 golds, 50 medals in total. Our most successful Olympics. Can you

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believe it? Newsround's back in the morning with

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all the very latest Olympic action.

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