10/08/2016 Newsround


10/08/2016

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Two swimming silver medals for Team GB at the Rio Olympics.

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So, yes, Team GB are celebrating two more silver medals in the pool

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There were also medal hopes in the women's

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Ricky's in Brazil and sent us this report.

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Yes, Ricky here at the Olympic Games.

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All eyes were on the women's team event in the gymnastics.

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USA were the favourites and they dominated the event

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and claimed the gold with an almost flawless

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Team GB did not improve on their fourth placed finish

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in qualifying and ended the day in fifth position.

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I think they can be really proud of themselves.

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How do you feel being here today and watching this event?

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Do you just want to run on and give it a go?

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No, I am quite happy to be stood here, but feel free!

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In the tennis, both Andy Murray and Jo Konta won their matches

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to progress to the last 16, but the biggest success of the day

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could once again be found in the swimming pool for Team GB.

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Siobhan-Marie O'Connor claimed silver in the 200 metre medley

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When I looked up and saw the time...!

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In the men's relay the team picked up silver, as well.

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James Guy powering through in the final lap.

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Hallelujah! The first few days were a bit tough for me. I changed it

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around and got faster and faster each time I have raced on to get the

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medal finally... It has been a tough week but we have a medal now. This

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is a great building team. Youngest guy is 23. By Tokyo we will be fully

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grown men and ready for that title. Olympian of all time,

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Michael Phelps, picking The two swimming silvers last night

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take Team GB's total up to six - that puts us in eleventh place

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overall on the medals table. Now from the most successful

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Olympian at Rio to the youngest. Gaurika Singh of Nepal was 13 years

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and 255 days old when she competed in the 100 metre backstroke

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heats on Sunday. Most 13-year-olds worry

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about school, playing games on their tablets and smartphones

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or just chilling with their mates, but imagine being 13-years-old

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and representing your country Gaurika has spent the last few days

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doing loads of interviews. That is because the world wants

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to speak to the youngest athlete I felt really proud, hopefully

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I make them proud, as well. She is representing Nepal,

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where she was born. More than ten years ago her family

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moved to England, but she won the right to represent

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Nepal in swimming. My Dad are here with me,

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but my Mum and grandparents She got a taste of the Olympic Games

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at the opening ceremony, You would see Brazil

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come out and there was Last year, Gaurika travelled

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to Nepal and was caught up in a huge earthquake that caused

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lots of damage and people She says it is something

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she will never forget. After a week there were

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a lot of after-shocks in case there was going

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to be another one. The teenager still can't

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believe she is here. Now she wants to talk

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about the country that she loves and hopefully win medals for Nepal

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at the next Summer Olympics. Tom Daley was one of the youngest

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athletes back in 2008 and he went on to win bronze twice

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in London and here. Hopefully, I can qualify

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for Tokyo in 2020. Now, Rio said they wanted it

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to be a 'green' Games, but I don't think this

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is what they meant! The diving pool for the women's

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10-metre synchro turned a murky We don't yet know why it happened,

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but some people think it was down to algae or chlorine,

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or even that it was done because Officials tested the water and found

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it to be safe enough Newsround is back this

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afternoon at 4.20pm

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