11/08/2016

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0:00:05 > 0:00:06Morning, everyone!

0:00:06 > 0:00:10Leah here, with all the latest from Team GB's best day

0:00:10 > 0:00:11at Rio so far.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14Coming up:

0:00:14 > 0:00:15It's Gold for Great Britain.

0:00:15 > 0:00:17The boys are in tears!

0:00:17 > 0:00:22A gold rush for Team GB - first, in the diving.

0:00:22 > 0:00:26Another gold in the kayak slalom.

0:00:26 > 0:00:28And three bronze medals, including one for Max Whitlock

0:00:28 > 0:00:31in the gymnastics.

0:00:39 > 0:00:42It was a massive day for Team GB in Rio yesterday,

0:00:42 > 0:00:47with a total of five medals won, including two gold medals.

0:00:47 > 0:00:51Ricky's sent us this round-up of all the action,

0:00:51 > 0:00:56on what was a 'Wonderful Wednesday' for British Olympic athletes.

0:00:56 > 0:01:00Was the pool turning green a stroke of good luck for Great Britain?

0:01:00 > 0:01:03Well, it seemed to do the job for Chris Mears and Jack Laugher,

0:01:03 > 0:01:09as they won Great Britain's first Gold in diving.

0:01:09 > 0:01:10And they weren't the only ones.

0:01:10 > 0:01:13There was plenty of success on Day Five here at the Olympics,

0:01:13 > 0:01:16on one of the most successful days of the Olympics so far.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19What a moment for Chris and Jack, as they claimed the diving

0:01:19 > 0:01:21title with the men's synchronised 3-metre springboard.

0:01:21 > 0:01:22Yes!

0:01:22 > 0:01:25People are going to be talking about this moment for years to come.

0:01:25 > 0:01:26How do you feel?

0:01:26 > 0:01:27It's just unbelievable!

0:01:27 > 0:01:36What we've done today, it's incredible.

0:01:36 > 0:01:38You said you'd have settled for Silver.

0:01:38 > 0:01:39Are you totally thinking now, forget that?

0:01:39 > 0:01:41Yeah, on our last dive, I knew...

0:01:41 > 0:01:43I was following our scores all the way through.

0:01:43 > 0:01:46Not, like, I wasn't concentrating on it loads, but I knew

0:01:46 > 0:01:49where we were and I knew that we'd done very well.

0:01:49 > 0:01:52We were sat on poolside just waiting for the Chinese to go and I looked

0:01:52 > 0:01:55at Chris and I was like, oh, yeah, we'd settle for Silver.

0:01:55 > 0:01:58I was like, a Silver medal at the Olympic Games,

0:01:58 > 0:02:01that is unbelievable if you get a silver medal at the Olympic Games!

0:02:01 > 0:02:04And then to see the Chinese not quite do it and we grasped that

0:02:04 > 0:02:07Gold, that is the most ridiculous moment in my entire sporting career.

0:02:07 > 0:02:09Joe Clarke, who's 23, won the men's kayak single Gold.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12He's been canoeing since he was 11 years old.

0:02:12 > 0:02:15From Golds to loads of Bronze medals too, as Team GB start

0:02:15 > 0:02:16to climb that medal table.

0:02:16 > 0:02:22Yes, four Bronze medals.

0:02:22 > 0:02:24Max Whitlock won GB's first all-round gymnastics Olympic medal

0:02:24 > 0:02:32in 108 years, as he took Bronze.

0:02:32 > 0:02:34Chris Froome also took Bronze in the Olympic men's

0:02:34 > 0:02:35individual time trial.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38Just to be here and to have medalled again, it's just been

0:02:38 > 0:02:39an amazing experience.

0:02:39 > 0:02:40Absolutely amazing experience.

0:02:40 > 0:02:42I'll definitely look back on this in a few years' time

0:02:42 > 0:02:47and be pretty happy.

0:02:47 > 0:02:49Another Bronze - this time, in shooting.

0:02:49 > 0:02:54Steven Scott got a perfect score of 30 for GB.

0:02:54 > 0:02:58And Sally Conway, just look at that face, she was beaming with her judo

0:02:58 > 0:02:59Bronze medal.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01So there you have it - Wonderful Wednesday.

0:03:01 > 0:03:03Although the weather's been a bit miserable today,

0:03:03 > 0:03:08all of these medals have given us lots to smile about on Day Five.

0:03:08 > 0:03:09Thanks, Ricky.

0:03:09 > 0:03:10Inspiring stuff.

0:03:10 > 0:03:12Well, we want you to tell us what Olympic sport

0:03:12 > 0:03:14you would love to do and why.

0:03:14 > 0:03:18Head online to let us know.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21And from sports stars to the ones in the sky,

0:03:21 > 0:03:24there's something quite amazing happening tonight.

0:03:24 > 0:03:26The Perseid meteor shower is described as a fantastic,

0:03:26 > 0:03:28natural fireworks display, with up to 200 meteors shooting

0:03:28 > 0:03:33through the sky per hour.

0:03:33 > 0:03:36But will the weather be good enough to see it all clearly?

0:03:36 > 0:03:40The BBC's Tomasz Schafernaker has the details.

0:03:42 > 0:03:45It's that time of the year where we're in for an astronomical

0:03:45 > 0:03:48spectacle, the Perseid meteor shower.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51The Earth is going to go through a trail left over

0:03:51 > 0:03:53by a comet, a meteor trail.

0:03:53 > 0:03:56It will peak at around the 12th of August.

0:03:56 > 0:03:59And the best time is between 11pm and 4am.

0:03:59 > 0:04:02The weather is absolutely crucial.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05It looks as though the southern half of the UK will have clear

0:04:05 > 0:04:07spells most of this week.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10But the north is going to be a little bit more tricky,

0:04:10 > 0:04:16with weather fronts coming again off the Atlantic.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18with weather fronts coming in off the Atlantic.

0:04:18 > 0:04:20That means there will be a bit more cloud around

0:04:20 > 0:04:21and maybe a bit of rainfall.

0:04:21 > 0:04:24But overall, wherever you are in the UK this week,

0:04:24 > 0:04:27there's certainly going to be at least one or two evenings

0:04:27 > 0:04:28of catching a glimpse of those meteor showers.

0:04:28 > 0:04:31And head online to find out what causes the Perseid meteor

0:04:31 > 0:04:34shower, and even some top tips on how to watch it

0:04:34 > 0:04:39happen in the night sky.

0:04:39 > 0:04:41He's the world record-breaking signing for Manchester United.

0:04:41 > 0:04:43French player Paul Pogba's ?89 million transfer this week

0:04:43 > 0:04:47meant his name was on everyone's lips, but who exactly is he?

0:04:47 > 0:04:49Here's Martin, with five things you need to know

0:04:49 > 0:04:51about this famous footballer.

0:04:59 > 0:04:59P

0:04:59 > 0:05:00P is

0:05:00 > 0:05:00P is for

0:05:00 > 0:05:01P is for pricey.

0:05:01 > 0:05:04Pogba is now the most expensive player in the world,

0:05:04 > 0:05:06after moving to Manchester United for a cool ?89 million.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08He's also a pretty powerful player.

0:05:08 > 0:05:11O is for octopus.

0:05:11 > 0:05:13When he played in Italy, he was nicknamed 'Il Polpo Paul',

0:05:13 > 0:05:15which means 'The Octopus'.

0:05:15 > 0:05:19It's because he has long, strong legs like tentacles.

0:05:19 > 0:05:25G is for golden boy.

0:05:25 > 0:05:29He was given an award for the best under-21 player in Europe in 2013.

0:05:29 > 0:05:30It's also for goals.

0:05:30 > 0:05:35The nifty midfielder scored 34 for Italian giants Juventus.

0:05:35 > 0:05:36B is for brothers.

0:05:36 > 0:05:39Pogba has two footballing brothers.

0:05:39 > 0:05:41One plays for French side Saint-Etienne and the other plays

0:05:41 > 0:05:46for Scottish club Partick Thistle.

0:05:46 > 0:05:47A is for advice.

0:05:47 > 0:05:49He listened to his mum, who said it was his destiny

0:05:49 > 0:05:56to return to Man United after he left in 2012.

0:05:56 > 0:05:57That's all from me.

0:05:57 > 0:06:00Newsround's back this afternoon at 4:20.