:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, I'm Ayshah with Friday's top stories.
:00:00. > :00:17.Who will claim the gold medal in Rio? The gold medal goes to Great
:00:18. > :00:20.Britain, the Olympic champions again.
:00:21. > :00:22.Gold for British cyclists in the team sprint.
:00:23. > :00:26.Making a splash, Team GB claim three silvers on Day 6 of the games.
:00:27. > :00:28.And what could possibly go wrong with a giant balloon that
:00:29. > :00:41.It was another massive day for Team GB in Rio yesterday
:00:42. > :00:44.with a total of four medals won, including gold in the cycling.
:00:45. > :00:52.Here's what happened on Day 6 of the Olympic Games.
:00:53. > :00:55.Up towards the line, and the gold medal goes to Great Britain.
:00:56. > :00:58.Team GB have claimed a fourth gold medal in Rio, getting off
:00:59. > :01:04.They beat the favourites New Zealand and set a new Olympic record,
:01:05. > :01:13.To come here and be Olympic champion is just incredible.
:01:14. > :01:17.We have been working so hard and it shows it pays off,
:01:18. > :01:24.but it's not been an easy road, I've trained day in,
:01:25. > :01:27.day out to improve my starting and keep up with these boys
:01:28. > :01:30.Earlier, 40-year-old Katherine Grainger became Britain's
:01:31. > :01:32.most decorated female Olympian by winning silver
:01:33. > :01:34.with Victoria Thornley in the rowing double sculls.
:01:35. > :01:39.It was Grainger's fifth Olympic medal in total.
:01:40. > :01:41.In the first ever rugby sevens Olympic tournament,
:01:42. > :01:44.Great Britain finished with silver, as Fiji hammered them 43-7
:01:45. > :01:52.It was the country's first ever Olympic medal too.
:01:53. > :01:54.There was also a silver for David Florence and Richard
:01:55. > :01:56.Hounslow in the canoe slalom - repeating the silver they took
:01:57. > :02:09.Go online to see load more from the olympics including pictures
:02:10. > :02:13.Next, wild elephants could be wiped out in the next ten years,
:02:14. > :02:15.in many African countries, if they're not helped now.
:02:16. > :02:18.That's the warning given to Newsround, by the animal charity
:02:19. > :02:32.Poaching is the illegal hunting and killing of animals. It happens in
:02:33. > :02:37.lots of countries around the world and is driving many species to the
:02:38. > :02:42.point of extinction, including the Asian and African elephant. Africa
:02:43. > :02:47.was home to 1.2 million elephants in the 1970s but now the numbers have
:02:48. > :02:52.dropped to around 470,000 in the wild. The conservation charity,
:02:53. > :02:55.Tusk, told Newsround that if Poaching is not stopped there is
:02:56. > :03:00.every chance elephants will become extinct and the number of -- in a
:03:01. > :03:04.number of African countries in the next decade. Poachers hunt animals
:03:05. > :03:09.such as elephants for money. Ivory, which is found in elephant tusks
:03:10. > :03:14.armour can be legally sold for huge amounts. The tasks are sold to
:03:15. > :03:18.countries like China and Vietnam where they can be carved into
:03:19. > :03:22.ornaments, jewellery and even chopsticks. Some people buy them to
:03:23. > :03:26.show off how rich they are another is believe they have magical healing
:03:27. > :03:31.powers and use them as medicine, but scientists say the medicines don't
:03:32. > :03:35.work. Many people are campaigning to protect elephants, including the
:03:36. > :03:40.Duke of Cambridge, Prince William. It's appalling that elephants and
:03:41. > :03:44.many others may be extinct in the wild in our lifetimes. And that we
:03:45. > :03:47.seem to be hurtling towards that tragic outcome. Leaders around the
:03:48. > :03:51.world have made agreements to stop illegal animal parts coming into
:03:52. > :03:57.their countries, but it's still happening and it has not stopped
:03:58. > :04:00.poachers. Recently, thousands of elephant tusks were destroyed in
:04:01. > :04:06.Kenny to send a stronger message to poachers. Next month, governors --
:04:07. > :04:09.governments from around the world will meet in South Africa to discuss
:04:10. > :04:13.how to better protect our wildlife. The hope is to come up with a
:04:14. > :04:15.solution to stop animals like the elephant disappearing for ever.
:04:16. > :04:21.and one of the big attractions at the International Bristol
:04:22. > :04:22.Balloon Festival that's happening this weekend.
:04:23. > :04:24.We sent Jenny along to see it and absolutely
:04:25. > :04:42.We are sky high for this balloon, and it did not disappoint.
:04:43. > :04:45.It's big and it's blue and it looks real and it's like the
:04:46. > :04:51.The giant helium balloon measures seven metres across and is
:04:52. > :04:53.an exact replica of the moon and was painstakingly put together using
:04:54. > :05:02.It's taken about six months to make and I'm hoping
:05:03. > :05:03.that people will be inspired when they look
:05:04. > :05:05.at it and see all of the
:05:06. > :05:08.After all that hard work, surely nothing could
:05:09. > :05:27.The makers said the balloon burst because of high
:05:28. > :05:30.winds, but it is still set to go on a tour of other
:05:31. > :05:36.The balloon has been taken away to get fixed before it goes
:05:37. > :05:38.on the rest of the tour and like all good
:05:39. > :05:39.science experiments, sometimes things don't go exactly to plan.
:05:40. > :05:48.That's it for the morning, go online to see the latest
:05:49. > :05:51.Strictly contestant, you might recognise him.
:05:52. > :05:54.We're back at 4:20pm live from the Olympics in Rio.