18/08/2016 Newsround


18/08/2016

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Hi there, Leah here with your Thursday Newsround.

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Let's get straight into the Olympic action from Rio...

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Team GB brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlow are RIGHT NOW

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racing in the Olympic Triathlon, hoping to defend the Gold and Bronze

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The race involves swimming for one and a half kilometres,

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cycling for 40 kilometres before a ten kilometre run

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The boys are up in front. They have already swum and cycled. Hopefully

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that is a guaranteed gold and silver.

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It's only lunchtime in Rio but Team GB already has another medal -

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the Kayak team of Liam Heath and Jon Schofield have won Silver

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in the Olympic K2 200 metres final, just holding off

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Also this afternoon, Great Britain's Jade Jones made

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a successful start to the defence of her Olympic taekwondo title

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The Welsh fighter will be hoping to make the final later tonight.

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Also tonight, the 200m final featuring the world's fastest man.

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Usain Bolt cruised to qualification from his semi final.

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Check him out having a chuckle with Canadian sprinter Andre de

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You'll get the result of that final, right here,

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Team GB is currently second in the medals table behind the USA with an

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incredible total of 51 medals. Seven of those had come from gymnasts.

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Ricky has been catching up with them. What's the first thing you do

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you did for you were near Neverland cup at the aptly's Bilic. Was all a

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bit of a rush, a bit surreal. We came and got ready and went to Team

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GB house and we got a fantastic reception. You are the first Team GB

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member to get a medal in the high bar. It's outstanding. Nice feeling

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to make history, make the final, where a medal around my neck.

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Hopefully I will inspire tonnes of Young Boys back in Britain. Amy,

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being the youngest athlete for Team GB has that been difficult? No,

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everyone has been so great, walking through the village, everyone

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recognising me as the youngest athlete. When I was on the podium I

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didn't have a clue what to do. The girls were like, follow us, we will

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show you what to do. It was quite nice. How did you get into

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gymnastics? I was a clumsy child, I used to follow for my own shadow.

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Plenty of scars on my head, my parents took me along to give me

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some spatial awareness and I picked it up and loved it. The most

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successful overseas Olympics for Team GB. What do you think it is

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that got us to this point? As gymnasts we are a family and so

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close. Everyone is getting more confident. It's almost the normal to

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be winning an Olympic medal. The mood is fantastic, great to be

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around and great to be in that environment. To everyone watching

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Newsround, thank you for your support. You have been great!

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And if you want EVEN more Olympics head to Newsround online

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where you can hear Ricky speak to Laura Trott and the other cycling

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After weeks of waiting, the world's longest aircraft,

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called Airlander 10, finally took off from

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Here's Jenny, with everything you need to know about it.

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Part aeroplane, part airship, part helicopter, this is the world's

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longest flying machine. It has a giant helium gas filled balloon with

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a special shape to help it fly. The team behind it boasted can stay in

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the air for three weeks and could potentially carry hundreds of

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people. Just how big is it? It's 92 metres long, roughly equal to a

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football pitch, nine double-decker buses and about 20 metres longer

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than the biggest airliner. It doesn't even need an airport, it can

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take off and land vertically, some people call it a giant flying

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bottom, I have absolutely no idea why!

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And finally, if the Olympic action in Rio wasn't already exciting

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enough to entertain the crowds, then these amazing gymnasts took

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China's world champion acrobats wowed fans with an amazing 'human

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skipping rope' during a special show at the Games in Brazil.

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That's all from me, Newsround's back tomorrow morning at 7.40.

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