19/08/2016

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:00:07. > :00:08.Usain Bolt, running away from everyone, running

:00:09. > :00:11.towards what you'd like to think is immortality

:00:12. > :00:18.There's just no stopping him - Usain Bolt wins his second gold

:00:19. > :00:26.While there was triple gold for Team GB on day 13 of the Games.

:00:27. > :00:37.Good morning, I'm Jenny and this is your Olympic Newsround.

:00:38. > :00:41.Team GB have won three more gold medals on day 13

:00:42. > :00:44.But all eyes on were the superstar of the Games

:00:45. > :00:51.After winning gold in the 100 metres,

:00:52. > :01:00.to strike again, this time in the 200 metres.

:01:01. > :01:12.It's something that you work so hard for throughout the years.

:01:13. > :01:14.When this moment comes, you are happy but also

:01:15. > :01:16.relieved to have done it because you really wanted it.

:01:17. > :01:19.So many things could have gone wrong but I came here and executed.

:01:20. > :01:24.But it was heartbreak for Team GB's Adam Gemili,

:01:25. > :01:30.who was just three thousandths of a second off the bronze medal.

:01:31. > :01:35.To get so close, it's heartbreaking. Got it. Absolutely gutted.

:01:36. > :01:37.Now to winning with your feet in a different way.

:01:38. > :01:39.Reigning taekwondo champ Jade Jones defended her title

:01:40. > :01:44.I still can't believe it, you know, from London, that I'm Olympic

:01:45. > :01:50.I just feel like I was under so much pressure and to do it again is

:01:51. > :01:56.Earlier on, another champ from London 2012

:01:57. > :01:59.was out to win again - triathlete Alistair Brownlee,

:02:00. > :02:02.who was competing alongside his brother Jonny.

:02:03. > :02:09.The pair swam, cycled and ran their way to gold and silver.

:02:10. > :02:15.It will be a glorious gold for Alastair Brownlee.

:02:16. > :02:18.The Olympic triathlon champion for the second time.

:02:19. > :02:23.I've finished so many sessions just trying to keep up with Johnny,

:02:24. > :02:26.basically I've raced three or four times a week and I've hardly been

:02:27. > :02:29.able to sleep at night because my legs hurt so much.

:02:30. > :02:32.The day's other British gold came from sailors Hannah Mills

:02:33. > :02:37.and Saskia Clark in the women's 470 event.

:02:38. > :02:39.Also on the water, Jon Schofield and Liam Heath

:02:40. > :02:46.powered to a silver in the men's kayak double.

:02:47. > :02:48.There was a bronze in another doubles event -

:02:49. > :02:53.the men's badminton, from Chris Langridge

:02:54. > :03:10.So, all that means we stay in second place on the medal table.

:03:11. > :03:12.Team GB has dominated the track cycling at the Games -

:03:13. > :03:15.and today, the finals of the BMX cycling takes place.

:03:16. > :03:17.But there's been bad news for Team GB medal hopeful

:03:18. > :03:19.Liam Phillips, who is out after having a crash

:03:20. > :03:22.Thankfully, he was OK to walk away afterwards,

:03:23. > :03:25.BMX is a relatively new Olympic sport - first appearing

:03:26. > :03:33.I love the BMXing best because it's flicks and racing.

:03:34. > :03:37.You have to jump and go really fast but it hurts when you fall.

:03:38. > :03:39.The coolest thing is when you go down ramps.

:03:40. > :03:42.I love how you can jump over the bumps.

:03:43. > :03:45.I just think it's cool because you can go over

:03:46. > :03:54.Now to a mission to save one of our most endangered mammals.

:03:55. > :03:55.They're small, brown and furry and this month,

:03:56. > :03:58.100 water voles that have been raised in captivity are being

:03:59. > :04:01.released into the wild in Yorkshire in the north of England.

:04:02. > :04:04.The number of voles roaming the UK has dropped massively in recent

:04:05. > :04:07.years and this will be the biggest release of the little

:04:08. > :04:14.We're reckoning it will take quite a few years, but for us,

:04:15. > :04:16.it will be a success whenever we see water voles.

:04:17. > :04:19.Not just in these areas, in the streams, but the whole

:04:20. > :04:21.way around the town and that they are starting to spread

:04:22. > :04:24.out and sustain the population of their own where we're no longer

:04:25. > :04:34.It's a big day for water voles - so we thought we'd put together

:04:35. > :04:42.Meet one of Britain's most endangered mammals, the water vole.

:04:43. > :04:45.They might be shy and secretive but they are the largest type

:04:46. > :04:48.of vole in Britain and can often be mistaken for a rat.

:04:49. > :04:51.Despite their name, they don't always live near water.

:04:52. > :04:54.Instead, they make burrows underground like moles and they're

:04:55. > :04:59.Their homes can have many levels that help prevent flooding

:05:00. > :05:03.as well as including rooms for nesting, a food store

:05:04. > :05:07.and sometimes even a little platform of twigs and straw

:05:08. > :05:10.where they can sunbathe aboveground.

:05:11. > :05:14.But that doesn't mean that they're not

:05:15. > :05:21.Did you know water voles are very strong swimmers?

:05:22. > :05:24.They can reach up to 500 metres on the surface and 15 underwater.

:05:25. > :05:30.Back in the 1960s, there were lots of them in Yorkshire

:05:31. > :05:33.and the north of England but they were wiped out by mink

:05:34. > :05:36.brought over from America in the 1920s and now

:05:37. > :05:44.Conservationists hope by reintroducing them

:05:45. > :05:46.into the wild there, they'll be back in the

:05:47. > :05:51.That's all from the team this morning, we're back on CBBC at 4:20.

:05:52. > :05:53.Head online to play our Quiz of the Week.

:05:54. > :05:57.Just for serious news fans - can you answer question 5?