14/08/2016 BBC Wales Today

Wales has claimed its second gold medal of the Olympics -

with cyclist Elinor Barker riding to victory in the team pursuit.

Meanwhile, Abergavenny's Becky James has taken silver in the keerin,

Another day, another Olympic gold medal for a Welsh cyclist.

In the team pursuit Elinor Barker from Cardiff sped to

victory setting another world record emulating family friend Owain Doull

in the men's team less than 24 hours earlier.

All that was going through my head in the last lap is I'm going to

Then I crossed the line and looked up and saw

the Americans in front of

us and I thought, we've won, it's actually happened.

Welsh cyclists have now won five gold medals in the

I wonder if Elinor Barker's life will

I hope really that she keeps her feet on the ground.

That's really important for us as a family.

And we'll work hard to make sure she does keep her feet on

the ground so any time she comes home she will be washing the dishes!

And there was further velodrome success with Abergavenny's Becky

James snatching silver with a late surge.

She missed the London games and then spent the best part of two

years out with injury and a cancer scare.

Maybe a little bit too late but I don't know where that speed

I think I wanted it so much first I came

I just wanted to come away with a medal.

Boyfriend the Wales rugby winger George North

I got a bit nervous in the semifinal.

I don't agree with you at all, David.

Disappointment for Chloe Tutton and Georgia Davies.

Great Britain finishing seventh in the

So, Welsh athletes already have seven medals, equalling their total

With Becky James back on the track in sprint

qualifying today and the likes of reigning tae kwon do champion Jade

Jones yet to compete, records could fall in Rio.

A second body washed ashore in Gwynedd has

been identified as 15- year-old Waseem Almuf Leehey.

Waseem and 14-year-old Yahere Mohamed,

both from Birmingham, disappeared in the water

Yahere's body was found on Friday morning.

Natural Resources Wales is appealing for information after 500 dead fish

The fish were discovered in the river Cain near

Llansantffraid-ym Mechan on Friday after a pollution incident.

Juvenile salmon and a large number of adult

That's going to take a few years for the

Now, we return to our commemorations of the Centenary

of the First World War and those who refused to fight

Walter Roberts, from Flintshire, was the first conscientious objector

Now his name is one of 900 from Wales who are included

And hundreds of thousands did sign up.

Up by 1916 there simply weren't enough volunteers.

Where did that leave those with strong beliefs

feathers, got abuse in the street, all that sort of thing.

Then this week pacifist is believed to have been the first to go before

eight conscientious objectors tribunal. His niece told me he was

the first to die for his principles after being imprisoned. He was sent

to a work down in Scotland where conditions were so bad he felt

fatally ill. At the time they were thought to be Coward 's. This poster

told women to prove their love for their country by persuading their

menfolk to go. Now the stand is different. It took a lot of courage

to stand up for your belief not to kill. Now there is a database

detailing those who made the stand to oppose the First World War. Some

on religious grounds, others political. Robert's graveyard was

paid for opponents of prescription. One football result

for you this evening. And it was a disappointing start

to the season for Cardiff City. They were defeated 2-0 at home

against Queens Park Rangers. Overnight it will be cooler

as clouds clear with perhaps the odd Tomorrow will be a dry,

fine and warm day with good spells I'll be back with our next update

after the ten o'clock news. From everyone on the weekend team,

thanks for watching. It is hotting up in Rio and here at

home it will be warming up in the next few days with high-pressure

building, little if any rain to speak of, and with more sunshine