14/08/2016

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:00:17. > :00:19.Welsh cycling is celebrating another gold at the Olympics.

:00:20. > :00:21.Elinor Barker rode to victory in the team pursuit,

:00:22. > :00:24.following on from the gold achieved by fellow Cardiff

:00:25. > :00:28.Meanwhile, Abergavenny's Becky James took silver in the keerin.

:00:29. > :00:31.The Welsh medal tally has now reached seven,

:00:32. > :00:36.From Rio, here's Rhodri Lewellyn reports.

:00:37. > :00:39.Another day, another Olympic gold medal for a Welsh cyclist.

:00:40. > :00:49.In the team pursuit Elinor Barker from Cardiff sped to

:00:50. > :00:52.victory setting another world record emulating family friend Owain Doull

:00:53. > :00:57.in the men's team less than 24 hours earlier.

:00:58. > :01:01.All that was going through my head in the last lap is I'm going to

:01:02. > :01:07.Then I crossed the line and looked up and saw

:01:08. > :01:08.the Americans in front of

:01:09. > :01:10.us and I thought, we've won, it's actually happened.

:01:11. > :01:12.Welsh cyclists have now won five gold medals in the

:01:13. > :01:15.I wonder if Elinor Barker's life will

:01:16. > :01:21.I hope really that she keeps her feet on the ground.

:01:22. > :01:23.That's been really important for us as a family.

:01:24. > :01:26.And we'll work hard to make sure she does keep her feet on

:01:27. > :01:30.the ground so any time she comes home she will be washing the dishes!

:01:31. > :01:32.And there was further velodrome success with Abergavenny's Becky

:01:33. > :01:35.James snatching silver with a late surge in the keerin.

:01:36. > :01:40.She missed the London Games and then spent the best part of two

:01:41. > :01:44.years out with injury and a cancer scare.

:01:45. > :01:49.Maybe a little bit too late but I don't know where that speed

:01:50. > :01:54.I think I wanted it so much once I got through that first round today.

:01:55. > :01:56.I just wanted to come away with a medal.

:01:57. > :02:00.Boyfriend, the Wales rugby winger George North,

:02:01. > :02:06.I got a bit nervous in the semifinal.

:02:07. > :02:12.I don't agree with you at all, David.

:02:13. > :02:17.Disappointment for Chloe Tutton and Georgia Davies.

:02:18. > :02:19.Great Britain finishing seventh in the

:02:20. > :02:25.Becky James was back here today comfortably making it through

:02:26. > :02:30.Setting a new Olympic record along the way.

:02:31. > :02:34.Having already equaled the seven medals won in England, the Welsh

:02:35. > :02:42.athletes look set to break some records in Rio.

:02:43. > :02:44.A second body washed ashore in Gwynedd has

:02:45. > :02:47.been identified as 15- year-old Waseem Al-Muflehi.

:02:48. > :02:49.Wasseem and 14-year-old Yahye Mohamed,

:02:50. > :02:51.both from Birmingham, disappeared in the water off

:02:52. > :02:56.Yahear's body was found on Friday morning.

:02:57. > :02:59.An investigation is underway after 500 dead fish were found

:03:00. > :03:03.National Resources Wales say the fish were discovered

:03:04. > :03:05.near Llansantffraid-ym Mechan on Friday after a

:03:06. > :03:13.Juvenile salmon and a large number of adult

:03:14. > :03:18.That's going to take a few years for the

:03:19. > :03:26.As part of World War One Centenary commemorations, a new online

:03:27. > :03:29.database lists details of the 900 people from Wales who refused to

:03:30. > :03:36.Walter Roberts, from Flintshire, was the first conscientious objector

:03:37. > :03:42.His niece says they were treated with hostility at the time,

:03:43. > :03:44.but now they're seen as victims of the war,

:03:45. > :03:48.as much as those who fought on the front line.

:03:49. > :03:52.Sent white feathers, got abuse in the street,

:03:53. > :03:58.It took a lot of courage to stand up for your

:03:59. > :04:03.I'm absolutely certain that there's a greater understanding.

:04:04. > :04:09.The amount of interest that's been shown with the

:04:10. > :04:14.anniversary of the First World War whereas there was just hostility

:04:15. > :04:20.More sport now, and just the one football result

:04:21. > :04:24.Two late goals meant a 2-0 home defeat for Cardiff City

:04:25. > :04:26.to Queens Park Rangers in the Championship.

:04:27. > :04:29.Cardiff managed only one shot on target and have failed to score

:04:30. > :04:32.in three games this season - with QPR moving to

:04:33. > :04:36.Let's take a look now at what the weather

:04:37. > :04:39.Cooler overnight with clouds clearing.

:04:40. > :04:41.Dry, fine and warm tomorrow with good spells of sunshine, and

:04:42. > :04:46.Wales Today will be back with updates in

:04:47. > :04:49.From everyone on the weekend team, thanks for watching.

:04:50. > :05:09.Event as this. All will be revealed later when the world for round 10

:05:10. > :05:12.seconds will stop, and watch. Hello, good evening, we have got a

:05:13. > :05:19.few days of really nice summer weather on the way, is it going to

:05:20. > :05:20.be turning really warm across most of the country, temperatures