Yahoo Movies Another golden day for Team GB at Tokyo 2020 – Saturday’s sporting social
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from July 31.
Olympics
Another golden morning for Team GB.
A very special 14th World Record and another OLYMPIC GOLD! Can’t thank everyone back home enough for your support! pic.twitter.com/zQaRW86bgD
— Adam Peaty MBE (@adam_peaty) July 31, 2021
So ANOTHER thing happened this morning 👀
4×100 mixed medley OLYMPIC CHAMPS!
You guys 🔥🔥
Special mention to teammate @Dawson_Kathleen… so proud 🤩 #swimming #teamgb #tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/YYwIEjOWAD
— Aimee Willmott (@aimee_willmott) July 31, 2021
Haha 😂 🥇 🥈🥉 https://t.co/zP5AMDAVpU
— Jonathan Brownlee (@jonny_brownlee) July 31, 2021
A-MA-ZING …. World record & gold 🥇 for Team GB in the mixed 4x100IM relay .. I can breath now! #TeamGB #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/7nta9rqWhi
— Sharron Davies MBE (@sharrond62) July 31, 2021
Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy & Anna Hopkin take a bow!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼SUCH an exciting race and a World Record! 🥇 Another medal for swimming means it matches GB’s greatest ever total in the pool, which was last achieved in 1908!!! #Tokyo2020 #TeamGB
— Samantha Quek (@SamanthaQuek) July 31, 2021
Absolute gem of a photo of @Jess_Learmonth #oneforthearchive https://t.co/Jrh3elnIun
— Matthew Pinsent (@matthewcpinsent) July 31, 2021
Dina Asher-Smith was shown support.
Sport can be cruel but champions prevail. @DinaAsherSmith will be back.#TeamGB pic.twitter.com/frvrus8YF1
— Team GB (@TeamGB) July 31, 2021
Dina is majestic. What a powerful, brilliant human.
Her story basically made me cry on air. Clearly something was wrong with her body, but to hear just how bad it is, is mind blowing.@dinaashersmith will be back for the relay. And I don’t doubt her grit. She’ll be special.
— Greg Rutherford (@GregJRutherford) July 31, 2021
🎢 The Olympic Games rollercoaster continues…
💔 Absolutely gutted for Dina but have no doubt that her time will come—she is already such a champion and role model, on and off the track
🌟 Delighted for Daryll—she looks like she’s enjoying every second!#Olympics #athletics
— Lizzie Simmonds (@LizzieSimmonds1) July 31, 2021
Dina is such a hero!! 👑👑
Heartbreaking interview but absolutely no doubt she will be back and better than ever in Paris 2024! @dinaashersmith ❤
— Eilish McColgan (@EilishMccolgan) July 31, 2021
Remember…@J_Ennis devastatingly had to pull out of the Beijing 2008 #Olympics when she broke her right ankle.
She came back to win a spectacular gold medal at London 2012.
Keep your head up @dinaashersmith – we will see you at #Paris2024 🙌🏼
— Samantha Quek (@SamanthaQuek) July 31, 2021
Incredibly emotional interview with @dinaashersmith. Must be so hard to wait for so long for the Olympics to come around, only not to be able to perform at your normal brilliant level due to injury in the buildup. Heartbreaking.
— Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) July 31, 2021
Usain Bolt celebrated Jamaica’s 1-2-3 in the women’s 100m final.
1.2.3 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) July 31, 2021
Clean Sweep.. #TeamJamaica 🇯🇲 pic.twitter.com/3XOpywTe2v
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) July 31, 2021
More praise from the PM.
Huge congratulations to @TeamGB for their world record-breaking win in the pool and win in the triathlon mixed relay. Fantastic! 🇬🇧#Tokyo2020 #TeamGB
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) July 31, 2021
Crystal Palace celebrated local lad Alex Yee’s journey to Olympic gold.
Just a local lad with an Olympic gold medal 🏅
Congratulations, @Lixsanyee ❤️💙
(📸 Lexus Croydon 10K)#CPFC | https://t.co/utMcYSlISB pic.twitter.com/U7CobJTAhS
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) July 31, 2021
Kye Whyte was still basking in Team GB’s BMX success.
Helen Glover returned home.
This feeling 🥰 #runningcuddles #homesweethome @SteveBackshall @TeamGB pic.twitter.com/h5QGqwfcM2
— Helen Glover (@Helenglovergb) July 30, 2021
Andy Murray was loving the mixed events.
How good are mixed events in sport? they are a huge asset and so many sports miss a trick not supporting/promoting them more. #olympics @TeamGB
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) July 31, 2021
David De Gea celebrated Spanish success in Tokyo.
Good morning! 😍Buenos días! 😻 pic.twitter.com/rTLdVGoSAV
— David de Gea (@D_DeGea) July 31, 2021
Have the BBC found their new Doctor Who?
Morning… 1 more day… Feel light @beckadlington and myself have been in a time machine!! How good are @teamgb swimmers doing!! Have an amazing weekend. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/MA8ckrMURs
— Mark Foster (@MarkFosterSwim) July 31, 2021
Leah Williamson and Lucy Bronze hoped for more with Team GB.
Elina Svitolina celebrated broze in the women’s singles tennis.
Football
Ben White trained for the first time with Arsenal.
First session banked!! What an incredible couple of days. Overwhelmed by all the messages. Thank you @Arsenal pic.twitter.com/O4MVk05Pu1
— Benjamin White (@ben6white) July 31, 2021
Cricket
Kevin Pietersen advocated a radical approach for red-ball cricket.
The ECB decided in 2015 to prioritise white ball cricket. They won the WC & now have a franchise tournament.
Now is the time to franchise red ball cricket. Strengthen all the teams. Good players survive, others don’t.
Test cricket will die if they don’t!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) July 31, 2021
By franchising red ball county cricket, I mean combining 3/4 counties together, like The 💯.
Play 8-10 four day games a summer.
The best players survive. There’s way too many average players calling themselves 1st class cricketers!
That’s how you create red ball depth!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) July 31, 2021
Formula One
Lando Norris was set for action in Hungary.
Ready to do this 👊 pic.twitter.com/VOrweFWe6D
— Lando Norris (@LandoNorris) July 31, 2021
Romain Grosjean found an ironic ad behind his avenue.
The best street !Can’t believe the advert behind tho 😂🚒👨🚒 pic.twitter.com/mhBrtq2Me8
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) July 30, 2021
Mick Schumacher was OK after a big crash in FP3.
Mick has been given a check-up at the medical centre after an impact of over 30G, and has been given the all-clear.
That’s the most important news. #HaasF1 #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/6e4UIaSKzi
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) July 31, 2021
Tennis
Emma Raducanu trained hard.
MMA
Conor McGregor continued to live the high life.
Livin pic.twitter.com/74Z2m2tz8V
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 31, 2021
Khabib Nurmagomedov spent time with Mike Tyson.
