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Athletes in Tokyo are given 48 hours after their final event before they have to return home as part of the Covid restrictions. Many take the first day to rest and then fly back on the second.
Not Polly Swann. The 33-year-old Lancastrian, who finished fourth with rowing partner Helen Glover in the women’s pair final, came back on the first day.
She is an NHS junior doctor, who worked in the thick of the pandemic crisis and was keen to get back to the wards.
Polly Swann was keen to get back to the wards with the NHS after the women's pair final
A tale of two ticket agencies. CoSport, the authorised re-seller of Olympics tickets in the United States, is facing a lawsuit from five customers who are fighting for full refunds for their tickets, accusing the firm of breach of contract and fraud.
However, the British re-seller, Team GB Live, last week sent full refunds including booking fees back to those in this country who had paid out, making them one of the first to do so.
British cycling's Shriever missionThe world’s BMX racers now know how hard it is to catch Beth Shriever after the brilliant Essex girl won gold on Friday.
British Cycling were faced with a similar assignment in December 2016 when officials were left with just an hour to track down the rider, 16 at the time, before news that her funding had been pulled by UK Sport was made public.
They managed to get hold of her mum, Kate, who was left to break
