What happened on day 15 in Tokyo?

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Gold for pentathlete Joe Choong & boxer Galal Yafai, cycling silver and bronze for Tom Daley at Tokyo Olympics

Maybe it was written in the stars for Choong as he powered to a historic modern pentathlon triumph.

"To be honest, I just didn't want Kate to have all the limelight," joked the 26-year-old from Kent, who was 10th at Rio 2016."I pulled myself together and this time I've nailed it."Five years later, he qualified fourth for the final in Tokyo behind Chinese pair Cao Yuan and Yang Jian, and Aleksandr Bondar of the Russian Olympic Committee.

Four years later, it was another bronze, this time in the synchronised event alongside Daniel Goodfellow.alongside Lee in an emotional and nerve-filled men's synchronised 10m platform final last week.Former car factory worker Yafai was determined to persevere with his Olympic dream after his defeat by Cuba's Joahnys Argilagos in the second round at Rio 2016.

Bronze medals have already been secured by Kariss Artingstall and Frazer Clarke, while Pat McCormack and Ben Whittaker won silver. , while their efforts produced a second madison medal in two days, after Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald's dominant gold-medal ride on Friday.

 

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