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Hannah Mills
personHannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre won 470 gold at Tokyo 2020. Team GB have now won five sailing medals in Tokyo, three of which are gold. 13-year-old Sky Brown became the country's youngest medallist in skateboarding. Ben Maher secured individual showjumping gold in jump-off.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
personKatarina Johnson-Thompson pulled up in the 200m heat of the heptathlon. The Team GB star had been nursing an Achilles injury. The 28-year-old limped over the line before being consoled by her fellow competitors.
Andre De Grasse
personAndre De Grasse won gold in the men's 200-metre race in Tokyo on Wednesday. The Markham, Ont., sprinter surged across the finish line in a Canadian record time of 19.62 seconds. The 26-year-old is the eighth-fastest man of all time over the distance.
Mike Carey
personMike Carey, a coal lobbyist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, defeated 10 opponents in the special Republican primary for Ohio's 15th Congressional District. With 96.5% of precincts reporting, Carey was ahead of his closest contender, state representative Jeff LaRe, by 37% to 13.3%.
Ben Maher
personBen Maher secured individual showjumping gold at Tokyo Equestrian Park. Maher record a time of 37.85 which was enough by 17 hundredths of a second. Team GB now have five Olympic medals in the Tokyo Games' equestrian section.
Sakura Yosozumi
personSakura Yosozumi, 19, landed two 540s in her impressive first run. Kokona Hiraki, 12, claimed silver to become Japan's youngest Olympian. Britain's Sky Brown, 13, was the favourite to win the women's event.
Mark McCloskey
personMark McCloskey, who brandished a semi-automatic rifle while his wife, Patricia, waved a pistol, is now planning a run for the Senate seat in Missouri next year. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson issued 12 pardons and two commutations on Tuesday.
Eilidh McIntyre
personHannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win Olympic sailing gold for Team GB in women's 470. Sky Brown becomes Britain's youngest Olympian at 13 years and 23 days. France said to be unhappy with the fact Team GB allowed Poland to pass them.
Meghan Markle
personDuchess of Sussex announced a mentorship program called "40X40" Meghan Markle released a video promoting a women's mentorship project to celebrate her 40th birthday. She launched 40x40, a global effort encouraging people to commit to giving 40 minutes of their time to support women going back to work.
Chris Cuomo
personChris's show Prime Time with Chris Cuomo aired on Tuesday night at 9pm after round-the-clock coverage by every major news outlet. Outraged viewers and media pundits are calling for his resignation or termination by CNN. Cuomo advised his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on how to respond to sexual harassment claims, investigators found. Cuomo has always denied the allegations.
Aston Villa
organizationAston Villa complete £30m signing of Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen. Dean Smith hails arrival of 'top professional' as club's busy window continues. Danny Ings has joined Villa on a three-year deal from Southampton. Jack Grealish is set to complete his £100m move to Manchester City.
Mike Parson
personMissouri Gov. Mike Parson pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey last week. The couple waved their guns at peaceful racial justice protesters walking by their home in June 2020. No shots were fired, and no one was hurt.
Harry Kane
personHarry Kane has missed two days of pre-season training with Tottenham. The 28-year-old has been linked with a £160million move to Manchester City. City are also closing in on a £100m deal for Aston Villa's Jack Grealish. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is said to be holding out for £150m.
Giles Scott
personGiles Scott came back from last place after a mistake on the start line to overtake most of the field and claim the gold medal in the Finn class. His success made it two gold medals on the day - and 13 in total - for Team GB following Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell’s equally dramatic win the men's 49er. Team GB won eight medals on day 11 of London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Letitia James
personNew York Attorney General Letitia James released a 165-page report concluding that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. James' investigation interviewed 11 former female workers who claimed Cuomo made inappropriate comments or touched them inappropriately. In a video statement, Cuomo denied James's findings, saying, "I never touched anyone inappropriately"
Andrew Cuomo
personNew York Attorney General Letitia James released a 165-page report concluding that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women while in office. Cuomo could resign from office or be impeached and removed by the state legislature. Investigators allege that Cuomo groped an executive assistant’s breast and in several other instances touched her ‘intimately’ without her consent.
J. Allen Brack
personJ. Allen Brack, president of the company's Blizzard division, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Brack was named in a lawsuit filed by the state of California. The suit alleged sexual harassment and discrimination at the video game studio.
Alexander Lukashenko
personU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to Twitter late Monday to criticize Belarus' political regime. He said the Lukashenka regime sought to force Olympian Krystsyna Tsimanouskaya to leave simply for exercising free speech. Poland and Czech Republic have indicated they will offer her political asylum. Her husband Arseni Zhdanevich has fled to Ukraine.
Vitaly Shishov
personVitaly Shishov, who led the group Belarusian House, was discovered hanged in a park. Police looking into whether death was murder made to look like suicide. Comes after Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by Poland after refusing to fly home.
Ed Clancy
personThe 36-year-old was due to compete in the men's team pursuit heats on Tuesday. Charlie Tanfield will join Ethan Hayter, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood in Britain's four-man team. Great Britain's reign as Olympic champions came to an end during Tuesday's semi-final with Denmark.