GB through as second fastest qualifiers. Looked like they were going to smash the world record but faded towards the end. 
  Decent chance of gold if they get their tactics right in the final. 

FOLLOWING PROTOCOL: Almost half of British voters who are aware of trade problems with Northern Ireland blame the EU for those frictions, compared with just 31 percent who believe the U.K. is mostly responsible, an exclusive poll for POLITICO by Redfield and Wilton Strategies, conducted among 1,500 eligible voters in Great Britain on July 29, found. Thirty-five percent of people were “moderately aware” of the trade problems with Northern Ireland, while 17 percent said they were “very aware” of those issues. Twenty-five percent say they were “somewhat aware,” while 23 percent said they were not at all aware. 

Obviously I have no proof but I reckon that this wrangle with the FA has something to do with it.   They know they are fucked this time & are likely going to be banned from a few future windows, so they’re going big now.

Laura Kenny in the heats of the Team Pursuit on the Beeb in a bit.   Germany have already broken the world record in an earlier run. 

‘insert whatever they’re getting away with this time’ is a helluva drug.