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A fighting silver and a surprise bronze from two young martial artists ensured Team GB got off the medal mark on a breathless and enthralling second day at these Tokyo Olympics.

The silver came late on Sunday evening in the under-68kg taekwondo class with Bradly Sinden, a 22-year-old from Doncaster, narrowly missing out to Uzbekistan teenager Ulugbek Rashitov 34-29.

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