Marco Silva has lost some key performers again but the manager himself is an asset and Smith Rowe’s arrival has raised hopes
Team GB’s Ellie Aldridge won gold in the women’s kite final on Thursday afternoon in Marseille, after her main rival Lauriane Nolot of France fell in the final.
After the pain of Tokyo, and the horror of her Olympic dream ending on day one of the heptathlon, the broad smile across Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s face could not have provided a happier contrast.