3.50am BST03:50 Cycling: I was glad to see an Australian rider named Meg Lemon on the card. She’s qualified to ride for bronze in the C4 individual pursuit against Canada’s Keely Shaw, with Petricola tackling USA’s Shawn Morelli for gold. But then the commentators kept pronouncing her as Meg Le Mon. I hope that’s just … Read more
1.09am BST01:09 Eliud Kipchoge retains his Olympic marathon title! What a race and what a champion. He’s just the third athlete to defend the men’s marathon title. He stayed with the pack for most of the race and then drifted off to the horizon when he wanted to – and no one was catching him. … Read more
12.29am BST00:29 Women’s marathon: The Olympic marathon is supposed to be the ultimate test but that’s usually just because of the competition. The heat has been half the battle today. Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir streaks ahead to take gold, her teammate Brigid Kosgei, the world record holder, hangs on for silver. And it’s a brilliant bronze … Read more
And here are some highlights for Team USA on Day 14: 10.30pm EDT: women’s beach volleyball gold medal match Alix Klineman and April Ross – the American successors to Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings – face Australia’s Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar. This is Ross’s third Olympics; she’s won silver (in 2012 … Read more
And here is what we can expect from Team USA in the hours ahead. Just a hunch, but I think they will win some medals. 10.05pm EDT: men’s shot put final Ryan Crouser, the 28-year-old American who holds the world record in both indoor and outdoor shot put, has a great chance at his second … Read more
And now we’ve looked at the Aussie chances, here’s where Team USA can go big today. 10.30pm EDT: women’s 400m hurdles final Three US women – including the newly minted world-record holder – are set to square off in the final of the women’s 400m hurdles. Sydney McLaughlin, 21, set the world record at the … Read more
And now we’ve done the day for Australia, we may as well look at US chances/highlights. 9pm EDT/2am EDT: men’s 3m springboard semi-final/final A total of 18 divers will compete in the morning semi-final, and the top 12 scorers advance to the afternoon final. One American, Andrew Capobianco, qualified for the semi; he won a … Read more
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the fastest man on the planet, the face of the 2020 Games, your new Olympic champion, wait, wait, I’ve got it here somewhere, on one of these pieces of paper, yes: Marcell Jacobs. If you don’t know – and plenty didn’t – you do now. Jacobs, a 26-year-old former long jumper, … Read more
2.49am BST02:49 Swimming: Back in the pool, and the final of the men’s 1500m has just begun. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) leads early from Florian Wellbrock (GER) , Robert Finke (USA) and Daniel Jervis (GBR). 2.47am BST02:47 BMX Freestyle: Hannah Roberts (USA) has taken an early stranglehold on the final of the women’s park with an … Read more
2.04am BST02:04 Jonathan Howcroft Thanks Tom. Hello everyone. Deep breath. There’s not just a lot going on right now, there’s too much. If some of it could just chill out for a while, I’d be grateful. Attention here will be trained on the pool for the next couple of hours. It’s the penultimate day in … Read more