OLYMPICS: Tokyo, '2020': Latest News (Wolf watch)

Logan Martin wins GOLD in men's BMX freestyle: From CNN’s Seamus Fagan


Australian biker Logan Martin performs a trick during the BMX freestyle men’s final on Sunday. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Australian biker Logan Martin has won GOLD in the first ever Olympic BMX freestyle men’s final, scoring 93.30 in his first run.

Venezuela’s Daniel Dhers earned his country’s third medal of the Tokyo Games, winning SILVER with 92.05. Great Britain’s Declan Brooks took BRONZE with 90.80.

The triumph brings Australia’s Gold medal count to 13 and total medal count to 30.

 

(And whilst we're talking 'Aussie':)
Australia takes home women's 4x100 meter medley relay:

Australian swimmers Emma McKeon, Chelsea Hodges, Kaylee McKeown and Cate Campbell react after winning the gold medal and breaking the Olympic record for the 4x100 meter medley relay on Sunday. (Al Bello/Getty Images) - The USA took SILVER, with Canada claiming BRONZE.
Australia set an Olympic record to win the women's 4x100 meter medley relay, and was the country's second GOLD medal Sunday morning after ....

 

.... EMMA McKEON took the top prize setting another Olympic record ...

to win the top medal in the women's 50 meter freestyle, her sixth medal in Tokyo - She finished the race in 23.81 seconds.



With the medley win, McKeon now has seven medals in Tokyo, including three golds.
She is just the second woman to win seven medals at a single Olympics, a feat that only Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya had previously accomplished, according to NBC.
(Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem took home SILVER and Denmark's Pernille Blume the BRONZE)

 

American Xander Schauffele clinches Olympic GOLD in men's golf :



Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini closed with an Olympic record 10-under round of 61 to finish in SILVER at 17 under.

It was a nail-biting final day that ended with a seven-way play-off for the BRONZE medal.
CT PAN of Chinese Taipei finally claimed it on the fourth knockout hole.
Pan pipped Open champion Collin Morikawa to bronze in a play-off that also included McIlroy, Casey, Japan's Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, Chile's Mito Pereira and Colombian Sebastian Munoz.

 

Mourad Aliev in ring protest after Frazer Clarke defeat:



French boxer Mourad Aliev said he staged a remarkable protest after defeat to Frazer Clarke because; he says was "injustice" upon his disqualification.
The 26-year-old Frenchman was disqualified in round two of his +91kg quarter-final against Britain's Clarke for excessive use of his head.
Aliev spent 30 minutes sat on the ring apron after the fight and left the arena, only to return to the same spot.

"I sat down to protest against the unfairness for me," said Aliev.
"I prepared for these Games for four years. I really wanted to fight against the injustice, so that was my way to show that I don't agree with that decision.

Head clashes had caused cuts above each of Clarke's eyes and the British boxer had his cuts checked over twice by a ringside doctor.

Aliev insists he was not warned about his use of his head by the referee, adding: "I was just stopped without any warning and they just told me that 'you lost' - just like that. So I think it was an act of sabotage."

Aliev kicked the canvas and remonstrated angrily upon hearing of his disqualification, behaviour he said was "natural" because he has "prepared my whole life for this event".

 

Where's the yawn emoticon when one needs it ??? - I'm bored and thoroughly pissed off with the hype surrounding the olympics - its a series of sporting events and that's all !!!

 

• Yet you keep coming back to visit sites and post upon Threads to do nothing but say you don't like the subject matter

We are all aware you are an "ancient, decrepit crinkly." -as you often post yourself,.there is no need to keep posting it.
If you don't like, have no interest it a thread - why look at it ???

 

Biles withdraws from her signature event, the floor exercise:



Simone Biles won't defend her Rio 2016 title on the floor exercise, according to a statement Sunday (1 August) from USA Gymnastics. Biles has claimed the world floor exercise title five times in her career: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.

"Simone has withdrawn from the event for floor and will make a decision on beam later this week. Either way, we're all behind you," read the statement from USA Gymnastics.

Biles withdrawal comes after she scratched the final three events of the women's team final after getting lost attempting to perform a two-and-a-half twisting vault.
- She later announced she would not participate in the all-around, vault and uneven bars finals.

The six-time Olympic medallist, who won four golds at Rio 2016, has been dealing with the 'twisties,' a phenomenon in gymnastics where an athlete's body does not respond as it has in the past.
"My mind and body are simply not in sync,” Biles wrote in an Instagram story post Friday. "For anyone saying I quit. I didn't quit.”

Biles could still return to competition on the final day (3 August) of artistic gymnastics competition in the balance beam final.

 

Max Whitlock defends Olympic pommel horse title



Great Britain's Max Whitlock retained his Olympic title in Tokyo to win GOLD in the men's pommel horse.
The 28-year-old was first up in the event and immediately put the pressure on his rivals with a near-perfect routine that earned him a score of 15.583.

Three-time world champion Whitlock then watched on as the remaining seven gymnasts were unable to beat his score before his third career Olympic gold - and Britain's 10th of the Games - was confirmed.

Lee Chih-kai of Chinese Taipei was the only competitor to give Whitlock an anxious moment but his score of 15.400 was only good enough for SILVER. Japan's Kazuma Kaya took the BRONZE medal.

 

COVID Continues:

• Japan has made history with a record 17 gold medals, but Olympic success comes as coronavirus cases surge through the country. - CNN's Emiko Jozuka in Tokyo

People take photos with the Olympic rings near the National Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday. (Kyodo News/Getty Images)

People swarmed Olympic monuments in Tokyo to snap selfies on Saturday, despite the surging number of Covid-19 cases in the Japanese capital.

Tokyo remains under a state of emergency due to the pandemic, and the metropolitan government reported on Saturday that they had identified a new single-day record of more than 4,000 cases.

But that spike in infections has not dampened the mood for many Olympic fans around the new National Stadium, especially among eager fans lining up by the Olympic Rings monument to take pictures.

“I’ve been watching the Olympic competitions on TV from home because the events in Tokyo can’t have spectators. But I wanted to get a feel for the Olympic spirit, so came here (to the Olympic Rings),” one Tokyo resident told CNN. “My friends were also posting photos on Instagram of themselves by the Olympic rings, so I wanted to take some too.”

 

..... and continues...


Fans pose for photos near the National Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday. (Emiko Jozuka/CNN)
Going into the Games, polls showed the Japanese public largely opposed holding the Olympics in the middle of the pandemic.
But some Tokyo residents told CNN Japan’s recent gold rush at the Games had shifted their opinions around the Olympics.
“At first, I wondered how Japan would pull off the Olympics, but once they started, Japan started winning lots of gold medals,” another resident said. “It made me feel like Japan was going head-to-head with other nations and doing well. It made me want to cheer on my country.”

 

Selemon Barega secues men's 10,000-metre GOLD for Ethiopia:



After a thrilling sprint on the final lap. Barega moved to the front of the lead pack with 400 meters to go and kicked clear in the closing stages, finishing in a time of 27:43.22 ahead of Ugandan duo Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo.

Uganda's Stephen Kissa storming into a huge early lead before dropping out with nine laps to go.
"It was a sacrifice for the team. We had a plan for me to go ahead to make it a fast race," Kissa later explained to reporters.
"I thought they (Cheptegei and Kiplimo) were going to follow me but when I looked round they were not there ... We were planning for the gold but unfortunately we have a silver and bronze. But I'm happy. We have two medals.
Maybe next time someone else will sacrifice themselves for me."

• Chegtegei, finished second in with Kiplimo was third

Barega told reporters."Since Kenenisa won last time (at the 2008 Beijing Olympics), we have been unable to achieve a gold medal. I feel really proud to be part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics."

 

Brazillian GOLD:
Rebeca Andrade wins gold for Brazil in women's vault event: CNN's Ben Morse in London


Brazil's Rebeca Andrade competes in the Women's Vault Final on August 1. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
The Brazilian gymnast finished with a score of 15.083 average doing a Cheng and an Amanar, ahead of Team USA's MyKayla Skinner (who replaced Simone Biles)
Andrade's Gold is Brazil's first ever Gold in women's gymnastics.

The gold medal is Andrade's second medal of the Summer Games, after finishing just behind the US' Sunisa Lee in the individual all-around final to claim SILVER.

• South Korea’s Yeo Seo-jeong won the BRONZE medal, the country’s first Olympic medal in women’s gymnastics.
• Her dad had won a silver in men’s vault in 1996.

 

Israel's first GOLD of Tokyo 2020 - CNN's Ben Morse in London


Artem Dolgopyat performs on the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final. Gregory Bull/AP
Artem Dolgopyat won Israel's first GOLD, and third overall medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Winning the men's floor exercise.

Dolgopyat and his Spanish counterpart Rayderley Zapata actually finished level on 14.933 points, with the Israeli gymnast winning gold due to a higher difficulty of performance, and the Spanniard claiming SILVER

It's the first time since the 2004 Athens Games that two gymnasts have tied on the floor exercise -
China’s Xiao Ruoteng took the BRONZE medal.

One of the favorites, Nikita Nagornyy, finished seventh -- despite landing a triple pike in his warmup -- after he landed the same move out of bounds when it came to the competitive action.

 

Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova win GOLD in women's doubles:


Ariake Tennis Park on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova secured a gold medal for the Czech Republic on Sunday after winning the women's doubles tennis tournament.

The top seeds coming into the Olympics, Krejcikova and Siniakova beat Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland in straight sets -- 7-5 6-1 -- to claim the Czech Republic's fourth gold of Tokyo 2020.

 

Nina Derwael wins Belgium GOLD in uneven bars: CNN's Ben Morse in London


Belgium's Nina Derwael competes in the uneven bars final on August 1. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Nina Derwael of Belgium won GOLD in the uneven bars as the artistic gymnastics wrapped up for Sunday.

The 21-year-old produced an excellent display to earn herself a score of 15.200, ahead of Anastasiia Iliankova of the Russian Olympic Committee in SILVER and USA's Sunisa Lee who got BRONZE

Derwael is a two-time world champion and a two-time European champion on the uneven bars.
She competed at the 2016 Games, finishing 19th in the all-around final.

 

Ooooohhh - touchy aren't we ??? I'm exercising my right to free speech !!!

 

and you do it so ... predictively

 

France win men's foil team GOLD:



An incredible sixth and seventh relay from Enzo Lefort (FRA) and Julien Mertine (FRA) pushed France into an unassailable lead against the ROC as they cruise to the GOLDd medal, winning 45-28.

It's the first Gold medal for the men's team in this event since Sydney 2000, and the eighth foil team gold victory for France.

 

RUSSIAN GOLD:

Pavlyuchenkova/Rublev (ROC) win Mixed Doubles Tennis Gold



Although they dropped the second set to Vesnina/Karatsev (ROC), the pair of Pavlyuchenkova/Rublev and came through an epic final set tie-break to win the final tennis gold of Tokyo 2020 6-3, 7-6, [13]-[11].