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

Debut GOLD for GB Cyclist:



British cyclist Matt Walls was crowned Olympic champion on his debut with a dominant performance in the omnium.

The 23-year-old finished on a total of 153 points, 24 more than SILVER medallist Campbell Stewart of New Zealand, while Italy's defending champion Elia Viviani took BRONZE.

His victory earns Team GB's first track cycling gold medal at the Tokyo Games.
Walls adds an Olympic medal to his world championship bronze and European title in the event.

 

Republic of China diver wows the judges to take GOLD:



People's Republic of China's QUAN Hongchan set the 10m platform final alight with three 10s. to win GOLD
The impeccable Quan, only 14 years of age, barely made a ripple as she surged ahead with a score of 466.20. Teammate CHEN Yuxi won SILVER, more than 40 points back on 425.40, with Melissa Wu of Australia who gained the BRONZE with 371.40.

 

Spain's Ginés López takes historic GOLD:



Spain's teenage sensation Alberto Ginés López took the first-ever gold medal in men’s combined sport climbing
Nathaniel Coleman of the United States coming in second for SILVER and Austrian Jakob Schubert taking the BRONZE.

The Spaniard was best over the three disciplines on the day (speed, lead and bouldering) to finish at the head of the eight-climber field at the Aomi Urban Sports Park

 

Further News:

• Krystina Timanovskay revealed she decided to flee after her grandmother warned her it was not safe to return.

Belarus Olympian Timanovskaya says grandmother warned her not to come home

 

Belgium's Thiam wins back-to-back Olympic Heptathlon titles:.:



Nafi Thiam successfully defended her Olympic heptathlon title highlighting her class in the combined events over two days in Tokyo 2020.
The 26-year-old Thiam became only the second woman to win back-to-back titles in the event since U.S. legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee in Barcelona 1992.
Thiam amassed a total of 6,791 points over the seven events followed by a Dutch 2-3 on the podium with Anouk Vetter (6,689) and Emma Oosterwegel (6,590) winning the SILVER and BRONZE medals.

 

Belgium beat Australia in shootout to claim Hockey GOLD:



Belgium won GOLD in their first Olympic men's hockey title, beating Australia 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the final finished in a 1-1 draw

India took the BRONZE earlier yesterday after a thrilling 5-4 victory over Germany, giving the country its first Olympic medal in the sport since the 1980 Moscow Games.
The medal in Tokyo possesses enormous significance for India, a former hockey powerhouse which has a proud record of eight Olympic gold medals in the sport.

 

First time in Olympic History.......................

 

I was glad to see Allyson Felix get the bronze medal in the 400m. She is a classy woman. Maybe some of the members of the American women’s soccer team could learn something from her.

 

Kenny makes history with fifth cycling GOLD:



Laura Kenny, 29, and Katie Archibald, 27, won gold in the first ever Olympic women's cycling madison - giving Kenny her fifth Olympic title and making her the first British woman to win GOLD at three consecutive Games.

 

French GOLD for GB:



Kate French became only the second Briton to win a GOLD medal for Team GB in the modern pentathlon.
Lithuania's Laura Asadauskaite sprinted to a finish to claim SILVER, and Sarolta Kovacs of Hungary bagged the BRONZE

Kate French wins gold for Great Britain in modern pentathlon (olympics.com)

 

English GOLD for the U.S.A.:



Amber English of the United States celebrates with her GOLD medal in the women's skeet at the Asaka Shooting Range
- in the 2020 Summer Olympics 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. Army First Lt. Amber English took home the gold medal in the women’s individual shotgun skeet event during the first week of the Tokyo Olympics

Army officer Amber English brings home gold medal after record Olympic performance: 'I'm very, very humbled' | Fox News

 

Italy beat GB in 4x100m relay GOLD - at the line: - Vithushan Ehantharajah 42 mins ago

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This was a thriller, one you can stick alongside any of the modern era. Drama from the blocks to the finish, but especially the finish.
Newham’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Milano’s Filippo Tortu jostling at breakneck speeds, shoulder to shoulder yet unwilling to acknowledge each other’s presence until the death.
- The (blink of an) eye test had Tortu ahead by a fraction.
The photo and clock confirmed it. Italy took the relay GOLD, Great Britain 0.01 seconds slower in SILVER.

Behind them was the scrap within a scrap. Zhigiang Wu (China) and Oblique Seville (Jamaica) were trading strides for third before Andre De Grasse sealied BRONZE for Canada.

 

Canada beat Sweden in Penalty shootout to clinch first women’s football GOLD:

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Canada’s women’s football team have triumphed at the Tokyo Olympics following a hugely dramatic win over Sweden in the gold medal match.

The Final was eventually settled via a penalty shootout after a tense 1-1 draw after 120 minutes that saw Stina Blackstenius’ effort cancelled out by another spot-kick from Jessie Fleming in the second half of normal time.

In an enthralling shootout, the game moved to sudden death before Julia Grosso confidently stepped up to seal GOLD for Canada - their first in women’s football at the Olympics.

• Canada’s "Quinn" is the first openly transgender athlete to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
• Victory also came on the occasion of inspirational captain Christine Sinclair’s 303rd and possibly final senior international cap.

Sweden settle for SILVER for the second Games in succession after also losing to Germany in the final at Rio 2016, with heavy tournament favourites and reigning world champions the USA - who lost to rivals Canada for the first time since 2001 at the semi-final stage in Tokyo - taking BRONZE after a thrilling 4-3 win over Australia .

 

Further (interesting) News:



The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stripped two Belarus coaches of accreditation over their role in Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's removal from the Tokyo Games. Athletics head coach Yury Maisevich and team official Artur Shimak have left the Olympic Village after being asked to do so, the IOC said on Friday.



Belarus: IOC expels two coaches over Krystina Timanovskaya case - BBC News

 

Jepchirchir leads Kenya one-two to win Olympic women's Marathon GOLD:



Peres Jepchirchir outruns world record holder Brigid Kosgei for Olympic marathon win as Kenya take GOLD and SILVER in physically draining race; Team USA's Molly Seidel gets BRONZE

Peres Jepchirchir leads Kenya one-two to win the women's marathon gold

 

Galal Gets GB GOLD:

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Britain's Galal Yafai is Olympic flyweight champion after an impressive victory over Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in Tokyo.

Yafai, 28, gained a 4-1 points decision at the Kokugikan Arena to secure another GB GOLD medal of the Games

Boxer Yafai wins gold for Britain

 

Bulgaria Bag Boxing GOLD:



Bulgaria's Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva is now the new Olympic champion of women's fly after defeating Turkey's Buse Naz Cakiroglu in the gold medal match at the famed Kokugikan Arena

Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva wins gold in women's fly

 

GERMAN GOLD:



In the men's K4 500m canoe sprint, Germany have won a spectacular K4 500m GOLD, beating Spain to the SILVER in 1:22.219 with Slovakia collecting the BRONZE.

Germany fight back to win canoe sprint men's K4 500m gold

 

Brazil sprint to victory in 1000 metres canoe race:



The 27-year-old Brazilian athlete clinches GOLD, whilst People's Republic of China's LIU Hao settles for SILVER and Republic of Moldova's Serghei Tarnovschi takes BRONZE

Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos storms to gold in men's single 1000m canoe sprint