Jamaica wins 4x100 metres relay gold at Tokyo 2020
Jamaica has won the women's 4x100m relay for the first time since 2004. The Jamaican team won the race in 41.02 seconds for the second-fastest time in history behind t
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Italy wins the men's 4x100m relay at Tokyo 2020
Italy has won the men’s 4x100-metres relay to give Marcell Jacobs his second gold medal at Tokyo 2020. Jacobs who won the men’s 100-metres was part of th
Bahamas' Steven Gardiner wins 400m gold at Tokyo 2020
Steven Gardiner has won Olympic 400m gold to secure the Bahamas' first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Gardiner who is the current 400m world champion crossed the line
Uganda wins 3,000m steeplechase gold
Uganda's Peruth Chemutai has won the 3,000m steeplechase gold as Kenyan world champion and world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech finished seventh. Chepkoech had compl
Kenya has won the men's 800m at the last 4 Olympics
Emmanuel Korir led home countryman Ferguson Rotich to complete a Kenyan one-two in the 800m final. Korir, who finished sixth in the 400m final at Doha 2019, showed his
Canada's Andre de Grasse wins 200m gold at Tokyo 2020
Canada's Andre de Grasse has won his first gold and fifth Olympic medal overall as he beat the world champion, Noah Lyles, in the final 50 metres of the 200m final. Th
USA's Sydney McLaughlin smashes her 400m hurdles world record
The USA's Sydney McLaughlin has smashed her own world record with a sensational run as she took Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games. McLaughlin
De Grasse aims for second medal in men’s 200m final
100 metres bronze medalist Adre De Grasse is aiming to collect his second Tokyo Olympic medal in the 200 metres final after clocking the fastest time from the semi-final.
Norway's Karsten Warholm sets stunning 400m hurdles world record
Norway's Karsten Warholm ran a stunning men's 400m hurdles race to demolish his previous world record and take gold at Tokyo 2020. Warholm who is 25-years-old finished
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah wins 100m and 200m gold
Elaine Thompson-Herah has confirmed her place among the greatest sprinters of the world as she has secured a women's 100m-200m double at Tokyo 2020. The 29-year-old Ja
Elaine Thompson-Herah on course for double sprint gold
Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah is on course to complete a sprint double after equalling her personal best to qualify for the women's 200 metres final. The 100 metres c
Qatar's Barshim & Italy's Tamberi share high jump gold
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim has added Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo -and persuaded organisers to let him share it with his friend a
Peter Bol becomes first Australian in 53 years to make Olympic 800 metres final
Peter Bol has qualified for the men's 800 metres final in Tokyo, becoming the first Australian to achieve the feat since Ralph Doubell won gold at the 1968 Olympics. B
US shot-putter Raven Saunders makes the Tokyo Olympics' first podium demonstration
US shot-putter Raven Saunders has made the Tokyo Olympics' first podium demonstration, after winning her event's silver medal. BBC News reports as the medallists posed
Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas sets world record to win women's triple jump
Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas has set a world record - the first to be broken in athletics at the Tokyo Games - as she won Olympic gold in the triple jump. BBC News report
Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs claims shock 100m gold
Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs is the new sprint king of the world after he claimed a shock gold in the Olympic Men’s 100 metres final this morning. Jacobs who s
Dame Valerie Adams gets a bronze medal in Tokyo 2020
New Zealand shot put champion Dame Valerie Adams has won her fourth Olympic medal at Tokyo 2020. She got bronze in the women's shot put final this afternoon. This i
Australia’s Rohan Browning beats Yohan Blake and Chijindu Ujah in men’s 100m heats
Australia’s 23-year-old Rohan Browning shocked the world last night in the men's 100 metres heats when he beating the second-fastest man in history Yohan Blake of
Jamaica wins 1st, 2nd, 3rd in Women’s 100m final
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah has become the second-fastest woman in history as she beat fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to retain her Olympic 100 metres title.
Tabakaucoro ends Tokyo 2020 campaign with 7th place finish in the heats
Pacific Sprint King Banuve Tabakaucoro has ended his Tokyo 2020 campaign with a seventh-place finish in Heat 4 of Round 1 of the men’s 100 metres. He clocked a
Tabakaucoro advances to Round 1 of 100 metres at Tokyo 2020
Pacific Sprint King Banuve Tabakaucoro has qualified for Round 1 of the 100 metres competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Tabakaucoro tied for third place with a time of