Athletics
Antonella Palmisano wins 20km race walk Olympic gold
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Friday, 06 August 2021 03:55
Palmisano makes it two golds in two days for Italy as she beats Colombia’s Sandra Arenas and defending champion Liu Hong from China Italy’s Antonella Palmisano claimed top spot in the women’s 20km victory on Friday in Sapporo, producing a sensational performance and finishing in a time of 1:29:12 as she made it two from two for Italy in the…
Unheralded Dawid Tomala wins 50km walk in style
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Friday, 06 August 2021 03:02
Polish athlete clearly wins his country’s fourth Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games and fourth 50km title in total on Friday in Sapporo The 50km walk – first contested in the Olympics 1932 and here for the 20th and last time – saw a stunning win for Dawid Tomala, who destroyed the opposition over the second half with a brilliant…
Gardiner grows into Olympic 400m champion
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Thursday, 05 August 2021 08:42
Bahamian adds Olympic one-lap crown to his world title after a superb display in Tokyo on Thursday evening If you ignore the races that Steven Gardiner has failed to finish, the last time he lost a 400m was the final of the 2017 World Championships in London where he finished runner-up to Wayde van Niekerk. He did drop out of…
Damian Warner breaks 9000-point barrier and sets Olympic record
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Thursday, 05 August 2021 09:15
Canadian wins decathlon gold in at the Tokyo Games on Thursday evening with a Commonwealth record score of 9018 Damian Warner entered the contest with the world’s fourth best decathlon score and he exited it with the fourth best score but the difference elsewhere was huge. He won Olympic gold and broke 9000 points to score an Olympic and Commonwealth…
Olympic record in red-hot men’s 1500m semi-finals
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Thursday, 05 August 2021 05:48
Brutal qualifying races in Tokyo see Abel Kipsang clock 3:31.65 as Brits Jake Wightman, Josh Kerr and Jake Heyward all progress to Saturday’s final There will be a new Olympic champion in the men’s 1500m after Matt Centrowitz – the American who won in Rio – finished ninth in his semi-final on Thursday evening in Tokyo. The fast-finishing Marcin Lewandowski…
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Thursday, 05 August 2021 07:08
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Gold at last for De Grasse
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Poland win another hammer gold in Tokyo
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Jodie Williams breaks 50sec barrier to reach Olympic 400m final
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