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Kenny believes Jack Carlin now represents Britain’s best chance of securing a medal in the men’s sprint.
Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya decided to defect as she was being driven to a Tokyo airport because her grandmother told her that it wasn't safe to return home to Belarus. In an exclusive interview with Reuters in Warsaw, she said her family feared she would be sent to a psychiatric ward if she went back to Belarus, and that her grandmother had called her to tell her not to return. "I have always been far from politics, I didn't sign any letters or go to any protests, I didn't say anything against the Belarusian government," she said.
The India-born midfielder discussed his parents support and the racism he experienced in the 70s.
The England paceman will miss the rest of 2021 with a stress fracture of his right elbow.
Holly Bradshaw in the pole vault and Liam Heath in the canoe sprint K1 claimed bronze medals.
Bradshaw won Team GB’s second medal in the Olympic Stadium.
England’s Ashes chances were dealt a huge blow this morning with the news Jofra Archer has been ruled out for the rest of the year with a recurrence of his elbow injury.
Walls ensured Great Britain claimed their first velodrome title of the Tokyo Games on the day Jason Kenny bid farewell to his individual sprint crown.
After Jason Kenny bid farewell to his individual sprint crown, his younger room-mate ended Britain’s wait for gold on the fourth day of racing.
As athletics records continue to fall at the Olympics, adulation and incredulity at such extreme examples of human endeavour are being followed by more sober reflection as fans try to quantify the impact of carbon shoe technology and the Tokyo track. Endurance athletes on the road have spent the last few years insisting that it is their training and dedication, not their carbon-plated, thick-soled shoes, that are the key factors in a series of amazing records, and now it is the turn of track athletes over the shorter distances. The two 400 metres hurdles races in Tokyo this week have given the most dramatic indication that "something odd is going on."
Rapinoe and Lloyd doubles grab bronze for US in thriller against AustraliaAustralia 3-4 USARapinoe scores direct from a corner to set USA on their way Megan Rapinoe celebrates with Carli Lloyd after scoring one of her two goals for the USA against Australia. Photograph: Zhizhao Wu/Getty Images
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix shared an emotional poolside video call with her father, the reality TV personality Fred Sirieix, after finishing seventh in an extraordinary Olympic 10m platform final that saw an unknown 14-year-old Chinese diver twice deliver perfection.
Jack Carlin qualified for men’s sprint semi-finals but Katy Marchant crashed in the quarter-finals of the women’s keirin.
TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States women's team won the Olympics bronze medal with Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd scoring two goals each in a 4-3 win over Australia in Kashima on Thursday. The Americans, World Cup winners in 2019, had gone into the Tokyo Games as heavy favourites for gold but after some underwhelming displays were beaten by Canada in the semi-finals. For spells against the Australians, seeking their first medal in the sport, the old swagger of the U.S. team was back with two of their veterans, in what could well be their final appearance in a major tournament, offering a reminder of their quality.
Flyweight boxer Galal Yafai also booked his place in the men’s final in Tokyo.
Bev Priestman’s road from County Durham to Olympic final with Canada. First English coach in an Olympic football final for 73 years left her north-east comfort zone and emigrated to pursue a dream
The tournament has been postponed a year to 2022 after Australia and New Zealand pulled out.
The 16-year-old exceeded her expectations with a consistent series of dives.
Lauren Price can also book her place in the women’s middleweight boxing final.
Australian Olympians who prompted a complaint over "excessive drinking" on their flight home from Tokyo have hit back by saying: “Who cares who f------ threw up, it’s not World War III?"
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