PAULA RADCLIFFE: I’m in awe of how Dina Asher-Smith kept her hamstring injury quiet before it wrecked her Games… her interview after was brave but crushing, and I know how hard Olympic heartbreak is to take Dina Asher-Smith’s Tokyo Olympics was wrecked by a hamstring injury She kept it quiet in the build-up but had … Read more
Golden moment! Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi BOTH win high jump gold as duo make joint-decision to be crowned Olympic champions after failing to be separated during thrilling final By Richard Martin For Mailonline and Agencies Published: 09:00 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 12:20 EDT, 1 August 2021 Italy‘s Gianmarco Tamberi … Read more
Team GB knocked OUT by India in men’s hockey quarter-finals after 3-1 defeat By Richard Martin For Mailonline Published: 09:40 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 09:59 EDT, 1 August 2021 Team GB were sent packing from the men’s Olympic hockey after being beaten 3-1 in the quarter-finals by India. Adam Dixon’s team fell behind … Read more
Yulimar Rojas BREAKS 26-year-old world record with her final jump of Tokyo 2020 as she wins Olympic gold in the women’s triple jump By Press Association Published: 09:18 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 09:34 EDT, 1 August 2021 Yulimar Rojas set a new world record en route to winning gold in the women’s triple … Read more
Golden moment! Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi BOTH win high jump gold as duo make joint-decision to be crowned Olympic champions after failing to be separated during thrilling final By Richard Martin For Mailonline Published: 09:00 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 09:10 EDT, 1 August 2021 Italy‘s Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatar’s … Read more
Zharnel Hughes is DISQUALIFIED from the men’s 100m final at Tokyo Olympics for a false start as Italy’s Lamont Jacobs secures shock gold medal in 9.8s ahead of Fred Kerley and Andre De Grasse By Dan Ripley for MailOnline Published: 08:22 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 09:11 EDT, 1 August 2021 Italy’s Lamont Marcell … Read more
Team GB’s Zharnel Hughes makes it into men’s 100m Olympic final by winning his semi in a season-best sub-10 run but Reece Prescod is DISQUALIFIED after false start, while Chijindu Ujah fails to make the cut too By Richard Martin For Mailonline Published: 07:35 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 07:39 EDT, 1 August 2021 … Read more
Belarus Olympics kidnapping: Team officials bundle female sprinter to the Tokyo airport and try to force her back home after she criticised national coaches By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 08:35 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 08:43 EDT, 1 August 2021 Belarusian Olympic officials allegedly bundled a female sprinter to an airport in Tokyo … Read more
Alexander Zverev crowned Olympic men’s tennis singles champion after straight-sets win over Russia’s Karen Khachanov – as German backs up his shock semi-final triumph over world No 1 Novak Djokovic to claim gold By Elanor Crooks, Press Association Published: 06:41 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 06:41 EDT, 1 August 2021 Alexander Zverev followed up … Read more
The risk was immense and the fall was brutal. Charlotte Worthington was attempting a feat never before tried in women’s BMX freestyle competition – a 360 degree backwards loop-the-loop which she’d only practiced three times before on this wooden Olympic surface. She fractionally rushed it – ‘I was probably a little bit giddy and span … Read more