Tokyo 2020 Olympics gymnastics basketball athletics and more live
Table tennis is a criminally overlooked, undervalued sport. In most other sports, an athlete who competed in Sydney and is still going in Tokyo would be a household name. Not Australia’s Jian Fang Lay. But that could be about to change.
Diving: Australia’s Esther Qin has dropped down to 13th place in the women’s 3m springboard semi-finals after a poor 51.15 dive in the second of five rounds.
Qin’s countrywoman, Anabelle Smith, continues to show among the leading group after following up her opening 65.10 effort with a 63.00 dive in the second round. Malaysia’s Nur Dhabitah Sabri, Germany’s Tina Punzel and the Netherlands’ Inge Jansen are well placed at the top of the rankings. But there is a long way to go.
Some Covid-related goings-on in Tokyo. This from the good folk at Reuters:
Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Saturday they had revoked accreditation of a Games-related person or people for leaving the athletes’ village for sightseeing, a violation of measures imposed to hold the Olympics safely amid the pandemic.
The organisers did not disclose how many people had their accreditation revoked, if the person or people involved were athletes, or when the violation took place.
“We took away accreditation as we believe going out of the athletes’ village for sightseeing is something that should not happen,†Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Masa Takaya told a daily briefing.
This is the first time accreditation has been revoked since the start of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23. Without it, one cannot enter any Olympic facilities, he said. Residents of the athletes’ village are not allowed to go out for non-Games related purposes, such as sightseeing.
Trampoline: China’s Dong Dong fell just short in his bid to add Tokyo gold to his Beijing bronze, London gold and Rio silver, finishing second to Ivan Litvinovich of Belarus in the men’s final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. New Zealand’s Dylan Schmidt won bronze but there was no podium finish for Australia’s Dominic Clarke.
Olympics (@Olympics)Dong Dong wins silver!
The #CHN gymnast is the first athlete in history to win four trampoline medals after placing second in the men's individual event.@gymnastics #TrampolineGymnastics pic.twitter.com/YlaScQ4FCf
July 31, 2021Sailing: Team GB’s Emma Wilson has claimed bronze in the women’s windsurfer RS:X final. China’s Yunxiu Lu won the gold medal with France’s Charline Picon taking silver.
Olympics (@Olympics)Emma Wilson earns #GBR a bronze medal in the women's windsurfer RS:X!@WorldSailing #Sailing @TeamGB pic.twitter.com/POxoQpmMrF
July 31, 2021Diving: Australia’s Esther Qin and Annabelle Smith are impressing in the early stages of the women’s 3m springboard semi-finals.
With the first of five rounds almost complete, Qin is leading the way with a 69.00 dive, with Smith not far behind with a score of 65.10.
Trampoline: the bounce-off for the men’s gold medal is up, up, up and away at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Just four routines in, ROC’s Dmitrii Ushakov is setting the pace with a score of 59.601. Australia’s Dominic Clarke is to come.
I wonder how Bollo would get on in this event.
Some good news: American BMX racer Connor Fields is out of intensive care after yesterday’s heavy crash that saw him suffer a brain hemorrhage.
Basketball: the preliminary stages continue in the men’s competition and France have consolidated their spot atop Group A of with a 79-62 victory over the Islamic Republic of Iran. In Group B, with five or so minutes remaining in the third quarter, Italy and Nigeria are locked at 46 points apiece.
Later this evening, Australia will be looking to keep their unbeaten record intact when they face Group B opponents Germany.
When Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus won the women’s 400m freestyle at Tokyo 2020 on Monday, her coach Dean Boxall went viral with his exuberant celebration. The world watched on as Boxall jumped and gyrated with joy.
Earlier today, after winning her fourth medal of the Tokyo 2020 swim meet, Titmus revealed the video had been bringing her joy, too. Asked what the most “fun†part of the week had been, the Australian said she had been watching the video on replay in her room in the athlete’s village.
“When you’re living in this little bubble just trying to not think about anything else other than your races, it’s hard to see what’s going on outside of yourself,†Titmus said after securing the silver medal behind Katie Ledecky in her final swim of the Olympics, the 800m freestyle.
“It sounds weird, but looking back at videos of my coach with his reaction to the 400m,†she said. “I would sit in my room and giggle for half an hour, just rewatching it. Every time it got funnier. That was a really good moment, to see his reaction. I’m also not surprised by his reaction â€" that’s just who he is.â€
For those waking from their slumber in Great Britain, here’s an update on the day so far for Team GB:
A NEW WORLD RECORD!
Take a bow @Dawson_Kathleen, @adam_peaty, @Jimbob95goon and @annahopkin 🥇 #TeamGB pic.twitter.com/YfKP0MPkuj
July 31, 2021Thanks Jonathan. Lots to come from hereon but for the pugilists among us, the first medal in boxing at Tokyo 2020 has been won, Italy’s Irma Testa claiming bronze after losing to Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines in the women’s featherweight semi-final.
Olympics (@Olympics)It's a bronze medal for #ITA's Irma Testa in the women's featherweight category - the first #Boxing medal of #Tokyo2020!@coninews pic.twitter.com/RRJ8xjZKkj
July 31, 2021And with that, I shall bid you farewell for the day. I’ll be back again tomorrow for our final session in the pool. I’ll leave you in the safe hands of Scott Heinrich. See you tomorrow.
Gymnastics - Back to Biles, briefly, here is that video she posted of her demonstrating the “twistiesâ€.
Kimberley A. Martin (@ByKimberleyA)On her IG stories, Simone Biles responds to people who think she “quit†on her team by explaining the “the twisties†she’s been experiencing and what it feels like “not having your mind and body in sync†…. pic.twitter.com/79hN973rkd
July 30, 2021Sailing - Or, to be more accurate, we are not sailing, as Rod Stewart might sing in an alternate universe.
AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam)After a brief moment of action, the Nacras race was abandoned due to the conditions. The Finns and 49ers wait by the start line.
July 31, 2021Gymnastics - This was buried earlier on amongst the swimming mayhem, but Simone Biles has confirmed she is sitting out at least another two apparatus finals.
On Friday, Biles posted a video of her attempting a double twisting double somersault dismount into a foam pit on uneven bars in training that morning. In both videos, she lost track of herself in the air and crashed onto the soft surface. She says that previous mental blocks have taken weeks to resolve and they usually only affect her on the floor and vault. It is currently affecting her twists on all four events.
Trampoline - Australian Dominic Clarke is currently in second place behind Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR) in qualification for the final of the men’s individual competition.
Golf: Tomorrow’s final round is going to be superb and hopefully show how the Olympics could feel like a major championship to one of the sports perhaps not yet in the fullest of warm embraces with the Olympic fold.
There’s a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard with Xander Schauffele (USA), Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) and Carlos Ortiz (MEX) all -12 through eight holes in their third rounds. Paul Casey (GBR) and Sepp Straka (AUT) are next on -11, with the Irish pair of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both on -10. Tommy Fleetwood (GBR) has grown into the tournament steadily and he’s in a four-way tie on -9 in a group featuring Australia’s Cam Smith.
Hockey - Australia’s women have finished top of Pool B with victory over second place Argentina in their final group match. Five from five for the Aussies who are on track for what should be a routine quarterfinal before the competition heats up in the final four.
Shooting - Spain and San Marino will contest the gold medal in the Mixed Team Trap event. Slovakia and the USA will battle for bronze. Australia’s entrants finished in sixth and seventh place.
Archery - The men’s individual competition is down to the quarterfinal stage, and that round will take place without Australian Taylor Worth, who fell 7-1 in his eliminator to Turkey’s Mete Gazoz.
Water Polo - Australia’s men are near-enough out of the Games after being pummelled 16-5 by Spain. The Aussies are fifth in their pool, and require a miracle to make it into the top four with one round of matches remaining. Spain, on the other hand, are four from four.
Sailing: An update on the sailing from Reuters:
Saturday’s Olympic sailing programme at the Enoshima Yachting Harbour is getting underway after a delay due to a lack of wind, with the Nacra and Finn classes heading out on the water and hopes that the RS:X medal races can still be decided on the day.
The day’s forecast from World Sailing predicted very light winds of up to eight knots, with gusts of up to 11 knots, but the early morning brought a mild breeze and calm seas, leading the organisers to postpone the start of competition. The medal races in the men’s and women’s RS:X windsurfing class are due to take place later on Saturday afternoon, but World Sailing officials were unable to say if the winds would be strong enough to proceed.
Athletics: A quick round up of this morning’s heats so far.
BMX Racing: A positive update on Connor Fields (USA) from Reuters:
American BMX racer Connor Fields suffered a brain bleed during a horror crash in Friday’s Olympic event but has been moved out of intensive care, according to his mother Lisa. A message posted on Facebook on Saturday said the 28-year-old, who crashed in the third run of his semi-final heat, was “cogent and communicative when awakened.â€
Thanking followers for their “companionship and concern and prayers for Connorâ€, Lisa Fields updated a previous message in which she said surgery was a possibility. “Latest CT scan shows no additional brain injury and no additional bleeding so he has been transferred from ICU critical care to high level care and does not require surgery at this time,†she wrote.
Lisa had written in the earlier message that tests showed Connor did not have internal bleeding or a spinal injury. “Brain function evaluation is ongoing and I will continue to update as I know more and after I get to speak with him,†she said in the post.
Fields was the reigning Olympic champion heading to Tokyo after his victory at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. He had already qualified for the final before suffering a horrible fall in the first corner of his third run.
Fields underwent a CT scan on his brain Saturday morning, his father Mike Fields told USA TODAY Sports Saturday, adding Connor also had CT scans on his spine and abdomen. “Cognitively, he’s doing well,†Mike Fields said. “He knows where he is. He knows his birthday. He recognizes people.â€
Golf: The third of round of a golf tournament is known as moving day, and that’s exactly what Paul Casey (GBR) is doing. He is -4 through seven holes to move joint-top of the leaderboard alongside Xander Schauffele (USA) on -11.
Ireland’s Shane Lowry and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama are among a bunch of four one shot behind, then comes Rory McIlroy (IRE) alone on -9. Cameron Smith (AUS) has moved up to -7 for a tie of 11th.
BMX freestyle - for a sport that appears on the face of it to be wildly unpredictable, in that all it takes is one false move for a rider’s hopes and dreams to be shattered, there has been a degree of predictability to the start of the men’s comp at Ariake Urban Sports Park today. The previously mentioned Logan Martin of Australia has lived up to expectations with runs of 91.90 and 90.04 for an average of 90.97 after the seeding ride. That put him at the top of the table ahead of local boy Rim Nakamura (87.67) and Daniel Dhers of Venezuela (85.10). Team GB’s Declan Brooks finished seventh, with American pair Justin Dowell and Nick Bruce eighth and ninth respectively.
Sailing - Not good news for sailing fans, I’m afraid. The start of Saturday’s programme has been postponed due to a lack of wind on the water at Enoshima. There were 13 races supposed to start at just after midday local time, with the first medals in men’s and women’s RS:X class slated to be won later on in the afternoon. The forecast is slightly better - winds of up to eight knots are expected, with gusts of up to 11 knots - but racing will not restart until the winds reach five knots or more.
Pole Vault - 5.65m proved enough to qualify for the men’s pole vault final. Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (GER) and Chris Nilsen (USA) cruised through with three clear jumps. Armand Duplantis (SWE), Kurtis Marschall (AUS), KC Lightfoot (USA), and Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) all through safely. The final is on Tuesday, and should be appointment viewing.
Rugby sevens: New Zealand will take on France in the final of the women’s rugby sevens. The Kiwis needed extra time to pip Fiji 22-17, while France held off Great Britain 26-19. Fiji v GB for bronze.
Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) Emma McKeon earns her fifth medal of the Tokyo Olympics. She should win two more medals tomorrow to become the second woman to win seven medals at an Olympics after Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952. (Olympedia)
July 31, 2021Swimming - The USA finished a disappointing fifth, denying Caeleb Dressel another medal. Lydia Jacboy (women’s 100m breaststroke gold medalist) lost almost ten seconds on Adam Peaty (men’s 100m breaststroke gold medalist), not helped by losing her goggles early on her opening lap.
Beau Dure (@duresport)@JPHowcroft OK, who messed with Lydia Jacoby's goggles?
July 31, 2021Australian update - Away from the pool there are some Aussies making moves:
AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam)Logan with a massive run! Scores 91.90 to lead the field after Seeding run 1 🙌🙌#TokyoTogether #bmxfreestyle @AusCyclingAus pic.twitter.com/8llxxWeD8C
July 31, 2021 AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam)That makes 3 birdies on the bounce for Cam Smith and he is now seven under, 4 shots from the lead at Kasumigaseki. He'a inside the top 10 and charging. #Tokyo2020 #TokyoTogether #golf pic.twitter.com/q6zJvPcvR6
July 31, 2021Swimming - That was wild. No idea what to make of it. Adam Peaty (GBR) is stoked, punching his pecs. Emma McKeon was again the star for Australia, making up ground on the final leg and almost pinching silver, bringing her alongside Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones. Regardless, it’s her ninth Olympic medal. Incredible athlete.
David Coverdale (@dpcoverdale)#GOLD for #TeamGB in the mixed 4x100m medley relay with a new world record!
Adam Peaty is a triple Olympic champion.
James Guy is a double Olympic champion.
Team GB have matched their best ever swimming medal haul at an Olympics.
July 31, 2021Gold - GBR
Silver - China
Bronze - Australia
Swimming - Great Britain have stormed into the lead, overtaking China and Italy. One leg to go...
Swimming: With men swimming against women, it’s hard to know what on earth is going on until the final leg. At the halfway stage it’s Italy, China, and Russia ahead - but they’ve all gone with a man-man start.
Swimming - As with all the mixed events at these Games the order of the athletes is fascinating. In this race all teams have gone with a female swimmer on the last leg, with the exception of the USA - who have gone with Caeleb Dressel. Watching him chase down a series of rivals like some terrifying shark is going to be a sight.
Swimming: To give you an indication of how manic this meet is, Emma McKeon is suiting up in consecutive races, without a break! She is currently cooling down/warming up in the practice pool. Crazy.
Swimming: Next up is the final of the mixed 4x100m medley relay. Want to know more about it? Here’s Kieran Pender:
Swimming: Emma KcKeon is in some serious form. She wins the second 50m free semi in 24.00 - a new Olympic record! Abbey Weitzeil (USA) finished second, Kataryna Wasick (POL) third, and Cate Campbell (AUS) qualifies safely for the final in fourth.
Swimming: The first semi-final of the women’s 50m freestyle was a blanket finish with everyone finishing under 25 seconds! Pernille Blume from Denmark touched the wall first, world record holder Sarah Sjoestroem (SWE) finished second, Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) third.
Australia’s Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell up next.
Australia’s medal rush at the Tokyo 2020 continued on Saturday with the Dolphins adding gold, silver and bronze to their already sizeable haul at the pool. Kaylee McKeown won her second individual gold of the Olympics with victory in the women’s 200m backstroke, while two-time gold medallist Ariarne Titmus added a silver to her tally in the women’s 800m freestyle.
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