![]() ![]() The athletics competition starts on Friday. Three Australian athletes are in isolation after being considered close contacts of Kendricks, although they have since returned negative PCR test results. Sam Kendricks is the current world champion and will now not compete for the Olympic title Positive coronavirus tests continue to disrupt the Games, with reigning pole vault world champion Sam Kendricks the latest athlete affected. Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia won gold in the men's 200m breaststroke and American Robert Finke won the men's 800m freestyle final, being held at the Olympics for the first time since an 880-yard race in 1904. There was more gold for China as Zhang Yufei took the women's 200m butterfly title. Pre-race favourites Australia had to settle for bronze. Their time of seven minutes 40.33 seconds was just enough to hold off the American quartet anchored by 1500m freestyle champion Katie Ledecky. ![]() He could win as many as six golds in Tokyo, with the 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle to come, and the expectation he will be named in two further relay teams.ĭay six's medal races in the pool concluded with a thrilling women's 4x200m freestyle final, with China breaking the world record to win gold. China's quartet set a new world record in taking 4x200m freestyle relay gold It is his second gold of the Games, having been part of the US 4x100m freestyle relay team, and his fourth Olympic gold in all, but this is his first individual Olympic title. Simone Biles (second from right) cheered on Lee from the stands with her United States team-mates Dressel stays on course for six goldsĪt the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Dressel stormed to victory in the men's 100m freestyle. Russian Angelina Melnikova earned bronze with a total score of 57.199 in a thrilling final.īiles, who is yet to confirm whether she will compete in the individual apparatus finals beginning on Sunday, enthusiastically cheered on the competitors from the stands. The Olympic debutant finished on 57.433, with Brazil's Rebeca Andrade taking silver - Brazil's first women's gymnastics medal - on 57.298. Lee took top spot with one apparatus to go after an impressive beam routine, and concerns over her floor routine after she broke her foot in June 2020 proved unfounded as the American's score of 13.700 was enough for gold. ![]() Lee 'follows in Biles' footsteps'Īfter 18-year-old Lee took gold, American former artistic gymnast Katelyn Ohashi described her as "a real competitor" and said "she's followed in the footsteps of Simone". In the baseball, Israel suffered heartbreak in their Olympic debut as South Korea secured a 6-5 walk-off win in a dramatic extra innings. "I'm glad that at least the conversation has started. "I'm certainly very impressed, especially with those two women to do what they did and put themselves first," he said. McIlroy spoke to the media after he shot a two-under-par 69 in the first round of the men's Olympic golf tournament. "Just as I thought Naomi Osaka was right to do what she did, I 100% agree with what Simone is doing as well." The four-time major winner said he was "impressed" with the 24-year-old for putting her mental wellbeing first after her decision to withdraw from the all-around final. Meanwhile, conversations about wellbeing in sport continued after golfer Rory McIlroy backed Biles, who has so far pulled out of the team and all-around finals in order to prioritise her mental health. The 24-year-old will become one of the most successful athletes at an individual Games if he succeeds in winning all six events he takes part in. ![]()
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