Day 12 of the Tokyo Olympics will see American stars Sydney McLaughlin and Dalila Muhammad go head to head in the women’s 400m hurdles.
In the second track and field session of the day, American teenage sprint sensation Erriyon Knighton, 17, will take on a fast field in the final of the men’s 200m.
Knighton is the youngest athlete to make the 200m final for 37 years, the youngest member of the current US Olympic track and field team, and the youngest American male track star at the games since Jim Ryun in 1964.
The women’s golf competition kicks off from Kasumigaseki Country Club with South Koreas’s Inbee Park aiming to repeat her victory in the women’s tournament at Rio 2016.
The first ever park skateboarding event will also get underway, with Great Britain’s Sky Brown, 13, 15-year-old Misugu Okamoto of japan and Bryce Wettstein of Team USA all involved.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is competing after a severe injury last year
The 28-year-old needed surgery on a ruptured Achilles in December, and wasn’t at all sure she’d make it to the Olympics.
She recovered but has managed just three competitions ahead of a much anticipated face-off tonight with defending heptathlon champion Nafi Thiam.
“I’ve worked so hard in the last eight months just to get to the start line so I’m really grateful to be here, grateful to be able to do what I do for a living, really grateful for my third Olympics,” Johnson-Thompson has said.
Nathan Place4 August 2021 02:37
Who is Sky Brown? Meet the youngest Team GB athlete at the Tokyo Olympics
She is a burgeoning Generation Z skateboarding revolutionary, a new superstar for the digital age, and Great Britain’s youngest ever Summer Olympian.
Sky Brown will compete in the Women’s Park skateboarding event at the Olympics having only just turned 13, and will be about a month younger than Great Britain’s previous youngest Summer Olympian Margery Hinton, who swam in the 200m breaststroke at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
Born to an English father and Japanese mother, Brown turned professional at the age 10 and is Nike’s youngest sponsored athlete. Brown has said she is hoping to provide inspiration to young female skateboarders and encourage more young women to take up the sport.
“If you go to the skatepark it’s mostly boys there,” explained Brown after her selection for Tokyo was confirmed. “But I feel like watching the Olympics, seeing how many girls are doing the sport and how good [they are], they’re gonna really want to [try it], which I’m really happy about.”
Nathan Place4 August 2021 02:25
Who is Allyson Felix? Meet the American sprinter competing at Tokyo 2020
She headed to Tokyo looking for her fifth Olympics and needs just one medal to become the most decorated female athlete in Olympic track and field history.
And in doing so Allyson Felix would also tie Carl Lewis for the most ever medals by a Team USA track and field athlete.
Felix runs in her semi-final on Wednesday 4 August at 6.46am ET, and is a strong favourite to make it through to the final on Friday August 6 at 8.35am ET.
Graeme Massie4 August 2021 02:15
Who is Noah Lyles? The American sprinter hoping for 200m glory in Tokyo
He is one of the fastest men on the planet, and has used his profile to show public support for Black Lives Matter.
Now Noah Lyles will sprint for gold in the 200m final on Wednesday 4 August at 8.55am ET, which is 1.55pm GMT.
Graeme Massie4 August 2021 02:01
Pole Vault gold medal winner draws comparisons to actor Timothee Chalamet
He is the American-born pole vaulter who won Olympic gold for Sweden while representing his mother’s homeland.
Armand Duplantis claimed the gold medal in Tokyo with a 6.02m, or 19ft 9inch vault, and narrowly missed out on setting a new Olympic record.
But the athlete, who competed at Louisiana State University, caused an internet stir as social media users compared his looks to that of Hollywood star Timothee Chalet.
Graeme Massie4 August 2021 01:45
Brazil takes gold in marathon swimming
The five-time world champion Ana Marcela Cunha took control of the race in tis final lap to finish ahead of Sharon Van Rouwendall of Holland, and Karenna Lee of Australia who took bronze.
Cunha won the event in a time of 1:59:30.8.
Graeme Massie4 August 2021 01:26