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Medals Tally Imperious Thompson-Herah beats Country G S B T China 21 13 12 46 Japan 17 5 8 30 USA 16 17 13 46 ROC 11 15 11 37 Australia 10 3 14 27 Fraser-Pryce for 100m gold Great Britain 8 9 11 28 South Korea 5 4 7 16 France 4 9 6 19 Jamaican leads Netherlands 4 7 5 16 nation’s sweep New Zealand 4 3 3 10 Germany 3 4 10 17 clocking the Canada 3 4 5 12 joint-second Switzerland 3 3 4 10 Czech Republic 3 3 1 7 fastest time Croatia 3 1 2 6 in history Italy 2 8 14 24 Chinese Taipei 2 2 3 7 DPA Tokyo Hungary 2 2 2 6 Slovenia 2 1 1 4 Elaine Thompson-Herah de- Kosovo 2 0 0 2 nied Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Brazil 1 3 4 8 an unprecedented third gold Georgia 1 3 1 5 when she led a historic Jamai- can sweep for back-to-back Romania 1 3 0 4 Olympic titles on Spain 1 2 2 5 Saturday, clocking the joint- Hong Kong 1 2 0 3 second fastest time in history. South Africa 1 2 0 3 Thompson-Herah ran Austria 1 1 3 5 10.61 seconds to beat the 2008 Serbia 1 1 2 4 and 2012 champion Fraser- Pryce, and Shericka Jackson 1 1 1 3 completed the first full medal Norway 1 1 0 2 sweep for a nation in the race. Poland 1 1 0 2 The Jamaicans had also Slovakia 1 1 0 2 occupied the 2008 podium, Sweden 1 1 0 2 winning gold and two silvers with no bronze awarded. Tunisia 1 1 0 2 Poland meanwhile were Turkey 1 0 2 3 somewhat surprise winners in Estonia 1 0 1 2 the inaugural 4x400m mixed Fiji 1 0 1 2 relay while world champion Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah (C) reacts as she crosses the finish line to win the women’s 100m final at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday. Thompson-Herah ran 10.61 Ireland 1 0 1 2 Daniel Stahl led a Swedish seconds to beat the 2008 and 2012 champion Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson completed the first full medal sweep for a nation in the race.(AFP) one-two in the men’s discus. Uzbekistan 1 0 1 2 Thompson-Herah, 29, had “I have no words for it. Bermuda 1 0 0 1 won a double and re- It don’t look like I actually Belarus 1 0 0 1 lay silver in 2016 and she was pushed myself and that is go- Ecuador 1 0 0 1 fastest again in the empty Na- I couldn’t find the ing to be the thing my coach is Ethiopia 1 0 0 1 tional Stadium, bettering the words. I screamed so mad about,” Bromell said. Greece 1 0 0 1 Olympic record of American Compatriots Ronnie Baker great Florence Griffith-Joyner loud because I was and Fred Kerley were untrou- Iran 1 0 0 1 by one-hundredth of a second. so happy. bled along with Canada’s 2016 Latvia 1 0 0 1 “I couldn’t find the words. bronze medallist Andre de Philippines 1 0 0 1 Elaine Thompson-Herah on I screamed so loud because I Grasse and former world cham- Qatar 1 0 0 1 her reaction immediately after was so happy,” she said. pion of Jamaica. Thailand 1 0 0 1 Looking at her fast time, winning the 100m gold Swedish world record hold- she added: “I knew I had it in er Armand Duplantis made the me but obviously I’ve had my final and walk away with the final, so did long- ups and downs with injuries. silver medal,” said Fraser- time rival Renaud Lavillenie of Muhammad, McLaughlin I’ve been keeping faith all this Pryce, who now has seven France after missing his opening cruise into women’s time. It is amazing.” Olympic medals. height twice, and 2016 winner 400m hurdles semis Only Griffith-Joyner has Jackson recorded a person- Thiago Braz of Brazil. Ameri- run faster than Thompson- al best 10.76 for bronze while can two-time world champion American track stars Dali- Herah with her world record rivals United States managed Sam Kendricks is missing after a lah Muhammad and Sydney 10.49 seconds in 1988. FloJo no better than seventh from positive coronavirus test. McLaughlin on Saturday strode also has a 10.61. Teahna Daniels while their World record holder Syd- into the semi-finals of the wom- Thompson-Herah pulled top runner Sha’Carri Richard- ney McLaughlin and fellow en’s 400m hurdles, comfortably away in the closing stages for son missed the Olympics after American world and Olympic winning their respective heats at a clear victory as 34-year-old testing positive for cannabis. champion Dalilah Muham- the Tokyo Games. The 21-year- Fraser-Pryce crossed the line Polish anchor Kajetan Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah poses with the scoreboard at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday. (AFP) mad breezed through the old McLaughlin, who set a world 11-hundredths off her season Duszynski meanwhile proved 400m hurdles heats. record of 51.90 seconds at the and personal best in 10.74 sec- strongest on the home stretch to of world champions and world ing,” the elated Duszynski said. In preliminary action the Cuba’s Juan Miguel Eche- US trials last month, won the onds, falling short of emulat- win the relay gold together with record holders the United Stahl lived up to his top men started their search for a varria led qualify- third heat with a time of 54.65. ing mighty compatriot Usain Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kacz- States, who had to be content billing to get a first-ever discus successor to Bolt and season ing with an impressive 8.50m, Muhammad, the previous world Bolt who has won the men’s marek and two-time European with bronze after originally be- for Sweden with 68.90 metres. leader Trayvon Bromell of the a result good enough for gold record holder and Rio champion, race three times. champion Justyna Swiety-Er- ing disqualified after the heat Compatriot Simon Pettersson US only made the semis after at the last three Games. World won her heat in 53.97 seconds. “It wasn’t to be, but I’m setic in 3 minutes 9.87 seconds. but later reinstated. took silver and bronze went an almighty scare, having fin- champion Tajay Gayle of Ja- The Netherlands’ Femke Bol- still really grateful that I was Long-time leaders Domin- “I can’t believe it. It is a to Lukas Weisshaidinger, the ished a mere fourth in his heat maica also made it despite be- won the fourth heat in 54.43 able to come to my fourth ican Republic got silver one- dream since childhood. It has first Austrian man to win an and only through via his time ing severely hampered by what seconds. The semi-finals are , to make the hundredth of a second ahead come true. It’s such a great feel- Olympic athletics medal. of 10.05 seconds. appeared to be a knee injury. scheduled for Monday. (DPA) Dressel claims 100m butterfly gold, Britain win first mixed relay

DPA distances. the podium.” Tokyo But Ledecky, who on Australia won a further Wednesday became the first two medals in the 200m back- American Caeleb Dressel Olympic champion in the stroke as Kaylee McKeown, lowered his own world record women’s 1,500-metre free- already champion in the 100m to win the 100-metre butterfly style, led from beginning to backstroke, dominated the at the Tokyo Olympics on Sat- end to finish in 8:12.57 sec- longer distance. urday while a powerful Brit- onds, 1.26 seconds ahead of Canada’s Kylie Masse led ish quartet won the inaugural the Australian. for the first 150 metres before mixed 4x100m medley relay. Italy’s Simona Quadrella McKeown made her move, American superstar Katie won a distant bronze. clocking an impressive 31.08 Ledecky won her third Olym- Earlier in the Games Tit- seconds in the last pic title in the 800m freestyle mus prevailed over Ledecky to finish in 2:04.68. and Australia’s Kaylee McK- in a thriller over 400m and The Canadian finished eown claimed a second gold in First-placed USA’s Caeleb Dressel (L) and second-placed Hungary’s also won the 200m, which 0.74 seconds behind, followed the 200m backstroke. Kristof Milak react after the final of the men’s 100m butterfly swim- saw the 24-year-old Ameri- by McKeown’s compatriot Dressel, who won gold in ming event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Saturday. (AFP) Gold medallist USA’s Kathleen Ledecky (L) and bronze medallist can come fifth. Emily Seebohm. the 100m and 4x100m free- Italy’s Simona Quadarella pose with their medals after the final of the “It feels great. I’m so happy In the 50m freestyle semis, style events, continued his easy, I’m not expecting any of as the United States missed the women’s 800m freestyle swimming event on Saturday. (AFP) to be bringing home two golds Dressel clocked the fastest bid for swimming immortal- them to. “It was faster than I podium in the inaugural mixed and two silvers to the States,” time overall, 21.42, just half an ity with a dominant perfor- thought it was going to be, 4x100 medley relay, which was lost as Britain opened the race comfortable position to swim said Ledecky, who also won sil- hour after winning the 100m mance, which saw him knock which was great - it’s fantastic dominated by Britain. with a female swimmer. through “very dirty water.” ver in the 4x200 freestyle relay. butterfly and half an hour be- 5 hundredths off the previous for the sport. I’m sure it was Britain’s Kathleen Daw- But it was Guy, already “But I’ve trained in Derby “I knew this would be the fore competing in the relay. best he set in 2019, to finish in really fun to watch for every- son, Adam Peaty, James Guy winner of the men’s 4x200 my whole life pretty much and toughest race for me,” Titmus Australia’s Emma McKeon 49.45 seconds. body, it was certainly fun to and Anna Hopkin set a world freestyle relay, who delivered I was used to that ... It’s just said. “I definitely think I’m clocked an Olympic record Hungary’s Kristof Milak, take part in. record as they took the gold the biggest blow with a whop- amazing to be part of such an better a 200 and 400 swim- 24.0 seconds in the women’s who had already won gold in the “It hurt - it felt much better home in 3:37.58, 1.28 seconds ping 50-second butterfly leg amazing team,” the three-time mer than an 800 swimmer ... I 50m free semis, just minutes 200m butterfly, took silver with yesterday - but I had an oppor- ahead of China with Australia having been rested from his Olympic champion said. knew that it would be tough for before anchoring the Aus- 49.68, a new European record. tunity and I went for it, it doesn’t in bronze. individual event earlier. Ledecky also added to her me to be out there with [Led- tralian team to bronze in the Switzerland’s Noe Ponti matter how my body feels, I ex- Peaty, double Olympic Peaty called the win “very medal haul with another win ecky] today. relay - her third medal of the took home bronze with 50.74. ecuted it well and got the job champion in the 100m breast- surreal,” saying that lane neigh- in the women’s 800m freestyle “I’m really happy with the Games, and ninth overall, “It was a super-fun race” done,” the American added. stroke, clocked 56.78 in an bours China choosing to put in ahead of Australia’s Ariarne silver medal. In the 800 [Led- meaning she could end Tokyo with Milak, Dressel said. Dressel later failed to con- astonishing second leg of the a male backstroker was a sur- Titmus, who had previously ecky] is in a class of her own, as her country’s most decorat- “None of my races have come vert another medal opportunity relay, making up some ground prise that put him in the un- beat her twice over shorter so I’m over the moon to be on ed Olympian.