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T OKYO NEWSLETTER No 8 F RI DAY 6th August 20 2 1 FAITH NEED ED “ OR ” TO DEFEAT LAURA - ITALIAN GOLDEN TRIPLE as GBR HAVE A REL A Y GOOD DAY

Women’s 1500: Laura Trots to silver Women’s 400: Shaunae thing Women’s 4x100: Jamaica Inn It might not have been a gold medal winning In Rio, Shauane Miller - Uibo won but o nly by There really wasn't too much doubt that feat of Sebastian Coe or but throwi ng herself across the line. It was much Jamaica wou l d win the 4x100m after the 100m produced one of the greatest easier in Tokyo and she set a n Area record and final , barring a baton failure, when their trio performances in British 1500m histo ry as s he PB (by 0.01) of 48.36 to go 6th all - time . She gained a 1 - 2 - 3 all inside 10.76. T heir so - called smashed her UK NR and finis hed a brilliant had been last in the 200m final but here weak link was Briana Williams, the teenage 2n d behind an unbeatable in re tained her cro wn by 7 m with Marleidy double world junior champio n who has run Tokyo as treble - chasing had to Paul ino setting a NR 49.20 in 2 nd while 10.97. T hey won easily with Williams handing settle for bronze. Defending champion Allyson Felix earned bronze in 49.46 to take a over t o Thompson - Herah, winning her 3 rd gold Kipyegon won in a time of 3:53.11 to erase record 10th Olympic medal: no female track of the Games, and the team was completed by ’s Olympic record 0f 3:53.96 set in and field athlete has won more Olympic medals Fraser - Pryce and Jackson an d the y won in a NR Seoul in 1988, whil e Muir clocked 3:54.50 as than the American who returned from 41 .02 - with better change - overs they could she proved too strong for Hassan. The newly - childbirth to compete in her 5 th Games. S he have challenged th e world record of the USA crowned 5000m Olympic champion ran has also tied Carl Lewis’ record when it comes set at 2012. Jamaica weren't helped by 3:55.86 and was the main reason that the top to the best medal tally at the Olympics by a US a 0.188 reaction time by Williams, which is one two produced such stunning times. In a athlete. In 6 th place, Jodie Williams’ brilliant of the slowest of the Games . It was the third cracking race, th e first 8 ran insid e 4 mins . Olympics continued equallin g her 49.97 PB fastest time al l - time behind the WR and USA's Hassan was 10 th at 100m but moved up to 2n d from the semi - final with a brave run that put 41.01 from Rio. USA were surprisingly close at 200m and then into the lead at 300m. Mui r her in a medal position until the last 75 metres. given their relative 100m times and they set a

reacted quickly and she an d Kipyegon were on GOLD: Shaunae Miller - Uibo (BAH) 48.36 (AR) season's best of 41.45. Britain were 3r d but her s houlder in 46.7. Hassan went through SILVER: Marileidy Paulino (DOM) 49.20 only after some ragged change - overs which 400m in 62.9. The pace slowed slightly through BRONZE : Allyson Felix (USA) 49.46 involved a few near misses with the take - off

600m (1:35.3) and 800m in 2:07.0. Hassan Women’s Javelin: Liu rolls to gold zone and athletes slowing to get the baton but began to drive again past halfway and ran the She didn’t even win the Chinese title this year the team of Asha Philip (0.121 reaction time!), next 200m in 31.4 and to lead at 1000m in but Shiying Liu, the Do ha silver med allist won Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher - Smith and Daryll 2:38.4 and kept the pace to the bell to lead in the competition with a 66.34 opener proving Neita still ran 41.88. Neita showed all her new - 2:54.0, with Kipyegon (2:54.0) and Muir enough. continued their great G ames f ound sub - 11 speed to go from 5th to 3 rd.

(2:54.2) just edging away from the rest/ The with world leader Maria Andre jczyk getting GOLD: Jamaic a 41.02 (NR) long - time leader continued to stride out but silver with two 64m throws but it was close as SILVER: USA 4 1.45 there was no acceleration as she passed 1200m world champion Kelsey - Lee Barber, who had BRONZE: GBR 41.88

in 3:09.4, with Kipyego n and Muir still looking not thrown more than 61.06 this year just Men’s 4x100 Italian job blows the doors off fresh. Kipyegon made her move down the back falling short with a 64.56 sixth round to pip The two closest 4x100m relays in Olympic straight and her 14.1 1 00m took her a few Turkey’s Eda Tugsuz’s 64.00m final throw. history have been 2004 and n ow 2021 whe re

metres clear with Hassan holding off Muir GOLD: Liu Shiying (CHN) 66.34 1/100th of a sec separated the winners. In 2004 (3:23.9 to 3:24.0) and Debues - Stafford now a SILVER: Maria Andrejczyk (POL) 64.61 Britain held off USA to win in 38.07 to 38.08 second back (3:25.1). Muir could sense Hassan BRONZE: Kelsey - Lee Barber (AUS) 64.56 but 16 years later an inspired Italy got the

was at her limit and kicked past but Kipyegon Women’s 20km Walk: Palmisano the big cheese verdict by the same margin with a great final was not slowing and the Kenyan hit the straight She was only 13 th in but 4 th in Rio and leg from Filippo Tortu as he pipped Nethaneel a second clear after a very fast 14.2 bend. Off Antonella Palmisano continued Italy’s stunning Mitchell - Blake with his last stride as GBR won such a fast pace, Kipyegon’s 59.2 last circuit Games with a strong last 3km. Sandra Arenas and their 3r d Olympic medal in the space of an was extraordinary, as was her 2:01.9 last 800m. Liu Hong both benefitted from two minute hour. It aly set a NR 37.50. Marcell Jacobs thus With her two Olympic golds, a world title and penalties late on for Brazilian Erica Sen and Jiayu won his second gold. Britain ran magnificently two world silvers, the Kenyan is now surely the Yang who would have medalled otherwise t hough with superb change - overs and finished

greatest female 1500m runner in history. GOLD: A ntonella Palmisano (ITA) 1:29:12 well ahead of Canada for whom Andre De

GOLD: Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:53.11 (OR) SILVER: Sandra Arenas (COL) 1:29:37 Grasse won his 6 th Olympic medal.

SILVER: Laura Muir (GBR) 3:54.50 ( UK rec) BRONZE: Hong Liu (CHN) 1:29:57 GOLD: Italy 37.50 NR BRONZE : Sufan Hassan (NED) 3 :55.86 Men’s 50km Walk: Tomala Boom ed the Day SIL VER: Great Britain 37.51 Men’s 5000 m: Joshua blows his trumpet! After Italy, it’s been Poland who are ha ving a BRONZE: Canada 37.70

After only finishing sixth in t he F lorence truly great Games and Dawid Tomola who was 4x400m heats: Allen key for Jamaica 5000m, WR holder Joshua Cheptegei was far 3nd in the Doha 20km and in his second 50km In 1964 on Tokyo’s cinders and in far from ideal won with a strong second half. from favourite but after setting a fast pace with October cond itions, the GBR te am ran 3:01.6 for team - mate Jacob Kiplimo he ran a 55 last 400 GOLD: Dawid Tomola (POL) 3:50:08 silver medals . 57 years later, Britain’s team ran a and 1:54 last 800m to win from Can ada;s Mo SILVER: Jonathan Hilbert (GER) 3:5 0:44 season’s best 3:03.2 9. a s USA set a a world - BRONZE: Evan Dunfee (CAN) 3:50:59 Ahmed with Paul Chelimo finishing one place leading 2:57.77. Cameron Chalmers ran 45.9

matched by Joseph Br ie, Lee Thompson ran 45.59 down on Rio thanks to a late dive.. Andy TOMORROW – Sat 7 August Butchart set a season’s best of 13:09.97 in 11 th and Michael Ohioze 45.80. The fastest split in the 22.00 M arathon ( 6 August )

race came from Botswanan Bayapo Ndori who ran GOLD: J oshua Cheptegei (KEN) 12:58.15 11.35 W H igh J 11.45 W 10 000 m a 43. 95 anchor. In heat 2 won by Poland their SILVER: Mo Ahmed (CAN) 12:58.61 12.00 M Javelin. 12.40 M 1500 m Karol Zalewski ran a 43.7 second leg while BRONZE: Paul Chelimo (USA) 12:59.05 13.30 W 4x400 13.50 M 4x400 Jam aica’s Nathon Allen ran a 43.93.

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