Tokyo Olympics LIVE updates Titmus wins gold McKeon and mens 4x100m freestyle relay claim bronze
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Australian sailor Matt Wearn has delivered a mixed bag on day two of racing as he chases a flying Finn to win a medal in the one-man Laser class.
With sailors competing over 10 heats before the double point medal race on August 1, Wearn found his rhythm in the third race off Enoshima Island, south west of Tokyo.
Matt WearnCredit:Getty
Tipped as a gold medal contender after beating reigning Olympic champion Tim Burton for the Australian Laser spot in Tokyo, Wearn finished race three in second spot, with Swede Jesper Stalheim leading the field home.
It was a massive improvement on his second race, when a poor start left the West Australian crossing the line in 28th. That result was quickly discarded, with his two best results so far leaving him in 12th overall.
Fellow Australian Olympic debutant Mara Stransky also improved as the day went on, opening with 19th place in race three of the Laser Radial class. She backed that up with a solid 10th in the fourth race to sit in 16th overall with Norwegian Line Flem Host dominating with a first and two thirds from four races.
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They are just kids. But on Monday, one of them became the youngest Olympic gold medallist in more than 80 years.
Nishiya Momiji, the 13-year-old pocket rocket from Osaka, won the street skateboarding in a cliffhanger, giving Japan two gold medals from two skating events and a new national hero.
To do it she beat fellow 13-year-old Rayssa Leal from Brazil and her Japanese compatriot, Funa Nakayama, 16, in heat so hot it turned laptops off. Together they made the youngest podium in history.
Read the full story here.
Ariarne Titmus’ parents weren’t able to go to Tokyo to watch their daughter win gold over legendary swimmer Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400-metre freestyle, but they were nonetheless proud and in awe of what the 20-year-old has achieved. “It’s all surreal,†Steve Titmus, Ariarne’s father, told 2GB.
“To say that your daughter is an Olympic champion and has won a race that has had so much hype around it, it is absolutely extraordinary. The greatest thing that I have such awe [about] my daughter is her incredible focus of how she goes about her life.â€
Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky speak after the race.Credit:Getty Images
He said Ariarne swam the perfect race to beat Ledecky. “We knew if she was with Ledecky with 50 metres to go there was no way known she could lose because she is so much faster than Katie in that back end.
“‘Arnie’ is a very humble girl. We don’t talk a lot about swimming at home and she is the sort of person who, there is a lot of hype but it’s all way in the distance. It is all about the pool [for her].â€
Ariarne’s mother Robyn spoke about how the family moved from Tasmania to Queensland while their daughter was a teenager so she could have access to a better training environment.
“And thank goodness we did it. I’d feel sick in the stomach if we hadn’t,†Robyn said.
“I was so proud of her the way she composed herself … and the sportsmanship between her and Katie.â€
Titmus will swim on Monday night and try to qualify for the 200-metre freestyle final.
World No.51 Ajla Tomljanovic had quite the challenge against world No.6 Elina Svitolina in the women’s singles tennis today.
As we learnt from her Wimbledon quarter-final match against world No.1 Ash Barty, Tomljanovic is not afraid to go up against the world’s best. Still, it wasn’t enough today as Svitolina won in three sets.
She started off strong, taking the first set 6-4 before crumbling in the second when Svitolina came back, 3-6. The final set mirrored the first only it was Svitolina who emerged victorious, bringing the final score to 4-6, 3-6, 6-4.
Want more tennis? You’re in luck because Ellen Perez and Sam Stosur are taking on Romania’s Raluca Olaru and Monica Niculescu in the women’s doubles.
They’ll be followed by childhood friends Ash Barty and Storm Sanders who will face off against China’s Xu Yifan and Yiang Zhaoxuan.
Aussie bolter Max Purcell is also on court after his first round upset win.
Thomas Pidcock has delivered Great Britain a history-making triumph in Izu City, becoming the youngest ever Olympic mountain-biking champion.
The 21-year-old Pidcock was a picture of composure during the 28.25-kilometre race, leading throughout the second half of the race to finish 20 seconds ahead of nearest rival Mathias Flueckiger. A misstep from Flueckiger, who momentarily got off his bike while navigating a climb, helped Pidcock enhance his lead over the Swiss silver medallist to 11 seconds after the fifth of seven laps.
Spaniard David Valero Serrano finished strongly to snatch bronze, consigning Rio 2016 champion Nino Schurter to fourth place.
Australian Dan McConnell, whose wife Bec looms as a medal contender in Tuesday’s race at the same venue, finished 30th.
Katie Ledecky pulverises her opponents when she races them. She buries them with ceaseless laps swum at maddening speed, drowns them in fatigue and self-doubt, before eventually the clock becomes her only worthy adversary.
They get Ledeckied. This is how it has been since she won gold over 800 metres as a 15-year-old at the London Olympics, aside from some mortal moments at her lesser distance, the 200m, and an upset in 2019, when she was sick and beaten into silver at the world championships over 400m.
When she turns up the blowtorch, it is the most brutal examination in the sport. Nobody has been able to survive it, especially not at the Olympic Games, where Ledecky won five golds in Rio and will add more to that tally in Tokyo this week. She is the greatest of them all.
Ariarne Titmus survived.
Read Phil Lutton’s piece on Titmus’ brilliant battle with Ledecky here.
Daniel “Dan the van man†Watkins, who came from the clouds to qualify second fastest for the K1 canoe final, won’t win a medal after a troubled run in the final.
The Tasmanian finished with a time of 108.18 seconds and in ninth in the final after getting stuck on an upstream turn midway through his run, which also included a two-second penalty. Slovenia’s Benjamin Savsek finished with the gold in a time of 98.25 seconds.
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