LATEST RESULTS ON DAY 9 |
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| Italian Marcell Jacobs wins the men's 100m in golden night for Italy |
| Australia's Peter Bol wins 800m semi-final |
| NSW's Emma McKeon wins 10th and 11th medals in pool |
| McKeon has won five career golds, equal most by an Aussie with Ian Thorpe |
| Qld's Logan Martin wins BMX freestyle gold |
| Matt Wearn completes laser sailing gold, our 14th so far |
After a wonderful week in the pool it all comes to an end today with the last five gold medals for swimming to be decided at the Tokyo Olympics.
The 1500m men’s race is on the schedule and it holds a special place in Australian hearts with the likes of Kieran Perkins, Grant Hackett and Daniel Kowalski providing so many great memories for Aussies in the 90s and 2000s.
It’s been a tougher time for Australians in the event in recent times and it’s Florian Wellbrook who is the favourite to take out this title.
It’s a nice mix of speed and endurance for the swimming events with the 50m finals also to be contested in both men’s and women’s.
Elsewhere, the other big event today is of course one of the most-watched events at any Olympic Games to crown the fastest human on the planet – the men’s 100m sprint.
The USA will be the favourites in the event with Trayvon Bromell and Ronnie Baker leading the charge.
Australia has extra interest in the race after the heroics of Rohan Browning who did a PB of 10.01 to reach the semi-final. If he can match that again he’s a chance to make the final.
It’s a big day for Australian teams with the Kookaburras in action in the quarterfinals while the Australian women’s water polo team plays South Africa tonight.
We’ll be keeping an eye on all the action in the pool and the athletics during the day plus the other big events in our rolling blog.
Swimming finals schedule Day 9
11:30am – Men’s 50m Freestyle Final
11:37am – Women’s 50m Freestyle Final
11:44am – Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final
12:15pm – Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final
12:36pm – Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay Final
Key Athletics events Day 9
11:35am – Women’s Shot Put Final
11:45am – Men’s 400m heats start
8:10pm – Men’s High-Jump final
8:15pm – Men’s 100m Semi-Final 1
8:23pm – Men’s 100m Semi-Final 2
8:31pm – Men’s 100m Semi-Final 3
9:15pm – Women’s Triple Jump Final
10:50pm – Men’s 100m Final
JGK
Roar Guru
Shared gold?
David Holden
Roar Guru
Hope you have enjoyed the Olympic coverage today. It has been a memorable day for Australia, with the promise of a lot more to come. Good Night
David Holden
Roar Guru
Mutaz Barshim and Gianmaro Tamberi have sensationally been declared joint winners in the High Jump. Both take the Gold Medal. The finishing order can be found here You can see how close Australia's Brandon Starc was to a medal.
JGK
Roar Guru
Surprising that the 400m runner got run down.
David Holden
Roar Guru
Men's 100m Final: It's a massive upset. Lamont Jacobs shot out of the blocks for Italy and held on to win in 9.80m. Fred Kerley (USA) gets the silver and Andre de Grasse from Canada won bronze. Full results can be found here
Rellum
Roar Guru
Tamberi :laughing: He has gone off
JGK
Roar Guru
Jacobs!
Rellum
Roar Guru
Bill Lawry style.
David Holden
Roar Guru
Mens 100m Final: That's a break from Zharnel Hughes (GB) and he is disqualified
Rellum
Roar Guru
Epic jump. I don’t think she could jump longer as the skip would have landed in the pit.
JGK
Roar Guru
The Brit broke. He’s gone.
David Holden
Roar Guru
The Men's 100m Final is here!!
David Holden
Roar Guru
Yulimar Rojar has set a World Record in the women's triple jump to win gold at 15.67m. The full results of the final can be found here.
David Holden
Roar Guru
The Australian pairing of Artacho Del Solar/Clancy have won their round of 16 women's beach volleyball clash against China
Graham
Guest
why are they only allowed to go up by 2 cm at a time? What was his pb out of curiosity? Hopefully he peaks at the next olympics
David Holden
Roar Guru
That would be correct
David Holden
Roar Guru
Men's 400m Hurdles - Semi Final 3: Kyron McMaster (British Virgin Islands) wins in 48.26 with Rasmus Magi (Estonia) second. Jaheel Hyde from Jamaica lead until he hit a hurdle with not far remaining
Benjamin Conkey
Editor
Considering 2.39m is the Olympic Record he did so well to get as close as he did. 2.35 - just below his PB. Gotta be happy with that.
Jeff
Roar Rookie
Am I correct in understanding that Brandon Starc is Alyssa Healy’s brother in law?
JGK
Roar Guru
2.35m on your first jump in an Olympic final usually brings a medal.