05 August 2021 | Olympics

• Ugandan athletes Winnie Nanyondo, Jacob Kiplimo, Joshua Cheptegei and Oscar Chelimo get back into the fray on Friday. Nanyondo will feature in the women's 1500m final while Kiplimo, Cheptegei and Chelimo gun for gold, silver and bronze in the 5000m final.

• Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas an a season best 43.85 to upgrade from bronze at Rio 2016. It was good enough to beat Colombia's Anthony Jose Zambrano and London 2012 champion Kirani James.
• Myles Amine is now, officially, one of the best wrestlers on the planet. Amine, an All-American at Michigan, won a men’s freestyle bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
• 9-year-old Nevin Harrison became the first female from the U.S. to win a gold medal in the sport of canoe sprint
• Belgium won their first Olympic men's hockey title, beating Australia 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the final finished in a 1-1 draw on Thursday.

Ugandan athletes Winnie Nanyondo, Jacob Kiplimo, Joshua Cheptegei and Oscar Chelimo will revive medal hopes of their fellow countrymen when they feature in the women's 1500m final and men's 5000m final on Friday. Kiplimo and Cheptegei have already won silver and bronze in the men's 10,000m final.

Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas added 400m Olympic gold to his 2019 World Championship success in a comfortable victory at Tokyo 2020. The 25-year-old ran a season best time of 43.85 to finish ahead of Colombia's Anthony Jose Zambrano and London 2012 winner Kirani James. With his upright running style, Gardiner raced clear on the final straight and even looked to ease up near the finish line to become Olympic champion. [Eurosport]

Myles Amine is now, officially, one of the best wrestlers on the planet. Amine, an All-American at Michigan, won a men’s freestyle bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Representing San Marino, Amine won twice, on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, ET, to make the podium at 86 kilograms (189 pounds). In doing so, Amine became San Marino’s first-ever Olympic wrestling medalist. He's also Michigan wrestling’s second-ever Olympic wrestling medalist — but the first to do so in men’s freestyle. Steve Fraser won Greco-Roman gold in 1984. Amine, a Brighton native, went 3-1 this week on his way to bronze. He began his trek Tuesday evening (or Wednesday morning in Japan) with a 12-2 technical fall over Colombia’s Carlos Izquierdo Mendez. [Detroit Free Press]

An American teenager has made history at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. 19-year-old Nevin Harrison became the first female from the U.S. to win a gold medal in the sport of canoe sprint. By winning a new event, the Women's 200 meter Canoe Single, Harrison not only became the first U.S. woman to claim gold, but Games statisticians say she's only the third female teenager to win an Olympic canoe sprint race. Harrison beat her one-time idol and now rival, Canadian Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, who's won multiple world championships and took silver in the 200 meters. Harrison, a 2019 world champion, hopes her historic win can help make the sport more popular in America. "We have a really amazing community in the U.S.," Harrison said, "but it's a small one, there aren't a lot of athletes involved. So I'm hoping this can really help put it on the map, and get girls like me involved, and boys. Because it's a cool sport. It's fun, it's competitive and it would be awesome to kind of get the U.S. up to the same level as a lot of countries that we're competing against." [WFAE]

The sides were locked in a close fight through much of the match, with Belgium forward Florent van Aubel giving the Red Lions the lead two minutes into the second half. Belgium won their first Olympic men's hockey title, beating Australia 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the final finished in a 1-1 draw on Thursday. The sides were locked in a close fight through much of the match, with Belgium forward Florent van Aubel giving the Red Lions the lead two minutes into the second half. Australia equalised thanks to a goal by Tom Wickham, sending the match to the shootout, in which Belgian goalie Vincent Vanasch saved three attempts from the Kookaburras, including a retake from Jake Whetton following a video referral. [Hindustan Times]

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