QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I’m so happy. To do the 5000m and 10,000m is not something easy. But just focus, and know that you can achieve. Just believe in yourself. I believed that I can do it. I just wanted to win the 10,000m for my country. My country has never won a gold medal (in the women’s 10,000m). So I said I wanted to be the first woman to win a gold medal in the 10,000m. My grandmother… I stayed with her since I was young. She used to motivate me, help me in everything. When she realised that I have a talent, she got me everything I required. She always prays for me,” Beatrice Chebet.
“I don’t think I can describe it. It’s a mix of everything that I’ve lived. I could use a thousand words. If you didn’t live every single day with me for the past two, three, four years, you couldn’t understand what I feel right now. But it’s unique, and I think that the main feeling is pride. I’m very proud of myself, and I’m grateful.”“Emotional, it’s also all my body, all the nerves from the past few days trying to keep it all together. Now it’s done, and my body is like, ‘OK, you can let it go.’ I also feel very tired. It’s hard for me to even talk. I’m out of breath, my body is down. I’m done, ” Nafissatou Thiam.
RESULT OF THE DAY
Nafissatou Thiam became the first woman with three Olympic titles in the heptathlon. She crowned her title with a PB in the 800m (2:10.62).
Marileidy Paulino highlighted her 400m Olympic title with a new OR of 48.17, fourth fastest time in history.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Yemisi Ogunleye won the Olympic title on her last throw with 20.00, throwing only 19.53 so far this outdoor season. She’s the first German woman since 1996 to bring home Olympic gold in the shot put.
MEDALS (37 countries)
USA 11-10-8; CAN 3-0-1; KEN 2-1-3; ESP 2-1-1; GBR 1-4-2; JAM 1-3-2; GER 1-2-1; AUS 1-1-4; CHN 1-1-2.
POINTS (68 countries)
USA 270; GBR 72; JAM 70; KEN 67; ITA 58; GER 51; NED 45; CAN 44; ETH 43; AUS 42.
Yes (7): Crouser, Allman, Duplantis, Tentoglou, El Bakkali, McLaughlin-Levrone, Thiam
No (24): Stano, Palmisano, Barega, POL (4×400 mixed), Warner, Nowicki, Jacobs, Hassan (2x), Ingebrigtsen, Wlodarczyk, Chemutai, Moon, Stahl, Mihambo, Chopra, De Grasse, Parchment, JAM (4×100 women), Gong Lijiao, ITA (4×100 men), Miller-Uibo, Pichardo, Warholm
NC (6): Rojas, Thompson-Herah (2x), Lasitskene, Mu, Gardiner (DNS)
TOP MARKS
WR (3+1): 3:07.41 mixed 4x400m USA (230th WR at Olympic Games); 625 pole vault Duplantis; 50.37 400m…
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