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Australia’s 23-year-old sprinter Rohan Browning has qualified for the semi-finals of the 100m sprint, winning his heat with a personal best time of 10.01.
Stunning run from Browning, particularly given he drew lane one and was up against dual gold medal winner Yohan Blake of Jamaica.
No Australian has made the men’s 100m final since Hec Hogan won bronze in Melbourne 1956.
A late gold medal result on Saturday night:
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From earlier this evening, Ash Barty and John Peers spoke after winning bronze in the mixed doubles.
They won because Novak Djokovic forced Serbia into a forfeit, he picked up a shoulder injury in his singles bronze medal match loss to Pablo Carreno Busta.
This was Australia’s first Olympic tennis medal since Alicia Molik won bronze in the singles at Athens in 2004, and Barty and Peers were understandably delighted to win the medal.
“Obviously it is incredibly tough for team Serbia … for John and I it is a dream come true,” Barty said.
Australia’s Rohan Browning has spoken again to the press in Tokyo. He qualified for the semi-finals of the 100m sprint, winning his heat in a personal best time. Our man Michael Gleeson was there to hear what he said:
“If I can take one thing away from it, Australia don’t go out and anti-vax protest. Stay at home and get around the under-dogs at the Olympics,” Browning said.
“It is nice to point [how] people [are] wrong.
“It feels good to take a few big scalps early on. I still won that race so there is more to pull out of myself. I can definitely be pushed a bit more, it is the one thing I have been lacking on the Australian circuit (being pushed by competition). And it is the thing a lot of people pointed to when they say I was not capable of making a final or doing well at this Olympics.”
Elaine Thomspon Herah of Jamaica has won her second straight 100m Olympic gold medal, breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record with a time of 10.61.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.74) took silver while Shericka Jackson (10.76), also from Jamaica, was third.
Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast was fourth, as she was in Rio.
Fraser-Pryce now has four medals in this event, but she looks dejected.
Almost ready to jump. And there is a light show, despite having no fans in the house!
Elaine Thompson Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican pair who between them have claimed the last three Olympic titles in this event, are the favourites.
Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast is also a contender.
This “live” coverage of the discus event is not quite that.
It finished some time ago, as detailed in earlier blog posts.
Seven are offering all sports live on their Seven Plus app but the main channel has been a touch misleading at times during these Games.
The first time there’s been a mixed 4x400m relay (two men and two women) at the Olympics and Poland have taken gold.
The Dominican Republic look to have claimed silver, while the United States were third.
There had been a bit of tumble during one of the baton changes involving the Nethlerlands and Jamaica.
Matthew Denny has produced the biggest throw of his life in his final attempt in the men’s discuss but it isn’t enough to clinch a final. Denny’s final throw of 67.02m beats the personal best he set in qualifying and competes a cracking night for the 25-year-old from the Queensland town of Allora. The gold medal was only ever going to be won by Daniel Stahl, who produced a winning throw of 68.80m but Denny has delivered on the biggest stage, with every throw of his sixth attempts exceeding 65m.
The big boys are getting serious now in the discus final. Sweden’s Simon Petersson and Austria’s Lukas Weisshaidinger (easy if you say it fast) have produced throws in excess of 67m, putting themselves in the silver and bronze medal positions respectively. Australia’s Matthew Denny is in fifth with one throw to go. Sweden’s Daniel Stahl still leading.