There was no joy for Great Britain’s Elliot Giles and Daniel Rowden in the men’s 800m as they were knocked out in the semi-finals.That millisecond of certainty has now stretched into a quarter of a century of supremacy.įriday marks 25 years since Edwards took one giant 18.29m triple jump leap at the World Championship in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium. I’ve come back from motherhood and can still be at the top of the game. “Being able to achieve this as a mum, and a mum of two at that, is phenomenal. “This is a special day for me,” the 36-year-old Adams said. New Zealand veteran Valerie Adams, in her fifth Olympics, was left delighted as she claimed bronze with 19.62 to go with gold medals in 20, and silver in 2016. Saunders, who is black and gay, formed an “X” with her wrists as she held her arms above her head – to represent “the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet”. The American Raven Saunders took silver with 19.79m and later made the first podium protest of the Games. ![]() ![]() In the women’s shot put China’s Gong Lijiao lived up to her pre-Olympics form by winning gold with a personal best of 20.58m. Tamberi was able to join Jacobs to celebrate the sprinter’s gold just minutes after his own. The Italian said he relaxed by playing PlayStation with the 100m gold medallist Marcell Jacobs the night before they both won gold. It is the true spirit, the sportsman spirit, and we are here delivering this message.” “He is one of my best friends, not only on the track, but outside the track. “And then we just hugged each other.”īarshim explained his close friendship with Tamberi, and how they had helped each other to come back after injuries. “The judge said: ‘Do you know the rules for the jump-off?’” said Tamberi. After he had cleared 2.37m, along with the Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim, the pair decided to share first place – something that is allowed in the World Athletics rules if tied athletes are happy not to have a jump-off. Meanwhile, more than 90 minutes after the Italian Gianmarco Tamberi won a shared high jump gold medal, he was still celebrating in the empty Tokyo Stadium. Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar celebrate after agreeing to share gold in the men’s high jump final. I am also opening doors for people who want to achieve great things and to write great things for my country.” When told that she was the first Venezuelan female gold medallist, she said: “I think I am opening doors – and not just for myself. My coach was screaming and jumping and cheering. “I could hear the ‘wow’ from the crowd and Ana screaming – I didn’t have to look because my head, my heart, my body already knew. “I was looking for the world record, I knew we had that distance in my legs to get it,” she said. Rojas, who had initially wanted to be a volleyball player only to find there was no team in her local sports centre in Anzoategui, beat Patricia Mamona of Portugal and her training partner, Ana Peleteiro of Spain, into silver and bronze respectively. I just broke a world record and have an Olympic gold medal. I think that meeting Ivan through Facebook was definitely a turning point in my life. He replied that he rated her as well and then invited her to train with him in Spain. ![]() After its algorithm suggested they be friends, she wrote to Pedroso to say how much she admired him. The 25-year-old Rojas, who has already won two world titles and a silver medal in Rio in 2016, paid credit to her coach, the legendary Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso, with whom she linked via Facebook.
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