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Men’s keirin – Another Team GB rider, Jack Carlin, is through to the semis.
Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) is up next.
Women’s basketball:
We go for gold in 1 hour.
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Men’s keirin – Kenny (GBR) is safely through to the semis but Richardson (AUS) finished fifth and is out. The Aussie found himself boxed in when the push came on the outside and he didn’t have enough time to make up the deficit.
Men’s keirin – Quarter-final time for the men’s keirin, and in the first heat we have Jason Kenny (GBR) husband of Laura in action, as well as Matthew Richardson (AUS).
Women’s omnium – Valente (USA) collected 40 points for winning the scratch race. The good news for Kenny (GBR) is because so many riders were collected in that huge stack she picks up 16 points despite a DNF. It’s still a lot of ground to make up, but it could have been much worse.
Volleyball – Serbia have destroyed South Korea 3-0 in the women’s bronze medal match. Brazil take on the USA for the gold medal in around three hours from now.
Women’s omnium – That was like watching ten-pin bowling. Bikes and riders strewn all over the track. About half the field went down.
Italian rider Elisa Balsamo caused the crash, bringing down several riders; Laura Kenny had nowhere to go but down on the track. Fell heavily on her right shoulder and then received medical attention. She got back on her bike but we don’t know yet how much damage that has caused https://t.co/5bAQMFPjhi
Women’s omnium – Disaster for Laura Kenny in that first race. Firstly – let’s hope she’s ok (she appears to be). Secondly – let’s hope that doesn’t end any hopes she carries of another medal.
Big crash in the women’s omnium, Laura Kenny came down seriously heavy there. Treated by medical staff at the finish line. She’s sitting up and on the bike again. Even the track official taken down there. #CyclingTrack #Tokyo2020
Women’s omnium – Laura Kenny hit the front around 5 laps to go as the jostling began in earnest. Kirsten Wild, then Annette Edmondson, followed, then there were two separate crashes with bikes strewn all over the track!
Jennifer Valente (USA) timed her run to perfection, getting her wheel across the line first, Yumi Kajihara (JPN) second, Edmondson (AUS) third. Kenny was unfortunately caught up in the second of those stacks.
Women’s omnium – The first event in the women’s omnium is a 30-lap first past the post scratch race. At the halfway stage it’s a leisurely cruise, building up to a massive bunch sprint, no doubt.
Thank you very much Tom – see you in Paris.
Ok, one final leg for me in this epic Guardian Sport relay. My attention will begin in the velodrome where the women’s omnium is about to get underway. Team GB record breaker Laura Kenny goes for a seventh medal today, while Australia has interest in London bronze medalist Annette Edmondson, and the USA have team pursuit bronze medalist Jennifer Valente.
I’ll hand over to the capable hands of Jonathan Howcroft now. Thanks for reading during the Olympics and see you for Paris 2024 (sudden firing notwithstanding).
Indoor women’s volleyball: Serbia’s Tijana Bošković can hit serves as fast as 62mph. With that kind of weaponry at their disposal, it’s little wonder her team are now 2-0 up in sets after they won the second 25-15 against South Korea. They’re one set from a bronze medal.
Like photos of very fit people doing very impressive things but with excellent lighting and shot composition? Then why not peruse our gallery of the best images from Day 15:
Related: Tokyo Olympics 2020: day 15 – in pictures
Women’s indoor volleyball: It’s South Korea v Serbia for bronze. Serbia won the first set and are 4-2 up in the second. Serbia were silver medalists in 2016, so have some pedigree.
One striking thing from the end of the marathon was the (small) crowd on the streets of Sapporo cheering Kipchoge and Co home at the end of their heroic efforts (everyone I could see was wearing a mask). It was lovely to hear the athletes get the cheers they so richly deserve but there was also a melancholy at what could have been if this Games had taken place in Normal Times.
Men’s marathon: USA’s Galen Rupp, the 2016 bronze medalist, finishes in eighth. A great effort – and it also means the US men’s track team will finish without an individual gold for the first time since 1980.
Men’s marathon: Now an actual race is on for silver and bronze. The Netherlands’ Abdi Nageeye sprints away for silver and Belgium’s Bashir Abdi stays with him for bronze. Lawrence Cherono looked like he was going to make it a Kenyan 1-2 but his legs betrayed him at the last.
What a race and what a champion. He’s just the third athlete to defend the men’s marathon title. He stayed with the pack for most of the race and then drifted off to the horizon when he wanted to – and no one was catching him. The heat was intense today but he doesn’t look in the least bit tired after a marvelous 26.2 miles. He wins by more than a minute over a field of the best runners in the world. His winning time is 2hr 8min 38sec. Wow.
Men’s marathon: We pass the two-hour mark and Kipchoge runs through the shady lanes of the Hokkaido University campus. He has 2km to go and his lead is up to 1min and 17 seconds.
Men’s marathon: Two miles to go. What a shame Kipchoge won’t be rewarded for this wonderful performance by the roar of a packed stadium. There are, at least, a scattering of cheers from the people of Sapporo as he glides through the streets.
Men’s marathon: Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono, Belgium’s Bashir Abdi, Spain’s Ayad Lamdassem and the Netherlands’ Abdi Nageeye are still bunched tight in the chasing pack. I think there’s going to be a sprint for silver and bronze. Suguru Osako of Japan is making a move from behind though, and could maybe grab a medal.
Men’s marathon: I’m going to risk this and say Kipchoge is the nailed on champion. It’s maybe the least risky statement I have ever made. The 36-year-old is around 5km from becoming a double Olympic champion and looks very, very comfortable. The interesting part will be who finishes in silver and bronze.
Men’s marathon: 7km to go and Kipchoge’s lead is now 28 seconds ahead of the pack. He ran the last 5km in 14min and 28sec. The previous one was around 15 seconds. Yikes. The chasing pack now consists of Kenya’s Lawrence Cherono, Belgium’s Bashir Abdi and Spain’s Ayad Lamdassem. The Netherlands’ Abdi Nageeye is a few seconds back from them and still in with a chance of a medal.
Men’s marathon: It must be so demoralising to run at this pace, in that heat and then just see Kipchoge accelerate off into the distance. He grabs some ice from the cooling station, dabs himself down and scampers away from his competition.
Men’s marathon: Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder and reigning Olympic champion and all-around superhuman, has basically said: “Nah, let’s get this nonsense over with,” and accelerates away from the pack looking very comfortable. What a superb athlete. Everyone else looks like they are hurting. Kipchoge looks like he’s nipped out to get some bread (the shop must be very far away). His lead is 14 seconds and growing with 10km to go.
Men’s marathon: If you’re wondering how the Aussies/Brits/Kiwis/Canadians/Americans are doing (I’m just doing our biggest markets, we love all marathon runners) then here you go. At 18 miles, USA’s Galen Rupp has just dropped off the leading pack, NZ’s Zane Robertson is 19th around a minute off the leaders, Canada’s Ben Preisner is 50th, GB’s Callum Hawkins is 57th and Australia’s Liam Adams is 46th. There are other runners from each of those countries but they’re further back. Basically none of those runners will will gold.
Men’s marathon: For the first time since 1980 (and they didn’t participate then so had a good excuse) the US men’s track team has failed to win an individual Olympic gold (they did win in the 4x400m replay). Their last chance is in this race in the form of Galen Rupp. He’s in the leading pack but I’d be very surprised if he won a medal, let alone gold.
Men’s marathon: Brazil’s Daniel do Nascimento, who was at the front of the pack for a long time, stumbled and fell and looked like he was in trouble. But he’s got up and is running again. I hope he’s OK and isn’t ploughing on when he needs medical help. And he’s stopped again. The right decision to stop and medics quickly attend to him.
Men’s marathon: A reminder that the race is being run in Sapporo, 500 miles or so north of Tokyo to avoid the capital’s brutal heat. Current temperature in Sapporo: 26C. Current temperature in Tokyo: 24C. In fairness, weather is hard to predict (although the word on the street is the long-term trend is WARM). In other news, the New York Mets, are being destroyed by the Philadelphia Phillies. Again. What are we going to turn over to in disgust now the Olympics are (all but) over?
Men’s marathon: We’ve reached the halfway point and Stephen Mokoka of South Africa leads. But it’s a halfhearted-yeah-whatever kind of lead of two seconds and the pack soon gobble him up again. Still about 30 athletes within a few seconds of each other.
Hello! And bad news for fans of 24-hour liveblogs of quadrennial multi-sport events because it’s our last one of the Games. But the good news it’s the Summer Olympics again in three years! And the Winter Olympics in, maybe … two months? I dunno, around then. I think the World Cup is next week.
Anyway, on to Day 16 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics! The marathon is currently being run, but here’s what else is on today courtesy of my colleague Martin Belam:
