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Swimming: The final women’s race of the meet is about to get underway. It’s the 4x100m medley relay, and of course it is a stacked field. Even so, Australia’s Emma McKeon is the centre of attention. After securing the 50m freestyle a few minutes ago she is on the brink of yet more history, for herself, and the Australian swim team.
Women’s Shot Put – We’re halfway through the final of the women’s shot put and Gong Lijao (CHN) is in the gold medal position. Raven Saunders (USA) is second, Valerie Adams (NZL) third.
Men’s Hockey: Germany have beaten Argentina 3-1 in their quarterfinal. They will face the winner of Australia v Netherlands, which is up soon.
Remarkable. Worthington’s first run was a bust, but in her second she stormed to an incredible 97.50! Hannah Roberts (USA) could not improve on her opening 96.10 and has to settle for silver. Bronze to Nikita Ducarroz (SUI).
Australia’s Natalya Diehm ends fifth.
Swimming: 1500m racing is not supposed to be that exciting! Four men were in a race of their own for 10 minutes, but as the Italian dropped off it became a 50m sprint for the medals. After sitting on the shoulder for 1450m, Finke kicked hard at the end to swim past Romanchuk and Wellbrock. Thrilling.
Gold – Robert Finke (USA)
Silver -Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR)
Swimming: Those same four guys are all within touching distance after 1,000m of the men’s 1,500m freestyle. This is going to be a gripping finish.
Swimming: Kieran Pender was poolside for Emma McKeon’s history-making swim.
Emma McKeon makes Australian Olympic history with women’s 50m freestyle gold https://t.co/WEBuIDhgRG
BMX Freestyle: Team GB’s Charlotte Worthington has put the cat among the pigeons, nailing her second run to vault into the gold medal position. Hannah Roberts (USA) is back into silver with one run remaining. Natalya Diehm (AUS) has been pushed off the podium.
Swimming: Around 1/3 race distance in the men’s 1500m freestyle and Florian Wellbrock (GER) has taken the lead. There’s a breakaway bunch of four all in a row, with Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR), Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), and Robert Finke (USA). The medals will come from this quartet.
Swimming: Back in the pool, and the final of the men’s 1500m has just begun. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) leads early from Florian Wellbrock (GER) , Robert Finke (USA) and Daniel Jervis (GBR).
BMX Freestyle: Hannah Roberts (USA) has taken an early stranglehold on the final of the women’s park with an opening run of 96.10. Natalya Diehm (AUS) has started strongly and is currently placed third with 86.00.
Swimming: Wow! Emma McKeon adds the 50m free to the 100m free, and the 4x100m free relay. Throw in a trio of bronze and that’s six medals in the meet, with one event still to come, and ten across her Olympic career. Superstar.
23.81 was the winning time, lowering McKeon’s own Olympic record, set earlier in the meet. Just 0.14 shy of the world record, set by silver medalist Sarah Sjöström (SWE). Defending champion Pernille Blume (DEN) took bronze.
Emma McKeon at Tokyo in the 50m freestyle:
Heat: New Olympic Record
Semis: New Olympic Record
Final: New Olympic Record, Gold#Tokyo2020
Gold – Emma McKeon (AUS) OR
Silver – Sarah Sjöström (SWE)
Swimming: Now it’s over to the women’s 50m and Emma McKeon’s shot at history. This is a super competitive field.
Swimming: Dressel was out of sight before he even raised his arm out of the water for his first stroke. That’s his fourth gold of the Games, joining his 100m free, 100m fly, and 4x100m free relay. He still has one more to go for later this session.
Manaudou and Fratus were delighted with the minor medals. Ben Proud (GBR) finished a creditable fifth.
Gold – Caeleb Dressel (USA) gets the 50m/100m freestyle double, becoming only the second man to achieve the feat. What a guy.
Silver – Florent Manaudou (FRA)
Swimming: Ok, time to focus on the pool for an hour or so, starting with Caleb Dressel and the men’s 50m freestyle.
Related: Caeleb Dressel fills US swimming’s post-Phelps void with 100m freestyle gold
Women’s Long Jump: We’re in the thick of qualifying, and it’s a pair of Americans – Brittney Reese (6.86m) and Tara Davis (6.85m) leading the way in Pool A, both satisfying the automatic qualification mark. Over in Pool B, Serbia’s Ivana Španovic has the longest jump so far, hitting 7.00m. Abigail Irozuru (GBR) and Brooke Stratton (AUS) have one jump each remaining and both are touch-and-go for qualifying.
Women’s Hammer: Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk absolutely dominated the first qualifying pool with 76.99, miles ahead of second placed Brooke Andersen (USA) 74.00. She is the world and Olympic record holder, after all.
Golf: The final round in the men’s event promises to be thrilling with a stacked field at the top of the leaderboard. We’re about an hour away from the leaders teeing off. Behind them, Viktor Hovland (NOR) has made some early running, picking up three shots to move to -8 (T14).
I’m at the pool, but would highly encourage everyone to get around this. BMX freestyle is insane and Australia has two strong medal chances, inc Logan Martin going for gold as defending world champion. Big #Tokyo2020 https://t.co/l03BwMR6l5
Thanks Tom. Into the deep end we go, one final time, bringing this superb swim meet to its conclusion.
It’s all killer no filler this session with five medal races in the space of an hour or so.
Related: Tokyo medal haul puts Australia’s Olympians on verge of golden era
Time to hand over the blog to Jonathan Howcroft now. Enjoy the fun ahead…
Caeleb Dressel will go for his fourth gold of the Games in around 30 minutes in the 50m free. He qualified fastest, just ahead of the 2012 champion, France’s excellent Florent Manaudou. Here’s how Dressel got on yesterday (not bad):
Related: Swimming: More US gold after Dressel’s busy night and Ledecky’s threepeat
A last-16 North American grudge match in the women’s beach volleyball. Canada and the US teams of Bansley and Wilkerson v Claes and Sponcil. The Americans took the first set before the Canadians hit back in the second. It’s 4-4 in the third.
Jen Oram writes in about medal table: “The really important rankings are the ones the Guardian compiles every four years – medals per head of population (NZ currently seems to be way ahead of the others listed in your main top 10) and medals by per capita GDP, in which places like Jamaica and Cuba routinely show up the Americans and Russians and Brits. I look forward to seeing them this year too.
The best ever per capital showing in all Summer Olympics combined (as of 2016)? It’s … Finland?
Related: Finland tops podium for most Olympic medals won per capita
Australian swimmer Emma McKeon has history in her sights this morning at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. McKeon already has a bumper haul at the pool – gold in the 100m freestyle, gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay, bronze in the 100m butterfly, bronze in the 4x100m mixed medley relay and bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay. This morning, McKeon starts as favourite in the women’s 50m freestyle and will swim the butterfly leg for a strong Australian team in women’s 4x100m medley relay.
The equestrian eventing continues apace (a pretty fast pace – horses can run). GB’s Laura Collett has completed her cross country and has moved into bronze behind Germany’s Julia Krajewski (silver) and GB’s Oliver Townend (gold). In the team standings it’s GB, USA and Switzerland 1-2-3. New Zealand and Australia are seventh and eighth respectively.
The women’s BMX park final will start in 30 minutes, with USA’s Hannah Roberts the favourite for gold. There is also Aussie and GB involvement with Natalya Diehm and Charlotte Worthington in action. You can follow it all with our super special soaraway INDIVIDUAL liveblog. Which gives me more time to get things wrong about equestrian:
Related: BMX women’s park: Hannah Roberts, Natalya Diehm and Charlotte Worthington go for gold – live!
JamesStark below the line has come up with an alternative medal table. And it’s looking good for Team GB …
Alternative Medal Table Ranked By Different Sports Medals Won In
1. GB – 15
2. China – 13
2. USA – 13
4. Japan- 11
5. Not Russia – 10
6. France – 7
6. Netherlands – 7
8. Australia – 6
9. SK – 5
9. NZ- 5
We have a guaranteed silver (at least) for GB in the boxing for welterweight Pat McCormack after his Irish opponent, Aidan Walsh, withdrew from their semifinal through injury. Not the way you want to win a medal and terrible luck for Walsh.
GB boxer @PatMcCormack14 is guaranteed at least Olympic after Irish opponent Aidan Walsh withdraws from today’s SF due to an ankle injury sustained in his QF win.
McCormack will now return for the welterweight final vs Iglesias of Cuba or Russian Zamkovoi on Tue in . pic.twitter.com/znRsFz7AdX
When live Olympic TV goes wrong (as someone whose liveblogs are littered with typos, I have sympathy):
Can someone at the BBC let @JJChalmersRM and crew know they are live on the red button @BBCSport pic.twitter.com/ScuwObN8yO
The equestrian eventing is underway. It’s the cross country section at the moment (dressage and jumping are the others). Only a few riders have completed their rounds but … Oliver Townend of GB is out front. That means he leads Germany’s Julia Krajewski and Japan’s Tomoto Kazuma in the overall standings. Australia’s Shane Rose and NZ’s Jonelle Price are fifth and sixth.
Merel Blom of the Netherlands has the best name for their horse: The Quizmaster. I also like Phillip Dutton of USA’s. It’s a simple effort: Z. In the overall team standings, GB lead Germany, New Zealand, Japan and Australia in that order.
Australians! And friends of Australia! And people who maybe just like Australian athletes! Here’s our handy guide to Aussies in action today. Emma McKeon aims for swimming history as Australia eye more medals in the pool, Logan Martin goes for BMX gold and the Kookaburras face the Netherlands. Hooray!
Related: Australia at the Olympics on Sunday: day 9 schedule of who and when to watch in Tokyo today
The final round of the men’s golf is underway. It’s only the backmarkers out at the moment. New Zealand’s Ryan Fox is -1 for the round after two holes and Australia’s Marc Leishman has just started his. But they are 14 and 13 behind the leader respectively, and won’t trouble the podium.
And speaking of leaders: USA’s Xander Schauffele is in gold on -14, followed by Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama on -13 and GB’s Paul Casey and Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz on -12. Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (-11) and Shane Lowry (-10), GB’s Tommy Fleetwood (-10) and Australia’s Cameron Smith (-9) are also in the mix.
Related: Schauffele leads after Olympic golf third round with Casey and McIlroy in pursuit
Hello world! Only a week (and a little bit) until the end of the Games and after the sprint queens yesterday got their stuff done (and, my word, did they get it done) the sprint kings will be out in force tonight in Tokyo. We’ll have live coverage of that later but for now here is my colleague Martin Belam with other highlights from the next 24 hours.
