Tokyo Olympics 2020: women’s triathlon, swimming, tennis and more – live!

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: women’s triathlon, swimming, tennis and more – live!

Some news from our man on the ground in Tokyo, Sean Ingle. Team GB say Georgia-Brown had a puncture, which explains why she slipped off at the end of the bike. She is already up to bronze on the run though. We’re at the end of lap one of the run and Duffy now has a 17 second lead over USA’s Zaferes in second.

And we have a break in the triathlon! Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has got some separation from USA’s Katie Zaferes. She looks pretty comfortable as she takes a decent lead. The British pair of Jessica Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown are in third and fourth.

Bermuda have never won an Olympic gold medal, but they have a very good chance now and Duffy recently set a personal best in the run. Their last (and only) Olympic medal came in 1976 in boxing – it was silver.

Another result in the quarter-final of the men’s surfing. Two-time WSL World Champion Gabriel Medina of Brazil has beaten France’s Michel Bourez and is through to the semi-final.

GB’s Georgia Taylor-Brown looks like she’s been dropped by the leading pack in the triathlon and is now 20 seconds back as they transition to the running stage. So it’s now Jessica Learmonth (GBR), Flora Duffy (BER), Laura Lindemann (GER) and Katie Zaferes (USA) out front and with a big advantage over the rest of the field. Australia’s Emma Jeffcoat is back in ninth and it would take a miracle for her to end up in the medals today.

We’re on the final lap of the cycling in the women’s triathlon and it’s still the same group of five with a big lead over the field: Jessica Learmonth (GBR), Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR), Flora Duffy (BER), Laura Lindemann (GER) and Katie Zaferes (USA). Lindemann is the highest ranked of the leaders and is also a very good runner, so she’ll be slight favourite at the moment. But we saw the strongest runner, Alex Yee, beaten in the final stages yesterday, so form isn’t everything.

Hello and welcome to [checks calendar]day four of the Tokyo Games. Plenty coming up today, including a big day in the pool. In the next couple of hours we’ll have the conclusion of the women’s triathlon, the quarter-finals of the women’s and men’s surfing, Argentina v Australia in the men’s hockey and a smattering of handball, rugby sevens and beach volleyball.

My colleague Martin Belam has prepared a more exhaustive list of today’s action, which you can peruse at your leisure below:

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