kenny, who s the defending champion and going for a seventh gold medal, beat yuka wakamoto of japan to reach the last eight. and carlinjoined him there soon afterwards, outpacing mohammed sahrom of malaysia. the quarter finals get under wayjust before eight o clock tomorrow morning. in the women s, team gb s katy marchant made it through to the quarter finals at the second time of asking. she had to race again in the repechage, after being relegated from her first round heat for a technical infringement. what a run for the usa s sydney mclaughlin she broke her own world record in the women s 400m hurdles, taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad, got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.46 seconds, and taking almost
51.46 seconds. that beats the mark that she set in late june. meantime delilah mohammed winning silver with a time that would have surpassed mclaufr ly laughlin s mark on june. and elaine thompson completed historic double double adding a 200 meters gold medal to the 100 meters crown just as she did at rio in 2016. not only did she finish first in tuesday s final, but she was well ahead of her rivals crossing that line in 21.5 # seconds, second fastest ever time in this event. and i do want to squeeze this one in, world record holder in pole vaulting celebrating a gold medal after the 21-year-old american born swede soaring to over 6.20 meters on his first attempt. the overwhelming favorite who came close to setting another world record delighted to get
have destroyed the world record while femke bol of the netherlands, who took bronze in 52.01 seconds would have been under the world record as of six weeks ago. that gives you a sense of the achievement. that gives you a sense of the achievement. and we can discuss it all with sally gunnell, who is a british former track and field athlete who won the 1992 olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. sadly, great to see you. what did you make of the performance today? unbelievable. i knew it was going to be some rice out there, especially after the american trials, but a run that sort of time, 51.46 is astounding. those sorts of towns happen when you are being pushed by someone as good as delilah. she went someone as good as delilah. she went so hard and she really, really changed sydney to see what she had of that final hurdle. it was just,
it s day two in the velodrome, and after winning silver in the mens team sprint, it s so far so good forjason kenny and jack carlin in the individual men s sprint. carlin had broken the olympic record this morning to qualify, although it was then broken again a few minutes later. but then he had no problem beating nathan hart of australia to reach the last 16. and in the last couple of minutes, jason kenny, who s the defending champion, has also made it through safely. what a run for the usa s sydney mclaughlin she broke her own world record in the women s aoom hurdles taking gold in the process. the defending champion, fellow american dalilah muhammad got away fastest but mclaughlin powered down the home straight to win gold in 51.46 seconds, and take almost half a second off the world record, muhamed getting silver. the new women s best follows norway s karsten warholm breaking his own world record in the men s aoom hurdles on tuesday.
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