Road To The Olympic Games
Olympic viewing guide: Penny can make history (again), Rosie goes for the 3-peat
Here s what to watch Thursday night and Friday morning, including Penny Oleksiak s latest chance to rewrite the Canadian record books and Rosie MacLennan s attempt to three-peat in trampoline.
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MEDAL ALERT
Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the first track and field gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with victory in the menâs 10,000 meters.
Barega won in 27 minutes, 43.22 seconds to upset world champion and world-record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda. Cheptegei took the silver medal and Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda was third.
Barega won at a largely empty Olympic Stadium. It was the only medal event on the first day of track action.
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MEDAL ALERT
The top-seeded pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic won Olympic gold in menâs doubles tennis.
Mektic and Pavic beat Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 in an all-Croatian final.
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