Brazil s Cunha wins Olympic gold in women s marathon swim Wed 04th August 2021 | 08:50 AM
Tokyo, Aug 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Aug, 2021 ) :Brazil s Marcela Ana Cunha said she had to be cold mentally to see off the challenge of defending champion Sharon van Rouwendaal on her way to Olympicgold in the women s 10-kilometre marathon swim on Wednesday.
Cunha won by less than a second from a fast-charging Van Rouwendaal in their early morning duel in Tokyo, timing 1hr 59min 30.8sec to 1:59:31.7 for the Dutch swimmer.
Kareena Lee took the bronze medal for Australia.
Cunha, 29, finished 10th in the event at the Rio Olympics and fifth at the Beijing Games in 2008.
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Quan Hongchan of China competes in women s diving 10-meter platform preliminary at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
TOKYO – The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
A Russian athlete competing in karate has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for the coronavirus.
The Russian Karate Federation says on Instagram that Anna Chernysheva will not be able to compete and that her positive test was confirmed by a second test.
TOKYO (AP) Dodging leaping fish in Tokyo Bay and pressure on the lead, Ana Marcela Cunha kept her cool and finally won at the Olympics on her third try.
The Brazilian claimed the women’s 10-kilometer marathon swimming event on Wednesday in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 30.8 seconds.
Cunha finished nine-tenths of a second ahead of defending champion Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands. Van Rouwendaal took silver in 1:59.31.7.
Kareena Lee earned bronze in 1:59.32.5, giving Australia its first medal in marathon swimming. Lee got hit in the chest by one of the fish.
“I didn’t know what it was at first and I was like, ‘Whoa,’” she said.
Olympics Latest: France s Mawem out of climbing with injury
Team Italy competes during the track cycling men s team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) August 04, 2021 - 3:31 AM
TOKYO (AP) â The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a yearâs delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
Franceâs Bassa Mawem has pulled out of the sport climbing final at the Tokyo Olympics after rupturing a tendon in his left biceps during qualifying.
Mawem was injured during the final of three disciplines while reaching up with his left arm near the bottom of the lead wall. He immediately fell off the wall and stood at the bottom holding his biceps as an official untied his rope.
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The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
MEDAL ALERT
American Sydney McLaughlin has broken her own world record to win the women’s 400-meter hurdles in 51.46 seconds. She edged out Dalilah Muhammad, who won silver to make it a U.S. 1-2 finish.
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McLaughlin set the previous world record of 51.90 seconds in June. Muhammad, who set the world record twice in 2019 and won the world championship gold medal that year, finished in 51.58.
Femke Bol of the Netherlands took bronze in 52.03.
A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who had a public feud with officials from her team has boarded a plane to Vienna.