By Syndicated Content
Aug 3, 2021 | 11:15 PM
(Reuters) – Sydney McLaughlin of the United States broke her own 400 metres hurdles world record on Wednesday to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Compatriot Dalilah Muhammad won silver and Femke Bol of the Netherlands took bronze.
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ON THE RACE
“I saw Dalilah ahead of me with one to go. I just thought ‘Run your race’.
“The race doesn’t really start till hurdle seven. I just wanted to go out there and give it everything I had.
“It’s just about trusting your training, trusting your coach, and that will get your all the way round the track.”
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Wrestling - Freestyle - Women s 57kg - Quarterfinal - Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, Japan - August 4, 2021. Helen Maroulis of the United States celebrates after winning REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
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CHIBA, Japan, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Reigning Olympic champion Helen Maroulis of the United States sounded out a warning to her rivals on Wednesday after scoring convincing victories in her opening bouts of the women s freestyle lightweight competition to reach the semi-finals.
Maroulis, the first female American wrestler to be crowned an Olympic champion when she won gold in Rio, has battled through multiple concussions and post-traumatic stress disorder in recent years before qualifying for the Tokyo Games.
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Aug 4, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Sydney McLaughlin (USA) celebrates winning the gold medal in the women s 400m hurdles final in a world record time during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
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TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Sydney McLaughlin shattered her own 400 metres hurdles world record to win gold in 51.46 seconds on Wednesday, getting the better of fellow American Dalilah Muhammad in a thrilling Tokyo Olympics final that lived up to all expectations.
The 21-year-old stuttered on the penultimate barrier and trailed Muhammad coming off the last hurdle but carried the momentum into the sprint to the line to cross first and beat her previous record of 51.90 set at the U.S. trials in June.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Skateboarding - Women s Park - Final - Ariake Urban Sports Park - Tokyo, Japan - August 4, 2021. Sakura Yosozumi of Japan in action REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
August 4, 2021
By Mari Saito
TOKYO (Reuters) -Young skaters from Japan and Britain soared to victory in the women’s park competition on Wednesday, with hometown heroes Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki cinching gold and silver, while Britain’s Sky Brown took bronze.
In the gripping final, Yosozumi, 19, landed two 540s in her impressive first run, earning the highest score of 60.09 to vault to top place.
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KAWAGOE, Japan (Reuters) - Boasting a sparkling field laden with gold medal-hunting patriots, the women’s Olympic golf competition puts the men’s event in the shade for the players’ sheer enthusiasm for the Games, even without spectators due to COVID-19.
Bianca Pagdanganan, a golfer from Philippines, shows off a ball carrying Philippines flag on it, in Kasumigaseki Golf Club in Kawagoe city in Saitama prefecture, Japan, August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ju-min Park
The men’s event, won by Xander Schauffele of the United States on Sunday, was diminished by high-profile absentees, five years after a slew of big names skipped golf’s return to the Olympics at Rio.