Tokyo Olympics 2020 Daley and Lee win diving gold Pidcock adds to GB gold rush live
Diving: We really have witnessed something special today. Tom Daley was 14 when he went to his first Olympics. He was 15 when he became a world champion. He was 18 when he won his first Olympic medal. And now, at 27, he has become an Olympic champion.
Diving: Tom Daley and Matty Lee have been talking about their victory.
Daley said: “This is my fourth Olympic Games and loads of people probably would have counted me out, being the older person, but I’m in the best shape physically, mentally, with the support of Matty coming into this competition, and the way that we’ve been preparing. I think we’ve just had an unstoppable mentality this year and that’s the first time I’ve ever been able to even think like that â€" that we are the ones to beat.â€
Lee said: “Honestly, it’s crazy. I’ve been thinking about the gold medal, and trying not to think about it, because you don’t always want to think of that thing. You’ve got to go through the process. But to be able to share my first Olympics with Tom, get a gold medal…â€
Will this be the end of Daley’s Olympic career? “I’m going to do the individual competition, and then I’m gonna see how my body holds up after that. They might even introduce mixed into the Olympics so you may see me in thatâ€
Canoe slalom: Adam Burgess has just missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the canoe slalom final. The event was won by the Slovenian Benjamin Savsek, with Lukas Rohan collecting silver and Sideris Tasiadis picking up bronze.
British Canoeing (@BritishCanoeing)Fourth for Adam Burgess ðŸ'
It's been a brilliant Olympic Games debut for Adam Burgess as he finishes fourth in the men's C1 final
He put down a fantastic and clean run, but misses the podium spot by 0.16 seconds
It's a Games Adam can be proud of!https://t.co/ysmV33RXeJ pic.twitter.com/UNhRrFzCau
July 26, 2021Swimming: a lovely tweet from Adam Peaty, the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title.
Adam Peaty MBE (@adam_peaty)OLYMPIC CHAMPION!
For my country, my son and my family.
For those who stayed up through the night to watch me.
For all those people who need a bit of light. You can get through this ðŸ™ðŸ¼ pic.twitter.com/LMauenRaFP
July 26, 2021Rugby sevens: Team GB have beaten Japan 34-0 in the rugby sevens. The team has started the Games incredibly well, this victory coming after their 24-0 win against Canada earlier.
Ben Ryan previewed the event for us over the weekend:
Taekwondo: Lauren Williams is guaranteed at least a silver medal! She beat Ruth Gbagbi in the semi-finals to set up a final later today. Williams opened up an 18-3 lead before Gbagbi fought back, but Williams held on to win 24-18. She will go for gold in a few hours.
Team GB (@TeamGB).@LaurenW_TKD is guaranteed an Olympic medal!
She beats Ruth Gbagbi 24-18 to secure her place in the gold medal match!#TeamGB pic.twitter.com/RLz5yy9vh7
July 26, 2021This is brilliant. The moment the Team GB football team found out that Tom Daley and Matty Lee had won gold.
Team GB (@TeamGB)When you find out @TomDaley1994 & @mattydiver have won diving gold 🙌
Our football team react to the news on the way to training. #TeamGB pic.twitter.com/sfN3jvH6ZV
July 26, 2021Adam Peaty has been speaking about his victory in the pool and what it could do for the rest of Team GB and the country.
Hopefully this is a catalyst for not only Team GB but also the people back home to go to another gear, to say: ‘We’ve been through a tough time, there’s been a lot of complaining, a lot of excuses, a lot of negative things, but now we’ve got to switch our mindset.’
It’s been a tough 18 months. These last 18 months, every single day has almost been in the dark. Covid has taken a lot of fun out of things.â€
That’s why we are all here, because sport has an amazing power to inspire people, and hopefully this is going to be an amazing motivation for people.
Andy Bull has the full story:
Chris Hoy was impressed by that ride from Tom Pidcock.
Chris Hoy (@chrishoy)Yes!!! Tom Pidcock you little beauty! 🥇#Tokyo2020
July 26, 2021An email from Des Brown:
Team GB now have three golds halfway through Day 3. That’s ahead of where they were in Beijing 2008 (two), London 2012 (none) and Rio 2016 (one) at this stage.
What a day for Team GB.
Team GB (@TeamGB)How about another one...@Tompid dominates to become an Olympic champion 🥇#TeamGB pic.twitter.com/4JJLBNbc0I
July 26, 2021Tom Pidcock wins gold! The 21-year-old from Leeds picks up the Union flag on his way to the finish line and Team GB have another gold. A sensational ride from Pidcock, who did not put a foot wrong.
Mountain biking. Meanwhile, Team GB could be on for another gold. Tom Pidcock is in the lead in the men’s cross country mountain bike race and he just need to hold on for another few kilometres.
Daley and Lee won the gold by 1.23 points! Here are all the details.
The secret to success? Take up crochet. You heard it here first. It also helps if you are competitive.
I’m super competitive. Neither of my parents were particularly athletic, but I’ve always had a massively competitive spirit, but that’s typical of any Olympian. Monopoly, Cluedo, competing at the Olympic Games… I just want to win. My husband Lance [Black] is competitive, too, but in a different way. I will try to win at all costs. For him, it’s about enjoying spending time together.
Morning all. Paul here. Drop me an email at Paul.Campbell@theguardian.com or feel free to tweet me @campbellwpaul.
Watching Tom Daley and Matty Lee win Olympic gold was so intense â€" Daley in his fourth Olympics and Lee in his first! Donald McRae has followed Daley’s story closely for a long time:
Donald McRae (@donaldgmcrae)As always with Tom Daley there has been incredible drama and this time, with Matty Lee, he has just won Olympic gold. In our potted history he told me this: "I’ll be amazed when, one day, I look back and see what I withstood between 13 and 18. But my dream is to win Olympic gold†https://t.co/5BJt4PFBFb
July 26, 2021Worth remembering that Daley was 14 at Beijing 2008 and then won bronze in London 2012 and Rio 2016. Now he has gold at 27. That’s something.
And with that, I’m going to hand over to Paul Campbell, who will carry you through the next little while.
Here are the top three ...
Great Britain â€" 471.81
China â€" 470.58
ROC (Russia) â€" 439.92
They’ve done it. There was a mighty nervous wait because China needed 102.76 to win gold with their back two-and-a-half somersault with two and a half twists with 3.6 degree of difficulty. It’s a tall task to be sure, but you never know. And the score comes up as 101.52. Close but no cigar. Scenes at the pool! Daley and Lee are in all sorts, hugging and cheering. And rightly so - it was slim margins.
In the diving, the men’s synchronised 10m platform is under way and with two round remaining Great Britain’s Tom Daley and Matty Lee had a six-point lead. In the final round, China perfect a forward four-and-a-half somersault with tuck with a 3.7 degree of difficulty and score 93.24. And, with the sixth and final round, Daley and Lee climb up for a forward 4½ somersault with tuck. That’s a difficult on, but they nail it! Score is 101.01. Gold is all but theirs.
Jess Fox is the headline act in the canoe slalom but fellow Australian Dan Watkins is about to contest the C1 final after a searing semi-final which qualified him for the medal round in second spot. Nicknamed “Dan the van manâ€, the nomadic Tasmanian paddler qualified only behind Frenchman Martin Thomas, his semi-final time of 101.28 seconds just 0.63 off the pace.
That was some performance by Slovenia, on Olympic debut and outplaying Argentina. Luka Doncic scored 48 of his side’s 118 points, which is not far Brazilian great Oscar Schmidt set the single-game Olympic record with 55 points against Spain at Seoul 1988.
The men’s basketball tournament is pretty open after the US’s loss to France last night and Australia’s win over Nigeria.
Let’s bounce over the basketball for a minute and Slovenia are wiping the floor with Argentina. The Olympic basketball debutants have raced from a 20-point lead to a 30-point lead in the space of a couple of minutes during the third quarter. The commentator is onto it. “This is not just a team,†he cries, “this is a runaway train.†He’s probably referring mostly to Luka Doncic, who has scored 35 of his team’s 84 points thus far. Score is moving quickly but now stands at 84-58.
A second judoka has pulled out of the Olympics before facing Israeli athlete Tohar Butbul. Olympic officials say Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool did not show up for his clash with Butbul on Monday, despite having completed a weigh-in earlier on in the day.
Earlier in the Games, Alergia’s Fethi Nourine pulled out to avoid a potential meeting with Butbul, saying “the Palestinian cause is bigger than all of thisâ€. AP reported that the International Judo Foundation didn’t immediately announce a reason why Abdalrasool didn’t compete.
An update from the hockey stadium: Team GB have secured their second win the tournament, running out 3-1 winners over underdogs Canada after a nervous start. “You have to understand when you’re playing teams that rank lower than you, they have nothing to lose. It’s a win-win for them,†said the team’s head coach Danny Kerry.
Not strictly speaking to do with the Olympics, but very much related given Paralympian Olivia Breen’s recent experience of being told what to wear, but remember the Norwegian beach handball team that was fined in a “case of improper clothing†for refusing to wear bikini bottoms during a tournament in Europe? The protest against what the team described as “very sexist†uniform rules cost them $1,500. But they might not have to fork out themselves after pop star P!nk showed her support for their cause.
P!nk (@Pink)I’m VERY proud of the Norwegian female beach handball team FOR PROTESTING THE VERY SEXIST RULES ABOUT THEIR “uniformâ€. The European handball federation SHOULD BE FINED FOR SEXISM. Good on ya, ladies. I’ll be happy to pay your fines for you. Keep it up.
July 25, 2021It’s probably a good time to give this a read:
Some trivia! Momiji Nishiya, the tween who just won the street skateboarding, is the second-youngest gold medallist in Olympic history. The Osaka native is 13 years and 330 days old.
US diver Marjorie Gestring remains the youngest individual Olympic champion after winning the 3m springboard at the 1936 Berlin Games at 13 years and 268 days. Brazil’s silver skateboarding medallist, Rayssa Leal, is 13 years and 203 days. Had she won she would have broken Gestring’s record.
The youngest medallist overall is Dimitrios Loundras, who won bronze in the men’s artistic gymnastics in the very first Games in Athens in 1896 at 10 years and 218 days.
Gestring’s record is up for grabs again next Wednesday, when Japan’s Kokona Hiraki (12 years and 343 days) and Team GB’s Sky Brown (13 years and 28 days) compete in the women’s park skateboarding.
Make that 6-0 in the hockey. All over, red rover. Australia converted six from 13 field goal opportunities against China, who themselves had zero chances. It leaves the Hockeyroos top of Pool B, though second-placed New Zealand have a game in hand and will play Japan later tonight. Still, Australia’s women have come a long way in a short period of time given the turmoil they were in a few short months ago.
Meanwhile at Oi Hockey Stadium, the Hockeyroos are on the verge of an emphatic Pool B win over China, up 4-0 in the fourth and final quarter after two goals to Emily Chalker and one apiece to Ambrosia Malone and Brooke Peris, the cousin of Nova.
As more risks are taken, more zeros are recorded. It is a fine balance to strike, because one big trick can win it but so can a decent one that actually comes off. Case in point is Zwetsloot, who was leading but fails to land the last four of her five attempts. There are only three possible medallists now in Nishiya, Leal and Funa Nakayama, we just don’t know in what order yet. Leal is up, and she falls! Nishiya has her chance, and she jumps and completes a lip trick nobody has whipped out before this very moment. Pressure is on her compatriot now, and when Nakayama falls Nishiya is confirmed as the gold medallist at the age of 13. It’s fist pumps all round. Japan owns the street. Pretty cool really.
Would you look at this! The other 13-year-old, Japan’s Momiji Nishiya (15.5k followers) lands a whopping move and moves to the top ahead of Leal. Two 13-year-olds lead the race for gold with one trick remaining. Here’s Nishiya a little earlier.
gabb ðŸ' (@tegomass)13 year old nishiya momiji being the coolest at the olympics i love her 🥺ðŸ'•pic.twitter.com/QhZOypzSTJ
July 26, 2021The skateboarding is getting tense. We are into the fourth of five tricks and Leal knows how to crescendo. After failing to complete her first attempt, she scores 3.91 and then 4.21 which, combined with her solid scores from the run section, has her in first. Alexis Sablone of the US is second and Zwetsloot third.
Here is Leal with Tony Hawk, the skateboarding great who spotted her on Instgram as an eight-year-old. Now she has two million Insta followers and is ranked second in the world.
Aniket Mishra (@aniketmishra299)Rayssa Leal is just 13
She makes her Olympic skateboarding debut tomorrow
Oh, and this is her talking to one of the sports biggest legends - Tony Hawk earlier today 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Yy2OqdghCh
July 25, 2021Quick round-up of the morning session of the men’s rugby sevens. Argentina edged Australia 29-19 to move up to second spot in Pool A. Australia are in third after one match with New Zealand leading and the top two teams automatically progressing. Also through will be the top two third-placed teams across the three pools. Great Britain and Fiji are ranked one and two in Pool B and South Africa and the US are thus in Pool C.
We’re into the tricks section of the street skateboarding final now, which means ... go hard or go home! Zwetsloot opts for the former and it comes off. She sails smoothly down a long, rather thin rail. The kind of you wouldn’t dare rest more than a hand on while climbing the stairs. She scores 4.12. Momiji Nishiya stacks it on the same one, and she is not the only one. Quite a few falls in this tough section. But Zeng is upright. She slides down a thicker rail but flips her board on her way up, and the cute routine earns her a score of ... 4.93! Shut the front door! She jumps to second behind Zwetsloot.
Quick peek at the archery, where Great Britain’s men’s team have booked a quarter-final berth against the Netherlands after a 6-0 rout of Indonesia. The other match-ups are:
Korea v India
USA v Japan
China v Taiwan
Taiwan knocked out Australia in a tightly contested 5-4 win in the 1/8 elimination.
It’s 16-year-old Zeng Wenhui from China who is on song. In her second and final run she completes a flawless 50/50, flips her board underneath her feet and finishes with a flourish. She is outscored by Japan’s Aori Nishimura, who pulls off a field-high 3.46 but a poor first run of 0.46 means she sits only in fourth. And oh, look at this! Roos Zwetsloot has a 3.80! The Dutch athlete, who had to choose between skateboarding and hockey, may be happy she went with the former because she could walk away with a gold medal.
What a swimming session. I watched it all from the comfort of my couch and fortuitously replace Jonathan as soon as the chaos is over. So I will take you away from the pool now and to Ariake Sport Park, where the women’s street skateboarding final is under way. There are a couple of 13-year-olds in this. The youngest is Brazil’s Rayssa Leal (a friend of Tony Hawk, if you don’t mind), who starts her first run audaciously on some rails and gets on a roll before misjudging a lip slide and falling. She scores 2.94.
Thanks everyone for tolerating me for the past few hours. That was a ride, wasn’t it? A superb morning in the pool comes to a close, and it’s time for me to pass you on to Emma Kemp for more from Tokyo 2020.
Swimming: Here’s Kieran Pender’s latest report from poolside on a superb morning’s racing, especially for Australia.
Tennis: Just as she likes it, Naomi Osaka is quietly progressing through the women’s singles draw.
Tumaini Carayol (@tumcarayol)Naomi Osaka reaches the third round in Tokyo with another simple win, beating Viktorija Golubic 6-3 6-2.
Not everyone is capable of immediately performing after not competing for two months, but this has been a constant feature Osaka's past year. Good start.
July 26, 2021Swimming: The USA led from the second Caeleb Dressel leapt off the blocks. How many medals will he leave Tokyo with, and how many of them will be gold?
Comprehensive from the USA, Italy hold on for silver, Australia snatch bronze! Incredible final leg from Chalmers!
Swimming: Still the USA in the lead, Italy close behind, but now Canada are in third. Australia relying on some Kyle Chalmers magic.
Swimming: Maybe I pressed send too soon. Dressel tightened up in the final 25m and it’s an even top three with USA, France, and Italy at halfway.
Swimming: Lol - Dressel absolutely smashes the first leg, giving the USA an early lead.
Swimming: The final medals of the session will be awarded shortly with the final of the men’s 100m freestyle relay coming up. Can Caeleb Dressel (USA) secure his first gold of the meet? Will Italy back up their superb qualification? Can Australia continue their superb morning?
Swimming: Canada’s Kylie Masse wins the second women’s 100m backstroke semi, followed close behind by a pair of Aussies, Kaylee McKeown and Emily Seebohm. The Olympic record streak is broken.
Swimming: For the fourth consecutive race in the women’s 100m backstroke the Olympic record has fallen. Regan Smith (USA) has retaken possession of the mark for the second time this meet after winning the first semi-final. Rhyan Elizabeth White (USA) came second, Kathleen Dawson (GBR) third.
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