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Tokyo waters sea a successful day for our Aussies


Australia’s Thomas Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen have advanced to Tuesday’s semi-finals of the men’s kayak single 1,000m after tremendous efforts on the water. 

It took Green a crisp 3:39.492 to cover the kilometre, a few tenths of a second behind Hungary ‘s Balint Kopasz, who took out heat two with 3:39.084. 

Van der Westhuyzen finished third in his heat with a time of 3:42.131, meaning he had to race in a quarter-finals for a chance to earn a spot in the semis.

Although he completed the quarters in a time four seconds slower than his heat he still ranked first in his race and will be starring in Tuesday’s semis. 

Both van der Westhuyzen and Green will compete in the second block of semi-finals at 11.08 AEST.

Meanwhile, both women’s duos are through to the kayak double 500m semi-finals.

Alyssa Bull and Alyce Wood finished second in their quarter-final with a 1:47.057, while Jaime Roberts and Jo Brigden-Jones grabbed fourth with a 1:50.325 to scrape through.

The women will be back in the boat on Tuesday from 11.23am AEST.

Victory rewards courage on the track

Hassan’s incredible finish in her 1,500m heat.(

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World champion Sifan Hassan made an incredible recovery from a fall at the final bell to win her 1,500m heat at the Olympics on Monday.

Hassan picked herself up after getting in a tangle with Kenyan runner Edinah Jebitok at the start of the last lap. She sped around the outside of the pack on the back straight and ended up crossing the line first in 4 minutes, 5.17 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals.

Australia’s Jess Hulls was leading the pack before Hassan came storming home. 

The expression on Hulls’s face however was as if she did win, crossing the finish line with a huge smile on her face before embracing Hassan moments later for what she had just achieved. 

Hassan and Hulls, along with fellow Aussie Linden Hall who was in a separate heat, will compete in the women’s 1,500m semi-final on Wednesday night. 

Counting back to the moment of gold in long jump

A man with his hand placed on another man shoulder after beating him in long jump at the Olympics
Long jump gold medallist Miltiadis Tentoglou (right) sharing a moment with silver medallist Juan Miguel Echevarria. (

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Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece claimed the Olympic gold medal in long jump on Monday. 

He jumped a whopping 8.41m in round six to equal Cuba’s Juan Miguel Echevarria and force the result to be determined by a countback.

Echevarria had one final jump to win gold, but an injury sustained earlier in the event saw him pull up short in his run-up.

It was a different outcome to Sunday night when Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi were both awarded the gold medallion in high jump. 

Two smiling athletes walk together on the Olympic track in Tokyo, one carrying the Qatar flag, the other the Italian.
High jump champions Gianmarco Tamberi (right) and Mutaz Essa Barshim celebrating their joint victory.(

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A jump-off was suggested by an Olympic official as not even a countback could split the pair — neither athlete failed a jump until 2.39m — but Barshim and Tamberi opted to settle for the tie and share Olympic victory. 



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