. Duplantis eases into the final of the pole vault

Armand Duplantis, 21, was born in Louisiana in the United States to an American father and Swedish mother. He could have competed for either nation but chose Sweden.

He is the current world record holder in the pole vault. Duplantis cleared 5.75metres to sail into the final of the competition in Tokyo.

He is the only man to have gone over six metres this year though some of his rivals have cleared that height previously in outdoor competition.

. Elaine Thompson-Hera (Jamaica) wins the women’s 100m final and sets a new Olympic Record

Thompson-Herah sets an Olympic record in a time of 10.61sec. Michael Johnson, the former world-record holder over 400m, said: “She got an amazing start and executed that race to perfection.” She is now a double Olympic champion.

Her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finished in second and Shericka Jackson in third. It’s a Jamaican one-two-three.

Daryll Neita (GBR): “It’s obviously great to make the Olympic final but I came here with that ambition and nothing less,” she tells the BBC after finishing eighth in a time of 11.12sec. “This performance is not ideal for me and it doesn’t represent where I’m at all but I mean, it’s an Olympic final.

“Yeah, I’m just still processing. I’ve ticked a lot of boxes for myself this year and coming into these championships. It’s the Olympics, I made the final where anything could happen but it wasn’t the race I wanted. It’s still a major achievement regardless.”

. Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) crashed out of the 100m semi-finals in a huge upset in Tokyo

The leading lady of British athletics has appeared to be struggling for fitness since tweaking her hamstring earlier this month and managed only a third-placed finish in 11.05sec.

That left her relying on being one of two fastest losers to scrape into the final but in a twist of fate the final spot was taken by her British team-mate Daryll Neita.

It is a huge setback for the 25-year-old who arrived in Japan with hopes of becoming Britain’s first Olympic sprint medallist since 1960.

. Alex Yee anchors GBR to gold in the mixed triathlon relay

Yee comes home in gold 14 seconds ahead of Pearson of USA in silver. Luis is 23 seconds back in bronze for France.

France were the favourites coming into the race but Luis had a big lead to make up and hurt himself on the bike and faded on the run. GB converted their two silver individual medals into gold in the relay. And a great effort by Pearson of the US to win his country silver.

Yee looks shattered (physically) at the finish line. The No1 ranked team coming into the race, come home in ninth.

That relay win for GB now means Jonny Brownlee has his first Olympic gold in what is almost certain to be his final Games. He won bronze in 2012, silver in 2016 and gold this time. 

This was a collective triumph, one built on the platform of Learmonth’s brilliant swim, and secured through excellent runs by each of Brownlee, Taylor-Brown and Yee.

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(1) Friday, July 30 –

. Selemon Barega wins Men’s 10,000m gold

1. Selemon BAREGA ETH 27.43.22

2. Joshua CHEPTEGEI UGA 27.43.63

3. Jacob KIPLIMO UGA 27.43.88

Selemon Barega has been crowned as the new 10,000m champion after the London 2012 and Rio 2016 gold medal winner, Mo Farah, failed to qualify for this summer’s Games in Tokyo.

World record holder Joshua Cheptegei was among the favourites to win the race, while Jacob Kiplimo fancied his chances after registering the fastest time in the world earlier this year at 26.33.93. 

However, it was Barega who asserted his dominance after the bell went and produced a final lap of 53.94 to bring home the gold medal for Ethiopia. 

It provided a thrilling finish, Selemon Barega of Ethiopia sprinting down the final straight of this 25-lap race to take gold ahead of Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda and his countryman Jacob Kiplimo.