All the news and results from the 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo.
ADVERTISEMENTMarcell Jacobs won the men's Olympic 100-metre race Sunday night, crossing the line in 9.8 seconds to bring the marquee sprint gold to Italy for the first time.
Even in a race with no clear favorites, Jacobs was a surprise. He topped America's Fred Kerley and Canada's Andre DeGrasse to take the spot held for the past 13 years by the now-retired Usain Bolt.
Jacobs’ victory came on quite a night for Italy. Only a few minutes before his stunner, countryman Gianmarco Tamberi tied Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim for gold in the high jump. Tamberi, writhing on the ground, kicking his feet up in jubilation needed someone to hug – and found him when Jacobs, of all people, crossed the line first.
Earlier, Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela broke a 26-year-old world record in the triple jump with a leap of 51 feet, 5 inches (15.67 meters).
Gymnastics
Artem Dolgopyat has won Israel’s first-ever Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, winning gold in the men’s floor exercise by edging Rayderley Zapata of Spain on a tiebreak.
Dolgopyat and Zapata were both awarded a score of 14.933 during the event finals. They both had matching execution scores during their routines. Dolgopyat earned the gold because his set was slightly more difficult than Zapata’s.
Xiao Ruoteng of China earned the bronze for his third medal in Tokyo. Xiao took silver in the men’s all-around and won bronze during the team event last week.
The gold medal is just the second for Israel in any Olympic event. Gal Fridman won gold in men’s sailboard at the 2004 Athens Games.
Fencing
The French men’s foil team avenged its loss in the 2016 Olympic final by beating a trio of Russians for a gold medal in Tokyo.
Erwann le Pechoux, Julien Mertine and Enzo Lefort combined to best Anton Borodachev, Kirill Borodachev and Timur Safin 45-28 for France’s second fencing gold of the Tokyo Olympics. Romain Cannone won the men’s epee individual. It’s the first win in men’s team foil for the country since the 2000 Sydney Games.
The ROC still finished the fencing slate with eight medals and four golds.
The United States team of Alexander Massialas, Race Imboden and Gerek Meinhardt won the bronze with a 45-31 victory over Japan.
Drinking
Tokyo Olympic organisers say they’re investigating an outdoor drinking party involving multiple athletes at the village where they’re staying.
Games chief executive Toshiro Muto says athletes and other team officials were drinking alcohol at the park within the village late on Friday.
The 11,000 Olympic athletes were warned before the games that drinking alcohol in groups was a breach of the so-called playbook rules to protect against COVID-19 infections. They can drink alone in their rooms.
In the most serious cases of breaking rules, athletes can be removed from the village and have their Olympic credentials taken.
Muto says in translated comments “we are investigating the situation and based on the result we are to take appropriate action.”
He says police arrived at the village after Friday’s incident, though he was unaware of their response.
ADVERTISEMENTSight-seeing and cocaine
Earlier, Olympics organisers said they have banished six people, including two silver medalists from the country of Georgia, for breaking rules designed to protect against COVID-19 cases.
Toshiro Muto, the games chief executive, says it was a “clear and serious violation” of the so-called playbooks of health and safety rules for two Georgian judokas to go sight-seeing.
Vazha Margvelashvili and Lasha Shavdatuashvili were seen near Tokyo Tower on Tuesday, after their events were finished.
Muto says the Georgian embassy in Tokyo has apologized for the incident.
The other four were accredited contractors from Britain and the United States arrested for allegedly using cocaine before the Olympics opened.
ADVERTISEMENTMuto says there have been eight cases of games credentials being temporarily suspended.
In four cases, organisers collected a “signed pledge” from people suspected of breaking rules. Ten strict warnings were issued, Muto says.