Tokyo Olympics LIVE updates Browning wows world in 100m heat Olympic record broken as Jamaica go 1-2-3 in womens race
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Australia’s 23-year-old sprinter Rohan Browning has qualified for the semi-finals of the 100m sprint, winning his heat with a personal best time of 10.01.
Stunning run from Browning, particularly given he drew lane one and was up against dual gold medal winner Yohan Blake of Jamaica.
No Australian has made the men’s 100m final since Hec Hogan won bronze in Melbourne 1956.
Elaine Thomspon Herah of Jamaica has won her second straight 100m Olympic gold medal, breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record with a time of 10.61.
Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates her gold.Credit:Getty
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.74) took silver while Shericka Jackson (10.76), also from Jamaica, was third.
Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Ivory Coast was fourth, as she was in Rio.
Fraser-Pryce now has four medals in this event, but she looks dejected.
Almost ready to jump. And there is a light show, despite having no fans in the house!
Elaine Thompson Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican pair who between them have claimed the last three Olympic titles in this event, are the favourites.
Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast is also a contender.
This “live†coverage of the discus event is not quite that.
It finished some time ago, as detailed in earlier blog posts.
Seven are offering all sports live on their Seven Plus app but the main channel has been a touch misleading at times during these Games.
The first time there’s been a mixed 4x400m relay (two men and two women) at the Olympics and Poland have taken gold.
The Dominican Republic look to have claimed silver, while the United States were third.
There had been a bit of tumble during one of the baton changes involving the Nethlerlands and Jamaica.
Matthew Denny has produced the biggest throw of his life in his final attempt in the men’s discuss but it isn’t enough to clinch a final. Denny’s final throw of 67.02m beats the personal best he set in qualifying and competes a cracking night for the 25-year-old from the Queensland town of Allora. The gold medal was only ever going to be won by Daniel Stahl, who produced a winning throw of 68.80m but Denny has delivered on the biggest stage, with every throw of his sixth attempts exceeding 65m.
Matthew Denny.Credit:Getty
The big boys are getting serious now in the discus final. Sweden’s Simon Petersson and Austria’s Lukas Weisshaidinger (easy if you say it fast) have produced throws in excess of 67m, putting themselves in the silver and bronze medal positions respectively. Australia’s Matthew Denny is in fifth with one throw to go. Sweden’s Daniel Stahl still leading.
Daniel Stahl.Credit:Getty
Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh has produced a whopping, 66.62m throw in the fourh round of the discus final. That puts him into third place and makes it tougher for Australia’s Matthew Denny, who is now in fifth place. Denny will need to throw half a metre further than he ever has to clinch a medal from here. The gold still looks snug in the gym bag of Sweden’s Daniel Stahl.
Matthew Denny has just taken this third throw and it is his best yet - 65.94m - but not enought to move him into a medal position. He is performing with terrific consistency. All three of his throws have exceded 65.5m. He just needs need sprinke a bit of magic dust on the next one. Three throws down, three to go, with Sweden’s Daniel Stahl leading and Australia’s Denny in fourth.
It was a foot injury that turned Rohan Browning into the fastest man in Australia.
Rohan Browning, left, of Australia, leads the field in his heat of the men’s 100m.Credit:AP
Browning goes to his first Olympics next week with the hope, belief and expectation that he could be the first Australian male since Hec Hogan won bronze in Melbourne in 1956 to make the final of the biggest, most competitive event in the Olympics, the 100-metre sprint.
Read all about Rohan Browning.
Browning has some serious connections. He is managed by agent James Murch, who primarily deals in cricket and is a former Gold Coast Suns recruiter. Murch is Cathy Freeman’s husband.
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