Canada’s Andre de Grasse has gone a step up from his Rio silver medal, when he and Usain Bolt famously shared a smile mid-race, claiming gold in Tokyo. MORE: Olympics Tokyo2020
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“The USOPC and USA Track and Field would like to offer Raven our most sincere condolences,” the USOPC said in a statement. In another unexpected twist on Wednesday the athlete made a last-minute switch and decided not to board her flight to Poland, which has offered her a humanitarian visa, instead taking a plane to the Austrian capital.
Wearing a yellow facemask and with the pink ends of her hair visible in a bun, Tsimanouskaya had entered the airport in Tokyo surrounded by a phalanx of security. Tsimanouskaya was one of more than 2,000 Belarusian sports figures who signed an open letter calling for new elections and for political prisoners to be freed.
“I assured her that she can count on the support and solidarity of Poland. In the coming days, she will fly to Warsaw, where she will be able to thrive without obstacles and, if she so chooses, will receive further assistance,” he wrote on Facebook.Thomas Van der Plaetsen’s hopes of securing his first Olympic medal may already be over after an ugly incident in the long jump.
After the long jump, the decathletes completed in the shot put, the high jump and the 400m. Thursday sees competitors face off in the 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1,500m.Thomas van der Plaetsen of Team Belgium reacts after getting hurt while competing. US superstar Sydney McLaughlin smashed her own world record as she stormed to victory in the Olympic women’s 400m hurdles final.
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