7.29pm EDT
19:29
Men’s marathon: For the first time since 1980 (and they didn’t participate then so had a good excuse) the US men’s track team has failed to win an individual Olympic gold (they did win in the 4x400m replay). Their last chance is in this race in the form of Galen Rupp. He’s in the leading pack but I’d be very surprised if he won a medal, let alone gold.
7.22pm EDT
19:22
Men’s marathon: Brazil’s Daniel do Nascimento, who was at the front of the pack for a long time, stumbled and fell and looked like he was in trouble. But he’s got up and is running again. I hope he’s OK and isn’t ploughing on when he needs medical help. And he’s stopped again. The right decision to stop and medics quickly attend to him.
7.13pm EDT
19:13
Men’s marathon: A reminder that the race is being run in Sapporo, 500 miles or so north of Tokyo to avoid the capital’s brutal heat. Current temperature in Sapporo: 26C. Current temperature in Tokyo: 24C. In fairness, weather is hard to predict (although the word on the street is the long-term trend is WARM). In other news, the New York Mets, are being destroyed by the Philadelphia Phillies. Again. What are we going to turn over to in disgust now the Olympics are (all but) over?
7.08pm EDT
19:08
Men’s marathon: We’ve reached the halfway point and Stephen Mokoka of South Africa leads. But it’s a halfhearted-yeah-whatever kind of lead of two seconds and the pack soon gobble him up again. Still about 30 athletes within a few seconds of each other.
7.00pm EDT
19:00
Preamble
Hello! And bad news for fans of 24-hour liveblogs of quadrennial multi-sport events because it’s our last one of the Games. But the good news it’s the Summer Olympics again in three years! And the Winter Olympics in, maybe … two months? I dunno, around then. I think the World Cup is next week.
Anyway, on to Day 16 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics! The marathon is currently being run, but here’s what else is on today courtesy of my colleague Martin Belam:
All events are listed here in local Tokyo time. Add an hour for Melbourne, subtract eight hours for Cardiff, 13 hours for Albany and 16 hours for Seattle.
9am and 1.30pm Volleyball – the women’s bronze medal match is up first, Serbia v Not Russia, with the women’s final at lunchtime featuring the US and Brazil ?
9.30am-4.30pm Water polo – after two ranking matches and then the battle for the bronze, the final is at 4.30pm ?
10am-12.25pm Track cycling – the medal races start from 11.45am and feature the women’s sprint, the men’s keirin, and the women’s omnium points race concludes at all at 12.25pm ?
11am Rhythmic gymnastics – it is the group all-around final. There are two rotations before the medals are determined ?
11am and 3pm Handball – it is the sharp end of the women’s tournament. The bronze medal match between Norway and Sweden first and then the 3pm final featuring France and Not Russia ?
11.30am Basketball – it’s the women’s final, where Japan face a US team who have won their last 54 consecutive matches at the Olympics ?
1.40pm and 4.30pm Water polo – Hungary play Spain for the men’s bronze, and then it is Greece v Serbia for men’s gold ?
2pm-3.55pm Boxing – today’s session consists of four finals bouts – women’s and mens light, women’s middle and men’s super heavy to round it off. Team GB’s Lauren Price fights at 2.45pm ?
8pm closing ceremony – don’t dream it’s over.
You can find our full interactive events schedule here.
As it stands
Here’s how the emoji table stands with one day to go:
1 ?? China ? 38 ? 31 ? 18 total: 87
2 ?? USA ? 36 ? 39 ? 33 total: 108
3 ?? Japan? 27 ? 12 ? 17 total: 56
4 ? Not Russia ? 20 ? 26 ? 23 total: 69
5 ?? Great Britain ? 20 ? 21 ? 22 total: 63
6 ?? Australia ? 17 ? 7 ? 22 total: 46
7 ?? Germany ? 10 ? 11 ? 16 total: 37
8 ?? Netherlands ? 10 ? 11 ? 12 total: 33
9 ?? Italy ? 10 ? 10 ? 19 total: 39
10 ?? France ? 9 ? 12 ? 11 total: 32
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