7.29pm EDT
19:29
Women’s marathon: The Olympic marathon is supposed to be the ultimate test but that’s usually just because of the competition. The heat has been half the battle today. Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir streaks ahead to take gold, her teammate Brigid Kosgei, the world record holder, hangs on for silver. And it’s a brilliant bronze for USA’s Molly Seidel in just her third-ever marathon – she screams in delight as she crosses the line. If I don’t win an Olympic medal in my third marathon, I’m not going to be happy. The winning time is 2hr 27min 20 sec.
7.25pm EDT
19:25
Women’s marathon: Brigid Kosgei has a personal best (and world record) of 2hr 14min. She won’t get anywhere near that today in this sweltering heat and she may not get the gold either: Peres Jepchirchir has dropped her Kenyan teammate! Kosgei looks uncomfortable now. She should still get silver but a lot can happen in the 1km or so to go.
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7.20pm EDT
19:20
Women’s marathon: Kenya’s Kosgei and Jepchirchir glance back as the runners go under some blessed shade in the campus of Hokkaido University. They’d have seen USA’s Seidel sliding into the distance. It’s between the two Kenyans for silver and gold now. About 1.6 miles to go.
7.17pm EDT
19:17
Women’s marathon: And a big break! Kenya’s Kosgei and Jepchirchir have got ahead of the field. USA’s Seidel is maybe 10 seconds back in bronze, while Israel’s Salpeter has slowed to a walk. If her race isn’t over, her medal chances are. Two miles to go.
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7.14pm EDT
19:14
Women’s marathon: The temperature continues to climb in Sapporo as the morning wears on. The athletes are seeking the shady side of the road whenever they can. USA’s Molly Seidel is starting to fall of the leading pack now. Her inexperience may be coming into play now …
7.10pm EDT
19:10
Women’s marathon: Yep, Chumba is definitely dropping off the leading pack so we now have USA’s Seidel, Kenya’s Kosgei and Jepchirchir, and Israel’s Salpeter in the medal hunt. This is only Seidel’s third-ever marathon and she look pretty comfortable as the athletes grab drinks from the feeding station.
7.07pm EDT
19:07
Women’s marathon: Just over four miles to go and the leading pack is down Bahrain’s Chumba, USA’s Seidel, Kenya’s Kosgei and Jepchirchir, and Israel’s Salpeter. But Chumba is starting to drift off. One of these women will be the Olympic champion.
7.00pm EDT
19:00
Preamble
So, the end is nigh – and I’m not just talking about the collapse of the Gulf Stream. Yep, the Olympics are nearing their end – as is the women’s marathon as the athletes pound the streets of Sapporo (we’ve moved north to avoid the Tokyo heat. Although it’s hot in Sapporo too). We’ll have much more on the big race soon, but in the meantime here is my colleague Martin Belam with the Day 15 highlights.
All events are listed here in local Tokyo time. Add an hour for Grafton, subtract eight hours for Bristol, 13 hours for Jacksonville and 16 hours for San Francisco.
If you only watch one thing: 7.35pm-9.50pm Athletics/track and field – there’s only one session in the stadium on Saturday and it is final after final. We get the women’s high jump and the men’s javelin. The women’s 10,000m final is at 7.45pm. The men’s 1500m final is 8.40pm. Then we finish the track events in the stadium with the explosive double whammy of the women’s and men’s 4x400m relay finals ?
6am Women’s marathon – held in Sapporo to try and avoid the Tokyo heat, the women will start at around 10pm UK time so you can settle in with your Ovaltine for a late night watching someone else run 26.2 miles to gold ?
6.30am Golf – it should be the fourth and final round of the women’s golf – weather permitting ?
9.30am-12.47pm Canoe sprint – there are four finals on Saturday, in the women’s canoe double 500m, men’s canoe single 1000m, and the kayak four 500m in both flavours ?
10am-12.20pm Beach volleyball – the men’s bronze match features pairs from Latvia and Qatar, followed by Norway and Not Russia serving for gold ?
10am and 3pm Diving – the men’s 10m platform semi-final and then the final ?
10am, 11.30am and 3.20pm Rhythmic gymnastics – the morning sessions are qualifications for the group all-around. The afternoon is the individual all-around final ?
11.30am, 4pm and 8pm Basketball – the programme is all topsy-turvy – possibly for the benefit of US TV audiences – but the morning starts with the men’s gold medal game between the USA and France. At 4pm, it’s the women’s bronze final (France v Serbia) with the men’s bronze medal match between Australia and Slovenia at 8pm ?
12pm and 7pm Baseball – first the bronze medal match between the Dominican Republic and South Korea, and then the final in the evening between Japan and the USA ?
2pm-3.15pm Boxing – four final bouts today in men’s fly, women’s fly, men’s middle and women’s welter weights. Britain’s Galal Yafai faces Cuba’s Carlo Paalam at 2pm ?
2pm-8.45pm Karate – featuring the men’s Kumite +75kg and women’s Kumite +61kg. The bronze medal bouts and the finals get going around 7.20pm ?
2.30pm-7.30pm Modern pentathlon – the men’s competition features swimming, fencing, show jumping and then the combined cross-country run interrupted by having to shoot at things. It is so great to watch ?
3.30pm-6.25pm Track cycling – races all day, but one final to look out for: the men’s madison final at 4.55pm ?
5pm and 9pm Handball – it is Egypt v Spain for bronze first, then France v Denmark for the gold in the men’s competition ?
7pm Equestrian – it’s the final day with the horses today, and it is the jumping team final ??
7.30pm Artistic swimming – the team free routine final lights up Saturday on the final day of events ?
8.30pm Football – it’s the men’s final in Yokohama, featuring Brazil v Spain ?
You can find our full interactive events schedule here, which also acts as a live scoreboard during the day.
As it stands
Here’s how the emoji table stood at 11pm Tokyo time:
1 ?? China ? 36 ? 26 ? 17 total: 79
2 ?? USA ? 31 ? 36 ? 31 total: 98
3 ?? Japan? 24 ? 11 ? 16 total: 51
4 ?? Great Britain ? 18 ? 20 ? 20 total: 58
5 ? Not Russia ? 17 ? 23 ? 22 total: 62
6 ?? Australia ? 17 ? 6 ? 21 total: 44
7 ?? Italy ? 10 ? 10 ? 18 total: 38
8 ?? Germany ? 9 ? 11 ? 16 total: 36
9 ?? Netherlands ? 9 ? 10 ? 12 total: 31
10 ?? France ? 7 ? 11 ? 9 total: 27