The best images from the ninth day’s action in Tokyo, including athletics, boxing, gymnastics and table tennis Continue reading…
Olympics: Marcell Jacobs becomes the new 100m king with glory for Italy
Silver for Fred Kerley and bronze for Andre De GrasseBritain’s Zharnel Hughes disqualified after false startThree weeks ago the sharpest casinos in Las Vegas, who know a thing or two about setting odds and plenty more besides, rated Marcell Jacobs as a…
Sifan Hassan confirms audacious bid for 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m treble
Dutch woman to race six times in eight days, twice on Monday‘For me it is crucial to follow my heart … it keeps me motivated’The Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan has announced that she will make an audacious and historic assault on the 1500m, 5,000m and 10,0…
Olympic mixed team events bring the fun – and the golds – back to Britain
GB triumphs in triathlon and swimming throw spotlight on IOC moves towards gender parity with introduction of more mixed team sports in TokyoHaving just secured his third gold medal of Tokyo, British swimmer Adam Peaty said: “It’s a fun event and that’…
Laura Muir’s journey: from chasing lambs to racing for Tokyo 1500m gold
The Scot blew up in the Rio final but has a career as a vet in the background as her Olympic dream takes centre-stage againWhen Laura Muir was a teenager, she was so fast that local farmers employed her to catch newborn lambs before they got lost. Now,…
Dina Asher-Smith’s extraordinary tale of desperate dash for Olympic fitness
Team GB’s poster girl reveals her secret attempts to get fit before Tokyo in the wake of her 100m semi-final heartbreakTokyo blues. Dina Asher-Smith did pretty well, all things considered, to keep it together for the opening minute and seven seconds of…
Great Jamaicans start to shift their sport out of Flo-Jo’s shadow
In breaking Florence Griffith Joyner’s Olympic record, Elaine Thompson-Herah has removed a millstone around women’s sprintingMinutes before the start of the women’s 100m final, the most keenly anticipated race at these Games, the lights fell and that f…
Original Observer Photography
The fastest British woman in history, the return of the music festival, and a collection of canines – the best photography commissioned by the Observer in July 2021 Continue reading…
Tokyo Olympics 2020: day seven – in pictures
The best images from the seventh day’s action in Tokyo, including swimming, trampolining, judo and athletics Continue reading…
After Doha double, Dina Asher-Smith has Olympic history in her sights | Sean Ingle
Sprinter hoping to do what no British woman has done before: win Olympic gold over 100m or 200mWhen Dina Asher-Smith ran her first cross-country race in primary school she hated it so much she nearly stopped – only for her parents to bribe her with an …