Gymnast had already withdrawn from four other eventsAmerican’s participation in balance beam still doubtfulTwisties: mental block which puts gymnasts at serious riskSimone Biles has withdrawn from Monday’s women’s floor exercise final at the Tokyo Olym…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: McKeon wins another gold, men’s golf, athletics, boxing and more – live!
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverageSign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefingIn pictures: the best images from day eight in TokyoGet in touch! Email Jonathan, tweet or comment below 4.16am BST It’ll be four gold in one day for…
Great Britain beaten to Olympic men’s 4x100m medley gold by USA world record
Eighth medal means best-ever Olympic swimming result for GBUSA’s Caeleb Dressel wins his fifth gold of Tokyo 2020Duncan Scott became the first British athlete to win four medals at a single Olympics as Team GB celebrated their best swimming haul at a G…
Britain’s Charlotte Worthington springs BMX freestyle upset to win Olympic gold
Favourite Hannah Roberts ends up with silver medalTeam GB add another BMX gold in TokyoAs it happened: Read Beau Dure’s minute-by-minute reportCharlotte Worthington added to Britain’s BMX success in Tokyo with a surprise gold medal in the women’s frees…
Conservatives accused of cutting local sport funding by nearly half since 2010
Labour says 47% less spent on grassroots facilities, wasting chance to build on success of 2012 London Olympics Labour has accused the Conservatives of squandering the London 2012 Olympic legacy by slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half sin…
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…
Praise and pain in another day of drama for Team GB’s young squad
Triathlete Jonny Brownlee finally wins gold as Britain’s biggest track and field star Dina Asher-Smith reveals injury heartacheAs the sun began to rise on a blistering Tokyo morning, one of Britain’s most popular athletes, Jonny Brownlee, stood on the …
Bencic battles past Vondrousova to win Olympic gold in women’s singles
Swiss player triumphs with 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 victoryBrazil doubles team win country’s first ever tennis medalRoger Federer never quite managed to achieve it, nor did Martina Hingis, Stan Wawrinka, Patty Schnyder or many of the notable Swiss players before …
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…