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There was also double marathon joy for Kenya as Eliud Kipchoge and Peres Jepchirchir clinched gold in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn secured Puerto Rico's second ever Olympic title in any sport in the 100m hurdles, and Andre De Grasse finally made it to the top step of the podium in the men's 200m.ĭamian Warner made it two golds for Canada and became the fourth man to pass 9000 points for the decathlon, winning in a new Olympic record of 9018. Nafissatou Thiam and Ryan Crouser repeated their Rio 2016 triumphs, Anita Wlodarczyk completed a hat-trick of women's hammer titles at 36, while Mondo Duplantis joined Sergey Bubka in the men's pole vault firmament with Olympic gold. Hansle Parchment upset Grant Holloway in the 110m hurdles, in part thanks to a volunteer who gave the Jamaican money for a taxi after he had caught a bus to the wrong venue. Jacobs won a second gold in the men's 4x100m relay as an inspired anchor leg from Filippo Tortu snatched victory from Great Britain's grasp. There were shocks too as Poland took the first Olympic mixed 4x400m relay crown, and Italian underdog Marcell Jacobs succeeded Usain Bolt as men's Olympic 100m champion. Mariya Lasitskene, one of the all-time greats in the women's high jump, finally became Olympic champion, and there was a magic moment in the men's event as Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi shared gold. There were world records from Yulimar Rojas, Sydney McLaughlin and Karsten Warholm, golden doubles for Elaine Thompson-Herah and Sifan Hassan, and the Bahamas taking both individual 400m titles thanks to Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo. There were so many highlights in athletics at Tokyo 2020 that it would be impossible to do justice to them in one article.

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