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04/08/2021

The USA's Sydney McLaughlin smashed her own world record with a thrilling run as she took Olympic gold in the women's 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games.

McLaughlin, 21, stormed to victory in a time of 51.46 seconds - beating her previous best of 51.90 - to pip fellow American Dalilah Muhammad.

"I can't really get it straight in my head yet. I'm sure I'll process it and celebrate later," said McLaughlin.

Meanwhile, Japan's Kokona Hiraki, 12, won a silver medal in skateboarding.

Hiraki, the youngest Olympic medallist since French rowing cox Noel Vandernotte in 1936, finished behind 19-year-old Sakura Yosozumi as Japan finished first and second in the women's park skateboarding final.

04/08/2021

Athletics (men's triple jump, men's shot put, men's 110m hurdles, men's 20km race walk, women's pole vault, men's 400m, women's heptathlon, men's decathlon), boxing (men's feather), canoe sprint (men's K1 200m, women's C1 200m, women's K1 500m, men's K2 1,000m), cycling (women's keirin, men's omnium), diving (women's 10m platform), hockey (men), karate (women's kata, women's kumite -55g, men's kumite -67kg), marathon swimming (men), skateboarding (men's park), sport climbing (men), table tennis (women's team), wrestling (women's freestyle 57kg, men's freestyle 57kg, men's freestyle 86kg).

Highlights

GB's reigning Olympic champion Liam Heath seeks to retain his sprint canoeing's men's K1 200m final at 03:25. Heath has since added two world titles but Hungary's Sandor Totka is shaping up to be a formidable rival.

The men's hockey final starts at 11:00. Britain are still waiting to reach the Olympic men's podium in this sport for the first time since winning the title in 1988. Hosts Japan have only made the final once before, in 1932 - helped that year by the fact only three teams entered in the first place.

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