♦ Italy shattered all bets in Men’s 4x100 metres to secure gold medal with sensational 37.50 NR.
♦ Jamaica secured 4x100 women’s gold with high-caliber quartet. Elaine Thompson-Herah completes to victory hat-trick as the team renewed national record to 41.02.
♦ Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon defends her 1500m title by breaking Olympic record. She clocked 3:53.11 ahead of Laura Muir and World champion Sifan Hassan.
♦ Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins back-to-back titles in 400m, just second women to do this after legendary Frenchwoman Marie-Jose Perec. She broke 48.36 continental record in the final.
♦ Dominic Republic’s Marileidy Paulino became first individual medallist for her country.
♦ Allyson Felix collected her 10th Olympic medal – most by any other women in athletics history.
♦ World record holder Josh Cheptegei just missed Olympic record in 5000m final as secured Uganda’s second gold at the Games.
♦ Women’s javelin won by Chinese Liu Shiying who throws 66.34 metres. Season leader Maria Andrejczyk grabbed silver as World champion Kelsey-Lee Barber took bronze.
♦ Italia’s Antonella Palmisano crushed the strong field in 20K walk as recorded 1:29:12 while Sandra Arenas of Colombia came second by 25 seconds gap. Chinese walking legend Liu Hong took bronze.
♦ Brazil’s Erica Sena came final straight as second-placed but entered penalty zone in very last lap. She cried in her two minutes sin-bin which cost her a possible silver medal.
