Tokyo Olympics 2020 live: Alex Yee, Jonny Brownlee and Georgia Taylor-Brown go for triathlon gold – latest updates
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11:44 PM Alex Yee neck-and-neck halfway though the cycle
Vincent Luis has closed the gap significantly on Alex Yee, and he’s overtaken! But Alex Yee responds magnificently through the transition and holds a 1 second lead. Remember Yee is lightning fast his feet…
11:38 PM Alex Yee leading getting on his bike
The Brit is out in 1:07:21, 12 seconds over the American and 19 seconds over the French. 2 laps of 8.6km to go before the final 2km run. Team GB looking good for an early gold today
11:34 PM Alex Yee looks to bring gold home
Alex Yee is off! Georgia Taylor-Brown gives him a lead of 21 seconds over his American rival Morgan Pearson. She comes in at 1:03:13.
Tremendous from Taylor-Brown by the way, she ends up lapping Canada and Mexico on the run.
11:27 PM Taylor-Brown holds lead as Alex Yee prepares to anchor
It’s an advantage for Britain here as Georgia Taylor-Brown hops off the bike with an 11 second advantage over American Taylor Knibb. Alex Yee will be off on the anchor leg in about five minutes. It’s a time of 57:07 for the Brit
11:17 PM Taylor-Brown builds on the lead
The individual silver medalist came out 45:42, with a 23 second lead over her rival American. France have climbed up to third, but are still 26 seconds back on Taylor Brown getting on the bikes.
11:12 PM Brownlee pulls away to hand Team GB the advantage
Outstanding run from Jonny Brownlee as his finishes his Olympics career in style. He thundered away from everyone to hand over to Georgia Taylor-Brown at 42:20, 20 seconds ahead of the United States in second. The Dutch in third are 22 seconds back. France are 30 seconds off the pace
11:07 PM Brownlee leads entering the run
Brownlee with another excellent transition after a powerful bike race, he has a two second lead over McDowell the America. The Dutch and Germans are right there with McDowell. 35:54 the leading time.
10:56 PM Brownlee uses slipstream, third out of the water
Nothing between the four swimmers coming into the transition on to the bikes, going to be a tight race this
10:52 PM Jonny Brownlee off for his leg
Excellent effort from Jess Learmonth, she hung tight with Katie Zafares, the stronger runner. She was marginally caught by Lauran Liendemann with the sprint and it’s still a four-horse race heading into leg two after a time of 21:14 from Zafares.
10:46 PM Jess Learmonth still leading entering 2km run
It’s still a four horse-race heading into the run, Team GB’s Jess Learmonth was in and out in a flash and has the lead after a swift transition at a time of 15:03.
The trailing pack are at least 26 seconds plus back.
10:43 PM Two Trinidad and Tobago competitors, coach test positive for Covid-19
Reuters.
Trinidad and Tobago long jumper Andwuelle Wright and 400 metres hurdler Sparkle Ann McKnight have been withdrawn from the Tokyo Games after they tested positive for Covid-19, the country’s Olympic committee said on Friday.
The duo, along with athletics coach Wendell Williams who also tested positive for the coronavirus, have been moved into a quarantine facility, the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee said in a statement.
The National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago did not immediately respond to questions over whether other members of the team have been impacted as close contacts – or moved into isolation – as a result.
The announcement comes after two pole vaulters — double world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States and Argentina’s German Chiaraviglio — were also ruled out of the Olympics earlier in the week after they tested positive for the virus.
10:39 PM Four-nation peloton half way through the first cycle
Jess Learmonth is part of the leading pack, along with Katie Zaferes of the USA, Maya Kingma of the Netherlands and Lauran Liendemann of Germany. It’s a four nation peloton, they cross at 9:25, with fellow pre-race favourites France a way back.
10:34 PM Team GB lead out of the water
At the 300m stage, Jess Learmonth of Team GB is leading as expected. Team GB are first out of the water and she’s on to the bike quickly. Quick swim for her, 3:32 on the clock.
10:32 PM Mixed team triathlon under way
Good night or early morning in Tokyo! The first ever mixed team triathlon is under way as Alex Yee, Jonny Brownlee, Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown go for Team GB. Each leg is expected to take just 20 minutes per athlete.
10:20 PM American Xander Schauffele fires 63, takes second-round lead at Olympics
Field Level Media.
Xander Schauffele shot a second-round 63 to move into the lead entering the third round at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics tournament at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan.
Despite a 90-minute lightning delay that threatened to shift the momentum for the 27-year-old American, Schauffele kept his late-round push intact.
Schauffele was 8-under in the second round, thanks to a fiery finish that included three birdies and an eagle over the final five holes. At 11-under for the tournament, Schauffele holds a one-shot lead over Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz entering Saturday’s third round.
Ortiz put together rounds of 65 and 67, and the former University of North Texas golfer said he’s thriving in the Olympic environment even with more familiar names on his heels.
Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) was part of a four-way tie for third and Rory McIlroy (Ireland) is a shot back along with fellow countryman Shane Lowry in a grouping sitting at 7-under at the midway point.
“I just wanted to get in contention going into the weekend and still feel I was part of the tournament,” McIlroy said after shooting a 66.
The eagle on No. 14 was Schauffele’s second of the round, a par-5 on which he left himself around 40 feet to the pin after a dart of a second shot.
“I’ve been pressing really hard for a long period of time to win a golf tournament to be completely honest,” said Schauffele, who last won on the PGA Tour in 2019. “There was a point today where I started to get a little impatient, and I kind of had to remind myself back to the times where I did win.”
Schauffele capped his round with a 12-foot putt on the 18th, just before the third weather delay of the Olympics hit the course.
Matsuyama was one of several golfers unable to finish their second 18 of the tournament due to weather. They will return early to complete play Saturday.
Collin Morikawa and Patrick Reed are 3-under and eight shots back of Schauffele, who admitted it will be challenging not to be thinking about gold over the next two days.
“I’m just going to try to stay as patient as possible coming through to the finish line. If you represent your country to the best of your ability and you’re very proud of your country, I think it’s an honor to win a medal. It doesn’t matter what color,” he said. “Obviously we’re all shooting for gold.”