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Usain Bolt may have hung up his spikes in 2017, but the Tokyo #Olympics are the first summer Games in 17 years not to feature the incomparable Jamaican sprinter
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Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway has won the men's triathlon at #Tokyo2020 in an #Olympics race that began with a false start after a boat blocked some athletes from entering the water.

Jack Yee of Britain took silver and Hayden Wilde of New Zealand took bronze

Australian seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore's dream of winning #Olympics surfing's first gold medal ends in shock defeat.

Gilmore was bundled out by unheralded South African Bianca Buitendag. The exit has opened up the field for USA world number one Carissa Moore

Caught on camera at #Olympics .

- Competitors throw up after finishing the triathlon.
- Fun trunks at a swimming training session.
- Brazil's Icaro Miguel Martins Soares receives medical attention during a taekwondo bout
- Staff dry the floor during a handball match

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Fast and furious: Germany's Andre Sanita (L) competes against Hong Kong's Cheung Siu Lun in the men’s individual foil qualifying bout at the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba City

At the Tokyo park where skateboarding's first Olympic gold medallist, Yuto Horigome, learned to grind, ollie and kick-flip as a child, the sport is now banned.

Fans hope Japan's strict attitude to skateboarding will change following Horigome's victory

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Britain's Adam Peaty celebrates winning the gold in the final of the men's 100m breaststroke at #Tokyo2020 #Olympics

Canada's Maggie MacNeil powered to the women's 100m butterfly gold medal in the third-fastest time ever to unseat Swedish defending champion and world record holder Sarah Sjostrom

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South Korea's Lee Kwanghyun (L) faces Russia's Kirill Borodachev.
Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons celebrates with her coaches.
Japan softball player Yu Yamamoto falls into a media pit.
Argentina's Lautaro Bazan Velez scores a try against Australia

#BREAKING Japan's Momiji Nishiya, 13, becomes first women's Olympic skateboard champion
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Australia's Ariarne Titmus won a thrilling 400m freestyle duel with America's Katie Ledecky in the pool as Caeleb Dressel launched his bid for a seven-gold #Olympics spree.

World-record holder Adam Peaty defended his title to give Britain its first gold

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#UPDATE Japan's Momiji Nishiya becomes one of the youngest Olympic champions in history by winning the skateboarding gold aged of 13 years and 330 days.

Nishiya beat Brazil's Rayssa Leal - who at 13 years and 203 days could have been the youngest ever individual Olympic champion

Fencing qualifiers.

Russia's Kirill Borodachev defeats USA's Nick Itkin.
France's Enzo Lefort celebrates beating Japan's Toshiya Saito.
France's Manon Brunet celebrates after winning against Russia's Olga Nikitina
Britain's Marcus Mepstead faces Egypt's Mohamed Hamza
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#BREAKING Britain's Tom Daley, Matty Lee win Olympic gold in synchronised 10m platform diving

#URGENT Britain's Tom Daley and Matty Lee edged out favourites China to win gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving at the Tokyo #Olympics.

China's Chen Aisen and Cao Yuan, both twice Olympic gold medallists, were in pole position but made a mess of their fourth dive

China's Cao Yuan and China's Chen Aisen win silver in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving final event during the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics .

Britain's Tom Daley and Matty Lee won gold

Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual #Olympics champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13

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#AFPgraphics factfile on skateboarding, which is making an debut at the Tokyo Games