Tokyo 2020 Olympics: athletics, cycling, modern pentathlon and more – live!

Men’s 50km walk: Poland’s Dawid Tomala maintains his lead of nearly two minutes as he slings his bag from the feeding station over his shoulder and tucks into some well deserved water and snacks. Then he throws the rest of the water over his head, which makes sense seeing as it’s already 28C/82F at 8.15am.

Hello Olympics fans. And specifically race walking fans, I know it’s a big day for you. In preparation for today’s blog, I walked earlier.* More than once, it was great.

(*Amusing aside courtesy of Will Unwin).

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source https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2021/aug/05/tokyo-2020-olympics-athletics-cycling-modern-pentathlon-and-more-live-day-14

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