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2.17pm BST

Pole vault: Mondo Duplantis is trying to break his own world record of 6.18m. He’s had two attempts at 6.19m.

It looked as if he had done it first time round but he clipped the bar. He didn’t come close in his second attempt. Now for the third ...

2.12pm BST

The full story as Elaine Thompson-Herah becomes the first woman in history to retain the sprint double.

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6.08am BST

Hello Niall O’Keeffe:

Tubthumping is one of my favourite songs! Well done. Just curious why female track athletes are required to wear singlets that expose their midriffs. But males wear full length ones.

6.06am BST

Women’s basketball: USA, unbeaten after two games in Group B, have started a little slowly and trail France 35-30 early in the second quarter. The French are on fire from the perimeter, hitting three after three.

Earlier today, Japan beat Nigeria 102-83 to lead Group B but the winner of USA-France will overtake the host nation.

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11.55am BST

Bigntian Su (China) 9.83

Ronnie Baker (USA) 9.83

11.50am BST

Gymnastics: Max Whitlock tells BBC he’s “lost for words”, “completely overwhelmed,” and it’s “totally surreal”. It’s been an incredible journey, he says, and retaining the gold is “a million times harder”, noting “the most pressured environment I’ve ever been in”. He’s only getting older, but “experience pays a lot” and he “can’t quite believe it”.

He doesn’t know if it helped going first. It’s easy to say with the gold around his neck now, but every gymnast knows it’s hard to go first and he had to lay down a big routine, he couldn’t wait to see what others did. He can’t believe he’s done it, but he’s done the job, scored near his target score, and knew that if someone beat it, he’d still done his job. He now has six Olympic medals and when he was younger, he only did the sport because he enjoyed it – he wasn’t aiming for or expecting medals. It “feels very, very surreal” and he thinks he’s almost going round in circles trying to make sense of it.

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11.35am BST

... and she qualifies fastest! Runs through in 10.73, no one anywhere near her, her bright yellow and red hair streaming out behind her.

11.33am BST

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is in the third heat...

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2.45am BST

Women’s 200m breaststroke final: this is all about Tatjana Schoenmaker, who starts well but is trailing USA’s Lily King at the halfway mark.

2.43am BST

Men’s 100m butterfly semi-final 2: Dressel dominates, not in world record time but the American obliterates Milak’s semi-final winning time of 50.31 to clock in with a blistering 49.71 ahead of Noe Ponti (SUI) and Jakub Majerski (POL). Milak held the Olympic record for all of three minutes. The USA’s Tom Shields touched home in last place.

Australia’s Matthew Temple qualifies for the final sixth fastest.

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11.19pm BST

We’ll have a rundown of Thursday’s early medal action shortly. But first, enjoy this lovely updated gallery from day five in Tokyo:

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11.09pm BST

More fun from the 1900 “Olympics” in Paris – thanks to vastariner:

The 1900 competition in particular was strikingly odd, with competitors not realising it was part of the Olympic programme.

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2.45am BST

Swimming: Onto the men’s 200m freestyle final...

2.43am BST

Swimming: We’re in for a blockbuster 200m freestyle final. Katie Ledecky saw what Ariarne Titmus accomplished in her first semi and laid down a marker, leading from the front to win in 1.55.34. Barbora Seemanová (CZE) finished second, Italy’s incredible champion Federica Pellegrini powered home at the death to snatch third, beating out Maddy Wilson (AUS) and 14-year-old Summer McIntosh (CAN).

Wilson’s time was good enough to sneak into the final in eighth spot, but all eyes will be on another Titmus v Ledecky duel in the pool.

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6.36am BST

An update from the hockey stadium: Team GB have secured their second win the tournament, running out 3-1 winners over underdogs Canada after a nervous start. “You have to understand when you’re playing teams that rank lower than you, they have nothing to lose. It’s a win-win for them,” said the team’s head coach Danny Kerry.

6.32am BST

Not strictly speaking to do with the Olympics, but very much related given Paralympian Olivia Breen’s recent experience of being told what to wear, but remember the Norwegian beach handball team that was fined in a “case of improper clothing” for refusing to wear bikini bottoms during a tournament in Europe? The protest against what the team described as “very sexist” uniform rules cost them $1,500. But they might not have to fork out themselves after pop star P!nk showed her support for their cause.

I’m VERY proud of the Norwegian female beach handball team FOR PROTESTING THE VERY SEXIST RULES ABOUT THEIR “uniform”. The European handball federation SHOULD BE FINED FOR SEXISM. Good on ya, ladies. I’ll be happy to pay your fines for you. Keep it up.

Related: Time to give those in charge of female athletics short shrift | Rebecca Nicholson

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4.53pm BST

The gold medallist for women’s taekwondo, the American Anastasija Zolotic said she hoped her historic win would give taekwondo a boost in her home country, where it has struggled to gain traction in a par with boxing or mixed martial arts. The 18-year-old sprung a surprise to win the USA’s first gold medal for women in taekwondo since it became a full-medal Olympic sport in 2000.

“I work my butt off for it, and I hope taekwondo [becomes] as popular as it can be in the US,” Zolotic said. “Hopefully in 2024 if I make it over there and win another gold medal and just keep grinding to LA [in 2028], by then taekwondo will be all over the map. Hopefully [my win] will give it a better image than it has and bring it back up to where USA taekwondo deserves to be - one of the best sports that you can watch,” she said.

4.44pm BST

And another, from Bradly Sinden’s nearly-but-not-quite performance in that dramatic taekwondo final

Related: Britain’s Bradly Sinden edged out for gold in Olympics taekwondo final

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12.00pm BST

Meanwhile in the men’s hockey Great Britain are running down time in the fourth period and leading South Africa 3-1.

11.59am BST

A deflected strike on goal from Japan was their best opening of the match so far, but England hold them at bay in the women’s football. Still no score as we tick past 27 minutes at the Sapporo Dome.

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4.29pm BST

Get up to speed with all the big questions with Simon Burnton’s Olympic primer:

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4.24pm BST

Some cycling news: the men’s road race takes place at 3am BST, 11am local time on Saturday, but one man who won’t be at the start line is Simon Geschke, after the German rider tested positive for Covid-19.

Geschke, who was set to be part of a four-man German team, had been staying away from the Olympic village with a group of other cyclists, all of who have initially tested negative for Covid.