One down, two to go for hassan

Sifan Hassan’s (in orange) bid for a distance treble at the Olympics was nearly derailed today when the world champion tripped over another runner and fell at the final bell of her 1,500m heat. Amazingly, she ended up winning the race. Hassan finished in 4 minutes, 5.17 seconds to qualify for the semifinals. She was third-from-last at the start of the final lap and just before she fell. Her recovery kept alive her bid for the treble in Tokyo. Later, she unleashed her sizzling pace in the final lap to win the women’s 5,000m gold

Chinese in seventh heaven

China won its sixth and seventh gold medals in weightlifting, matching Russia’s record from the 1976 Games, as Li Wenwen and Wang Zhouyu triumphed in the women’s heaviest weight categories. The 21-year-old Li had a dominant lead in the +87kg event, lifting 320kg in total to set an Olympics record, while Wang won the women’s 87kg class with a combined weight of 270kg.

Canada rock US soccer team

Canada stunned world champions the United States, handing them a shock 1-0 defeat in the semifinals of the women’s Olympics football tournament to set up a clash with Sweden, who beat Aussies 1-0, in Friday’s showpiece match. agencies