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Olympics 2021 schedule: Key events, TV livestream, every medal for Tokyo 2020
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Published 23/07/2020 at 08:33 GMT+1
Naomi Osaka has lit the flame! The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are here! The Covid-19 pandemic may have popped the first party, but we’re under way in 2021 with over a fortnight of top-level sport on the menu. Need to catch up with what is happening? Look no further than this very, our rolling hub aimed at keeping you in the loop about all things Olympics.
'Let's have one each!' - Amazing moment Barshim and Tamberi decide to share high jump gold
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UNMISSABLE MOMENTS - DAY 14
Galal Yafai won Team GB's first gold medal in the ring on Day 14. The Birmingham native beat Carlo Paalam in a fight that everything from knockdowns to shoot outs.
Kevin Durant inspired the USA to their fourth successive gold medal in the men's basketball. The NBA star posted 29 points in what turned out to be a narrow win over France.
It was another spectacular day in cycling and athletics. Joe Choong made history in the pentathlon, GB brought their track tournament to a close and there was .
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Felix makes history, Hassan doubles up, USA Basketball glory - Tokyo Today Day 15
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UNMISSABLE MOMENTS - DAY 13
American track and field legend Carl Lewis has ripped into the USA men’s 4x100m relay team that failed to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 final, branding them a "total embarrassment".
Fourteen-year-old Quan Hongchan secured a superb 10m platform gold to help China continue their domination in the diving events, while Matt Walls won Britain’s first track cycling gold of the Games with a dominant performance in the men’s omnium.
Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas added 400m Olympic gold to his 2019 World Championship success in a comfortable victory, while Nafi Thiam and Damian Warner won the heptathlon and decathlon respectively.
RELIVE BEST MOMENTS - DAY 12
Woah! Team GB sensation Sky Brown, 13, picked up bronze in the park skateboarding final to deny Japan a clean sweep of medals - becoming Britain's youngest-ever Olympic medallist in the process.
Brown wasn't the only record breaker, with Hannah Mills becoming Britain's most successful female Olympic sailor by successfully defending her 470 title with Eilidh McIntyre. Ben Maher later made it two golds for Team GB on Wednesday with a masterclass on Explosion W in the show jumping.
The successor to Usain Bolt in the 200 metres has been unearthed, with Canada's Andre De Grasse running the fastest time in the world this year to take gold. But there was heartbreak for Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Britain's world champion from Doha, who pulled up injured in the heptathlon.
Finally, look away now, friends and family of Thomas van der Plaetsen, because the below video shows the Belgian crashing head-first into the long jump sand pit. Not ideal.
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‘Oh my word! No!’ - Injury sees Van der Plaetsen plummet head first into long jump pit
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RELIVE BEST MOMENTS - DAY 11
What. A. Day.
Simone Biles marked her return with a brilliant bronze in the women's balance beam, Jason Kenny became Team GB's most successful Olympian in history with his eighth medal - a silver - in the men's team sprint, and there were two BIG crashes in the track cycling.
Team GB won a Games-high eight medals on Tremendous Tuesday, their biggest haul of the Games so far, headlined by two gold medals in the sailing for Giles Scott (finn class) and Stuart Bithell and Dylan Fletcher (men's skiff 49er).
On the track, Elaine Thompson-Herah made Olympic history by becoming the first woman ever to win both the 100m and 200m titles at successive Games, while Keely Hodgkinson broke Kelly Holmes' 800m British record to win a brilliant Olympic silver behind American Athing Mu.
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'Oh no!' - GB team crash celebrating seconds after breaking world record
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RELIVE BEST MOMENTS - DAY 10
Good news: Simone Biles will compete in the women's balance beam final after pulling out of the other individual events. The global gymnastics superstar has pulled out of all of her previous finals at the Games to focus on her mental health, after withdrawing following one vault in the team final last week.
Wayde van Niekerk's 400m Olympic title defence is over after the South African crashed out in the semi-finals at Tokyo 2020, while Elaine Thompson-Herah looks on course to complete an unprecedented women's sprint 'double double' after posting a superb time to reach the final of the 200m.
Elsewhere, Team GB struck their first eventing team gold medal in 49 years thanks to Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen and Canada stunned USA in the women's football semi-finals.
INSIDE TEAM GB
LATEST MEDALS
EUROSPORT IN TOKYO
Sir Bradley Wiggins and Greg Rutherford are headlining the UK team in Tokyo, bringing with them a wealth of Olympic experience. Stay tuned for reaction from the GB legends.
Here's Greg Rutherford, who was inside the Olympic Stadium to watch a thrilling finale to the men’s long jump final.
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Agony and joy: Rutherford on 'incredible' long jump finale
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TOKYO 2020 SCHEDULE
Head here for Eurosport's dedicated schedule page for Tokyo 2020, featuring fixtures and results from every event.
HOW TO WATCH
Tokyo 2020 will be broadcast on multiple platforms, including Eurosport, Eurosport app, and discovery+, the Streaming Home of the Olympics in UK and Europe – where viewers can access every unmissable moment of the action from Tokyo with over 3,500 hours of live action throughout the 17 days of competition.
discovery+ and Eurosport app will also deliver 50+ live event feeds as well as an additional seven Eurosport pop-up channels categorised by sport genre, which will also be available to Sky, Virgin Media, BT and Amazon Channels customers. Sky Q customers will also be available to access the 50+ live event feeds via a discovery+ subscription.
Stream every unmissable moment of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 live on discovery+, The Streaming Home of the Olympics, or hunt down your favourite events on this very website.
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WHEN ARE THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES?
Tokyo 2020 is slated to run from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
Technically, the Games commence on July 21 with the women’s softball and football preliminaries before the official curtain-raiser at the Opening Ceremony two days later.
HOW MANY SPORTS AND EVENTS IN SUMMER OF 2021?
IOC chief Thomas Bach has kept his promise to not cull events due to the postponement, with organisers revealing an almost identical schedule for 2021 as the one planned for this summer.
That means a record 339 medal events across 33 sports and 42 venues.
WHAT ARE THE NEW SPORTS?
DATES OF TOKYO 2020 SPORTS
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games schedule in summer of 2021
Competition start dates and medal events below.
Wednesday July 21, 2021
Thursday July 22, 2021
Friday July 23, 2021
Saturday July 24, 2021
Sunday July 25, 2021
Monday July 26, 2021
Tuesday July 27, 2021
Wednesday July 28, 2021
Thursday July 29, 2021
Friday July 30, 2021
Saturday July 31, 2021
Sunday August 1, 2021
Monday August 2, 2021
Tuesday August 3, 2021
Wednesday August 4, 2021
Thursday August 5, 2021
Friday August 6, 2021
Saturday August 7, 2021
Sunday August 8, 2021
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Watch every unmissable moment live from Tokyo 2020 across Eurosport, the Eurosport app and discovery+. Download the Eurosport app for iOS and Android now.
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