The Jamaican repeated her success from Rio 2016 in the 200 meters. Favorite Duplantis won the pole vault
Elaine Thompson-Herah also won the 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics three days after her triumph over 100 meters. The 29-year-old Jamaican crossed the finish line in 21.53 seconds on Tuesday. She set a national record, but stayed above the ancient world record of Florence Griffith-Joyner (21.34). Thompson-Herah's team rival Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce surprisingly missed a medal in 21.94 seconds as fourth.
Thompson-Herah repeated her success from Rio de Janeiro in 2016, where she was already successful over both sprint distances. She can take her fifth Olympic gold with Jamaica's 4 x 100 meter relay, which finished second five years ago. Silver went to Christine Mboma from Namibia in 21.81 seconds – an 18-year-old has never been so fast over this distance. Bronze went to the American Gabrielle Thomas (21.87).
Favorite victory in the pole vault
The 21-year-old American-born Swede Armand Duplantis lived up to his favorite role in the pole vault and won with a jump of 6.02 meters ahead of the American Christopher Nilsen (5.97) and the Brazilian Thiago Braz (5.87), the Olympic champion from Rio de Janeiro. World record holder Duplantis almost went one better at the end of the evening in the Olympic Stadium when he narrowly failed twice at the world record height of 6.19 meters.
The 19-year-old Athing Mu won the gold medal in the women's 800 meters. The American with roots in South Sudan set a national record in 1: 55.21 minutes. Second-placed Keely Hodgkinson from Great Britain also succeeded in doing this (1: 55.88). Bronze also went to the USA thanks to Raevyn Rogers.
