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Brad follows the trail of history, then balances training with Lily’s hockey. Julian tries to stay fit as he begins another marathon training block. Brady thinks he’s got his racing shoes on for Chicago.

Keeley Hodgkinson dominated the 800 m and won the gold medal in 1:56.72 ahead of Tsige Duguma from Ethiopia and Mary Moora from Kenya.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya beat Canadian Marco Arop by one hundredth of a second with a time of 1:41.19, while Djamel Sedjati from Algeria took third and third place.

Peyton Craig reached the semi-finals with the third fastest Australian time of all time of 1:44.11, while Peter Bol and Joseph Deng did their best to keep up in the heats and repechages.

Cole Hocker of the USA slips through the inside lane to win the gold medal in the men’s 1500m final in an Olympic record time of 3:27. Josh Kerr takes silver and Yared Nuguse of the USA takes bronze. Defending champion and favorite Jakob Ingebrigsten of Norway falls to fourth place.

Jessica Hull defied all expectations in the 1500m final to take the silver medal. Faith Kipyegon, now a three-time Olympic champion, won with an Olympic record time of 3:51.29. Georgia Bell from Great Britain took bronze.

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Other Australians to feature during the campaign included Georgia Griffith, who made it to the semi-finals, while Linden Hall performed strongly in the preliminary and repechage rounds despite a calf tear sustained the week before the event.

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Jakob Ingebrigsten was able to rehabilitate himself and won the gold medal in the 5,000 m in 13:13.66 minutes ahead of Ronald Kwemoi from Kenya, while Grant Fisher won another medal in addition to his bronze medal in the 10,000 m.

Stewy McSweyn was called into the final due to a collision and pile-up in his heat and finished 18th, while Morgan McDonald finished 9th in his respective heat.

Rose Davies was the fastest Australian in the 5000m Olympic final with a time of 14:49.67. Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won the gold medal in 14:28.56 ahead of Faith Kipyegon, who was controversially temporarily disqualified due to an obstruction by Ethiopia’s Guduf Tsegaye before being given the silver medal again. The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan won the bronze medal.

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Beatrice Chebet completed the double by also winning the 10,000m in 30:43.25. Italy’s Nadia Battocletti took the silver medal and Sifan Hassan won another bronze medal. Lauren Ryan finished 13th in 31:13.25 after falling behind in the 5,000m race.

Moroccan Soufaine El Bakkali became the first person in 88 years to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals, while Kenneth Rooks of the USA took a surprise silver and Abraham Kibiwot of Kenya took bronze.

The Australians in the heats included Ben Buckingham with 8:32.12 and Matt Clarke with 8:49.85.

Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the women’s steeplechase ahead of defending champion Peruth Chemutai of Uganda and Faith Cherotich of Kenya. Cara Feain-Ryan set a personal best of 9:28.72 in her 3000m steeplechase, while Amy Cashin ran 9:32.93 in her respective heats.

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Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia, who was used as a reserve athlete, won the gold medal in the men’s marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:26. Bashir Abdi of Belgium improved his bronze medal in Tokyo to a silver medal, while Benson Kipruto of Kenya took the bronze medal. Defending champion Eliud Kipchoge was unable to finish the race.
Pat Tiernan was the first Australian to cross the finish line, finishing 24th in 2:10:34 – the fastest performance in an Olympic marathon. Andy Buchanan was 45th in 2:12:58 and Liam Adams was 49th in 2:13:33.

Sifan Hassan made history when she won the women’s marathon sprint against Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia in a time of 2:22:55, which was another Olympic record. Hellen Obiri of Kenya took the bronze medal.

Jess Stenson was the best Australian, finishing 13th with a time of 2:23, while Gen Gregson finished 24th. Both girls even led the race at half time. Unfortunately, Sinead Diver withdrew from the race. Olympic Athletics Results

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Domestic results

Leanne Pompeani wins the City 2 Surf in 45:38 ahead of Paige Campbell and Bronte Oates, Isaac Heyne 40:51 Ed Goddard and Tom Do Canto
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Lisa Weightman won the Australian half marathon in 1:10:23 on the Sunshine Coast ahead of Nat Rule and Tiana Cetta. Liam Boudin won the half marathon in 1:03:40 ahead of Seth O’Donnell and Jack Bruce.

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Milly Clark won the Sunshine Coast Marathon with a course record time of 2:37:07, Robert Collins was the first man with 2:27:51.
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The show ends with “Moose on the Loose” about clueless commentators who go way beyond their area of ​​expertise, then a listener from Spain calls in to show and tell about his gift from Eliud Kipchoge.