Sifan Hassan fell during her 1,500 meter heat — and still managed to finished first
2 hr 30 min ago Sifan Hassan fell during her 1,500 meter heat — and still managed to finished first Dutch runner Sifan Hassan and Kenya's Edinah Jebitok trip and fall during a 1,500 meter heat on August 2. (Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) Dutch runner Sifan Hassan began her bid for an unprecedented distance triple crown on Monday, and it got off to a wild start. With a lap to go in Hassan's 1,500 meter heat, the runner in front of her tripped and fell. Hassan then fell over her, and it looked like her attempt to make history was in peril. Kenyan runner Edinah Jebitok falls, tripping Sifan Hassan during a 1,500 meter heat on Monday. (Michael Steele/Getty Images) But Hassan was able to quickly get back up and start running. Then she turned on the jets. As the heat drew to its close, she had surpassed most of the field. By the final leg, she was, somehow, back in contention. Sifan Hassan crosses the line to finish first during a 1,500 meter heat on Monday. (Phil Noble/Reuters) In the final steps, Hassan surged ahead and managed to win the heat in a photo finish. She ran the 1500 meters — Hassan will go for her first gold medal tonight in Tokyo in the women's 5,000 meter final. Dutch runner Sifan Hassan celebrates after winning her 1,500-meter heat on Monday. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) 5 hr 38 min ago Japan's Yui Ohashi hopes the hosts' gold medal rush can help heal a divided nation From CNN's Selina Wang and Sana Noor Haq When Olympic swimmer Yui Ohashi won gold in the women's 200 meter individual medley on Wednesday, she pulled off both a personal and historic achievement. With her victory, she became the first Japanese woman ever to clinch two gold medals in a single Games, after she also claimed the 400 meter individual medley the week before. It made Tokyo 2020 the seventh straight Olympics where the winner of the women's 200 meter and 400 meter individual medley has been the same person. "It's surreal," Ohashi said. "I've received a lot of comments from people who said they were moved by athletes winning gold medals and other medals, seeing athletes trying so hard, so I'm very happy about that." Read more: 4 hr 11 min ago Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins historic 100m gold at the Tokyo Olympics From CNN's George Ramsay in the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs set a new European record as he claimed a shock victory in the men's 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics . Jacobs' winning time of 9.80 seconds on Sunday saw him finish 0.04 seconds ahead of the USA's Fred Kerley in second and 0.09 seconds ahead of Canada's Andre De Grasse in third. It capped a glorious few minutes for Italy at the Olympic Stadium with Jacobs' victory coming shortly after Gianmarco Tamberi's gold medal in the high jump. The two men embraced as Jacobs — the first Italian man to win 100 meter gold at the Olympics and the first European man to do so since Great Britain's Linford Christie in 1992 — surged across the finish line. "It was my childhood dream to win an Olympic Games, and obviously, a dream can turn into something different, but to run this final and win it is a dream come true," said 26-year-old Jacobs. "I want to thank my family that has always supported me, my children, and my mom, who has been my number one fan since I was a child, and my team who have followed me and those who support me." Read more:
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Sifan Hassan fell during her 1,500 meter heat — and still managed to finished first
Dutch runner Sifan Hassan began her bid for an unprecedented distance triple crown on Monday, and it got off to a wild start.
With a lap to go in Hassan's 1,500 meter heat, the runner in front of her tripped and fell. Hassan then fell over her, and it looked like her attempt to make history was in peril.
But Hassan was able to quickly get back up and start running. Then she turned on the jets.
As the heat drew to its close, she had surpassed most of the field. By the final leg, she was, somehow, back in contention.
In the final steps, Hassan surged ahead and managed to win the heat in a photo finish. She ran the 1500 meters —
Hassan will go for her first gold medal tonight in Tokyo in the women's 5,000 meter final.
Japan's Yui Ohashi hopes the hosts' gold medal rush can help heal a divided nation
From CNN's Selina Wang and Sana Noor Haq
When Olympic swimmer Yui Ohashi won gold in the women's 200 meter individual medley on Wednesday, she pulled off both a personal and historic achievement.
With her victory, she became the first Japanese woman ever to clinch two gold medals in a single Games, after she also claimed the 400 meter individual medley the week before.
It made Tokyo 2020 the seventh straight Olympics where the winner of the women's 200 meter and 400 meter individual medley has been the same person.
"It's surreal," Ohashi said. "I've received a lot of comments from people who said they were moved by athletes winning gold medals and other medals, seeing athletes trying so hard, so I'm very happy about that."
Read more:
Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins historic 100m gold at the Tokyo Olympics
From CNN's George Ramsay in the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs set a new European record as he claimed a shock victory in the men's 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics .
Jacobs' winning time of 9.80 seconds on Sunday saw him finish 0.04 seconds ahead of the USA's Fred Kerley in second and 0.09 seconds ahead of Canada's Andre De Grasse in third.
It capped a glorious few minutes for Italy at the Olympic Stadium with Jacobs' victory coming shortly after Gianmarco Tamberi's gold medal in the high jump.
The two men embraced as Jacobs — the first Italian man to win 100 meter gold at the Olympics and the first European man to do so since Great Britain's Linford Christie in 1992 — surged across the finish line.
"It was my childhood dream to win an Olympic Games, and obviously, a dream can turn into something different, but to run this final and win it is a dream come true," said 26-year-old Jacobs.
"I want to thank my family that has always supported me, my children, and my mom, who has been my number one fan since I was a child, and my team who have followed me and those who support me."
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