In terms of the sporting competitors, it felt like the end of an era. There is a long list of stars who either have discussed retirement

It would look like Thompson had it wrapped up for 95m of the race only for Lyles to get the victory

1300-1545: Volleyball; Women's Event 🥇Brazil 🇧🇷 🥈China 🇨🇳 🥉Poland 🇵🇱

2030-2300: Weightlifting; Men's +102kg 🥇Lasha Talakhadze 🇬🇪 🥈Varazdat Lalayan 🇦🇲 🥉Gor Minasyan 🇧🇭

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 400m Hurdles 🥇Rai Benjamin 🇺🇸 🥈Karsten Warholm 🇳🇴 🥉Alison dos Santos 🇧🇷

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 200m 🥇Noah Lyles 🇺🇸 🥈Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼 🥉Kenneth Bednarek 🇺🇸

1815-2200: Wrestling; Women's Freestyle -50kg 🥇Yui Susaki 🇯🇵 🥈Ziqi Feng 🇨🇳 🥉Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal 🇲🇳 🥉Oksana Livach 🇺🇦

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 1500m 🥇Jakob Ingebritsen 🇳🇴 🥈Yared Nuguse 🇺🇸 🥉Josh Kerr 🇬🇧

1700-1940: Track Cycling; Women's Team Sprint 🥇Germany 🇩🇪 🥈Great Britain 🇬🇧 🥉China 🇨🇳

1500-1725: Artistic Gymnastics; Women's Floor 🥇Simone Biles 🇺🇸 🥈Rebeca Andrade 🇧🇷 🥉Jade Carey 🇺🇸

1900-2200: Athletics; Women's 100m 🥇Sha’Carri Richardson 🇺🇸 🥈Julien Alfred 🇱🇨 🥉Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 🇯🇲

Medal Events 0930-1050: Shooting; Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions 🥇Jeanette Hegg Duestad 🇳🇴 🥈Seonaid McIntosh 🇬🇧 🥉Qiongyue Zhang...

1910-2200: Fencing; Women’s Team Foil 🥇Italy 🇮🇹 🥈France 🇫🇷 🥉Japan 🇯🇵

I think this ends in a world record with them both probably beating the old record. Behind them is a closer contest.

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The first two won their semi-finals but Van Niekerk finished behind Machel Cedenio (Trinidad & Tobago) which meant he’d run from lane eight.