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

Emma Wilson was utterly dominant, in the race series of the event. She only finished outside the top three once winning eight races

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 🇬🇧

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 🇯🇵

This is mainly a battle of names that Olympic fans recognise. The top four from Tokyo could find themselves in those positions again

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After five events, it was pretty clear that the race was going to come down to Dorian van Rijsselberghe and Nick Dempsey

Britain would take the lead of the contest on day four with a first and third as Poland went fourth and fifth.