That’s all from me. Join us tomorrow night for coverage of the men’s 100m final, among others.
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Jessica Ennis-Hill wins silver in the heptathlon; Nafissatou Thiam wins gold
Ennis-Hill manages a smile as she’s introduced to the crowd; she gets a huge cheer. Ennis Hill starts quick and is 5m ahead after 100m. Thiam is trailing at the back but we expected that. The gap between the two is around 5.5 seconds at 400m, Ennis-Hill still leads the filed at 600m and Thiam is fading. It will be very close, she comes home in 2:08. I think Thiam has done just enough, she gave everything at the end and found the extra second or so she needed. It was a personal best from the Belgian.
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Ennis-Hill and Thiam make their way onto the track for the final race of the heptathlon 800m. A reminder that Ennis-Hill must beat Thiam by 9.47 seconds in order to retain her title - and that’s the difference between their personal bests.
We’re waiting until the end of the medal ceremony of the 10,000m, in which GB’s Mo Farah will receive gold, before we start the 800m heptathlon finale. Farah looks calm on the podium - he’s been there enough.
The final heat of the heptathlon 800m now, and all the contenders are in action. The reigning champion, GB’sJessica Ennis-Hill, trails Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam by 142 points. That’s the equivalent of 9.47 seconds - around the difference of their personal bests. Ennis-Hill is a good 800m runner but she’ll need to be at her very best to retain her title.
If you’re wondering what’s happened in the swimming tonight, you can check out our live updates here:
The 2012 champion, Britain’s Greg Rutherford, has just spoken to the BBC after a fantastic long jump competition, in which he finished third with a leap of 8.29m, but he admits that he was “gutted” with bronze not gold.
“I’m very pleased I managed to pick myself up and pull out some half-decent jumps, the one they called a foul they gave me in the end, it’s frustrating in a competition that would probably put me back in the lead for a while,” he said. “I never thought in my career I would be disappointed with bronze but I’m gutted.”
The London 2012 gold medallist even broke down in tears before adding: “I feel like I’m in shape to jump far, and it’s frustrating when you come out of something and you don’t feel you’ve done yourself justice. I didn’t see anyone out there who was unbeatable. I was down in fourth and I’ve managed to come out and get myself a medal, but I came into the championships to win, I’m not here to finish third and it’s very very frustrating. I gave it absolutely everything I could to take it back (the gold), I felt I could but it wasn’t to be. Two Olympic medals in my career isn’t too bad, but I really wanted it tonight, I really wanted to retain that title.”
The final event of the night now. The heptathletes drag themselves to the end of the road - a road that ends with an 800m run, which doesn’t seem very fair. The first heat doesn’t contain any of the contenders for gold. USA’s Miller-Koch wins by a huge distance but she won’t trouble top of the podium.
Is there a more aesthetically pleasing runner on earth than Kenya’s David Rudisha? He made a blistering 1.43.88sec seem like a training run in the 800m semi-final, that silky long stride eating up the Rio track. Rudisha looks unstoppable, but whether he can better his 1.40.91 world record from London 2012 is an open question. Clayton Murphy of the US road his coat-tails and produced the run of his life with a personal best of 1.44.30 to qualify for the final.
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Looking at the replay, Fraser-Pryce was level with Thompson until the latter stages when the new champion surged away. A great burst to clinch gold. Fraser-Pryce was the first to congratulate the woman who took her crown.
USA’s Tori Bowie won silver, coming from behind, Fraser-Pryce got bronze. Thompson looks shocked - she can’t believe what she’s done.
Elaine Thompson wins the 100m gold!
Fraser-Pryce is away the fastest - she’s been here before so little surprise she knows exactly what to do. But it’s Thompson powering through and she hits the lead around 50m and doesn’t look back. Well, she does 30m after the finish line when she realises she has an Olympic gold medal.
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Williams paces a few metres down the track before taking her mark. Everyone else paces near their blocks. Who looks the most pumped up? All of them.
And the finalists are out for the women’s 100m final. A reminder of the line-up.
Fraser-Pryce (Jam)
Schippers (Ned)
Bowie (USA)
Ahye (T&T)
Ta Lou (fastest loser) (CVI)
Williams (fastest loser) (Jam)
Thompson (Jam)
Gardner (USA)
The third 800m semi-final now. The great David Rudisha goes in this one. The Kenyan and Souleiman are one and two going into the final lap. Rudisha accelerates away in the final stretch and USA’s Clayton Murphy follows him to make the final too.
USA's Jeff Henderson wins long jump gold; GB's Rutherford third
The long jump discussions keep going. It appears Lawson’s left hand hit the pit first hence his 7.78m final jump. So Henderson is champion, South Africa’s Manyonga second and GB’s Rutherford third.
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The second 800m semi-final is up now. Kenya’s Kipketer leads from the start and takes it ahead of USA’s Boris Berian.
What will Rutherford do now? He shakes out his arms as he prepares to jump. He is known for his ability to deliver under pressure. It’s close to a foul but he gets the white flag. It’s 8.29m - enough for a bronze with just Jarrion Lawson of USA to jump. And it looks like he may have got it! Jeff Henderson grins as we wait. The official measurement is ... 7.78m?! They’re going to remeasure but at the moment Henderson is the champion.
USA’s Henderson has his final jump attempting to beat 8.37m - and it’s a big one. And it’s 8.38m - he leads by a single centimetre! Two athletes to go, including the reigning champion Rutherford.
The men’s 800m semi-finals are next. France’s Bosse wins the first semi, with Algeria’s Taoufik Makhloufi second.
Just sensational from Mo Farah, the first British athlete ever to win three gold medals on the track. If the true test of a great athlete is how they perform on the big occasion, then Farah is right up there with the very best. In the past, his rivals have failed to take him on as a team. They did tonight, but neither they nor a tumble could stop him. The moment when he hit the front was spine tingling and the atmosphere in a now pretty full stadium did it justice. Cue the Mobot, cavorting with a Union flag and all that.
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Samuel Jackon is a fan of Mo Farah:
Mo Farah! The man with the plan!! Got up & handled his Biz!! Righto GB!!
— Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) August 14, 2016
South Africa’s Manyonga is in control of the long jump at the moment. He makes a mark of 8.37m and is heading for gold.
Going into the 800m of the heptathlon, Thiam has extended her lead to 142 points. Ennis-Hill is second.
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The reigning champion Greg Rutherford is currently in third and produces a big jump but he fouls. Just fouls. The TV replay looks like it was fine but Rutherford inspects the plasticine and doesn’t complain - must be the smallest of fouls.
Farah takes his victory lap, he looks pretty serious.Not like the euphoria of his homes Games in London. He takes the Union Jack from a member of the crowd and wraps himself in it. He’s oddly subdued for a man who is usually so exuberant.
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Mo Farah wins the 10,000m gold medal!
Farah looks over his shoulder as we enter the final lap. He has a narrow lead over Tanui, and Tanui breaks. Farah goes with him in the final 100. AND HERE COMES FARAH. He accelerates to victory. He is now one of the all-time greats - if he wasn’t already. Others fall to the ground in agony but Farah looks fine - the adrenaline no doubt pumping. The final lap was 55sec, no one can live with his pace in the final lap. Tanui got second and Tola was third.
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600m to go and Farah is still in the lead but he can’t shake Tanui.
Farah is in the lead with two laps to go. Tanui is also up with him, Galen Rupp there too.
Four laps to go. Farah still with the leading pack. But Kamworor has been dropped and looks in trouble - surprising that he’s dropped already.
South Africa’s Manyonga is now in the lead in the long jump with an attempt of 8.28m.
Jessica Ennis Hill just looked distinctly unimpressed with her final javelin attempt, clasping her hands to her head as she threw the weakest of her three attempts at 42.17. She’s looking at taking only 784 points out of this round.
Farah into second- and his friend Galen Rupp is still in the race, which could help the Briton in the final stages. Kamwowor is first - the two favourites leading the race.
Eight laps to go and the Kenyans are pushing the pace. They can’t shake Farah though - it’s the fastest lap of the night - around 63 seconds.
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More on Rupp tripping Farah, from Ian Prior at the stadium:
Galen Rupp looked distinctly horrified after tripping his training partner Mo Farah. The American dropped back, waited for Farah to regain his footing and then tried to pace him back to the front of the race. Farah didn’t look quite the same for a lap but is now back tracking the leaders. What has that taken out of him?
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The pace of the 10,000m is slow-ish, certainly not fast enough to trouble Farah for now. Remember the champion has a huge advantage if the race is close near the end due to his finishing speed. But the Kenyans are starting to push at the front. Is this a move to break Farah? We have 4,000m to go.
Jarrion Lawson of the US produces a big jump on his third attempt. He pumps his fist as the distance comes through - he leads Rutherford with an effort of 8.25m.
Ethiopia’s Tola is setting the early front but Farah is back in fifth and doesn’t look too troubled. Galen Rupp, Farah’s friend, manages to push the Briton to the floor, accidentally but the champion is up quickly and no damage done. Who needs enemies when you have friends like these?
Farah has now moved up the field after 3,000m - the Ethiopians and Kenyans know they have to break him early as they can’t live with his pace over the final lap. Farah is trying to stay with them.
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Farah continues to lope along at the back of the pack in the 10,000m. No one has attempted to make a break yet, which will suit Farah just fine.
Greg Rutherford is back into the lead in the long jump. His jump of 8.22m puts him narrowly ahead of the field.
Jess Ennis-Hill, the reigning Olympic champion, has her first effort in the women’s javelin. It’s 45.91m - a good effort for someone who has struggled in the discipline in the past. But Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam blasts her effort out beyond 50m. She rubs her elbow and looks to be in pain but she may not need to throw again after an effort like that. Ennis-Hill looks worried, and she’s right to be.
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Farah is ... showboating. He’s jogging along in dead last round the first lap, waving to the crowd.
Shock: no false starts in the 10,000m.
Our correspondent Sean Ingle, being something of a betting man, is jumping up and down at the prospects of Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson in the women’s 100m final but I’m not so sure. Her compatriot Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce looked ominously smooth in beating the Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers into second in her semi in a season’s best of 10.88 and the reigning Olympic champion has clearly brought her best form to Rio. Thompson posted the same time while pulling up slightly at the end but for my money Fraser-Pryce’s greater championship know-how will be decisive.
Mo Farah goes in the men's 10,000m final
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor of Kenya will be the biggest threat to Mo Farah, the Olympic and world champion. Farah gets a big roar as he’s introduced.
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The Olympic champion, Mo Farah, runs out for the start of the 10,000m. Slowly though as he has, ooh, around 10,000m to run very shortly.
Wang of China is up into fourth in the long jump with an effort of 8.14m.
Your women's 100m finalists will be:
Fraser-Pryce (Jam)
Schippers (Ned)
Bowie (USA)
Ahye (T&T)
Ta Lou (fastest loser) (CVI)
Williams (fastest loser) (Jam)
Thompson (Jam)
Gardner (USA)
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And we have the third 100m semi now. English Gardner runs in this one - she has the third fastest time in the world this season. Elaine Thompson of Jamaica will also challenge to win here. Anyone who wants to get in as a fastest loser will have to run quicker than 10.94. And Gardner and Thompson take it easily. Thompson wins it in 10.88.
USA’s Jarrion Lawson is next and jumps 8.19m. The top four are sandwiched incredibly close together in the long jump - a matter of centimetres.
USA’s Jeff Henderson is seventh of 12 to start in the long jump and produces a big one. He’s into first with 8.20m - he had a decent tailwind when he jumped but not massively stronger than Rutherford.
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The second semi of the 100m now. Dafne Schippers runs in this, alongside Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the reigning champion. Anyone else will do well to finish in the top two of this one. Fraser-Pryce is off her mark the quickest, with Schippers way back (as far as you can be back after 20m) but the Dutchwoman is strong over the last 50m. But the Olympic champion holds off her rival and wins. Both women run under 11 seconds.
Greg Rutherford, the reigning Olympic champion, has his first effort in the long jump and it’s a very respectable effort after he narrowly avoided going out in the qualifying. 8.18m is good enough to put him in first place. South Africa’s Manyonga is up next and records 8.16m - he’s in second.
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The women’s 100m semis are about to start. Ewa “The Polish Bolt” Swobonda races in this one. So named because she looks relaxed when she runs. USA’s Tori Bowie is also up, Swobonda gives a little smile as she’s introduced - she’s basically Usain Bolt! Bowie starts slowly but recovers to lunge over in first. Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago is second.
And we have the full list of finalists for the men’s 400m final: James, Merritt, Cedenio, Taplin, Van Niekirk, Sibanda, Hudson Smith, Khamis.
Not quite the crackle of Super Saturday in London 2012 here at the Olympic Stadium, but the seats are at least now filling up and must be just over two thirds full. Seb Coe, wandering around the press tribunes here, said he thought the morning sessions might end up being more popular than the evenings, perversely. Personally, I think the IOC will have to accept that if it is taking the Olympics to countries where athletics is not a huge sport, it must do more to market the tickets and price them accordingly.
Men’s long jump is up next. The athletes are introduced with drummers. Some choose to dance along - others are having none of it and ignore the drummers completely. The drummers look a bit hurt at that.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s chances of bronze look certain to have bitten the dust after a terrible performance in the javelin. Her first effort was just 36.36m, nearly six metres below her personal best, while her second was so poor she purposely stepped over the line so it counted as foul. Before her final attempt the likeable 23-year-old sat on her chair repeatedly rehearsing her throw, but she was unable to improve her score of 598 points. With the best throwers, including Thiam and Ennis-Hill going out later in the night, she faced a mountain to climb as she headed back to the call room. The great irony is that Johnson-Thompson’s coach, Mike Holmes, is a specialist throws’ expert: he has spent years trying to get her shot put and javelin up to scratch. And yet for her brilliant athleticism, success in both events still eludes her.
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The third and final semi now. Always odd having three semi-finals. Grenada’s Taplin looks like he will take it easily but there is an almighty tussle at the line as GB’s Hudson Smith comes from nowhere to qualify with a PB. He was barely in shot with 75 m to go. He denied Bahrain’s Ali Khamis at the line by inches.
The second 400m semi-final seems a little disappointing after that packed first race. USA’s David Verburg is in lane 1, but the star in this one is Kirk Van Niekerk, the reigning world champion. Van Niekerk is off to a quick start, moving his way up the field with a minimum of fuss. Trinidad’s Machel Cedenio actually takes it but you can see the exertion etched into his face while Van Niekerk takes it easy in second. Both men are into the final.
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Johnson-Thompson has a taped arm in the heptathlon for her final javelin throw - it’s a poor 33.42m. Jones, her rival in third, throws another PB - the javelin flying out to 42.00m. She’s now in third ahead of Johnson-Thompson going into the final event, the 800m.
The first two are automatically through to the final. Fastest losers do get through too - but it’s always nice to be certain about your future. James is ahead coming into the final 100m and strolls home, Merritt is second. Both men eased up at the end but James looked in full control. We shall see how much Merritt was holding back in tomorrow’s final. Botswana’s Karabo Sibanda came third and could well qualify as a fastest loser.
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LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James both run in an incredibly strong 400m semi-final - I suppose it is the Olympics. James is the reigning champion, the silver medallist from 2012 Luguelin Santos is also in this semi. Oh, and Lalonde Gordon too - he won bronze in London. In short, you probably wouldn’t do very well in this one.
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Shots of USA’s Torie Bowie and the Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers warming up ahead of tonight’s 100m. The delightfully named English Gardner is there too, who will have half a chance of a medal.
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Has Usain Bolt still got star power? Barney Ronay was at the 100m heats today anyway to fill you in (SPOILER ALERT: Usain’s still got it):
Medal ceremony time for the women’s shot put. Last night, Michelle Carter of the US caused an upset, inflicting a rare defeat on the reigning champion, NZ’s Valerie Adams. Both women are from sporting families: Adams’s brother Steve plays in the NBA and Carter’s father, Michael, won silver in the shot at the 1984 Games (and coaches her now). Pesky kids, always upstaging their parents. A little more on Carter here:
A little reminder of what went on earlier in the day, where Usain Bolt made his first appearance of the Games (apart from in adverts). He won his heat - surprise! - but USA’s Justin Gatlin was actually fastest in qualifying. Bolt came in with a time of 10.07 seconds and Gatlin recorded 10.01sec:
Heptathlon javelin. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, currently third in the heptathlon is up and throws 36.36m. It’s not her strongest event to say the least. Akela Jones, who lies fourth, is next up and throws in the 40.93m, a personal best. That’s not enough to overtake the Briton but it will put pressure on Johnson-Thompson going into the 800m if she wants to take bronze.
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And if you want a bit of history, here’s who won tonight’s events at London 2012:
Men’s long jump: Greg Rutherford (GB) - in tonight’s final (just)
Women’s 100m: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) - through to semi-finals
Men’s 10,000m: Mo Farah (GB) - in tonight’s final
Heptathlon: Jessica Ennis-Hill (GB) - competing tonight
Remember you can get a full rundown of tonight’s schedule here.
Good evening (morning Australia!) and welcome to coverage of tonight’s festivities. After just the one gold awarded at the stadium last night (to Michelle Carter of the US in shot put) we have quite a few more medals up for grabs on Saturday. Namely:
Men’s long jump
Men’s 10,000m
Women’s 100m
Women’s heptathlon (which, being a multi-discipline event is already half decided with Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam holding a narrow lead over the reigning Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill. There are two events to go in the heptathlon - the javelin and 800m, with Thiam stronger in the former and Ennis-Hill better in the latter. Which makes things ... tight.
Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, read how Justin Gatlin impressed in the heats:
Yet all of a sudden everyone, from Coe to the watching volunteers and the crowd, was smiling. As he pushed his way through the media presence that quadruples every time he appears, Bolt added: “I’m feeling good, I’m happy. Now it’s all about execution and getting it right when it comes to the finals. There are going to be some fast semi-finals.”
The fastest qualifier, for what it’s worth at this stage of the competition, was Gatlin. The American, hamfistedly cast as the twice-banned bogeyman to Bolt’s saviour at the Beijing world championships last year where he lost out by a fraction, was also heartily cheered.
“It was easy, man. Controlled the race from the beginning, stayed strong. I feel the best I have all season,” he said after a time of 10.01 in a race in which he was easing down for the last 20 metres.
Inevitably, Gatlin was asked again about his USA team-mate Lilly King’s comments last week. In the midst of rising rhetoric about a new sporting cold war in the pool, King hit out not only at Russian rival Yulia Efimova but her own team-mates.
“Do I think people who have been caught doping should be on the team? They shouldn’t,” she said. “It is just something that needs to be set in stone.”
A hitherto relaxed Gatlin, who has not reproduced the consistent excellence of last season but still believes he can win here, stiffened slightly.
“I don’t even know who Lilly King is. She does swimming and not track and field, so I’m not worried about that. I have confidence in my own policies,” said the twice-banned sprinter, who continues to divide opinion between those who believe he has served his time and those who bristle at his presence.
“Usada has done a great job, Wada has done a great job. I’ve come back and done what I need to do. I’ve worked hard just like everyone else,” he added.
