Allyson Felix of the United States celebrates with her national flag after winning bronze on Friday (6)[/caption]
American athlete Allyson Felix and British cyclist Laura Kenny set medal records in their sports and Italy celebrated more track success on day 14 in Tokyo.
Felix, 35, became the most decorated female track and field athlete by taking bronze in a 400m final where Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas retained her title.
With her 10th Olympic medal, Felix overtook Jamaica's Merlene Ottey as the most decorated female track and field athlete, and she can still add another on Saturday (7) in the 4x400 m relay. Felix now has six golds, three silvers, and one bronze to her name.
Kenny became the most decorated female cyclist and the first British woman to win gold at three Olympic Games as she and Katie Archibald produced a dominant display in the women's madison, which was added to the Games programme for the first time at Tokyo 2020.
Italy's record showing in athletics continued with victory in the men's 4x100 m relay after a 20km women's race walk win had earlier ensured their best ever gold-medal haul in track and field at a Games.
Meanwhile, 51-year-old Spanish race walker Jesus Angel Garcia became the first person to compete in an athletics event at eight summer Olympics.
In the 1500 m, Kenya's Faith Kipyegon retained her title with Britain's Laura Muir taking silver and world champion Hasan getting the bronze to end her chance of a hat-trick of golds at these Games. The Dutch athlete will have to recover quickly as she is scheduled to run in the 10,000 m final on Saturday.
Also on the track on Friday, Jamaican women underlined their sprinting dominance with a gold in the 4x100m relay, with the United States taking silver and Great Britain bronze.
Earlier in the day, Poland's Tomala Dawid won gold in the men's 50km walk, beating Germany's Jonathan Hilbert and Canada's Evan Dunfee.
And China's Liu Shiying was victorious in the women's javelin as Poland's Maria Andrejczyk took silver and Australia's Kelsey-Lee Barber won bronze.
India at Tokyo 2020
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Savita Punia of India is consoled after they lost their match[/caption]
India’s medal tally reaches five
Neighbouring India raised their medal tally to five by yesterday (6) --two silver and three bronze-- as their men’s hockey team, under Manpreet Singh, won bronze upsetting Germany 5-4 and men’s 57 kg freestyle wrestler Ravi Dahiya won silver losing to Russia’s Zavur Uguev 7-4 in the final.
On Wednesday (4), Lovlina Borgohain won bronze in women’s welterweight boxing, on 1 August P.V. Sindhu won bronze in women’s badminton singles, after Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won women’s 49 kg weightlifting on 24 July.
Indian women's hockey team put in a spirited performance in the bronze-medal match against Great Britain on but fell short of their first-ever Olympic medal after losing the match 3-4 on Friday. Yet in defeat, the Indian women's hockey team has lifted the spirits of the Indian sports lovers, as well as the whole nation --if one goes by the reports emerging from India-- for the manner in which they fought in their Olympic campaign and the team-work and unity that they displayed in the bronze-medal match. Tokyo 2020 Medal Tally - Top 5 (As on 06-08-21, day 14/16) Key: No. / Country / Gold / Silver / Bronze / Total- China / 36 / 26 / 17 / 79
- U.S.A. / 31 / 36 / 31 / 98
- Japan / 24 / 11 / 16 / 51
- Great Britain / 18 / 20 / 20 / 58
- Russia* / 17 / 23 / 22 / 62