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1500 m runner broke his PB by 15 seconds. 4:06 -> 3:51.

73 starters for the individual jumping qualifier. Except for the Australian cocaine boy, Brazil is also missing a rider. I guess they are sparing him for the team competition.

I am at this point where following all these finals started feeling like a job. Same thing happened in Pyeongchang. Sigh.

I assume the athletes only need the team doctor's clearance to use these tapes in competition. If so, the story ends there.

Seriously though, this guy who had a "special" bike when he won his gold, and who invented (?) "marginal gains" is the one complaining?

By being awesome?

By the way, Julia Krajewski becomes the first woman to take the individual eventing title. Closest so far were Karen Stives (Los Angeles 1984) and Sara Algotsson Ostholt (London 2012), who both got relegated to silver after dropping a fence in show jumping.

Uuuuuuuuh... Salty.

WOW Julia Krajewski takes the gold. Amazing. The same athlete who screwed Team Germany at three consecutive championships (2016 Olympics, 2017 Europeans, 2018 WEG). Well done! I never saw it coming (hence why she wasn't offered in the prediction contest ). Tom McEwen and his perfect show jumper got silver. Andrew Hoy gets another medal! Sad for Kazuma Tomoto getting a wooden medal for hosts, but still a pretty great result nevertheless.

Petersen eliminated.

Iuel complaining about noise in an empty stadium.

By the way, the discus circle is reportedly unusually slippery even when dry. I'm afraid that competition is over.

Yeah. A couple of towels will help.

This will be sub-21 in the final...

Dafne in the inner lane. She has an excuse!

Meanwhile, looks like another b'Neville ride will make the Olympic podium.

Fence down for Townend! Julia Krajewski of all people into the gold medal position. How on earth will she handle it?

Silver for Australia! Andrew Hoy with a medal in his 8th Olympics.

Tim Price I guess not very surprising for a horse with 4 previous competitions. NZ drops behind Germany.

Fouaad Mirza qualified for the Top 25 individual final. @Dolby

Kazuma Tomoto probably loses his individual medal hopes right here.

Laura Collett very nearly crashed herself to an elimination and threw away the gold. Well, pretty interesting battle for silver and bronze going into the final rider rotation. 82.3 100.2 101.5 104.4 114.2

USA drops behind Germany with 3 fences down. Definitely no medal for them.

Here it is. Cybulska hasn't been the 'previous competitor' for about 6 rides now.

Potop u finalu. Maričić očekivano. Šteta.