Tokyo 2020 Olympics: diving, boxing, cycling and athletics – live!

Women’s marathon: Brigid Kosgei has a personal best (and world record) of 2hr 14min. She won’t get anywhere near that today in this sweltering heat and she may not get the gold either: Peres Jepchirchir has dropped her Kenyan teammate! Kosgei looks uncomfortable now. She should still get silver but a lot can happen in the 1km or so to go.

Women’s marathon: Kenya’s Kosgei and Jepchirchir glance back as the runners go under some blessed shade in the campus of Hokkaido University. They’d have seen USA’s Seidel sliding into the distance. It’s between the two Kenyans for silver and gold now. About 1.6 miles to go.

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