Christian Coleman is fast enough to have won gold in the 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics. Only one problem: he wasn’t there.

The Olympic spirit was alive and well in Tokyo on Sunday when two runners dramatically crashed out of the 800 metres semi-finals before helping each other up and jogging side by side over the finish line. America’s Isaiah Jewitt was about to turn into the home straight when he tripped, began to fall and clipped Botswana’s gold-medal favourite Nijel Amos on the shin. Both men tumbled to the track and could only watch as the field sprinted off into the distance. There were no hard feelings from ei

Alyssa Naeher’s personality is the opposite of her predecessor in goal, but her performances rival Hope Solo’s. And the USWNT would be out of the Olympics without her.

Sydney Pickrem was very candid during her TV interview after winning bronze for Team Canada in Sunday’s 4×100 meter medley relay.

Xander Schauffele’s triumph at the Tokyo golf on Sunday was especially emotional for his swing coach father Stefan, whose own Olympic dreams were crushed nearly 40 years ago. Stefan Schauffele had hoped to represent Germany in track and field but a car crash left him blind in one eye, a blow that took him years to get over. Decades later, his son qualified for Tokyo and the pair flew out together to share the Olympic moment.

Thanks to Simone Biles’ withdrawal, MyKayla Skinner Skinner finally had a shot at Olympic glory. She delivered with a silver medal in the vault.