Article 5MY55 Tokyo Olympics: McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles, De Grasse wins 200m – as it happened

Tokyo Olympics: McLaughlin wins 400m hurdles, De Grasse wins 200m – as it happened

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John Brewin , Daniel Harris, Geoff Lemon, Scott He
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12.01am BST

It's time now to say goodbye to this blog, and to sign into the next one, where Tom Lutz will bring you the finish. Will Wellbrock hold on? He looks to have it in his grasp but you just never know in the world of open-water marathon swimming. The gap is getting closer with 2km to go or so. And Gregorio Paltrinieri, the man with a sprint finish, is lurking in second.

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11.52pm BST

More feeding, more whistling as the swimmers go into it. All of them take a long drink though it looks like Olivier missed his feed which may be a crucial error. Paltrinieri's Italian team doing plenty of shouting and the pack concertinas, with Athanasios Kynigakis of Greece in there, as well as Israel's Matan Roditi to form a leading pack of six. Paltrinieri ends up back in fifth.

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