Heart attack cyclist wins gold, medal-biting row: Olympic round-up

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Shanne Braspennincx of the Netherlands reacts to winning gold. /Christian Hartmann/Reuters

• Dutch cyclist Shanne Braspennincx claimed a surprise gold medal in the women's keirin. Braspennincx suffered a heart attack in 2015 and was unable to train for more than six months.

• Italy's Massimo Stano won the men's 20km race walk, a late surge claiming his country's third gold medal in the event.

• Briton Jason Kenny's hold on the cycling sprint title is over after the 33-year-old track great was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Dutch world champion Harrie Lavreysen.

• Russia ended Brazil's hopes of retaining their men's volleyball title after a thrilling four-set semi-final. The Russians had beaten the top-ranked Brazilians in straight sets in the preliminary round.

• U.S. men, who once dominated the 4x100 meters, failed to qualify for the final despite having two individual 100m finalists on the team, finishing sixth in their semi-final. Carl Lewis, the superstar sprinter of the 1980s and 90s, called his compatriots' performance "a total embarrassment." China were the surprise heat winners, while Jamaica took the other semi.

• British marathon swimmer Hector Thomas Cheal Pardoe sustained a cut and lost his goggles after being elbowed in the eye on the last lap. "I couldn't see anything, I thought my eye had fallen out in the water," he said. "I was going up to the lifeguard saying, 'My eye! My eye! Is it OK?'"

• Nagoya city mayor Takashi Kawamura was rebuked by the hometown Toyota Motor Corp for chomping down on an Olympic gold medal at an event meant to celebrate its winner, softball pitcher Miu Goto. Kawamura pulled down his mask and bit Goto's gold medal while standing by a backdrop urging COVID-19 safety procedures.

• Ferhat Arican, Turkey's first ever gymnastics medalist, compared his sport's concentration, dedication and balance to clearing landmines – a subject the bronze medalist knows well having taken part in the United Nations Development Programme’s social media campaigns on mine clearance.