Tokyo (AFP)
They are not all Olympic champions but they are also writing the history of the Tokyo Olympics.
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PERF OF THE DAY
A double in the individual sprint, as at the last two world championships: the Dutch Harrie Lavreysen and Jeffrey Hoogland are the absolute masters of the queen event of track cycling, and have confirmed it in Tokyo.
Associated with Matthijs Buchli, the two champions had already pocketed the team speed gold on Tuesday.
It took three sets for Lavreysen to overcome his compatriot, but the two had not lost a single one since the start of the tournament.
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FACE OF THE DAY
Slovenian Janja Garnbret became the first Olympic climbing champion in history on Friday, completing her grip on the discipline at the Tokyo Olympics.
At 22, she was the big favorite of this first Olympic.
In a boosted atmosphere, where delegations, guests and volunteers compensated for the absence of the public by accompanying each gesture, the Slovenian definitively stunned the competition during the difficulty, the ascent of a 15-meter high wall without the right to l 'fault.
Slovenian Janja Garnbret in full effort, during the climbing final at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, August 6, 2021 Mohd RASFAN POOL / AFP
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STORY OF THE DAY
Allyson Felix became the most medal-winning female athlete in Olympic history on Friday, with 10 medals, reaching 3rd place on the 400m podium.
The 35-year-old American, who gave birth to a baby girl in November 2018, now has 6 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze.
Among the men, the Finnish Paavo Nurmi is the most medalist athlete in athletics, with 12 medals.
American Allyson Felix, wrapped in an American flag, after her 3rd place in the 400m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, August 6, 2021 DYLAN MARTINEZ POOL / AFP
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SENTENCE OF THE DAY
"Basically, it was one too many competition, one too many Olympics."
The lucidity of Yohann Diniz, 2017 world champion and world record holder in the 50 km walk, after his abandonment at the 28th kilometer of the Olympic Games event, relocated to Sapporo a thousand kilometers north of Tokyo, in order to fight against the heat.
The 43-year-old walker puts an end to his career, he who will have given the walk an unprecedented media light.
The French Yohann Diniz, during the 50 km walk, on August 6, 2021 in Sapporo at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Charly TRIBALLEAU AFP
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PHOTO OF THE DAY
The tears of the German Annika Schleu illustrate the ingratitude and the difficulty of the modern pentathlon.
Well placed for a podium before the riding event, the German lost all chances due to her horse's refusal to obey her instructions.
Fallen bars, refusal of obstacles, Annika Schleu could not do anything to make Saint Boy listen to reason, a strong horse.
In the pentathlon, the horses are drawn 20 minutes before the event and the riders cannot therefore establish a long relationship of trust.
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