The Italian was the surprise champion racing from lane three dipping at the line in a time of 9.80 seconds in a new national record at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium.
He beat a quality field including the USA's Fred Kerley and Canadian ace Andre de Grasse that picked up the silver and bronze medals. Kerley followed in second place in a time of 9.84 with De Grasse winning his second straight 100m bronze clocking 9.89.
It is the first time since Athens 2004 that a new men’s 100m Olympic champion is crowned following the retirement of Jamaican legend Usain Bolt.
Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi share gold in men’s high jump
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Gianmarco Tamberi of Team Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Team Qatar react after winning the gold medal in the men's High Jump at Olympic Stadium on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi shared the top step of the podium in the men’s high jump at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium after both scaled 2.37m.
Three athletes scaled 2.37m setting up an intense battle for the coveted Olympic gold medal with Barshim, Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy, and Belarusian Maksim Nedasekau, all clearing the height.
With no athlete able to beat a height of 2.39m, the gold was shared between Barshim and Tamberi, with Nedasekau taking the bronze on countback.
Tamberi became the second Italian to win gold in the high jump at the Olympic Games, after Sara Simeoni won the women's competition in Moscow 1980.
Golden Rojas breaks women’s triple jump world record
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Yulimar Rojas of Team Venezuela celebrates in the Women's Triple Jump Final at Olympic Stadium on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
The outstanding Venezuelan jumper Yulimar Rojas won the gold in the Women’s Triple Jump event of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium with a massive distance of 15.67.
After breaking an Olympic record with her first jump, Rojas fouled on her penultimate effort before breaking the world record with a dramatic final go at it. She is the first Venezuelan woman to win am Olympic gold medal.
The night’s other winners in the women’s triple jump event were Portugal’s Patricia Mamona, who jumped an impressive 15.01 and Spain’s Ana Peleteiro (14.87).
Weightlifting: Ecuador's Neisi Dajomes Barrera wins historic women's 76kg gold
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Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera of Team Ecuador competes during the - Women's 76kg Group A at Tokyo International Forum on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
Neisi Dajomes Barrera became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal for Ecuador after a convincing win in the women’s weightlifting 76kg on Sunday (August 1).
The elated 23-year-old finished with an impressive 263 points after she led both the snatch with 118kg and clean and jerk on 145kg. She sailed through each round with ease, but there was high drama on her final lift in the clean and jerk, which judges had initially ruled out.
The athlete, who came seventh in Rio 2016, fell to her knees in despair, but after an appeal the lift was reinstated and Dajomes Barrera took home the gold.
Dajomes Barrera's nearest rival was USA’s Katherine Nye who amassed 249 points after lifting 111kg in the snatch and 138kg in the clean and jerk. Mexico’s Aremi Fuentes Zavala, 28, who finished fourth in the World Championships, took home bronze with 245 points.
Tennis: Pavlyuchenkova and Rublev win gold in thrilling all-ROC mixed doubles final
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Andrey Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Team ROC play compatriots Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina during their Mixed Doubles Gold Medal match o at Ariake Tennis Park on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
The ROC pair of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Andrey Rublev beat compatriots Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev for the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on August 1.
Pavlyuchenkova and Rublev won the first set 6-3, but lost the second set 6(5)-7 before winning the third 13-11 on centre court at Ariake Tennis Centre.
Pavlyuchenkova, who was runner-up at the 2021 French Open, and Rublev, a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in 2021, beat Australia’s Ash Barty and John Peers in the semi-finals.
The Australian pair were awarded bronze following a walkover when Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic and Novak Djokovic pulled out.
Artistic gymnastics: Nina Derwael wins women's uneven bars gold, first for a Belgian woman
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Nina Derwael of Team Belgium celebrates winning gold in the Women's Uneven Bars Final at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
Nina Derwael made history for Belgium Sunday (August 1) winning the uneven bars in the first of three days of apparatus finals competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Her gold is the first of any colour for a Belgian woman in the sport at the Olympic Games.
Second up in the final, Derwael delivered a 15.200, well clear of ROC's Anastasia Iliankova's 14.833. Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee of the United States was the bronze medallist with a 14.500.
Fencing: French edge ROC to gold in men’s team foil fencing event
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Kirill Borodachev of Team ROC (L) competes against Julien Mertine of Team France (R) during the Men's Foil Team Team Fencing Gold Medal Match at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 01, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
A dynamic French team won the Men’s Team Foil event over silver-winners ROC to close out the Fencing Competition at these Tokyo 2020 (in 2021) Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe B.
Team USA, who came into the event as favourites, had to settle for the third spot on the podium after beating Japan in the bronze-medal match.
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The Tokyo 2020 medal count as of 10.30pm on August 1.
