Tokyo 2020 athletics day 1: Cheptegei and Kiplimo race in men's 10,000m final

What’s happening?

Today marks the beginning of the Tokyo 2020 athletics competition, starting with round 1 of the men's 3,000m steeplechase. The morning session continues with the men's high jump qualifying round and the men's discus throw qualifying round, before athletes take to the track for the first rounds of the women's 800m, men's 400m hurdles and women's 100m.

The evening session continues at 7pm (local time) with the first round of the women's 5,000m, the women's triple jump qualifying round, the women's shot put qualifying round and the first round of the men's 4x400m, before concluding with the first athletic medal event of the Games: the men's 10,000m final.

Who should I expect to see?

As the current 10,000m world record holder, Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei will be one to watch when the 10,000m final takes place at the end of the first day of the athletics competition. The 2019 world champion, who also holds the world 5,000m record, ran a world record time of 26:11.00 in a 2020 meet in Valencia to mark himself out as the athlete to beat at this year's Games.

However, don't discount the challenge of Cheptegei's compatriot Jacob Kiplimo who posted a time of 26:33.93 in May 2021, or Kenya's two-time New York Marathon winner Geoffrey Kamworor who won the Kenyan Olympic trials on 27:01.06, 27.

What happened in the Rio 2016 finals?

Men's 10,000m final:

1- MO FARAH

2- PAUL KIPNG'ETICH TANUI

3- TAMIRAT TOLA

Competition schedule

Date and Time: Fri 30 July 9:00 - 12:30

Venues: Olympic Stadium

• Men's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1
• Men's High Jump Qualifying Round
• Men's Discus Throw Qualifying Round
• Women's 800m Round 1
• Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1
• Women's 100m Round 1

Date and Time: Fri 30 July 19:00 - 21:00

Venues: Olympic Stadium

• Women's 5000m Round 1
• Women's Triple Jump Qualifying Round
• Women's Shot Put Qualifying Round
• Mixed 4 x 400m Relay Round 1
• Men's 10,000m Final