“There will be no Cake and Custard Factory and all that stuff. “This holding camp I need to stick to the fruit salads and the water, chicken and ease up a little bit,” he says. And he insists there is still time to drop to his race weight of 79-80kg in time for the Olympic 100m heats, which begin on 31 July – especially now that he has gone on a crash diet and stopped eating lunch. Prescod admits that he weighed 87kg at the British trials. You do that for a week and the weight just ends up going on.” Before you know it a jam tart, a pink icing cake with some custard, and then I’ve ordered two, and an Appletiser and then I go to bed. “And instead of eating a fruit salad, I might order from Cake and Custard Factory. “Then I jump on Call of Duty with the boys, and we’ll have a little snack break,” he adds. And Daryll Neita is one of my close friends and her family have an amazing Caribbean restaurant too. There’s Nando’s, there’s Gourmet Burger Kitchen. “Where I live in Canary Wharf, you’ve got Joe and the Juice in the morning and Pret. GB will have three men in Sunday's 100m semi-finals, with Zharnel Hughes running a season's best of 10.04 seconds, while CJ Ujah (10.08) also qualified automatically.Ī season's best by Reece Prescod (10.12) sent him through as one of the three fastest losers, with Canadian 2016 bronze medallist Andre de Grasse (9.91) the fastest qualifier from Saturday's heats.“Deliveroo is just very convenient,” says the 25-year-old, who is one of the most popular and engaging members of the British team. "Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be an Olympic finalist." I did not expect to be on this journey," said Bell. Jemma Reekie was second in her semi-final in 1:59.77, while Alex Bell (1:58.83) qualified for Tuesday's final as one of the two fastest losers. The 19-year-old timed her finish to perfection to win her semi-final on the line in one minute 59.12 seconds. Great Britain will have three athletes in the women's 800m final for the first time, with Keely Hodgkinson providing the standout performance. Hodgkinson leads British trio into 800m final Listen to the latest Olympics Daily podcast.Of course, Tuesday's 200m final will also give Fraser-Pryce a chance of revenge. She came close to pulling out of last month's Jamaican trials because of a recurring bout of pain from the injury.īut she managed to make the start line and qualify in the 100m and 200m, ensuring she will have a chance to repeat her sprint double from Rio. Instead, she watched from home as Fraser-Pryce claimed her fifth. It forced her to withdraw from Doha 2019, where she had hoped to win her first individual world crown. Thompson-Herah has been suffering with an Achilles tendon injury for almost five years. Times and channels for BBC's live coverage.I am sure I will go home and there will be some tears." "But, you know, my emotions are still very raw right now. "I am excited because, as a mother and at my fourth Olympics, to be able to stand again on the podium is just a tremendous honour. "It wasn't the best 30 metres because I had a stumble at about the third step and I never recovered from it," said 34-year-old Fraser-Pryce, who was aiming to be become the first woman to win three Olympic 100m titles. Thompson-Herah, who came third in the Jamaican trials earlier this year, relished her victory over her domestic rivals, with silver little consolation to a grim-faced Fraser-Pryce. Thompson-Herah's lead was comfortable enough for her to salute the clock and photographers as she crossed the line in a time that matches Griffith-Joyner's second-fastest time. With the long-striding Thompson-Herah on her shoulder, Fraser-Pryce tensed up over the final 30 metres. Thompson-Herah wins Jamaican shake-down Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrated several metres before the lineįraser-Pryce, who qualified fastest for the final, found herself under pressure almost immediately from the gun as her usual whip-smart start did not fire as expected. Thompson-Herah the last woman standing as 100m royal rumble became personal duel.GB head fourth-place table, Canadian women dominate & Japan get hosts' boost - Tokyo stats.Neita's GB team-mate Dina Asher-Smith failed to qualify for the final and then withdrew from the 200m after revealing she tore her hamstring earlier this month. I take all of my losses, all of my defeats and I use them as my motivation." "I have been struggling with my injury back and forth," Thompson-Herah told BBC Sport after victory. Great Britain's Daryll Neita finished eighth in 11.12. Shericka Jackson completed a Jamaican one-two-three in Tokyo with a time of 10.76, 0.02 behind Fraser-Pryce.
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