Tokyo Olympics LIVE: Three Aussies into women’s javelin final; McSweyn, Hoare make 1500m semis

Young Ausrralian prospect Bendere Oboya has taken to social media to express her disappointment after being eliminated in the opening round of the women’s 400m with a time of 52.37 seconds.

The 21-year-old was one of Australia’s greatest hopes on the track and was even dubbed ‘the next Cathy Freeman’ ahead of the Games.

Her time in the heat was well shy of her 51.21 PB, with the youngster making no excuses for her time, labelling it “pretty bad” in a post-race interview.

“When I fall, I rise each time & everytime. As much as this one hurt so much, I will dust off the pain and begin again as many times as I have to,” she wrote on Instagram.

“I’m not asking for sympathy, I simply didn’t perform when it mattered but I am asking you to keep sending love & positive vibes to our @ausolympicteam athletes still competing.”

Olympic debutant Mackenzie Little, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kathryn Mitchell and 2019 world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber are all into Friday’s women’s javelin final - a great outcome for Australia.

As we expected, Little’s earlier throw of 62.37m has been good enough to get her into the top 12 performers.

The second qualifying group has just wrapped up. Barber left it late but threw 62.59m with her last attempt - her best throw of the season and enough to place her a comfortable second in the group.

Mitchell fouled with two of her three throws but her effort of 61.85m has also got her through.

Brooke Stratton has avoided an early elimination in the women’s long jump final. The Australia’s third jump of 6.83m was enough to put her into seventh spot.

Only the top eight continue after the first three jumps, so four competitors are now out of the running.

American Britteny Reese and Nigeria’s Ese Brume have set the mark to beat at 6.97m.

The wife and caddie of Olympic golf silver medallist Rory Sabbatini has issued an angry denial of claims the South African-born player has an Afrikaner white supremacist tattoo on his arm.

While playing and celebrating his 10-under-par 61 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club to storm into second place behind Xander Schauffele of the US on Saturday, Sabbatini inadvertently revealed a tattoo that sparked questions on social media where the tattoo’s resemblance to the symbol of white supremacist Eugene Terre’Blanche’s Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging organisation was noted.

Sabbatini was on his way out of Tokyo when the controversy erupted, but his wife Martina Stofanikova said it was “nonsense of an outrageous measure”.

Read more, via Malcolm Knox, right here.

A quick update on the women’s long jump final - each competitor has now had their first of the first three attempts they are allowed. Nigeria’s Ese Brume is the clear leader at this point with 6.97m.

Australia’s Brooke Stratton fouled on her first attempt but cleared 6.52m on her second. She’s got four to go, then, with a fair bit of ground to make up.

Aussie duo Alyssa Bull and Alyce Wood will also go for gold this afternoon in the women’s kayak double 500m after a successful run in the semi-final.

Bull and Wood managed a time of 1:37.109 to claim second spot in their group to progress into the final.

The pair will go for a medal at 1.46pm AEST.

Unfortunately, Aussie teammates Jamie Roberts and Jo-Brigden Jones will not race for a medal after finishing up in eighth position in their group.

The women’s long jump final is about to begin, with all competitors now going through their professional wrestling-style introductions, which I reckon are pretty cool.

Brooke Stratton is flying the flag for Australia in this field of 12. She qualified with a performance of 6.60m but she’ll need to do a bit better than that to get on the podium here.

The 28-year-old jumped 6.74m at Rio in her only other Olympic appearance. She’s third up in this final.

Australia’s Thomas Green will go for gold this afternoon in the men’s kayak single 1000m after qualifying in the semi-final this morning.

Green came in third spot in his semi-final group to progress to the final with a time of 3:24.612.

He will go for a medal at 1.20pm AEST this afternoon.

Unfortunately, Green’s Aussie teammate Jean van der Westhuyzen was eliminated in the same race, coming in eighth position.