It all comes to an end on Sunday 8 August with the closing ceremony, which starts at The ceremony will feature the usual parade of athletes, albeit in a stripped down, Covid-friendly form, and the both literal and symbolic passing of the torch to Paris ahead of the Games. There are gold medals up for grabs at Tokyo , with the most in any single day on offer on Saturday 7 August, the penultimate day of the Games, when 34 gongs can be won.
The latest overall medal rankings from Tokyo are below:. From Friday until the closing ceremony there are still 70 Olympic gold medals up for grabs:. Elsewhere on the track, the ever-popular 4xm relays take place at 2. Fact fans — Jessica Springsteen — daughter of a certain singer — lines up for the US.
It all comes to an end on Sunday 8 August, with the Olympics officially lasting a total of 17 days. The closing ceremony will also take place at There are gold medals up for grabs at Tokyo , with the most on offer on Saturday 7 August, the penultimate day of the Games.
There is live coverage on BBC One every day , starting at midnight and normally running until around 9. BBC Two is then showing a daily highlights show from 9. In the digital age, those watching the Olympic Games from home had become accustomed to BBC offering dozens of live streams available online and on the red button for London and Rio Baseball and softball were included in the Games, but the other four are making their Olympics debuts.
The closing ceremony will begin at to officially close the Games and mark the handover to Paris for the Olympics. The Olympics began on July 21 with preliminary action in softball and football but the opening ceremony took place on July 23 with the Olympics officially lasting a total of 17 days.
Luckily for sports fans there is not long to wait between the ending of the Olympics and the start of the Paralympics. The Paralympics get underway on August 24 and run until September 5. The 16th Paralympics will be the second time the Games have been hosted in Tokyo — the other occasion.
The Games will see events from 22 sports with badminton and taekwondo the new additions to the programme. Download the Eurosport app for iOS and Android now.
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