Tokyo Olympics: Historic silver for Namibia's Christine Mboma as Nigeria and Ghana win medals
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Christine Mboma with the Namibian flag after winning silver in women's 200m at the Tokyo Olympics
Namibia's Christine Mboma claimed an historic silver medal in the 200m as Nigeria won medals in wrestling and an athletics with Ghana also on the podium on day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Mboma became the first Namibian woman ever to win an Olympic medal, just weeks after being informed she could not compete in her preferred 400m due to high levels of testosterone.
Blessing Oborududu won silver in the women's freestyle wrestling as her compatriot Ese Brume claimed bronze in the women's long jump as they clinched Nigeria's first medals in Tokyo.
Ghanaian boxer Samuel Takyi had to settle for a bronze medal after he lost his featherweight semi-final as he won his nation's first Olympic medal since 1992, when the men's football team also claimed a bronze.
There was history for Egypt's men as they became the first African nation to reach an Olympic handball semi-final with a win over Germany.
More to details below on all those stories and more below.
Athletics afternoon session
Athletes Beatrice Maslingi (left) and compatriot Christine Mboma celebrate with Namibian flags after the women's 200m final
Christine Mboma won silver in the women's 200m to become the first Namibian woman ever to win an Olympic medal.
The 18-year-old also broke the the world under-20 record for the third time in Tokyo as she ran 21.81s in the final.
Mboma finished behind Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah - who retained her title, completed the sprint double in Tokyo and ran the second fastest time in history.
She also became only the second Namibian athlete ever to win an Olympic medal after Frankie Fredericks, who won four silver medals during his career.
Her compatriot Beatrice Masilingi, who is also just 18, set another new personal best as she finished sixth just behind Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou in fifth.
"This is my first Olympics. I came here for experience but I did better (than I expected). I am really happy with my performance. I am proud of myself," Mboma said after her victory.
"In the past, every time I ran against the best athletes I felt nervous. But I don't feel nervous now. When I reached the race I lost my nerves and started pushing. I never give up.
"I just focused on the 200m. I just wanted to keep my head down and focus on that. Now I have got a medal. I am happy."
Both Namibian athletes dropped down from their preferred 400m event after they were informed in July by World Athletics that their testosterone levels were beyond the allowed limit for female athletes to compete over that distance, unless they medically lower their testosterone for a period of at least six months
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei (right) and his compatriot Jacob Kiplimo (left) both reached the final of the men's 5,000m at the Tokyo Olympics
Uganda's world record holder Joshua Cheptegei eased into the final of the men's 5,000m, as he aims for a second medal in Tokyo having won silver in the men's 10,000m on Friday.
His compatriot Jacob Kiplimo, the bronze medallist from the 10,000m, finished just ahead of Cheptegei as both progressed by finishing in the top five of the second heat.
Ethiopia's Milkesa Mengesha was sixth in the same heat to clinch a place in the final as a fastest loser but Lesiba Mashele of South Africa was not quick enough to advance while Kenya's Samwel Masai did not start.
The first heat was won by Kenya's Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli as he qualified automatically for the final, with Uganda's Oscar Chelimo also progressing in fourth.
Getnet Wale of Ethiopia, who finished fourth in Monday's men's 3,000m steeplechase final, missed out on another final as he finished ninth.
Another Kenyan, Daniel Simiu Ebenyo, fell during the race but recovered to catch up with the leaders before fading away towards the end to finish 10th in his heat.
Morocco's Soufiyan Bouqantar, Ethiopia's Nibret Melak Bogale and Abidine Abidine of Mauritania all missed out on the final as well.
Liberian sprinter Joe Fahnbulleh will race in the men's 200m final
Liberia's American-born Joe Fahnbulleh set a new national record as he qualified automatically for Wednesday's men's 200m final.
The 19-year-old pipped the USA's world champion Noah Lyles on the line for second place in a photo finish in their semi-final, with both men given 19.99 seconds.
Nigeria Divine Oduduru managed third in the first semi-final, just ahead of Ghana's Joseph Amoah, but neither men recorded times quick enough to progress as fastest losers.
South African trio Anaso Jobodwana, Clarence Munyai and Shaun Maswanganyi as well as Eswatini's Sibusiso Matsenjwa all failed to progress.
Ethiopia's Habitma Alemu did not make it on to the podium for the women's 800m as she ended up sixth in the final as the USA's Athing Mu, whose parents left South Sudan before she was born, won gold at the age of 18.
Egypt's Mostafa Amr Ahmed qualified automatically for Thursday's final of the men's shot put with a throw of 21.23m.
Nigeria's Chukwuebuka Enekwechi and Kyle Blignaut of South Africa also both finished in the top 12 in the qualification round to progress to the final as well.
But Egypt's Mohamed Magdi Hamza and South Africa's Jason Van Rooyen failed to advance to the final.
None of the African competitors in the men's 110m hurdles progressed from the heats with South Africa's Antonio Alkana, Senegal's Louis Francois Mendy, Jeremie Lararaudeuse of Mauritius and Fadane Hamadi of Comoros all missing out.
Athletics morning session
Nigeria's Ese Brume during the women's long jump final at the Tokyo Olympics
Nigeria's Ese Brume, 25, won the country's first athletics medal in Tokyo when she settled for bronze in the women's long jump event.
Her best leap of 6.97m was just three centimetres behind winner and reigning world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany, but 20cm short of the African record she set in May.
Brume's mark was actually the same as Brittney Reese but the American clinched the silver medal because her second longest jump of 6.95m was further that the Nigerian's next best leap.
Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot (right) races against Great Britain's Josh Kerr in the heats of the 1500m at the Tokyo Olympics
Kenya's 1500m world champion Timothy Cheruiyot, his compatriots Abel Kipsang and Charles Simotwo all qualified from the heats for Thursday's semi-finals.
The trio will be joined by Ethiopians Samuel Zeleke and Teddese Lemi, Morocco's Abdelatif Sadiki as well as Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman.
Ethiopia's Samuel Tefera , South Sudan's Abraham Guem, Somalia's Ali Idow Hassan, Morocco's Anass Essayi and Equatorial Guinea's Benjamin Enzema all failed to progress.
There was also disappointment for Morocco's 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist Soufiane EL Bakkali and Uganda's Ronald Musagala, as neither man finished heat three.
In the men's 200m heats Eswatini's Sibusiso Matsenjwa survived a warning to set a new national record 20.34 seconds to be the fastest African qualifier for the semi-finals, set for later on Tuesday.
Nigeria's Divine Oduduru, Ghana's Joseph Paul Amoah, Liberia's Joseph Fahnbulleh as well as South Africans Anaso Jobodwana, Shaun Maswanganyi and Clarence Munyai also progressed.
However Mali's Fode Sissoko, Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme and Zambia Sydney Siame all failed to make it to the semi-finals.
In the men's triple jump, the second best performer this year, Burkina Faso's Hugues Fabrice Zango managed to sneak into Thursday's final with a jump of 16.83m.
It was short of the automatic qualifying distance of 17.05 but was enough for him to progress as one of the top 12 jumpers. Algeria's Yasser Mohamed Triki did manage to hit 17.05m with his final jump to join Zango in the final.
The only African representative in the women's javelin South African Jo-Ane Van Dyk could only manage a throw of 57.69m which was not enough for her to reach the final.
In the women's 400m heats Botswana's former world champion Amantle Montsho failed to finish her heat and will not race in Wednesday's semi-finals and announced after the race she was retiring.
Her compatriots Galefele Moroko and Christine Botlogetswe as well as Kenya's Hellen Syombua Kalii, Uganda's Leni Shida and Nigeria's Patience George also failed to progress from the heats.
Wrestling
Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu celebrates winning her semi-final in the women's freestyle
Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu won silver as she lots to the USA's Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah in the final of the women's 68kg freestyle event to secure her nation's first ever Olympic wrestling medal.
The 32-year-old lost 4-1 on points to the American in the bout.
Egypt's Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Elsayed faces a bout on Wednesday to win a bronze medal in the 67kg category of the men's Greco-Roman wrestling. He lost narrowly on points to Ukraine's Parviz Nasibov in Tuesday's semi-finals.
He will face either Denmark's Fredrik Holmquist Bjerrehuus or Aretm Surkov from the Russian Olympic Committee for one of two bronze medals on offer in the wrestling events.
His compatriot Mohamed Moustafa Metwally also lost his semi-final in the 87kg category on Tuesday as he was easily beaten by Hungary's Viktor Lorincz.
He will now face either Germany's Denis Maksymilian Kudla or Atabek Azisbekov of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday in bout for a bronze medal.
Boxing
Ghanaian boxer Samuel Takyi in action against USA's Duke Ragan at the Tokyo Olympics
Ghana's Samuel Takyi had to settle for a bronze medal in Tokyo as he lost his featherweight semi-final 4-1 on points to the USA's Duke Ragan.
The 20-year-old's medal is the first one for Ghana since the men's football team won bronze at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.
Ghana's other three Olympic medals have all come in boxing with Clement Quartey winning a silver in 1960, Eddie Blay and Prince Amartey claimed bronzes at the 1964 and 1972 Games respectively.
Takyi's medal is the only one for Africa in boxing in Tokyo.
Algeria's Imane Khalif missed out on at least a bronze as she lost 5-0 on points to Ireland's Kellie Harrington the in the women's lightweight quarter-finals.
Handball
Egypt became the first African team to reach the semi-finals in handball as their men's team beat Germany 31-26 in the quarter-finals.
The Egyptians have a daunting task in Thursday's semi-final as they take on two-time Olympic champions France, who won silver at the 2016 Rio Games - they are also six-time world champions.
Spain and Denmark meet in the other semi-final with the winners progressing to contest the gold medal and the losers battling for Bronze - both those games will be on Saturday.
Sport climbing
South Africa's Christopher Cosser finished 16th overall out of the 20 climbers in the qualifying rounds which was not enough for him to progress to Thursday's finals as the sport made its debut at the Olympics.
Diving
Egypt's Mohab Ishak finished 11th out of 12 divers in the final of the men's 3 metre springboard event, after progressing earlier in the day from the semi-finals in the same position.