August 1 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results

Following a thrilling end to the men's high jump, joint gold medal winners Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar shared their mutual appreciation for one another and the obstacles they overcame to compete in Tokyo.

Barshim battled back from an ankle injury while Tamberi suffered career-threatening injuries.

"After my injuries, I just wanted to come back, but now I have this gold, it's incredible. I dreamed of this so many times," Tamberi said. "I was told in 2016 just before Rio, there was a risk I wouldn't be able to compete anymore. It's been a long journey."

Both Tamberi and Barshim had tried, and failed, to clear 2.39m in Tokyo.

They both had identical records after clearing 2.37m, so both agreed to share the gold medal and the title of Olympic champion.

Both set season-best records as they pushed each other to the gold.

Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus won bronze on countback having also cleared 2.37m.

Kristina Timanovskaya, a Belarusian sprinter competing in Tokyo, released a video Sunday calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help her avoid being returned to her native country. 

“I was put under pressure and they are trying to forcibly take me out of the country without my consent. I ask the IOC to intervene,” she says in the short video released on social media.

It appeared online after Timanovskaya was told she will no longer be able to compete for Belarus and must return to Minsk immediately, according to Anatol Kotau of the Belarus Sports Solidarity Foundation.

The group represents Belarusian athletes repressed by Belarusian authorities.

Kotau, who is in direct contact with Timanovskaya, said that at around 3 p.m. Tokyo time on Sunday, representatives of the Belarus national team came to the Olympic village and asked her to “pack her belongings as a decision had been made for her to return to Minsk.”

Speaking to CNN by phone, Kotau said that Timanovskaya is currently at Haneda International Airport police station.

According to Kotau, Timanovskaya was scheduled to be on TK0199 to Istanbul, departing at 10:50 p.m. local time.

Kotau added, as soon as Timanovskaya arrived at the airport, she approached a Japanese police officer and said she would like to apply for political asylum.

In an Instagram post on July 30, she said that she had been included on a list to compete in the 4x400m relay without her consent. “I would never in my life begin to react so harshly if they would come up to me in advance, explain the situation and find out if I can run 400m and I am ready? But they decided to do everything behind my back despite the fact that I tried to find out this information but was only ignored.”

The International Olympic Committee told CNN in a statement: “The IOC has seen the reports in the media, is looking into the situation and has asked the NOC (National Olympic Committee of Belarus) for clarification.”

CNN has reached out to the Belarus Olympic Committee for comment. CNN has also tried to reach Timanovskaya herself. CNN has received no comment from either party.

As she landed in the sand and realized what she'd achieved, Yulimar Rojas raised her hands aloft in celebration and the tears came not long afterwards.

The Venezuelan triple jumper had just smashed a world record which had stood for 26 years as she flew an astonishing 15.67m.

She'd already broken the Olympic record on her first jump but was able to go one step further just minutes later.

And afterwards, she told the media that she knew she "had that distance in her legs" beforehand.

“I am lost for words, I can’t describe this feeling and this moment," she said. "Gold medal winner, with an Olympic record, and a world record ... Wow. It is a fantastic night.

“I was looking for it, I knew we had that distance in my legs to get it today. I was failing a bit in the technical aspect, but the last jump was one to give everything, and it was like that.

"I focused on giving my best, enjoying and it came out.

“It makes me happy. I have to enjoy it now and live the experience.”

Rojas broke a record that had stood since 1995 set by Ukrainian Inessa Kravets.

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs has won gold in the men's 100 meter finals with a time of 9.80.

American Fred Kerley won silver with 9.84 and Canadian Andre De Grasse took home the bronze with 9.89.

Big night for Italy: Just minutes before the 100m final, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim were joint Olympic champions in the men's high jump after both failed to clear 2.39 meters.

They both had identical records after clearing 2.37m, so both agreed to share the gold medal and the title of Olympic champion.

In what was a heartwarming scene, there were joint Olympic gold medal winners in the men's high jump.

Both Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim tried, and failed, to clear 2.39m.

They both had identical records after clearing 2.37m, so both agreed to share the gold medal and the title of Olympic champion.

Both set season-best records as they pushed each other to the gold.

Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus won bronze on countback having also cleared 2.37m.

The anticipation for the women's triple jump built up throughout the evening, but Yulimar Rojas had one hand on the gold medal from her very first jump.

On her opening attempt, the Venezuelan jumper leapt 15.41m to break the Olympic record.

On her last jump of the evening, she smashed the world record, jumping 15.67m to claim her first Olympic gold medal.

Rojas broke a record that had stood since 1995 set by Ukrainian Inessa Kravets.

Patricia Mamona of Portugal and Spain's Ana Peleteiro completed the podium, both setting national records on their way to the silver and bronze medals respectively

Although fans aren't allowed to attend athletics events in Tokyo, that hasn't stopped the athletes from trying to build an atmosphere.

During the men's high jump final, some of the participants -- in particular, Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy -- attempted to hype up the crowd and get them to clap while the competitors jumped.

As well as the help from the athletes, there were even some small pockets of other staff seen in the stands.

"The Olympic Stadium has the highest number of people I have seen watching any event so far," CNN producer Bex Wright reported from Tokyo.

"The high jumpers in particular have been encouraging the crowd support. The Italian [Tamberi] in the men’s high jump was leading a crowd clap, and the world champion from Qatar [Mutaz Essa Barshim] and the NZ guy [Hamish Kerr] were getting a lot of cheers."

He's come close to grand slam victories before, and now, 24-year-old Alexander Zverev has a standout victory to his name.

The German comfortably defeated the Russian Olympic Committee's Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-1 to take home the gold medal in the men's singles tennis on Sunday.

The 79-minute victory at the Summer Games, coming after his battling victory over world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, means that he is now an Olympic champion -- a feeling Zverev says he can't "compare."

"This is so much bigger than anything else in sports, especially in tennis. This is an incredible feeling me for me right now," he told the media afterwards.

"There is nothing better than this. You are not only playing for yourself, you are playing for your country. The Olympics are the biggest sporting event in the world.

"The feeling I have now, and will have -- nothing will be better."

Nina Derwael of Belgium won gold in the uneven bars as the artistic gymnastics wrapped up for Sunday.

The 21-year-old produced an excellent display to earn herself a score of 15.200, ahead of Anastasiia Iliankova of the Russian Olympic Committee in second.

Derwael is a two-time world champion and a two-time European champion on the uneven bars. She competed at the 2016 Games, finishing 19th in the all-around final.

Team USA's Sunisa Lee -- who won the all-around gymnastics gold earlier this week after her teammate Simone Biles pulled out -- won the bronze medal.

The 18-year-old American picked up her third medal of the Olympics after the US won the silver in the team event.