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      Ex-long jump star Susen Tiedtke spills sex secrets of Olympic village with noisy romps keeping athletes up all night

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      OLYMPIC stars ‘release their energy’ in crazy athletes’ village parties after the Games, a former long-jumper has revealed.Tokyo 2020 organisers have officially banned athletes from having sex at this summer’s showpiece due to the threat of coronavirus.
      Competitors are housed in a huge complex for this summer’s OlympicsCredit: AP
      But ex-athlete Susen Tiedtke claims that officials are powerless to stop the alcohol-fuelled romps that are a fixture of every Games.
      The German, 52, told Bild: “[The ban] is a big laughing stock for me, it doesn’t work at all.
      “Sex is always an issue in the village.
      “The athletes are at their physical peak at the Olympics. When the competition is over, they want to release their energy.
      “There is one party after another, then alcohol comes into play. It happens that people have sex and there are enough people who strive for that.”
      Tiedtke competed in the 1992 and 2000 Olympics, meeting Joe Greene, her former husband of over four years and a fellow long-jumper, during the Barcelona Games.
      But any horseplay was firmly off the agenda until after her competition had finished.
      She continued: “Our competitions were towards the end of the games.
      “Nothing would go on before, that was tough. The coaches said, ‘When you have sex, the body first has to recharge itself energetically. So you shouldn’t do that’.
      “After the competition, however, roommates were considerate if you needed the room for yourself…”
      PLENTY OF CONDOMS
      Team GB star Jade Jones has previously described how competitors waste no time in starting the party after their tournament is over.
      Tokyo chiefs have organised 160,000 condoms to be made available at the athletes’ village to ‘raise awareness’ of safe sex.
      The manufacturers of the socially-distanced beds have even advised that each can only hold the weight of two people – in what served as a stark warning against threesomes.
      But athletes will be hoping that their colleagues and rivals keep noise to a minimum.
      Tiedtke admitted: “You always heard the ‘party’ of the others, sometimes you could hardly sleep.
      “Sex was always a huge topic, especially before the Games.
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      “My coach was my father and he was very strict.
      “If a boy wanted to go out with me, he’d have to do 100 pushups first.
      “I had to meet secretly, otherwise I would never have met anyone. The whole village knew the story.”
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      How many false starts are sprinters allowed in athletics? 100m, 200m, 400m, hurdles and relay rules explained

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      SPRINTERS are allowed ZERO false starts at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and if found guilty will be instantly disqualified.From January 2010 onward, the official track and field false start regulation indicated that any athlete starting within 100 milliseconds of the gun being fired would be disqualified from the race.
      Usain Bolt’s false start in the men’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in South KoreaCredit: AP:Associated Press
      James Dasaolu holds head in hands after disqualification from 2016 World Indoor Championships, OregonCredit: Reuters
      Research has found that a reaction time faster than one-tenth of a second is impossible for a human, and the runner is therefore deemed to have anticipated the gun.
      On the ‘Track & Field 101: Rules’ on the Olympics website, it states: “If a sprinter commences his or her starting motion from the set position before the Starter’s gun is fired, it is deemed a false start. The first false start of a race results in an automatic disqualification to the offending runner.”
      How can they detect a false start?
      False start detection systems were introduced in 1979 and Omega’s false start detection system made its Olympics debut at the Los Angeles Olympics Games.
      In major athletics competitions, reaction times are currently detected using IAAF accredited false start detection systems.
      These systems determine athletes reaction time using encased accelerometers or force sensors fixed to the rear of the starting block rail to detect changes in force or acceleration exerted on the blocks through the feet.
      RT’s can now be instantly calculated accurately to 0.001 of a second, but for results, are recorded to the nearest 0.01 second.
      For athletics and specifically sprint athletes reaction times and overall sprint time detection methods have improved dramatically since the original 1896 Olympic Games.
      Were false starts previously allowed?
      Originally, before 2010, the “one-and-done” regulation was implemented meaning one false start per race in events up to 400 metres would be allowed rather than one false start per athlete as in the past.
      This means the athlete making the second false start of a race, breaking the accepted reaction time of 0.10 seconds, will be disqualified regardless of whether he or she was responsible for the first one.
      However, sprinters would often take advantage of the previous false start rules, purposely jumping the gun either to play mind games with their competition and set them on edge before the race or use the extra leniency to predict the gun and gain bonus milliseconds from their efforts.
      So, World Athletics just decided to just ban any false starts – it’s one and YOU’RE OUT.
      Famous false starts at previous track and field events
      Usain Bolt
      At the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, Usain Bolt, 100-meter world record holder, jumped the gun in the 100-meter final over a year after the new regulations had been put into place.
      Bolt walked off the track, head in hands, only to watch his Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake take the gold.
      Usain Bolt after disqualification at 2011 World ChampionshipsCredit: AFP
      Jon Drummond
      Drummond’s infamous “I did not move!” plea after his disqualification at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris.
      Drummond protested his disqualification by storming into the infield, repeatedly yelling in front of officials and laying on the track.
      His tantrum delayed the 100-meter final by ONE HOUR. 
      A race official shows Jon Drummond the red card after his false start at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in ParisCredit: AP:Associated Press
      Linford Christie
      The 1992 Olympic 100-meter champion was disqualified under an even older false-start rule.

      Before 2003, any sprinter could false start once and get away with just a warning however Christie reacted early twice, delayed the competition and refused to leave the track.
      This was the first time a previous champion was unable to defend his title live on TV.
      Linford Christie walking back to his starting blocks after disqualification at the 1992 Barcelona gamesCredit: Reuters More

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      Tokyo Olympics chaos with fans set to be banned from Opening Ceremony as coronavirus continues to sweep through country

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      TOKYO Olympic chiefs are ready to ban spectators from this month’s Opening Ceremony as more covid concerns sweep Japan.Games bosses had previously announced maximum capacities of 10,000 Japanese-only fans at venues throughout the Olympics, which start later this month.
      Tokyo Olympic chiefs are ready to ban spectators from the Opening CeremonyCredit: AP
      But now it is likely that only VIPs will be allowed to attend the gala Opening Ceremony and parade of nations in the Olympic Stadium on July 23.
      Japanese Government officials are also seeking to slash the number of dignitaries in the sparse crowd, but the International Olympic Committee is pushing hard for some sponsors, guests and diplomats to attend.
      It now seems certain that all events at large indoor venues and those taking place after 9pm local time will be entirely fan-free.
      Final decisions on attendances are due to be confirmed by multi-party talks on Thursday but the direction of travel is increasingly pointing to the entire Games taking place without spectators.
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      Overseas fans were banned from attending earlier this year amid safety fears from those in charge.
      And Japan’s President, Yoshihide Suga, made it clear last month that he’s ready to reverse the decision on fans if a state of emergency is declared.
      As reported by the Japan Times, Suga said: “We won’t hesitate to ban spectators to ensure safety and security.
      “If a state of emergency is declared, that is a possibility.”

      Japan was previously in a state of emergency that lasted from April 25 to May 11.
      This was implemented due to surging covid deaths among locals who have been protesting against the Olympics.
      SunSport reported this week however that several Team GB stars were pictured flying out to Japan ahead of the opening.
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      Which events are in the decathlon?

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      THE decathlon is for those athletes who are just gluttons for punishment.It is the great all-around test in athletics – a 10-event contest covering the whole range of running, jumping, throwing and hurdling disciplines, spread over two days.
      Steven Bastian competes in the JavelinCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Markus Ballengee competes in the shot-putCredit: AP
      Joseph Delgado competing in the discusCredit: AP
      What does the decathlon consist of?
      Decathletes are usually masters of no discipline, but strong in all areas of track and field.
      The decathlon is just for male athletes – women compete in the heptathlon.
      A perfect score in the decathlon is 1,000 points in each event for a cumulative score of 10,000 points, over the ten events.
      The gruelling decathlon consists of:

      Pole vault
      High jump
      Long jump
      Javelin
      Shot put
      Discus
      110-metre hurdles
      100 metres
      400 metres
      1500 metres

      So gruelling that athletes only get a maximum of 30 minutes rest in between events.
      Factor in stretching, toilet breaks, water refuelling and coach input – well that’s less than a formula one pit-stop.
      The 110m hurdlesCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd
      Solomon Simmons competing in the long jumpCredit: AP

      Who are the greatest decathletes of all time?
      United States’ Jim Thorpe became the first winner of the decathlon in 1912 although he broke amateur rules by playing professional baseball.
      Thorpe had all of his Olympic titles deleted, although after his death they were later reinstated.
      Fast forward some 110 odd years and Ashton Eaton’s victory at the 2016 Olympics was the 14th decathlon gold medal for the USA, who have been the most dominant nation in the event by a long way as no other country has won more than two gold medals.
      He also became the fastest 100-metre runner in a decathlon, crossing the line at 10.21 seconds.
      Ashton Eaton won gold for USA at Rio 2016Credit: EPA
      Bruce Jenner, now known as Caitlyn Jenner, won gold for USA at the Montreal Olympics in 1976Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      Britain’s Daley Thompson won Olympic decathlon golds in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984Credit: Rex
      Compare that to the world record of 9.58 seconds set by Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships – not bad for someone who also competes in nine other events!
      Team GB’s most famous decathlete is Daley Thompson, who was unbeaten in the decathlon for nine years, from 1978 to 1987, winning two Olympic gold medals, and at the age of 61 he still holds the British record.
      His 8,847 points, set in 1984, is a marker of Thompson’s brilliance and a measure of how far British men in the decathlon trail in his wake. More

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      Abdalelah Haroun dies aged 24: Qatar Olympic team announce tragic death of former world champ bronze medallist

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      SPRINTER Abdalelah Haroun has tragically passed aged 24, Qatar’s Olympic team confirmed. Haroun, who won the 400m bronze medal at the 2017 World Athletics Championships, died in a car crash, News18 reports.
      Abdalelah Haroun has tragically passed aged 24Credit: AFP
      Abdalelah Haroun won the 400m bronze medal at the 2017 World Athletics ChampionshipsCredit: AFP

      Qatar’s Olympic team posted on Twitter: “Team #Qatar sprinter and world 400m bronze medalist Abdalelah Haroun died today.”
      The track and field sprinter held the Asian indoor record after becoming champion in 2015.
      Haroun was recruited at a young age from Sudan by Qatar and gained eligibility to represent them in February 2015.
      His first recorded performance was a time of 45.74 seconds over 400m in Doha in April 2014, which placed him among the world’s most promising young sprinters for the event.
      He then announced himself on the world scene in his next performance at the XL Galan in February 2015 by running an Asian indoor record of 45.39 seconds.
      It was also the third fastest ever by a junior category athlete and the quickest indoor debut.
      Haroun followed it up in his next outing one month later as he set an outdoor best of 44.68 seconds.
      It left him a comfortable winner at the 2015 Arab Athletics Championships in April, beating Egypt’s Anas Beshr by nearly a second.

      He ran at the Doha Diamond League meeting and won the non-Diamond-race contest with another sub-45-second run.
      On his full IAAF Diamond League debut, he finished fifth at the Prefontaine Classic.
      He then established himself as one of Asia’s top senior athletes at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships by beating two-time defending champion Yousef Masrahi.
      Haroun bettered the Saudi Arabia star in the 400m final with his third 44.68-second clocking of the season. More

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      Mo Farah OUT of Tokyo Olympics after legendary British athlete fails to make 10,000m qualifying time in Manchester

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      MO FARAH’s Olympic career is OVER after he failed to make the grade for Tokyo.Britain’s four-time Olympic champion had one final shot before Sunday’s midnight deadline to secure his spot on the Team GB plane heading to Japan next month.
      Mo Farah’s Olympic career is OVER after he failed to qualify for the Tokyo GamesCredit: Getty
      British legend Farah, 38, couldn’t conjure up his old magicCredit: PA
      Yet the 38-year-old failed to dip under the required 10,000m qualifying mark of 27 minutes 28 seconds in this last-ditch attempt at the Manchester Regional Arena.
      His time of 27minutes 47 seconds on a cold Friday night at the British Athletics trials was simply not good enough.
      And regardless of what he has done before at the highest level, Farah will not get any special favours or sympathy vote by selectors.
      Asked if this was his last track appearance, Farah said: “It’s a tough one. I have always said if I cannot compete with the best, I wont just go to be in a final. Tonight showed it is not good enough.
      “You go out there and give it all and that’s all you have. It’s quite windy. I tried to push and push and I ran my lungs out. That’s all you can do as a human being, give it your all. I’ve had a wonderful career. I’m very grateful. That’s all I had today.”
      His name is on the 5,000m entry list for Saturday but it is extremely unlikely he would run again at such notice.
      It is sad that a career that saw him excel at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics – with the 5,000m-10,000m double – should end in such low-key fashion in front of a few hundred fans and some cardboard cutouts.
      Farah had ditched plans to run the Olympic Marathon in favour of a return to the track but his failure to qualify suggests he is nearing the end.
      Farah is one of Britain’s greatest Olympians after winning FOUR gold medalsCredit: AFP or licensors
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      He had tried but failed for the required mark at the University of Birmingham earlier this month but blamed an ankle niggle for his slow display.
      Farah added: “I don’t know what to think or what’s next for me. I just have to have a chat with my team and see what’s next. If I can’t compete with the best, why bother?
      “There’s no excuse in terms of conditions, it is what it is. I genuinely thought I’d come out here, get the time and then go back to the training camp.
      “I’ve had some decent sessions since my little niggle (ankle and foot) but I thought I should be able to run that. I’ve always said if I can’t compete with the best I’m not just going to go there to make the team.
      “I’ve had an amazing career, thinking about it tonight it’s a bit shocking and I don’t really know what to say.”
      Farah (right) dressed as a robin during his stint on I’m A CelebrityCredit: Rex

      Farah surprised the athletics world by cashing in on his fame and appearing on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! last November in a cold Welsh castle, which saw him dress up as a robin and slip on smelly fish guts.
      It was rumoured his pay cheque was £300,000 but asked if that show was detrimental to his preparations, Farah said he had no regrets.
      He said: “No, not at all. Not at all. You know, since then I’ve had some good training camps and training went well.
      “Obviously I had some little niggles over three weeks ago. But I had a good 10, 12 days training camp.”
      Andy Murray will defend his gold medal in TokyoCredit: AP
      Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith will try to qualify for the 100m squad on Saturday, having qualified fastest from her heats in a time of 11.28sec.
      One veteran that WILL represent Team GB this summer is tennis star Andy Murray.
      The 34-year-old is languishing at No119 in the ATP Rankings.
      But with current British No2 Cameron Norrie instead choosing to focus on building up to the US Open, two-time defending champion Murray will join Dan Evans in the Men’s Singles draw in Tokyo.
      He will also play doubles alongside World No11 Joe Salisbury.
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      Which events are in the heptathlon?

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      IF doing one track and field event was not enough – some athletes decide to do SEVEN.The heptathlon is a women’s only event and competitors earn points for their performance in each discipline.
      Katarina Johnson-ThompsonCredit: PA
      Belgium’s Naffi Thiam won gold last time out at Rio 2016Credit: EPA
      World champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be targeting more success as he will bid for gold at Tokyo 2020.
      And what British athletics fan could forget Super Saturday in 2012 when Jessica Ennis-Hill won a magnificent gold medal?
      What does the heptathlon consist of?
      All heptathletes are scheduled to take part in seven different events with the first four completed on day one and the remaining three on day two.
      The woman’s heptathlon consists of:

      Day one: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 metres
      Day two: Long jump, javelin, 800m run

      The long jump combines speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.Credit: Sportsfile
      For the high jump, competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.Credit: Sportsfile
      The heptathlon is a set of events that take course over two days measuring the key components of strength and versatility of these mega-athletes competing at the Olympics.
      The event’s unrivalled empress is American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who set the world and Olympic record in 1988 with a score of 7,291 points.
      The 7,000-point barrier has only been breeched on 10 occasions, six of those coming from Joyner-Kersee herself.
      Since then, no other competitor has come within 250 points of breaking her mark.
      London 2012 – Jessica Ennis wins heptathlon goldCredit: The Sun
      How is it scored?
      This is where it gets a little bit complicated.
      The rule of thumb is that a high-level performance in each of the seven games should score a competitor approximately 1,000 points per event.
      There are three different equations to create the scores for each event in the heptathlon, those being:
      Running events (200 m, 800 m and 100 m hurdles)

      Jumping events (high jump and long jump)

      Throwing events (shot put and javelin)

      Yes, if it seems like you need an advanced degree to set this up, you’re right.
      The heptathlon’s scoring system was devised by Dr. Karl Ulbrich, an Austrian mathematician.
      P is the number of points scored, T is the competitor’s time, and a, b and c are Ulbrich’s specially derived coefficients. These coefficients can change for each event.
      Ulbrich’s formula is used to allow comparisons from past and future heptathlon’s, rather than just awarding points relative to placement.
      The scoring changes also make it more difficult for less-rounded athletes to win the event based on their dominance in one or two events.
      Losing by three-tenths of a second in the 200m run is the rough equivalent to losing by three feet in the javelin throw, and so on – so it is a competition of the best overall athlete over seven events.

      Who to watch out for
      Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson – or KJT as she is nicknamed.
      Johnson-Thompson recorded her best ever finish at a World Championships in 2017 – finishing fifth in London.
      The Liverpool born athlete then followed up that success by winning heptathlon gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia to claim her first global senior outdoor title.
      And in that same year she also claimed a heptathlon silver medal at the European Championships in Berlin behind Belgium’s Nafi Thiam.
      The 28-year-old’s best score of 6981 points is a British record and the ninth best heptathlon score in history. More

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      Usain Bolt reveals secret TWINS Thunder and Saint Leo with partner Kasi Bennett in adorable Father’s Day snap

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      USAIN BOLT has revealed he and partner Kasi Bennett have welcomed twins to the world. The world’s fastest man took to Instagram on Father’s Day to upload an adorable snap of his growing family.

      It shows the 34-year-old with girlfriend Bennett, their eldest daughter Olympia, 1, and newborn twins Saint Leo Bolt and Thunder Bolt.
      The eight-time Olympic gold medallist also entertained his 10million followers on his Instagram stories of the presents he received from his family.
      Bolt unwrapped a pair of trainers before revealing a lovable clip of himself with daughter Olympia.
      Bennett also uploaded a snap on social media of the happy family alongside the caption: “Happy Father’s Day to my forever love!
      “You are the rock of this family and the greatest daddy to our little ones. We love you world without end!”
      The loved-up pair have been dating for six years and had their first child in June 2020.
      Bolt retired from the track following the 2017 World Championships in London after suffering a hamstring injury in his final race.
      Usain Bolt shared an adorable clip of daughter Olympia onlineCredit: Instagram
      Olympia, one, is the couple’s eldest childCredit: Instagram

      Kasi Bennett and Usain Bolt have been dating for six years

      He is an 11-time world champion and remains the only man in history to win gold medals at three successive Olympics, in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
      The Jamaican also holds world records in the 100m and 200m events having clocked 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds respectively at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
      Kai is a model, avid social media user and fashionista, currently boasting 384k followers on Instagram.
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