TOKYO OLYMPICS: What you need to know right now - Reuters

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TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Scorching Italian men and dominant Jamaican women continued their country's golden storylines at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday as two Belarusian coaches exited in disgrace.

Here's what you need to know about the Tokyo Games:

BLISTERING ITALIANS

A scorching Italian 4x100 metres relay team pipped Britain over the finish line, delivering Lamont Marcell Jacobs his second gold and the country's 10th at Tokyo.

Italy's decision to exempt elite athletes from strict COVID-19 curbs in the past 18 months and allow them to train has paid off.

ATHLETICS WRAP

The Jamaican women underlined their sprinting dominance with a gold in the 4x100 metres relay. read more

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon retained her Olympic title in the women's 1,500 metres at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, breaking the Olympic record as she denied Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan her dream of winning an unprecedented Olympic treble. read more

Men's 5,000 metres world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda added gold in that event to last week's 10,000m silver, while Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas snatched the women's 400 metres gold.

BELARUS DEPARTURES

Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's Tokyo Olympics are out of the Games themselves. read more

In an exclusive interview with Reuters in Warsaw on Thursday, Tsimanouskaya said the two officials had told her the order to send her home came from "high up" in Belarus. read more

DECORATED WOMEN

Laura Kenny became the most decorated female Olympic cyclist in history with a fifth gold, destroying the field in the first women's madison event at a Games. read more

American Allyson Felix's bronze in the 400 metres made her the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history, edging ahead of Jamaica's Merlene Ottey.

KEIRAN AT HOME

The bizarre cycling race that perplexes many sports spectators in the world is no stranger to local fans at the Tokyo Games. In Japan, keirin racing, which developed after the Second World War, is a $10 billion gambling industry, one of five sports it is legal to bet on - the others being motorbike racing, horse racing, powerboats and football. read more

MULTICULTURAL GROWING PAINS

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to showcase Japan's growing ethnic diversity, but the Games have also dragged into the international spotlight a domestic debate about whether the country can be both multicultural and Japanese. read more

Editing by William Mallard and Toby Davis

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