IVIES IN TOKYO- DAY 10 RECAP

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TOKYO - Princeton alums shined at Olympic Stadium with two former standouts advancing the finals of their respective events.

NCAA Champion Julia Ratcliffe finished sixth overall in the hammer thrower qualification round and earned a spot in the final. competing in Group A and representing New Zealand, Ratcliffe’s first throw went 73.20, which ended up being the sixth-best throw of all athletes. Lizzie Bird, who is representing Great Britain, earned a spot in the final of the 3,000m steeplechase after finishing in 9:24:34 in an extremely close heat where she finished fifth. The British record holder in the steeplechase, Bird was an NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honoree in the steeplechase in 2015 and was a four-time NCAA Regional qualifier in the event.

Penn’s Sam Mattis concluded his Olympic debut with an eighth-place finish in the discus. Mattis with a throw of 63.88. Mattis became Penn’s first track & field Olympian to represent Team USA since Fred Samara.

Dartmouth’s Cheta Emba and Harvard’s Ariana Ramsey helped Team USA finish its Olympic run with a sixth-place finish after two Pool C rematches against China and Australia. The U.S. fell in the quarterfinals to Great Britain, 21-12, before falling to China in its final game of the 2020 Games.

Yale men’s basketball alum Miye Oni and team Nigeria lost to Italy, 80-71, in the group B finales and will end their Olympic run. Former Columbia men’s basketball standout Maodo Lo, representing team Germany, also fell to Australia, 89-76, to close out its time at the summer games.

Mohamed Hamza, representing Egypt, lost both of its preliminary fencing bouts to Hong Kong and Italy.

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