Almost 800 athletes from Oceania are in Tokyo for the XXXII Olympiad. These include 100 athletes from 15 Pacific island countries and the balance from Australia and New Zealand. While we amplify our Pacific islands teams, please follow the Australian Olympic Team and the New Zealand Team for updates too.

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@3.30pm JST

Canoe Sprint (Women) – 200m single kayak

Two women from Cook Islands and Samoa took to the flatwater of the Sea Forest Waterway this morning to compete in the same event, the kayak 200m single race. Both Jade Tierney of Cook Islands and Anne Cairns of Samoa earned places in the quarter-final rounds after the heats. Tierney competed in heat 1 and was placed 6th with a time of 48.271s while Cairns completed the race in a time of 46.7955s. However, they were both bundled out in their respective quarter-final races – Cairns with a time of 47.141 in 8th position and Tierney also in 8th position at 49.290s. The final of the women’s single kayak 200m will be held Tuesday 03 August 2021. New Zealand's Lisa Carrington is defending her gold winning performance in Rio in 2016 and London in 2012. She is looking for her third gold in the same event. Rio 2016 runner up Marta Walzykiewicz of Poland and Denmark's Emma Aastrand Jorgensen are among Carrington's biggest competition.

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Canoe Sprint (Men) – 1000m single kayak

Samoa’s Clifton Tuva’a and Kohl Horton of Cook Islands also competed in the same event – the men’s 1000m single kayak at the Sea Forest Water Way today. Tuva’a was fifth in heat 4 with a time of 4.11.029s but slowed down slightly in the quarter-finals with a time of 4.21.301s at fifth place. Horton on the other hand was placed 6th in the first heat with a time of 4.24.6 679s and a quarter-final time of 4.39.138s. Only the first and second place rowers move into the semi-final rounds.

The canoe competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are being held at a specially built waterway located between two man-made islands at the mouth of the Sumida River in Tokyo Bay. The islands were constructed using landfill and buried trash. Uminomori (Sea Forest) island on the northern side of the course has since been converted to a green space with trees planted over the waste. The island to the south of the course is still being used to collect and dump waste. After the games have moved on, organisers say the facility will become a centre of rowing and canoeing in Asia.

Sailing

All sailing races scheduled at Fujisawa Monday have been postponed to tomorrow, l Tuesday 03 August due to unfavourable weather. Monday's scheduled races will take place on Tuesday in addition to the races scheduled for that day. American Samoan duo, Adrian Hoesch and Tyler Paige were to listed to compete in the two men’s two-person dinghy competition.

@ 9.00pm JST

Weightlifting‍

20-year-old Tongan weightlifter, Kuinini Manumua competed in Group A of the women’s 87kg category Monday night at the Tokyo International Forum – against some of the world’s top women lifters including new Olympic and World record holder and eventual gold medal winner, Wenwen Li of China. Manumua managed a snatch of 103kg and clean and jerked 125kg, which gave a total lift 228kg, seven places down from the winner Li. Li picked a snatch of 140kg and clean and jerk of 180kg – both recorded as new Olympic record. Silver went to Emily Campbell of Britain with a total lift of 283kg and bronze to American lifter Sarah Robles, with a total lift of 282kg. One of the most awaited lift of the night was New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard, who made history when she competed in weight lifting competition as the first openly transgender woman to participate in the Olympics. Hubbard, 43, was one of 10 competitors in the heavyweight division and had an outside chance at a medal. But she failed to complete any of her three lifts in the first half of the programme, eliminating her from medal contention. After her third miss, she pounded her heart, lifted her hands in thanks, took a bow and left the stage and did not complete the clean and jerk lift.

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Sailing‍

American Samoan duo Tyler Paige and Adrian Hoesch will compete in the men’s two-person dinghy race after 12.30pm JST after the event was postponed from Monday due to unfavourable weather. 19 countries including American Samoa are competing in the race, with the final scheduled at 2.33pm JST.