Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou misses medal on day eight
Ivory Coast sprinter Marie-Josee Ta Lou finished fourth in the women’s 100m final for the second consecutive Olympics as Jamaica claimed a clean sweep of the medals.
Elsewhere, both Ivory Coast and Egypt were knocked out of the men’s football at the quarter-final stage by Spain and Brazil respectively.
Seven Africans, including three athletes from South Africa, qualified for Sunday’s semi-finals of the men’s 100 metres.
By BBC
