Should Hassan pull off triple gold, it would automatically become the greatest accomplishment in the history of women's distance running. But with Faith Kipyegon, Gudaf Tsegay, Hellen Obiri, and Letesenbet Gidey standing in her way, she's no lock for gold in any event.

Ross let up at the line and missed out on the final auto spot in his heat by .03. China’s Lijiao Gong won the women’s shot put as the USA’s Raven Saunders & New Zealand’s Valerie Adams took silver & bronze.

• Official women's steeple dicussion prelim thread
• Randolph Ross: Why Didn’t He Try for Third?
• Women's Shot Put Final

Athing Mu is your gold medal favorite and American great Ajee Wilson did not make the Olympic 800m final.

Most of the major favorites advanced to the semifinals including all 3 Americans led by an impressive Clayton Murphy. The stellar women's 400m hurdles also got underway.

The Olympic action got started this morning and it was full of drama as the US, Kenyan and Ethiopian champs in the men's steeple all failed to make the final. Benard Keter will be the only American in Monday’s steeple final but Canada has two guys in it. In the sprints, we learned the Tokyo track is FAST as in the women’s 100, 6 women broke 11, led by Marie Josee Ta Lou’s 10.78 African record.

Our Jonathan Gault thinks an upset is in the cards and picks Josh Kerr to win it.

We've got a schedule for Tokyo with all the times changed to US ET for you.

Here is the tv and streaming info for the track and field Olympic action in Tokyo. We've got an amazing spreadsheet that shows you how to watch the track and field action from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the United States

Three women in the field have won global titles but none have ever won Olympic gold. This should be a great one. *Discuss

Only Seb Coe (1980 and 1984) and Tatyana Kazankina (1976 and 1980) have ever repeated as Olympic 1500 champs. Faith Kipyegon hopes the exclusive club increases in size by 50% this year.

The GOAT David Rudisha will not be in Tokyo, which means we will have a new Olympic champion in 2021. Can world leader Nijel Amos finally get it done on the big stage? If not, this race is wide open. *Discuss

2016 medalists Conseslus Kipruto, Evan Jager, and Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad are all absent, as is the 2019 Diamond League champ, Getnet Wale. Is this finally the year when Kenya's dominance (nine straight men's Olympic steeple titles) comes to an end?

In the history of the Olympics, only two American women have ever won Olympic gold in an event longer than 400. Could 19-year old Athing Mu make it 3? Yes she can.

Hassan may try for an unprecedented three women's distance golds, and if she pulls it off it would go down as perhaps the greatest feat in women's Olympic track & field history. Consider: only seven women have won three individual Olympic golds in their career. Hassan is trying to do that in the span of nine days. *MB: Wen's Olympic 5,000 Official Discussion Thread - Who has the edge Sifan Hassan or Gudaf Tsegay?

Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele, and Mo Farah have split the last six Olympic 10k titles as Haile owned the '90s, Kenny owned the '00s, and Farah owned the '10s. Who is going to rule the 20s?Uganda has WR holder Joshua Cheptegei & Jacob Kiplimo who will be looking to earn their country's 1st Olympic distance medals on the track, Ethiopia has Selemon Barega & Yomif Kejelcha, and Kenya has a very fit Rodgers Kwemoi. *MB: Men's Olympic 10,000 Official Discussion Thread - Haile owned the 90s, Bekele the 00s, Farah the 10s. Who will rule the 20s?

Josette Norris's great 2021 continued as she defeated Konstanze "Koko" Klosterhalfen who returned from injury in her final race before the Olympics.

Do you plan on watching the Olympic track & field action but haven't been following the sport? Get up to speed with our casual fan's guide and learn all about JuVaughn Harrison, Grant Holloway, Athing Mu, Mondo Duplantis, and more.