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Five cows, a meatball restaurant, and a new house.

Those are just some of the prizes promised to Indonesian badminton gold medallists Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu when they return home from Tokyo.

Southeast Asia’s biggest country is badminton-crazy, and the sport has produced all of its golds since being added to the Olympic program in 1992.

Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu celebrate their badminton gold for Indonesia.Credit:Getty

Women’s pair Greysia and Apriyani defeated China’s Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan 21-19 21-15 on Monday, giving Indonesia its first gold of the Tokyo Games.

The district head in Apriyani’s hometown on Sulawesi island promised her five cows and a house, while a chain of meatball restaurants pledged to give them both their own outlet.

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Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has arrived at the airport in Tokyo, having left the Polish embassy where she sought protection after refusing her team’s orders to return home from the Olympics.

Her refusal to board a flight home late on Sunday, after she said she was taken by her team to the airport against her wishes, caused high drama at the Games. She took refuge at the embassy on Monday.

In this photo taken from video, Belarus Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya speaks during a video interview with the Associated Press in Japan on Tuesday.Credit:AP

She was expected to go to Poland, her supporters have said. Warsaw has offered her a humanitarian visa.

Tsimanouskaya, masked and wearing blue jeans, a blue blouse and sunglasses, arrived in a police-escorted van at Narita airport about 8.30am on Wednesday and did not talk to waiting reporters.

The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday it had launched a formal investigation into Tsimanouskaya’s case and was expecting a report from the Belarusian team.

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The men’s decathlon has just started and will unfold over the next two days, with the medals to be presented tomorrow.

Australia has two athletes in the mix - Ashley Moloney and Cedric Dubler - and they’ve both got off to a pretty solid start in the first event of 10, the 100m sprint.

Ashley Moloney has started well in the men’s decathlon.Credit:Getty

Moloney produced a personal best time of 10.34 seconds in his heat, just 0.22 seconds behind Canada’s Damian Warner, who equalled the world’s best time recorded in a decathlon over 100m. That was worth 1013 points for Moloney, an emerging star of the decathlon who our athletics writer Michael Gleeson rates as a quiet medal chance.

Dubler ran third in his heat, clocking in at 10.89 seconds and netting him 885 points.

Obviously there’s a long way to go - they’ve got the long jump next up.

As the Olympics continues for the rest of us, the Australian swimming team are working out how to keep entertained during their two weeks of quarantine in Darwin.

Staying in a quarantine facility in Howard Springs, the team are on day two of their stay as 115 athletes and support staff touched down on Tuesday.

Each athlete has their own room and a balcony they are able to speak to each other on while remaining socially distant.

Activities such as musical performances and online trivia nights have been organised to keep the athletes occupied, while others have taken to social media to show off their PlayStations or exercise routines.

Australian team member Elijah Winnington spoke to Seven about his gaming system and how it would be his saving grace during the two weeks.

“I actually hauled my PlayStation all the way to Tokyo and kept it in my suitcase for these next two weeks so I think I will be clocking up the hours on some PlayStation,” he said.

“It is cozy in this room, I wanted to do some exercise but we will see what I can do in here.”

Gold medallist Ariarne Titmus said she would be using the time to catch up on sleep.

“I am still pretty exhausted. Last night I was trying to stay up to watch as much of the Olympics as I could but by 9 o’clock my eyes were starting to close,” she told Seven.

“Hence why I am in my pyjamas. I don’t think I will move out of these in the next two weeks.”

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We’ve just heard from Kareena Lee, who has spoken to Seven after claiming the bronze medal in the women’s 10km marathon sprint.

“It’s just amazing. My first Olympics, coming away with a medal, I’m so stoked, it’s unbelievable,” a breathless Lee said.

As we just mentioned, Lee missed selection for Rio 2016 and almost gave up swimming. In one of her qualifying events before the last Olympics she swam herself to total exhaustion.

“I got pulled out of the water in the end, [a] mix of dehydration, I was a bit sick. That resulted in a hospital trip,” she said. “I got another chance at qualifying and I came out second best Australian there. So missed that. I knew I just had to put my head down and try my hardest for the next one.

“Qualifying in 2019 was absolutely amazing. Now it’s been a two-year journey since then. I’ve been really working on my speed ... I know it’s always fast at the end and you’re gonna have to have that little bit at the end. I’ve been working on it with my coach. Today I was able to hold on.

“It hurt so, so bad, but you have to think that everybody around you is hurting too and it is who can hurt the most and coming out third today is incredible for me.”

Straight after the race, Lee was on the phone to her coach, John Rogers.

“He couldn’t travel with us, so it was really special to be able to talk to him straight away. He’s so stoked,” she said.

“He watched the whole thing on TV. I have such amazing community around me in Noosa where I live, in Pacific Paradise. It’s incredible.

“But they are all in lockdown at the moment ... glued to the front of the TV. I know that my niece would have been glued to the TV as well.”

That was a massive, fighting effort from Australia’s Kareena Lee. She was part of the lead pack that broke away from the field towards the end of the women’s 10km marathon swim, and just finished third to win the bronze medal.

That’s Australia’s first ever medal in this event. What a performance from everyone - I felt tired just watching that.

Kareena Lee before the race.Credit:Getty

Brazil’s multiple world champion Ana Marcela Cunha took gold in 1:59:30.8 - just 0.9 seconds ahead of Dutch swimmer Sharon van Rouwendaal, and 1.7 seconds from Queenslander Lee in third.

When a 10km race comes down to margins that fine, that tells you everything about the competitors involved.

Lee, 27, almost considered retirement when she was overlooked for selection for Rio 2016. That decision to persist has now paid off in bucketloads.

Egypt U23 footballer Abdelrahman Magdy has been booted from his side following allegations of misconduct against an Olympics hotel worker.

The Egyptian Football Association released a statement revealing a complaint had been made against the 23-year-old claiming he had been disrespectful towards a female worker in the team’s accommodation.

Egypt’s players celebrate their 2-0 victory over Australia - but one of them has now been suspended.Credit:AP

The association said Magdy had since been suspended and would remain so until an investigation into the incident was complete.

“During the U23 national team stay in Japan and just before the second game of the group stage against Argentina, we have received a complaint against Abdelrahman Magdy for misconduct against a female worker,” the EFA said in a statement.

“Consequently, the player has been suspended and excluded from the Argentina game squad despite insisting that he didn’t mean to be disrespectful in any way.

“It’s possible that the accident happened due to language and cultural differences, we took immediate action to make sure the other team members aren’t affected.

“After returning to Egypt, we have decided that Abdelrahman will be suspended until the decision is made and the investigation is over.”

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