Day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics began with bronze medals for a Nigerian athlete and a Ghanaian boxer.

Ugandans Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo both have the chance to win their second medals in Tokyo, to go with the ones they won in the men’s 10,000m, as they qualified for Friday’s final of the 5,000m.

Ghanaian boxer Samuel Takyi had to settle for a bronze medal as he lost his featherweight semi-final as he won his nation’s first Olmypic medal since 1992 when the men’s football team also claimed a bronze.

Two Egyptian wrestlers will fight for bronze medals on Wednesday after losing their semi-final bouts on day 11.

More to details below and more to follow – BBC Sport Africa will be updating this page with highlights from African competitors on day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics.

Athletics afternoon session

Uganda’s world record holder Joshua Cheptegei eased into the final of the men’s 5,000m as he aims for a second medal in Tokyo, having won silver in the men’s 10,000m on Friday.

His compatriot Jacob Kiplimo, the bronze medallist from the 10,000m, finished just ahead of Cheptegei as both progressed by finishing in the top five of the second heat.

Ethiopia’s Milkesa Mengesha was sixth in the same heat to clinch a place in the final as a fastest loser but Lesiba Mashele of South Africa was not quick enough to advance while Kenya’s Samwel Masai did not start.

The first heat was won by Kenya’s Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli as he qualified automatically for the final, with Uganda’s Oscar Chelimo also progressing in fourth.

Getnet Wale of Ethiopia, who finished fourth in Monday’s men’s 3,000m steeplechase final, missed out on another final as he finished ninth.

Another Kenyan Daniel Simiu Ebenyo fell during the race but recovered to catch up with the leaders before fading away towards the end to finish 10th.

Morocco’s Soufiyan Bouqantar, Ethiopia’s Nibret Melak Bogale and Abidine Abidine of Mauritania all missed out as well.

None of the African competitors in the men’s 110m hurdles progressed from the heats with South Africa’s Antonio Alkana, Senegal’s Louis Francois Mendy, Jeremie Lararaudeuse of Mauritius and Fadane Hamadi of Comoros all missing out.

Athletics morning session

Nigeria’s Ese Brume, 25, won the country’s first athletics medal in Tokyo when she settled for bronze in the women’s long jump event.

Her best leap of 6.97m was just three centimetres behind winner and reigning world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany, but 20cm short of the African record she set in May.

Brume’s mark was actually the same as Brittney Reese but the American clinched the silver medal because her second longest jump of 6.95m was further that the Nigerian’s next best leap.

Kenya’s 1500m world champion Timothy Cheruiyot, his compatriots Abel Kipsang and Charles Simotwo all qualified from the heats for Thursday’s semi-finals.

The trio will be joined by Ethiopians Samuel Zeleke and Teddese Lemi, Morocco’s Abdelatif Sadiki as well as Djibouti’s Ayanleh Souleiman.

Ethiopia’s Samuel Tefera , South Sudan’s Abraham Guem, Somalia’s Ali Idow Hassan, Morocco’s Anass Essayi and Equatorial Guinea’s Benjamin Enzema all failed to progress.

There was also disappointment for Morocco’s 3,000m steeplechase gold medallist Soufiane EL Bakkali and Uganda’s Ronald Musagala who did not finish.

In the men’s 200m heats Eswatini’s Sibusiso Matsenjwa survived a warning to set a new national record 20.34 seconds to be the fastest African qualifier for the semi-finals, set for later on Tuesday.

Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru, Ghana’s Joseph Paul Amoah, Liberia’s Joseph Fahnbulleh as well as South Africans Anaso Jobodwana, Shaun Maswanganyi and Clarence Munyai also progressed.

However Mali’s Fode Sissoko, Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme and Zambia Sydney Siame all failed to make it to the semi-finals.

In the men’s triple jump, the second best performer this year, Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango managed to sneak into Thursday’s final with a jump of 16.83m.

It was short of the automatic qualifying distance of 17.05 but was enough for him to progress as one of the top 12 jumpers. Algeria’s Yasser Mohamed Triki did manage to hit 17.05m with his final jump to join Zango in the final.

The only African representative in the women’s javelin South African Jo-Ane Van Dyk could only manage a throw of 57.69m which was not enough for her to reach the final.

In the women’s 400m heats Botswana’s former world champion Amantle Montsho failed to finish her heat and will not race in Wednesday’s semi-finals and announced after the race she was retiring.

Her compatriots Galefele Moroko and Christine Botlogetswe as well as Kenya’s Hellen Syombua Kalii, Uganda’s Leni Shida and Nigeria’s Patience George also failed to progress from the heats.

Boxing

Ghana’s Samuel Takyi had to settle for a bronze medal in Tokyo as he lost his featherweight semi-final 4-1 on points to the USA’s Duke Ragan.

The 20-year-old’s medal is the first one for Ghana since the men’s football team won bronze at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

Ghana’s other three Olympic medals have all come in boxing with Clement Quartey winning a silver in 1960, Eddie Blay and Prince Amartey claimed bronzes at the 1964 and 1972 Games respectively.

Takyi’s medal is the only one for Africa in boxing in Tokyo.

Algeria’s Imane Khalif missed out on at least a bronze as she lost 5-0 on points to Ireland’s Kellie Harrington the in the women’s lightweight quarter-finals.

Wrestling

Egypt’s Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed faces a bout on Wednesday to win a bronze medal in the 67kg category of the men’s Greco-Roman wrestling. He lost narrowly on points to Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov in Tuesday’s semi-finals.

He will face either Denmark’s Fredrik Holmquist Bjerrehuus or Aretm Surkov from the Russian Olympic Committee for one of two bronze medals on offer in the wrestling events.

His compatriot Mohamed Moustafa Metwally also lost his semi-final in the 87kg category on Tuesday as he was easily beaten by Hungary’s Viktor Lorincz.

He will now face either Germany’s Denis Maksymilian Kudla or Atabek Azisbekov of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday in bout for a bronze medal.

Diving

Egypt’s Mohab Ishak finished 11th out of 12 divers in the final of the men’s 3 metre springboard event, after progressing earlier in the day from the semi-finals in the same position.