Month: July 2021

Japan’s Momiji Nishiya and Brazil’s Rayssa Leal went 1-2 in women’s street skateboarding in Tokyo — the latter is the youngest medalist in Olympic history.

The U.S. women’s water polo team needed an unusually long time to gain control of a group-stage game against China but eventually pulled away for a 12-7 win Monday.

Luka Docic put on a show to guide Slovenia to its first-ever victory in Olympic basketball.

China hung with the U.S. women’s water polo team through one half of a prelim game, but the two-time defending gold medalists eventually pulled away to remain undefeated.

In an Olympic first, women receive their medals for street skateboarding in Tokyo. Japan took home gold and bronze while Brazil earned silver. The top two finishers were both 13 years old, making Olympic history.

After the women’s 100m backstroke Olympic record was broken three times in prelims, Regan Smith lowered the mark once more in her semifinal, advancing as the top-ranked swimmer to the final.

Three Americans are advancing to surfing’s quarterfinals, but Kolohe Andino had to eliminate a teammate to get it done.

In the Olympic debut of women’s street skateboarding, Japan dominated both the preliminary and medal rounds with impressive performances by Funa Nakayama and Momiji Nishiya. 13-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal took silver.

Paige McPherson’s quest to return to the podium hit an obstacle in the form of No. 1 seed Matea Jelic at the semifinal stage. Now the American will look to match the bronze she won at London 2012.

Laurie Hernandez, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Emma Weyant joined On Her Turf to discuss how they each have been experiencing the Tokyo Games.

See Team USA’s gold medal performance in the 4x100m freestyle relay from a different angle with full underwater cam footage.

The United States came from behind to defeat Japan, 2-1, on Monday, wrapping up round-robin play at the Tokyo Olympics with a bang in a gold-medal game tune-up.

The United States falls to the Russian Olympic Committee in their second volleyball preliminary match, 23-25, 25-27, 25-21, 23-25.

For the first time at the Olympics, Katie Ledecky stood alone on the second step of the podium following the women’s 400m freestyle. Ariarne Titmus, with her tearful coach nearby, received her gold medal.

American beach duo tested in Olympic debut

Taylor Sander joined Anderson in leading the Americans with 14 points won each, but Russia had three players in double digits in improving to 2-0.