Month: July 2021

Simone Biles and Suni Lee punch their tickets to the women’s gymnastics all-around final, Chase Kalisz wins the first U.S. medal of the Games and one of six U.S. medals in the pool, and the rest of the best of Day 2.

Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado finished her floor routine during the qualifications for women’s artistic gymnastics in Tokyo with a demonstration for social justice.

Germany’s Svenja Weger leads for nearly the entire second race of the women’s Laser Radial opening series, winning by 36 seconds; American Paige Railey, 10th in Rio, is disqualified after her boat breaks the start early.

Four-time Olympian Jean Baptiste Bernaz of France, fifth at the 2016 Rio Games, takes the men’s Laser opener over Finn Kaarle Tapper and Dane Hermann Tomasgaard, the race’s second- and third-place finishers.

Cristina Pujol of Spain holds the lead for a majority of the race in the opener of the women’s Laser Radial to earn the one-point victory; 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark finishes sixth.

Australia battled with the Nigerian men’s basketball team that upset the United States in a recent exhibition but eventually took control for a comfortable 84-67 win.

Chris Landers

For most events at the Tokyo Games there are no spectators. But not in the cycling road races where outside Tokyo restrictions are relaxed and crowds line streets. Overzealous fans, drummers, costumes – it’s all there.

Brazil was unable to unlock Cote d’Ivoire in a men’s soccer Group D match on Sunday, drawing 0-0. Brazil’s Douglas Luiz and Cote d’Ivoire’s Eboue Kouassi both saw red cards and were dismissed before the final whistle.

The contenders in the women’s 100m did not hold back in the prelims session. Kylie Masse of Canada set the evening’s first Olympic record, which was lowered minutes later by Regan Smith and once more by Kaylee McKeown.

It’s a story that even Hollywood would deem unreasonable, but Japanese siblings Abe Uta and Abe Hifuma became the first brother and sister to win gold at the same Olympics on Saturday, hours apart on home soil.

Eight-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina gets standing ovation after vault in Tokyo qualifications

A wild day of men’s soccer saw France and Honduras earn big comeback wins while Argentina took care of Egypt and Brazil overcame an early red card to draw Ivory Coast.

France’s over-aged players delivered in the clutch for Les Blues, who earned a crucial three points breaking South African hearts in the process.

In a stunning upset, Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria defeated the powerhouse Dutchwomen to win gold in the women’s road race at the Tokyo Olympics.

​​Lee Keifer becomes first American fencer to advance to a semifinal bout in Tokyo

Estonia’s Katrina Lehis and Korea’s Junghwan Kim came away with bronze medals on Saturday, as Lehis defeated Aizanat Murtazaeva in women’s épée and Kim defeated Sandro Bazadze in men’s sabre