Month: July 2021

Switzerland made history on Tuesday afternoon in Tokyo, as Jolanda Neff, Sina Frei and Linda Indergand completed a clean podium sweep in women’s mountain biking.

Alejandra Orozco of Mexico won her second Olympic medal in the women’s synchronized 10m platform, joined by first-time Olympian Gabriela Agundez.

In slippery conditions, two-time reigning world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France falls while ascending a rock incline in the Chopsticks section of the women’s mountain biking Izu MTB Course; she’d finish 10th.

Switzerland’s Jolanda Neff wins women’s mountain biking gold by more than a minute and is joined on the podium by compatriots Sina Frei and Linda Indergand who complete the discipline’s first-ever Olympic sweep.

Results from day four of tennis competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The Chinese duo of Chen Yuxi, 15, and Zhang Jiagi, 17, were in a different class in the women’s synchronized 10m platform event, executing all five dives with stunning precision to win gold.

Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury are on to Round 3 in men’s Olympic doubles tennis, defeating Germany’s Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz 6-2, 7-6.

A broken surfboard slows down Italo Ferreira in the gold medal matchup.

U.S. shooters Mary Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky took silver in the Olympic debut of mixed team air rifle on Tuesday.

The American pair of Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell executed their five-dive list with poise to earn silver in the women’s synchronized 10m platform. It was the United States’ first medal of any color in the event.

Brazilian Italo Ferreira’s surfboard broke in half in the opening seconds of the first-ever Olympic surfing gold medal match. Ferreira’s coach ran down the shoreline to bring a new one. 

China snapped a late tie to win the gold medal in the mixed-team 10m air pistol event Tuesday at the Tokyo Games.

U.S. divers Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell took the first American medal ever in the women’s 10m synchronized platform event. China continued its streak of never losing the event.

The U.S. women’s basketball team took down Nigeria to earn its 50th-straight win in Olympic competition.

Canada defeated Mexico to claim softball bronze, the nation’s first Olympic medal in the event.

Lydia Jacoby planned to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last year — as a fan. A year later, the teenager from Alaska an Olympic champion and one of the most compelling stories of the Tokyo Olympics.

Jeoung Youngsik (KOR) advanced to the men’s table tennis singles Round of 16 on Tuesday thanks to a thrilling victory over Panagiotis Gionis (GRE).

On a rain-soaked field in Yokohama, Canada celebrated victory in a close bronze medal game against North American rivals Mexico.