Month: August 2021

Tamyra Mensah-Stock and Keni Harrison shared what it was like to get redemption in Tokyo after coming up short in 2016.

The final duel of the women’s indoor track cycling spring tournament pitting Canadian Kelsey Mitchell against Ukraine’s Olena Starikova. In the end, Canada rode away with the gold medal for the first time since 2004.

Karate’s debut as an Olympic sport brought some terrific athleticism, solid contact, and — yes — a whole lot of yelling to our screens and the Nippon Budokan.

It took until the final few medal events, but the United States pushed ahead of China to emerge as the big winners in Tokyo. Team USA took home more medals — and more golds — than any other nation.

Led by Annie Drews, Michelle Bartsch-Hackley and Jordan Larson’s combined 41 points, the U.S. women’s volleyball team beats Brazil in straight sets (25-21, 25-20, 25-14) to win its first-ever Olympic gold.

Catch up on all the action from rhythmic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics.

Team USA dominated on the basketball court and the track, Japan ruled the baseball diamond and more from Day 15 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The United States defeated Brazil to win the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games.

Jason Kenny pulled a bold move Sunday, opting to pull ahead with three laps left. It paid off, and Kenny became Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian after winning men’s keirin, his seventh gold medal.

Hungary is taking home the men’s water polo bronze medal after beating Spain 9-5. Although the game was tied 5-5 at half-time, Hungary managed to pull away late and secure a medal.

In the first of four races during the women’s omnium event at the Izu Velodrome, two crashes took out nearly half the field; the first crash involved two riders, while the second crash took down seven cyclists.

The ROC’s rhythmic gymnastics group fell 92.100-90.700 to Bulgaria in the final at the Tokyo Olympics.

Italy took the bronze medal in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics group final with a total score of 87.700 (44.850 in Rotation 1 and 42.850 in Rotation 2). Bulgaria won and the ROC took the silver medal.

Bulgaria upset the gold medal favorite Russian Olympic Committee to win the group all-around rhythmic gymnastics title at the Tokyo Olympics with a 92.100 overall.

Another Olympics, another pair of basketball gold medals for the United States’ men and women.

USA’s Jennifer Valente won the scratch and point races to capture the omnium with 124 points, defeating reigning world champion Kajihara Yumi of Japan to become the first U.S. woman to win gold in Olympic track cycling.

It’s tempting to just type two words — ‘Probably China’ — and call it a day when it comes to predicting, reviewing, or unwinding table tennis at the Olympics.

She won bronze in the women’s 1500m and gold in the women’s 5000m. Now, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands races for a third medal of her Tokyo Olympic experience by running the women’s 10,000m.