Month: August 2021

As Simone Biles looked on from the sidelines, gymnast Rebeca Andrade brought gold to Brazil with her two impressive vault performances. Team USA’s MyKayla Skinner stepped up to win the silver medal.

World leader Miltiadis Tentoglou, 10th at 2019 worlds, grabbed men’s long jump gold with an 8.41 leap on his final attempt, matching Cuba’s Juan Miguel Echevarria and taking the top spot with a farther second-best mark.

Marcell Jacobs of Italy, a virtual no-name in an event inundated with stars, miraculously won Olympic gold in the men’s 100m final, clocking a personal-best 9.80 ahead of USA’s Fred Kerley and Canada’s Andre De Grasse.

The South Carolina-born hurdler, who ran at Kentucky like Keni Harrison, redeems an early exit five years ago in the semifinals at the Rio Olympics.

Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan hit the deck during her heat at 1500 meters Monday at Olympic Stadium, but she provided the type of moment the Olympics frequently provide when she got up, started running again, and caught everyone who’d passed her on the way to an emotional victory.

Greece dominated the United States in Group A’s final preliminary match, 14-5.

ROC’s Aslan Karatsev was about to place a gold medal around the neck of teammate Elena Vesnina in the tennis mixed doubles medal ceremony at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, even though they won silver.