Month: August 2021

After clocking 9.96 in the semifinal, USA’s Fred Kerley is headed to the men’s 100m final.

American Trayvon Bromell lost out on an automatic qualification spot to the men’s 100m final by one millisecond, taking third in semifinal two behind Nigeria’s Enoch Adegoke, who beat the U.S. champion 9.995 to 9.996.

A second place finish in the men’s laser medal race was good enough for Australia’s Matt Wearn to finish the 11-race series at the top of the leaderboard and win gold.

U.S. men’s swimmers collected gold and records in the pool, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah crushed the women’s 100m and Raven Saunders hulked out in shot put on Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The final night of swimming ended with a surprise and some consistency, while track gets started with Elaine Thompson-Herah’s new Olympic record in 100m and Simone Biles announces she won’t compete in the floor exercise.

Great Britain’s Max Whitlock wows at the pommel horse final event, scoring a 15.583. USA’s Alec Yoder had a rough performance and didn’t score high enough to win a medal.

Spain proved to be Slovenia’s biggest test during group play, but the Slovenians pulled out a gritty victory to stay unbeaten in Tokyo.

Xander Schauffele (gold), Rory Sabbatini (silver) and CT Pan (bronze) received their medals from the men’s golf competition at the Tokyo Olympics.

American pommel horse specialist Alec Yoder was off in his performance in the pommel horse event final in Tokyo, scoring a 14.566 and missing the podium.

Day 9 at the Tokyo Olympics saw the final medals of the Games for the U.S. swimmers and the first for the track and field contingent.

Russian Olympic Committee gymnast Nikita Nagornyy missed out on a medal in the men’s floor exercise final but debuted a triple pike for the first time at the world or Olympic level. He finished seventh with a 13.066. 

Alexander Zverev beat Karen Khachanov in straight sets to claim the gold medal in men’s singles.

Rebeca Andrade scored a 15.166 on her first vault and a 15.00 on her second for a 15.083 in the event final in Tokyo, good for the gold medal — Brazil’s first ever in women’s gymnastics.

Not only did Xander Schauffele win the gold medal for the United States, but there was also a seven-way playoff for silver and bronze to end the men’s Olympic golf competition.

Will Megan Rapinoe’s cold streak end in the semifinal? Will host pressure get to the Japanese men against high-powered Spain?

Team USA veteran MyKayla Skinner scored a 15.033 on her first vault and a 14.800 on her second in the women’s event final, earning a 14.916 overall. Jade Carey was off on her steps down the runway and scored a 12.416.