EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two steps before she reached the finish line, Sha’Carri Richardson started pounding her chest. She knew she had it won. Anyone who doesn’t see her as the sprinter to beat later this summer at the Paris…
Team USA's Carissa Moore talks about why her gold medal in surfing means that much more to her after growing up in Hawaii.
Simone Biles competed in Team USA's first rotation on vault in the women's Olympic team final, bailing out of her Amanar and scoring a 13.766 for a 1.5 twist. Shortly after, she withdrew from the team contest. Her American…
The United States Women's National Team registered a scoreless draw against Australia in the last of three Olympic group stage games. The result was enough to advance to the knockout rounds. Lloyd navigates her 4th Olympics for the US…
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. US rallies…
The women's 100m breaststroke gold medal remains in American hands, but not the expected ones. Defending Olympic champ Lilly King came up shy behind Alaskan teenager Lydia Jacoby in a surprise finish. Northern lights: Alaska teen shocks with Olympic…
TOKYO (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee has won the gold medal in women’s gymnastics after U.S. star Simone Biles exited with a medical issue. The ROC posted a team score of 169.528, ahead of the U.S. in second place…
TOKYO (AP) — Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently suffering an injury during the vault. The 24-year-old U.S. star, considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time, huddled with a trainer…
Vincent Hancock and Amber English join TODAY to talk about their gold medal performances in skeet shooting at the Tokyo Olympics. Hancock, English give Americans a skeet sweep at Tokyo Games TOKYO (AP) — It's a skeet sweep for…
Team USA veteran Sam Mikulak scored a 15.000 on the parallel bars in the men's Olympic gymnastics team final. He scored a 15.466 during qualifications and will compete in the event final later this week. US men seek momentum…
The United States claimed the first men's relay medal of the Tokyo Olympic Games as Caeleb Dressel teamed up with Blake Pieroni, Bowe Becker and Zach Apple to blow past the field. TOKYO (AP) — Caeleb Dressel is off…
Australia's Ariarne Titmus ran down Katie Ledecky in the 400-meter freestyle, handing Ledecky her first-ever Olympic silver in an individual event. Titmus went 3:56.69 and Ledecky touched in at 3:37.36. Streak ends: Titmus terminates Ledecky's golden run in Tokyo…
The United States secured a victory over Japan in the final opening round game to gather momentum ahead of a gold medal rematch.
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics have been delayed by the pandemic and then opened under oppressive heat, and now a typhoon is on the way. It's forecast to disrupt at least some of the Games. The Japanese say not…
Gus Kenworthy invited a few of his Olympian friends, including Tara Lipinski and Adam Rippon, to watch the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics and share their own Opening Ceremony memories.
Ariarne Titmus is known as "The Terminator," and is expected to be Katie Ledecky's biggest rival in Tokyo. She shares the details of her training schedule and what it's like to go head-to-head with Ledecky.
After becoming a mother in 2019, Olympic volleyball player Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson proved that women don't have to choose between being a world-class athlete and having a family.
Anne Thompson shares how a father and son have left their mark on an Olympic venue. Paul and Kenzo Tange both designed the Olympic aquatic buildings in Tokyo, nearly 50 years apart.
Tanith White gives you a look behind the scenes at the Opening Ceremony, and a place few people see: the area where the world's flags are prepared for the Parade of Nations. Plus, reaction from Team USA's Flagbearers.
Swimmer Regan Smith details how her life changed after the pandemic put her Olympic dreams on hold, and how she learned to look ahead to the Tokyo Games.
t While in quarantine, Gus Kenworthy and Rutledge Wood drive around different neighborhoods to Tokyo to get an inside-the-car view of the Olympic host city.
(Monday 7.26.2021)- Swimming – Katie Ledecky will swim two prelims tonight: 200m freestyle in which Ledecky defends her gold, and the 1500m freestyle where Ledecky holds the world record. Lilly King vies for gold in the 100m breaststroke, while…
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. men's Olympic gymnastics team hopes it can build off a fifth-place performance in the Olympics. The Americans put together a solid series of routines during the team finals before a late miscue dropped them behind…
TOKYO (AP) — Each Olympics aims to set the highest level of television standards. The head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games wants to reach this goal by banishing overly sexualized images of female athletes. A wider Olympic program targets…
TOKYO (AP) — What a moment for Naomi Osaka. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis. The four-time Grand Slam winner has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. Osaka was…
TOKYO (AP) — The success of Olympic gymnastics champions Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles has created a spike in interest in the sport in Black communities. Representation among Black girls at the upper reaches women's gymnastics is rising. Half of…
Look back at some of the top moments from the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, including acts showcasing Japanese culture, the Parade of Nations and more. Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium TOKYO (AP)…
TOKYO (AP) — Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Gwen Berry are among the more than 150 educators, activists and athletes who signed a letter Thursday urging the IOC not to punish participants who demonstrate at the Tokyo Games. The five-page…
Teammates praise basketball star Sue Bird and reflect on the point guard's legendary status as the Olympian chases an unprecedented fifth gold medal with Team USA.
The United States had no answers for Sweden's constant attacking pressure as the defending World Cup champions suffered a rare and sobering defeat to begin Olympic play.
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