Month: July 2021

Top American skateboarders Nyjah Huston, Jagger Eaton and Heimana Reynolds discuss how it felt for skateboarding to be validated as a “real sport” in the Olympics and how it differs from other sports.

Despite a knee injury, Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis competed on the uneven bars – for about 11 seconds. Francis earned a 9.033 execution score for the effort, though her degree of difficulty was only a 0.5.

The Dutch rowing team has agreed to isolate itself at the Tokyo Games in the wake of multiple positive tests for COVID-19.

Lilly King suffered her first loss in any 100m breaststroke race in six years in the Olympic semifinal, but said after that she has more left in the tank for the final. Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa got the win.

Defending gold medalist Fiji survived a close game with Japan. The hosts held a lead in the first rugby game of the Games until the end when the heavily favored Fijians pulled off the comeback.

Maggie MacNeil emerged victorious from a thrilling women’s 100m butterfly final.

Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes react to their first competition as Olympians. They break down the back-and-forth match with Latvia. Kelly’s parents surprise the duo on air.

For the first time since 1996 Kerri Walsh Jennings isn’t at the Olympics competing in beach volleyball. She is joining NBC for the Tokyo Games and is excited for the new experience.

Just .14 decided first through fourth in a gripping women’s 100m butterfly competition. Canada’s Maggie MacNeil emerged victorious with American Torri Huske finishing in an unlucky fourth place.

Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway fights off youngsters for triathlon gold.

Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil defeated Latvia in three sets. They are the youngest duo to compete in U.S. history in beach volleyball.

Follow along as we round up the action from Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics swimming competition.

Road races competing outside of Tokyo provide unique and fan-filled streets for athletes competing. The fans aren’t holding back in their opportunity to cheer on the cyclist, bringing large drums and signs to the sidelines.

Kristian Blummenfelt wins the men’s triathlon in 1:45:04, securing Norway’s first medal of the Games, while GBR’s Alex Yee and New Zealander Hayden Wilde claim silver and bronze, and USA’s Kevin McDowell places sixth.

Julia Brueckler is a 31-year-old Austrian skateboarder competing in the street competition in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her deck bears the name Tony Hawk, and the man himself was there to applaud her qualifying run.