Month: July 2021

U.S. boxer Keyshawn Davis took an easy decision in the round of 32 Sunday.

Russian Svetlana Gomboeva helped her team advance to the quarterfinal of the women’s archery competition just two days after passing out from sunstroke in the hot Tokyo weather.

ROC and China got off to strong starts in women’s gymnastics qualification, but some of the competition’s heavy hitters are still yet to take the floor.

New Zealand got goals from three different players to pick up an impressive 3-0 tournament-opening win over Argentina in Group B play of women’s field hockey on Sunday.

Two U.S. surfers, Caroline Marks and Carissa Moore, advanced to Round 3 with heat-winning surfing performances.

Russian Vitalina Batsarashkina captured the gold medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event. She had a come-from-behind win as Belarus’ Antoaneta Kostadinova led most of the competition.

In straight sets, Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated No. 1 seed Ashleigh Barty of Australia in the first round of the women’s tennis singles bracket at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The first skateboarding medals in Olympic history were awarded on Sunday in Tokyo.

Bruno and Evandro had to go an hour to collect a 2-1 win over Chile’s Marco Grimalt and Esteban Grimalt, sandwiching 21-15 and 15-12 sets around a 21-16 loss.

Two-time Olympic taekwondo gold medalist Jade Jones was shockingly defeated by refugee athlete Kimia Alizadeh in a Round of 16 matchup.

Russia’s Anastasia Ilyankova gracefully perfroms her seamless routine on the uneven bars, bringing Russia a top spot for the women’s subdivision 2.

Lee Dae-Hoon was knocked out of Olympics taekwondo competition sooner than expected.

Guan Chenchen excels at women’s balance beam – subdivision 1, giving China what the announcers call the “best routine we’ve seen from them today.”

Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui pulls off stunning win in men’s 400m freestyle. Australia’s Jack McLoughlin captured silver while American took home the bronze.

World No. 1 street skateboarder Nyjah Huston and American teammate Jagger Eaton qualified for the first-ever Olympic skateboarding final at the Tokyo Games.

Another shutout pitching performance from Monica Abbott, including 13 strikeouts, powered the United States to a perfect 4-0 record at the Tokyo Olympic Games.