Month: July 2021

Two-time reigning world champion Gong Lijiao of China posted two personal bests to take gold, the only Olympic medal color missing from her resume.

The Pole, who holds the world and Olympic record in the sport, has four world championship golds and was the first woman to send the hammer past 80 meters.

Host Japan provided the finish of the men’s handball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics, scoring three goals in the final 90 seconds to beat Portugal 31-30.

Hideki Matsuyama suffered a major setback on his second shot of a 586-yard Par 5 when he topped the ball in his fight to stay in contention for the gold medal.

Worthing becomes the first and only female to land a 360 backflip in competition. American Hannah Roberts put in a good first run to claim silver in the event’s Olympic debut.

World relay gold medalist Cherry, who finished second at U.S. Olympic Trials in June, won his heat easily in 44.82.

Three Jamaican sprinters, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, claimed all three medals in the women’s 100-meter race.

The Americans finished a disappointing 8th and 9th in the first ever men’s BMX freestyle final, while Australia’s Logan Martin turned in a 93.30 for gold.

American women’s wrestling’s only five-time U.S. champion Adeline Gray has reached the Olympic semifinals.

Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood nearly holed his second shot on the 8th hole during the final round of the men’s competition. A two on the par five would have netted him a double eagle, known as an ‘albatross.’

World record-holder Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland, the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist, led all women’s hammer final qualifiers with 76.99m; U.S. record-holder and reigning world champ DeAnna Price also advanced.

Katie Ledecky never wants to take being a part of Team USA Swimming for granted. The decorated swimmer talked about her exhausting week full of highs and lows.

China’s Gong Lijiao heaved a personal-best 20.58m to finally capture gold, but it was American Raven Saunders who turned the most heads in Tokyo.

Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple, Michael Andrew and Ryan Murphy discuss what drove them to gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay in world record time.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the floor exercise event final in Tokyo. She will decide on the beam final, her last chance to compete, later on.

Team USA swimmers Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zach Apple win the men’s 4×100m medley relay gold with a world record time, 3:26.78.

Defending Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk and Americans Michael Cherry and Michael Norman made it through to the men’s 400m final; world leader Randolph Ross of the U.S. finished fourth in his heat, coming up short.