Month: July 2021

USA’s Rashida Ellis took Great Britain’s Caroline Dubois the distance in the Round of 16, but Dubois ultimately won by decision.

The U.S. men held their own in the first two sets of their match against Brazil, the defending gold medalists. Ultimately the U.S. made too many mistakes and Brazil won in four sets.

The Americans held their own through the first two sets, but Brazil proved to be too much, winning 3-1 in Tokyo.

American gymnast Suni Lee joined Mike Tirico on NBC after winning the Olympic all-around title and watched back the emotional medal ceremony for the event.

Two-time Olympic champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, world’s fastest woman alive, takes heat five of the women’s 100m prelims in 10.84 for third-fastest overall; Swiss Del Ponte breaks a national record in second.

Suni Lee, the Olympic individual all-around champion, explained what it felt like to clinch the gold and how her family inspired her.

American gymnast Suni Lee dazzled on her way to winning gold in the women’s Olympic individual all-around final. She scored a 14.600 on vault, 15.300 on uneven bars, 13.833 on beam and 13.700 on floor exercise.

Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast, a two-time world 100m medalist, destroys heat four of the women’s 100m prelims in 10.78, trimming nearly a tenth of a second off her PR from 2018 for the first round’s fastest time.

With an incredible time of 6:40.45, Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos pulled ahead of the competition to win the men’s single sculls race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

American Rai Benjamin, the 2019 world silver medalist, comfortably wins his 400m hurdles first-round heat in 48.60 to advance to the semis; Estonia’s Magi, South Africa’s Zazini and Netherlands’ Smidt join in qualifying.

With his Round 2 scorecard fully filled out, Rory Sabbatini speaks about a stress-free rain delay, the future of Slovakian golf and the Olympic experience in Tokyo.