Month: July 2021

Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi of Team China receive their gold medals for the men’s synchronized springboard diving event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

U.S. women’s gymnastics team members Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum break down the emotions of competing in the team final without Simone Biles, and how they maintained composure to earn the silver medal.

Great Britain’s streak of five straight Olympic men’s four gold medals comes to an end as the team misses the podium in fourth; Australia takes the victory in an Olympic-best 5:42.76, while the U.S. crew places fifth.

ROC (Evgenii Kuznetsov/Nikita Schleikher) was in medal contention in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard final until a failed dive in their final attempt took them out of medal contention.

The United States men’s basketball team put up 120 points against Iran to earn their first win of the Tokyo Olympics.

After executing their final dive, German divers Patrick Hausding and Lars Rudiger endured an agonizing wait for their scores to appear.

Brazil’s Ana Patricia and Rebecca were surprised by Latvia’s Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka on Tuesday, shaking up women’s beach volleyball’s Pool D.

In the event’s return to the Olympic program after a one-Games appearance nearly 30 years ago, 2017 and 2019 world champion Australia curbs a late Dutch surge to secure the women’s four gold in an Olympic-best 6:15.37,

Entered in the event for the first time in two decades, the Netherlands men’s quadruple sculls crew wins gold in a world-best 5:32.03; Great Britain, silver, earns its first medal in the event, and Australia gets bronze.

U.S. divers Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon took silver behind China’s Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi in men’s synchronized springboard on Wednesday.

Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi, the heavy gold medal favorites in the men’s synchronized 3m springboard event, executed a mistake-free list of dives to win the competition by 23 points.