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By Yuri Bakhnov KALYANINO, Russia (Reuters) - When Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, her team lived in military barracks with communal bathrooms. At Tokyo 2020, Simon...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Caeleb Dressel can win two golds on one morning in the Tokyo pool on Saturday while U.S. team mate Katie Ledecky hopes to complete an 800m freestyle hat-trick for her seventh career ...

By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Lilly King had a few choice words on Friday for critics of the U.S. swimming team's silver and bronze medal glut in Tokyo, calling it inexcusa...

By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic swimming's newest event makes its debut in Tokyo on Saturday when the men and women of the top nations do battle in the mixed medley relay. The event was intro...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil's Rio 2016 gold medallist Bruno Schmidt and Italian silver medallists Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo booked spots in the Olympic beach volleyball knockouts after winning their...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States reached the Olympic women's soccer semi-finals as Alyssa Naeher saved two Netherlands penalties in a 4-2 shootout win on Friday, while Australia stunned Britain. Af...

By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic and world champion Ma Long retained his Olympics men's table tennis singles on Friday, beating compatriot Fan Zhendong 4-2. The 32-year-old clinched his fou...

By Ossian Shine TOKYO (Reuters) - Simone Biles's bravery in confronting mental health challenges head on is admirable, IOC president Thomas Bach told a small group of reporters at the Tokyo Olympics o...

By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Ma Long defeated compatriot Fan Zhendong 4-2 to win men's singles table tennis gold on Friday. The bronze medal went to Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov. (Repor...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - The Olympic athletics programme opened with a huge surprise and a shock disqualification on Friday as Ethiopian youngster Selemon Barega claimed a stunning 10,000 m...