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Olympics-Swimming-McKeon sets Olympic record, Dressel braced for battle
By Martin Petty and Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Australian Emma McKeon set an Olympic record in the women's 50 metres freestyle heats on Friday and Caeleb Dressel advanced fastest in the men's s...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Water polo-Days after breaking nose, Steffens breaks scoring record
TOKYO (Reuters) - Maggie Steffens broke the all-time Olympic scoring record as the United States reached the quarter-finals of the women's water polo competition after crushing the Russian Olympic Com...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Poland top 4×400 mixed relay heats as U.S. disqualified
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - The mixed 4x400m relay made its Olympic debut in Tokyo amid controversy on the opening day of the athletics programme on Friday with Poland topping the time sheets...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-2020-Tennis-Croatia’s Mektic and Pavic win men’s doubles gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Croatia's Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic beat compatriots Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 6-4 3-6 10-6 in the Olympics men's doubles final to win their country's first ever gold medal in th...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Ethiopian Barega upsets Cheptegei to win shock 10,000m gold
TOKYO (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Selemon Barega sprinted the last lap to beat world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda and win a shock Olympic gold medal in the men's 10,000 metres on Friday. The 21-...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Fencing-Japan wins gold in men’s team epee
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan won gold in the men's team epee fencing competition in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday. The Russian Olympic Committee took silver, and South Korea claimed bronze. (Repor...
Jul 30, 2021
TOKYO OLYMPICS: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic's dream of a Golden Slam was dashed in Tokyo https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/tennis-djokovic-downed-by-zverev-mens-semi-final-upset-2021-07-30 on F...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-More than half of Tokyo doping tests already done -ITA
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - More than half of the expected 5,000 doping tests at Tokyo 2020 have already been conducted, the International Testing Agency said on Friday, with no information ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-After narrow escape from home fire, American Jones eyes gold
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - After losing most of her home and thousands of dollars worth of boxing equipment in a fire in May, U.S. welterweight Oshae Jones said her eyes were on the gold prize...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Judo-Czech Krpalek wins men’s +100 kg category
TOKYO (Reuters) - Czech Lukas Krpalek won the Olympic gold medal in the men's judo +100 kg category on Friday, defeating Guram Tushishvili of Georgia in the final. Bronze medals went to Teddy Riner of...
Jul 30, 2021
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