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By Aaron Sheldrick and Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - American Caeleb Dressel equalled the Olympic record in the men's 100 metre butterfly heats on Thursday and compatriot Katie Ledecky qualified fast...

TOKYO (Reuters) - World champions Italy became the first team to book a berth in the quarter-finals of the men's water polo competition at the Olympics after coming from behind to beat the United Stat...

TOKYO (Reuters) - With the retirement of three-time champion Usain Bolt, the 100m will have a new gold medallist at Tokyo 2020. Here are eight contenders who may challenge for medals on Aug. 1. TRAYVO...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic Committee won gold in the women's team foil fencing competition in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Thursday. France took silver, and Italy claimed bronze. (Report...

By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - The post-Usain Bolt era in the Olympic 100 metres begins this weekend as the United States seek to regain supremacy in the event they dominated for more than a centu...

By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - Rio golden boy Joseph Schooling, one of the faces of the Games five years ago after his surprise gold in the 100m butterfly, failed to qualify from the Tokyo heats on ...

By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - Marlyse Hourtou, the first Olympic archer from Chad, shot her first arrow for a perfect 10 and took a set off a top-ranked South Korean opponent before bowing out in t...

By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - The short haircut of South Korean archer An San, who has won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, has attracted anti-feminist sentiment at home. Online abuse, callin...

By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - American BMX rider Alise Willoughby and her husband Sam once both cherished the same ambition to win Olympic gold medals until a tragic accident sent their lives in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judoka Aaron Wolf won the gold medal in the men's -100 kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, beating Cho Gu-ham of South Korea in the final. Bronze medals went to J...