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Gymnastics-‘The Fighting Four’ step up to win for Biles
By Elaine Lies and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber TOKYO (Reuters) - When Simone Biles decided she was dropping out of the team gymnastics competition and told her teammates, for a few seconds they were in s...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Tokyo Games officials bet on technology to make up for lack of fans
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - The atmosphere at Olympics venues in Tokyo is eerie as the screams, shouts and cries of joy from athletes bounce off empty seats, with spectators banned from even...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-Medvedev fumes as players wilt in Tokyo heat
By Sudipto Ganguly and Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - World number two Daniil Medvedev gave a frank assessment of the stifling conditions for tennis in Tokyo on Wednesday when the visibly upset Russ...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-World number two Medvedev struggles to breathe but reaches quarterfinals
By Rozanna Latiff and Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - World number two Daniil Medvedev is through to the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Tokyo Games, prevailing 6-2 3-6 6-2 over Italian Fa...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-Inspired by Team GB’s taekwondo, Price eyes gold
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Middleweight boxing world champion Lauren Price dominated her first bout at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday and said she was "massively" inspired by Britain's perfor...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Swiss sprinter Wilson out of Games end after provisional ban re-imposed
TOKYO (Reuters) - Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson is out of the Tokyo Olympics after his provisional ban for an anti-doping rule violation was reinstated with immediate effect, the Court of Arbitration for...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Tears and triumph as Britain hit a 113-year high
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tears were shed and dreams came true for Britain's 4x200m freestyle relay team as they celebrated an historic first at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday and their country's best perfor...
Jul 28, 2021
Factbox-Olympics-Athletics-Eight athletes to watch in the women’s 100m in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Jamaica look favourites to top the podium in the women's 100 metres for a fourth successive Olympics but plenty of competitors will be bidding to end the streak. Here are eight conte...
Jul 28, 2021
ATP roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas moves into third round of Olympics
Third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece avenged his loss to Frances Tiafoe at Wimbledon, defeating the American 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the third round of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Tsits...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Fraser-Pryce on brink of amazing 100m hat-trick
By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be looking to make history on Saturday as the first woman to win three Olympic 100m gold medals and cement her place as one of...
Jul 28, 2021
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