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Olympics-Swimming-McKeown wins gold in women’s 100m backstroke
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kaylee McKeown of Australia won the gold medal in the women's 100 metres backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Kylie Masse of Canada won the silver and American Regan Smith to...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Britain’s Dean wins men’s 200 metres freestyle
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tom Dean of Britain won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Duncan Scott of Britain won the silver and Fernando Scheffer of Brazil took...
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. viewership of Tokyo Games climbs to 19.8 million on second night of competition
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Prime-time viewership for NBC's broadcast of the Summer Olympics from Tokyo picked up some steam in the first two nights of competition, compared with a lackluster audience...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Who can fill the ‘Bolt-hole’?
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Usain Bolt bestrode athletics as a colossus for a decade but his retirement in 2017 left a massive publicity void the sport has struggled to fill, despite a success...
Jul 26, 2021
Oympics-Triathlon-Duffy wins women’s gold for Bermuda
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Flora Duffy won Bermuda's first-ever Olympic gold medal when she delivered a dominating run leg to convincingly triumph in the women's triathlon on a stormy Tokyo c...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Storm remains threat, bringing rain as it lurks off coast
TOKYO (Reuters) - A storm off Japan's east coast remained a threat to the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, despite not battering the host city with devastating winds and rain as initially feared. Wind and r...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Surfing-Surfers embrace stormy conditions with medals up for grabs
TOKYO (Reuters) - While other sports at the Games fear disruption from stormy conditions in Tokyo, surfers are embracing the wet and windy weather as the first Olympic medals in the sport's history ar...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Gymnastics-U.S. women top Russians, China in medal chances
By Karen Braun (Reuters) - Although the start of the women's artistic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics was disappointing for the usually dominant U.S. team, the Americans still have the most medal opp...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Triathlon-Storm delays start of women’s race
TOKYO (Reuters) - The start of the Olympic women's triathlon race was delayed by at least 15 minutes on Tuesday due to windy, storm conditions sweeping the course in Tokyo Bay. Due off at 06.30 (21.30...
Jul 26, 2021
A tense Sunday in rural Ohio watching an Olympian do his thing
By Gaelen Morse DOVER, Ohio (Reuters) - The parents and grandparents of Olympic backstroke swimmer Hunter Armstrong could not travel to see the 20-year-old compete in Tokyo because of COVID restrictio...
Jul 26, 2021
