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There was some discussion as to whether Friday’s 800m freestyle final would be the last race of Katie Ledecky‘s storied career, but the American swimmer did not wait long to say reports of her career’s end were great exaggerated. The 24-year-old Stanford product …

MATCH RESULTS Looking to end their Olympics on a high note, the Americans took on China in the 5th-place match. The two met in the opening match of play, with the U.S. coming out on top, 28-14. This go-around, the Americans won …

Editor’s note: This article will be updated throughout the day’s action. Dominicans clip Kenya MATCH STATS The Dominican Republic’s women’s volleyball team earned its first victory at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, downing Kenya’s endearingly indefatigable squad in a battle of previously winless teams …

Katie Ledecky won the women’s 800-meter freestyle on Saturday in Tokyo, her final event of the Olympic Games.  Ledecky, who went 8:12.57, beat out second-place finisher Ariarne Titmus — who handed Ledecky her first-ever individual Olympic loss earlier in the meet — by 1.26 seconds. She’s …

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has withdrawn from the event finals for the vault and uneven bars at the Tokyo Olympics, USA Gymnastics announced.  Biles, 24, withdrew from the team final after one rotation and as well as the individual all-around final, …

RESULT Caeleb Dressel broke his own men’s 100m butterfly world record en route to winning is second individual gold medal — his third overall — at the Tokyo Olympics. Dressel touched first in 49.45, lowering his mark set at the 2019 world …

American Sydney McLaughlin, world record-holder in the women’s 400m hurdles, crushed her heat Saturday in Japan during the event’s prelims at the Tokyo Games, advancing to Monday’s semifinals as the fourth-fastest qualifier. The 21-year-old essentially jogged through the finish line in 54.65. Last …

The two brightest stars in the sport of swimming, Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky, close in on gold medals in their most well-known events on the penultimate day of swimming at the Tokyo Olympics. Saturday’s finals session begins with Dressel competing in the 100m butterfly, …

The two top stars in the sport of swimming, Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky, shined their brightest on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics, accomplishing a pair of historic feats in the pool. Dressel lowered his own world record in his signature 100m butterfly event, …

MATCH STATS The U.S. now has two women’s beach volleyball teams with perfect 3-0 streaks at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as newcomers Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil downed the Brazilian pair of Ana Patrícia Silva Ramos and Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbossa Silva in three sets: 17-21, …