For the first time since 2004, a country other than China has won an Olympic table tennis event. Japan’s Mizutani Jun and Ito Mima rallied after losing the first two sets to China’s Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, taking the next three sets by close margins ...
In a session full of record-setting performances, Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines wound up with two of those records and the gold medal in women’s 55kg weightlifting, clinching both on her last lift. The gold medal is the first ever for any ...
“Transformer” Troy Isley came out swinging in his Olympic boxing debut, scoring a unanimous decision in his middleweight preliminary bout against Vitali Bandarenka of Belarus on Monday. Isley, 22, will now move onto the Round of 16, where he will clash with ...
The United States men’s rugby team defeated Ireland 19-17 for their second group stage win in nearly seven hours Monday, clinching a spot in the knockout rounds for the first time in Olympic competition. Perry Baker and Madison Hughes got ...
With the U.S. women’s unbeaten record in 3×3 basketball in the balance, Kelsey Plum confidently stepped behind the two-point arc and let fly. The shot hit nothing but net, giving Plum 10 points for the game but more importantly putting the U.S. ...
After a nine-year interruption, Vincent Hancock has regained his throne as the Olympic champion in men’s skeet shooting, completing a U.S. double Monday after Amber English won the women’s event. The 2008 and 2012 gold medalist, also a four-time world champion, missed ...
Each day of the Tokyo Games, NBC Olympics will provide a rundown of the biggest athletes and the biggest events to watch across a variety of sports. Every single event can be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports ...