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 ...
Winning Olympic medals seems to be a Pozdniakova family tradition. Russian fencer Sofia Pozdniakova claimed her first Olympic title with a 15-11 win over teammate Sofya Velikaya in the women’s individual sabre event, following the footsteps of her father who was a four-time ...
Serbia’s Ana Dabovic may have made the play of the Tokyo Olympics. With under four minutes to go in Serbia’s prelim tilt against Canada, Dabovic pulled off a clutch over-the-head no-look pass to a wide-open Aleksandra Crvendakic, who sunk a three-pointer to ...
Tom Pidcock on Monday gave Team GB its first Olympic medal in mountain biking, a gold, breaking midway at the Izu MTB Course and holding a lead to win the men’s event by 20 seconds. Great Britain, historically known for its ...
“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 Podium Italian rower Luca Rambaldi discusses how he honors his teammate Filippo Mondelli who died of bone cancer earlier this year and explains how the loss motivates him when racing. Beach volleyball player April Ross, who won bronze in Rio ...
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. ...
TOKYO — There’s an old saying around the Olympics that silver is the saddest medal. The gold medalist is always over the moon. The bronze medalist is happy, too, because she is on the podium. The second-place finisher — well, ...
It’s an age-old question — who’s the greatest basketball player of all time? Some will say Michael Jordan. Some will say LeBron James. Some might even say Kobe Bryant or Larry Bird. But the truth is none of those players are ...