YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Eddy Alvarez sat in the U.S. dugout after the final out, buried his face in his hands and wept, even though his biggest game remains ahead. A 7-2 victory over defending champion South Korea on Thursday night set up a gold-medal matchup against Japan and assured the ...
CHIBA, Japan (AP) — David Taylor seized the most important moment of his wrestling life. The American scored a double-leg takedown with 17 seconds remaining to beat Iran's Hassan Yazdani 4-3 on Thursday night and claim the gold medal in the freestyle 86-kilogram class. "There was no way I ...
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese-style lanterns hanging in the rooms of the U.S. women's volleyball players at the Olympics provide much more than light. Those lanterns symbolize the strong bond that has formed between the team that built the foundation for USA Volleyball despite being denied an ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who feared for her safety at home after criticizing her coaches on social media, flew into Warsaw on Wednesday night on a humanitarian visa after leaving the Tokyo Olympics, a Polish diplomat confirmed. Deputy ...
MISHIMA, Japan (AP) — BMX rider Connor Fields was released from St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo on Thursday, five days after a horrific crash in his semifinal race at the Tokyo Olympics left him with a brain bleed and other injuries. Dr. Jonathan Finnoff, the chief medical ...
TOKYO (AP) — All behind Florian Wellbrock, there was the sort of carnage that epitomizes open water swimming. One athlete carted off on a stretcher. Another taking an elbow to the eye. Wellbrock didn't have to worry about any of it. He was swimming a race of his own. Essentially leading ...
