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Tokyo Olympics

Fraser-Pryce still seeking her Olympic ‘moment’

TOKYO (AP) — Count them for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Four Olympics, seven medals, two of them golds. But that one defining moment at the Games to carry with you for the rest of your life? Still elusive. "I haven't had it yet. I don't think I've had it yet," Fraser-Pryce said Saturday ...

Bromell looks to replace Bolt atop Olympic 100-meter podium

TOKYO (AP) — There will be a new fastest man of the Olympics crowned Sunday when the 100-meter dash is run without Usain Bolt in the finals for the first time since 2008. The favorite to claim the gold is American sprinter Trayvon Bromell, a 26-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida. The ...

At 46, African skateboarder finally wows mom at Tokyo Games

TOKYO (AP) — At age 46, the second-oldest skateboarder at the Tokyo Games is hoping to not have a heart attack and have mounds of fun. Should be no problem. Fun has been a life's work for Dallas Oberholzer. "I have never had a real job. I have never applied for a job," he says. "My whole ...

At home in Japan, Nick Martínez pitches US over South Korea

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nick Martínez stepped onto the mound, and it felt like an old familiar place. Because it was. "Felt comfortable the whole game," he said after striking out nine over five innings and pitching the United States over South Korea 4-2 for a 2-0 record at the ...

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Saturday, July 31

TOKYO (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Saturday, July 31, at the Tokyo Games: ___ ARCHERY MEN'S INDIVIDUAL Mete Gazoz of Turkey won the men's individual archery title at the Tokyo Games. It was the first gold medal won by a country other than South Korea, which went 4 for 5 in ...

Perfectly Impossible; Gymnasts wrestle with the imperfect

TOKYO (AP) — Sunisa Lee's gymnastics are stunning. They're just not "perfect." Not technically, anyway. Thousands of hours of practice. Dozens upon dozens of competitions. And not once has a judge watched the new Olympic all-around champion do her thing — not even on uneven bars, where ...