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Tokyo Olympics

Living up to the hype: Dressel wins 1st individual gold

TOKYO (AP) — Caeleb Dressel climbed atop the lane rope, a look of wonder in his eyes. He gazed all around the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, eager to soak up every last moment of something he's never done before. Win an individual gold medal at the Olympics. The most dominant swimmer of the ...

Rahm watching Olympics from home and still doesn’t know why

KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Men's golf began Thursday in the Olympics, and the No. 1 player in the world was nearly 6,000 miles away watching from home. Jon Rahm still can't believe he's not playing. "I didn't think ever that I was not going to be there," Rahm said in a phone interview from his ...

Croatian brothers take Olympic rowing gold in men’s pair

TOKYO (AP) — Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic had won their country's first Olympic rowing gold medal in men's double sculls in Rio de Janeiro when they figured, "Hey, let's try a new boat." The sweep pair looked pretty good. Two oars instead of four, one for each brother, with ...

Olympic Stadium opens in Tokyo for start of track and field

TOKYO (AP) — Track and Field begins competition on Day 6 of the Tokyo Games and four medal events will be decided in the pool in Thursday's coverage of the Olympics. The gymnastics women's all-around competition will go on without defending gold medalist Simone Biles, who pulled out citing ...

Canadian women get 1st hoops win, beat South Korea 74-53

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Bridget Carleton scored 18 points, and Canada got its first victory of the Olympic women's basketball tournament Thursday beating South Korea 74-53. The Canadians never trailed in the game, which was close early.. They led 16-15 after the first quarter and 33-28 at ...

Team USA’s cycling program off to rocky Olympics start

MISHIMA, Japan (AP) — The new CEO of USA Cycling made it perfectly clear the Americans were targeting seven medals at the Tokyo Games. Through six events, they've yet to win one. The confidence-boosting ride by Brandon McNulty, who made a long-shot bid to medal in the men's road race and ...