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Tokyo Olympics

Kenya’s Kipchoge dominates, defends Olympic marathon title

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Eliud Kipchoge just decided it was time to sprint away. Simple as that. He never really even looked back. Except near the finish, simply to see if anyone was there. Of course, no one was even close. Kipchoge pulled away late and pretty much went for a stroll in the ...

Rice pizza, noodle ices: Food shows Japan’s punk rock soul

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Countries' foods are also windows on their souls. Take hamburgers. Hand-held, quick to assemble and wolf down, they embody a quintessentially American idea that founding father Benjamin Franklin put to paper in 1748 and which still powers the ambitious on Wall Street ...

Captain America: Durant makes sure gold medal stays with US

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — With the gold medal in jeopardy, the U.S. knew where to turn to protect it. It could only be Captain America. Even before he was wrapped up in a flag that looked like a cape, Kevin Durant played the part of a hero for the U.S. basketball team — again. And if the ...

Tokyo Olympics cost $15.4 billion. What else could that buy?

TOKYO (AP) — The official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics in $15.4 billion, which a University of Oxford study says is the most expensive on record. What else could those billions buy? The ballpark figure for building a 300-bed hospital in Japan in $55 million. So you could put up almost ...

Dominicans top South Korea 10-6, win baseball bronze

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Juan Francisco homered to help give the Dominican Republic a four-run, first-inning lead, then hit a tiebreaking, two-run double off Seunghwan Oh of South Korea in a five-run eighth inning of a 10-6 victory Saturday that earned the Olympic baseball bronze medal. Melky ...

Dream season for Nelly Korda now includes Olympic gold medal

KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Turns out that first major championship was just a start for Nelly Korda. Now she's an Olympic champion and left little doubt Saturday about who's the best in women's golf. Korda held her nerve during a chaotic chase for medals and a one-hour storm delay at the end, ...