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Tokyo Olympics

Felix runs for history; Americans seek more basketball gold

TOKYO (AP) — Set the alarm for Day 14 of the Tokyo Games and watch Allyson Felix attempt to win a 10th track and field Olympic medal over breakfast. Then stay up late to catch the U.S. men's basketball team play for the gold. Most of Friday's high-profile events are early, including the ...

Spanish teenager Ginés Lopéz wins 1st Olympic climbing gold

TOKYO (AP) — Nerves once were Alberto Ginés Lopéz's biggest obstacle on the climbing wall. Didn't matter if he was in the finals or well down the standings, the fear of climbing in front of other people left him locked up. The Spanish teenager not only overcame those jitters, he conquered ...

Belgium tops Australia for hockey gold; India takes bronze

TOKYO (AP) — Alexander Hendrickx scored the penalty stroke for the lead in the shootout and Vincent Vanasch got the clinching save as Belgium beat Australia to win men's field hockey Olympic gold for the first time. The score was tied 1-all at the end of regulation before Belgium won the ...

Native Hawaiians ‘reclaim’ surfing with Moore’s Olympic gold

Carissa Moore wore a white and yellow plumeria pinned next to her ear for her victory-lap interviews after making history as the first Olympic gold medalist at surfing's historic debut. Her mother — crowned the Honolulu Lei Queen in 2016 — had given her the flower hair clip before she ...

US routs Australia 97-78, to play for more basketball gold

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — The U.S. has owned gold for three straight Olympics, making the middle of the medals platform property of the Americans. The Australians tried everything they could to shove them off. "They hit us with a nice punch," Kevin Durant said after their men's Olympic ...

Russian men’s volleyball team rallies past Brazil in semis

TOKYO (AP) — The focus for the Russian men's volleyball team had started to shift to the fourth set of the semifinals when it fell behind by a big deficit to powerhouse Brazil in set three. That ended up relaxing the players and led to an epic third-set comeback that sent them into the gold ...