Jacoby pulls off a shocking upset as her teammate and defending race champion Lilly King places third.
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What to watch Tuesday: U.S. women’s gymnastics seeks 3rd straight gold medal
Simone Biles and Team USA trail the team representing the Russian Olympic Committee heading into Tuesday’s team final.
Naomi Osaka talks to media after sharp debut at Tokyo Olympics
‘I just felt really nervous,’ Osaka says of her first match in nearly two months. ‘I haven’t played since France so there were definitely some things that I did a bit wrong.’
U.S. softball rallies past Australia, sets up gold medal rematch with Japan
Amanda Chidester hits a walk-off, two-run single in the eighth inning as the Americans clinch a berth in the Olympic title game.
Russians stun U.S. women in Olympics gymnastics qualifying
Simone Biles tops the all-around, but the U.S. team’s bid for a third straight Olympic title is off to a rocky start.
France hands U.S. men’s basketball first Olympic loss since 2004
The U.S. had won 25 consecutive Olympic games until a 83-76 loss to France Sunday in a preliminary-round game.
Olympics notebook: Golfers DeChambeau, Rahm drop out after positive COVID tests
Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, the past two U.S. Open champions, are forced to drop out of the Tokyo Games.
Swimmer Chase Kalisz wins first U.S. gold at Tokyo Games
Kalisz leads a 1-2 finish for the United States in the men’s 400-meter individual medley. Jay Litherland earns the silver medal.
Olympics roundup: China shooter takes first gold at uneasy Tokyo Games
China’s Yang Qian overtook Anastasiia Galashina of Russia to win the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 10-meter air rifle Saturday
Olympic men’s basketball: Americans favored, but talent gap continues to shrink
The Americans have much more competition with about 70 current or former NBA players in the Olympic tournament.