Team U.S.A. lastly got on the podium, winning 10 overall medals and 4 golds. Here’s how the competitors unfolded on Day 2 in Tokyo:
Jake Gibb, Tri Bourne Take Preliminary Match Against Italy in Beach Volleyball
The duo of Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne went out to a strong start in the initial round of beach volley ball, winning their very first match of the Olympics over the Italian duo of Enrico Rossi and Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich.
The set of Americans won 2-0 over the Italians. It was an especially excellent revealing considered that Bourne was a last minute replacement for Taylor Crabb, who evaluated favorable for COVID-19 simply recently.
The U.S. duo went out to a fast 6-1 lead in the very first set and didn’t recall. They never ever let Rossi and Carambula Raurich get within a point, completing with a 21-18 win. In the next set, it couldn’t have actually been more various, as the point differential was never ever more than 2. But Gibb and Bourne took a late lead and won the 2nd set 21-19.
Gibb and Bourne’s next match will be Wednesday, July 27 versus the Swiss set of Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson.
Men’s Basketball Drops First Olympic Game Since 2004
Team U.S.A. opened swimming pool play versus France, aiming to extend its 24-game win streak at the Olympics.
However, France went on a 16-2 run towards to end the 4th quarter and handed the U.S. its very first loss considering that 2004. Evan Fournier led all gamers with 28 points, and Rudy Gobert included 14 points and 9 rebounds.
Team U.S.A. had a hard time from 3, going 10-for-32. The group was outscored 46-31 in the 2nd half.
Next up, Team U.S.A. will play Iran and the Czech Republic in swimming pool play.
Simone Biles Advances in All Events, U.S. Finishes Behind ROC After Qualifiers
Simone Biles was as dominant as ever, advancing in all 4 specific gymnastic occasions and leading the well-rounded field with a rating of 57.731.
Biles ended up with the leading rating in the vault with a 15.183. She ended the qualifiers 2nd in the flooring, seventh in the beam and 10th in the unequal bars. She had the ability to get the last certifying area in the unequal bars considering that the Russian Olympic Committee had 4 gymnasts in the leading 6 and just 2 per nation might advance.
Sunisa Lee likewise advanced in the beam and the unequal bars. Her 15.200 in the unequal was second-best and 14.200 in the beam put her 3rd. Also advancing for the U.S. is Jade Carey and Mykayla Skinner, Carey in both the vault and flooring and Skinner in the flooring.
In addition to Biles’ leading surface in the well-rounded, Lee ended up third with an overall rating of 57.166, while Carey ended up ninth with a 56.265.
The United States, as a group, ended up with a rating of 170.562, just routing the ROC, who scored a 171.629.
U.S. Men’s Basketball Team Leads France at the Half
The United States guys’s basketball group’s mission for a 4th straight gold medal is underway, with the group taking a 47-35 halftime lead over France in its Olympic opener.
The U.S. began the video game with Damian Lillard, Zach LaVine, Bam Adebayo, Draymond Green and Kevin Durant on the flooring. The group went on a 16-4 run versus France in the very first quarter and led 22-15 after one.
The U.S. shot 47.6 percent in the very first, with Adebayo and recently-crowned NBA champ Jrue Holiday blazing a trail with 5 points each. Applying a switch-heavy defense, the U.S. forced France into 6 first-quarter turnovers and 30.8 percent shooting.
Thanks to the 3-point shooting of Lillard and Holiday, the U.S. increased its cause double-digits in the 2nd.
Adebayo remains in double figures at the half for the U.S. with 10 points. Lillard included 9 points, going 3-for-6 from deep, and Durant has 7 regardless of remaining in nasty problem.
Evan Fournier had 12 first-half points for France, which shot 1 of 11 from 3.
Zolotic Makes History With Taekwondo Gold
Anastasija Zolotic continued the supremacy of Team U.S.A.’s females on Sunday early morning.
The 18-year-old beat Tatiana Minina by a last rating of 24-17 to bring house the very first gold in Olympic taekwondo history for an American female. This is the very first time an American, guy or female, will stand atop the taekwondo podium considering that 2004.
Kiefer Wins Gold in Individual Foil
Lee Kiefer beat Inna Deriglazova in the specific foil last, 15-13, to bring house the first-ever gold medal in specific foil for the United States.
Kiefer To Get Historic Medal in Individual Foil
Lee Kiefer will go for the gold versus ROC’s Inna Deriglazova in the specific foil last at 7:45 a.m. ET. She might be the very first American to ever win gold in case.
She beat ROC’s Larisa Korobeynikova in the semifinal.
U.S.A. Basketball 4-0 in 3×3 Pool Play
Team U.S.A.’s 3×3 basketball group showed up clutch on Sunday, winning its 2 video games to transfer to 4-0 in swimming pool play.
In the 22-11 win over Romania, Kelsey Plum blazed a trail with 12 points.
In the 2nd match of the day, the Russian Olympic Committee kept things close. But in the end, Team U.S.A. got the win, 20-16. Allisha Gray provided a strong efficiency, completing with 8 points and 9 rebounds.
Team U.S.A. has actually 3 video games left in swimming pool play prior to removal starts on Tuesday.
No. 1 Ranked Golfer Jon Rahm Out of Olympics After Positive COVID-19 Test
Jon Rahm, the No. 1 ranked golf player on the planet, will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics after evaluating favorable for COVID-19.
Rahm, who was set to represent Spain, formerly evaluated favorable for the infection in early June and was required to withdraw from the Memorial Tournament while holding a six-stroke lead getting in the last round. He went on to win the U.S. Open simply over 2 weeks later on.
The United States will lack Bryson DeChambeau, who likewise evaluated favorable for COVID-19. The No. 6 ranked golf player, and winner of the 2020 U.S. Open, will be changed by Patrick Reed on Team U.S.A..
No. 1 Ranked Women’s Volleyball Shuts Out Argentina
The females’s volley ball group was in action on Day 2 and locked out Argentina in 3 sets.
Jordan Thompson blazed a trail with 20 points on 18 eliminates and 2 blocks in the 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-20) triumph.
The U.S. will deal with world No. 2-ranked China in Pool B play on Monday, July 25, at 10:05 p.m. ET.
Moore, Marks Win Inaugural Heats, Head to Round 3
American internet users Carissa Moore and Caroline Marks both won their warms and will advance to the 3rd round in Olympic competitors.
Moore completed her heat with a rating of 11.74, while Marks ended up with a rating of 13.40.
On the guys’s side, American Kolohe Andino ended up second in his heat, scoring 10.27. Peru’s Lucca Mesinas ended up initially in the heat with 11.40. Teammate John John Florence remained in 3rd in his heat with a rating of 8.37.
In Round 1 warms, 4 internet users took on the leading 2 moving onto Round 3 and the bottom 2 competiting in Round 2. Round 2 was objected to after Round 1 warms to establish competitors for Sunday.
After can be found in 3rd in Round 1, Florence ended up initially in Round 2 with an overall rating of 12.77. The 2 American guys will take on versus each other in Round 3 on Sunday night starting at 10:45 p.m. ET.
In Round 3 for the females, Marks will deal with Japan’s Mahina Maeda, and Moore will deal with Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich in hopes of proceeding to the quarterfinals. Their warms start at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday.
China’s Li Fabin Wins Gold in Men’s 61kg Weightlifting, Sets Olympic Record
Li Fabin showed why he was a preferred entering into the guys’s 61kg weight-lifting occasion.
The Chinese weightlifter set an Olympic record with an overall of 313kg raised in case. This was thanks to setting an Olympic record of 172kg raised in his 2nd effort at the tidy and jerk. He likewise raised 141kg in the take, bringing him to the 313kg overall.
Finishing with the silver was Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia, raising 137kg in the take and 165 in the tidy and jerk, for an overall of 302kg. Irawan two times attempted 177kg in the tidy and take for his last 2 efforts, however was not successful.
Igor Son from Kazakhstan took the bronze, raising 131kg in the take and 163 in the tidy and jerk for an overall of 294kg raised.
U.S. Women’s Softball Team Advances to Gold Medal Game
The U.S. Women’s softball group has actually won a silver or gold medal in all of the 5 Olympic Games that the sport has actually been objected to.
Team U.S.A. will now have an opportunity to extend that streak to 6 when they deal with host country Japan in the gold medal video game on Tuesday, July 27.
After winning their very first 4 video games of the opening round and permitting simply one run scored, U.S.A. softball veterans Monica Abbott and Cat Osterman will now have an opportunity to get vengeance on the group that beat them 13 years earlier in Beijing.
The U.S. Women get their very first take a look at Japan Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Austria’s Anna Kiesenhofer Pedals to Gold in Women’s Cycling Road Race
Anna Kiesenhofor of Austria pressed her method to her very first Olympic medal, winning gold in the females’s specific biking roadway race. The 30-year-old ended up with a time of 3:52:45.
Kiesnhofer managed the lead for the majority of the race. She remained in initially at the 96.6km intermediate point of the race and had the ability to hang on up until completion. She ended up with a typical speed of 35.317 kilometres per hour.
Winning silver was The Netherlands’ Annamiek van Vleuten, who ended up with a time of 3:54:00. Behind her and taking the bronze was Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini, completing the race in 3:54:14. It was likewise the very first Olympic medals for van Vleuten and Longo Borghini.
Simone Biles Holds Lead in All-Around, U.S. Team Trails ROC
It must come as not a surprise that after the United States finished its females’s gymnastics certifying round, the leader in the all-around is Simone Biles.
With a rating of 14.133 on flooring workout, 14.066 on beam, 14.966 on vault and 14.566 on unequal bars, Biles ended up with a rating of 57.731.
Just behind her is U.S. colleague Sunisa Lee, who topped Biles on beam with a 14.200 and unequal bars with a 15.200. Lee likewise scored a 13.433 on flooring and 14.333 on vault for an overall of 57.166.
As for the other members of the U.S., Jade Carey presently beings in seventh with a 56.265, Mykayla Skinner is 8th with a 55.398, Grace McCallum is tenth with a 55.165 and Jordan Chilies is 25th with a 52.698.
The 24 gymnasts with the leading cumulative specific ratings advance to the specific well-rounded last, with a limitation of 2 gymnasts per nation.
As a group, the United States’ rating of 170.562 is presently 2nd behind the Russian Olympic Committee’s 171.629.
South Korea Wins Ninth Straight Gold in Women’s Team Archery
Coming into the 2020 Olympics, no other nation had actually won gold in the females’s group archery occasion besides South Korea. That is a pattern that will continue into 2024.
South Korea beat the Russian Olympic Committee 6-0 in a rematch of the 2016 gold medal match. It is the nation’s ninth successive gold medal in case, which goes back to the inauguration of the occasion in 1988. It is the ROC’s 2nd ever medal in case.
On their method to gold, the South Koreans outscored challengers 17-1, with the only point originating from Belarus in a set split in the semifinals.
Germany beat Belarus in the bronze medal match 6-0. It’s the 3rd time Germany has actually medaled in females’s group archery.
After getting a bye, the United States were gotten rid of in the quarterfinals by the Russian Olympic Committee 6-0.
Sunisa Lee Holds Top Score in Uneven Bars, Simone Biles in Position to Advance
Sunisa Lee was amongst the preferred in the unequal bars getting in the females’s gymnastics certifying round and didn’t dissatisfy.
With a D Score of 6.600 and E Score of 8.600, Lee amounted to a 15.200 to grab the leading rating in case. She topped the 14.966 scored by Anastasiia Iliankova of the Russian Olympic Committee.
Simone Biles, in case considered her weakest, ended up with the second-best rating for the U.S. with a 14.566. That presently stands as the eighth-best total rating in case, however with the ROC having 4 of the leading 5 finishers and just the leading 2 allowed to advance to the last, Biles presently remains in position to advance as one of the leading 8 staying scorers. That will be figured out by the outcomes of the last 2 neighborhoods later on today.
William Shaner Wins Gold for U.S. in 10m Air Rifle
William Shaner ended up being the 2nd American to win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games, winning the guys’s 10m air rifle occasion.
The 20-year-old set a brand-new Olympic record with a 251.6 rating, directly beating China’s Lihao Sheng (250.9) by .07 in the last round.
The Colorado Springs local was currently among the leading potential customers on the planet, winning gold at the 2021 2021 ISSF World Cup in Croatia and as part of the Men’s Air Rifle group at the 2021 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi.
Shaner was among 2 University of Kentucky trainees to complete in the Tokyo Olympics and began in shooting sports when he was simply 9 years of ages.
He now ends up being the most recent American to medal, bring Team U.S.A.’s overall to 8, connected with China up until now in Tokyo.
Simone Biles Takes Hold of Top Score on Vault
Simone Biles presently holds the leading rating in vault with ratings of 14.966 and 15.400 for a 15.183 in the females’s gymnastics certifying round.
The United States has the leading 3 scorers to this point. Jade Carey holds the 2nd finest rating after publishing a 15.166 on each effort. Mykayla Skinner declared 3rd with a 14.866, though just the leading 2 scorers from each country can advance to the occasion finals.
China Wins Fifth Straight Gold in Women’s Synchronized 3m Springboard
China’s Shi Tingmao and Wang Han won the gold medal in the females’s integrated 3m springboard occasion, scoring a 326.40 in the last round. It’s the 5th successive gold medal in that occasion for China and the 2nd profession gold medal for Shi Tingmao.
Canada’s Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini Beaulieu won silver with a rating of 300.78. Germany’s Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel protected the bronze with a rating of 284.97.
The United States set of Allison Gibson and Krysta Palmer ended up 8th out of the 8 nations contending. The set had a last rating of 263.49.
Simone Biles Quest for Gold in Tokyo Officially Underway
Simone Biles has actually taken the mat at the Tokyo Olympics.
Biles scored a 14.133 on her flooring regimen in the females’s gymnastics certifying round, with her level of problem more than making up for presuming out of bounds on her 3rd landing that she went off the flooring totally.
Biles got a D Score of 6.700, E Score of 7.733 and Penalty of -0.3, and at that phase tracked just Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari, who scord a 14.166 in flooring workout.
The United States’ Jade Carey had the 3rd finest rating with a 14.100. Jordan Chiles’ 13.566 was 11th finest to that point, Mykayla Skinner’s 13.566 was 12th, Grace McCallum’s 13.466 was 13th, and Sunisa Lee’s 13.433 was 15th.
U.S. Men’s Water Polo Team Beats Japan to Open Tokyo Games
The U.S. guys’s water polo group were triumphant in their very first match of the Tokyo Games, whipping Japan 15-13.
In a backward and forward affair, Alex Bowen led Team U.S.A. with 5 objectives, scoring 4 in the very first 2 quarters of play. Japan led the video game 8-7 heading into halftime however the U.S. guys had the ability to pull ahead in the 3rd quarter. After quiting 2 objectives in the very first 2 minutes the Americans began to get on a roll when Marco Vavic got a shot behind Japan’s goalie with 5:34 left in the 3rd.
Rowing Competition Cancelled For July 27 Based on Weather Reports
The World Rowing Committee, in coordination with the IOC and Tokyo2020 Organizing Committee, have actually cancelled rowing occasions happening on Tuesday, July 27 due to impending weather forecast.
There is anticipated high winds and strong gusts for that day, which would develop “unequal and potentially unrowable racing conditions.”
As an outcome, the occasions that were to occur that day have actually been delayed to either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of that exact same week.
Osaka Cruises in First Olympic Match in Tokyo
Japan’s Naomi Osaka looked magnificent in her very first Olympic match of the Tokyo Games, beating China’s Saisai Zheng in simply 87 minutes.
Osaka beat Zheng in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 at Ariake Tennis Park. She had actually formerly taken 2 months far from the sport to concentrate on her psychological health.
The previous No. 1 gamer on the planet will aim to protect Japan’s very first Olympic gold medal in tennis and lit the Olympic cauldron at the opening events on Friday.
Yuto Horigome Earns First-Ever Skateboarding Olympic Gold Medal
Skateboarding appeared in the Olympics for the very first time in Tokyo, and hence the very first medals were given out.
Japan’s Yuto Horigome came in very first location in the guys’s skateboarding street occasion to win the sport’s first-ever Olympic gold medal, and Brazil’s Kelvin Hoefler took house silver.
Team U.S.A.’s Jagger Eaton was available in 3rd to win bronze, upping the United States’ medal count to 7. Despite being a preferred to win, American Nyjah Huston remarkably did not medal.
Wimbledon Champion Ash Barty Eliminated in First Round
Australia’s Ash Barty, the ruling Wimbledon champ and world No. 1, has actually been knocked out of the Olympics.
Barty lost in the preliminary late Saturday night to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-3.
After the greatest competition’s greatest upset so far, the Spaniard is set to next play either France’s Fiona Ferro or Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova.
Team U.S.A. Jumps From No-Medal Day 1 to Top of the Leaderboard
Don’t call it a resurgence.
After Day 1 at the Tokyo Olympics, the United States had actually not made any medals. It was the very first time Team U.S.A. ended up the very first day of competitors with no hardware considering that 1972.
The start of Day 2 altered that with the aid of the U.S. swimming group. After simply 2 hours of swimming occasions, the United States had signed up with the top of the medal leaderboard with 6 overall — one gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze.
Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland kicked things off by completing very first and 2nd in the guys’s 400m specific assortment. The females likewise gathered 2 medals in their 400 IM when Emma Weyant caught the silver to Hali Flickinger’s bronze. In in between, Kieran Smith originated from behind to protect the bronze medal in the guys’s 400m freestyle. Capping off the night was the females’s 4×100 freestyle relay. Anchored by Simone Manuel, the U.S. females ended up third.
U.S. Women’s Softball Walks Off vs. Australia
After a walk-off win versus Australia late Saturday night, the United States females’s softball group is now 4-0 in Tokyo.
The U.S. and Australia were connected at 0 at the end of 7 innings. In the top of the 8th, pitcher Monica Abbott slowed down one run for Australia to pull ahead 1-0. But in the bottom of the 8th inning, Amanda Chidester won the video game for Team U.S.A. with a two-run RBI double.
The walk-off win has actually most likely sealed the offer for Team U.S.A. to make an area in the gold medal video game.
Team U.S.A. Wins Bronze in Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Simone Manuel remained neck-and-neck with Canada’s anchor in the last stretch of the females’s 4x100m freestyle relay to make a bronze medal for Team U.S.A..
Australia took house the gold in a dominant win that broke the world record, and Canada ended up second for the silver medal.
The U.S. group opted for 3 brand-new individuals — Manuel, Erika Brown and Abbey Weitzeil — in the last, with Natalie Hinds as the only swimmer to complete in both warms and the last round.
Bryson DeChambeau Tested Positive for COVID-19
Bryson DeChambeau will not have the ability to complete at the Olympics after screening favorable for COVID-19, U.S.A. Golf revealed on Saturday night.
Patrick Reed will take a trip to Tokyo to take his location. Reed is going through the requisite screening procedure up until Monday prior to leaving for Japan.
Weyant, Flickinger Medal in Women’s 400IM
Emma Weyant and Hali Flickinger made the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the females’s swimming 400m specific assortment.
The set extended an outstanding streak of American females winning a medal in the 400 IM at every Olympics considering that 2004. Weyant and Flickinger ended up behind gold medal winner Japan’s Yui Ohashi.
Kieran Smith Wins Bronze in Men’s 400m Freestyle Final
American swimmer Kieran Smith put 3rd in the guys’s 400m freestyle last to include a bronze medal to Team U.S.A.’s count.
Smith ended up with a time of 3:43.94 behind gold medalist Ahmed Hafnaoui from Tunisia and silver medalist Jack McLoughlin from Australia.
Chase Kalisz Wins First U.S. Gold Medal in Men’s 400IM
Team U.S.A. lastly has some medals under its belt.
In the guys’s 400m specific assortment on Saturday night, Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland ended up being the very first Americans to medal in Tokyo. Kalisz took house gold with a time of 4:09.42 and Litherland made the silver medal with a time of 4:10.28. Australia’s Brendon Smith was available in 3rd location with a time of 4:10.38.
This is the very first time the U.S. has actually put initially and second in the 400-meter specific assortment considering that Michael Phelps and Erik Vendt did it in 2004, when Phelps won his very first Olympic gold medal.
Ross/Klineman Win First Beach Volleyball Match
April Ross and Alix Klineman have actually started their 2020 Olympic efficiency with a triumph.
The dominant beach volley ball duo took simply 2 sets to beat a set from China, 21-17, 21-19, in their very first swimming pool play match. Ross and Klineman’s next match is on Monday at 8 p.m. ET versus Liliana Fernández and Elsa Baquerizo from Spain.
Simone Manuel Joins Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team for Final
The United States females’s 4x100m freestyle relay group will change up their lineup for the last on Saturday night to consist of star Simone Manuel. The quartet that will complete in the last is comprised of Erika Brown, Abbey Weitzeil, Natalie Hinds and completes with Manuel.
Team U.S.A.’s relay group, comprised of Hinds, Olivia Smoliga, Catie DeLoof and Allison Schmitt, ended up with the fifth-fastest time throughout warms on Saturday early morning, advancing the group to finals. Manuel, who did not receive the 100m in Tokyo however was a choice for Team U.S.A. in the 4x100m freestyle relay, did not complete in the heat.
The last is arranged for Saturday night at 10:45 p.m. ET.
Surfing Competition Begins Despite Typhoon Threat
Add yet another difficulty to the already-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics that is working around the COVID-19 pandemic: a possible hurricane.
As Day 2 starts in Japan, and the surfing competition starts, risks of serious weather condition put the start of the competitors in jeopardy. The sport depends on wave conditions, and the waves are presently around waist-high as the Olympics start. Many regional citizens verbalized their worries of a possible hurricane in the projection, however the females’s competitors went off without a drawback at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday.
Team U.S.A. Still Waiting for First Medal of Tokyo Games
Despite a couple of close losses, Team U.S.A. ended up Day 1 of Olympic competitors in Tokyo without any medals … for the very first time considering that 1972.
After winning the very first gold medal of the Games, China presently blazes a trail in the medal count with 2 golds and a bronze. Host nation Japan protected its very first gold in judo and likewise included a silver, while Italy likewise has a gold and silver under its belt.
As we head into a hectic Day 2, the United States has a lot of time to offset its sluggish start quickly.
Skateboarding Set to Make Olympic Debut
Next up on the list of brand-new Olympic occasions debuting in Tokyo: skateboarding.
The guys’s competitors warms start at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, and finals are set for 11:25 p.m. ET.
Team U.S.A. has a genuine possibility to medal in skateboarding. Nyjah Huston, a 16-time X Games winner and six-time world skateboarding champ, will intend to include Olympic medalist to his excellent resume.
Simone Biles Will Start Tokyo Competition on Quest to Break Some Records
The time has actually come for the GOAT to make her Tokyo launching. Simone Biles will take spotlight as the females’s gymnastics competitors begins with the certifying round.
Biles will go into the competitors early Sunday early morning on a mission to include some records to her magnificent list of achievements.
And there are a lot of records for Biles to break: most gold medals by a U.S. female (topping the 8 held by American swimmer Jenny Thompson), the record for specific gold in gymnastics (topping Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska) and she might connect Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for many gold medals for a female professional athlete with 9.