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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021
What to watch on Day 10 of the Tokyo Olympics
A weightlifter from New Zealand will make Olympic history while Samurai Japan takes on the United States in a battle of gold medal contenders on Day 10.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021
A golden night for Italy: Lamont Marcell Jacobs sprints to 100-meter gold
Jacobs got off to a good start and never let up to beat American Fred Kerley and Canadian Andre de Grasse to claim the title of Fastest Man in the World.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, Italian Gianmarco Tamberi share men's high jump gold
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy shared the men's high jump gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Japanese basketball team ends Olympics knowing it has plenty of work to do
Japan made an early exit from the Games having gone winless, ending their tournament with a 97-77 loss to Argentina in their final Group B contest at Saitama Super Arena on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Caeleb Dressel, a grueling week in Tokyo and five Olympic gold medals
Now that his Games are over, the American swimming star was finally able to let his guard down and begin to take in the enormity of what he accomplished.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Xander Schauffele wins golf gold for U.S. in Tokyo as Matsuyama comes up short in playoff for bronze
Rory Sabbatini claimed an unlikely silver for adopted nation Slovakia while Taiwan's CT Pan secured bronze.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
For Samurai Japan, young pitchers leading the way at Tokyo Olympics
Masato Morishita — along with other young hurlers — may not have much experience in top-level international baseball, but he's already made an impression.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Thrills, spills and gravity-defying tricks as BMX freestyle debuts at Tokyo Games
Gold medalist Logan Martin and the rest of the men's and women's fields put the extreme sport on the Olympic map.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Tokyo temperatures roast Olympic athletes as fears grow over heatstroke risk
As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo's stunning heat that perhaps dished out the most pain.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Japan confident heading into Olympic soccer semifinal against Spain
After squeaking past New Zealand, the team appeared unfazed by the down-to-the-wire drama, because, at the end of the day, winning was the ultimate goal in the knockout stage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2021
Veteran LDP lawmaker says Olympic medals will give party electoral boost
Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura said that athletes doing well at the Games would give the party 'great strength' ahead of an election expected in the fall.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
'Surreal!' says Australia's Emma McKeon after picking up seventh medal in Tokyo
McKeon won four gold medals in Tokyo and she joins Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi as the only swimmers with seven medals at a Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
China's Gong Lijiao takes shot put gold as trackside temperatures hit 40 degrees
New Zealand's Valerie Adams became the latest mother to medal as she added a bronze to her Olympic collection of two golds and a silver.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 1, 2021
In pictures: Day 8 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
It was the day when BMX freestyle riders backflipped on to the global stage and Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah proved she is the fastest woman in the world.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Japan's 3x3 basketball Olympic teams left wanting more after turning heads in preliminary round
“3x3 will have a huge impact on Japanese basketball in the future and there is a good chance Japan becomes a 3x3 powerhouse,” said Torsten Loibl, the director/coach of the country's teams.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021
Simone Biles withdraws from Olympic floor exercise final
'Simone has withdrawn from the event final for floor and will make a decision later this week on beam,' USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Twitter.

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