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Olympic first: Men, women to swim together in the same relay race

Here comes the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay making its Olympic debut in Tokyo on Saturday

Olympics 2020: South African sets world swim record; Aussies add 6th gold

South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker was the star of the day, setting the first individual swimming world record at the Tokyo Olympics. Others shined, too. Evgeny Rylov completed a backstroke double for Russia, Emma McKeon gave the Aussie women another gold, and China earned a return trip to the top of the medal podium. The mighty Americans? For the first time in the meet, they spent the entire session Friday watching others win gold. Schoenmaker, a 24-year-old South African, won the women's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set by Denmark's Rikke Moller Pedersen at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona. It was the third world record at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with the first two coming in women's relays. I wasn't expecting that at all," said Schoenmaker, who added to her silver in the 100 breast. It couldn't have been a better race. It still just doesn't sink in, maybe one day." Rylov thoroughly snuffed out America

From the Emperor Naruhito on down: Memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

From Emperor Naruhito on down, every Japanese of a certain age remembers the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Sable betters own 3000m steeplechase national record in Tokyo Olympics

India's Avinash Sable shattered his own 3000m steeplechase national record while finishing seventh in his heat race at the Olympics here on Friday

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Mary Kom bows out with a smile

Sindhu will play her quarterfinal match against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan on July 30.

Olympics: US pole vaulter's positive test sends Aussies into isolation

Approximately 2,000 athletes are listed in the track lineup the largest sport on the sprawling Olympic program

Tokyo Olympics: Sunisa Lee takes gold in women's gymnastics final

An American finished atop the podium in the women's Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always. Sunisa Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title on Thursday, edging Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while defending champion Simone Biles watched from the stands. Lee's total of 57.433 points was just enough to top Andrade, who earned the first gymnastics all-around medal by a Latin American athlete but missed out on gold when she stepped out of bounds twice during her floor routine. Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova earned bronze two days after leading ROC to gold in the team final. Lee and the Americans earned a silver in that event, one in which Biles withdrew after one rotation when she decided she was not mentally prepared to compete. Biles opted to pull out of the all-around final, too, leading to the jarring sight of the gymnast considered the greatest of all-time watching the biggest meet in five years fr

Olympics: Chen beats Chinese teammate for gold in women's table tennis

For the ninth straight Olympics, a Chinese woman won the gold medal in table tennis.

Tokyo Olympics: Atanu Das stuns champion archer, Mary Kom knocked out

Men's hockey team, P V Sindhu shine on a good day for India at the Olympics

Australia's Jessica Fox wins first Olympic women's canoe slalom gold

Australia's Jessica Fox has made Olympic history at the Tokyo Games as the first gold medalist in women's canoe slalom

IOC sees no link between Olympic Games, Japan coronavirus case rise

The International Olympic Committee said Thursday that it saw no connection between the current rise of Covid-19 cases in Japan and the Tokyo Games

Take your time, you owe explanation to no one: Shastri on Biles' withdrawal

"Take your time, Simone Biles. You owe explanation to no one," said Indian cricket team's chief coach Ravi Shastri as he lent his support to the multiple Olympic medallist American gymnast

Olympics: South Africa stun Germany 4-3 in men's hockey Pool B match

South Africa produced the biggest shock of the Tokyo Olympics men's hockey tournament so far when they stunned former champions Germany 4-3 in a Pool B match on Thursday

Tokyo Olympics: Golfer Lahiri enjoys strong start with opening 67

While Anirban Lahiri overcame a shaky start to post a solid first round score of 4-under 67 for a share of eighth position, countryman Udayan Mane struggled to a 76 to end the day in 60th position

Olympics sailing: Ganapathy, Thakkar shine while Vishnu and Nethra struggle

The Indian sailing duo of KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar finished seventh in the sixth qualifying race of the mens 49er class at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour

India's challenge ends as Sajan unable to advance to 100m butterfly semis

Swimmer Sajan Prakash finished second in his Heat but that was not enough to advance the semifinals of the men's 100m butterfly event

Indian rowers Arjun Lal, Arvind Singh finish 11th overall in Tokyo Olympics

Indian rowers, Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh, ended 11th over in the men's lightweight double sculls competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday

Tennis: Belinda-Marketa set up Swiss-Czech final in women's singles

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will meet Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic for the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

Men's hockey team, Sindhu in quarters; unlucky Mary Kom bows out of Olympic

The men's hockey team marched into the quarters and archer Atanu Das triumphed over a two-time Olympic champion Korean

Arjun, Arvind finish fifth in Final B of lightweight Men's Double Sculls

The Indian Rowing duo of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished fifth in the Final B of lightweight Men's Double Sculls here at Sea Forest Waterway on Thursday