seven. congratulations. did it feel any different than, say, gold medal number six? yeah. i mean, each one has a special story behind it, i think. and um, you know, this one. i won that event three olympics in a row now and that is a pretty special story. reporter: caeleb dressel broke his own world record, his third gold medal in tokyo. do you feel like world-record pace when you are doing it? no. no. and the pain continues for dressel. he is the favorite in the 50-meter freestyle on sunday. about to tag morgan pierson for the u.s. reporter: and on dry ground, the u.s. picked up a couple of medals in mixed relays. a bronze in track and field. announcer: and now, the silver medal to the united states. reporter: and a silver in triathlons. bringing the u.s. medal count to 46. and stephanie joined me here in tokyo right now. i was at the bmx race on friday. connor fields, american, really an
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Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the first track and field gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with victory in the men’s 10,000 meters.
Barega won in 27 minutes, 43.22 seconds to upset world champion and world-record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda. Cheptegei took the silver medal and Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda was third.
Barega won at a largely empty Olympic Stadium. It was the only medal event on the first day of track action.
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The top-seeded pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic won Olympic gold in men’s doubles tennis.
Mektic and Pavic beat Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 in an all-Croatian final.
Tokyo Olympics: Bethany Shriever & Kye Whyte win historic medals in BMX racing
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Dates: 23 July-8 August
Time in Tokyo: BST +8
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Britain s Bethany Shriever won gold in the women s BMX racing final, moments after team-mate Kye Whyte claimed the nation s first Olympic medal in the event with silver in the men s.
Shriever, 22, was lifted into the air by Whyte as the pair celebrated their historic achievements in Tokyo.
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Olympics Latest: An San of South Korea wins 3rd archery gold
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An San of South Korea has won her third straight archery gold medal at the Tokyo Games.
She won during a shoot-off in the final of the women’s individual event.
An beat Elena Osipova of ROC, the acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee, by a 6-5 score Friday. She scored a 10 in the shoot-off Osipova recorded a 8 to help her nation remain perfect in archery in Tokyo. An had a part in the mixed and women’s team gold medals as well, with the men’s team also winning. The last archery event will be the men’s individual competition Saturday.
USA BMX champion Connor Fields suffers heavy crash, exits on stretcher
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Connor Fields crashed heavily in the third run of his semi-final in the Olympic men s BMX race on Friday and was taken off the track on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance.
There was no immediate word on his condition.
Fields had looked in total control as he finished third and first in the first two runs of his semi-final heat. ut in the third run he appeared to make contact with another rider going into the first steeply-banked 180 degree turn on the snaking concrete course and pitched forward. He was treated by medical staff before being taken away.