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Fraser-Pryce Eases Into Olympics As S.Africa Strike Rare Women's Swim Gold


Fraser-Pryce Eases Into Olympics As S.Africa Strike Rare Women s Swim Gold
By Guy JACKSON
07/30/21 AT 1:06 AM
Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made an impressive entrance at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday as South Africa s Tatjana Schoenmaker smashed a long-standing world record in the pool.
But the shadow of coronavirus hung over the start of the athletics programme with the Australian team saying three of its members would remain isolated from the rest of the squad as a precautionary measure after a scare.
Jamaica s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will contest the women s 100m heats on Friday Photo: AFP / KARIM JAAFAR
As competition got under way without spectators in the 68,000-capacity Olympic Stadium because of virus restrictions, Fraser-Pryce successfully launched her bid to become the first woman to win an individual Olympic athletics event three times in the 100m heats. ....

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Olympics 2021 live updates: Lilly King, Ryan Murphy swim to silver


U.S. women s hoops team beats Japan
TOKYO – After getting pushed by Nigeria in its Olympic opener, the U.S. women s basketball team had a tough time putting away Japan on Friday in its second game of pool play. Though the final score ended up 86-69, this was essentially a 10-point game for the entire second half until a couple 3-pointers for the Americans finally broke it open with fewer than three minutes remaining. 
Japan proved tough to defend with its ball movement and spacing, continually generating open looks from the perimeter. Early in the game, Japan made those shots in flurries and actually led 30-28 after the first quarter. ....

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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. ....

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