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U.S. swimmer sparks doping controversy, high octane BMX marred by crashes Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men s 200m Backstroke - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee, Ryan Murphy of the United States and Luke Greenbank of Britain pose on the podium with the gold, silver and bronze medal respectively REUTERS/Marko Djurica reuters tickers This content was published on July 30, 2021 - 07:34 July 30, 2021 - 07:34 By Simon Evans, Mari Saito and Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) -An American swimmer sparked controversy at the Tokyo Games on Friday when he said it would take a long time to clear his sport of doping after losing his Olympic title to a Russian. ....
Friday sees the start of track and field events at the Tokyo Olympics, with one medal up for grabs today in the men’s 10,000 metres. It’s the last event of the evening session. Meanwhile there was more water-based action with rowing and swimming, which saw the first individual swimming world record at these games, in the women’s 200-metre breaststroke. Here s a recap of who won what today: BMX Great Britain’s Bethany Shriever has spoiled Colombian Mariana Pajon’s bid for a third straight gold medal in BMX racing. Shriever jumped out to an early lead and held off Pajon at the finish in her first Olympics. Dutch rider Merel Smulders took bronze. ....
ADVERTISEMENT OLYMPIC ROUNDUP: U.S. outlasts Turkey in women s volleyball | Americans advance in beach volleyball | Top U.S. BMX rider injured Today at 2:19 a.m. WOMEN S VOLLEYBALL U.S. outlasts Turkey The U.S. women s volleyball team won its third consecutive match at the Olympics and is assured of a spot in the quarterfinals. The Americans beat Turkey 25-19, 25-20, 17-25, 20-25, 15-12 in their third pool play match to join Italy at 3-0 in Pool B. The United States is seeking its first gold medal in the sport and is off to a good start in Tokyo with wins over Argentina, defending champion China and Turkey. Italy, Serbia and Brazil have also clinched spots in the quarters with the other four spots still to be determined. ....
Bethany Shriever earned a stunning gold medal for Team GB in the BMX racing at Tokyo 2020 She pulled off upset to stop Colombia winning a third gold in a row at end of extraordinary Olympic journey Her parents and boyfriend Brynley were watching at home near Chelmsford, who were left in floods of tears Shriever followed compatriot Kye Whyte, who landed silver in the men s event minutes before her race Kye s passion for BMX stopped him getting involved in gangs in Peckham. BMX gave me respect for my elders and for myself, Whyte says. It s kept me on the straight and narrow. ....
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