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___ MEDAL ALERT Chizuru Arai has won Japan’s sixth gold medal in judo at the Tokyo Olympics, beating Austria’s Michaela Polleres in the final of the women’s 70-kilogram middleweight division. Arai reached her first Olympic final with three ippon victories, surviving a semifinal bout that lasted nearly 17 minutes against Russian athlete Madina Taimazova. The two-time world champion then claimed gold over Polleres with an early waza ari at the Budokan. Arai is just the second Japanese woman to win gold out of five weight categories in Tokyo. The men swept the first four gold medals in Tok...

Japanese teenager Daiki Hashimoto won a gold medal in men’s all-around. The 19-year-old Hashimoto used a thrilling high bar routine during the final rotation to edge Xiao Ruoteng of China and reigning world champion Nikita Nagornyy. Hashimoto’s all-around total of 88.465 points included a 14.933 on high bar. That was good enough for him to surge past Xiao and into the top spot. The gold is the third straight Olympic title for the Japanese gymnast. Kohei Uchimura won in 2012 and 2016. Advertisement The win was also a bit of redemption for Hashimoto. He thought his high bar set during the t...

Olympics Latest: Latvia wins gold in men's 3-on-3 July 28, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 53 1of53Edgars Krumins, center, of Latvia, is pressured by Stanislav Sharov (1) and Alexander Zuev, right, of the Russian Olympic Committee, during a men's 3-on-3 basketball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Charlie Riedel/APShow MoreShow Less 2of53United States' Kelsey Plum (5) heads to the basket past France's Mamignan Toure during a women's 3-on-3 semifinal basketball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Jeff Roberson...

___ MEDAL ALERT Latvia’s Karlis Lasmanis drained a shot from behind the arc to close the game and seal a gold-medal-winning 21-18 victory over the Russians in the debut of 3-on-3 basketball at the Olympics. Lasmanis spotted up and swished the shot and then was dogpiled by his three Latvian teammates. They will bring home the country’s first medal of the Tokyo Games. ___ MEDAL ALERT The U.S. team of Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young won the first women’s gold medal in the new Olympic sport of 3-on-3 basketball. Plum scored all five of her points early to help th...

5h Surfer Angelo Bonomelli blames Portugal for lack of transparency, says it cost him shot at making Tokyo Olympics in time ICHINOMIYA, Japan -- An aggrieved Olympic surfing alternate forced into a futile race against time to catch a wave in Japan is slamming a competitor's officials as "selfish" for not being transparent about his rival's positive COVID-19 test that cost him a shot at the sport's historic Summer Games debut. Angelo Bonomelli, 30, is the frustrated Italian surfer who, by a hair, missed out on the sport's Olympic debut because Portugal's Frederico Morais, 29, waited until the ...