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Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images toggle caption Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Sunisa Lee of the U.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the women's all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images This year's Olympic Games has been an event unlike any other before it. The ongoing pandemic has changed so much, most noticeable being the ban on spectators with even families barred from attending. Still, despite these difficulties, athletes are blazing trails and making history. Some countries that usually don't meda...

FOCUS: Coronavirus threat rises as Japan cheers Olympic gold medal rush By Junko Horiuchi and Ayano Shimizu, KYODO NEWS - 4 hours ago - 09:30 | Sports, News, All, Coronavirus A week since the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, fraught with many difficulties, the gold medal rush of Japanese athletes has lifted the spirits of a public that remains largely worried about staging the multinational sporting event amid a once-in-a-century pandemic. Behind the festive mood, however, the number of daily coronavirus cases ...

Olympics Latest: Rashitov wins taekwondo gold at Tokyo Games The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: ___ MEDAL ALERT Ulugbek Rashitov won Uzbekistan’s first Olympic taekwondo gold medal in dramatic fashion by beating Bradly Sinden of Britain. The 19-year-old Rashitov landed a four-point turning body kick inside the final 15 seconds to turn a two-point deficit into a two-point lead and the featherweight hung on for a 34-29 victory to claim Uzbekistan’s first-ever medal in taekwondo. Rashit...

'Can't help but cheer:' Some in Japan warm to Olympics Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ People cheer on athletes during the women's individual triathlon competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on Tuesday. | AFP-JIJI AFP-Jiji Jul 28, 2021 After months of opposition, some people in Japan are warming to the pandemic-hit Olympics, with fans defying authorities to cheer athletes on public roads and rushing to snap up G...

RNZ 26 July, 2021, 10:26 am A police officer wearing a face mask stands near the entrance of the Main Press Centre, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble The Tokyo Olympics delivered a day of high drama on Sunday with a stunning surprise in the pool, one of the great David v Goliath cycling victories and double sibling judo gold as Japan continued their golden start. The host nation bagged skateboarding’s first gold medal courtesy of Yuto Horigome, then saw Uta Abe and her brother Hifumi make history as the first siblings to win gold meda...