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Olympics-Fencing-US fencer Lee Kiefer wins gold in women’s foil individual
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lee Kiefer of the United States won gold in the individual women's foil fencing competition on Sunday. Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee took silver, and Larisa Korob...
Jul 25, 2021
Two Peoria homes destroyed by arson
PEORIA, Ill. – Three Peoria firefighters were injured battling a house fire that was determined to be caused by arson. Firefighters were dispatched to 810 West Richmond at 12:17 a.m. Sunday. The...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Archery-Individual events rescheduled after bad weather forecast
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Games organisers said on Sunday that individual events in the archery had been rescheduled due to expected bad weather, with the host city bracing for a storm to roll in this w...
Jul 25, 2021
All dressed up with no one to help, Tokyo volunteers sit in for spectators
By Junko Fujita and Ece Toksabay TOKYO (Reuters) - There aren't any fans to watch the Olympic weightlifting in Tokyo this year, so that job effectively falls to the bored volunteers with little else t...
Jul 25, 2021
Three pets die in Peoria house fire
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria firefighters were dispatched to a fire in a West Bluff Peoria home. Firefighters found smoke and fire coming from the back of the house at 1311 N. Underhill St. when they a...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-McKeown quickest in 100m backstroke qualifying
TOKYO (Reuters) - World record holder Kaylee McKeown was the fastest qualifier in the women's 100m backstroke at the Tokyo Games on Sunday, setting a new Olympic record with her time of 57.88 seconds....
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-Nishikori upsets fifth seed Rublev on home soil
By Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Kei Nishikori advanced to the second round of the men's singles at the Tokyo Games on Sunday, triumphing over fifth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4 on home soil....
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Weightlifting-Li’s ‘flamingo’ amuses audience
TOKYO (Reuters) - The flamboyant Li Fabin pulled off his signature one-legged "flamingo" on his opening clean and jerk lift on Sunday as he made it two out of two Olympic weightlifting gold medals for...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Softball-One curve ends gold chase for Canada pitcher out of retirement
By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Canada pitcher Danielle Lawrie - among several players who came out of retirement to chase gold in softball's return to the Olympics https://www.reuters.com/...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-Fuchs keeps gold medal in focus to keep away mental fear
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - For someone who suffers from fear of contamination, the decision to travel to the Tokyo Olympics amid the COVID-19 pandemic was not easy for United States boxer Vi...
Jul 25, 2021
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