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Olympics-Swimming-Australia take third straight 4x100m freestyle relay gold
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia won the 4x100 women's freestyle relay Olympic gold for the third time in a row, beating their own world record by three seconds and helping take the stin...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Weightlifting-Madagascar’s Andriantsitohaina brothers achieve Tokyo dream
By Ece Toksabay and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) - Andriantsitohaina brothers Eric and Tojonirina realised the first of their weightlifting dreams by competing together at the Tokyo Games and say they...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-American Kalisz savours redemption with Tokyo gold
By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - No matter how many times Olympic athletes are told they should be proud of their silver medals, for many of them, second best can never be good enough. American Chase ...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Diving-China women keep diving gold streak alive with Tokyo win
TOKYO (Reuters) - China claimed its first diving gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, keeping its winning streak in the sport rolling in the women's events. Aiming for a clean sweep of all eigh...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Skateboarding-“Skating banned” sign hangs outside venue
By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - For street skaters, run-ins with neighbours and security guards are annoyingly commonplace. In Japan, where Yuto Horigome won the first ever Olympic gold awarded in ska...
Jul 25, 2021
Badminton-Egypt’s two female competitors excel at versatility
By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Egypt may not have a strong badminton team but its two female representatives at the Tokyo Games have plenty of moxie. Doha Hany, 23, is competing in three events: wom...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-Bujold loses opening bout in Tokyo but leaves a mark
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Mandy Bujold won a lengthy fight outside the ring to punch her ticket to the Tokyo Olympics but the Canadian flyweight ultimately ran out of steam on Sunday, going...
Jul 25, 2021
China has given 1.5387 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of July 24
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has administered a total of 1.5387 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of July 24, data from the National Health Commission showed on Sunday. (Reporting by Sophie Yu and Do...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-Osaka refreshed and ready after first win since May
TOKYO (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka said she was feeling refreshed and ready to play, following a dominant 6-1 6-4 win over China's Zheng Saisai in the opening round of the Tokyo Games - her first victory s...
Jul 25, 2021
Olympics-Canoeing-Savsek leads men’s slalom, Funk in front in women’s kayak
TOKYO (Reuters) - Slovenia's Benjamin Savsek led the men's Olympic canoe slalom after the first run at the sun-baked Kasai slalom centre on Sunday, with Germany's Ricarda Funk ahead in the women's kay...
Jul 25, 2021
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