- Djokovic dominates Nishikori, reaches Tokyo medal rounds
![Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, becomes emotional after defeating Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, during the semifinals of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
- US pole vaulter's positive test sends Aussies into isolation
![FILE - In this June 21, 2021, file photo, Sam Kendricks competes during the finals of the men's pole vault at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. American world-champion pole vaulter Kendricks will miss the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.]()
- Straka leads Olympic golf on day of low scoring, surprises
![Japan's Rikuya Hoshino watches his tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the men's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan.]()
- Australia's Jessica Fox wins first women's canoe slalom gold
![Jessica Fox of Australia competes in the Women's C1 of the Canoe Slalom at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
- From the Emperor on down: Memories of the '64 Tokyo Olympics
![FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964, file photo, vapor trails from Japanese Self-Defense Force jets form the Olympic emblem of the five rings above the National Stadium in Tokyo for the official opening of the XVIII Olympiad, first even held in Asia. Every Japanese of a certain age has memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Even younger Japanese have connections through parents or aunts and uncles who saved old photos, faded certificates, or recall getting a television for the first time to watch the Games.]()
- From partial isolation, U.S. beach volleyball team moves on
![Sarah Sponcil, right, of the United States, stretches out for the ball as teammate Kelly Claes looks on during a women's beach volleyball match against Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Austria's Sepp Straka refreshes on the 15th green during the first round of the men's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan.]()
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![FILE - In this June 27, 2021, file photo, JuVaughn Harrison competes during the finals of the men's high jump at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. Harrison will compete at the Tokyo Games in the long jump and the high jump. Not since the days of Jim Thorpe in 1912 has an American man made the team in those two events at one Olympics.]()
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![Zhang Yufei of China poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 200-meter butterfly final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini of Italy compete in the lightweight women's rowing double sculls final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Ilona Maher, left, of the United States is chased by China's Yang Min during their women's rugby sevens match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo.]()
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![Chloe Dygert of the United States competes during the women's cycling individual time trial at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Oyama, Japan.]()
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![Fabio Fognini, of Italy, throws his racket during a third round men's tennis match against Daniil Medvedev, of the Russian Olympic Committee, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Jessica Thoennes, Charlotte Buck, Gia Doonan, Brooke Mooney, Olivia Coffey, Regina Salmons, Meghan Musnicki, Kristine O'Brien, Katelin Guregian, of the United States, compete in the women's eight at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![FILE - In this July 31, 2019, file photo, Ruby Remati of the United States competes in the artistic swimming duet technical routine final at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Most Olympic athletes saw their preparations for Tokyo upended by the pandemic. But artistic swimmers were hit particularly hard. Closed borders, lockdowns and social distancing were alien concepts to athletes accustomed to being inches apart and, quite literally, in sync.]()
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![United States' David Smith spikes the ball during a men's volleyball preliminary round pool B match between United States and Tunisia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![South Korea gold medalists celebrate on the podium of the men's Sabre team medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Chiba, Japan.]()
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![Sun Wei, of China, performs on the vault during the artistic gymnastics men's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo.]()
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![Shi Zhiyong of China celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men's 73kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Yui Ohashi, of Japan, celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Tri Bourne, left, of the United States, celebrates with teammate Jacob Gibb, after winning a men's beach volleyball match against Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![FILE - In this Sept. 29, 1988, file photo, Florence Griffith Joyner, of the United States, waves to spectators as she holds a sign following her world record performance in the finals of the women's 200-meters race, in Seoul, South Korea. The name Flo-Jo is popping up quite a bit these days with sprinters creeping closer to her record times in the women's 100 and 200 races. The late Florence Griffith Joyner has held both marks for three decades.]()
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![Hungary's Dora Leimeter (9) winds up to shoot during a preliminary round women's water polo match against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Netherlands' Sjef Van den Berg shoots an arrow during the men's team competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Federica Pellegrini of Italy swims in a heat during the women's 200-meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
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![Katie Ledecky, right, of the United States, celebrates after winning the women's 1500-meters freestyle final with Erica Sullivan, of the United States, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.]()
