By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — What a moment for Naomi Osaka. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis. The four-time Grand Slam winner lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. It was a choice that could ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Chase Kalisz knows what's coming: Pain, and lots of it in the 400-meter individual medley that gets swimming underway at the Tokyo Olympics. The eight-lap race requires endurance, technique and strategy while fighting off weary legs and arms ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — For the U.S. women's volleyball team, the road to this Olympics and a quest for the country's first gold medal in the sport began in the hours after a frustrating semifinal loss to Serbia in the Olympics five years ago. An inspiring letter ...
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer TOKYO (AP) — Ghostly airports, devoid of bustle. Cavernous arenas where no crowds will roar. Stringent rules that are spottily enforced — and spottily ignored. Complaints over restrictions, including comparisons to Nazi Germany. Worries about ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — A debate is brewing between former gold medalist Maya DiRado and some American swimmers over U.S. medal threat Michael Andrew's decision not to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as he prepares to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. DiRado ...
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Although the name Marty McFly won't be on the start list for the first Olympic skateboarding competition, the "Back to the Future" character who inspired the immortal lines "What's that thing he's on? It's a board, with wheels!" was a ...
