By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic shut down competitions and clouded the future for the Tokyo Olympics, Australian skateboarder Keegan Palmer and his coach were hatching a cunning plan. On the other side of the planet, far from the skateboarding ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer IZU, Japan (AP) — Shanne Braspennincx was waiting to step on the track for her semifinal in the keirin at the Tokyo Olympics when her Dutch teammate, Laurine van Riessen, crashed heavily in the first turn and had to be taken out on a stretcher. The ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — They believe they are the best basketball team at the Olympics, too good to consider anything but gold. "If we do what we do well, we bring the intensity on defense, we play our roles but we're ourselves in our roles, we're ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Weightlifters are among the most vocal athletes at the Olympics, letting out screams as they lock out at the top of a lift: "ahhhhhh!" Tennis players have long been known to be grunters, usually with some form of "ha-uh!" or ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Filip Filipovic pumped in a shot from the side, and then held his arm out and yelled. Dusan Mandic and Andrija Prlainovic each made a couple of big plays. It's beginning to look a lot like 2016. Filipovic and Serbia overpowered Italy 10-6 ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — Australia's women's soccer team has already made team history at the Tokyo Games. Now the Matildas want more. The Australians have reached the medal round for the first time ever at an Olympics. They'll face the United ...
