David Taylor completes his comeback from a knee injury by pulling out a 4-3 win in the 86 kilogram freestyle wrestling final.
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Eddy Alvarez becomes rare medalist at both Summer and Winter Olympics
Alvarez and the U.S. baseball team will play Japan for Olympic gold after beating defending champion South Korea, 7-2.
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Another rocky day for Team USA in Olympic track and field
Katie Nageotte wins gold in the women’s pole vault, but the men’s team was hurt by a debacle in the 4×100 relay and a fading Michael Norman in the 400 meters.
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U.S. women’s soccer takes bronze, but there’s ‘some soul-searching’ ahead
Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each score a pair of goals in a 4-3 victory over Australia.
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U.S. men’s basketball rallies to advance to gold medal game
Down by 15 points in the first half, the Americans storm back to rout Australia, 97-78, in the semifinals.
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U.S. women’s soccer team beat Australia for an Olympic bronze medal
This is the second Olympics the American women have failed to reach the gold medal match.
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Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse finally gets his gold
De Grasse wins the 200 meters at the Tokyo Games, five years after finishing second to Usain Bolt in Rio de Janeiro.
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Olympics roundup: U.S. advances to women’s volleyball final
April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Switzerland 21-12, 21-11 to clinch at least a silver medal
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Breanna Stewart leads U.S. to semifinals with rout of Australia
Stewart scores 20 of her 23 points in the first half as the Americans win their 53rd consecutive game at the Olympics.
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Sea Dogs’ Casas hits 3rd homer of Olympics to help U.S. stay alive
Triston Casas hits a two-run homer in the first inning as the U.S. beats the Dominican Republic 3-1 in an elimination game.