A 17-year-old Alaska girl on Tuesday became the first American woman to take a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Lydia Jacoby won the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, topping 2016 champion Lilly King. South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker won silver while King took bronze. “I was definitely racing for a medal. I knew I had it in…
Olympic Champ Biles Withdraws From Gymnastic Team Finals
Olympic champion Simone Biles is not participating in the 2020 Olympic gymnastic team finals. “Simone Biles has withdrawn from the team final competition due to a medical issue. She will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions,” USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Tuesday. But her coach told reporters in Tokyo…
Grant Newsham: Japan Is Waking Up to the Military Threat of Communist China; How the US Can Follow
July 26, 2021
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Retired U.S. Marine Colonel Grant Newsham is a senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy, as well as a research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies focusing on Asia/Pacific defense, political, and economic matters. We discuss the implications of Japan making it clear that the Chinese Communist Party attacking Taiwan is equal…
All a Blur as Canada’s MacNeil Claims 2 Medals at Olympics
TOKYO—Races often end in a blur for Canada’s Maggie MacNeil, who wears glasses outside the pool but doesn’t use contacts or prescription goggles when swimming. That means it takes a second or two for the picture to become clear after she’s touched the wall as she tries to focus in on the results board. Did…
Australia’s Titmus Wins Women’s 400 Freestyle Gold
TOKYO—Australia’s Ariarne Titmus defeated five-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky of the United States to grab gold in a thrilling women’s 400m freestyle final on Monday. Britain’s Adam Peaty repeated his gold medal success from Rio in the 100m breaststroke while Canadian Maggie MacNeil stormed to victory in a close women’s 100m butterfly. Ledecky has…
Titmus Downs Ledecky in First Showdown, ‘Re-Peaty’ Gold for Britain
TOKYO—Australia’s Ariarne Titmus defeated five-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky of the United States to grab gold in a thrilling women’s 400m freestyle final on Monday. Britain’s Adam Peaty repeated his gold medal success from Rio in the 100m breaststroke while Canadian Maggie MacNeil stormed to victory in a close women’s 100m butterfly. Ledecky has…
Olympics Faces Incoming Typhoon With Torrential Rain, Winds
While the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo have already been postponed by a year, a typhoon that recently formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean might threaten the event. The storm, named Typhoon Nepartak, is on course to possibly make landfall on July 27, according to a projection from the Japan Meteorological Agency. The storm could bring winds…
Positive Virus Tests Knock Rahm, DeChambeau out of Olympics
KAWAGOE, Japan—Positive COVID-19 tests knocked Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau out of the Olympic golf tournament Sunday, in a pair of surprises that reinforced the tenuous nature of holding a massive sports event during a global pandemic. Word of Rahm’s positive test came from the Spanish Olympic committee about four hours after USA Golf delivered…
Games People Play: A Marriage of Majors and the Olympics
YOKOHAMA, Japan—Getting ready to reach softball’s peak and make her Olympic debut, Janie Reed was on a training field at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in western Japan. Across the Pacific Ocean, 7,452 miles away, another important family first was unfolding in Miami: Husband Jake Reed was about to walk onto a major league mound…
Australia Wins Gold, Sets World Record in Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay
TOKYO—Australia has won the gold medal in the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday in a world record time of 3:29.69. Canada won silver in 3:32.78 and the bronze went to the United States in 3:32.81. Meanwhile, Australia’s tennis world number one Ash Barty was beaten in the first round of the…
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