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How local Olympians fared on Sunday in Tokyo

By John Dietz
Aug 01, 2021 1:00 am - David Kenziera of Mount Prospect missed qualifying for the 400-meter hurdles by 0.31 seconds, finishing in 48.67 in the semifinals. Kenziera ended up in 12th place. Nine...
Suburbanites in Olympic volleyball, track: Who'll be on TV on Saturday

Jul 31, 2021 12:00 am - Here is the Olympic TV schedule for Saturday for events that feature suburban athletes: 1 a.m.: Men's volleyball, USA vs. Brazil, Thomas Jaeschke of Wheaton and Jeff Jen...
Japan to widen virus emergency after record spike amid Games

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Jul 30, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japan is set to expand the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo to neighboring areas and the western city of Osaka on Friday in the wake of a record-brea...
Transgender weightlifter Hubbard thanks IOC before competing

Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is in Japan for the Tokyo Games and thanked the International Olympic Committee on Friday for helping to make it pos...
How local Olympians fared: Geneva's McDowell takes silver in triathlon mixed relay

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am - There was a fight for first place throughout the race on Friday, and the United States was right there at the end. But in the very first Olympic triathlon mixed relay, t...
'Wow! Wow!' Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling start

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The look on sprinter Marie-Josée Ta Lou's face said everything. "Wow! Wow!" she screamed, her eyes wide open and her mouth agape as she crossed the finish l...
Doping talk rears its head after Russian swimmers win

By PAUL NEWBERRY and BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writers
Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - After losing to Russian swimmers in two races at the Olympics, American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said Friday that doping remains a huge problem in the sp...
Again? Faulty exchange does in US in Olympic mixed relay

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM
Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am - AP Sports Writers TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. men have a long history of faulty baton exchanges in the Olympic relays. So do the U.S. women. And now, they've flubbed one toget...
Djokovic loses to Zverev at Olympics, ending Golden Slam bid

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer
Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - With his Golden Slam bid over for at least another three years, Novak Djokovic rested his head on Alexander Zverev's shoulder as his German opponent and fri...
Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
Jul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Sunisa Lee's life changed the second she placed a gold medal around her neck. The newly minted Olympic gymnastic champion's plans, however, have not. At lea...

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