Want to get news and highlights in your inbox? Sign up for our Olympics newsletter for a daily guide to the Games. Flag bearer Sue Bird said this is her last Olympics. women’s basketball team beat Nigeria, 81-72, for its 50th consecutive Olympic victory. women’s soccer team played Australia in the group-stage finale and secured its place in the quarterfinals with a 0-0 draw. athletes also earned medals in surfing, diving and shooting events and the triathlon. She was also the 2011, 2013, 2015, 20 World Surf League WSL Women's World Tour Champion. She was the first-ever winner of the Olympic Gold Medal in women's short board surfing in 2020.
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Carissa Kainani Moore (born August 27, 1992) is an American professional surfer.
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Katie Ledecky and Ariarne Titmus advanced to the final of the women’s 200-meter freestyle to set up another duel Wednesday. at the 2011 Roxy Pro France in Biarritz, France. Lydia Jacoby, a 17-year-old from Alaska, won a surprise gold in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, a race in which defending Olympic champion Lilly King took bronze.
Team Great Britain set the world record of 3:37.58 in mixed 4X100 meters medley relay final on July 31, edging Team China's mark of 3:38.41 set in 2020. has also fielded teams in each of the Paralympic Games since para-dressage’s inception at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, capturing four Individual medals. South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker broke the women's 200 meters breaststroke world record with a time of 2:18.95 on July 30.Ĭaeleb Dressel of the United States updated his own world record of 49.50 seconds set in 2019 with the new world best time of 49.45 seconds in men's 100 meters butterfly final on July 31.ĭressel and his teammates set another world record with a time of 3:26.78 in men's 4X100 meters medley relay final on August 1. In women's 4X200 meters freestyle relay final, swimmers of Team China had a brilliant performance after setting the new world record on July 29.Ĭhina's Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei and Li Bingjie swam to victory with a time of 7:40.33, surpassing the previous record of 7:41.50 set by Team Australia in 2019. The team of Bronte Campbell, her elder sister Cate, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris smashed the previous mark of 3:30.05 set by their compatriots during the Commonwealth Games in 2018. Carissa Moore, of the United States, celebrates winning the gold medal of the women's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya. Team Australia made waves with world record of 3:29.69 in swimming women's 4X100 meters freestyle relay final on July 25. Team Romania achieved the world best time of 5:52.99 during the rowing women's eight semifinal.
Italians set new world best time of 6:41.36 in lightweight women's double sculls. Team Ireland made history in rowing lightweight men's doubles sculls semifinal with a time of 6:05.33. The world record of rowing women's pair was 6:47.41 created by Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast of Team New Zealand during the semifinal on July 28. Team China won the gold medal in rowing women's quadruple sculls final on July 28.Ĭhina's Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lyu Yang and Cui Xiaotong took the gold while setting a new world record of 6:05.13, surpassing the previous time of 6:06.84 set by Team Germany also during the Amsterdam race in 2014.Īlso, several rowing world records were smashed during semifinals on July 28. (Wikimedia Commons) For the 2020 Summer Olympics, organizers took steps with the goal of making the games the most sustainable in.
Team Netherlands rowed to victory on July 28 and set a world record in men's quadruple sculls with a time of 5:32.03, smashing the previous mark of 5:32.26 set by Team Ukraine during the 2014 World Rowing Championship in Amsterdam. An aerial view of various venues for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.