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Logan Martin of Australia competes in the men's BMX freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Worthington, Martin earn gold in BMX freestyle Olympic debut

By John Marshall Jul. 31, 2021 11:56 PM EDT

Yulimar Rojas, of Venezuela, competes in the final of the women's triple jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympics Latest: Belarus runner says team forcing departure

Jul. 31, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

Caeleb Dressel of the United States swims in a heat of the men's 100-meter butterfly at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Caeleb Dressel goes for more gold on Day 7 of Tokyo Games

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 29, 2021 12:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2018, file photo, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard lifts in the snatch of the women's 90kg weightlifting final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Hubbard, a transgender woman, is competing in weightlifting for New Zealand (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
First openly transgender Olympians are competing in Tokyo

By Anne M. Peterson Jul. 26, 2021 03:54 AM EDT

Keet Oldenbeuving of the Netherlands trains during a street skateboarding practice session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
At Tokyo Olympics, a debt to 'Back to the Future' and 'E.T.'

By John Leicester Jul. 23, 2021 09:12 PM EDT

Britain, Netherlands aim for more cycling gold in Tokyo

By The Associated Press Jul. 02, 2021 12:25 PM EDT
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Britain won six gold medals and 12 overall at the 2016 Games, thanks mostly to its dominance in the velodrome. Jason Kenny won gold in the...

BMX freestyle makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo Games

By The Associated Press Jul. 01, 2021 12:36 PM EDT
OLYMPIC DEBUT: BMX racing has been in the Olympic program since the 2008 Beijing Games, but this will be the first go-round for its high-flying cousin. BMX...

FILE - Anna Van Der Breggen, of the Netherlands, celebrates after crossing the finishing line to win the women's cycling road race final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, file photo. The men's and women's road races kick off the cycling program at every Summer Olympics. “Everybody in the world is trying to figure out how to beat the Dutch girls,” said Jim Miller, the high performance director for USA Cycling. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
Olympic road races yield early drama for delayed Tokyo Games

By Dave Skretta Jun. 30, 2021 12:54 PM EDT

File-This April 21, 2021, file photo shows U.S. rider Ruth Winder of the Trek Segafredo in action during the Women's Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Fleche Wallonne, in Huy, Belgium. The cycling team that the U.S. is taking to the Tokyo Olympics is a little bit different than the one it would have taken a year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to postpone the Summer Games by an entire year. In many ways, the team announced Thursday, June 10, 2021, is a whole lot stronger. Chloe Dygert, who sustained a serious injury during a crash last fall, will be busy during the three weeks in Tokyo. The 2019 world time trial champ will join Amber Neben in the race against the clock, and both of them will join Winder, Coryn Rivera and Leah Thomas as the Americans try to upset the heavily favored Dutch in the women's road race. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)
Deep US cycling team headed to Tokyo with golden ambitions

By Dave Skretta Jun. 10, 2021 12:00 PM EDT