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Japan's Ohashi does individual medley double with 200 IM gold

Japanese golden girl Yui Ohashi won the women's 200-meter individual medley final on Wednesday in a time of 2 minutes, 8.52 seconds, her second IM title of the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan's Daiki Hashimoto wins men's gymnastics all-around gold at Olympics

Japan's Daiki Hashimoto on Wednesday won the men's individual all-around gymnastics gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Japanese judoka Chizuru Arai wins women's 70 kg gold at Tokyo Olympics

Japanese judoka Chizuru Arai triumphed over Michaela Polleres of Austria in the final to win the gold medal in the women's under 70 kilogram class at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.

Japan's daily COVID-19 cases top 9,000 for 1st time amid Olympics

Japan's daily total of COVID-19 cases topped 9,000 for the first time on Wednesday, with a surge in infections in Tokyo casting a pall over the Olympics and putting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to take stronger countermeasures.

Games organizers admit to wasting about 4,000 boxes of food

Tokyo Games organizers on Wednesday admitted to throwing away approximately 4,000 bento boxes full of food that was to be fed to volunteers on the day of the opening ceremony.

Men's badminton world No. 1 Momota exits in group stage

Japan's Kento Momota, the world's top-ranked men's badminton player, failed to advance out of the Tokyo Olympics men's singles group stage on Wednesday.

MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS

• Latvia and the United States won the right to call themselves the inaugural Olympic 3x3 basketball champions as the discipline's experiment at the Tokyo Games ended with two thrilling finals Wednesday.
  
  
• Japan punched their ticket to the Tokyo Olympic men's football quarterfinals Wednesday, with rising star Takefusa Kubo continuing his scoring streak in an emphatic 4-0 win over France.
  
  
• The International Tennis Federation said Wednesday it will move the daily start time of all Tokyo Olympic matches back to 3 p.m. to avoid the worst of the heat.

• Japan's Kei Nishikori reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles tennis tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, beating Ilya Ivashka of Belarus in straight sets.

• Long seen as a leading light in Japanese swimming, Yui Ohashi's path to becoming a double Olympic gold medalist Wednesday was not without adversity, confidence issues jeopardizing her career on numerous occasions.
  
  
• Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles of the United States has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics women's all-around gymnastics final, USA Gymnastics announced on social media Wednesday.

• Japanese starlet Mima Ito remained on course for a second table tennis gold medal at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday as the newly crowned mixed doubles champion advanced to the semifinals of the women's singles competition.

• Tomoru Honda swam an inspired last lap to claim a shock silver in the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Wednesday, setting a personal best time from lane eight.
  
  
• Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino moved one step closer to a Tokyo Games medal on Wednesday, becoming the first Japanese pair to reach the semifinals of an Olympic mixed doubles badminton tournament when they sent the third seeds packing.
  
  
• Samurai Japan rallied for three ninth-inning runs to beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the opener of the Tokyo Games baseball tournament on Wednesday.
  
  
• Japanese medal contenders Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi secured group stage wins on Wednesday morning that earned them both a place in the women's badminton singles round of 16.
  
  
• Sixteen more people associated with the Tokyo Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19, but none are athletes, bringing the total since the start of this month to 169, games organizers said Wednesday.
  
  
• Many overseas journalists covering the Tokyo Olympics feel they have no choice but to accept strict COVID-19 restrictions, acknowledging the challenges of conducting such a massive international event under extraordinary circumstances.

GAMES IN PHOTOS

Yui Ohashi of Japan reacts after winning the women's 200-meter individual medley event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

 

 

Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against Ilya Ivashka of Belarus in the Tokyo Olympic men's singles third round at Ariake Tennis Park in the capital on July 28, 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis of Romania compete in the women's double sculls final at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, 2021, at Sea Forest Waterway. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno (C) celebrates with teammates after a 2-0 win over the United States in the gold medal game of the Tokyo Olympic softball tournament on July 27, 2021, at Yokohama baseball stadium near Tokyo. (Kyodo)==Kyodo

 

Russian Olympic Committee gymnasts pose with their gold medals after winning the women's team final at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Ariake Gymnastics Centre. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Simone Biles of the United States performs on the vault in the women's artistic gymnastics team final at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Ariake Gymnastics Centre. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Japan's Takanori Nagase (white) wins gold in the men's judo 81-kilogram final against Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia at the Tokyo Olympics at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (Kyodo)==Kyodo

Italo Ferreira of Brazil competes in the men's surfing gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo)==Kyodo

 

Kanoa Igarashi of Japan competes in the semifinals of the men's surfing at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo)==Kyodo

 

Clarisse Agbegnenou of France reacts after winning the women's judo 63-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Japanese weightlifter Mikiko Andoh lifts 120 kilograms in the jerk portion in the women's 59-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Carissa Moore of the United States celebrates after winning the women's surfing at the Tokyo Olympics on July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Ichinomiya in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo