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Ryo Kiyuna wins Japan's 1st karate gold medal

Ryo Kiyuna captured Japan's first gold medal in karate at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, topping Spain's Damian Quintero in the men's kata final.

Japan wrestler Mayu Mukaida wins women's 53 kg at Tokyo Games

Mayu Mukaida snatched the third gold medal for Japanese female wrestlers at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, downing China's Pang Qianyu 5-4 in the 53-kilogram final.

Japan's Nonaka, Noguchi 2nd, 3rd women's sport climbing

Japan's Miho Nonaka and Akiyo Noguchi took women's sport climbing silver and bronze, respectively, on Friday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan men top South Korea to win team table tennis bronze

Japan overpowered South Korea 3-1 in the men's team table tennis event to capture a bronze medal at the Tokyo Games on Friday.

Japan lose to Mexico in men's soccer bronze medal match

Japan's hopes of ending a 53-year medal drought in men's Olympic soccer were shattered Friday after a 3-1 defeat to Mexico in the third-place playoff at the Tokyo Games.

MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS

• Japan women's basketball head coach Tom Hovasse has dreamt for years his team could make a historic run to the Tokyo Olympics gold medal game and an epic showdown with his native United States.
  
  
• Japanese sport climber Akiyo Noguchi's Tokyo Games were to be her Olympic debut and finale, and teammate Miho Nonaka helped make it an ending to remember.
  
  
• Italy sprang another sprint surprise at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, winning the men's 4x100-meter relay after a botched baton change sank Japan's hopes of a medal on home soil.
  
  
• The International Olympic Committee said Friday it has stripped two Belarus coaches of Tokyo Olympic accreditation over their alleged involvement in trying to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to fly home.
  
  
• The Tokyo Olympics women's marathon to be held Saturday morning in Sapporo has been moved forward by one hour to 6 a.m. due to heat concerns, organizers said Friday.
  
  
• Another 29 people associated with the ongoing Tokyo Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19, the games' organizing body said Friday, lifting the total since the start of July to 382.
  
  
• International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach said Friday the ongoing Tokyo Games "far exceeded my personal expectations."
  
  
• Rui Machida played an instrumental role in getting Japan into its first Olympic basketball gold medal game, the diminutive point guard pulling the strings in a historic 87-71 women's semifinal win over France on Friday.
  
  
• Japan said Friday it will send Masato Morishita to the mound for the Tokyo Games baseball final against the United States when the host nation seeks to win its first official Olympic gold medal in the sport.
  
  
• Japan's hopes of ending a 53-year medal drought in men's Olympic soccer were shattered Friday after a 3-1 defeat to Mexico in the third-place playoff at the Tokyo Games.
  
  
• Antonella Palmisano completed an Italian gold sweep of the 20-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday while Dawid Tomala captured the title for Poland in a grueling men's 50 km event held amid heat and humidity in Sapporo.
  
  
• In the most surprising of turnarounds, Nick Martinez has gone from being out of contract to becoming the most successful pitcher on a four-time defending Japan Series champion to pitching for the United States in Saturday's Tokyo Olympic gold baseball medal game.
  
  
• Risako Kawai said Friday the weight of the Olympic gold medal she claimed for Japan in the women's 57-kilogram wrestling is a physical representation of what she went through over the five years since winning her first title at the Rio de Janeiro Games.
  
  
• American world No. 1 Nelly Korda, who held a four-shot overnight lead, sits at 15-under on Friday after 54 holes of the Olympic women's golf tournament, three strokes clear of Aditi Ashok of India.
  
  
• Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday the COVID-19 situation will be considered when a five-party meeting involving organizers and his government decide whether to hold the Paralympics with or without spectators.

GAMES IN PHOTOS

Ryo Kiyuna of Japan competes in the ranking round of the men's kata for karate at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan reacts after taking the third game against South Korea's Jang Woo Jin during the second match of the men's table tennis team event's bronze medal contest on Aug. 6, 2021, at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Arina Averina of the Russian Olympic Committee competes during the individual all-around qualification in rhythmic gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, at Ariake Gymnastics Centre. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Athletes compete in the men's 50-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Dawid Tomala of Poland wins the men's 50-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Spain's Alberto Gines Lopez (L) defeats Japan's Tomoa Narasaki during the speed portion of the men's sport climbing combined final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Katie Nageotte of the United States competes en route to winning the women's pole vault final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at the National Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Tokyo Olympic men's sport climbing combined final is held in sunset glow on Aug. 5, 2021, at Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Japan's Kiyou Shimizu performs in the Tokyo Olympic women's karate kata final on Aug. 5, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Massimo Stano of Italy (C) poses with his gold medal for the men's 20-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan, alongside Japan's Koki Ikeda (L) and Toshikazu Yamanishi, who took silver and bronze, respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Quan Hongchan of China performs in the women's 10-meter platform diving final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Quan won gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Dmitry Volkov of the Russian Olympic Committee serves during the second set of a men's volleyball semifinal against Brazil at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Nevin Harrison of the United States competes en route to winning the women's canoe single 200-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Cory Juneau of the United States competes in the men's park skateboarding final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. Juneau took bronze. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo