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Japan wrestler Fumita wins Greco-Roman 60 kg silver in Tokyo

Japanese wrestler Kenichiro Fumita earned a silver medal after losing to Cuban Luis Orta Sanchez in the men's Greco-Roman 60-kilogram final at the Tokyo

Japan's Murakami makes history with floor exercise bronze

Japan's Mai Murakami claimed the bronze medal in the women's floor exercise at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, making history as the first female gymnast from the country to finish on the podium in an individual event.

Belarus Olympian granted visa by Poland after refusing to return home

A Belarusian athlete who was pulled from the Tokyo Olympics against her will and refused to board a flight back home has been granted a humanitarian visa by Poland, a senior diplomat of the country said Monday.

Japan frets over South Korea's Olympic food site set up on Fukushima woes

Japan has expressed concern to South Korea over its delegation's setup of its own food service at the Tokyo Olympics to prevent athletes from eating meals containing ingredients from Fukushima, home to the 2011 nuclear accident, Japanese government sources said Monday.

Olympics: Red-hot Takuya Kai lifts Japan into baseball semifinals

Takuya Kai singled in the winning run in the 10th inning as Japan came from behind to beat the United States 7-6 on Monday and advance to the Tokyo Olympic baseball semifinals.

MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS

• American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles will contest the women's beam event on Tuesday, USA Gymnastics tweeted, making a return to competition after withdrawing from several events citing mental health struggles.

   
• The Dominican Republic topped Japan 3-1 in the women's volleyball tournament on Monday, ending the host team's chances of progressing to the quarterfinals.
  
  
• After three failed snatch attempts on Monday, Laurel Hubbard's Olympic Games were over, but the impact she had as the games' first transgender athlete will last much longer.
  
  
• Japan's women scored a comfortable 3-0 win over Taiwan to storm into the semifinals of the table tennis team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, completing a triumphant day for the host nation's paddlers.
  
  
• Japan's Yuki Hashioka came sixth in the men's long jump on Monday at the Tokyo Olympics as Miltiadis Tentoglou brought Greece its first gold in the event.
  
  
• Japan's women's basketball team led for all but the first five minutes to beat Group B opponent Nigeria 102-83 in their final pool play game Monday, advancing to the playoffs for the second straight Olympics.
  
  
• Japan reported 8,393 new coronavirus cases on Monday, almost double the figure confirmed the same day in the previous week, as infections continue to surge in and around the capital where the Olympics are being held.
  
  
• Ecuadorian Sports Minister Sebastian Palacios has said the Olympics currently under way in Tokyo are significant in uniting the world through the power of sports during a difficult time with the coronavirus pandemic.
  
  
• Temporary post offices opened in the Tokyo Olympic athletes' village and the main press center have become valuable souvenir shopping spots for foreign athletes and news reporters whose activities are restricted amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
  
• An Olympic-related vehicle driven by a games volunteer injured two people in a suspected hit-and-run incident on an expressway Sunday evening in Tokyo, police said Monday.
  
  
• Seventeen more people associated with the Tokyo Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total since the start of July to 276, games organizers said Monday.
  
  
• Tomoa Narasaki has never hidden his desire to become the first Olympic gold medalist in sport climbing and he remains the favorite in Tokyo after continuing his calculated progress in this pandemic-hit year.
  
  
• The Tokyo Olympics may have none of the cosmopolitan excitement usually brought to a games by people from all over the world cheering in different languages and waving colorful flags, but super-fan Kyoko Ishikawa has made plans to build the buzz regardless.

GAMES IN PHOTOS

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim (L), one of the two gold medalists of the Tokyo Olympic men's high jump, puts another gold medal around the neck of Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi during the medal ceremony on Aug. 2, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Barshim and Tamberi ended in a tie and the gold medal was awarded to both. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wang Zhouyu of China successfully lifts 145 kilograms in the clean and jerk portion of the women's weightlifting 87-kilogram event at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 2, 2021, at Tokyo International Forum. Wang went on to win gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Spectators watch track cyclists competing during the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 2, 2021, at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, the only indoor venue that admits spectators from the general public during the Tokyo Games amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Greysia Polii (L) and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia celebrate after winning the women's badminton doubles gold medal match against China at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 2, 2021, at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Paola Ogechi Egonu of Italy spikes during the second set of a women's Tokyo Olympic volleyball preliminary-round match against the United States on Aug. 2, 2021, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken with fish-eye lens shows Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela in the women's triple jump final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo. She set a world record and won gold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Members of the Japanese women's basketball team form a huddle before their preliminary round group B match against Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug 2, 2021, at Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Raven Saunders of the United States poses with her silver medal during the medal ceremony for the women's shot put at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at the National Stadium, forming an "X" in what was described as the first podium protest of the games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo shows Afghan sprinter Kimia Yousofi during the women's 100-meter preliminary round of the Tokyo Olympics on July 30, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs (L) wins the men's 100-meter final of the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at the National Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Alexander Zverev of Germany plays against Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's singles final at the Tokyo Olympics en route to winning gold on Aug. 1, 2021, at Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Athletes compete in the women's 100-meter hurdles semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark celebrates with the gold medal for the women's sailing laser radial class of the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 1, 2021, at Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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