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Japan's Risako Kawai wins women's wrestling 57 kg gold in Tokyo

Japan's Risako Kawai captured the gold medal Thursday by beating Belarus' Iryna Kurachkina 5-0 in the women's 57-kilogram final at the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan wins silver, bronze in men's 20 km race walk

Japan's Koki Ikeda won the silver medal in the men's 20-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, while reigning world champion Toshikazu Yamanishi took bronze.

Spain's Sanchez gold, Japan's Shimizu silver as karate debuts

Japan's Kiyou Shimizu claimed a silver medal in karate's debut at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, finishing behind Sandra Sanchez Jaime of Spain in the kata final.

Japan takes table tennis women's team silver, China wins in Tokyo

Japan captured its third straight women's team table tennis Olympic medal Thursday as Mima Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano took silver following a 3-0 defeat to defending champion China at the Tokyo Games.

 

Tokyo logs record 5,042 COVID cases amid fears of medical collapse

Daily coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo reached a record 5,042 on Thursday, topping the 5,000 mark for the first time, the metropolitan government said, as a resurgence of the virus places a strain on the medical system in Japan.

Japan mayor under fire for abruptly biting Olympian's gold medal

An outspoken central Japan mayor has drawn fire after biting the Olympic gold medal won by a member of the Japan softball team, with the act described as "lacking respect" for the athlete and "insensitive" amid the coronavirus pandemic.

MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPICS

• The United States scored five runs for insurance in the sixth inning, highlighted by Tyler Austin's two-run single, en route to a 7-2 win over South Korea in Olympic baseball Thursday to set up a showdown with Japan for the gold medal.
  
  
• Japan's Tomoa Narasaki fell to fourth in the men's combined sport climbing on Thursday at the Tokyo Games, with 18-year-old Spaniard Alberto Gines Lopez winning gold in the sport's Olympic debut.
  
  
• The Olympic gold-medal match between the Swedish and Canadian women's football teams will be held at a different venue near Tokyo at a later time than scheduled due to the summer heat, organizers said Thursday.
  
  
• Japanese boxer Ryomei Tanaka won the bronze medal in the men's 48 to 52-kg flyweight category at the Tokyo Games on Thursday.
  
  
• Steven Gardiner won the men's 400-meter gold for the Bahamas at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, powering home in the final stretch to finish ahead of Colombia's Anthony Jose Zambrano and Grenada's Kirani James.
  
  
• As karate makes its debut at the Tokyo Games on Thursday, athletes who have waited years to introduce their sport to an Olympic audience are thrilled to finally have that chance.
  
  
• American Nelly Korda shot the day's low of 62 to take sole possession of the lead Thursday after two days of the women's Olympic golf tournament, with Japan's Mone Inami six shots off the pace.
  
  
• The organizing body of the Tokyo Olympics said Thursday 31 more people associated with the games have tested positive for COVID-19, setting a record for the second straight day and bringing the total since the start of July to 353.
  
  
• Japanese dual Olympian Ayumu Hirano failed to make the final of the men's skateboard park event on Thursday, the two-time Olympic snowboard silver medalist finishing 14th overall.
  
  
• Japan's Sakura Yosozumi, the gold medalist in the women's Olympic park skateboarding at the Tokyo Games, said Thursday she treats the sport like it is her "boyfriend" to whom she is committed 24 hours a day.
  
  
• Japanese boxer Ryomei Tanaka won the bronze medal in the men's 48 to 52-kg flyweight category at the Tokyo Games on Thursday.
  
  
• Japanese equestrian rider Eiken Sato carried with him not only the hopes of his family and host nation but also those of the Myoshoji temple in Nagano Prefecture when he competed in the jumping individual final on Wednesday.
  
  
• The northern Japan city of Sapporo was chosen as a haven from Tokyo's punishing heat and humidity for the Olympic marathon and race walking events, giving it an opportunity to promote its bid to host the 2030 Winter Games.
  
  
• Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, the Belarusian athlete who was pulled from the Tokyo Olympics against her will over the weekend by her team, arrived in Poland on Wednesday, which has offered her asylum, local media reported.
  
  
• Members of the Australian Olympic men's football and rugby seven's teams are facing investigations into unruly behavior on their flight home from Tokyo, following a written complaint by Japan Airlines Co. to the Australian Olympic Committee.
  
  
• Japan beat Belgium to reach the women's basketball semifinals at the Olympic Games for the first time thanks to a clutch go-ahead three-pointer from Saki Hayashi with 16 seconds left in the game.
  
  
• Fears are mounting that another wave of novel coronavirus infections in China may prevent the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics from being held in a complete form, along with the threat of a games boycott by some nations over human rights issues.
  
  
• Head coach Hajime Moriyasu is determined to see the Japanese men's football team finish the Tokyo Games with a bronze medal, but says they must be more ruthless in front of goal if they are to match their best-ever Olympic result.

GAMES IN PHOTOS

Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas gestures after winning the men's 400-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at the National Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Mima Ito reacts after losing a point to China's Sun Yingsha during the second match of the women's table tennis team final on Aug. 5, 2021, at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Italy's Massimo Stano (L) and Japan's Toshikazu Yamanishi celebrate after finishing first and third, respectively, in the men's 20-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, in Sapporo, northern Japan. (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

Australia's Jean van der Westhuyzen (R) and Thomas Green celebrate after winning the men's kayak double 1,000 meters final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kevin Mayer of France competes in the pole vault segment in the men's decathlon at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Spain's Sandra Sanchez Jaime performs in the elimination round of the Tokyo Olympic women's karate kata event on Aug. 5, 2021, at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

India's Simranjeet Singh (R) scores a goal during the second quarter of the Tokyo Olympic men's hockey bronze medal match against Germany on Aug. 5, 2021, at Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo. India won the match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ryan Crouser of the United States celebrates after winning the men's shot put at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at the National Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Andre de Grasse (C) of Canada competes en route to winning the men's 200-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at the National Stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Australia's Keegan Palmer compete en route to winning the men's park skateboarding final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo. (Kyodo)==Kyodo

 

Athletes stand at the start line during the men's marathon swimming of the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 5, 2021, at Odaiba Marine Park. (Kyodo)

 

Peruth Chemutai of Uganda (front) competes en route to winning the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Italian track cyclists compete en route to winning gold in the Tokyo Olympic men's team pursuit on Aug. 4, 2021, at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hannah Mills (L) and Eilidh McIntyre of Britain are pictured with their gold medals for the women's sailing 470 class at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Enoshima Yacht Harbour in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

Japan's Yudai Nitta is pictured as he competes in the men's cycling track sprint qualifying at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yukiko Inui (front) and Megumu Yoshida of Japan perform in the women's artistic swimming duet free routine final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4, 2021, at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

A photo taken on Aug. 1, 2021, shows Tokyo Olympic officials playing fencing with balloon swords after completing their duties on the final day of fencing events at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo