Olympic broadcasters curb sexualized images of female athletes

• By Associated Press
• July 26, 2021
• 17

“Sport appeal, not sex appeal” is one mantra Olympic officials push in an effort to reach gender equity on the field of play and on screen. Read more

By withdrawing, COVID-positive Hawaii’s Taylor Crabb saved former partner Jake Gibb’s Olympics

• By Jimmy Golen Associated Press
• July 26, 2021
• 4

At 45, Jake Gibb is almost certainly at his last Summer Games. And yet the four-time Olympian offered to give it up for the remote chance that Taylor Crabb could have the experience even once. Read more

Surfers ‘emotional’ in their Olympic moment

• By Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times
• July 26, 2021
• 2

By his own count Fernando Aguerre said he worked 22 years to get surfing added to the Olympic schedule. So when the first of the 40 Summer Games competitors hit the waves early Sunday morning at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Chiba Prefecture, about 40 miles east of Tokyo, it was a special moment. Read more

Carissa Moore to surf for gold medal in Tokyo Olympics

• By Mindy Pennybacker mpennybacker@staradvertiser.com
• July 25, 2021
• 6

Moore, the top-seeded Olympic woman surfer, squeaked past Peru’s Sofia Mulanovich in heat five of round 3. Read more

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus denies American Katie Ledecky gold in 400m freestyle

• By Associated Press
• July 25, 2021
• 3

Defending Olympic champion and world-record holder Ledecky settled for the silver this time in 3:57.36 — the fourth-fastest time ever recorded. Read more

Simone Biles and U.S. gymnastics team move on but perform short of usual standards

• By Juliet Macur / New York Times
• July 25, 2021
• 8

With uncharacteristic mistakes, including many by Biles, the best gymnast in history, the U.S. team finished behind Russia in qualifying. Read more

U.S. loses to France 83-76, 25-game Olympic win streak ends

• By Associated Press
• July 25, 2021
• 30

A 25-game Olympic winning streak for the U.S. is over, ending when France closed the game on a 16-2 run to beat the Americans, who simply fell apart in the final minutes. Read more

Surfing, skateboarding make Olympic debuts

• July 24, 2021

Positive coronavirus tests knock golfers Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau out of Olympics

• By Associated Press
• July 24, 2021
• 4

Jon Rahm tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in two months Sunday, knocking the Spaniard out of the Olympics only a few hours after American golfer Bryson DeChambeau met the same fate. Read more

Japan’s Yuto Horigome wins first ever Olympic skateboard gold

• By Associated Press
• July 24, 2021
• 5

Yuto Horigome won the first ever skateboarding competition at the Olympic Games, taking gold in men’s street on Sunday in the city where he learned to skate as a kid and where his sport is often frowned upon. Read more

Day 2 highlights from the Tokyo Olympics

• July 24, 2021

Swimmer Chase Kalisz wins first U.S. gold medal of Tokyo Olympics

• July 24, 2021

Hawaii’s Carissa Moore and John John Florence advance in first Olympic surf event

• By Mindy Pennybacker mpennybacker@staradvertiser.com
• July 24, 2021
• 7

Hawaii’s four-time world surfing champion Carissa Moore won the first women’s heat in round one of the historic, first-ever Olympic surf event at Tsurigasaki Beach on Sunday morning in Japan, which was Saturday afternoon in Hawaii. Read more

Powerhouse U.S. swim team shines with 6 medals, 1st U.S. gold at Tokyo Olympics

• By Associated Press
• July 24, 2021
• 7

Chase Kalisz won the first American medal of the Tokyo Games, taking gold Sunday (Saturday Hawaii time) in the men’s 400-meter individual medley. Read more

Surfing science: Dependent on weather, defined by the ocean

• By Associated Press
• July 24, 2021

Olympic surfing’s debut is making clear that these wave riders are unsung masters of science — in climatology, meteorology and oceanography to be exact. Read more

Americans Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky headline Day 2 of Olympic competition

• By Associated Press
• July 24, 2021
• 5

Two of America’s star Olympians headline Sunday’s events at the Tokyo Games as Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky both begin their quests to rewrite the record books. Read more

At Tokyo Olympics, Hawaii’s Shoji brothers highlight family’s internment camp history

• By Associated Press
• July 24, 2021
• 30

The sons of University of Hawaii women’s coach Dave Shoji have put together impressive playing careers of their own at Stanford and for the United States as they began their second Olympic Games tonight against France. Read more

Naohisa Takato claims Japan’s 1st Tokyo gold with judo win

• By Associated Press
• July 24, 2021
• 1

Naohisa Takato won Japan’s first gold medal at its home Olympics, beating Taiwan’s Yang Yung-wei in the men’s 60-kilogram judo final on Saturday night. Read more