Chiobus of Olympics 2020 (2021)

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Arina Averina during Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics, Ariake Gymnastics arena, Tokyo, Japan on August 6, 2021.

 

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Linoy Ashram during Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics, Ariake Gymnastics arena, Tokyo, Japan on August 6, 2021.

 

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Team USA women's volleyball celebrates their semifinal win, Aug. 6, 2021, at Ariake Arena during the Tokyo Olympics. The USA defeated Serbia 3-0 to advance to the gold medal match.

 

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Italy's Milena Baldassarri performs on ball during the rhythmic gymnastics qualifying round, Aug. 6, 2021, at the Ariake Gymnastics Center. (Brian Cassella

 

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Riders from Netherlands, Belgium and Poland crash in the women's track cycling madison final at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Japan, on Aug. 6, 2021.

 

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USA's Breanna Stewart looks for the ball in the women's semi-final basketball match between USA and Serbia at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on Aug. 6, 2021.

 

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France's Alix Duchet, left, passes around Japan's Himawari Akaho during a women's basketball semifinal round game, Aug. 6, 2021, in Saitama, Japan.

 

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China's Sun Yanan, bottom, reacts as she competes against Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez during their women's freestyle 50kg wrestling match, Aug. 6, 2021, in Chiba, Japan.

 

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Team Britain celebrates after winning their women's field hockey bronze medal match against India, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo. Britain won 4-3.

 

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Alix Klineman, of the United States, celebrates winning a women's beach volleyball Gold Medal match against Australia, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo.

 

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Antonella Palmisano leads during the women's 20km race walk, Aug. 6, 2021, in Sapporo, Japan.

 

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Anouk Verge-Depre, bottom, of Switzerland, and teammate Joana Heidrich celebrate winning a women's beach volleyball Bronze match against Latvia, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo.

 

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Olympics-Golf-Korda claims gold medal and another family triumph​

 

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Nelly Korda tees off on the fourth hole during the third round.

 

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Family ties: Jessica Korda (right) runs onto the 18th green to celebrate sister Nelly's Olympic gold

 

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Nelly Korda wins gold medal in tightly contested final round at Olympics​

 

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Olympics-Golf-New Zealand's 'Ko-Wi' honoured to bring home second medal​

New Zealand's Lydia Ko became the first woman to claim multiple Olympic golf medals with her bronze at the Tokyo Games on Saturday and won hearts in Japan for her unwavering sportsmanship.

Five years after being the runner-up at the Rio Olympics, the South Korea-born Ko was edged for a second silver medal by Japan's Mone Inami in a playoff, with American Nelly Korda winning gold by a stroke. [L8N2PE04B]


Though competing fiercely, and at one stage grabbing a share of the lead with Korda, Ko applauded her rivals' good shots and bumped fists with them between holes.

When Inami just missed a long putt for birdie on the playoff hole, Ko looked genuinely disappointed for her, even though it would have meant the Japanese player winning the silver one shot sooner.

"I wish I could have brought a different colour medal but overall, just to be able to bring the medal to New Zealand, I hope everyone back home is proud," former world number one Ko told reporters after closing with a six-under 65.

"I’ve felt so much love and support for them, this is for New Zealand."

Ko was also feeling the love from South Korea, where her parents were watching her strong fourth-day challenge.

"Every time I go play in South Korea, I get so much love and support from them," said Ko, who moved to New Zealand as a child.

"Even though I am playing under the New Zealand flag, I feel very grateful that a lot of the South Koreans still support me.

"I say I'm 'Ko-Wi', the Korean Kiwi, and I'm very proud of that.

"I think both cultures, they helped me to grow up to be the person that I am today and know I will never forget where I'm from and where my roots are."

 

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USA climber Brooke Raboutou struggles to make a transition while competing in the bouldering final.

 

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Climbers analyze the lead wall ahead of the women's combined sport climbing final.

 

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USA's Katie Nageotte wins the gold medal in the women's pole vault final.