Crouser wins gold, US women advance to beach volleyball final

Wednesday on the Tokyo Olympics introduced a report, tears and simply plain stunning outcomes for america, significantly in monitor and subject.

The spotlight of the day was Ryan Crouser breaking his own Olympic record within the shot put with a distance of 23.30 meters to earn the primary monitor and subject gold for the American males in Tokyo. Joe Kovacs of the U.S. took silver.

In a collection of shut finishes for the Individuals:

Essentially the most stunning results of the day for the U.S. was the men’s 4×100-meter relay team failing to advance to the ultimate. The U.S. completed sixth within the second warmth of qualifying, completed in by a collection of unhealthy exchanges. This marks the tenth time since 1995 that the boys have botched a relay at a world championships or Olympics. 

The U.S. girls’s 4×100 relay staff made it via preliminaries with a second-place end of their warmth. They’ll race for the gold medal.

In seaside volleyball, April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Switzerland 21-12, 21-11 to advance to the gold medal sport Thursday towards Australia. And the U.S. girls’s volleyball staff defeated the Dominican Republic in straight units and can face Serbia within the semifinals.

Breanna Stewart scored 23 points to steer the Individuals over Australia within the girls’s basketball quarterfinal 79-55. The U.S. faces Serbia subsequent within the semifinals.

Nevin Harrison of the U.S. won gold within the girls’s canoe single 200-meter remaining and American Cory Juneau took bronze within the Olympic debut of males’s park skateboarding.

BMX rider Connor Fields was released from St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo on Thursday, 5 days after a horrific crash in his semifinal race on the Tokyo Olympics left him with a mind bleed and different accidents. He’ll head residence to start rehabilitation.Grant Holloway took silver.