Olympics Coverage

South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set by Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona.

It’s the latest example of sponsors praising athletes who are increasingly open about mental health issues.

She edged Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while Simone Biles watched from the stands.

German cycling federation sports director Patrick Moster had been overseeing the cycling squad at the Tokyo Games.

The fragile nature of an Olympics during the pandemic came into sharp focus when the entire Australian track team spent time in a brief quarantine after American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks pulled out of the Tokyo Games because of a positive COVID-19 test.

Dressel's gold was the second of the morning for the Americans, who got a surprise victory from Bobby Finke in the Olympic debut of the men’s 800 free.

Madelynn Bernau of Waterford is participating in the Women’s Trap / Mixed Team Trap.

The American gymnastics superstar withdrew from Thursday’s all-around competition to focus on her mental well-being.