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Historically, U.S. women have been incredibly dominant in beach volleyball at the Olympics. April Ross and Alix Klineman handily beat a duo from Australia to win gold in Tokyo.
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Zhan Beleniuk, a siting member of Ukraine's parliament, took the gold in Greco-Roman 87-kilogram wrestling, his second Olympic medal after winning silver in Rio in 2016.
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China's Quan Hongchan performed two dives that received perfect 10 scores by all seven judges on her way to winning gold in the women's 10-meter platform final.
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Several athletes were tied for first as they began the final climb. The elite climbers faced off in three events, testing their speed as well as their problem-solving.
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It was not the color medal the U.S. had hoped for, but it was a better result than at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics when the USWNT was bounced out of the tournament in the quarterfinals.
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Nevin Harrison, 19, became the first woman from the U.S. to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport of canoe sprint.
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The International Olympic Committee cut short its probe following the unexpected death of the shot-putter's mother on Tuesday. She died just two days after watching her daughter win a silver medal.
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It's no accident that the track feels fast to runners. The Italian company that designed the track says its goal is to take "human speeds to levels never reached before."
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"You're running against grown men, so you've got to do everything you can to beat them," Erriyon Knighton said. He's had a dramatic rise in track, beating a long-standing record set by Usain Bolt.
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The usually much-discussed topic hasn't been making headlines during the Tokyo Games as often because of the pandemic. But it's still there.