Oh, what a night! Yulimar Rojas' long-sought triple jump world record leads a remarkable night in track & field at Tokyo 2020.

Both Jasmine Camacho-Quinn a Keni Harrison vanquish 2016 demons in the 100 hurdles final. And a second-ever gold for Team Puerto Rico, to boot!

Despite not making the 100 meter final, Rohan Browning certainly became Australia's next sprint star.

A night of first in gymnastics...Artem Dolgopyat wins Team Israel's first-ever gymnastics medal. Nina Derwael gets Team Belgium a historic gold. And, Lee Chih-Kai secures Team Taiwan its own first. And Team Brazil's first gold and Team South Korea's first women's medal...!

​Logan Martin won the first men's BMX freestyle gold with his "safety run".

Matt Wearns' sailing gold for Team Australia was the result of a childhood switch from football.

Shi Tingmao completes a 3m springboard double gold, and Team China's fourth for diving this Games.

​Team USA's Zhang Beiwen is a badminton breakout star, despite her early injury exit.

Duncan Scott hasn't come to terms with being the first Briton to win four swimming medals in one Olympic Games.

C.T. Pan went from almost last place after the first round to a bronze medal after the final in men's golf.

Team USA's Raven Saunders "found her voice" ahead of the Games and a silver medal performance.

Lucilla Boari: A Team Italy archer's medal moment spurs a public coming out.

Mirabai Chanu pushed through a post-Rio 2016 depression to the weightlifting podium at Tokyo 2020.

Meanwhile, a gripping tale of depression and pressure through Arley Mendez, Team Chile weightlifter.

And...weightlifter Neisi Dajomes secures Ecuador's third-ever gold, and its first from a woman.

Team Switzerland's Angelica Moser used the pandemic delay to work on "weaknesses" and is eager to get pole vault competition in Tokyo started.

Running great for Team Netherlands Sifan Hassan confirms her intent to attempt a rare triple: 1,500, 5,000, and 10,000 meters all within one week. It's a tough start.

Team Nambibia's Christine Mboma, barred from the 400 meters, is now the leading qualifier in track's 200 meters.

Team New Zealand's controversial weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has an Olympic debut on Monday.

Thomas Gilman's combination of 'fire and ice' has led him to represent Team USA in wrestling.

Team Russia enters artistic swimming at Tokyo 2020 as the overwhelming favorite across both events.

Eumir Murcial has guaranteed a medal, but will it be gold after an impressive quarterfinal win.

Carissa Moore pays homage.

Sofia Mattson enjoys a last rest before Tokyo.

Caeleb Dressel had a good week.

Martin Haener is a semifinalist with Team Germany.

Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class jump clear.

Elaine Thompson-Herah defends her title in the 100 meters, and leads a Team Jamaica sweep. And, oh yeah, gets a remarkable Olympic record, too.

"We've waited 100 years for this." Mete Gazoz wins Turkey's first archery medal - and it's gold.

Now with ten Olympic medals, Team USA star swimmer Katie Ledecky eyes Paris 2024 and maybe even Los Angeles 2028.

A long phone call may have spared pole vault favorite Armand Duplantis from contagion disruption to his gold medal aims.

Four Olympics, four medals for trampoline great Dong Dong.

Let's give some love to the rugby sevens Fijiana, winning an Olympic medal to follow Team Fiji's men's gold. Fiji has two medals this Games!

Did an homage to 'Avatar Aang' help Kiran Badloe secure windsurfing gold?

Team San Marino and shooting: A first-ever Olympic medal How about two?

Beach volleyballers Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredees are proving to be stars in the media zone, too.

Age is but a number: Team Spain's Pau Gasol worked his "butt off" for one more basketball run at age 41.

More senior news...Team China's Lyu Kiaojun is, at 37, the oldest weightlifting men's gold medalist ever.

Can boxer Nesthy Pelecio win Philippines' second-ever gold medal?

Will weightlifter Neisi Dajomes make the bookmakers happy with a first women's medal for Team Ecuador?

Boston marathon champion Lawrence Cherono is looking for a "race of a lifetime" in Tokyo.

British middle distance runner Josh Kerr is looking to "throw everything at (the 1500)" to win.

Team USA long jumper Tara Davis is lucky to have family with her in Tokyo...her father is her coach.

Team USA's Kayla Miracle is looking to break even more barriers for herself and her community as wrestling competition begins in Tokyo.

Vandana Katariya is a new field hockey star, as she scores a hat trick to help keep Team India alive.

Will Team Brazil's leading scorer Richarlison get a tattoo after Tokyo 2020's soccer tournament?

Nauris Miezis and Team Latvia get a hero's welcome.

Sky Brown is happy in Tokyo.

Piotr Lisek is on his way to the finals.

Kevin Cordon is a breakout star.

Adam Peaty and Team Great Britain roar to a win.

Maggie Steffens cements her all-time goal-scoring prowess in Team USA's latest water polo win.

Estonia's surprise gold in fencing was its first Olympic title since 2008.

Anastasiia Logunova: Team Russia's 3x3 basketball star also has an Olympic engagement story...

Steffi Graf remains the only 'Golden Slam' champion in tennis.

Meanwhile,  Michael Venus' family sacrifices have paid off with a medal in doubles.

Team Australia's Cate Campbell found musical inspiration as she swam to another Olympic medal.

New Team South Africa champion Tatjana Schoenmaker prefers to let her swimming do the talking.

Will Abraham Kibiwott be able to back up his Team Kenya steeplechase victory promise?

Get to know Lovlina Borgohain, Team India's newest women's boxing medalist.

Two medals not enough for gold-expectant Team Great Britain in rowing.

An San defended her top seed - and her hairstyle - with her gold medal archery win.

With All-Star Game and World Series experience, Edwin Jackson sees a gold medal for Team USA baseball as "icing in the cake".

Team India's Fouaad Mirza has made a mark in early equestrian eventing competition at Tokyo 2020.

Track sprint favorite Trayvon Brommell takes a different approach to the role than his predecessor.

Beach volleyballer Brandie Wilkerson is relishing her Olympic experience after serving as alternate for Team Canada five years ago.

Get to know Team USA skateboarder Mariah Duran, through her clothes.

Team Slovenia's Janja Garnbret is a legitimate favorite in women's sport climbing.

Gymnast Alexa Moreno, of Toyota commercial fame, is headed to her second Olympic vault final.

Team Ireland makes a surprise booking into the landmark mixed 4x400 track relay.

Jessica Fox is a champion (again).

Gwen Berry takes a stand.

Portrait of a triathlete...

Marcos Grimalt is pumped with a win.

Aidan Walsh jumps for medal joy.

​​It's the last edition of "A Little Roundup" before the 2020 Tokyo Games officially begin, so it's a super-sized one to wrap up the blog's pre-Opening Ceremony roundups of athlete headlines.

Yukiko Ueno and Team Japan get Olympic competition underway in softball. "All I felt was excitement before the game."

(More) Softball
Sara Croenewegen was overcome with legionnaire's disease just three years ago; now she's starring for Team Canada.

Will Yamato Fujita be Team Japan's new softball superstar?

Gymnastics
​Back fully from injury, Mai Murakami is ready to lead Japan's women in her home Games.

Tennis
"The most eye-catching star in tennis", Naomi Osaka stuns in Vogue Hong Kong...and on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition, too.

Sir Andy Murray: Why Tokyo 2020 is special.

Indian veteran Sania Mirza hasn't thought about retirement yet, despite headed to her fourth Olympics at age 34.

Karate
Switzerland's Elena Quirici is excited to do her "karate-mad" family proud at these Olympics.

Badminton
Nguyen Tien Minh will be the first Vietnamese athlete to appear in four Olympic Games, and still is his nation's leading medal hope.

Boxing
Delante Johnson carries a strong Cleveland-native tradition into the Games, with a real shot at gold.

Golf
Five things to know about golfer Justin Thomas, from For the Win.

Wrestling
Sports Illustrated has a Q&A with Helen Maroulis, the first U.S. woman to win Olympic wrestling gold, who's title defense comes after a tough few years.

Weightlifting
​Can Wes Kitts help bridge the gap to the podium for Team USA weightlifting in this changing times for the sport.

Trampoline
Dominic Clarke is grateful to be "unapologetically queer...on the Olympic stage".
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Diving
Krysta Palmer is not only finally a Team USA diver, she's also a member of the Iron Butt Association.

Triathlon
Veteran Javier Gomez returned to Olympic distance racing in triathlon for a shot at erasing a disappointing Rio 2016.

Artistic Swimming
Count Spain's Ona Carbonell as a mother uniquely impacted by the restrictions on accompanying family.

Archery
Re-live Team Bhutan's first official Olympic qualification, courtesy of archer Karma, in the documentary Kingdom of Archers.

​Swimming
'Swimming's next superstar'? Team USA's Caeleb Dressel would rather "just shut up and swim".

With a "fly and die" strategy, teenager Torri Huske is one to watch in the pool.

But Team Great Britain's swimming star Adam Peaty is feeling fit and ready for a world record.

Soccer
Jayde Riviere is a key component of Team Canada's bridge toward youth in the women's soccer team.

Meanwhile, Brazil's Formiga will become soccer's first seven-time Olympian at Tokyo 2020.

Sport Climbing
Bouldering specialist Kyra Condie shares a rundown of sport climbing's Olympic format.

Equestrian
Who are the Rio 2016 equestrian gold medalists looking to repeat at Tokyo 2020?

Caroline Chew is a London-based lawyer, Singapore's first-ever equestrian Olympian, and rides a horse named after a Friends character.

Basketball
Keldon Johnson's promotion from training squad to Team USA's men's basketball led to parents' tears.

Skateboarding
Letitia Bufoni is not just a five-time X Games champion skateboarder and a soon-to-be Olympian...she also has her own video game character.

Judo
With Tahani Alqahtani's participation, judo again represents a step forward for women in Saudi Arabia.

Cycling
Winner of the last two Tour de France stages last week, Team Belgium's road cyclist Wout van Aert may have tired legs, but is happy to be in Tokyo.

Meanwhile, with "no hiding, no tactics", Team New Zealander Patrick Bevin looks forward to thee potential for surprises in the cycling road race.

Rhythmic Gymnastics
Mexico's first-ever Olympic rhythmic gymnast, Rut Castillo started reluctantly in the discipline despite her 'super flexibility'.

Taekwondo
Taekwondo star Jade Jones: 'The making of a double Olympic champion.'

Track & Field
Budding Olympic star Armand Duplantis remembers watching previous Olympic pole vault finals, knowing it would be him one day there, too.

Hugues Fabrice Zango carries Burkina Faso's olympic medal dreams into Tokyo as a podium favorite.

The men's track 4x100 relay may be one of Japan's most anticipated events as a home nation. Team member Yoshihide Kiryu shares his enthusiasm for the race.

Fencing
Count world championship medalist fencer Vivian Kong Man-Wai as one athlete dedicated to observe all precautions to stay safe in the lead-up to the Games.

Shooting
Meet Derrick Main, trap shooter for Team USA who grew up quail hunting and now has a "dream come true" competing in the Olympics.

Rowing
Inspired by the pandemic delay, rower Helen Glover has un-retired and is the first mother to row for Team Great Britain at the Olympics.

​Rugby Sevens
Will Olympic success push Team Australia's rugby sevens' Lachlan Miller back toward rugby league and the National Rugby League?
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Fun fact about Team Ireland's rugby sevens squad: Harry McNulty is the one member to have helped start the program six years ago.

Meet Solomon Maragh, the first Jamaican to complete runs in the ICF junior canoe worlds.

David Popoci of Romania is now the world lead in the world lead in the men's 100 meters freestyle.

Ruman Shana is making history for Bangladesh with an Olympic archery appearance. Can he medal?

Ane Minetgi del Olmo is the first Spaniard to win Wimbledon's girls' singles title.