Heristone Wanyonyi and Amit herald a breakthrough for developing race-walking nations.

Despite a slow career start, biathlete Lena Repinc is poised to build on a strong junior season last year.

Wrestler Kennedy Blades' win secured the team title for the U.S. at the recent junior worlds.

U23 rider Martín Vidaurre is the first Chilean to win a mountain bike world title.

FIS: Go 'behind the scenes' with U.S. alpine skier Bryce Bennett and his philosophy of "keep chipping away" toward success.

Prospective Beijing 2022 women's bobsled favorite Kallie Humphries may not be able to get there.

Count world record-holder and two-time marathon Olympic gold medalist Eliud Kipchoge as a fan of technology pushing forward in track & field.

August 24 is now 'Keni Harrison Day' in Clayton, North Carolina, in honor of the hurdling star.

Tokyo 2020 javelin champ Neeraj Chopra defends his sportsmanship with competitor Arshad Nadeem.

More Indian athletics: Meet Shaili Singh, vice-U20 world long jump champion with a hard scrabble background.

In 2009, Nino Schurter became the youngest mountain bike world champion ever. Nine titles later, he's also the oldest-ever.

Can Kristin Santos help lead the U.S. back to prominence in short track speed skating?

Musician Bruce Springsteen chimed in last week on his daughter Jessica's Olympic equestrian success.

Team Canada's Natalie Spooner has made a name for herself outside of ice hockey by embracing different and unique challenges.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock isn't just the second-ever Team USA female wrestler to win Olympic gold, she's the first Black athlete to do so, too.

Basketball says goodbye to two greats of the game as Team Argentina's Luis Scola and Team Spain's Pau Gasol close their international careers.

But one more honor for Gasol, though...election to the IOC's Athletes' Commission, along with swimmer Federica Pellegrini, fencer Yuki Ota, and cyclist Maja Martyna Wloszczokwska.

Team USA's Caeleb Dressel on the schedule of Olympic swimming: "It's a week of hell".

And, in beach volleyball, Team United States veteran Jake Gibb also calls it a career after his Tokyo run.

Team Great Britain's Jack Laugher's mental struggle recovery has him cherishing his bronze finish in springboard diving.

The item of note in this report on Team Great Britain boxer Ben Whittaker's silver disappointment is that he's considering a mayoral run.

Adam Ondra of Team Czech Republic isn't just a leading gold medal contender, he's also one of sport climbing's notorious yellers.

Team India was once the preeminent side in men's Olympic field hockey. Welcome back to the podium.

​Hannah Mills is now Team Great Britain's most accomplished Olympic sailor.

Will Team Nigeria's Blessing Obodurudu retire after three Olympics and her silver medal in wrestling?

Nine years after a London 2012 bronze, Team Jamaica's Hansle Parchment wins the 110 meter hurdles in one of the Games' biggest upsets.

19-year-old Keely Hodginskon believes the "sky's the limit" for her running career after a silver medal performance in the Olympic 800 meters.

And finally, Andre de Grasse gets his gold with his 200 meter win for Team Canada, its first in the event in almost one hundred years.

Team India wrestler Vinesh Phogat looks to continue her unbeaten streak to gold and banish her past injury demons.

Nicolas Batum is one to watch as he leads Team France into the semifinals of basketball.

Can Team ROC's Svetlana Romashina win a record sixth gold in artistic swimming?

World-ranked at 200, Team India's Aditi Ashok is high on the women's golf leaderboard.

A surprise in women's basketball sees host Team Japan making it to the semifinals.

Tsuneari Yohito once face amputation, but is now Team Australia's men's karate Olympian.

Team Australia's Sam Kerr vows she'll "be ready for Team USA" in the semifinal match in women's soccer.

Neeraj Chopra enters Friday's men's javelin finals as the top qualifier. That's the same Chopra with the bread omelette diet.

Krisztian Manhercz powers Team Hungary to the water polo semifinals with a seven-goal performance.

Sky Brown flies.

Stefanos Ntsoukos gets a hero's welcome.

Mondo Duplantis is #readytofly.

Malaika Mihambo takes it in.

Rommel Pacheco says goodbye.

Isabell Werth secures a twelfth Olympic medal, with a little help from a record-breaking teammate, in equestrian dressage.

Rio 2016 veteran Angelina Melnikova composedly leads Team Russia to gymnastics gold in a chaotic, unexpected competition.

Italo Ferreira: A son of fisherman won surfing's first-ever Olympic gold medal.

Marketa Vondrousova acknowledges the moment of significance in her victory over Naomi Osaka.

Australia vs Croatia in water polo: Was this the Games' biggest upset so far?

Edgar Cheung Ka-Long's fencing win brings celebration to the streets in Hong Kong.

Pole vaulter Harry Coppell is 'toothless' no more, after recovery from a freak training accident.

Team USA's Anastasija Zolotic sees the bigger picture of sacrifice in her taekwondo gold.

Once on track to be in the circus, Maude Charron is now an Olympic weightlifting champion.

Five years after a gutting miss at Rio 2016 competition, kayak slalomist Ricard Funk scores gold in Tokyo.

Team USA's Xander Schauffele heads into Tokyto 2020's golf competition with his father's past own Olympic hopes in mind.

Team Kenya's Rio 2016 champion - and world record holder - Eliud Kipchoge is eager to start his marathon title defense.

Ireland's shooter Derek Burnett is at his fifth Games, and still carries medal hopes.

Can Niek Kimman overcome an odd, unfortunate knee injury in time for his first BMX run?

Ygor Coelho is taking Brazilian badminton to new heights in Tokyo after his Rio 2016 Olympic debut.

Jiri Priskavec looks to banish his Rio 2016 demons as he tackles Tokyo 2020's kayak slalom.

Swedish single sculler Lovisa Claesson has learned that being coached by her father brings a lot of rowing conversation home.

Alexander Choupenitch celebrates a bronze.

David Nyika takes one on the ear.

Jesse Smith is focused with Team USA.

Pavlos Kontiudes is sitting pretty at this moment.

Jolanda Neff with the win...and a Swiss sweep.

Bonus: Don't forget..Kevin Mayer is on his way.

An "incredibly proud" Tom Daley finally wins a gold medal after his Olympic diving debut 13 years ago.

Momiji Nishiya is now Japan's youngest-ever gold medalist, as the 13-year-old scores a street skateboarding sweep for the home country.

It wasn't just his gold medal performance that caught viewers' attention while Kristian Blummenfelt led the men's triathlon.

And on the women's side...four-time Olympian Flora Duffy finally gets herself a medal, and a gold one for Bermuda.

Fencer Maria Belen Perez Maurice: Win a match, but gain a spouse.

Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito bring Japan a first - and thrilling - table tennis mixed doubles gold.

Lydai Jacoby: She's not just Alaska's first Olympic swimmer, she's also an upset gold medalist.

Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz gets the Philipines its long-awaited first gold medal.

Luka Doncic impresses in his Olympic debut, scoring 48 for Slovenia's win over Argentina in basketball.

Will Ahmed Hafnaoui do something special again, in the 800 meters that start this morning?

Team Ireland's Nhat Nguyen has a "perfect start" to his Olympic campaign in badminton.

High jumper Yaroslava Mahucikh has had a strong last few years, and is aiming for a world record.

Karateka Daniel Gaysinsky is ready to look past a rollercoaster qualification and prove his Olympic credential.

Can Malaysian Gavin Green get his full confidence back in time for the start of men's golf this week?

Team Japan score two women's team sport upsets in one day...over France in basketball and over Montenegro in handball. How far can each go?

Ivet Lalova gets a feel for the track.

Naomi Osaka is feeling good.

Adam Peaty is champion again.

Saul Craviotto takes in some last training.

No matter your prep, some things you can't control....