Primoz Roglic cements a Slovenian 'summer of cycling' with his time trial victory.

Team Japan gymnast Daiki Hashimoto wins the men's all-around - and the mantle of heir apparent to legend Kohei Uchimura.

Boxer Carlo Paalam nearly lost his first match after a severe misunderstanding with his coach.

Hayato Sakamoto rescues a possibly disastrous home opener for Team Japan in baseball.

Judoka Martyna Trajdos defends her unique pre-game ritual with her coach.

Siobhan Haughey's swimming silver medal gives Hong Kong its best Olympic performance, and confidence in its sports program.

Allisha Gray provides a good tear-jerker moment after Team USA's gold medal in 3x3 basketball.

Meanwhile, take a peek at a feel-good sports inspiration, courtesy Team Latvia's 3x3 success.

Lucy Bronze has 'gold in her sights' after leading Team Great Britain into the quarterfinals in soccer.

Irish boxer Kurt Walker is onto a strong start as he defeats the gold medal featherweight favorite.

Military exemption: golfers Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim have extra incentive to medal at these Olympics.

Portuguese race walker Joao Vieira won a first major global medal at age 43 two years ago. Why not again at Tokyo 2020?

Will a 'rejuvenated' Sunita Puspure of Team Ireland find rowing medal success after years of perseverance?

​​Long-dstance runner Luis Grijalva had some unique legal - and life - challenges on his way to represent Team Guatemala at Tokyo 2020.

Team Australia's rugby sevens captain Sharni Williams approaches these Games with a new, openly LGBTQ mindset.

Team Brazil's Douglas Souza has become volleyball's breakout star - on social media - during Tokyo 2020.

Charlotte Dujardin and Pumpkin celebrate.

Erica Wiebe is raring to go.

Italo Ferreira brings the heat.

Damian Quintero is focused.

Katinka Hosszu reflects.

(+1) John John says goodbye.

Richard Carapaz wins Ecuador's second-ever Olympic gold (and third-ever overall) with a strong cycling road race win.

Naohisa Takata wins Japan's first gold of Tokyo 2020, in - fittingly - judo.

Tokyo 2020's short waves may suit Australian Sally Fitzgibbons just right.

Can Larisa Iordache restore Olympic success for Team Romania in women's gymnastics?

Shooter Nino Salukvadze makes history as the first woman to compete in nine Olympics.

​Team Hungary's fencer Aron Szilagyi is the first man to win three sabre Olympic titles.

USA TODAY looks at the inspiring comeback of gymnast Samir Ait Said, after a notorious Rio 2016 injury.

South African diver Jula Vincent is grateful to have Rio 2016 experience as she approaches Tokyo 2020 competition.

A relaxed qualification serves notice that Irish rowers Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy are ready to challenge for golf.

Can Sara Sorribes Tormo continue to move forward after her upset tennis win over world #1?

Karateka Antonio Diaz wants to give his career "a Hollywood ending" with a strong Tokyo 2020 performance.

Tomas Gonzalez is a proud three-timer.

Matty and Tom bring their social 'A' game to Tokyo.

Panipak Wongpattanikat has done it.

Novak Djokovic is known for his flexibility...

Bruno and Team Brazil score a 1st win.

China's Yang Qian wins the first gold medal of Tokyo 2020, in women's 10m air rifle.

Sam Kendricks: "Why I Vault" with World Athletics.

It's a whirlwind Olympcs for Syria's 12-year-old Hend Zaza, losing on the first day of table tennis.

Helen Glover finds a "fight on her hands" to win another rowing Olympic gold.

The 'Olyroos' are riding high confidence after a shock win over Argentina in soccer.

Vanuatu's rower Rillio Rii gives Pita Taufatofua a run for his (shirtless) money.

Catch Natalie Hinds compete in her first Games, at 27 one of the elder Team USA swimmers.

Can British hope Lizzie Deignan defeat the favored Dutch in Sunday's women's cycling road race?

BMX's power couple tour the track.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock gets an honor.

Team USA tennis is ready.

Leon Glatzer gets some training in.

Marcus Cooper Walz gets in some stretching.

​​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.