Team China's Xie Siyi has an emotional second diving gold medal as he remembers his recently-passed coach.

Team Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah doubly solidifies her return to form with a double gold in the sprints, to match her double golds from Rio 206.

Like the men's race, the women's 400 meter hurdles produced a stunning world record race, thanks to Team USA's Sydney McLaughlin.

Athing Mu wins Team United States' first women's 800 meters title since 1968.

It's three medals in four Olympics for Team USA long jumper Brittney Reese.

With a silver medal, track cyclist Jason Kenny is Team Great Britain's most successful Olympian, with eight medals (six gold).

Team Indonesia's Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu don't just get gold medals for their badminton win; they get cows, a house, and more.

Sailors Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin of Team Australia foiled by a plastic bag.

Team Australia's soccer and rugby sevens teams disruptive on the flight home?

Skateboarder Sky Brown may be the youngest ever Olympic medalist for Team Great Britain at 13, but 12-year-old Hiraki Kokona also medaled...

Team United States' Simone Biles returns to competition, and the gymnastics podium: "I was just going out there doing it for me."

Can boxer Benjamin Whittaker's 'showboat' style get him gold for Team Great Britain?

Kim Yeon Koung of Team Korea volleyball hits a big social media milestone.

Team New Zealand's Lisa Carrington is on still track to make it four canoe sprint golds in one Games.

Team Australia's Peter Bol may just complete his running goals with an 800 meters medal.

Team Egypt is now an Olympic semifinalist in handball; the first-ever African side to do so.

Team United States' Sakura Kokumai's eagerness for her karate Olympic debut is fueled by her Japanese heritage.

With her 100th cap now behind her, Team Canada's Ashley Lawrence looks toward gold

Golfer Albane Valenzuela's Olympic appearance for Team Switzerland is made special with her brother as caddie.

Damian Quintero gets a training in.

Sandi Morris has a heartfelt message.

Brooke Henderson is ready in Tokyo.

Tyla Nathan-Wong wakes up in (not) a dream.

Sifan Hassan is an olympic champion.

(+ 1) Dima Ovtcharov and Team Germany score a crucial win.

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.

​​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.

Thomas Barr knows it will probably take another personal best time to make it into an Olympic 400 meter hurdles final for the second time.

The Daily Mail features Team USA's Abdi Abdirahman, running the Tokyo 2020 marathon in what will be his fifth Olympic Games.

Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has high confidence for India's medal chances on the field at Tokyo 2020.

Team Great Britain's hammer thrower Taylor Campbell shows one of the publicity risks of being a relative unknown making it into the spotlight.

Heir apparent to Claressa Shields, boxer Naomi Graham will be the "first female active-duty service member to fight for the U.S.at the Olympics".

Track cyclist Annette Edmondson hasn't let exercise-induced asthma deter her from Tokyo 2020.

Can NBA star Dennis Schroder suit up for the Olympics this summer after Team Germany's surprise qualification?

Team Nigeria's women's basketball team might feature three sisters...one of whom might take special interest in the July 27 game vs Team USA....

3x3 basketball player Agnis Cavars: Not only making an Olympic debut in a new Olympic discipline, but carrying his nation's flag, too.

​With Olympic qualification in hand, Kenyan Guadencia Makokha has moved successfully from indoor to beach volleyball.

Fran Kirby's recovery from a heart condition is complete with inclusion in Team Great Britain's Olympic soccer team.

And...Team Spain's young soccer star Pedri insists that he can perform at Tokyo 2020 without hurting fitness for Barcelona F.C.

Colombian Maria Camila Osorio Serrano is one to watch, after her two wins at Wimbledon shoot her well into the top 100 of the tennis rankings.

Tokyo 2020-bound sprint canoeist Nevin Harrison's pre-race tears are a ritual to help center herself before competition.

Luigi "Il Gorilla" Busa thanks his father and wife- both karate experts as well - for helping him on his way to Tokyo 2020 for the sport's Olympic debut.

Sport Innovation Lab: Olympic ice hockey great Angela Ruggerio has a new endeavor that focuses on the science of fan data.

BMX rider Saya Sakikabara is going to Tokyo 2020 for Team Australia, fulfilling a dream for her - and her brother Kai.

Get to know Team USA water polo stalwart Jesse Smith, a veteran of (now) five Olympics on a squad of relative newcomers.

Team USA's Monica Abbott pens a letter of thanks to her parents for their support in her persistence to continue in softball.

Hoping that "young athletes will be inspired by her journey", modern pentathlete Joanna Muir finds going to Tokyo 2020 "amazing".

Get to know Team USA's newest men's gymnastics star, rodeo-riding, frog-giggling Brody Malone.

And, South African gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz answers a few questions from FIG.

Soraya Aghaei becomes the first Iranian woman to secure qualification in Olympic badminton.

"We chose to keep our dreams alive." Refugess athlete and swimmer Yusra Mardini narrates the latest #StrongerTogether message from the IOC.

​And...not even the threat of crocodiles can stop Edha Belo from training for a chance to swim at Tokyo 2020!

Can Rio 2016 gold medalist judoka Majlinda Kelmendi win a second gold for her hometown fans in Kosovo?

Tokyo 2020 checks in with Team USA weightlifter Sarah Robles on her progression in and perspective on the sport, her Rio 2016 medal, and more.

Megan Jones and Celia Quansah are not just teammates for Team Great Britain's rugby sevens, they're also partners off the pitch.

And more partners...Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud are set to return to the Summer Olympics together for Team Netherlands in equestrian dressage.