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....

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.

Deborah Vivarelli shows off the table tennis court.

A couple of Canucks go swimming...

Sondre Guttormsen takes it outside.

Marco Grimalt is beach-ready.

Late addition, no problem to hit training for Tomas Gonzalez.

​​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.