(East Los Angeles, CA) August 8, 2021 [From The Editor’s Desk]: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have drawn to a conclusion and we want to take this time to acknowledge our Teams USA for their much-appreciated accomplishments in the more than (50) sporting events that were offered, while the following, Surfing, Climbing, Skateboarding, and Karate, were included for their inaugural competitions. Baseball and Softball were re-instated for these Olympic Games.
To see a complete listing of our Team USA Olympic athletes and their sports that we do not include in this piece, please click here. You will also see the complete list of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Medal Winners from all countries. Just go to the drop-down menu and pick your sport. We will begin with those teams and individuals who earned the highly coveted and respected
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{Gold Medals}
{Men’s Teams & Athletes}
*Swimming: 50m, 100m, Freestyle & 100m Butterfly; Caeleb Dressel; 800m & 1,500m Freestyle, Robert Finke; 400m Individual Medley, Chase Kalisz; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (Team); 4 x 100m Medley Relay (Team)
*5 x 5 Basketball: Defeated Spain for 4th Consecutive Medal
*Track & Field: 4 x 400m Relay (Team); Shot Put, Ryan Crouser
*Golf: Xander Schauffele (individual)
*Wrestling-Freestyle (86kg), David Taylor; (125kg), Gable Steveson
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{Women’s Teams & Athletes}
*Track & Field: 800m, Athing Mu; 400m Hurdles, Sydney McLaughlin; Pole Vault, Kateo Nageotte; Discus Throw, Valarie Allman; 4 x 400m Relay ( Sydney McCaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu)
*Gymnastics: (Artistic) Jade Carey [Floor Exercise]; Sunisa Lee, [Individual All-Around]
*5 x 5 Basketball: Defeated Japan for 7th Consecutive Medal
*3 x 3 Basketball: Defeated Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), (18-15).
*Swimming: 800m & 1,500m Freestyles, Katie Ledecky; 100m Breaststroke, Lydia Jacoby;
*Surfing: Carissa Moore (Shortboard)
*Volleyball: Defeated Brazil
*Golf: Nelly Korda (individual)
*Beach Volleyball: Alix Klineman & April Ross – Defeated Australia (2-0)
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*Water Polo – Defeated Spain (14-5)
*Cycling Track (Omnium Division): Jennifer Valente
*Tae Kwon Do (Featherwight): Anastasia Zolotic
*Wrestling-Freestyle: (68kg) Tamyra Mensah
{Silver Medals}
{Men’s Teams & Athletes}
*Track & Field: {Men} 100m, Fred Kerley; 200m, Kenneth Bednarek; 110m Hurdles, Rai Benjamin; Pole Vault, Chris Nilsen; Shot Put, Joe Kovacs
*Boxing: Super Heavyweight, Richard Torrez; Featherwight, Duke Ragan; Lightweight, Keyshawn Davis;
*Swimming: 200m Backstroke, Ryan Murphy; 400m Individual Medley, Jay Litherland;
*Baseball: Lost to Japan (2-0). Eddy Alvarez earned a “Double-Double” Winter/Summer Sport Olympics medal, making him only the 3rd athlete to earn this accomplishment.
*Climbing (Combined): Nathaniel Coleman
*Wrestling-Freestyle: (97kg), Kyle Snyder
{Women’s Teams & Athletes}
*Swimming: 400m Freestyle, Katie Ledecky; 1,500m Freestyle, Erica Sullivan; 200m Breaststroke, Lilly King; 200m Butterfly, Regan Smith; 200m Individual Medley, Alex Walsh; 400m Individual Medley, Emma Weyant; 4 x 100m Medley Relay, (Team)
*Track & Field: 3,000m Steeplechase, Courtney Frerichs; 400m Hurdles, Dalilah Muhammad; Long Jump, Brittney Reese; Shot Put, Raven Saunders; and 4 x 100m Relay*Gymnastics: (Artistic) Mykayla Skinner (Vault)
*BMX Freestyle (Park Division): Hannah Roberts
*Wrestling-Freestyle: (76kg), Katherine Nye; (76kg), Adeline Gray
*Softball – Lost to Japan (2-0)
*Weightlifting (76kg), Katherine Nye
*Boxing: Welterwight, Oshae Jones
*Triathlon: Team Relay
{Bronze Medals}
{Men’s Teams & Athletes}
*Track & Field: 200m, Noah Lyles; 5,000m, Paul Chelimo
*Swimming: 400m Freestyle, Lieran Smith; 100m Backstroke, Ryan Murphy;
*Skateboarding: (Park Division) – Cory Juneau; (Street Division) Jagger Eaton
*Wrestling (57kg), Thomas Gilman; (74kg), Kyle Dake; (86kg), David Taylor
{Women’s Teams}
*Swimming: 100m Backstroke, Regan Smith; 100m Breaststroke, Lilly King; 200m Breaststroke, Anne Lazor; 200m Butterfly, Hali Flickinger; 200m Individual Medley, Kate Douglass; 400m Individual Medley, Hali Flickinger; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (Team);
*Track & Field: 200m, Gabrielle Thomas; 400m, Allyson Felix; 800m, Raevyn Rogers; Marathon, Molly Seidel
*Gymnastics (Artistic): Simone Biles (Beam); Sunisa Lee (Uneven Bars)
*Soccer: Defeated Australia, (4-3)
*Wrestling-Freestyle: (57kg), Helen Maroulis
*Weightifting: (+87kg), Sarah Robles
*Triathlon: (Olympic Distance), Katie Zaferes
{Mixed}
*Track & Field: 4 x 400m Relay
We can now look back on these past two weeks of Olympic competitions with the highest hopes that our country’s traditional, as well as brand new, global athletic programs can give our world a strong pause for the cause of highlighting the benefits of sports and their competitions that somehow always manage to bring out the best in each and every competitor.
