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lympic Report TOKYO 2020 Medals GYMNASTICS update Updated US men seek momentum after promising performance Monday WILL GRAVES at 12 p.m. is retiring after the Games. “I know ASSOCIATED PRESS these guys are going to go (up their G S B T difficulty) and then all of a sudden TOKYO — Sam Mikulak walked coming to Paris (in 2024), I know Japan 8 2 3 13 off the floor, turned his palms up these guys are going to be crank- United States 7 3 4 14 and laughed. ing it out trying to get up on that Well, sorta. medal podium. So I’m excited for China 6 5 7 18 The three-time Olympian’s last what they’re all going to do with this ROC 4 5 3 12 performance in a gymnastics team experience to grow from.” Great Britain 3 3 1 7 event didn’t exactly go as planned. The biggest obstacle for the U.S. Looking to preserve a fourth- at the moment isn’t talent, it’s math. South Korea 3 0 4 7 place finish for the U.S. during The difficulty of their routines Australia 2 1 3 6 Monday night’s finals, the 28-year- can’t quite match up with the kind Kosovo 2 0 0 2 old’s feet came out from under him. put together by Russia, Japan and Italy 1 4 4 9 Any chance of holding off Great Brit- China. The Americans are trailing ain vanished in the process. before they even step onto the com- France 1 2 2 5 Oh well. That’s gymnastics. petition floor, something that needs Canada 1 2 1 4 Nobody knows that better than to change over the next three years Hungary 1 1 0 2 Mikulak, who has spent nearly a if they want to close the gap on the decade as the standard-bearer for a Ashley Landis | Associated press sport’s three superpowers. And they Tunisia 1 1 0 2 men’s program in flux. The Ameri- Gymnasts from the United States, from left, Yul Moldauer, know it. Croatia 1 0 1 2 cans arrived at Ariake Gymnastics Samuel Mikulak, and Shane Wiskus watch teammate Brody Malone “Playing it safe is not worth it in Slovenia 1 0 1 2 Center knowing they would need performing on the horizontal bar during the artistic men’s team fi nal at the long run,” Wiskus said. “I’ve major mistakes by either the Chi- been guilty of this many times, and Austria 1 0 0 1 the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, in Tokyo. nese, the Japanese or the Russians taking skills out just for a clean Ecuador 1 0 0 1 to have a shot at the medal stand. Brody Malone — were solid and ill-timed slip. The group that broke hit routine. But when it comes to Hong Kong 1 0 0 1 They didn’t happen. Yet for the occasionally spectacular while com- into an impromptu version of Jour- advancing USA gymnastics and get- first time since earning bronze at ting us on the medal podium, it’s not Iran 1 0 0 1 peting alongside eventual Olympic ney’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” rarely the 2014 world championships, the champion Russia. wobbled and never wavered. going to help us. We really need to Norway 1 0 0 1 U.S. appears to be gaining momen- No blow-ups on pommel horse. No It’s a start. think about our priorities and focus Philippines 1 0 0 1 tum. The three Olympic rookies falls on high bar. No major errors of “We really have a strong future on energy on getting our difficulties Thailand 1 0 0 1 — Shane Wiskus, Yul Moldauer and any real kind other than Mikulak’s for Team USA,” said Mikulak, who up and making that the priority.” Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 Netherlands 0 3 0 3 ROUNDUP Chinese Taipei 0 2 2 4 Brazil 0 2 1 3 Georgia 0 2 0 2 Czech Republic 0 1 1 2 Japan upsets China in table tennis Spain 0 1 1 2 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS vili airborne and put him harshly Indonesia 0 1 1 2 onto his left side. Serbia 0 1 1 2 Japan ended China’s overwhelm- Shavdatuashvili showed no fear ing dominance in table tennis by against Ono, who hasn’t lost a judo Switzerland 0 1 1 2 winning Olympic gold in mixed match since 2015. Ono was called Belgium 0 1 0 1 doubles in a major upset. for two penalties in golden score Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito beat a against the Georgian contender, Chinese team that has often seemed who fought more aggressively and Colombia 0 1 0 1 unbeatable. China won all four gold dramatically avoided being caught Denmark 0 1 0 1 medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro in a match-ending throw one minute India 0 1 0 1 Games and the team of Xu Xin and before Ono ended it. Jordan 0 1 0 1 Liu Shiwen was a heavy favorite this Ono is Japan’s fourth gold med- time. alist in six weight classes so far in Romania 0 1 0 1 Mizutani won bronze in singles in Tokyo in judo, the nation’s home- Rio and Ito is considered by some grown martial art. Japanese judokas to be China’s biggest threat in the have also won one silver and one female ranks. bronze. TV schedule China won the first two games Tuesday, July 27 11-5 and 11-7 but Japan took the next Kin Cheung | Associated Press ARCHERY three 11-8, 11-9 and 11-9. China then South Korea has defended its All times Eastern Japan’s Mima Ito, left, and Jun Mizutani celebrate after winning the won the sixth game 11-6 to set up a Olympic men’s archery team title at 3x3 BASKETBALL » 8:30 a.m.: USA — Men’s table tennis mixed doubles gold medal match against China’s Xu Xin deciding seventh game which Japan and Liu Shiwen at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, in Tokyo. the Tokyo Games. & Women’s 3x3 Basketball (Quarterfinals); 4 a.m. dominated. The host country took Energetic 17-year-old Kim (Wednesday): USA — Women’s 3x3 Basketball Je-deok came up clutch in the semi- (Semifinal); 5:30 a.m. (Wednesday): USA — Men’s an 8-0 lead and held on for an 11-6 arc for the game-winning 2-pointer video review for the last point and & Women’s 3x3 Basketball (Semifinals) victory. in a 21-19 victory over China to close then ran to celebrate with his coach. finals to hold off host nation Japan China’s table tennis team is so out the day’s action for the Ameri- Garozzo earlier needed medical and then again in a 6-0 win over ARCHERY » 10:45 a.m.: NBCSN — Individual Chinese Taipei during the gold- Preliminary Rounds strong that world champion Liu cans. treatment after straining a thigh didn’t even make the women’s sin- They play one more pool game muscle when Cheung led 6-5. medal match at Yumenoshima Park BEACH VOLLEYBALL » 8 p.m.: USA — Men’s gles’ team and is only playing team Archery Field. Beach Volleyball (Pool C): U.S. Vs. Switzerland Tuesday against Japan. The U.S. Hong Kong’s only previous Olym- events. will be the top seed for Wednesday’s pic win was gold for Lee Lai Shan in One of the tricky things was trying CANOEING » 3 a.m.: CNBC — Women’s Canoe- semifinals and medal games. women’s windsurfing in 1996. to figure out an inconsistent wind on ing (Slalom Final); 12 a.m. (Wednesday): NBC WEIGHTLIFTING Serbia is the lone undefeated team Alexander Choupenitch won the eve of a possible typhoon mov- — Women’s Canoeing (Qualifying Heats); 1 a.m. Hidilyn Diaz has become the first on the men’s side. bronze for the Czech Republic after ing into the region. The impending (Wednesday): USA — Women’s Canoeing (Slalom Olympic gold medalist from the Phil- Qualifying) Shots from inside the arc are beating Takahiro Shikine of Japan high wind and rain has already led ippines after winning the women’s worth one point and shots from out- 15-8. to moving some of the following CYCLING » 10:45 p.m.: CNBC — Women’s 55-kilogram weightlifting category. side the arc are worth two in 3-on-3. day’s matches to a different time. Cycling (Time Trial); 1 a.m. (Wednesday): CNBC Diaz overtook Liao Qiuyun of LIGHTWEIGHT FINAL In the bronze medal match, — Men’s Cycling (Time Trial) First team to 21 wins unless 10 min- China on her last lift in the clean utes have gone by. The team that’s Judo superstar Shohei Ono has Hiroki Muto helped Japan beat the DIVING » 2 a.m. (Wednesday): USA — Men’s and jerk to win with a total 224 kilo- ahead gets the victory in that case. won his second Olympic gold medal Netherlands in a shoot-off with a Diving (Synchronized Springboard Final) grams. That was one more than Liao. after an epic lightweight final walk-off arrow that nearly landed GYMNASTICS » 8 p.m.: NBC — Women’s Gym- FOIL FENCING against Georgia’s Lasha Shavdatu- in the heart of the target. nastics (Team Final) 3-ON-3 BASKETBALL Cheung Ka Long won Hong Kong’s ashvili. KAYAKING » 12 a.m. (Wednesday): NBC The U.S. women have won all six of second Olympic gold medal in its Ono and Shavdatuashvili went MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE — Men’s Kayaking (Slalom Qualifying); 1 a.m.