Monday, August 2 Olympic Roundup

TOKYO OLYMPICS:

-- One week after withdrawing from the team gymnastics competition after one vault, and not competing in the all-around, vault, uneven bars or floor exerciseevents, Simone Biles will compete in the last women’s event, the balance beam final Tuesday (early this morning ET). Biles has been battling the “twisties,” in which gymnasts lose track of where they are in the air, which can be dangerous. Meanwhile, her U.S. teammate, Jade Caray, won the gold medal in the floor exercise final, one day after a missed vault ruined her chances in that event.

-- Norway’s Karsten Warholm won gold and American Trae Benjamin took silver in the 400-meter hurdles, in an epic race that was one of the most anticipated of the Olympics. Warholm broke his own world record by an amazing .76 seconds, setting a new record  at 45.94, and even though he was second, Benjamin also broke the old record, which Warholm set just last month. Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos was third.

-- The U.S. men’s basketball team beat Spain 95-81 in their quarterfinal match to advance to the semifinals.

-- The U.S. women’s soccer team was upset by Canada 1-0, the second straight Olympics in which they’ve failed to reach the gold medal game after the U.S. program won gold in four Olympics. The U.S. will now play for the bronze medal against Australia. Canada will play for gold against Sweden.

-- American Valarie Allman won gold in the women’s discus with a 68.98-meter throw. It was the first gold for the U.S. so far in Tokyo in track and field.

-- American Brittney Reese won silver in the women’s long jump, after also winning silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics and gold in the 2012 London Games. Malaika Mihambo of Germany won gold, and Ese Brume of Nigeria took bronze.

-- The U.S. baseball team lost to Japan 7-6, blowing a three-run lead for their first loss in the three games they’ve played in Tokyo. The U.S. is now within one loss of elimination.

-- One day after Belarusian sprinter refused to get on a plane to return home from the Tokyo Olympics and sought help from Japanese police as team officials tried to force her on the flight, Krystsina TsimanouskayaK was granted a humanitarian visa by Poland. Tsimanouskaya said she feared for her safety if she went back to Belarus, which is ruled by an autocratic  government. Team officials tried to force her to go home after she publicly criticized them on Instagram over a racing decision.

Medal Count: (As of 3:30 a.m. ET) - The U.S. is in first place  with 66 medals, followed by China with 63 and the Russian Olympic Committee with 50. In the gold medal count, China leads with 29, the U.S. is second with 22, and Japan is third with 18.