Tuesday, August 3 Olympic Roundup

TOKYO OLYMPICS:

-- After pulling out of the gymnastics team competition and then missing the all-around, vault, uneven bars and floor exercise events with a case of the “twisties,” Simone Biles returned for the final event, the balance beam, and walked away with a bronze medal. Speaking afterward, Biles said of her struggles in Tokyo, “It was something that was so out of my control. But the outcome I had, at end of the day, my mental and physical health is better than any medal.” Biles is going home with the bronze and the silver medal from the team event, and is now tied with Shannon Miller for the most gymnastics Olympic medals by an American. 

-- Sydney McLaughlin beat U.S. teammate and defending Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad in the women’s 400-meter hurdles for the gold, breaking her own world record. Muhammad also beat the world record, but she had to settle for silver. Femke BolE of the Netherlands won bronze.

-- American middle-distance runner Athing Mu won the gold medal in the women’s 800 meters. Keely Hodgkinson of Great Britain won silver and fellow American Raevyn Rogers took bronze. 

-- U.S. wrestler Tamrya Mensah-Stock won gold in the women’s 68 kg. final, beating Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria, who took silver.

-- Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica won gold in the women’s 200 meters, after having also won the 100 meters. This is the second straight Olympics that she swept the two sprint races, after doing it in 2016. Christine Mboma  of Namibia won silver and American Gabby Thomas won bronze.

-- The U.S. baseball team defeated the Dominican Republic 3-1 to advance to the semifinals. 

-- The U.S. women’s basketball team has advanced to the semifinals after beating Australia 79-55 in the quarterfinals. The U.S. will play Serbia in the semis, after they beat China.

Medal Count: (As of 3:30 a.m. ET) - The U.S. is in first place  with 76 medals, followed by China with 69 and the Russian Olympic Committee with 52. In the gold medal count, China leads with 32, the U.S. is second with 25, and Japan is third with 20. (See ESPN’s Medal Tracker here)