The delivery of Bermuda's first ever Olympic gold medal on Tuesday by triathlete Flora Duffy is a victory shared by the whole island, her parents told AFP
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"It was just unbelievable": Family and friends of Bermuda's first Olympic gold medalist celebrate.
Triathlete Flora Duffy made history as the first person from Bermuda to win gold at the #Olympics
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Romania's Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis and France's Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias celebrate winning gold in the double sculls finals at the Tokyo #Olympics
#UPDATE Australia's Ariarne Titmus wins gold to dethrone USA great Katie Ledecky in #Olympics 200m freestyle final.
Titmus set a new Olympic record time of 1:53.50, with Ledecky relegated to fifth. Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey took silver and Canada's Penny Oleksiak bronze
World record holder Kristof Milak powered to the 200m butterfly gold medal but complained a tear in his trunks cost him a new world record.
The Hungarian hit the wall in a new #Olympics record time of 1min 51.25sec
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#BREAKING Japan's Yui Ohashi wins women's Olympic 200m individual medley gold
#UPDATE Japan's Yui Ohashi stormed to the #Olympics 200m individual medley #gold , making it a Tokyo double after her earlier triumph in the 400m medley.
Ohashi touched the wall in 2min 08.52sec, with Americans Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass coming second and third
#UPDATE World record-holder Katie Ledecky claims the first ever women's #Olympics 1500m #gold medal, producing a commanding swim to annihilate the field.
The American clocked 15mins 37.34secs ahead of teammate Erica Sullivan (15:41.41) and Germany's Sarah Kohler (15:42.91)
Britain stormed to victory in the #Olympics 4x200m relay, narrowly missing the world record.
Led off by Tom Dean and brought home by Duncan Scott, they touched in 6min 58.58sec to win #gold .
Russia were second, with Australia claiming bronze
Siobhan Haughey brings home 🇭🇰 Hong Kong's first ever #Olympics medal in the pool by winning #silver in the 200m freestyle.
People in a Hong Kong shopping mall watch and cheer as Haughey rips through the water just behind Australia's record setting Ariarne Titmus
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Hungary's Andras Szatmari battles USA's Daryl Homer.
Spain's Nikoloz Sherazadishvili and Sweden's Marcus Nyman hit the mat.
Philippines' Nesthy Petecio reacts after beating Colombia's Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda.
USA try to block a shot from Tunisia
VIDEO: #Olympics : Residents say they support Houston native #SimoneBiles .
Residents in the Houston area talk about their support for Simone Biles, after the US gymnast's withdrawal from the team final in Tokyo over mental health concerns
Daniil Medvedev struggles with the heat before defeating Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to set up a last-eight meeting with Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain and leave him on course for a heavyweight clash with Novak Djokovic #Olympics
#BREAKING #SimoneBiles withdraws from #Olympics all-around gymnastics: official
#UPDATE Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final of individual all-around gymnastics at the #Olympics due to concerns over her mental health, USA Gymnastics confirms.
A decision on whether Biles will compete in individual event finals will be taken after daily evaluation
Recovering from their #Olympics opening loss to France, USA won a resounding 120-66 victory over Iran in a group A basketball match at the Saitama Super Arena
US superstar #SimoneBiles has pulled out of a second Tokyo #Olympics gymnastics competition to protect her mental health, raising serious doubt over her participation in the rest of the Games
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#Tokyo2020 - Japan's Yui Ohashi has secured an unprecedented golden double for the #Olympic hosts with a win in the women's 200m individual medley, less than two years after she considered quitting swimming because of depression
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#Tokyo2020 - Slovenia's Primoz Roglic put his Tour de France nightmares behind him, powering to Olympic gold in the men's time trial
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#Tokyo2020 - The USA easily beat Iran 120-66 in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Wednesday to bounce back from their shock opening defeat -- and players and coaches from the geopolitical rivals chatted afterwards
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#Tokyo2020 - Fiji defended their Olympic rugby sevens title with an entertaining 27-12 victory over New Zealand at the Tokyo Stadium
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#Tokyo2020 - Japan's Kei Nishikori will look to draw inspiration from his Olympic gold-medal winning compatriots when he plays world number one Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the men's tennis tournament
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#Tokyo2020 - Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany was crowned Olympic #dressage individual champion on Wednesday, ending British star Charlotte Dujardin's nine-year reign u.afp.com/URiC #AFPSports #Olympics
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