#UPDATE Superstar gymnast #SimoneBiles pulled out of a second #Olympics event on Wednesday to focus on her mental health, USA Gymnastics said, putting the spotlight on athletes' wellbeing at a Games held under strict coronavius rules u.afp.com/URS8#Tokyo2020
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The opening day of athletics at the 2020 Tokyo #OlympicGames will take place at the Olympic Stadium on Friday. #AFPSports looks at five stand-out events 👟 u.afp.com/URph
China's unrelenting domination of #Olympics#Diving has rivals in #Tokyo2020 wondering not just how they can beat them, but also whether the country's approach is desirable or even healthy
#BREAKING Iran's Khamenei says experience shows 'trusting West does not work'
#UPDATE Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that the outgoing government's experience of engaging with world powers including the United States shows that "trusting the West does not work"
#BREAKING US tying Iran deal return to 'future' talks on missiles, region: Khamenei
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 #AFPSports u.afp.com/URkH
"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
Olympic golds.
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
At least 16 people were injured and five missing after an explosion at a chemical park in Leverkusen, western Germany, officials said Tuesday, urging residents to stay indoors as a huge column of black smoke billowed from the site u.afp.com/Ua9H
#BREAKING One dead, four missing after blast at German chemical park: site operator
#UPDATE At least one person was killed and 16 injured after an explosion at a chemical park in the western German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, the site's operator said, with four people still missing
Main highlights of Day 4 at #Tokyo2020
🏅 Osaka crashes out of tennis competition
🏅 Ferreira and Moore win inaugural surfing golds
🏅 Triathlete Duffy scoops famous gold for Bermuda
🏅 McKeown upstages Smith in women's 100m backstroke
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#BREAKING Simone Biles out of US team during Olympic final
#UPDATE Biles, the four-time gold medallist at the 2016 Rio Games, produced a lacklustre opening vault and then briefly left the competition floor, before she was replaced in the three concluding routines on the uneven bars, beam, and floor