Lily King and Ryan Murphy swim to silver

Track and field events are finally ready to begin at the Tokyo Olympics, with the opening qualifying rounds to begin on Friday. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio, the United States topped all countries with 32 medals in track and field, and in swimming, two-time Olympic gold medalist Lily King, who won bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke earlier in the This week, the silver medal in swimming. 200 breaststroke finale, with teammate Annie Lazur taking the bronze. In addition, Ryan Murphy took the silver in the men’s 200 backstroke, and later, the US women’s basketball and soccer teams will return. Sue Bird and partners will play against Japan in multiplayer, and the 2019 Women’s World Cup Final will be rematched when USWNT faces the Netherlands in the Olympic quarter-finals. Thursday recap: Sonny Lee wins women’s all-around title, US swimmers continue rush for gold in late Tokyo: Sign up for Olympics newsletter for exclusive text alerts: We’ll be your guide to the games with the inner shovel sent straight to your phoneUS Medal Winners: List FULL FOR EVERY AMERICAN GETTING EQUIPMENT IN TOKYO – American Connor Fields, the BMX cycling favorite, was pulled from the track on a stretcher Friday after crashing during the semi-finals of the men’s race at the Tokyo Olympics. He was taken in an ambulance and taken to hospital for treatment. There was no immediate word on his condition, as the accident occurred at the first corner of the race. Fields was second when the front wheel seemed to pick up on the leader’s rear wheel. Fields crashed to the ground and two other riders fell on top of him, and Fields, 28, also the 2016 Olympic gold medalist at the Rio Games and a contender to win gold again here, qualified for the finals despite a frightening meltdown. – – Josh Peter: The April American beach volleyball duo of Ross and Alex Kleinman completed an undefeated streak through pool with a three-set win on Friday over St. Keizers and Madeleine Mäblinck of the Netherlands to advance to the knockout stage, with Ross and Kleinman losing the first set. , but rallied for a 20-22, 21-17, 15-5 victory. They will then play in the Round of 16, which begins this weekend. TOKYO – For the second day in a row, Tokyo organizers announced a record number of coronavirus cases, with the total number of infections on Friday reaching 27 involving three athletes and 15 contractors. On Thursday, the organizers announced 24 cases of the new Corona virus, in addition to three athletes and 15 contractors in total, and since July 1, the Olympic organizers have reported 220 cases of infection. Half of them are third-party contractors hired by the Tokyo Organizing Committee to work on the Games. Twenty-three athletes have tested positive here this month, the latest of which was announced Thursday by American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks that he has tested positive and will not be able to compete here, Olympic positives come as coronavirus cases rise in Japan. The country crossed 10,000 daily cases for the first time on Thursday, with a record 3,177 cases coming from Tokyo. The Capitol City set a new record for the third day in a row and crossed 3,000 cases for the first time, the Japan Times reported, and Olympic organizers said they did not see a link between cases from the Games and the rising cases in Japan because participants are Organizing Committee spokesperson Masa Takaya said: We have implemented strict measures to combat COVID-19 in this regard.” “We provide the safest possible environment from most points of view, from the participants’ point of view and also from the point of view of the people of Japan.” – Rachel Aksuntukio – Russian Evgeny Rylov set an Olympic record of 1:53.27 in the 200-meter backstroke by beating American Ryan Murphy by 0.88 seconds. The 24-year-old Russian swept both the 100 and 200 again in Tokyo and took the silver in the 4×200 freestyle relay. Murphy was the Olympic defending champion in the 100 and 200. He finished behind Rylov and fellow Russian Kliment Kolesnikov. – Roxana Scotttokio – American Lily King won silver in the women’s 200m breaststroke Friday morning, finishing second to South Africa’s Tatiana Schoenmaker, who set a world record in 2:18.95, finishing off King. 97 of a second behind the Schoenmaker. American Annie Lazor, King’s training partner in Indiana, won the bronze, and King won the bronze in the 100 breaststroke on Monday, finishing behind fellow Alaskan teammate Lydia Jacoby, who won the gold. King swept both the 100’s and the 200’s in Rio five years ago. – Roxana Scott Tokio – American Caleb Dressel swam the fastest time in the men’s 100m butterfly semi-final on Friday, setting an Olympic record with 49.71 seconds. Second place in Saturday’s final qualifier, finishing the race with a time of 50.31 seconds, Persil won his first Olympic gold on Thursday, in the 100 freestyle. He won in 47.02 seconds, an Olympic record and the fastest time in the world this year. TOKYO — Eight American men and women each finished fourth in their respective finals, wrapping up an Olympic regatta in which the nation failed to make it to the medal table It’s the first time the United States has failed to win an Olympic medal in rowing when Americans enter the boats. The United States had no rowers at the Olympics in 1908 and 1980, and eight women finished with a time of 6:02.78, nearly four seconds behind first-place Canada. New Zealand ranked second, and China ranked third. The women’s standings broke the Olympic gold medal streak – they took first place in 2008, 2012 and 2016, a record tied with Romania, where eight men crossed the finish line with a time of 5:26.75, two seconds behind the new first place. Zealand. Germany and Great Britain took the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Olivia Rainera, 17, Sydney McLaughlin, took to the track in Rio de Janeiro as the youngest track and field athlete in the United States since 1976 to compete in the Olympics. The adolescent phenomenon had enormous potential but few expectations. She finished fifth in her semi-finals and failed to qualify for the Olympic women’s 400m hurdles final, what a difference four can make, plus an extra year, this 21-year-old is now the only woman in history to run under 52 seconds in a sprint Women’s 400m hurdles. As she prepares for her second and first Olympics as a world record holder and banned favorite, McLaughlin enters Tokyo as one of the key athletes ushering in a new era of track and field in the United States. “It’s a crazy time, a lot of change. I think it’s really important and really great to be a part of it. It’s kind of like this new wave and kind of this new generation,” McLaughlin said. Videos of Sonny Lee’s family of the gymnast winning an Olympic gold medal in the all-around competition went viral on Twitter, with fellow athletes, celebrities and home viewers cheering alongside the cheerful Lee family. The NBC Olympic Twitter account tweeted Thursday, “The reaction Golden for a Golden Moment”, along with a crowded room video of Lee’s family and friends watching her finish first at the Tokyo Olympics. Lee responded to the footage, which received millions of views, on Thursday, calling her loved ones “the people I do everything for,” she said. “I love you all.” Her father, John Lee, told TODAY after her victory that her family was holding their breath during the competition. “No words can express this at the moment,” he said. Meanwhile, in her hometown In St. Paul, Minnesota, Mayor Melvin Carter and Governor of Minnesota proclaimed Tim Walz on Friday “Sonesa Lee Day” in her honor. – Marina Petovskytokio – If nothing else, Tennys Sandgren is honest about the position he found himself in as American tennis’s last hope to avoid being disqualified from the medal podium at these Olympics, something that hasn’t happened since 1920, when no American took part in tournament. “To be fair, we probably shouldn’t be playing,” Sandgren said, referring to himself and doubles partner Austin Krajesek, who only made the U.S. team because the top-ranked American men decided on it. This week’s ATP 250 event in Atlanta would be a better use of their time, but no matter how they got here, Sandgren and Krajicek could leave with a bronze medal. They will face New Zealand’s Marcus Daniel and Michael Venus on Friday for third place, however Sandgren understands just as much as anyone that a lot of tennis fans – a lot of American tennis fans – would cheer him on for Friday’s loss. Dan Walken