August 3 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results

Gold medalist Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands, right, is congratulated by Great Britain's Jason Kenny in the men's track cycling team sprint finals on Tuesday.

The Netherlands set a new Olympic record on Tuesday with a sensational performance to beat defending champions Great Britain and win gold in the men’s team sprint.

The Dutch team secured victory in an Olympic record time of 41.369 seconds – their first-ever medal in this event. 

With silver, Jason Kenny picked up a record-equaling eighth Olympic medal to become Great Britain’s most decorated Olympian, male or female. 

Kenny draws level with fellow cyclist Bradley Wiggins but goes top due to having one more gold (six) compared to his former teammate (five). 

France took the bronze.

Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein and Mieke Kroeger of Team Germany sprint to setting a new Olympic record during the women's team pursuit on August 3, in Izu, Japan.

Germany ended Great Britain’s reign as women’s team pursuit Olympic champions to claim gold with a scintillating performance on Tuesday.

The German quartet of Franziska Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein and Mieke Kroeger posted a new world record time of 4:04.249.

Before the start of the track cycling program on Monday, the previous women’s team pursuit world record (4:10.236), held by Great Britain, had lasted for five years.

The United States took the bronze.

Gold medalist Guan Chenchen of China, center, celebrates on the podium with silver medalist, Tang Xijing, also of China, left, and bronze medalist Simone Biles of the United States.

Chinese gymnast Guan Chenchen won gold in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics balance beam final, followed by China’s Tang Xijing, while Simone Biles took the bronze.

This is Biles’ seventh Olympic medal overall and her second bronze in balance beam.

The International Gymnastics Federation said Biles’ set consisted of: “3/1 wolf turn. Front aerial, jumps. Back handspring to two layout stepouts. Switch to switch 1/2, pause, back pike. Side aerial. And two back handsprings to terrific double pike dismount.”

Simone Biles waves after her bronze-winning performance on the balance beam on Tuesday.

As Biles was performing her beam routine, a man in the stands held up cardboard cutouts of the gymnast’s dogs – Lilo and Rambo.

Biles finished her routine with a standing ovation from the crowd. She displayed a confident return to form after previously having withdrawn from other artistic gymnastics event due to mental health concerns.

Guan scored 14.633 while her teammate Tang finished on 14.233, ahead of Biles’ 14.000 points.

Guan Chenchen of China in action on the balance beam. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

The win was particularly significant for Guan as the 16-year-old identifies Biles as her hero, according to her biography on the Games’ website. Guan and Tang are both first-time Olympic medalists.

Scott Evans, host of Access Hollywood, displays cardboard cutouts of Simone Bile's dogs, during the women's balance beam final on Tuesday.

As Simone Biles was performing her beam routine, a man in the stands held up cardboard cutouts of the gymnast’s dogs – Lilo and Rambo.

That man is Scott Evans, host of Access Hollywood, and he told CNN: “We just want to show her some love!”

Evans waves the cutouts for Biles.

Biles’ beloved pets even have their own Instagram page and the little reminder seemed to put a smile on her face.

Team USA's Sunisa Lee competes during the women's balance beam final on August 3.

All-around Olympic champion Sunisa Lee was up next after Simone Biles.

Biles cheered, “Go on, Suni! You’ve got it!” as Lee stepped up onto the stage.

The 18-year-old almost fell but caught herself in a series of flips. She finished her routine as Team USA cheered for her, chanting her name.

She scored 13.866, with 6.4 in difficulty and 7.466 in execution.

Lee will not medal in the beam final as she currently sits outside the medal positions.

Simone Biles competes in the women's balance beam final on August 3.

Simone Biles stepped up on stage with her coach as she prepared for her turn.

The American gymnast took some deep breathes as the crowd began to get excited. The eyes of the world were on the 24-year-old superstar.

She finished her routine with a standing ovation from the crowd.

Biles scored 14.00 points, with 6.1 in difficulty and 7.9 in execution, putting her into silver medal position behind China’s Tang Xijing.

Simone Biles acknowledges the crowd, alongside teammate Sunisa Lee, prior to the women's balance beam final on August 3.

As the gymnasts walked out into the arena, Sunisa Lee and Simone Biles were greeted by a round of applause from the US team members, who have assembled on the opposite side of the arena to the balance beam.

The pair also get the loudest cheer as the athletes were introduced to the crowd.

Biles is now waiting on the sides, marking through her routine. Canada’s Ellie Black – the first gymnast up on the balance beam – finishes her routine and is met by a hug and smile from Biles.

Biles will perform third.

Members of the media are seen in the stands ahead of the women's balance beam final event.

Eight athletes from around the world are competing in the women’s balance beam final event, which features American superstar Simone Biles.

And the atmosphere is charged with anticipation.

While the event will host no fans amid the Covid-19 pandemic, you wouldn’t necessarily think it based on a glance around Tokyo’s Ariake Gymnastics Centre. The media section, occupying one side of the venue, is full. Photographers are squeezed around the edge of the arena and team staff are watching on from one corner.

It looks like about a third of the available seating is occupied.

Compared to the women’s all-around competition here last week, it looks like there are about 10 times the number of journalists present today.

With the men’s parallel bars final drawing to a close, the gymnasts competing in the women’s balance beam final, including Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee for the United States, have entered the arena.

Simone Biles warms up on the balance beam prior to Tuesday's final.

Tokyo 2020 was already set to be an Olympics like no other, but for US gymnasts Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum, stepping up when star Simone Biles withdrew from the team finals added another layer of pressure to their Games experience.

“I know we all just kind of felt really bad for Simone because we know how hard she worked to get here and all the extra years she put into this,” McCallum told CNN’s Coy Wire.

“It was nice that she came over to us and was like, ‘You know what, you got this, like, I believe in you guys, you can do this.’ And so that was really reassuring. And I think that’s what gave us a jumpstart to the rest of the meet,” McCallum said. 

Chiles, who was encouraged to get back into the sport by Biles, knew it was her time to shine.

“We knew we had to switch our flip, switch the light on basically like, ‘Okay, look, guys, we have this, we know how to do it,’” Chiles told CNN.

“We’ve been working our butts off since we were little to be at this point. And we just had to do what we had to do.”

The US went on to earn silver in the team finals, while other members of Team USA have also found success in the individual events – Sunisa Lee won gold in the individual all-around as well as a bronze on bars, Jade Carey brought home gold in the floor exercise and MyKayla Skinner took silver on the vault.

Now, Biles is finally back for the balance beam final on Tuesday. 

“SO LOUD!” is exactly how Chiles and McCallum will cheer for Biles tonight. 

“She’s truly an inspiration. She works so hard in the gym. She’s always pushing us. She’s always cheering us on. I mean, you really couldn’t ask for a better role model. She’s just an amazing person,” said McCallum.

“She’s not a quitter at all,” said Chiles adding that, no matter what happens, she’ll still be the GOAT. “She’ll still be Simone Biles. She’s still gonna be loved by all of America, she’s gonna represent herself better than she did before.”

Team USA's Sunisa Lee competes on balance beam during the Women's All-Around Final on July 29.

Sunisa “Suni” Lee, the first Hmong American to compete in the Olympics, will be competing in Tuesday’s balance beam final along with Simone Biles.

The 18-year-old gymnast from Saint Paul, Minnesota, said her favorite event to compete in is beam, according to her biography on Team USA’s website. 

Together, Lee and Biles are up against six other gymnasts from Canada, China, Romania, Russian Olympic Committee and Brazil.

Lee won a stunning gold medal in the women’s all-around title last Thursday, extending the USA’s run of Olympic gold medals in the event to five.

Her historic performance also capped an immensely difficult journey, marred by injuries, losing an aunt and uncle to Covid-19, and grappling with a horrific accident that left her father paralyzed from the waist down.

Team USA's Simone Biles watches warm ups prior to the balance beam final on Tuesday.

Team USA gymnast Simone Biles is set to compete in Tuesday’s balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The event starts at 5:50 p.m. Japan local time (4:50 a.m. ET.)

It is the last day of artistic gymnastics in Tokyo, making it the final opportunity for the 24-year-old to compete at the 2020 Games.

Biles — considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time — participated in the Olympic gymnastic qualifications on July 25, and then in the US’s vault rotation in the women’s team final on July 27 before withdrawing from competitive action, citing mental health concerns.

She will compete alongside Sunisa “Suni” Lee, who won a stunning gold medal in the women’s all-around title.

Together, they’re up against six other gymnasts from Canada, China, Romania, Russian Olympic Committee and Brazil.

Norway's Karsten Warholm reacts after winning and breaking the world record in the men's 400 meter hurdles final.

It started the way his races often do – a slap of the chest, a pump of the fist and a roar to the camera – but ended like none has done before.

As Karsten Warholm crossed the finish line of the men’s Olympic 400-meter hurdles final and registered the numbers on the stadium clock, his face turned to a mixture of exhaustion, elation and disbelief.

The Norwegian’s time of 45.94 seconds in Tokyo on Tuesday is likely to shift perceptions of what is possible in this event as he held off the USA’s Rai Benjamin and shattered his own world record by more than half a second.

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Norway's Karsten Warholm reacts after winning and breaking the world record in the men's 400m hurdles final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tokyo continues to see a surge in Covid-19 cases after reporting 3,709 new cases Tuesday, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

On Saturday, Tokyo reported a record 4,058 new Covid-19 cases.

There have been at least 299 cases linked to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to organizers.

On Friday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the extension of Japan’s Covid-19 state of emergency to the end of August, while expanding the restrictions to cover four new prefectures, three of which surround Tokyo.

Greece’s Olympic artistic swimming team will not participate in its event after four members of the team tested positive for Covid-19, according to Greece’s National Olympic Committee (NOC).

“The Hellenic Olympic Committee announces that three new positive cases of coronavirus have been found in the artistic swimming team, following testing,” the NOC said in a statement Tuesday, following a statement on Monday that a different member of the team had tested positive.

“After this development, Greece will not be represented in the artistic swimming team event,” the NOC’s statement added.

The three newly positive athletes show no “obvious symptoms” but will leave the Olympic Village and quarantine in a hotel, the NOC said.

The three new cases have not yet been included in Tokyo 2020’s official count.

China's Xie Siyi competes in the men's 3 meter springboard diving final.

China’s Xie Siyi made diving history as he secured a dominant gold in the individual 3 meter springboard final on Tuesday

Xie, who won gold with Wang Zongyuan in the men’s synchronized 3 meter springboard last Wednesday, becomes the first male diver in 21 years to win gold medals in both the synchronized and individual 3 meter springboard at the same Olympics.

The 25-year-old Xie emulates compatriot Xiong Ni who accomplished the same feat at the 2000 Sydney Games. 

Wang Zongyuan claimed silver to make it a Chinese one-two, with Britain’s Jack Laugher securing a bronze medal.

Xie’s gold takes China’s overall gold medal tally to 30 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Simone Biles stand on the mat during the warm up prior to the artistic gymnastics balance beam final.

World-renowned gymnast and four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s gymnastics team finals last week over mental health concerns.

Here’s everything you need to know about Biles’ decision:

The withdrawal:

The results:

Mental health:

Germany's Malaika Mihambo competes in the Long Jump final on August 3.

It’s often said that fourth is the worst place to finish at the Olympics.

That’s exactly what happened to Malaika Mihambo five years ago in Rio, but the German long jumper doesn’t view it as a bad experience.

Instead, she finally knew what she needed to do to win a medal at the Olympics.

Fast forward to Tokyo 2020 and Mihambo is now the Olympic champion, jumping seven meters with her final attempt to leapfrog American Brittney Reese in silver and Nigeria’s Ese Brume in bronze.

“Taking the fourth place that day, it didn’t feel like I missed something, it was me showing my best,” she said after taking gold on Tuesday.

“I had a new PB that day, so it was really good and the others were far above seven metres. 

“This year was just knowing that I’m in a good shape, but I’ve had some tough months with my approach, finding backup, jumping with a shot approach, now going back to the lunge.

“So (this year) was more about finding my inner strength, to trust in myself that I can be really good, that I can compete at a high level, so it was totally different than 2016.”

Mihambo had a nerve-racking wait before her Olympic crown was confirmed and could only watch on and hope that Reese wouldn’t surpass her marker with her final jump.

“It was really tough, it was kind of horrible,” Mihambo said. “I had the position where you did all that you could and then you have to wait and see what the other girls are doing.

Mihambo is CNN Sport’s Athlete of the Day:

Simone Biles and Team USA arrive at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Tuesday.

Simone Biles has arrived with Team USA at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo ahead of the women’s balance beam final.

It is the superstar’s last chance to win an individual medal at this year’s Games after she withdrew from competition during the women’s team final last week, citing mental health concerns.

Biles has since spoken about experiencing ‘the twisties,’ but is currently warming up ahead of the last event in the women’s artistic gymnastics schedule.

On Monday, USA gymnastics confirmed that Biles, bidding for her fifth Olympic gold medal, will be joined by compatriot and close friend Sunisa “Suni” Lee in Tuesday’s final.

Team USA's Kevin Durant dives for a loose ball against Spain during the second half of their men's basketball quarterfinal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Super Arena on Tuesday.

Team USA beat Spain, the second-ranked team in the world, 95-81 to reach the semifinals of the men’s basketball competition.

Kevin Durant, the Brooklyn Nets superstar and all-time points leader for Team USA, led the Americans with 29 points.

The game was tied 43-43 going into the half, but Team USA pulled away in the fourth quarter despite a 38 point-outburst from Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio.

The US will next face the winner of the Australia-Argentina quarterfinal, which takes place later Tuesday in Tokyo.

The Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz reacts after winning Olympic gold in the 55-kilogram weightlifting competition on Monday, July 26.

Winning an Olympic medal can come with serious perks. Here are some of the best freebies given to stars of Tokyo 2020:

Hidilyn Diaz, Philippines: The 30-year-old weightlifter won the Philippines’ first-ever gold medal — and she’ll be getting a new condominium and free flights for life on AirAsia Philippines and Philippine Airlines.

Edgar Cheung, Hong Kong: Cheung, 24, won Hong Kong its first gold in 25 years. The MTR corporation, which runs the city’s subway, is giving him free rides for life.

Mirabai Chanu, India: The 26-year-old weightlifter won her country’s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics by taking silver in women’s 49kg weightlifting. Dominos India offered to treat her to free pizza for life.

Japan's Sena Irie, right, celebrates defeating Philippines's Nesthy Petecio to win the women's featherweight 60-kg final boxing match on Tuesday.

Japanese boxer Sena Irie clinched featherweight gold on Tuesday — the country’s first-ever Olympic women’s boxing medal.

Irie defeated the Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio by a unanimous 5-0 decision.

Great Britain’s Karriss Artingstall and Italy’s Irma Testa both took bronze.

Japan has now won 18 gold medals at Tokyo 2020, its most ever in a Summer Games.

Norway's Karsten Warholm celebrates winning the gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles final on Tuesday.

Norwegian runner Karsten Warholm said he had a “special feeling” on Monday. The kind he’d felt as a 6-year-old, but an excitement that had eluded him until the day before the biggest race of his life.

Warholm already held the world record in the men’s 400 meters hurdles before the Olympic final Tuesday. Then he smashed his previous best, becoming the first person ever to run the event in under 46 seconds.

The race was one of the Games’ most exciting events to date. World Athletics called it the “the highest quality 400 meter hurdles race in history.” Second-place finisher Rai Benjamin also managed to beat Warholm’s previous world record, but had to settle for silver.

Norway's Karsten Warholm leads in the 400 meters hurdles final on Tuesday.

Warholm said he didn’t touch a single hurdle and, coming to the race’s final stretch, he “found another gear.”

Tough loss for Benjamin: The silver medalist was in tears on the track after posting the second-fastest time in the event in history, only to come in second.

Benjamin said he was “full of emotion.”

Benjamin said he plans to spend some time with his family but then come roaring back.

Belarus athlete Kristina Timanovskaya walks with her luggage inside the Polish embassy in Tokyo on August 2.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will launch a formal investigation into the situation with Belarus sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya, spokesman Mark Adams said in a news briefing Tuesday.

Adams reiterated the IOC has spoken to Timanovskaya again and she “reassured us once again she’s feeling safe and secure.” He said the IOC has requested a report from Belarus’ National Olympic Committee.

Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland on Monday, hours after she refused to board a flight out of Japan. She said she was being forced to return to Belarus against her will and that she feared she would be arrested upon returning.

Earlier Monday, Reuters reported that Timanovskaya had been seen entering the Polish embassy in Tokyo.

The entire Tokyo prefecture is under a heat illness alert on Tuesday, with the maximum temperature forecast to reach up to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on each of the next three days.

But the heat index values will be even higher, and the temperatures will feel as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) or more.

Because of these conditions, Japan’s Meteorological Agency may issue a code red heat alert, the highest level on the scale. Heat stroke alerts have been issued as a result through this forecast period for the prefecture as well.

The stifling heat and humidity has made it difficult for athletes competing outdoors in events like tennis and distance running.

USA's Simone Biles watches the artistic gymnastics women's team final on July 27.

It’s Tuesday, August 3, the 11th official day of Tokyo 2020. Here’s what you need to know.

Biles is back: Simone Biles is expected to compete in the final women’s gymnastics event of Tokyo 2020: the balance beam. The American superstar withdrew midway through the women’s team final last week, and has not competed since, citing mental health concerns.

Biles is a favorite to win the event. She’ll be competing alongside fellow American Sunisa Lee, who won the women’s individual all-around title last week.

Warholm makes history: Norway’s Karsten Warholm became the first athlete ever to run the 400 meters men’s hurdles in under 46 seconds on Tuesday morning.

Hassan’s big night: Sifan Hassan is a third of the way toward her goal of a historic distance triple crown. The Dutchwoman obliterated the rest of the field to win gold in the women’s 5,000 meter final to complete the first leg of what could be an unparalleled treble.

Hassan is aiming to become the first athlete in Olympic history to win the 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters gold medals at a single Games.

She had a dramatic Monday morning in her 1,500 meter heat. Hassan fell on the last lap and had to make up more than 20 meters on the field, but somehow ended up winning the race.

Timanovskaya likely headed to Poland: Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland on Monday, hours after she refused to board a flight out of Japan. She said she was being forced to return to her native country against her will and feared being arrested upon her arrival.

Timanovskaya was set to compete in the women’s 200 meters in Tokyo but said representatives of the Belarus national team tried to forcibly send her back to her home country after she criticized national sporting authorities for entering her into the 4x400 meter relay without her consent.

The medal update: China is pulling ahead. It has won 29 gold medals, seven more than the second-place US. Japan remains in third with 17.

The US leads the total medal tally with 66, followed by China with 63. The Russian Olympic Committee sits third with 50.

What’s on tap:

The full Olympic schedule can be found here.

Norway's Karsten Warholm celebrates after winning the gold medal and breaking a world record in the 400 meter hurdles final on Tuesday.

History was made on the track Tuesday morning in the men’s 400 meters hurdles final.

Norway’s Karsten Warholm took gold, setting a world record of 45.94 and breaking the 46-second mark for the first time.

American silver medalist Rai Benjamin pushed Warholm all the way, clocking in at 46.17 — easily inside the previous world record of 46.70, set by the Norwegian on July 1. Before that, the 400 meters hurdles world record hadn’t been broken since 1992.

According to NBC, three of the four fastest times ever in the event were run in the Tokyo final.

Naomi Osaka discovered what it’s like to be at the sharp end of a sporting governing body’s regulations this summer.

The ​four-time grand slam singles champion declined to ​attend press conferences as she began her French Open campaign in June — citing the importance of protecting her mental health and addressing the toll that media interviews had previously taken on her.

The French Open organizers responded by fining the world No. 2 an amount of $15,000 and threatening to expel her from future grand slams, after they deemed her withdrawal from press conferences as a failure on her part to meet “contractual media obligations.”

Osaka made the decision to withdraw from Roland Garros altogether, then skipped Wimbledon, before returning to play at the Tokyo Olympics.

What’s happened to Osaka over the last few months has left many ​critical of her sport’s handling of the situation, and wishing those who govern her sport ​had adopted a more empathetic and sensitive approach given ​she was dealing with mental health issues.

The tweet appeared to be directed at Osaka and her decision to withdraw from media obligations. It was considered by several former tennis players and pundits as insensitive, and former doubles champion Rennae Stubbs said that the post could make Osaka “feel guilty” and described it as “humiliating” for her.

And while the rule itself — in which players are required to engage in press conferences throughout the tournament — ​may not be a racist or misogynistic one, the context in which Osaka found herself ​punished and seemingly mocked by officials is part of a pattern in which Black women in ​elite sports are subject to harsh scrutiny.

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Team USA gymnast Simone Biles will take part in Tuesday’s balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, USA Gymnastics has confirmed.

Biles — considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time — participated in the Olympic gymnastic qualifications on July 25 and then in the US’ vault rotation in the women’s team final on July 27 before withdrawing from competitive action, citing mental health concerns.

A tweet from USA Gymnastics on Monday read: “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow — Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can’t wait to watch you both!”

The 24-year-old Biles, who won a silver medal as part of the US team’s second place finish in the team final, then withdrew from four individual finals at the Tokyo Games — the all-around individual competition, the vault, the uneven bars and floor.

Biles won four golds in the 2016 Rio Olympics and Tuesday’s balance beam will be her last opportunity to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland on Monday, hours after she refused to board a flight out of Japan saying she was being forced to return to her native country against her will and that she feared arrest.

He later told Reuters that the 24-year-old Olympic athlete was planning on traveling to Poland in the following days. “According to her decision, that’s what our consul heard in Tokyo, she’s planning to come to Poland in days to come to be here in Warsaw. And if she would like… she is free to pursue her sporting career in Poland,” Przydacz said.

Earlier Monday, Reuters reported that Timanovskaya had been seen entering the Polish embassy.

Timanovskaya was set to compete in the women’s 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday but said representatives of the Belarus national team tried to forcibly send her back to her home country after she criticized national sporting authorities for entering her into the 4x400 meter relay without her consent.

Team officials came to the Olympic Village on Sunday afternoon and asked her to “pack her belongings as a decision had been made for her to return to Minsk,” said Anatol Kotau, of the Belarus Sports Solidarity Foundation, which represents athletes repressed by Belarusian authorities, and who is in direct contact with Timanovskaya.

The Belarus Embassy in Tokyo said in a statement on Monday that Belarusian diplomats arrived at the airport on Sunday to “clarify the circumstances” and provide “possible consular and legal assistance if necessary,” but were unable to obtain any information about Timanovskaya from Japanese representatives. The statement added that the athlete has not been in contact with the embassy.

Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya talks with a police officer at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Japan August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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The United States Women’s National Team narrowly lost to Canada 1-0 in the Olympic semifinals in Japan on Monday, ending the world champion’s bid for the gold medal.

Jessie Fleming’s second-half penalty decided the game as Canada defeated the US for the first time in 20 years.

The USWNT was aiming to become the first reigning FIFA World Cup champion to win a gold medal in women’s football.

With the win, Canadian midfielder Quinn — the first openly trans and non-binary athlete — is guaranteed to win a medal at the Olympic Games.

Canada will play Sweden in Friday’s gold medal match after the European team secured a 1-0 victory over Australia later on Monday.

Striker Fridolina Rolfo struck the winner in the 46th minute to send Sweden into its second successive final.

Five years ago at the Rio Games, Sweden was beaten 2-1 by Germany in the final.

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