The United States defeated host nation Japan 90-75 in the gold medal game at the Tokyo Olympics, giving the American women their seventh consecutive gold medal. Only Team USA’s men’s basketball team had achieved the feat before, winning gold in every Olympics from 1936 in Berlin to 1968 in Mexico City.
It is the fifth gold in a row for stars Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi.
The win gives the US 37 gold medals at these Olympics and 109 total medals.
France won the bronze medal game against Serbia on Saturday.
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Jason Kenny wins historic seventh gold for Great Britain
Jason Kenny of Great Britain has won gold in the men’s keirin cycling final to become the first British athlete to win seven gold medals. He has nine total medals in his career.
Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia won silver and Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands won bronze.
Kenny’s win gives Great Britain its 21st gold medal and its 64th overall medal of these Olympics.
Eliud Kipchoge wins gold in men’s marathon
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya has won gold in the men’s marathon, finishing with a time of 2:08:38 for his fourth career Olympic medal.
Kipchoge is one of the world’s most successful distance runners. He holds the world record for the marathon and won the race at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Netherland’s Abdi Nageeye took silver with a time of 2:09:58, and Belgian Bashir Abdi won bronze with a time 2:10:00.
Kipchoge’s win gives Kenya its fourth gold medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and its 10th medal overall.
Heat, humidity and another tropical storm are expected for the end of the Olympics
Heat, humidity and tropical systems have been the nemesis of athletes during these Olympic Games, and Sunday will bring more of the same.
The Olympics have already been plagued by one tropical system when Nepartak made landfall during the first week. Now another, Tropical Storm Mirinae, is set to impact this final weekend. Events such as rowing were postponed two days due to the storm.
The center of the storm was expected to pass just southeast of Tokyo on Sunday morning.
Some showers and scattered storms could linger into the evening for the Closing Ceremony. Winds will be a bit gusty, especially the first half of Sunday, but it shouldn’t be too bad as Mirinae is expected to remain a mid-range tropical storm.
The Closing Ceremony takes place Sunday at 8 p.m local time (7 a.m. EDT).
