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Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, reacts after defeating Marketa Vondrousova, of the Czech Republic, in the women's gold medal match of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Not Federer, not Wawrinka: Bencic gets gold for Switzerland

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, of Jamaica, wins a women's 100-meter semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Fraser-Pryce still seeking her Olympic ‘moment’

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Jessica Thoennes, Charlotte Buck, Gia Doonan, Brooke Mooney, Olivia Coffey, Regina Salmons, Meghan Musnicki, Kristine O'Brien and Katelin Guregian of the United States react after competing in the women's rowing eight final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

British and American rowing boats flop in Tokyo

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

People react as they watch Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong swim in the women's 100-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, Friday, July 30, 2021. Haughey, born in Hong Kong four months after the 1997 handover, now has two silver medals from Tokyo, becoming the city’s first-ever multiple medalist. Hong Kong’s haul of treasure from Tokyo, with a gold also won in men’s fencing, outshines the one gold, one silver and one bronze that Hong Kong accumulated through all of its previous Olympic appearances since its 1952 debut at the Helsinki Games. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

As China absorbs Hong Kong, why do both get Olympic teams?

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Michael Andrew, of United States, comes off the pool after swimming in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

US swimmer Andrew goes maskless behind scenes at Olympics

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Coach Laurent Landi embraces Simone Biles, after she exited the team final with apparent injury, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. The 24-year-old reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Biles huddled with a trainer after landing her vault. She then exited the competition floor with the team doctor. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

EXPLAINER: How ‘the twisties’ stopped Simone Biles cold

By Will Graves - Associated Press

Tatjana Schoenmaker, of South Africa, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 200-meter breaststroke final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Fast day at pool, track on Day 7 of Tokyo Olympics

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

Plastic vials for testing the coronavirus infection sit on a table at the Main Press Center for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. About 30,000 people are spitting into tiny plastic vials every day at the Tokyo Olympics in a routine that’s grown crucial in going ahead with the pandemic-era Games. (AP Photo)

In effort to curb COVID, Tokyo Olympics collect lots of spit

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk across a shopping alley near Ueno Station in Tokyo Friday, July 30, 2021. Japan is set to expand the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo to neighboring areas and the western city of Osaka on Friday in the wake of a record-breaking surge in infections while the capital hosts the Olympics. (AP Photo/Kantaro Komiya)

Japan expands coronavirus emergency after record spikes amid Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

The United States' Ryan Murphy, right, gives a thumbs up to Evgeny Rylov, of Russian Olympic Committee, after Rylov won the men's 200-meter backstroke final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Doping talk rears its head after Russian swimmers win

By Paul Newberry and Beth Harris - Associated Press

Philip Dalhausser, left, of the United States, celebrates with teammate Nicholas Lucena, during a men's beach volleyball match against Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

From partial isolation, U.S. beach volleyball team moves on

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, plays Kei Nishikori, of Japan, during the quarterfinals of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘An answer for everything’: Djokovic in Olympic medal rounds

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2020, file photo, Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, reacts after winning the women's 5,000-meters race at the Golden Spike athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Double world champion Hassan is considering doing a crazy distance-running triple at the Olympics. Hassan says she's possibly going to add the 1,500 meters to her Tokyo schedule having already decided on pursuing a 5,000-10,000 double at Olympic Stadium. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Craziness: Hassan considers running triple at Olympics

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964, file photo, vapor trails from Japanese Self-Defense Force jets form the Olympic emblem of the five rings above the National Stadium in Tokyo for the official opening of the XVIII Olympiad, first even held in Asia. Every Japanese of a certain age has memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Even younger Japanese have connections through parents or aunts and uncles who saved old photos, faded certificates, or recall getting a television for the first time to watch the Games. (AP Photo, File)

From the Emperor on down: Memories of the ‘64 Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2021, file photo, JuVaughn Harrison competes during the finals of the men's high jump at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. Harrison will compete at the Tokyo Games in the long jump and the high jump. Not since the days of Jim Thorpe in 1912 has an American man made the team in those two events at one Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Leap year: Harrison chases rare long and high jump double

By Pat Graham - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 1988, file photo, Florence Griffith Joyner, of the United States, waves to spectators as she holds a sign following her world record performance in the finals of the women's 200-meters race, in Seoul, South Korea. The name Flo-Jo is popping up quite a bit these days with sprinters creeping closer to her record times in the women’s 100 and 200 races. The late Florence Griffith Joyner has held both marks for three decades. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Flo-Jo’s Flash: Iconic sprinter’s times remain ones to chase

By Pat Graham - Associated Press

Tri Bourne, left, of the United States, celebrates with teammate Jacob Gibb, after winning a men's beach volleyball match against Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Howdy, partner! New beach pairings find success at Olympics

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Katie Ledecky, of the United States, reacts after winning the women's 1500-meters freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Katie Ledecky wins gold, Simone Biles drops out of all-around at Tokyo Olympics

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam, second right, sit next to Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, as they arrive to watch the preliminary round of the women's hockey game between Switzerland and the combined Koreas at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of Kim Jong Un, made the first-ever visit to the South by a member of the ruling Kim dynasty since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Even in absence, North Korea’s presence felt at Tokyo Games

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, gestures after defeating Jan-Lennard Struff, of Germany, in the second round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Village life: Djokovic relishing the Olympic experience

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press