Nothing about the Tokyo Olympics is going to go according to plan, and that includes the Americans getting shut out on the first day of competition.
Author: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY
Day before second game at Tokyo Olympics, USWNT files brief in appeal of equal pay lawsuit
USWNT sued US Soccer for equal pay in March 2019, three months before start of World Cup. The USWNT went on to win second consecutive World Cup title
Sweden dominates USWNT in a 3-0 victory in their opener at Tokyo Olympics
The Americans had been pointing to this game for five years, ever since they lost to Sweden on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics
Opinion: Nadia Comaneci has ‘perfect’ way to celebrate 45th anniversary of first 10.0
Nadia Comaneci became first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics, a feat she duplicated six more times. She won three gold medals in 1976
10 questions leading into the Tokyo Olympics
As athletes, media and sponsors descend on Tokyo for the Summer Games, USA TODAY Sports answers questions, from the pandemic’s effect to new sports.
Opinion: Sha’Carri Richardson’s marijuana ban is another example of Olympic hypocrisy
Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson will miss 100 meters in Tokyo while serving 30-day suspension for testing positive for marijuana at US Olympic trials
Opinion: Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee get automatic spots on US Olympic gymnastics team, which will be favored for gold
US women are heavy favorites to win their third consecutive Olympic team title. Americans are unbeaten at Olympics, world championships since 2011.
Opinion: Tokyo-bound Shane Wiskus shows Minnesota what a mistake it made in cutting men’s gymnastics
Shane Wiskus made the U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics team months after the sport was one of three cut by the University of Minnesota.
NCAA champion Brody Malone headlines U.S. men’s gymnastics team for Tokyo Olympics
Brody Malone, Yul Moldauer, Shane Wiskus and Sam Mikulak will make up the four-man team heading to Tokyo.
Opinion: Simone Biles is going to push the limits of gymnastics – no matter what the judges say
Simone Biles did her double-twisting, double somersault dismount on balance beam for the first time since qualifying at the 2019 world championships