July 25 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results

USA's Zach Apple, left, celebrates with teammates Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni and Bowen Becker after taking gold in the final of the 4x100m freestyle relay swimming event on July 26.

The United States has won the gold medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics with a winning time of 3:08.97.

It’s the fifth gold medal for the US at the Games and 12th medal overall.

Italy finished second for the silver medal with a time of 3:10.11, and Australia claimed bronze with 3:10.22.

The number of Covid-19 cases linked to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has risen to 153, up 16 from the previous day, according to Games organizers.

One of the new cases reported was a resident of the Olympic Village, bringing the total number of infections from the village to 16.

Three of the new cases were identified as athletes but were not residents of the village. The remaining cases are identified as contractors, media, or Games-concerned personnel.

Tokyo 2020 is not revealing the names or nationalities of the Covid-19 cases.?

Australia's Ariarne Titmus competes in the 400m freestyle final on July 26.

Ariarne Titmus of Australia has won gold in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics, finishing with a time of 3:56:69.

Titmus’ time is the second fastest ever behind American Katie Ledecky’s world record of 3:56:36.

Ledecky, a five-time gold medalist, won silver with a time of 3:57:36, the fourth fastest time ever. Li Bingjie of China won bronze with a time of 4:01:08.

Titmus’ win gives Australia its second gold medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and fifth medal overall.

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty celebrates after winning the 100m breaststroke on July 26.

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty has won the men’s 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics. Peaty, the defending Olympic champion and world record holder in this event, swam a time of 57.37.

His win gives Great Britain its first gold medal of these Olympics and gives Peaty his third Olympic medal.

Arno Kamminga of The Netherlands won the silver medal with a time of 58.00, and Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi took the bronze with a time of 58.33.

The nearly empty stadium is seen from CNN's seats at Sunday night's men's basketball game between USA and France.

Sunday night’s men’s basketball matchup between the US and France featured some of the world’s most famous athletes.

From France’s Nicolas Batum and Rudy Gobert to Damian Lillard and Kevin Durant on the US roster, both teams fielded big stars on multimillion dollar NBA contracts.

And yet, the atmosphere felt like a high school basketball game.

With Tokyo holding the Olympics in the middle of a state of emergency, almost all fans have been banned from viewing competition. The normally palpable excitement of the competition is, like the stadium, nearly empty.

Security guards and volunteers outnumber spectators, who are in the hundreds. They consist exclusively of media, VIPs and other team members.

France’s stunning upset of Team USA — which hadn’t lost in the Olympics since Athens in 2004, had all the makings of a professional basketball game — the usual music, replays and commentary.

It was amazing to?witness history, but the atmosphere was surreal.

Margielyn Didal of the Philippines competes in the street skateboarding prelims on July 26.

After Japan’s Yuto Horigome claimed the first-ever Olympic gold medal in skateboarding on Sunday, it’s time for the women’s street event at Tokyo’s Ariake Sports Park.

Skateboarding certainly has a different look and feel compared to most Olympic events, with music pumping, a lively stadium announcer calling each move, and riders whooping and cheering as they land tricks.

“They need the cool factor,” skateboarding legend Tony Hawk told CNN of the decision to add skateboarding to the Olympic program. It seems to have that.

Dutch rider Roos Zwetsloot currently leads with a score of 13.48 as the second heat of the prelims draws to a close. She’s followed by home favorite Aori Nishimura in second, and Philippines’ Margie Didal, who’s brought a great sense of fun and energy to the competition so far, in third.

There are still 10 riders and two more heats to come before the top eight progress to the finals.

Zachary Lavine, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard and Head Coach Gregg Popovich of Team USA during their game against France on Sunday, July 25.

Team USA head basketball coach Gregg Popovich spoke with the media after the Americans, 83-76, opening group play loss to France in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Team USA had an eight point lead with four minutes left in the game, but the French team mounted a 16-2 run, highlighted by leading scorer Evan Fournier’s go-ahead three-pointer with less than a minute left to seal the win. The loss snaps a 25-game win streak dating back to the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, when Team USA lost to Argentina.

Despite pulling off the upset victory, the French team is not celebrating yet. French center Rudy Gobert said after the victory, “I mean it’s great, but, until we have what we want to have around our neck, it doesn’t really matter.”

Fournier, who scored a game-high 28 points, expressed a similar sentiment saying,?it is a big win for us obviously, but we have to move on and show people back home that these guys can be beaten. With the right coach, the right mentality, the right work, you can compete against anyone, and it is not because we are a small country we should have any complexes. We are just as big as anyone you just have to believe.”

Both teams return to the court on Wednesday with Team USA scheduled to play Iran, while the French team faces off against the Czech Republic.

Japan's Naomi Osaka serves during her single's match against China's Saisai Zheng on July 25.

These are early days for the Tokyo Olympics, but Naomi Osaka is quickly emerging as the headline act.

Two days after lighting the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony — a moment she called “the greatest athletic achievement and honor” of her life — Osaka took to the tennis court for her first game in almost two months on Sunday, defeating China’s Saisai Zheng 6-1 6-4 on Ariake Tennis Park’s Centre Court.

Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty’s surprise loss against Sara Sorribes Tormo earlier on Sunday means Osaka is now the top-ranked player in the women’s draw in her bid to become the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic tennis medal.

The four-time grand slam champion hadn’t played since withdrawing from the French Open at the end of May, which followed her decision not to undertake media duties for mental health reasons.

She chose not to play in Wimbledon, too, but has arrived in Tokyo rejuvenated and ready to make her mark.

Read more about Osaka’s opening match here.

France's Evan Fournier goes for the basket past United States' Draymond Jamal Green during a basketball game on Sunday, July 25.

The United States men’s basketball team was defeated by France 83-76 in the team’s opening game of group play.?

The loss snaps a 25-game win streak dating back to the 2004 Summer Games in Athens when Team USA lost to Argentina.

France ended the game on a 16-2 run to seal the win, behind Evan Fournier’s team-leading 28-point effort.

Team USA will next play Iran on Wednesday.

Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil, Yuto Horigome of Japan and Jagger Eton pose after the medal presentation at the men's street skateboarding finals on Sunday, July 25.

18?gold medals have been awarded so far at the Olympic games. Here’s a round-up of the winners of gold so far:

Archery?

Cycling

Diving

Fencing

Judo

Shooting?

Skateboarding

Swimming

Taekwondo

Weightlifting

Read more about the Olympic games here and check out the medal count here.

After the completion of Sunday’s events, China currently edges the US in the medal count, with six gold medals and 11 total.

The US is just behind with 10 total medals, four of them gold.

Japan is currently second to China with five gold medals so far at the games.

Anastasija Zolotic of the United States competes in a Taekwondo contest against Tatiana Manina of the Russian Olympic Committee on July 25.

American Anastasija Zolotic won gold in the women’s -57kg Taekwondo event after beating?Russian Olympic Committee’s?Tatiana Minina, who claimed silver, 25-17 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Zolotic is the first US woman to win Olympic gold in Taekwondo.

The United States captured its fourth gold medal of the Summer Games and the nation’s tenth overall.

Bronze went to Hatice Ilgun of Turkey and Chinese Taipei’s Lo Chia-Ling.

Pope Francis waves from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square to celebrate the Angelus prayer, at the Vatican on Sunday, July 25.

Pope Francis blessed the organizers, athletes, and those involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics during his Sunday blessing.?

“In this time of the pandemic, these Games are a sign of hope, a sign of universal brotherhood in the name of healthy competition,” the Pope said.

Here’s some more from the Pope’s blessing:?

Lee Kiefer of the United States celebrates with her coach after winning gold in fencing against Inna Deriglazova of the Russia Olympic Committee on July 25.

American fencer Lee Kiefer is the first US woman to win a medal in individual foil.

Kiefer won gold after defeating?Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), who claimed silver, 15-13 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

United States captured its third gold medal of the Summer Games and the nation’s ninth overall.

ROC’s Larisa Korobeynikova took bronze.

Simone Biles of the United States competes on balance beam on July 25.

Gymnast Simone Biles commented after she and her teammates faltered in the early rounds of women’s artistic gymnastics qualifications at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Sunday.

The US team currently stands in second place behind ROC after three of five subdivisions.

US high-performance team coordinator Tom Forster said the team “had great performances today and some not-so-great ones, but the errors we made are mental.”

“These girls have been training incredibly well, so it’s things we have some time to work on before finals, and we’ll do it,” he said.

On the reasons for the USA team’s errors, which included some extra steps and unsteady landings, Forster said, “If you’ve ever been in competition, it’s just nerves of being in competition.”

Forster said that Biles’ errors, including taking three large steps on her balance beam dismount, was a “surprise,” adding, “I’ve never seen her do that before.”

He said the second-place position in qualifying could be “a great awakening” for the US team.

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas returns a shot to Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber during their tennis match on July 25.

Greek tennis star Stefanos?Tsitsipas is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, who won a gold medal the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

Sergei Salnikov, Tsitsipas’ paternal grandfather, was a footballer and part of the Soviet Union national team that was crowned Olympic champion 65 years ago.

Tsitsipas came through a tough opening round match against Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber, winning 6-3 3-6 6-3 to become the first Greek man to win a singles match at the Olympics since 1924.

Players are banned from receiving on-court coaching at matches, something Tsitsipas doesn’t agree with.

Hifumi Abe of Japan, top, and Vazha Margvelashvili of Georgia compete during their judo match on Sunday, July 25.

Sunday is proving to be a fruitful day for Japan at its home Games, but in particular for the Abe family with siblings Uta and Hifumi crowned Olympic champions within an hour of each other.

Uta took gold in the women’s -52kg category while her older brother Hifumi topped the podium in the men’s -66kg category.

It takes Japan’s gold medal haul to five – and six medals overall.

In the men’s -66kg, Georgia’s?Vazha Margvelashvili took silver and the bronze medals went to An Baul of South Korea and Brazil’s Daniel Cargnin.

France’s Amandine Buchard took silver in the women’s -52kg category, with Chelsie Giles of Team GB and Italy’s Odette Giuffrida taking the bronze medals.

Jade Jones of Great Britain sits dejected after losing against Kimia Alizadeh Zonouzi of the IOC Refugee Team after a Taekwondo round on July 25.

As athletes get used to no fans in attendance at the majority of Tokyo 2020 events, some are also finding it tough without the support of family members at the Olympics.

“Usually I have my whole family there, so when I am scared when I come out it gives me that extra push to go for it, so I got trapped in that fear mode today,” two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones told the BBC after the Briton suffered a shock defeat to Kimia Alizadeh of the Refugee Olympic team.

“I just think I put too much pressure on myself. Coming out I felt scared and too much pressure and then the whole tournament has been so different to what I’m used to,” added an emotional Jones, who was aiming to become the first British woman to win Olympic gold at three consecutive Games.

Fellow Briton Bianca Walkden, who will compete in the +67kg category and is Jones’ housemate in Manchester, England, was left in tears by her teammates’ defeat as she watched from the sidelines.

A volunteer has their body temperature checked at the entrance of Nippon Budokan on July 25.

Tokyo reported 1,763 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the second official day of competition for the Olympic Games, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Last Sunday, the Japanese capital?reported 1,008 new Covid-19 cases.

There have been 137 Covid-19 cases linked to the Tokyo 2020 Games, according to organizers.

Additionally, below is the list of athletes CNN has reported so far who have dropped out of Tokyo 2020 due to a positive Covid-19 test or were placed in Covid-19 protocol in recent weeks.??

(*players tested positive in Japan)

Team USA: 6

Katie Lou Samuelson - Women’s 3x3 Basketball??

Coco Gauff - Women’s Tennis??

*Kara Eaker - Women’s Gymnastics??

*Taylor Crabb - Men’s Beach Volleyball?

Bradley Beal - Men’s Basketball

Bryson DeChambeau - Golf?

Rest of the World: 20

*Simon Geschke - German Cyclist?

Frederico Morais - Portuguese surfer

*Finn Florijn - Dutch Rower?

Amber Hill - Great Britain Shooting???

Dan Evans - Great Britain Tennis????

Johanna Konta - Great Britain Tennis??

Hector Velazquez - Mexico Baseball???

Sammy Solis - Mexico Baseball???

Alex de Minaur - Australia Men’s Tennis??

Ilya Borodin - Swimmer on Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

*Thabiso Monyane - South Africa Men’s Football???

*Kamohelo Mahlatsi - South Africa Men’s Football???

*Pavel Sirucek - Czech Republic Men’s Table Tennis???

*Candy Jacobs - Netherlands Women’s Skateboarding???

*Fernanda Aguirre - Chile Women’s Taekwondo???

*Ondrej Perusic - Czech Republic Men’s Beach Volleyball??

*Reshmie Oogink- Netherlands Taekwondo

*Marketa Nausch- Czech Woman’s Volleyball

*Michal Schlegel - Czech Men’s Cyclist?

John Rahm - Spain Men’s Golf

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Jon Rahm tees off at the 149th Open at Royal St George’s Golf Club on July 16, in Sandwich, England.

Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, the world No. 1 one of the favorites for Olympic gold, has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time, this time ending his chances to participate at Tokyo 2020.

Rahm tested positive on his third Covid-19 test prior to departing for Tokyo, according to the Spanish Golf Federation.

Rahm was required to undergo three tests in compliance with guidelines for those who have recently been in the United Kingdom.

In June this year,?Rahm?was withdrawn from the Memorial Tournament after testing positive for Covid-19, the PGA Tour announced.

The 26-year-old later won?the US Open at Torrey Pines in June, his first major victory, after recovering from the virus.?

Rahm will not be replaced for the Games, the federation added, given the lack of time.

Adri Arnau will be the only member representing Men’s Spanish Golf.

Austria’s Anna Kiesenhofer celebrates winning the women’s road race on July 25.

Austrian cyclist Anna Kiesenhofer put in the ride of a lifetime to stun a field of big names and take the gold medal in the women’s road race.

The 30-year-old broke away from the other two riders in the leading group more than 40 kilometers from the end, seemingly far too early to hold onto the lead she had established, but Kiesenhofer held firm to win Austria’s first cycling gold medal since 1896!

It’s not only on the road where Kiesenhofer excels, having also studied for a master’s degree in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, England and a PhD in applied mathematics at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain.

Remarkably, Kiesenhofer, who only took up the sport in 2014, doesn’t currently have a professional contract – that seems likely to change very soon.

According to the Olympics website, Kiesenhofer said her ambition was “to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.”

It’s fair to say she’s done a bit more than that.

Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten, who was one of the heavy favorites to win, took silver and Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini took bronze for the second Olympics in a row.

Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil competes in the street skateboarding finals on July 25.

Earlier on Sunday, Yuto Horigome of Japan won the first ever Olympic gold medal in skateboarding after the men’s street final, with Brazil’s Kelvin Hoefler claiming silver and American Jagger Eaton taking bronze.

Below is list of tricks that the trio performed in the final.

And hat tip to the final’s skateboard commentators: half cab crooked grind, nollie 5-0 grind, nollie 180 feeble grind, tailslide to fakie, switch tailslide, kickflip backside tailslide, cab lipslide is quite a tongue twister.

Yuto Horigome

TRICK

1) nollie Cabellerial boardslide

2) nollie Cabellerial frontside lipslide

3) nollie?270 noseslide

4) nollie 180 switch backside 5-0 grind revert

Kelvin Hoefler

RUN 1 & 2 - half cab crooked grind, nollie 5-0 grind, nollie 180 feeble grind, tailslide to fakie, switch tailslide, kickflip backside tailslide, cab lipslide

TRICK

1) half cab crooked grind revert

2) Cabellerial backside noseblunt

Jagger Eaton

RUN 1& 2 - backside lipslide, backside tailslide, kickflip, halfcab blunt to regular, switch frontside crooked grind, switch backside lipslide

TRICK

1) switch backside 180 to 5-0

2) backside flip fakie nosegrind

Simone Biles of Team United States competes in the floor exercise during qualification on July 25.

Day two of the Tokyo Olympics?and the action and headlines are coming thick and fast.?

A total of 18 gold medals?will be won on Sunday – you can see the full schedule?here.

Japanese world champion?Yuto Horigome?has been crowned the first Olympic?skateboarding?gold medallist – and it felt sad that no Japanese fans were there to witness it.

There has also been drama in the pool.?Chase Kalisz?wins the first US swimming gold?in the men’s 400m medley, while Tunisia’s Kalisz?Hafnaoui?pulls off a major upset by winning the 400m freestyle.

Meanwhile, Japan’s Yui Ohashi?won gold in the women’s 400m individual medley and?Australia?smashed the world record in women’s freestyle relay.

There has been a fascinating story emerging in taekwondo, where?Iranian refugee Kimia Alizadeh is through to the quarter-finals?in the women’s -57kg category after defeating Team GB’s two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones.

Some big names are crashing out of?the tennis, including Andy Murray, who was forced to withdrew from the men’s singles with a thigh strain, but is set to remain in the doubles, while world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out of the women’s singles.

Simone Biles, widely considered the greatest gymnast of all time,?starts her Olympic campaign Sunday in gymnastics qualifying.

Just before Tokyo 2020 got underway, the five-time Olympic?artistic gymnastics?medallist, became the first Olympic athlete to have a personalised Twitter icon – the hashtags #SimoneBiles or #Simone generates a goat in a leotard performing a split leap with a gold medal around its neck shows up.

Away from the action, 10 new games-related cases of Covid-19 have been reported, including an unnamed US athlete.

The Dutch rowing team appears to have an outbreak after a coach tested positive following a rower on Friday.

Meanwhile US golf star?Bryson DeChambeau?tested positive before leaving the United States and is out.

The IOC has said masks on the Olympic podium are a “must-have.”

And keep an eye on the weather at the Olympics.

The sweltering?conditions continue to impact events, with tennis players given extra recovery time between games and sets due to the extreme heat.?

Tropical Storm Nepartak?is also approaching Tokyo, meaning rowing events have already been moved from Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday.

Nyjah Huston of Team USA reacts at the skateboarding street finals on July 25.

Skateboarder Nyjah Huston had been the pre-event favorite to win the men’s street final, but as the American reflected on seventh place he said he’s “never felt so much pressure.”

Huston added that he was looking forward to getting back “real skateboarding life” and not feeling so much pressure all the time.

From left, silver medalist Ana Maria Popescu of Romenia, gold medalist Sun Yiwen of China and bronze medalist Katrina Lehis of Estoniac celebrate on the podium of the individual Epee final competition on July 24.

International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said masks on the Olympic podium are “not a nice to have, it’s a must have,” according to Reuters.

In an interview off-camera responding to a reporter asking whether mask rules had been relaxed, Adams said, “There is no relaxation, and we would urge and ask everyone to obey the rules, whatever stakeholder you are, us, the IOC, media, athletes, everyone. It’s not a nice to have, it’s a must have.”

Adams urged everyone to follow the rules of the playbook, adding,?“It is really in our own interest and the interest of everyone and in the interest of a safe and secure Games that we do obey these rules.”

The Tokyo 2020 Playbook says masks should be worn at all times except when eating, drinking, training, competing, or sleeping.

Japan's Yuto Horigome reacts as he competes in the street final on July 25.

Yuto Horigome of Japan has won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in skateboarding after the men’s street final on Sunday.?

Horigome finished with a score of 37.18.

Brazil’s Kelvin Hoefler won silver with a score of 36.15, and American Jagger Eaton won bronze with a score of 35.35. Pre-event favorite Nyjah Huston of the United States failed to medal in the event, finishing in seventh with a score of 26.10.

Horigome’s win is Japan’s third gold medal so far during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, bringing the host country’s total medal count to four.?

Britain's Jade Jones, right, and Refugee Olympic Team's Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin compete in the taekwondo -57kg elimination round bout on July 25.

Kimia Alizadeh, an Iranian taekwondo athlete competing for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team has defeated two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Jones in the round-of-16.

Alizadeh became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal competing for Iran after claiming bronze in taekwondo at the 2016 Rio Olympics.?

In 2020, she announced that she permanently left her birth country for Europe amid searing criticism of the regime in Tehran.??

Alizadeh will face Lijun Zhou in the quarterfinals.?

“I am one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran who they have been playing with for years,” the athlete wrote in an Instagram post in 2020 explaining why she was defecting.?

Alizadeh was granted refugee status in Germany and now lives in the Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg, according to Reuters.???

According to the IOC website, 29 athletes will compete for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in the Games.?

Read more about her here.

Bryson DeChambeau watches his drive during a practice round for The British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's, Sandwich, England on July 14.

US golfer Bryson DeChambeau will not compete in the Olympic Games after testing positive for Covid-19 prior to departing for Tokyo, according to USA Golf.

“Bryson DeChambeau tested positive for Covid-19, as part of the final testing protocol before he left the United States for the Olympics 2020 in Japan. He will be unable to compete for Team USA,” USA Golf said in a press release.?

Two-time Olympian Patrick Reed will replace DeChambeau. His first round of competition is set for Thursday, July 29.

DeChambeau has won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 2020 US Open.

Australia's Cate Campbell and teammates celebrate after setting a world record and winning the final of the women's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming event on July 25.

Australia has won the women’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay gold in world-record fashion at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.?

Australia’s winning time of 3:29.69 beat the previous world record of 3:30.05, which was also set by Australia in 2018.

This was Australia’s first gold medal of these Olympics and their third total medal.

Canada won silver with a time of 3:32.78, giving Canada its first medal in Tokyo.?The United States took bronze with a time of 3:32.81, giving the US its sixth total medal of the Games.

Ashleigh Barty of Team Australia plays a forehand during her Women's Singles First Round match on July 25.

Australian tennis star Ashleigh Barty was knocked out of the Olympic women’s singles tournament in Tokyo in the first round by Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo.?

Barty was the tournament’s top seed and the number one ranked woman in the world coming off a championship at Wimbledon.

Sorribes Tormo defeated Barty in straight sets 6-4, 6-3.

Meanwhile, British tennis player Andy Murray has withdrawn from the men’s singles tennis tournament due to a quad strain, Team GB announced. He will continue to compete in the men’s doubles tournament.

?Murray won men’s singles gold at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

A US Olympic athlete has tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo, according to the US Olympic Committee.

It did not reveal the identity of the athlete.

“Of the 1,038 US Olympic delegates in Japan on July 24, one Covid test was confirmed positive based on daily results,” the committee said in a tweet on Saturday night.

The committee announced on Friday that it would report daily positive cases from US Olympic athletes in Tokyo.

“Additionally, of the nearly 60% of the US Olympic delegation who was expected to travel to Japan from July 1-23, six US athletes and officials tested positive for Covid-19 as part of the rigorous pre-departure testing process and were not permitted to travel,” the committee said Friday.?

“The remaining 40% of the US delegation for the Olympic Games will arrive in Tokyo periodically over the coming weeks as pre-departure testing and monitoring continues,” it added.

Ten new Covid-19 cases were reported on the second day of the Tokyo Olympic Games, bringing the total number of Games-related cases to 137, according to Tokyo 2020 organizers Sunday.

Two of the new cases were reported from Tokyo’s Olympic Village, one of which was identified as an athlete, organizers said. Another athlete also tested positive but was not a resident of the Olympic Village.

At least 15 cases have been reported out of the Olympic Village and 15 total athletes – including residents and non-residents of Olympic Village – have tested positive for the virus, according to organizers.

The remaining cases are identified as contractors, media, or Games-concerned personnel.

Tokyo 2020 is not revealing the names nor nationalities of the Covid-19 cases.?

The Tokyo 2020 emblem is seen during the Opening Ceremony on July 23.

Tokyo 2020 is truly shaping up to be an Olympics like we’ve never seen before, notably the spectator ban which the International Olympic Committee says is the first time ever that a host city will not actually have spectators watching the event.

Nearly eight out of 10 (78%) people in Japan also say the Olympics should not go ahead as scheduled, according to a recent?Ipsos Mori survey.

Despite the Games being delayed and that degree of public opposition, here’s a timeline with some key moments marking how Tokyo 2020 finally came to be staged:

Jagger Eaton of the US competes in the men's street prelims heat 1 on July 25.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics kicked off Friday with the Opening Ceremony — almost a year to the day from their intended start date in July 2020.

In March 2020, the International Olympic Committee agreed to postpone the Games until 2021 due to concerns over Covid-19. The event was originally set to begin on July 24, 2020, and end on August 9, 2020.

With the postponement, officials decided that the Games — which would take place in 2021 — would still be called the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The decision to push back the event was the first of its kind in Olympics history. The Games have never been postponed, although they have been canceled on three occasions due to world wars in 1916, 1940 and 1944.

There will be 18 medal events today at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After the Opening Ceremony on Friday, 11 sets of medals were handed out on Saturday.

Here’s a look at the 18 medal events to watch on Sunday:

Chase Kalisz of Team United States celebrates after winning the Men's 400m individual medley on July 25.

It’s Sunday, July 25 – the second official day of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Here’s what you need to know.

New Covid-19 cases announced:?Ten new Covid-19 cases were reported on day two, bringing the total number of Games-related cases to 137, according to Tokyo 2020 organizers Sunday. Two of the new cases were reported from Tokyo’s Olympic Village, one of which was identified as an athlete, organizers said. Another athlete also tested positive but was not a resident of the Olympic Village.

The US Olympic Committee said a US Olympic athlete tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo. The committee did not reveal the identity of the athlete.

Athletes struggle with ‘brutal’ weather: Tennis world No. 1?Novak Djokovic?described the humidity as “brutal” after beating Bolivian Hugo Dellien in the men’s singles first round, while Russian tennis star?Daniil Medvedev?resorted to using a mobile air conditioner to keep himself cool. CNN’s weather team said temperatures on Saturday climbed to near 34°C (93°F) across the greater Tokyo region, with “oppressive” humidity levels above 80%.

What’s on the schedule:?Sunday opened with Team USA winning their first medals of the Games in the men’s and women’s 400-meter individual medley events. The United States surpassed China for the overall lead.

Sunday also sees some sporting greats make their debut, including Olympic flame lighter and Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka and US gymnastics star Simone Biles.?And skateboarding makes its Olympic debut, with the men’s street competition. It is one of a handful of new sports in Tokyo, and US star Nyjah Huston is expected to shine having won four world titles and more than a dozen X Games golds.

The full Olympics schedule can be found?here.