August 3 Tokyo 2020 Olympics news and results

Belarusian Olympian Kristina Timanovskaya arrives at a boarding gate for her flight out of Narita International Airport in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Belarusian Olympic sprinter?Kristina Timanovskaya, who?refused to fly home?fearing she would be arrested, was seen boarding a Vienna-bound flight out of Tokyo on Wednesday.

The 24-year-old athlete was set to compete in the women’s 200 meters at the Tokyo Games on Monday, but instead said team officials?tried to forcibly send her back to Belarus?against her wishes after she criticized sporting authorities.

Her drama-filled plight has dominated global headlines around the Games and while her comments were not overtly political, her case has heightened fears of the safety of those who speak out against Belarusian officials.

Timanovskaya was seen arriving at Narita airport on Wednesday morning with luggage and wearing blue jeans and a blue sweatshirt. She later boarded Austrian Airlines flight OS52.

The athlete had been expected to travel to Warsaw, Poland, where she was offered safe refuge and a humanitarian visa by the country’s Prime Minister. It is not clear if she will make a connection in Vienna on her way to Poland, or if she intends to stay in Austria, or travel elsewhere.

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NARITA, JAPAN - AUGUST 04: Belarus athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya waves at the boarding gate for Austrian Airlines 0S52 at Narita international airport on August 04, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Earlier this week, Belarusian sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya spent a night in secure accommodation at Tokyo's Haneda airport under Japanese police guard after claiming she was being forcibly returned to Belarus for criticising team coaches. Ms Timanovskaya was later granted a Polish humanitarian visa while seeking political asylum after expressing fears for her safety if she were to return to Belarus. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

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Olympic organizers said Wednesday that 29 more Covid-19 cases linked to the Games have been identified.

Four of those are athletes, including three members of Greece’s artistic swimming team. The trio were all residents of Tokyo’s Olympic Village and were the only three cases reported from the village Wednesday.

The fourth athlete was not identified.

To date, 327 coronavirus cases tied to the Tokyo Olympics have been identified, including 32 reported from the Olympic Village.

American Sydney McLaughlin competes in the 400 meters hurdles final on August 4.

Team USA’s Sydney McLaughlin set a world record to win gold in the women’s 400 meters hurdles, with a time of 51.46 seconds.

Fellow American Dalilah Muhammad, who won the event at Rio 2016, came second with a time of 51.58 — fast enough to beat the previous world record of 51.90, which McLaughlin set in June.

McLaughlin is the youngest Olympic medal winner in the women’s 400 meters hurdles, at 21 years and 362 days old. She’s also the first holder of the world record to win Olympic gold in this event.

Dutchwoman Femke Bol won bronze in 52.03, a European record.

The stunning performances by McLaughlin and Muhammad mirror the result of yesterday’s men’s 400 meters hurdles final, when gold medalist Karsten Warholm and silver medalist Rai Benjamin both shattered the previous world record in the event.

American Raven Saunders competes in the shot put qualification on July 30.

Just days after winning the silver medal in shot put, American Raven Saunders said on social media that her mother, Clarissa, has died.

Saunders said on Twitter that her mother was her “number one guardian angel.”

She did not say how or when her mother died.

In an Instagram post, Saunders wrote, “Our last conversation was one of the best ever. Mama I know you love me with every fiber in your body.”?

Clarissa Saunders had been at a watch party at Burke High School in Charleston, South Carolina, to watch her daughter compete and was interviewed by CNN affiliate WCSC.?

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee?and USA Track and Field?each posted condolence messages on Twitter.

Saunders was vocal about her battle with depression going into the Tokyo Olympics and said she hoped to help destigmatize the topic of mental health by speaking openly.

“I always felt like in life, trying to reach people — to help people — is really my purpose,” she said in an interview with CNN in May.

During the medal ceremony after Saunders won her silver, she raised her arms and formed an “X” on the podium for more than 20 seconds as a protest. According to Saunders, the symbol represented “the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet.”

She was asked about the moment and said it was for the LGBTQIA+ community, the Black community and people dealing with mental health issues.

American Simone Biles is seen during warm-ups prior to the balance beam final on August 3.

Following her bronze medal win on balance beam Tuesday, Simone Biles revealed that her aunt had died during the Olympics.

Biles didn’t compete in four individual finals at the Tokyo Olympics — the all-around individual competition, vault, uneven bars and floor exercise — after withdrawing during the women’s team final, citing mental health concerns.

Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil celebrates her gold medal win in the 10 kilometer swimming event on August 4.

Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil won the women’s marathon swimming event, a 10 kilometer race, by less than a second.

Cunha swam the race, the Olympics’ longest swim, in 1:59:30.8 to win her first ever Olympic medal. She has been named open water swimmer of the year by the sport’s governing body FINA the last three times the award was given.

Dutch swimmer Sharon van Rouwendaal, the gold medalist in 2016, takes silver with a time of 1:59:31.7.?Australian Kareena Lee finished just behind Van Rouwendaaal to claim bronze in 1:59:32.5.

Two earthquakes off the coast of Hasaki, Japan, were felt in Tokyo, where the Summer Olympics are currently taking place, according to a CNN correspondent on the ground.?

The quakes occurred at 5:33 a.m. and 5:43 a.m. local time (4:33 p.m. and 4:43 p.m. ET).

According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquakes registered magnitudes 5.8 and 5.1 and occurred about 75 miles offshore at depths of about 6 miles.?

The Japan Meteorological Agency has not issued a tsunami warning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.?

Malaika Mihambo of Team Germany celebrates winning the gold medal in the Women's Long Jump Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 3, 2021.

It was a day to remember in the track and field events, with Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah completing a historic sprint double-double and Norway’s Karsten Warholm smashing the 400m hurdles world record on his way to gold. 26?gold medals in all were won Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics. Here are the latest winners who are taking home gold:

Artistic Gymnastics:

Track and Field:

Boxing:

Canoe Sprint

Cycling Track

Diving

Sailing

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Armand Duplantis of Team Sweden during the Men's Pole Vault Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 3, 2021.

Sweden’s Armand “Mondo” Duplantis fell agonizingly short of setting a new world record on the way to securing gold in the men’s pole vault on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old failed on three occasions at the height of 6.19 meters.

Duplantis was bidding to surpass his own world record of 6.18 meters.

The last athlete to win the pole vault Olympic title in a world record was Poland’s Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz at the 1980 Games in Moscow.

Duplantis’s gold was confirmed after he cleared a height of 6.02 meters with his first effort.

He remains the only man to surpass six meters this year.

American Chris Nilsen won the silver medal, and Brazil’s Thiago Braz, who was defending his 2016 Rio title, took bronze.

Anita Wlodarczyk, of Poland, during the women's hammer throw final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021.

Poland’s Anita W?odarczyk became the first woman to win a specific individual athletics event three times in a row at the Olympic Games with gold in the women’s hammer throw on Tuesday.

World and Olympic record holder added to her golds at London 2012 and Rio 2016 with a dominant display on Tuesday, throwing a season’s best 78.48 meters in the fourth round.

The 35-year-old, who has four world championship golds, in 2015 became the first ever woman to send the hammer past the 80-meter mark.

China’s Wang Zheng secured silver with a season’s best throw of 77.03 meters with Poland’s Malwina Kopron taking the bronze medal.

Athing Mu of Team United States competes in the Women's 800m final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 3, 2021.

19-year-old Athing Mu became the second-youngest Olympic 800 meter champion with a blistering performance at the Tokyo Olympic stadium on Tuesday.

Mu is the first US athlete to win the title in more than half a century, setting a new US national record in the process with a time of 1:55.21.

American Madeline Manning was the last US winner in this event back at the 1968 Games in Mexico City.

Great Britain’s 19-year-old Keely Hodgkinson set a new British record of 1:55.88 to claim silver, with American Raevyn Rogers claiming bronze in a personal best time of 1:56.81.

Mu is the second-youngest of seven siblings and was the first to be born in the United States a year after her family immigrated to the US from Sudan.

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Team Jamaica celebrates with her country's flag after winning the gold medal in the Women's 200m Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 3, 2021.

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah became the first ever woman to win the 100 meter and 200 meter sprint double at two consecutive Olympic Games, with a stunning gold in Tuesday’s women’s 200 meter final.

Thompson-Herah won gold in 21.53 seconds – the second fastest time in women’s 200 meter history.

The Jamaican completed the first of her 100 meter and 200 meter sprint doubles at the 2016 Rio Games – the first woman to achieve this feat in 28 years.

The 29-year-old won her 100 meter gold at Tokyo in an Olympic record time on Saturday before sealing her place in history with an emphatic performance in the women’s 200 meter on Tuesday.

In men’s athletics, only Usain Bolt has surpassed this feat winning the sprint double on three straight occasions – Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.

Christina Mboma of Nambia secured a stunning silver in a time of 21.81 seconds – a new junior world record.

Gabby Thomas of the United States took bronze.

Hungary's Tamas Lorincz celebrates his gold medal victory against Kyrgyzstan's Akzhol Makhmudov in the men's Greco-Roman 77kg wrestling final match on August 3.

Tamás L?rincz became the first Hungarian Olympic champion in wrestling in 17 years when he secured gold in the men’s 77 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling on Tuesday.

L?rincz emulated Istvan Majoros, who won the men’s 55 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling title at the 2004 Games in Athens.

The Hungarian, who won the 77 kilogram event at the 2019 world championships, defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Akzhol Makhmudov in Tuesday’s final.

Makhmudov had been hoping to win Kyrgyzstan’s first ever gold medal at an Olympics.??

L?rincz’s brother, Viktor, will also bid to become an Olympic champion on Wednesday when he competes in the 87 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling category.?

Shohei Yabiku of Japan and Rafig Huseynov of Azerbaijan claimed the bronze medals.

Simone Biles poses with her bronze medal following the women's balance beam final on August 3.

Three-time Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes said Biles recognizes she is “very much a trailblazer in helping to change the culture of the sport of gymnastics.”

After Biles earned a bronze medal in the women’s balance beam finals, Dawes said she “wasn’t afraid watching her” during the event, Biles’ first competition after withdrawing from other to focus on her mental well-being.

“She wasn’t going to put?herself in a situation where she?was going to possibly injure?herself,” Dawes, the first Black American to win an individual Olympic event medal in gymnastics, said on CNN’s “New Day.”

American gymnast Dominique Dawes is pictured during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dawes commended Biles, as well as Naomi Osaka and Michael Phelps, for being open about mental health issues.

“It’s creating this national and?global dialogue about it.?I think that’s very important, and?that’s where it starts, and many?people are going to feel?comfortable talking about mental?issues they have, and?recognizing that they are human,” Dawes said.

Members of Team Brazil celebrate during a penalty shoot out in the men's football semi-final match between Mexico and Brazil, on August 3 in Kashima, Japan.

Defending champion Brazil reached the men’s Olympic football final with a hard-fought semifinal victory over Mexico on Tuesday.

In a rematch of the London 2012 gold medal final, Brazil won 4-1 in a penalty shootout after a goalless 120 minutes.

Brazilian goalkeeper Santos saved from Mexico’s Eduardo Aguirre before Johan Vasquez hit the post.

Daniel Alves, Gabriel Martinelli and Bruno Guimaraes all scored for Brazil with Reinier converting the decisive penalty.

Brazil will meet the winners of Tuesday’s second men’s semifinal between host Japan and Spain.

Japan has never reached a men’s Olympic football final whilst Spain was the last European men’s team to claim gold in 1992.

Guan Chenchen of China is pictured during the women's balance beam final on August 3.

China’s Guan Chenchen was in incredible form as she won gold in the women’s balance beam final at Tokyo 2020 on Tuesday.

The 16-year-old scored 14.633 while her teammate Tang Xijing finished second on 14.233, ahead of Simone Biles’ 14.000 points.

“I actually never expected that I would get a medal,” Guan said after the final. “My coach said, ‘this is your first time in the?Olympics and no one knows you?so just go in and do your best.’”

Meanwhile, silver medalist Tang?says she eyeing more success at the Paris Games in 2024.

“Today, I tried not to think too much about the?result. I just tried my best,” she said.

“Even though there were some little errors, I?am very satisfied with the fact I was able to win a medal here.”

“I think everything should be able?to see me?in Paris in three years’ time. That really is my goal.”

Simone Biles poses with her bronze medal during the podium ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's balance beam event on Tuesday.

Seven-time Olympic gymnastics medalist Simone Biles says she didn’t expect to win a medal in Tuesday’s balance beam final.

“It’s been a very long week, a very long five?years. I didn’t expect to medal today,?I just wanted to go out and do it for me, and that’s what I did,” Biles said after she won the bronze.

The 24-year-old superstar has been in the spotlight for much of the Games for withdrawing from other gymnastics events citing mental health concerns. She first withdrew after the vault rotation in the women’s team finals last week and subsequently pulled out of the individual all-around, uneven bars and vault events as well.

She broke down in tears as she addressed the media following the first withdrawal. “Whenever you get in a high stress situation, you kind of freak out,” she said. “I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and well-being.”

After winning the bronze in her last opportunity to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Biles said the medal felt more special than her balance beam bronze from the Rio 2016 Games.

“I will cherish it for a long time,” she said.

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan competes during the men's artistic gymnastics horizontal bar final on Monday.

Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto secured gold in the men’s horizontal bar final on Tuesday – the final artistic gymnastics event at the Tokyo Games.

The 19-year-old Hashimoto, who last week became the youngest men’s all-around Olympic champion in history, stormed to victory with a score of 15.066.

Serbia’s Tin Srbic, who won gold on the horizontal bar at the 2017 world championships, secured silver with a score of 14.900.

Nikita Nagornyy of the Russian Olympic Committee took the bronze medal.

Greece will not participate in the artistic swimming duet event at Tokyo Olympics, the?Hellenic Olympic Committee said in an updated statement on Tuesday.

Earlier today, Greece withdrew from the team event after four members of the team tested positive for Covid-19.

As a result, in addition to the members found positive, the whole team will now have to leave the Olympic Village and transfer to a quarantine hotel, ending Greece’s artistic swimming presence in Tokyo 2020.

The Greek duet took part on Monday’s free routine preliminary round, placing tenth.

Greece's Evangelia Papazoglou and Evangelia Platanioti compete in the preliminary for the women's duet free artistic swimming event on August 2.

China's Zou Jingyuan competes in the artistic gymnastics men's parallel bars final.

China’s Zou Jingyuan won the parallel bars title on Tuesday with an emphatic score of 16.233 – the highest score by any gymnast so far during the nine days of competition at the Tokyo Games.

The 23-year-old had topped qualifying with a score of 16.166 but surpassed that total in Tuesday’s final.

The gold adds to the bronze he won in the team competition last week.

From left: Silver medalist Lukas Dauser of Germany, gold medalist Zou Jingyuan of China, and bronze medalist Ferhat Arican of Turkey pose during the medal ceremony of the artistic gymnastics men's horizontal bar on August 3.

Germany’s Lukas Dauser was a distant second with a score of 15.700 to take silver.

Meanwhile, Ferhat Arican captured Turkey’s first-ever medal in gymnastics by securing a bronze medal.

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.

Full report:

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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United States' Carli Lloyd reacts after being defeated 1-0 by Canada during a women's semifinal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Kashima, Japan.. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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