UPDATE (July 27, 2021): After citing "medical issues" for her withdrawal from the women's team gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics, Simone Biles has revealed that she decided to drop out due to mental health concerns."Whenever you get in a high stress situation you kind of freak out and don’t really know how to handle all of those emotions, especially at the Olympic Games... I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and wellbeing," the athlete spoke to reporters. "It...

13-year-old Momiji Nishiya won gold in the women's street skateboarding final at the Tokyo Olympics, an achievement that makes her Japan's youngest Olympic champion and the world's first female Olympic skateboarding champion.⁠At 13 years and 330 days old, Nishiya also becomes the second-youngest individual gold medalist, bested only by Marjorie Gestring, who was 13 years and 268 days when she won in women's diving at the 1936 Berlin Games. "I didn’t think I could win, but everyone cheered me...

Hidilyn Diaz has made history by becoming the first athlete to win the Philippines its first Olympic gold medal.The 30-year-old weightlifter competed in the women's 55 kg (121 lbs.) category for weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 26. Marking her fourth time participating in the Games, Diaz has now lifted a combined total of 224 kg (493 lbs.), which is an Olympic record. Liao Qiuyun from China claimed silver with 223 kg (491 lbs.), while Zulfiya Chinshanlo from Kazakhstan placed bro...

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially kicked off last weekend. However, according to reports, preliminary figures for the four-hour televised event recorded an average of 17 million viewers worldwide, becoming the least-viewed in the last 30 years for NBC.This marks the lowest ratings since the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games, while viewership was 35.8 percent below the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony (26.5 million viewers). Despite the numbers, NBC has stated that the opening ceremony's streaming...