TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. women’s swimming team is pocketing plenty of medals at the Olympic pool.
Halfway through the nine-day competition, they’ve claimed two golds among 11 total medals. By comparison, the U.S. men have won two golds and five medals overall.
Even when the U.S. women didn’t finish first, they’ve shown up on the podium in pairs. Katie Ledecky won the first women’s 1,500 freestyle in Olympic history today and first-time Olympian Erica Sullivan finished second.
Also at the Tokyo Games:
— Canadian gymnast Ellie Black has withdrawn from the all-around finals. The International Gymnastics Federation gave no reason for Black’s withdrawal in its announcement today. The 25-year-old is competing in her third Olympics.
— Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi has swept the women’s individual medley by rallying to win the 200-meter medley, beating Americans Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass. Ohashi had previously won the 400-meter individual medley. Walsh finished second, just ahead of Douglass.
— New U.S. beach volleyball partners Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne beat Switzerland 21-19, 23-21 to improve to 2-0 in the round-robin. They have one more match remaining, against Qatar on Friday night. The two victories should be enough to get Gibb and Bourne in the knockout round.
— The U.S. men’s volleyball team has improved to 2-1 in pool play at the Olympics by beating Tunisia 3-1. The victory keeps the Americans in good position to advance to the quarterfinals as one of the top four teams in Pool B.
— The four-time defending champion Americans finished fourth in the 4×200 freestyle relay, the first time they’ve failed to win a medal in the event other than the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games. Britain won event for the first time since 1908, just missing a world record.
