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Olympics Day 11 highlights Athing Mu wins gold in 800 meters; Simone Biles returns for bronze

Runner Athing Mu won Olympic gold for the United States on Tuesday in the women’s 800 meters, highlighting an eventful day at the Tokyo Games. Mu, a 19-year-old from New Jersey, burst into the national conversation in June at the U.S. trials when her easy stride propelled her onto the Olympic team, and she matched her lofty standard on track and field’s biggest stage. Earlier, gymnast Simone Biles returned to competition and earned a bronze medal on balance beam, and Kevin Durant and the U.S. men’s basketball team beat Spain to advance to the semifinals against Australia.

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U.S. sprinter Gabby Thomas took the bronze medal in the women’s 200 meters, a race won by Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, who also won the women’s 100 meters Saturday.
The first track session of the day was highlighted by an epic men’s 400-meter hurdles final. Karsten Warholm of Norway and Rai Benjamin of the United States both broke Warholm’s world record, but Warholm’s time of 45.94 seconds edged Benjamin’s 46.17 for the gold. Minutes earlier, American Brittney Reese took silver in the women’s long jump, her third Olympic medal.
Tamyra Mensah-Stock won the United States’ second wrestling gold of the Games.
U.S. men’s boxing is seeking an Olympic renaissance, and Americans Duke Ragan and Keyshawn Davis fought for medals. Ragan had anticipated this moment since boyhood.
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U.S. sprinter Gabby Thomas took the bronze medal in the women’s 200 meters, a race won by Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, who also won the women’s 100 meters Saturday.
The first track session of the day was highlighted by an epic men’s 400-meter hurdles final. Karsten Warholm of Norway and Rai Benjamin of the United States both broke Warholm’s world record, but Warholm’s time of 45.94 seconds edged Benjamin’s 46.17 for the gold. Minutes earlier, American Brittney Reese took silver in the women’s long jump, her third Olympic medal.
Tamyra Mensah-Stock won the United States’ second wrestling gold of the Games.
U.S. men’s boxing is seeking an Olympic renaissance, and Americans Duke Ragan and Keyshawn Davis fought for medals. Ragan had anticipated this moment since boyhood.
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