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...

Naomi Osaka officially kicked off the Tokyo Games by lighting the Olympic cauldron, a time-honored tradition that takes place during the opening ceremony. The tennis champion, born to a Japanese mother and Haitian father, gave up her U.S. citizenship in 2019 to represent Japan at the Games.Acting as the Olympic cauldron lighter is a major honor for Osaka, who withdrew from the French Open in May to focus on her mental health. "Undoubtedly the greatest athletic achievement and honor I will ever h...