TOKYO — There was a smaller menu on the last day of this most unusual Olympics, but it was an elite one. The U.S. women’s basketball team won the gold medal over Japan, 90-75, their seventh straight Olympic title. The U.S. women’s volleyball team also won gold, their first ever, beating Brazil, 3-0. Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya defended his Olympic marathon title, becoming only the third man to win gold medals in back-to-back Games. Jennifer Valente won the United States’ only track cycling gold of the Games, taking the women’s omnium, a four-event bicycle decathlon of sorts.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2021 09:45 UTC