The Americans had been pointing to this game for five years, ever since they lost to Sweden on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics
Author: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY
10 questions leading into the Tokyo Olympics
As athletes, media and sponsors descend on Tokyo for the Summer Games, USA TODAY Sports answers questions, from the pandemic’s effect to new sports.
Opinion: Sha’Carri Richardson’s marijuana ban is another example of Olympic hypocrisy
Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson will miss 100 meters in Tokyo while serving 30-day suspension for testing positive for marijuana at US Olympic trials
Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee get automatic spots on US Olympic gymnastics team, which will be favored for gold
US women are heavy favorites to win their third consecutive Olympic team title. Americans are unbeaten at Olympics, world championships since 2011.
Opinion: Tokyo-bound Shane Wiskus shows Minnesota what a mistake it made in cutting men’s gymnastics
Shane Wiskus made the U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics team months after the sport was one of three cut by the University of Minnesota.
Opinion: Simone Biles is going to push the limits of gymnastics – no matter what the judges say
Simone Biles did her double-twisting, double somersault dismount on balance beam for the first time since qualifying at the 2019 world championships
Opinion: Allowing banned Shelby Houlihan to run would have destroyed American credibility
USA Track & Field was ready to allow Shelby Houlihan to race at the track and field trials before the USOPC stepped in Thursday night.
Opinion: One spot has potential to cause big mess for US women’s gymnastics team for Tokyo
Gymnast Jade Carey has clinched a spot for the Tokyo Olympics, but she’s competing for a spot on the four-woman team, which has potential for chaos.
Opinion: Another day, another record as Simone Biles wins seventh US gymnastics title
Simone Biles and Japan’s Kohei Uchimura are the only gymnasts to win every major international title in an entire, four-year Olympic cycle.
Opinion: Cheers of ‘Let’s go Mom!’ a reminder of how extraordinary Chellsie Memmel is
Whether Chellsie Memmel, 32, makes it to Olympic trials is, at this point, irrelevant. The 2008 Olympic silver medalist has already proven herself.