At the 2016 Rio games, the team fell to Serbia in the semifinals before beating the Netherlands in the Bronze medal match. It will now go on to face a familiar foe in Serbia in the semifinals. USA women’s volleyball also advanced to the semifinals of its own tournament after beating the Dominican Republic three sets to zero. The men’s team, which lost in its first game at Tokyo to France, also advanced to the semifinals of the men’s tournament after beating Spain on Aug. Outside of fight sports, Team USA women’s basketball marched on in its 52-game undefeated Olympic run (they last lost in 1992) by seeing off Australia in the quarterfinals of Tokyo 2020’s women’s basketball tournament, 79-55.
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and Penn State University’s own David Taylor will compete for gold after triumphing in his semifinal match against India’s Deepak Punia. boxer to take gold since Andre Ward did it at light heavyweight in 2004’s Athens Games.Įlsewhere in the boxing ring for Team USA, Oshae Jones is taking home bronze in women’s welterweight after dropping her bout in the semifinals against China’s Gu Hong. triumph in his gold medal bout against Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalalov, he will be the first U.S.
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took home a medal in super heavyweight boxing via Tyrell Biggs, his father, Richard Torrez Sr., was on the Olympic boxing team that took home 11 total medals at the Los Angeles Games, including nine golds. The 22-year-old Mexican-American is still early in his boxing career, but it was something both his dad and grandfather did out of California’s Central Valley. His journey there is one that is three generations in the making. is on the cusp of winning a gold medal in super heavyweight boxing at Tokyo 2020.
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After his triumph in the semifinals over Kazakhstan’s Kamshybek Kunkabayev U.S.