Olympics photos: Cycling, sport climbing, decathlon, race walking
As of Thursday, Team USA leads in overall medal count at the Tokyo Olympics
Netherlands’ Jan Willem Van Schip (R) competes in the men’s track cycling omnium points race during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Japan, on August 5, 2021. (Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)
As of Thursday, Team USA leads in overall medal count at the Tokyo Olympics, while China leads the gold medal count.
Alberto Gines Lopez of Team Spain competes in men’s sport climbing lead final Thursday during the Summery Olympics in Tokyo. He won the gold medal. (Pool photo/AFP via Getty Images)Members of Team Spain’s women’s water polo team gather with their coaches during the semifinal match with Team Hungary on Thursday in Tokyo. Spain won the match, 8-6, and will compete Saturday against Team USA for the gold medal. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)Nafissatou Thiam of Team Belgium reacts after winning the gold medal in the heptathlon Thursday in Tokyo. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press)Competitors in the men’s decathlon gather on the track Thursday in Tokyo after the event’s completion. Damian Warner, front center, of Team Canada won the gold medal; he’s flanked by silver medalist Kevin Mayer of Team France, front left, and Ashley Moloney of Team Australia. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)Athletes compete in the men’s 50km race walk final Friday in Sapporo, Japan. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)Brendan Boyce of Team Ireland, center left, Havard Haukenes of Team Norway, center, and Masatora Kawano of Team Japan center right, compete in the men’s 50-kilometer race walk final Friday in Sapporo, Japan. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)Damian Warner of Team Canada douses himself in water as he celebrates after winning the gold medal in the decathlon Thursday in Tokyo. (Francisco Seco/Associated Press)Mikkel Hansen, left, of Team Denmark shoots at the goal as Eduardo Gurbindo Martinez of Team Spain plays defense during the men’s semifinal handball match Thursday in Tokyo. Team Denmark defeated Team Spain 27-23, and will compete for the gold medal Saturday against Team France. (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
