Friday 6 August 2021

Biden sends Team USA personal message in TODAY exclusive: ‘In you, a country saw itself’

Biden sends Team USA personal message in TODAY exclusive: 'In you, a country saw itself'

The president shared an exclusive message with the athletes who represented the United States in the Tokyo Olympics.

Beach volleyball champ April Ross honors her late mom in a special way during games

"I have her with me," Ross said about her mother, who died in 2001.

Meet the javelin thrower selected as US flag bearer for Olympic closing ceremony

The four-time Olympian finished 17th in Tokyo.

For US women's soccer team, Tokyo marks end of an era

The women of U.S. soccer have been a dominant force in the sport for more than a decade. Their quest for gold in Tokyo was derailed by a heartbreaking loss to Canada, but the team rallied to claim bronze after defeating Australia. Before the medal ceremony, TODAY's Craig Melvin sat down with stars Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan. "I feel like I want to keep playing as long as I can and as long as I can play the way that I want to," Rapinoe says.

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Allyson Felix breaks world record for most Olympic medals for woman in track and field

And her medal count at this year's Games could still grow!

Marathon mom competing for infant daughter

Olympian Aliphine Tuliamuk had a daughter in 2020, the year the Tokyo Olympics were postponed. She and other mom athletes successfully lobbied for the Olympics to allow nursing at the Tokyo Games. Now, Tuliamuk is getting ready to compete in the women's marathon and hopes to make her daughter and family proud.

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