Local Legends

Cincinnati-area athletes wasted no time bringing home gold, as Edgewood’s own Zach Apple stepped up the podium at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on just the second day of the swimming competition.

Team USA repeated as the gold medal winner in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay. The quartet also included gold medal winner Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, and Bowe Becker. Apple was praised for his strong performance, anchoring the team to their first place finish.

You can see the race here . You definitely have time to watch the whole thing, since they won in just over three minutes!

After a tough loss in a shutout against Sweden, the US Women’s Soccer Team scored their first goal of the Olympics in the 9th minute of play in their second game against New Zealand, thanks to Cincinnati’s own Rose Lavelle. It was Lavelle’s first Olympic goal.

FF to :28 to see Rose Lavelle (and Team USA’s) first Olympic goal.

Her next goal was no less dramatic. On Friday, in a tough and tied-up match against the Netherlands, Lavelle scored the first penalty kick. Team USA ultimately won the match 4-2, and now faces Team Canada (and UC Bearcat Annette Gilles) in the semifinals.

Another Bearcat, volleyball player Jordan Thompson, has been praised by Olympic commentators and sports media for her standout performance, leading Team USA to a 3-0 victory over China. She scored 34 points during that match, the most of any volleyball player so far at the Olympics. She continued her dominance in a win against Turkey, as the women remain undefeated.

Cincinnati's Duke Ragan has advanced to the quarterfinals in the boxing featherweight division. So far he’s scored decisive victories over Kazakhstan’s Serik Temirzhanov and France’s Samuel Kistohurry.