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Fields crashed last Friday during a semifinal heat at the Tokyo Olympics. He was rushed to a hospital's intensive care unit after he'd suffered a brain hemorrhage and broken rib.

Tokyo Olympics Athletics Hansle Parchment, of Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Parchment flew past him to add an Olympic gold to the bronze medal he won at the 2012 London Games. ___Australia will play the United States for the beach volleyball gold medal. ___The American “A-Team” has advanced to the gold medal match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament. April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Switzerland 21-12, 21-11 at Shiokaze Park on Thursday to clinch at least a silver medal.

Tokyo Olympics Beach Volleyball Mariafe Artacho del Solar, of Australia, competes during a women's beach volleyball semifinal match against Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Australia was an early Olympic beach volleyball power, when Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst claimed a bronze medal in Atlanta and gold at Bondi Beach in Sydney. ___The American “A-Team” has advanced to the gold medal match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament. April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Switzerland 21-12, 21-11 at Shiokaze Park on Thursday to clinch at least a silver medal. The victory also assures the United States of a beach volleyball medal for the seventh straight Summer Games.

Tokyo Olympics Beach Volleyball April Ross, left, of the United States, and teammate Alix Klineman celebrate winning a women's beach volleyball semifinal match against Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Switzerland 21-12, 21-11 at Shiokaze Park on Thursday to clinch at least a silver medal. It will be the third medal for Ross, who won silver in London and bronze in Rio de Janeiro. The victory also assures the United States of a beach volleyball medal for the seventh straight Summer Games. ___MEDAL ALERTGermany’s Florian Wellbrock has added a gold medal in marathon swimming to his bronze medal at the pool, winning the men’s 10-kilometer race at Tokyo Bay.

The defending gold medalist crashed during a semifinal heat on Friday. He suffered a brain hemorrhage and a broken rib, and spent the night in intensive care.

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool.

The reigning gold medalist slammed into the turn coming off a jump and was hit by two other riders.

Hubbard has been a focus for support and criticism since qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. ___China's Shi Tingmao and Wang Han have finished 1-2 in the preliminaries of Olympic women's 3-meter springboard diving. An beat Elena Osipova of ROC, the acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee, by a 6-5 score Friday. Fields was injured in a violent crash on the first lap of his qualifying heat the Tokyo Olympics. ___Three athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 are among the 27 new cases announced by Tokyo Olympics organizers.

Fields, who took gold in BMX racing at the 2016 Olympic Games, came down wrong from a jump and suffered a horrific crash. A Team USA doctor says Fields is stable and awaiting further evaluation.

The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics Archery South Korea's An San looks at her bow during her individual elimination match against Japan's Ren Hayakawa, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Fields was injured in a violent crash on the first lap of his qualifying heat the Tokyo Olympics. Batsarashkina also won gold in 10-meter air pistol and teamed with Artem Chernousov to take silver in 10-meter mixed team air pistol. ___Three athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 are among the 27 new cases announced by Tokyo Olympics organizers. ___MEDAL ALERTGreat Britain’s Bethany Shriever has spoiled Colombian Mariana Pajon’s bid for a third straight gold medal in BMX racing.

Americans Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne have lost for the first time in Tokyo.