Can a Mantra Make You Faster? This Olympic Medalist Has No Doubt

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports “I love these words and phrases because usually they start in practice or in conversation,” Courtney Frerichs said. Those words and phrases helped her win a silver medal.https://nyti.ms/3ESfMFI

Sha’Carri Richardson Finishes Last in Return to Track

By BY MATT FUTTERMAN AND TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports Racing the 100 meters for the first time since a drug test kept her out of the Tokyo Olympics, Richardson lost to a field that included all three medalists from the Games.https://nyti.ms/3806Q1W

Nike Renames the Alberto Salazar Building After Lifetime Ban

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports Salazar, the famed distance running coach, has been permanently barred from the sport by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for sexual and emotional misconduct.https://nyti.ms/3AUmF6T

India won its first gold in track and field.

By BY RON DEPASQUALE from NYT Sports Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin, giving India its first gold at the Tokyo Games and only its second ever at the Summer Games.https://nyti.ms/3yvBWtS

India won its first gold in track and field.

By BY RON DEPASQUALE from NYT Sports Neeraj Chopra won the men’s javelin, giving India its first gold at the Tokyo Games and only its second ever at the Summer Games.https://nyti.ms/3ityqdW

U.S. broadcast highlights on Saturday morning include gold medal games in baseball and soccer.

By BY ERIC MORSE from NYT Sports The United States and Japan will play for top honors in baseball, while Brazil and Spain meet for the soccer title. Women’s golf, men’s volleyball and water polo are among other events with gold medals on the line.https://nyti.ms/37n6RwJ

Decisive Moments From the Tokyo Games, Frame by Frame

By BY LARRY BUCHANAN, JON HUANG, EMILY RHYNE, BEDEL SAGET, JOE WARD, JEREMY WHITE AND JOSH WILLIAMS from NYT Sports See the Summer Olympics in a series of composite images.https://nyti.ms/3AiGaWf

Day 15 in Tokyo: Gold medal games for the U.S. in baseball, men’s basketball and women’s water polo.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3AhJscd

Allyson Felix wins her 10th Olympic medal, tying an American record in her sport.

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports Felix has matched Carl Lewis as the most decorated American athlete in track and field.https://nyti.ms/3xruMpd

Soccer and track and field lead a busy morning of U.S. broadcast coverage.

By BY ERIC MORSE from NYT Sports Highlights include the gold medal game in women’s soccer, along with the U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix’s attempt at a 10th Olympic medal.https://nyti.ms/2TWAhP0

Two Belarus coaches are expelled from the Olympics over their treatment of a sprinter.

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports The International Olympic Committee said it had expelled the coaches who were involved in the attempt to force the runner home against her will.https://nyti.ms/3Akxn6l

U.S. basketball and volleyball play in their semifinals, and the 4x100 relay teams take to the track.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Other action on Day 13 includes gold medal games in women’s beach volleyball and women’s soccer.https://nyti.ms/2VCcnIU

The U.S. bungles a baton handoff again and fails to reach the final in the men’s 4x100-meter relay.

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN AND EVAN EASTERLING from NYT Sports Persistent baton trouble strikes again. The Americans placed sixth in their heat as they struggled with a handoff.https://nyti.ms/3xl8XaJ

The steeplechase, like the horse race it’s named after, requires stamina, agility and grit.

By BY MELISSA HOPPERT from NYT Sports Barriers and water jumps, not unlike those in the equine counterpart, make the steeplechase one of the most entertaining — and difficult — events in track and field.https://nyti.ms/3lyCWdg

The U.S. broadcast schedule for Wednesday evening includes track and field, basketball and skateboarding.

By BY REBECCA THOMAS from NYT Sports The U.S. men’s and women’s basketball teams play games tonight as they inch closer to gold.https://nyti.ms/3Cfex25

The U.S. broadcast schedule for Wednesday evening includes track and field, basketball and skateboarding.

By BY REBECCA THOMAS from NYT Sports The U.S. men’s and women’s basketball teams play games tonight as they inch closer to gold.https://nyti.ms/3fPF1hl

U.S. men’s basketball seeks redemption against Australia, and women’s soccer vies for a bronze.

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports On Day 13, American athletes are also in the mix for medals in shot-put and the triple jump.https://nyti.ms/3iolOor

To Jump Higher, Vashti Cunningham Entrusted Her Father. The Quarterback.

By BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports After an injury, Vashti Cunningham and her father, Randall (yes, that one) came up with a new formula to master the high jump — rarely jumping.https://nyti.ms/3ynFTAM

McLaughlin Beats Muhammad to the Gold in the 400 Hurdles

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports Two Americans broke the world record in an event they dominate. But only one could be first.https://nyti.ms/3A6FJyg

How Sydney McLaughlin Beat Her Own World Record to Win Gold

By BY BEDEL SAGET, JOE WARD, LAZARO GAMIO, LARRY BUCHANAN, JEREMY WHITE, EMILY RHYNE, JON HUANG, TAYLOR JOHNSTON, TESSA BARTON, ALEXANDRE DEVAUX, OR FLEISHER, MARK MCKEAGUE AND PETER WHIDDEN from NYT Sports On a fast track at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, McLaughlin edged her closest rival in the final meters and shaved 0.44 of a second off her own world record.https://nyti.ms/3jo5Zxc