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Sakura Yosozumi
personSakura Yosozumi, 19, landed two 540s in her impressive first run. Kokona Hiraki, 12, claimed silver to become Japan's youngest Olympian. Britain's Sky Brown, 13, was the favourite to win the women's event.
Chris Cuomo
personChris's show Prime Time with Chris Cuomo aired on Tuesday night at 9pm after round-the-clock coverage by every major news outlet. Outraged viewers and media pundits are calling for his resignation or termination by CNN. Cuomo advised his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on how to respond to sexual harassment claims, investigators found. Cuomo has always denied the allegations.
Hannah Mills
personHannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre won 470 gold at Tokyo 2020. Team GB have now won five sailing medals in Tokyo, three of which are gold. 13-year-old Sky Brown became the country's youngest medallist in skateboarding. Ben Maher secured individual showjumping gold in jump-off.
Meghan Markle
personDuchess of Sussex announced a mentorship program called "40X40" Meghan Markle released a video promoting a women's mentorship project to celebrate her 40th birthday. She launched 40x40, a global effort encouraging people to commit to giving 40 minutes of their time to support women going back to work.
Mike Carey
personMike Carey, a coal lobbyist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, defeated 10 opponents in the special Republican primary for Ohio's 15th Congressional District. With 96.5% of precincts reporting, Carey was ahead of his closest contender, state representative Jeff LaRe, by 37% to 13.3%.
Mike Parson
personMissouri Gov. Mike Parson pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey last week. The couple waved their guns at peaceful racial justice protesters walking by their home in June 2020. No shots were fired, and no one was hurt.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
personKatarina Johnson-Thompson pulled up in the 200m heat of the heptathlon. The Team GB star had been nursing an Achilles injury. The 28-year-old limped over the line before being consoled by her fellow competitors.
Aston Villa
organizationAston Villa complete £30m signing of Leon Bailey from Bayer Leverkusen. Dean Smith hails arrival of 'top professional' as club's busy window continues. Danny Ings has joined Villa on a three-year deal from Southampton. Jack Grealish is set to complete his £100m move to Manchester City.
Sydney McLaughlin
personU.S. hurdler Sydney McLaughlin breaks her own world record. Fellow American Dalilah Muhammad takes silver. Femke Bol of the Netherlands takes bronze in a European record 52.03 seconds. Japan's Kokona Hiraki, 12, becomes the youngest Olympic medallist since 1936.
Ben Maher
personBen Maher secured individual showjumping gold at Tokyo Equestrian Park. Maher record a time of 37.85 which was enough by 17 hundredths of a second. Team GB now have five Olympic medals in the Tokyo Games' equestrian section.
Sky Brown
personSky Brown, 13, secured a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 13-year-old produced a 56.47 in her final run to seal a medal in the women's park final. Japanese pair Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki won gold.
Eilidh McIntyre
personHannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win Olympic sailing gold for Team GB in women's 470. Sky Brown becomes Britain's youngest Olympian at 13 years and 23 days. France said to be unhappy with the fact Team GB allowed Poland to pass them.
Andre De Grasse
personAndre De Grasse won gold in the men's 200-metre race in Tokyo on Wednesday. The Markham, Ont., sprinter surged across the finish line in a Canadian record time of 19.62 seconds. The 26-year-old is the eighth-fastest man of all time over the distance.
Mark McCloskey
personMark McCloskey, who brandished a semi-automatic rifle while his wife, Patricia, waved a pistol, is now planning a run for the Senate seat in Missouri next year. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson issued 12 pardons and two commutations on Tuesday.
Giles Scott
personGiles Scott came back from last place after a mistake on the start line to overtake most of the field and claim the gold medal in the Finn class. His success made it two gold medals on the day - and 13 in total - for Team GB following Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell’s equally dramatic win the men's 49er. Team GB won eight medals on day 11 of London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Andrew Cuomo
personNew York Attorney General Letitia James released a 165-page report concluding that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women while in office. Cuomo could resign from office or be impeached and removed by the state legislature. Investigators allege that Cuomo groped an executive assistant’s breast and in several other instances touched her ‘intimately’ without her consent.
Tottenham
organizationHarry Kane is a free agent this summer after signing a six-year deal. The 28-year-old has been linked with a £160million move to Manchester City. Kane won the Premier League Golden Boot with 23 goals last season. The England striker skipped training on Monday and Tuesday.
Karsten Warholm
personNorway's Karsten Warholm smashed his own world record to win gold in the 400m men's hurdles final. The 25-year-old clocked 45.94sec to beat his old mark by more than 0.78sec as well as his great American rival Rai Benjamin. Rai Benjamin’s 46.17 for silver also broke the world record of 46.70 seconds. Team GB's women set a world record time of 4min 6.748secs to beat USA and go into the team pursuit final.
J. Allen Brack
personJ. Allen Brack, president of the company's Blizzard division, announced his resignation on Tuesday. Brack was named in a lawsuit filed by the state of California. The suit alleged sexual harassment and discrimination at the video game studio.
Dylan Fletcher
personGiles Scott won gold in the Finn class on a sensational morning for Team GB. Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell edged out New Zealand in dramatic fashion in the 49er skiff medal race. Jack Laugher finished third in the three metre springboard final. Laura Kenny took silver behind Germany in the women's team pursuit.