In photos: Tokyo Olympics day 3 highlights
26 July 2021
There was plenty of Olympics action on day three of the Tokyo Games on Monday.
The big picture: Highlights for the U.S. included Caeleb Dressel leading Team USA to Olympic gold in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, Katie Ledecky winning a silver medal in the women's 400m freestyle and Regan Smith setting a new record. Outside U.S. success, Japan's Momiji Nishiya, 13, won the inaugural Olympic women's skateboarding gold — one of the Games' youngest ever winners.
American pitcher Ally Carda as Team USA takes on Japan at Yokohama Baseball Stadium in the final game of pool play on July 25. Photo: Ina Fried/Axios
Japan's pitcher Yamato Fujita during the July 25 game with the U.S. Both teams have already clinched a spot in the gold medal game that's scheduled for Tuesday, Axios' Ina Fried reports. Photo: Ina Fried/Axios
Norway's Richard Andre Ordemann (Blue) and Jordan's Saleh Elsharabaty compete in the taekwondo men's 80kg elimination round bout during the Tokyo Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall on July 26. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images
Australia's Ariarne Titmus and Team USA's Katie Ledecky react after winning the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the Women's 400m Freestyle Final at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26. Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images
Belgium's Thibaut Vervoort (R) fights for the ball with China's Hu Jinqiu during the men's first round 3x3 basketball match between Belgium and China at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo on July 26. Photo: Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images
Japan's Momiji Nishiya, 13, competes during the inaugural Women's Street Final at Ariake Urban Sports Park ahead of winning gold on July 26. Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Team USA's Regan Smith on her way to setting a new Women's 100m backstroke record time of 57.86 in the semifinal at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26. Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Argentina'sDiego Simonet (C) is challenged during the men's Preliminary Round Group A handball match between Argentina and Germanyat the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on July 26. Photo: Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
Slovakia's Yang Wang competes against Australia's Dave Powell during his men's singles round 2 table tennis match at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium during the Games on July 26. Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images
Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.