Olympic Update

TOKYO (AP) – It’s a four-peat for the US Olympic men’s basketball team. Kevin Durant scored 29 points and the Americans took the gold medal by defeating the team that beat them in their opening game at the Tokyo Olympics, 87-82 over France. He joined Carmelo Anthony as the only men’s basketball players with three gold medals. Durant sealed it with two free throws with 8.8 seconds left, making the outcome academic. Jayson Tatum finished with 19 points, while Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday each chipped in 11 for the U.S. Saturday’s Olympic action in Tokyo began with the women’s marathon, which gave Kenya a pair of medals and added another to the U.S. total. Peres Jepchirchir  led a 1-2 Kenyan finish, finishing in a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, 20 seconds. Her teammate Brigid Kosgei was second and American Molly Seidel took home the bronze. The race was transferred to Sapporo from Tokyo and moved up an hour to avoid the heat. There were 88 runners entered in the field and more than a dozen recorded a did not finish.