TOKYO – US gymnastics star Simone Biles launches her bid for Olympic immortality at the Tokyo Games on Sunday as surfing and skateboarding make their debuts as part of a drive to attract young audiences.
American swimmer Chase Kalisz won the first of 18 gold medals up for grabs on day two of the Games as Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka prepared to return to the court after her self-imposed exile.
The Ariake Gymnastics Centre will be the setting as Biles, 24, starts her bid to become the first woman in more than half a century to retain the all-around title.
The American could leave Tokyo with a career haul of nine Olympic gold medals, equalling the record set by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina in Tokyo in 1964.
Biles has not lost an all-around…
