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U.S. swimmers Lilly King and Annie Lazor took silver and bronze in the women’s 200m breaststroke Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics.

The U.S. seeks to become the first country to win four consecutive rowing gold medals in the women’s eight.

Carli Lloyd and the U.S. Women’s National Team take on a tough Netherlands team with a spot in the semifinals on the line. That is one of the events headlining a day of action at the Tokyo Olympics.

Some Olympic rowing competitions have been rescheduled due to expected high wind and rain from a forecasted tropical storm

Some Olympic rowing competitions have been rescheduled due to expected high wind and rain from a forecasted tropical storm

Performers interconnected with a red string during the Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony had many meanings, one tied to a children’s game and another about interconnectivity. Ayako Kiyono and Masa Hattori from InsideJapan explain the red string in Japanese culture.

Sculling on the Schuylkill is a deep tradition in Philadelphia, which is home to the legendary Boathouse Row. This summer, many local rowers are taking their talents to Tokyo to compete in the Olympics.

The Tokyo Olympics officially get underway as the flame will be lit at the Opening Ceremony, which highlights Friday’s events to watch.

Justin Best, the pride of Unionville High School in Chester County and Drexel University, is taking his talents from the Schuylkill River to compete on the men’s 8 U.S. rowing team at the Tokyo Olympics. NBC10’s Tim Furlong talks to the rowing star as well as some of those who have helped him grow into an Olympian.

The Olympic flame travels far between every Olympic Games, but the biggest moment comes during the Opening Ceremony when the Olympic cauldron is lit. These are some of the most memorable moments in history of the Olympic cauldron’s lighting.

Four men say they have set a new world record for the fastest unaided and unassisted row from San Francisco to Hawaii, completing the journey in just over 30 days.

The U.S. Women’s Soccer team will be looking to avenge a bitter defeat at the Rio Olympics this summer in Tokyo, and to do so, it will take players like Crystal Dunn not only handling the pressure, but dancing right through it.

Olympic gold medalist and three-time Olympian Bryan Volpenhein has seen it all in the boat. Now, he is looking to lead the University of Pennsylvania men’s heavyweight rowing team to greatness. NBC10’s Jacqueline London shares his story.

Katelin Guregian had a great view of the U.S. Women’s Eight last Olympic gold medal win in rowing. She was steering the boat. It’s a lot of pressure for the reigning champs, made even more so by the team’s streak of three straight golds on the line in Tokyo.

Olympic rower Emily Regan is hopping out of the water to teach kids valuable lessons about teamwork. She’s working through the ClassDojo app; if you want to see more, click here.

Rowing on the Schuykill past Boathouse Row is an experience like no other — except, maybe, the experience of the Olympics. Thursday, the Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia and the Tri-State Toyota Dealers gathered in support of the Navy and its storied rowing program. The group included Olympians hoping to row their way to gold.

As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people to traverse the infamous Drake Passage with nothing other than sheer manpower. They dodged icebergs, held their breaths as giant whales breached near their small boat and rode building-sized waves while…

“The world’s largest” high school rowing event, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, takes over Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River this weekend. With the thousands of young rowers and thousands more fans, a major road closure and detours through Fairmount Park are in place until Saturday night.

The Cooper River is welcoming the return of some of the largest national rowing events in the country this spring.

The U.S. Women’s Eight entered the Rio Olympics rowing competition in dominating style, winning its heat several boat lengths ahead of the Netherlands.