Keep an eye on swimming, men’s gymnastics and surfing

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The Tokyo Olympics are in full swing and medals have started to roll in. The U.S. men’s gymnastics team will compete in the finals, surfing will continue its Olympic debut and the Olympic pool will see more action with swimming events. Here’s what’s happening today.SWIMMING The Americans were thrilled with their first-day collection of six medals, a fete not even accomplished in the Michael Phelps era — a span of five Summer Games.The U.S. will have four more chances at winning some hardware led by two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King and three-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy. King will attempt to defend her title in the 100-meter breaststroke, and Murphy looks for a second consecutive gold in the men’s 100-meter backstroke.The finals of the men’s 200-meter freestyle and women’s 100-meter backstroke will also be decided, all during NBC’s primetime coverage. The swimming finals begin at 9:30 p.m.WOMEN’S BASKETBALLFew teams have been as dominant in the Olympics as the U.S. women’s basketball team, which has won gold dating all the way to the Atlanta Games in 1996. The women won bronze at the Barcelona Games four years earlier — the last Olympic loss for a team that opens these Olympics with a 66-3 record.If the Americans win their seventh straight championship they will tie the U.S. men’s basketball team for the most consecutive Olympic team victories in all Olympic sports, men or women.But not the current men’s team you know, rather the teams that reeled off seven consecutive golds from 1936 through 1968. The U.S. women play Nigeria at 12:40 a.m. ET.MEN’S WATER POLOThe U.S. men’s water polo team tries for its second straight win when it faces South Africa at the Tatsumi Water Polo Centre.Alex Bowen scored five times to help the U.S. rally for a dramatic 15-13 victory over Japan in its first match in Tokyo. Another win would strengthen the United States’ chances for advancing to the next round after it finished 10th at the 2016 Olympics. The game will share air time with April Ross and Alix Klineman’s beach volleyball match against Spain at 8 p.m. ET. MEN’S GYMNASTICS The men’s gymnastics team final is set to take place at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on day 3 of the Tokyo Games. U.S. men’s gymnasts qualified in fourth for the final with a score of 256.761. SURFINGRound 3 of both men’s and women’s surfing will take place on day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics. SOFTBALLAs the sport returns to the Olympics for the first time since 2008, Team USA faces Japan in an opening-round game of the Olympic softball tournament at 9 p.m. ET.Check out the full Olympics schedule here. The Associated Press and CNN contributed to this report.