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Olympics-Athletes-Australian athletes isolating after Kendricks COVID positive
TOKYO (Reuters) - Members of the Australian track and field team at the Tokyo Olympics are isolating in their rooms after American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested positive for COVID-19, the Australi...
Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Unpredictable new mixed 400m relay set to intrigue Tokyo
By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's athletics programme will see the inaugural 400 metre mixed relay event kick off on Friday, where teams of two men and two women will compete for Olympic gold...
Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Cycling-Pajon and Fields safely through to BMX semis
By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Colombia's BMX queen Mariana Pajon began her quest for a hat-trick of Olympic titles on Thursday exactly how she left off in Rio five years ago - looking invincible....
Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Fencing-U.S. to face ROC, Italy up against France in women’s foil teams semis
CHIBA (Reuters) - The United States will face the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Italy play France in the semifinals of the women's foil teams event on Thursday, with the world's top four teams s...
Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Table Tennis-China’s Sun eyes gold as she sweeps past Japan’s Ito
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Sun Yingsha crushed Japanese paddler Mima Ito in the semi-final of the women's singles on Thursday to advance to the gold medal match, where she will face o...
Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-China’s ‘butterfly queen’ Zhang wins 200m in Olympic record
TOKYO (Reuters) - Zhang Yufei wrapped herself in a Chinese flag and beamed with joy after setting an Olympic record to win gold in the 200m butterfly at the Tokyo Games on Thursday. The 23-year-old, w...
Jul 29, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-China win women’s 4x200m freestyle in world record time
TOKYO (Reuters) - China won the gold medal in the women's 4x200m freestyle in a world record time of seven minutes 40.33 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. The time bettered Australia's record...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-World champion vaulter Kendricks out of Games with COVID
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) -American double world champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, the United States Olympic Com...
Jul 28, 2021
ATP roundup: Daniil Medvedev survives heat to make Olympics quarters
Second seed Daniil Medvedev battled oppressive heat and humidity that required him to take two medical timeouts on his way to beating Fabio Fognini of Italy to reach the quarterfinals of the 2020 Olym...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-American Dressel wins men’s 100m freestyle by fingertip
TOKYO (Reuters) - American Caeleb Dressel set an Olympic record to win gold by a fingertip in the men's 100 metres freestyle in Tokyo on Thursday, denying Rio champion Australian Kyle Chalmers a secon...
Jul 28, 2021
