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Olympics-Gymnastics-How gold can she go? Biles shines in training amid virus worries
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Defending Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles shone in training on Thursday in a series of sharp routines that included a vault so difficult that no other woman h...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-U.S. comfortable with swimmer’s compliance after vaccine opt-out
By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. Olympic swimming gold medal prospect who declined a coronavirus vaccine has been strictly complying with health protocols while in Japan, as part of a team tha...
Jul 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympics: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - The director of the Olympics opening ceremony was fired over an old comedy act in which he joked about the Holocaust https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/japan-former-pm-abe-will-not-a...
Jul 22, 2021
Dutch taekwondo competitor tests positive for COVID-19, broadcaster says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Dutch taekwondo competitor Reshmie Oogink has tested positive for COVID-19 in Japan, public broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday. Oogink will go into mandatory 10-day quarantine, the...
Jul 22, 2021
Japan PM Suga says taking seriously scandals hitting Olympic organising team
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday that he was "taking very seriously" the recent scandals involving the Olympic organising committee, adding that the opening ce...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-In Japan, natural disaster risks lurk as Games draw near
By Angie Teo TOKYO (Reuters) - The risks of a major natural disaster striking during the Olympics are small but can not be discounted in Japan, which contends with earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, flo...
Jul 22, 2021
Tennis-Murray faces tough first hurdle in bid for Olympic hat-trick
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Andy Murray has overcome career-threatening hip surgery to give himself a shot at completing a hat-trick of Olympic tennis titles, but the Briton will have to hit t...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Wrestling-USOPC condemns social media post comparing COVID-19 protocols to Nazism
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has condemned a social media post shared by an unaccredited USA Wrestling staff member that compared COVID-19 protocols to Na...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-U.S. first lady Jill Biden arrives in Japan for Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden landed on Thursday in Japan, where she is leading the United States' diplomatic delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Biden will have dinner later in the ...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Australia’s top-ranked McKeown to withdraw from 200 medley
TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one Kaylee McKeown of Australia will be withdrawing from the women's 200 metres medley at this week's Olympic Games to focus on her backstroke events, the national team ...
Jul 22, 2021
