By Seamus Fagan, David Close and Jill Martin, CNN The 2020 Summer Olympics are finally underway in Tokyo. Competition began Wednesday, more than a year after the original start date after the Games were delayed due to the pandemic. But with Covid-19 still spreading unchecked in Japan, organizers have been forced to take unprecedented steps
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN Becca Meyers won three gold medals and a silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the swimmer, who’s deaf and blind, said being there without someone to help navigate took its toll. The two-time Paralympian announced on Tuesday that she would not be attending the Tokyo Games next
Continue Reading By Matias Grez, CNN Sweden laid down an early marker in the women’s Olympic football competition, hammering the US Women’s National Team 3-0 on Wednesday. Stina Blackstenius’ brace and Lina Hurtig’s thumping header gave Sweden a deserved victory, with the US looking a shadow of the side that won the World Cup two years ago.
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Team USA is looking to snag an unprecedented 7th consecutive gold medal.
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The women of Team USA triumphed at the Rio Olympics, and they expect nothing less this time around in Tokyo.
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Hurdler Sydney McLaughlin is a rising force in the track work who could be one Olympic medal away from becoming a superstar.
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An explanation of who the 3-on-3 basketball tournament will work during Tokyo 2020
Continue Reading By Kevin Dotson, CNN Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind American swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she said the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) denied her request to bring her mother to serve as her Personal Care Assistant. “I’ve had to make the gut-wrenching decision to withdraw from
Continue Reading American tennis hopeful Cori “Coco” Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after announcing on Twitter she tested positive for coronavirus. CNN’s Andy Scholes reports.
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Simone Biles seeks to solidify her legendary status, as she looks to add more gold medals to her already large collection.
Continue Reading By Jennifer Gray and Allison Chinchar, CNN meteorologists Olympic athletes are the world’s best. They train hard in conditions that will be similar to what they will face at the games, to acclimate their bodies to the weather they will compete in. And this year, the weather is hot. The Mei-Yu Baiu front — also
Continue Reading (KYMA, KECY/NBC News) – An alternate on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team tested positive for the coronavirus just days before the Tokyo Olympics were set to begin, American Olympic officials said Monday. The gymnast, whom authorities did not publicly identify, tested positive while training for the games in Narita, about 35 miles east of Tokyo,
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just days before the Olympics are set to begin, three members from South Africa’s Olympic football team have tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving at the Tokyo Olympic Village, according to the South African Football Association. “We have three positive cases of COVID-19 in the camp here, two players and an
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Carlin Isles and Perry Baker are both super fast in any given game, but cool their jets outside the field of play.
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1st time Olympian Brooke Rabatou doesn’t lack experience in the 1st time Olympic sport of competitive climbing.
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With just over a week before the Tokyo games, the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team wrapped up their training in Southern Japan before heading to the host city.
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When it comes to athletes, we usually talk about their physical capabilities but in a competition against the best in the world, it comes down to the mental game.
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American gymnasts, including star Simone Biles, arrived in Tokyo on Thursday just over a week before the start of the delayed Tokyo Olympics.
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Alise Willoughby has endured a number of injuries over her BMX riding career, alongside her coach and husband as they take on a quest for gold In Tokyo.
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Despite racking up 5 world championships, Adeline Gray is determined to make it to the olympic medal podium for the 1st time in Tokyo!
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