Tag: Olympic games
Tokyo Olympic head says Bach visit to Japan could be ‘tough’
TOKYO — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday that a visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach...
Van der Poel, Ferrand-Prevot win short track MTB races
ALBSTADT, Germany — Mathieu van der Poel and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot confirmed their status as the favorites in mountain biking at the Tokyo Olympics by...
US surfer John John Florence injured in Australian event
PERTH, Australia — Two-time world surfing champion John John Florence has a knee injury which he hopes won't prevent him from representing the United...
Canadian boxer Many Bujold fighting for Olympic berth
TORONTO — Mandy Bujold would have preferred fighting this battle in the ring.
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Anti-Olympic petition gains tens of thousands of signatures
TOKYO — An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained ten of thousands of signatures since being launched in...
Pfzier and BioNTech to donate vaccines for Olympic athletes
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Vaccine developers Pfizer and BioNTech will donate doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC said...
Olympic track and field champion Tamara Press dies at 83
MOSCOW — Tamara Press, a three-time Olympic champion from the Soviet Union who withdrew from international competition amid speculation and jibes about her gender,...
US women to play Summer Series in Texas ahead of Olympics
The U.S. women's national team will play Portugal, Jamaica and Nigeria during a five-match Summer Series next month in Texas.
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Coe gives stamp of approval to Tokyo Olympic test event
SAPPORO, Japan — Sebastian Coe, the head of the world governing body of track and field, said a half-marathon test event run in Japan’s...
German gymnastics coach removed after bullying investigation
CHEMNITZ, Germany — A German gymnastics coach has been removed from her post at an Olympic training center after an investigation found she mistreated...
