Tag: Olympic games
Forgery trial of Olympic powerbroker now set for August
GENEVA — The delayed trial of Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, charged with forgery in an alleged Kuwaiti coup plot, is now set...
“Super Fan” prepares for Tokyo Olympics without foreign fans
TOKYO — Kyoko Ishikawa was a back-packing Japanese student in Barcelona in 1992 when she says a “miracle happened.” She managed to buy a...
Japan’s champion: Matsuyama wins the Masters for his nation
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters. It was a month after a devastating earthquake and...
‘Thought that was it’: Runner recalls Boulder store shooting
BOULDER, Colo. — Inside a small room where she and four others were hiding from a gunman just steps away from their locked door,...
Ledecky dips under 4 minutes to win 400 free in California
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — Katie Ledecky won the 400-meter freestyle Saturday at the TYR Pro Swim Series with the world’s fastest time this year.
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Report: Hotel will house Olympic athletes with COVID-19
TOKYO — Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics who come down with minor symptoms of COVID-19 could be isolated in a hotel lined up by...
Ledecky dominates 1,500 freestyle at California meet
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — Katie Ledecky won the 1,500-meter freestyle at the Pro Swim Series meet with the world’s fastest time this year.
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Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia
NEWCASTLE, Australia — Defending World Surf League champion Italo Ferreira won an all-Brazilian men’s final Saturday over Gabriel Medina at the Newcastle Cup, the...
Chasing Ledecky: Leah Smith keeps coming after US star
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — If Katie Ledecky wasn’t setting world records and piling up Olympic medals, Leah Smith would be the top middle-to-long distance...
Japan to raise virus steps in Tokyo, 3 months ahead of Games
TOKYO — Japan is set to strengthen anti-virus measures in Tokyo on Friday to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant...
