Tag: Olympics
Local athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics
After the postponement of the 2020 Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the torch was lit once again this year as the rescheduled Summer...
With Simone Biles out, ROC wins women’s team gymnastics
By WILL GRAVESTOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. It...
Olympics Latest: Germany wins another equestrian gold
TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus...
Shocker: US falls to Nigeria 90-87 in pre-Olympic opener
By TIM REYNOLDS
LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer.
Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either.
If there...
Murrieta’s Michael Norman headed to Tokyo Olympics
Murrieta native, and former Vista Murrieta and USC track and field standout, Michael Norman, is on his way to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics after...
LA28 kicks off journey to 2028 with platform of inclusion and limitless possibility for...
Launching the official journey to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, LA28 recently unveiled the new LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games...
Athletes already qualified for Tokyo Games get to keep spots
EDDIE PELLS
AP National Writer
About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots for the Tokyo Games are in for 2021 under redrawn qualifying...
IOC looking at postponing Tokyo Olympics; Canada pulls out
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC will take up to four weeks to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics amid mounting criticism of its handling...
Flame arrival faces calls for Tokyo Olympics be delayed
STEPHEN WADE
AP Sports Writer
TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the...
Q&A: Will WHO’s ‘pandemic’ ruling impact the Tokyo Olympics?
STEPHEN WADE
AP Sports Writer
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a "pandemic,"...