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Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

TOKYO – Fans will be banned from Tokyo-area stadiums and arenas when the Olympics begin in two weeks, the city’s governor said Thursday after meeting with organizers of the pandemic-postpone...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bug on a river: Durango’s Lokken into Olympics for slalom canoe

Love for paddling began on Animas River, has taken 2012 Durango High graduate around the world and to first Summer Games

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympics are harder on marijuana than pro sports

Though pro leagues are slowly adjusting to the reality that marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug, it remains squarely on the banned list for Olympic sports. That reality will force...

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

U.S. sprinter Richardson will miss Olympics after marijuana test

American champion Sha'Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson, who won the 100 at Olympic trials in 10....

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Carli Lloyd makes U.S. soccer team for her 4th Olympics

Carli Lloyd is headed to her fourth Olympics after all. The 38-year-old Lloyd had vowed after the 2019 World Cup that she would push to make the Olympic team for before stepping away from t...

DATE: Jun 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Berry opens at Olympic trials: 'I want to impact the world'

EUGENE, Ore. – Gwen Berry raised her fist, thumped it against her chest two times and set off on her quest for an even bigger stage to spread her message. The hammer thrower, who forced th...

DATE: Jun 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Top-heavy field for Olympic golf still missing some stars

Four of the top 10 men in the world golf ranking are not going to Japan for the Olympics, only one of them by choice. The 60-man field was set Tuesday based on the world ranking with a half-...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo: Olympics like no other with Olympic Village to match

TOKYO (AP) — The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics will be like no other when they open on July 23. And they'll have an idiosyncratic Olympic Village to match. Start with the aptly named “Feve...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans — but with strict limits

TOKYO (AP) — A sharply limited number of fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics, organizers announced Monday as they tried to save some of the spirit of the Games where even cheer...

DATE: Jun 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Bird, Taurasi earn spots on fifth U.S. Olympic basketball team

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will try and become the first five-time Olympic gold medalists in basketball as they lead the U.S women's team at the Tokyo Games. The duo was selected for their f...

DATE: Jun 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Top medical adviser says 'no fans' safest for Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO – The safest way to hold the Tokyo Olympics is without any fans, the top medical adviser to the Japanese government said in a report on Friday. Dr. Shigeru Omi’s recommendation seems t...

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango mountain biker Christopher Blevins selected for Tokyo Olympics

23-year-old gains bid from USA Cycling, continues Durango’s Olympic mountain bike legacy

DATE: Jun 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

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