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• SPECIAL REPORT: Taylor Crabb, twice suspended by USA Volleyball, still able to compete in Tokyo Olympics TOKYO — U.S. beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb and his partner Jake Gibb are scheduled to play Italy’s Enrico Rossi and Adrian Carambula in an Olympic Games preliminary phase match on Sunday night at Shiokaze Park next to Tokyo Bay. Crabb’s participation in the Tokyo Games, however, would not be possible had an arbitrator not reduced a 2019 USA Volleyball suspension of him through September 2021 for violating a previous suspension for misconduct involving a minor age girl, according to…
• Taylor Crabb tests positive for COVID-19, likely out of Tokyo Olympics in beach volleyball TOKYO — U.S. beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb has tested positive for COVID-19 and will likely miss the Olympic Games, the Southern California News Group has learned. Crabb tested positive shortly after arriving in Japan over the weekend, according to a person familiar with the situation. While a replacement has not been officially named, Tri Bourne, a former USC standout, was flying en route to Tokyo Tuesday afternoon U.S. time. Taylor Crabb and his partner Jake Gibb are scheduled to…
• First positive COVID tests for athletes in Olympic Village National banners hang from balconies at an athlete’s village Sunday as Tokyo prepares for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The pandemic-delayed games open July 23 without spectators at most venues. | Charlie Riedel/APTwo athletes living in the Tokyo Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Games opening Friday. TOKYO — Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday.…
• What happens if (and when) an athlete tests positive at the Olympics? People wearing face masks chat before parting at a train station in Tokyo, Friday, July 9, 2021. The 2020 Summer Olympic Games will play out over the next two weeks in Tokyo. | Hiro Komae, Associated PressAthletes are beginning to arrive in Tokyo, and virus cases are beginning to increase The delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics are infectious — in all the worst ways. Usually, the Olympics brings people together from around the world in an air of excitement. This year,…
• First resident of Olympic Village tests positive for COVID An employee checks the body temperature of a man during press preview of the Village Plaza as part of the Olympic and Paralympic Village media tour on June 20, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. | Takashi Aoyama/Getty ImagesOfficials said it was not an athlete with the the Games opening in just under a week in Tokyo. TOKYO — The first resident of the Olympic Village has tested positive for COVID-19, Tokyo Olympic organizers said on Saturday. Officials said it was not…
• Utah college athletes — past and present — who are Tokyo-bound The Olympic rings installed by the Nippon Bashi bridge in Tokyo are pictured on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Over 11,000 athletes representing 206 nations will compete in the Games in Tokyo, Japan from July 23-August 8, including 15 athletes with Utah college ties. | Hiro Komae, Associated PressOver 11,000 athletes representing 206 nations will compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, from July 23 to Aug. 8, including 15 athletes with Utah college ties The Summer Olympic Games are…
• Australia’s Olympic training camp locked down after Covid scare Australia’s Olympic squad has already begun to arrive in Tokyo, but members of the Athletics team were locked down in Cairns (Picture: Getty)Australia’s entire athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics was quarantined in their rooms on Saturday at their pre-Games training camp in Cairns following a Covid-19 scare. An inconclusive test had been returned by an unnamed official who travelled from Melbourne but subsequent tests have so far been negative, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirmed on Sunday. Athletes have…
• Tokyo Olympics: A complete list of Bay Area competitors The opening ceremony of the long-awaited Tokyo Olympics is Friday, and the Bay Area, as usual, will be well represented. Here are the local connections: Training centers Rowing Synchronized swimming Fencing foil Table tennis Weightlifting Athletes Badminton Tim Lam, Mountain View Basketball (men) Steve Kerr, assistant coach, United States Draymond Green, Warriors, United States Damian Lillard, Oakland, United States Nico Mannion, Warriors, Italy Patty Mills, Saint Mary’s, Australia Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary’s, Australia Jock Landale, Saint Mary’s, Australia Basketball (women)…
• Athlete protests are expected to take place at Tokyo Olympics The British women’s soccer team has pledged to take a knee before kickoff against Chile in their Olympic tournament opener in Sapporo, to show support for racial justice. “We want to show to everyone this is something serious,” Britain defender Demi Stokes said. “What a way to do it, on an Olympic stage.” | Bill Kostroun/APGestures are now allowed before races and games start, on the field, and at the start line. Medal podiums remain off limits for protest. TOKYO…
• Top Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads Toyota won’t be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC’s top corporate sponsors. The extraordinary decision by the country’s top automaker underlines how polarizing the Games have become in Japan as COVID-19 infections rise ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony. “There are many issues with these Games that are proving difficult to be understood,” Toyota Chief Communications Officer Jun Nagata told reporters Monday. Chief Executive Akio Toyoda, the company founder’s grandson,…