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• 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,…
• 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.…
• 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…
• Photos: Seniors compete in their own Olympic games As the Tokyo Summer Olympics begins, some 30 senior athletes from Belmont Village Senior Living’s Albany, Sunnyvale and San Jose locations gathered in Albany to compete in a seated volleyball tournament and an amazing race relay. The first Belmont Village Senior Living Olympics kicked off with a rousing opening ceremony as teams made their way into the town hall room to cheers and applause. Then athletes and spectators warmed up with yoga and stretching sessions before the start of competition.…
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