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• 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…
• 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…
• Tokyo’s Covid cases hit six-month high just two days before Olympic games begin Experts say infections could soar another 40 per cent during the Olympics (Picture: Getty)A last-minute cancellation of this year’s Olympic Games looks increasingly likely as the Tokyo’s Covid infections leapt to a six-month high on Wednesday. The host city recorded 1,832 new daily cases just two days before the event opens, with public health officials warning they could rise another 40 per cent in the next two weeks if the current trend continues. Spectators have already been banned from all…
• Cases surge to 6-month high in Tokyo a week before Olympics New coronavirus cases surged to 1,308 in Tokyo on Thursday, a six-month high, as fears rise of a possible dramatic increase that could flood hospitals during the Olympics that start in eight days. Tokyo is under a fourth state of emergency, which began Monday and requires restaurants and bars to close early and not serve alcohol through the Olympics, which start July 23. Thursday’s tally is the highest since 1,485 were recorded on Jan. 21, when Japan was under an…
• 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…
• The Summer Olympics are here — whether Tokyo is ready for them or not A lonely scene at Tsujido Station in Fujisawa, Japan. | Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty ImagesThe Japanese capital is under a state of emergency as vaccination rates lag. Also: Cubs-Cardinals, White Sox-Brewers and a Bucks-Suns climax. This You Gotta See. On July 19, 1980, the Summer Olympics opened in Moscow with 66 nations — led by the United States — boycotting because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Games weren’t televised in this country, replaced by an eerie two-week hole…
• Tokyo's drinkers drown frustrations over virus limits, Games On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony, the government’s attempts to curb a coronavirus surge by targeting drinkers is drowning in liquor, frustration and indifference. Japan has asked the city’s restaurants and bars to close by 8 p.m., if not entirely, to keep people from socializing in close contact with strangers and spreading the virus, but the state of emergency hasn’t deterred many. Instead, drinkers moved outdoors, and many bars in Tokyo’s famed nightlife districts are bustling with…
• 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,…
• Hundreds of Jews visit contested holy site in Jerusalem Hundreds of Jewish pilgrims visited a contested Jerusalem holy site under heavy police guard on Sunday, shortly after Muslim worshippers briefly clashed with Israeli security forces at the flashpoint shrine. No injuries were reported, but the incident again raised tensions at the hilltop compound revered by Jews and Muslims. Heavy clashes at the site earlier this year helped spark an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Jews revere the site as the Temple Mount, where…