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• Who is MyKayla Skinner? MyKayla Skinner competes in the floor exercise during the women’s U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials Friday, June 25, 2021, in St. Louis. | Jeff Roberson, APAge: 24 Hometown: Gilbert, AZ Club: Desert Lights Gymnastics Head Coach: Lisa Spini How she made the Olympic team Skinner finished in fifth place at the U.S. Olympic Trials, behind Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum. She was selected as the second of two individual American competitors, along with fellow Arizonan Jade Carey.…
• Hannah Mills and Mohamed Sbihi named as Team GB’s joint flagbearers Hannah Mills (right) will become the first female sailor to carry the Union flag (Picture: Getty)Olympic champions Hannah Mills and Mohamed Sbihi have been named as Team GB’s first joint flag bearers for Friday’s opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games. The pair, who will share the honour following a directive by the International Olympic Committee in March, were chosen by a Team GB panel having been nominated by their respective sports. Mills, 33, won sailing gold in 2016 in…
• Why is Russia called ROC at the Tokyo Olympics? An ROC flag features the main colours of the Russia national flag (Picture: TASS via Getty Images)If you’re an eagle-eyed viewer of this year’s Olympics and find yourself wondering what country ROC could possibly be then read on. ROC is likely to appear hundreds of times throughout the next fortnight on your TV screen and you’ll probably be wracking your brains as to which country that abbreviation is representative of. Well, look no further. What does ROC stand for at…
• Olympic opening ceremony director Kentaro Kobayashi fired for Holocaust joke The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics is due to take place on July 23 (Picture: Getty)The Tokyo Olympic organising committee has fired the director of the opening ceremony because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. Kobayashi was accused of using a joke about the Holocaust in his comedy act, including the phrase ‘Let’s play Holocaust.’ ‘We found out that Mr. Kobayashi, in his own performance, has used a phrase ridiculing a historical tragedy,’…
• 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…
• Calf injury forces Kevin Love to withdraw from Olympic basketball team A calf injury forced Kevin Love to withdraw from the U.S. Olympic basketball team. | John Locher/APVeteran center JaVale McGee and Spurs guard Keldon Johnson will be added to the 12-man Olympics roster. Kevin Love has withdrawn from the Olympics because of a right calf injury, forcing the U.S. basketball team to replace two players on its roster. Veteran center JaVale McGee and Spurs guard Keldon Johnson will be added to the 12-man Olympics roster, a person with knowledge of…
• Alexander: For USA men’s basketball, win streaks are least of their worries Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich speaks with guard Damian Lillard during a training session earlier this month in Las Vegas. “Our goal overall is we’re trying to get everybody safely to Tokyo, and at the same time prepare a basketball team to be successful,” Popovich said. (AP Photo/John Locher) Kevin Durant during training for USA Basketball, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Bam Adebayo shoots during training for USA Basketball, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in…
• WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The 1992 Dream Team that dominated Olympic basketball Susan Ragan/AP The 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball "Dream Team" dominated Olympic basketball. The squad was led by Michael Jordan and is considered the greatest basketball team ever. Many of the legendary members are still involved in basketball today. See more stories on Insider's business page. The 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball squad, also known as the "Dream Team," is considered by some to be the greatest basketball team ever created. Composed of several Hall of Fame players, the '92 Dream Team…
• Sex abuse scandals haunt USA Gymnastics even at the Olympics TOKYO >> Ten years ago Tokyo hosted another major international gymnastics competition, the 2011 World Championships. Those Worlds would launch a decade of American dominance unprecedented in the sport; an era where Team USA has won all seven Olympic or World all-around team titles available between 2011 and 2019, all but one of the individual all-around crowns during that period, 32 of 52 individual Olympic and World individual gold medals, and witnessed the emergence of a once in a lifetime…
• Zach LaVine not with Olympic basketball team on flight to Tokyo By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team has been together for two weeks. There have been six practices. The team played four exhibitions. A pair of roster changes have already been required and the Americans have no idea when three other players will join the team for the first time. If that wasn’t enough, shortly before they were scheduled to fly on Monday, they found out Zach LaVine has entered the health and safety protocols…