Tag: Tokyo 2020
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‘I know people swimming in rivers in lakes’: Team USA swimmers train however possible for Tokyo 2021
Gunnar Bentz and his teammates in Georgia have used, among other things, a water slide to simulate their dives. Six months ago, we interviewed Gunnar Bentz after a grueling practice at the University of Georgia’s Gabrielsen Natatorium. He was training hard, with teammates like Chase Kalisz, Olivia Smoliga, and Jay Litherland, as the 2020 Olympics…
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Officially one year out from Tokyo Olympics, former medalist weighs in
A Jacksonville swimmer who won a gold medal speaks with First Coast News about his Olympic experience.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Murphy Looking At NBA Bubble For Olympics Viability
Ryan Murphy, Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer joins Cheddar to discuss how he’s been spending quarantine and his thoughts on the 2021 Olympic Games.
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Tokyo 2020 +1 Message
Rikako Ikee is an athlete who has shown true perseverance. This promising young swimmer has been battling leukaemia and has shared a special message to other athletes around the world from the Olympic stadium during the “One Step Forward – +1 Message – TOKYO2020” event. 🌐 #Tokyo2020Plus1 #Tokyo2020
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Tokyo Olympics 202ONE: One Year Out | NBC Sports
We have all been waiting and in one year’s time, the world’s greatest athletes will come together once again to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games. #NBCSports #TokyoOlympics #OneYearOut
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A year to go, rearranged Tokyo Olympic Games still shrouded in uncertainty
Even six months ago, organizers of the Tokyo Olympic Games were still bullish that their huge financial investment would deliver an unforgettable Games. Just two months later, however, plans that had been almost a decade in the making were shredded as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the IOC and Japanese government to take the unprecedented decision…
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Tokyo reports record rise in new coronavirus cases as plans for Olympics scrutinized
A record 286 new coronavirus cases were reported by the city government in Tokyo on Thursday — the highest number of new cases recorded in one day in Japan’s capital since the COVID-19 pandemic began. As a result, the city’s government raised its coronavirus alert to “red,” the highest of four levels, late Wednesday among fears of a second…
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Safety concerns persist as IOC says Olympics without fans ‘something we don’t want’
The 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place, and the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says the committee would prefer they happen with spectators. Bach said Thursday the IOC is fully committed to holding the games and said that holding the competitions behind closed doors is “something we do not want.†However, it…
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With a year to go, experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid pandemic
With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the public, predicting that few people will have coronavirus antibodies and that vaccines will not be widely available. Olympic organizers and the central and Tokyo metropolitan governments are scrambling for steps to…