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Tokyo Olympics finally gets started two days before the opening ceremony as hosts Japan THRASH Australia 8-1 in the first womens softball match On Wednesday, the first pitch was thrown in a softball game between Australia and Japan, as the sport returned to the Olympic stage after a 13-year absence  It was the first tournament in the Tokyo Summer Games ahead of the opening ceremony scheduled for Friday Hosts Japan ran out easy winners, thrashing Australia 8-1, before the USA beat Italy 2-0 imm...

By STEPHEN WADE, AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Kara Eaker, an alternate on the United States womens gymnastics team, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an Olympic training camp in Japan. Al Fong, the personal coach for both Eaker and fellow Olympic alternate Leanne Wong, confirmed the positive test in an email to The Associated Press on Monday. The coach said Eaker, 18, was vaccinated against the novel coronavirus two months ago. Eaker and Wong have been placed in isolation. U...

Tuesday, July 20. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Olympic athletes are used to constant medical testing. Normally, those tests are looking for evidence that a competitor has used a forbidden perfo...

Team USA basketball player admits getting sick from Covid-19 and will now miss Tokyo Olympics From CNNs David Close (Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images/FILE) Katie Lou Samuelson, a member of the US Olympic 3x3 women’s basketball team, will not be able to compete in the Tokyo Games after being diagnosed with Covid-19. "I am devastated to share that after getting sick with COVID-19, I will not be able to go and compete in Tokyo," Samuelson stated on her Instagram account. Samuelson says she is “...

July 20, 2021 08:26 An alternate on the United States womens gymnastics team has tested positive for COVID-19 in an Olympic training camp in Japan. Olympic champion Simone Biles was not affected, nor were any of the other favorites to win the team gold, but another alternate was placed into isolation because of contact tracing, USA Gymnastics said Monday. "One of the replacement athletes for the womens artistic gymnastics team received a positive COVID test on Sunday, July 18. After reviewin...

by Nathalie Graham • Jul 19, 2021 at 5:16 pm Jeff is ready to fling himself into the great beyond. Mark Wilson/Getty Images First felony sentencing for insurrectioner: Paul Hodgkins, 38, is the Florida man who stormed the Capitol and waved a Trump 2020 flag on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Hodgkins will go to jail for eight months for obstruction of an official proceeding. The sentence is significantly lower than the 15 to 21 month...

Covid-19 breakthrough infections are preventable, but its going to take a big effort to stop them Covid-19 breakthrough infections are preventable, but its going to take a big effort to stop them Posted: Jul 19, 2021 8:40 PM Updated: Jul 19, 2021 8:41 PM Posted By: By Jen Christensen, CNN As Covid-19 case numbers overall are on the rise again across the United States, breakthrough infections, while rare, are making headlines. Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan tested positive for Covid-19 after vacci...

Tokyo Olympics: COVID anxiety rises as major athletes and staff test positive Jul. 19, 2021Olympics MORE A barge carrying the Olympic rings crosses Tokyo Bay, July 19, 2021. The games are due to take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021. Photo credit: Valery Sharifulin/TASS via Reuters Connect. With the Tokyo Olympics opening this Friday, about 60 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, including among U.S. athletes Kara Eaker, Coco Gauff, and Katie Lou ...

U.S. womens gymnastics alternate tests positive for coronavirus in Tokyo U.S. womens gymnastics alternate te... TOKYO - An alternate for the U.S. womens gymnastics team tested positive for the coronavirus, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Monday. The U.S. team includes six athletes who will compete here, plus four alternates. Kara Eaker is the gymnast who tested positive, according to her coach and parents, who have confirmed her test result to multiple media outlets. Eaker, an 18...

Total COVID-19 cases rise to 71 at Tokyo Olympics July 20, 2021 GMT A man rides his bike near the athletes village for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) A man rides his bike near the athletes village for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) TOKYO (AP) — An American gymnast and a Czech beach volleyball player were added to the tally Tuesday of people accredited for t...