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Dina Asher-Smith: Athletics - women’s 100m, 200m and 4x100m The headline act on the British team, Asher-Smith won three medals at the 2019 World Championships - including 200m gold - and has her sights firmly set on matching that achievement in Tokyo. Sam Atkin: Athletics - men’s 10,000m Based in the United States since moving there as a teenager for his studies, Atkin, now 28, made a huge breakthrough when he moved fifth on the British all-time 10,000m list in December 2020 to qualify for ...

The big four went 1-2 in their respective semifinal heats, and Matthew Centrowitz had something to say to Cole Hocker at the end.

It follows a large rush of late UK council approvals over the last 24 hours after organisers started to fear coronavirus could spell the end for the popular runs.

A big blow for the Olympics CNN 1 hr ago © Reuters CDC releases illustration of the Coronavirus. The US State Department on Monday urged citizens to avoid all travel to Japan, but officials insist it will not complicate preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, now just weeks away. Its the latest hurdle in a string of setbacks for the summer Games, which were postponed in 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Olympics, which are currently scheduled to run from July 23 t...

If the Tokyo Olympics get canceled, what could happen? Share Updated: 8:12 PM EDT May 19, 2021 By Alex Thomas and George Ramsay, CNN If the Tokyo Olympics get canceled, what could happen? Share Updated: 8:12 PM EDT May 19, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript if you talk to leading figures in the IOC and, and, and to a certain extent, the organizing committee locally, they are adamant that it will take place. And they point out to the fact that theyve had test...

IOC chief says Olympics will be held safely despite Japans Covid surge Less than 10 weeks out from the... Posted: May 19, 2021 11:21 AM Posted By: CNN Less than 10 weeks out from the postponed start to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, organizers have promised athletes they are doing everything they can to ensure the Games take place safely. Japan is struggling with a renewed outbreak of coronavirus, with only about 1% of the population vaccinated -- renewing calls for the Olympics to be canceled. Spe...

Taiwan will temporarily ban entry to foreign nationals following record Covid-19 day From CNNs Jadyn Sham Taiwan will temporarily ban foreign nationals from entering the country beginning Wednesday, the countrys Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced Monday.  The ban comes after the country reported at least 335 new Covid-19 cases Monday, its highest number of infections in a day since the pandemic began. Of the new cases, 333 were locally-transmitted.  The ban will be effective f...

Disneyland Paris will reopen June 17 From CNNs Barbara Wojazer  Chesnot/Getty Images People arrive at Disneyland Paris on July 13, 2020, in Marne-la-Vallee, France. Disneyland Paris will reopen its doors to visitors on June 17, Disney Parks said in a statement Monday. The park has been closed since October when France went into a second nationwide lockdown to curb rising coronavirus infections. Other Disney venues are also reopening according to the statement, including Walt Di...

The proud Harriers stalwart who has reached the summit of Irish athletics Reporter: );  ); LOOKING back on his subsequent progress up the Irish, and indeed world, athletics ladder, it is hard to believe that John Cronin was not elected in his first attempt to get involved at committee level in the Tullamore Harriers. The Tullamore resident will be elected unopposed as president of Athletics Ireland at Congress on Saturday and he hopes serve the permitted two terms of two years each. A fine 80...

Elliot Giles at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 (© Getty Images) Elliot Giles vividly recalls the turning point in his career. It didn’t occur in the competition arena or on the training track. Instead, it happened at a karaoke night at the student union of St Mary’s University. “This one day at university I remember really struggling with my work and I was unable to put sentences together, so I left the library confused and in a huff,” he says. “As I was walking past the...