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By Syndicated Content By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – Athletes have a right to express their opinions and take a stance without being punished, Britain’s Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty said on Tuesday in response to a ban on protests during the Tokyo Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday it was retaining Rule 50 forbidding any kind of “demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda” in venues and other Olympic areas. That mea...

Aussie popstar-turned-Olympic hopeful Cody Simpson had all eyes on him over the weekend as he took the next big step towards his unlikely Tokyo dream.

Source: China State Council Information Office Despite uncertainties cast by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese athletes are going all out on the home stretch of their preparations for the delayed Tokyo Olympics as the countdown to the Games hit the 100-day mark on Wednesday. With Team China’s hard-fought victory to seal a spot in the women’s soccer tournament providing a timely morale boost this week, Chinese athletes are intensifying their training as they bid to do their country proud at the...

In just over 100 days from now, Australias fastest swimmers will all be in Tokyo, competing in what is certain to be the most watched sporting event in history. Australians have always had a patriotic fascination with the Olympics but the added risks of bringing the fittest people in the world together during the middle of a global pandemic will make the 2021 edition as close to the Hunger Games as anyone could have imagined, driving television ratings through the roof. Relieved just to be b...

In just over 100 days from now, Australias fastest swimmers will all be in Tokyo, competing in what is certain to be the most watched sporting event in history. Australians have always had a patriotic fascination with the Olympics but the added risks of bringing the fittest people in the world together during the middle of a global pandemic will make the 2021 edition as close to the Hunger Games as anyone could have imagined, driving television ratings through the roof. Relieved just to be b...

In just over 100 days from now, Australias fastest swimmers will all be in Tokyo, competing in what is certain to be the most watched sporting event in history. Australians have always had a patriotic fascination with the Olympics but the added risks of bringing the fittest people in the world together during the middle of a global pandemic will make the 2021 edition as close to the Hunger Games as anyone could have imagined, driving television ratings through the roof. Relieved just to be b...

Apr 6, 2021 Securing a spot in his first-ever Olympics may have brought a sense of relief, but Katsuhiro Matsumoto will not fully be satisfied until he accomplishes his ultimate goal at the Tokyo Games. While many athletes have had to handle difficult situations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in their training, Matsumoto appears to have coped fairly well under extraordinary circumstances. His result in Monday’s men’s 200-meter freestyle at the national championships proved that he...

By GRAHAM DUNBARApril 1, 2021 GMT GENEVA (AP) — The retrial of Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will be held by sport’s highest court next month after his initial eight-year ban for alleged doping violations was overturned last year. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday the case will be heard during the week of May 24-28 by video link from Lausanne because of travel restrictions and health protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic. CAS held a first hearing in November 2019 befor...

FILE PHOTO: CAS public hearing of WADA appeal against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and FINA in Montreux (Reuters) – Chinese swimmer Sun Yang’s appeal against an eight-year ban for missing an out-of-competition doping test will take place in May with a new panel of judges, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. Triple Olympic champion Sun was banned by CAS last February after it accepted an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency against a decision by swimming governing ...

In the midst of her desperate battle to overturn a doping ban, swimmer Shayna Jack made a startling revelation to Cate Campbell.