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Tokyo Olympics: Athletes to Watch This Summer Looking for some names to root for? Start here. By The New York Times June 1, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET No list of Olympic athletes could encompass all the stories of human achievement on display at the Summer Games. But if you’re looking for some names to root for (or against) in Tokyo, here are a few to start with. (Note that some still need to qualify to compete this year.) Gymnastics Image Simone Biles competing on the beam at the U.S. Classic in May. She is in line for more gold medals in Tokyo.Credit...Emilee Chinn/Getty Images

Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo, UCLA's Rachel Garcia and Washington's Gabbie Plain are USA Softball's finalists for the Collegiate Player of the Year.

COVID-19 concerns chip away at pre-Olympic training camps in Japan Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ The U.S. track and field team is among a growing list of visiting delegations that have canceled training camps in Japanese host cities ahead of the Tokyo Games. | USA TODAY / VIA REUTERS Reuters May 25, 2021 London – The Olympics may be going ahead, but much of the celebration and connection that normally makes hosting the games so memorable is being s...

Olympics - a party short on guests as COVID concerns chip away at Japan training camps Reuters 2 hrs ago By Mitch Phillips LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - The Olympics may be going ahead, but much of the celebration and connection that normally makes hosting the Games so memorable is being stripped away as almost 50 cities have lost their role as a host or training camp base. More than 70% of those were canceled by the visiting delegations, fearful of COVID-19 risks and restrictions amid Japan's poor vaccination numbers, shrinking the Games into a Tokyo bubble. The biggest of these was the Unite...

By Syndicated Content By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) – The Olympics may be going ahead, but much of the celebration and connection that normally makes hosting the Games so memorable is being stripped away as almost 50 cities have lost their role as a host or training camp base. More than 70% of those were cancelled by the visiting delegations, fearful of COVID-19 risks and restrictions amid Japan’s poor vaccination numbers, shrinking the Games into a Tokyo bubble. The biggest of these was the United States’ track and field team, with more than 100 athletes who ...