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FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Women's Team - Final - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Simone Biles of the United States in action on the vault. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson TOKYO (Reuters) -Simone Biles was always expected to be a headliner at the Tokyo Olympics, coming into the Games predicted to top her medal haul from Rio and become one of the most decorated female Olympians of all time. Instead, the script changed dramatically. Ultimately, on Tuesday, she won one bronze on beam, along with a team silver. The following is an outline of events...

USA TODAY TOKYO — American pole vaulter and reigning world champion Sam Kendricks will miss the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, officials confirmed Thursday. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said in a statement that Kendricks, 28, had been transferred to a hotel to be placed in isolation and was receiving support from both the USOPC and USA Track & Field. "Sam is an incredible and accomplished member of Team USA and his presence will be missed," the USOPC said. "Out of respect for his privacy, we cannot provide more information at this time." Kendricks' father...

5 Athletes Whose Olympic Dreams Got Dashed by COVID-19 Kara Eaker, one of five U.S. athletes who must sit out the Olympics, looks pleased after her dismount from the balance beam June 25 during the women's competition of the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials at America’s Center 1 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Five U.S. athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, crushing their dreams of competing in the world’s largest sporting event. U.S. men’s basketball player Bradley Beal tested positive July 15, which made him unable...

The Dutch Olympic team, shown here during the Opening Ceremony on Friday, has had three athletes test positive for coronavirus at the Games. A Dutch rower has become the first athlete at the Tokyo Olympics to receive a positive coronavirus test after they competed in their event. Finn Florijn, a 21-year-old vaccinated Dutch rower, tested positive after his Olympic debut in the men's single sculls race. He finished fourth in his heat and was scheduled to row again on Saturday, but now he's out of the competition and isolated for 10 days. "I wasn't completely satisfied with my race yet. But I w...