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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 women's 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 immediately after  Softball originally became an Olympic sport in 1996, and appeared in every Summer ...

By STEPHEN WADE, AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Kara Eaker, an alternate on the United States women's 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. USA Gymnastics did not identify Eaker or Wong but said in a statement the athlete who tested positiv...

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 performance-enhancing substance. At the Tokyo Olympics, the more nerve-racking tests are the ones to det...

Team USA basketball player admits getting sick from Covid-19 and will now miss Tokyo Olympics From CNN's 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 “heartbroken” as she was fully vaccinated. Samuelson, who plays professionally with the WNBA's Sea...

July 20, 2021 08:26 An alternate on the United States women's 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 women's artistic gymnastics team received a positive COVID test on Sunday, July 18. After reviewing the implemented COVID protocols with members of the delegation, the local government determined ...