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Countdown to Olympics continues as more athletes test positive The Tokyo Olympic Games are moving forward despite a rise in infections in Japan and among athletes. NEW YORK - Yet another athlete connected to the Olympic Games has tested positive for COVID-19. American gymnast Kara Eaker, an alternate on the U.S. team, is now in quarantine. Dozens of athletes have tested positive but Brian McCloskey, the leading health advisor for the games, said this was expected and his take is the numbers are actually low. "It's about how quickly we identify them, how quickly the cases are taken away, quara...

“I’m not really too worried about it, going in,” said Hocker, a Cathedral High School graduate. Swimmer Michael Andrew, who qualified in three individual events, previously said he was not vaccinated. The International Olympic Committee has not required the 10,000 athletes to be vaccinated. The Hocker news comes on a day when the fragile nature of the pandemic-plagued Olympics was underscored. U.S. tennis player Coco Gauff tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing her out of the Olympics. An alternate on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, Kara Eaker, 18, tested positive for the viru...

July 19, 2021 6:21 pm Associated PressSimone Biles and the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team arrive for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games at Narita International Airport Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Narita, east of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) 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. Wong...

KUER Sugarhouse Park in Salt Lake City will drain its pond early this year due to the drought. This story and more in Monday evening's news brief. Monday evening, July 19, 2021 State How Britney Spears’ Case Sheds Light On Disability Rights Issues In Utah The #FreeBritney movement is putting a spotlight on disability rights issues in Utah. It comes as Spears heads to court to fight her conservatorship case, which gives her father control over many aspects of her life, like how she spends her money. Activist Heidi Pomerleau with Disabled Rights Action Committee in Utah said Spears’ case...

Ute freshman gymnast Kara Eaker has withdrawn from the United States Olympic gymnastics team after testing positive for COVID-19, despite being vaccinated. Eaker is the first American to have tested positive after arriving in Japan and will be subjected to quarantine restrictions before returning to the United States. No other member of the U.S. Gymnastics team has tested positive for the virus.  Tags: