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Published August 3, 2021, 8:53 AM MB File Photo EJ Obiena shoots for Olympic glory against familiar opponents on Tuesday when he guns for nothing but the gold medal in the men’s pole vault at the Olympic Track Stadium in Tokyo. A podium victory for Obiena would make him only the third Filipino athlete to win a medal in the sport after Simeon Toribio (men’s high jump) and Miguel White (men’s 400-meter hurdles) won bronzes in the 1932 Los Angeles and 1936 Berlin Olympics. Obiena, ranked No. 6 in the world, cleared 5.75 meters in Saturday’s qualifications to book one of the 14 spots in t...

Want to keep representing our country at this level. >> caleb dressel is trying to get his second individual gold of these games and he'll do it! >> reporter: dressel breaking his own world record in the 100-meter butterfly. >> it took a world record to win the olympic final. >> reporter: but he and the rest of the inaugural mixed relay team failed to podium. jamaica sweeping the women's 100-meter dash after gold medal favorite, sha-carrie richardson, was pulled from the games after a positive drug test. elaine thompson-hera beating florence griffith joyner's 33-year-old olympic record. covid ...

By Syndicated Content Jul 30, 2021 | 5:44 PM TOKYO (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago long jumper Andwuelle Wright and 400 metres hurdler Sparkle Ann McKnight have been withdrawn from the Tokyo Games after they tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s Olympic committee said on Friday. The duo, along with athletics coach Wendell Williams who also tested positive for the coronavirus, have been moved into a quarantine facility, the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee said in a statement. The National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago did not immed...

Japan Sees Two Straight Days of Record Coronavirus Cases as Olympics Continue New cases of COVID-19 are spiking around the country as the Olympics approach week 2, but especially in the primary Olympic host city of Tokyo. Japan, the nation hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, reported a record number of COVID-19 cases for two consecutive days on Wednesday Thursday, according to multiple tracking sources including Worldometers and the New York Times. Wednesday’s official number of new reported cases of COVID-19 were 9,675, while on Thursday the country reported 10,684 new cases. The p...

The first sprint final of these Olympics is set for Saturday morning. Barring unexpected developments in the semifinals, it promises to be one of the Tokyo Games’ signature events. Here is a look at the women’s 100-meter odds and some other subplots from the early track and field competition in Japan. All odds from BetMGM unless otherwise noted. All-timers still favored, but odds fluctuation opens interesting door Olympic opening-round runs rarely reveal much about what medal contenders have in the tank. Coasting is commonplace. The Tokyo women’s 100-meter frontrunners began their Oly...