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Road To The Olympic Games Olympic viewing guide: Penny can make history (again), Rosie goes for the 3-peat Here's what to watch Thursday night and Friday morning, including Penny Oleksiak's latest chance to rewrite the Canadian record books and Rosie MacLennan's attempt to three-peat in trampoline. Social Sharing
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Governments around the world on Thursday (July 29) raced to head off a surge in coronavirus cases driven by the Delta variant, with US President Joe Biden offering new incentives to vaccine holdouts and Israel authorizing booster shots. The World Health Organization warned the highly transmissible strain of the virus, first detected in India, could unleash a "fourth wave" of cases in its Eastern Mediterranean zone - an area stretching from Morocco to Pakistan. Those countries are especially at risk because vaccination rates are low - only 5.5 per cent of the region's popula...
Day seven also features gold medals in badminton, canoe slalom, fencing, rowing, shooting, table tennis and trampolining. By Talek Harris July 30, 2021 04:50 BST Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will make her grand entrance at the Tokyo Olympics as coronavirus concerns loom over the start of the athletics programme on Friday. The reigning 100m champion will launch her bid to become the first woman to win an individual Olympic athletics event three times when she headlines competition at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium. A new champion will be crowned in the men's 10,000m, after Britain's ...
âââ MEDAL ALERT Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the first track and field gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with victory in the menâs 10,000 meters. Barega won in 27 minutes, 43.22 seconds to upset world champion and world-record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda. Cheptegei took the silver medal and Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda was third. Barega won at a largely empty Olympic Stadium. It was the only medal event on the first day of track action. âââ MEDAL ALERT The top-seeded pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic won Olympic gold in menâs doubles tennis. Mektic...
World races to contain Delta variant, US steps up anti-virus plan Issued on: 30/07/2021 - 03:44 Face masks are reappearing in cities around the world as the Delta variant fuels a surge in coronavirus cases Kena Betancur AFP 4 min Washington (AFP) Governments around the world on Thursday raced to head off a surge in coronavirus cases driven by the Delta variant, with US President Joe Biden offering new incentives to vaccine holdouts and Israel authorizing booster shots. The World Health Organization warned the highly transmissible strain of the viru...