Summer Olympics – The Durango Herald

Novak Djokovic posts he is in for Tokyo Olympics

Novak Djokovic is going to the Tokyo Olympics, keeping alive his chance for a “Golden Slam.” Djokovic, 34, posted Thursday on Twitter that he had booked his flight and was proud to represent...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

AP sources: Ogwumike denied by FIBA to play for Nigeria

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams have been notified by FIBA that their petitions to play for Nigeria in the upcoming Olympics were denied because they played for the U....

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

USA bounces back, tops Argentina 108-80 in pre-Tokyo tune-up

USA Basketball finally made it look easy again. Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal each scored 17 points and the Americans took control from the outset, beating Argentina 108-80 in Las Vegas on T...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Shocker: U.S. falls to Nigeria 90-87 in pre-Olympic opener

LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer. Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either. If there was any expectation of invincibility for the America...

DATE: Jul 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Christopher Blevins builds on Durango’s Olympic mountain bike legacy

23-year-old a rider to admire on and off the bike

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sofia Gomez-Villafañe gives Fort Lewis College another Olympian

Alumna to represent Argentina in mountain bike race

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

TOKYO – Fans will be banned from Tokyo-area stadiums and arenas when the Olympics begin in two weeks, the city’s governor said Thursday after meeting with organizers of the pandemic-postpone...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bug on a river: Durango’s Lokken into Olympics for slalom canoe

Love for paddling began on Animas River, has taken 2012 Durango High graduate around the world and to first Summer Games

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympics are harder on marijuana than pro sports

Though pro leagues are slowly adjusting to the reality that marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug, it remains squarely on the banned list for Olympic sports. That reality will force...

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

U.S. sprinter Richardson will miss Olympics after marijuana test

American champion Sha'Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson, who won the 100 at Olympic trials in 10....

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Carli Lloyd makes U.S. soccer team for her 4th Olympics

Carli Lloyd is headed to her fourth Olympics after all. The 38-year-old Lloyd had vowed after the 2019 World Cup that she would push to make the Olympic team for before stepping away from t...

DATE: Jun 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Berry opens at Olympic trials: 'I want to impact the world'

EUGENE, Ore. – Gwen Berry raised her fist, thumped it against her chest two times and set off on her quest for an even bigger stage to spread her message. The hammer thrower, who forced th...

DATE: Jun 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

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