Summer Olympics – The Durango Herald

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

Top-heavy field for Olympic golf still missing some stars

Four of the top 10 men in the world golf ranking are not going to Japan for the Olympics, only one of them by choice. The 60-man field was set Tuesday based on the world ranking with a half-...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo: Olympics like no other with Olympic Village to match

TOKYO (AP) — The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics will be like no other when they open on July 23. And they'll have an idiosyncratic Olympic Village to match. Start with the aptly named “Feve...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans — but with strict limits

TOKYO (AP) — A sharply limited number of fans will be allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics, organizers announced Monday as they tried to save some of the spirit of the Games where even cheer...

DATE: Jun 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Bird, Taurasi earn spots on fifth U.S. Olympic basketball team

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will try and become the first five-time Olympic gold medalists in basketball as they lead the U.S women's team at the Tokyo Games. The duo was selected for their f...

DATE: Jun 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Top medical adviser says 'no fans' safest for Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO – The safest way to hold the Tokyo Olympics is without any fans, the top medical adviser to the Japanese government said in a report on Friday. Dr. Shigeru Omi’s recommendation seems t...

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango mountain biker Christopher Blevins selected for Tokyo Olympics

23-year-old gains bid from USA Cycling, continues Durango’s Olympic mountain bike legacy

DATE: Jun 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

10,000 volunteers drop out; Tokyo Olympics open in less than 50 days

TOKYO – The countdown clock for the Tokyo Olympics hit 50-days-to-go on Thursday, and the day also brought another problem for the delayed games. About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers fo...

DATE: Jun 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

IOC offers Tokyo medical help amid call for cancellation

TOKYO – Confronted in Japan with some of the strongest medical-community opposition yet to the Tokyo Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach offered Wednesday to have added medical personnel ava...

DATE: May 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

More tests, no quarantine in updated Tokyo Olympic rules

TOKYO – Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in three months ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympic athletes promised legal support if they protest

GENEVA – Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics were promised legal support Thursday by a global union and an activist group in Germany. The ...

DATE: Apr 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

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