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Richardson bolts into history,Tokyo Olympics - Garland Journal
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire With lightning-like quickness and a will to dominate, Sha’Carri Richardson is on her way to the Olympics in Tokyo. The 21-year-old native of Dallas, TX, […] The post Richardson bolts into history,Tokyo Olympics appeared first on Garland Journal.
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Jereem Richards: 150m record-breaking run a confidence-booster ahead of Olympics - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
TRACK AND field athlete Jereem Richards is satisfied with his progress heading into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, describing his victory at the 2021 Adidas Boost Boston Games on Sunday as a confidence booster. Richards won the men’s 150-metre event in a new national record time of 14.75 seconds, br
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Tokyo Olympics: Games will go ahead come hell or high water
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates has insisted that nothing can now stop the Tokyo Olympics from going ahead. No stopping Tokyo Olympics Asked if there was any scenario in which the Games, which are due to start on July 23, could be cancelled or postponed again at this late
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Rwanda: RNOSC Marks Olympic Day
[New Times] Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC) donated hand sanitisers to 700 taxi-moto riders on Tuesday, June 23, as Rwanda joined the world in marking this year's International Olympic Day.
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Sha’Carri Richardson Bolts into History and into Tokyo Olympics | Atlanta Daily World
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia With lightning-like quickness and a will to dominate, Sha’Carri Richardson is on her way to the Olympics in Tokyo. The 21-year-old native of Dallas, Texas, won the women’s 100-meter final during the U.S. Olympic Track
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Liz Cambage Criticizes Lack Of Diversity In Australian Olympic Team's Photos - The Seattle Medium
Cambage, who helped Australia win bronze at the 2012 Olympics and also competed at the 2016 Games, criticized the images in a series of posts on Instagram using the hashtag #whitewashedaustralia
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Kenya: Sprinter Moraa - Tokyo Qualifying Time a Birthday Gift
[Nation] The 2019 African Games 400m champion Kenya's Mary Moraa has said that attaining Tokyo Olympic Games qualifying standards in 800m on Sunday in Sweden was an early birthday gift from God.
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Bach issues gentle plea for Olympians to get vaccinated - Black News Channel
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — As he toured the Athletes Village on Tuesday, IOC President Thomas Bach issued a gentle plea to all competitors to get vaccinated before the Tokyo Olympics — if a vaccine is available. Bach, who is visiting Tokyo this week for the first time since the
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Naomi Osaka makes history as world's highest-paid female athlete
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Level 3: Cricket among seven sports to have return plans approved
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Kenya's Olympics Preps in Limbo As Kurume City Cancels Pre-Games Camp
[Nation] Team Kenya will now be forced to look for an alternative training base after Kurume City withdrew from hosting the team for the Tokyo Olympics pre-Games camp.
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Ocasio-Cortez: Dropping Sha’Carri Richardson For Failing Drug Test Is ‘An Instrument Of Racist And Colonial Policy’
… suspension has turned into a “Black Americans vs. everybody” issue. “If you … to turn this into a “Black Americans vs. everybody” issue,” Dionne tweeted … to turn this into a “Black Americans vs. everybody” issue. Let’s …
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Hackett, Hislop second in 100m B finals in Bahamas - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad and Tobago's Semoy Hackett and Akanni Hislop placed second in the women's and men's 100m B finals, respectively, at the Bahamas National Junior and Senior Track and Field Championships, held at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium over the weekend. TT athletes used the meet to qualify or pre
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Cops seek three suspects after killing of East R’veldt teen - Stabroek News
The police are on the hunt for three suspects who fatally stabbed an 18-year-old during an argument on Wednesday night at D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown. The article Cops seek three suspects after killing of East R’veldt teen appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Olympian Caster Semenya Must ‘Lower Her Testosterone’ With ‘Medication Or Surgery’ To Compete, Court Rules
A court rules Caster Semenya must "lower her testosterone level through medication or surgery" in order to defend her Olympic 800-meter title at the Tokyo Games next year.
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Moroccan steeplechaser Soufiane El Bakkali on hunt for Olympic gold | Africanews
The 24-year-old hopes to become the first Moroccan Olympic gold winner since Hicham El Guerrouj won two gold medals in Athens in 2004
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Tokyo Olympics: Athletes banned from podium taking a knee protests
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Five men arrested in connection to shooting of BLM activist Sasha Johnson
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Wiebe contradicts Dick Pound on vaccine issue - Stabroek News
(Reuters) - Canada’s Olympic wrestling champion Erica Wiebe has said frontline workers and vulnerable people should be prioritised over Olympic athletes for the novel coronavirus vaccine. The article Wiebe contradicts Dick Pound on vaccine issue appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Uganda: Olympic Committee Plans Bubble
[Monitor] Team Uganda began the week in the global spotlight after a positive case for the coronavirus was found among the nine-man first batch to the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan.
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Tokyo Olympics: Covid Clouds India’s ‘Bumper’ Medal Hopes – The Wilmington Journal
PUNE, India — The Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to be the most unpredictable — even if they finally happen. Organizers have said athletes might take daily Covid-19 tests, and spectators might not be allowed. “Uncertainty is [...]
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Sha’Carri Richardson Bolts Into History And Into Tokyo Olympics - The Seattle Medium
Jumping out to a fast start, Richardson appeared to purposely slow down toward the end of the race and point toward the clock, which registered her dramatic timing. “Nobody knows what I go through,” Richardson said in a post-race interview with
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Nigeria: No National Trials, No Olympics for You, Minister Warns Athletes
[Leadership] Abuja -- The minister of youth and sports development, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged athletes seeking to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to come for National Trials, warning that any athletes who failed to come for the Trials would not make Team Nigeria to the Olympics.
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Tokyo urges Olympics supporters to “pack less, wait less” following security tests - Stabroek News
TOKYO, (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers wrapped up three days of tests yesterday, trialling a number of security and COVID-19 countermeasures and asking supporters and officials to pack less to wait less when entering venues during the
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Tokyo Olympics to allow local fans — but with strict limits
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