by Jim Heath | Aug 10, 2021 | Headlines, Olympics
The U.S. Olympic team finished atop the gold-medal standings at the Tokyo Olympics with 39 as the Americans edged past China on the final day of action. Team USA’s 39 golds surpasses the totals it managed at five of the previous eight Summer Games and marks the...
by Jim Heath | May 21, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Olympics
As she struggled to breathe, Shizue Akita had to wait more than six hours while paramedics searched for a hospital in Osaka that would treat her worsening COVID-19. When she finally got to one that wasn’t overwhelmed with other patients, doctors diagnosed severe...
by Jim Heath | Apr 19, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Olympics
When 2020 Tokyo Olympics volunteers have in recent weeks asked officials how they’ll be protected from Covid-19, given the foreign athletes pouring into Japan for the event and the country’s low vaccination rate, the answer has been simple. They’ll...
by Jim Heath | Jan 27, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Joe Biden, Olympics
A member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee has asked for help from President Biden to get the Olympic Games over the line. The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers have been increasingly bullish in recent weeks about the prospect of holding the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2021 | Headlines, Olympics
Klete Keller, a champion swimmer who won two Olympic gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps, was identified by former teammates and coaches as a member of the crowd that surged into the U.S. Capitol during violent protests today. A video posted by a...
by Jim Heath | Dec 9, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Olympics
The World Anti-Doping Agency slapped Russia with a four-year ban from participating in international sports, including the Olympics, today. The decision came after Moscow was accused of manipulating athletes’ doping records and falsifying drug laboratory data that was...
