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  Tokyo Olympics: How USA training stints helped Mirabai Chanu save her Olympic dreams

  August 12, 2021 19:49 IST

  Olympic medal prospect Mirabai Chanu could have almost left for Tokyo underprepared if not for sports ministry intervention, who made an arrangement for her US travel before travelling ban due to COVID.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Member of U.S. women's gymnastics team tests positive for COVID-19

  July 19, 2021 17:11 IST

  The USOPC did not say if world champion Simone Biles or any of the other favorites to win gold were isolated because of contact tracing.

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  Sathiyan feeding off historic Asian Games performance against Japan for success in maiden Olympics

  July 19, 2021 15:33 IST

  Sathiyan feels he is a much better player than he was at the 2018 Asiad where he won his two matches against Japan in the quarterfinals to end India's 60-year wait for a medal at the continental Games.

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  Tokyo Olympics: 3rd athlete tests positive for COVID-19 at Olympic Village

  July 19, 2021 15:07 IST

  Czech beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic has become the third athlete staying at the Olympic Games Village to test positive for COVID-19.

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  Russian chess coach alleges Indian company owes him fees

  July 19, 2021 14:14 IST

  Russian chess Grandmaster Evgeniy Solozhenkin hopes his $610 dues from an Indian company for his coaching services is settled at the earliest.

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  Japan girds for a surreal Tokyo Olympics, and questions are plenty

  July 19, 2021 12:04 IST

  A COVID-19-ravaged Tokyo Olympics point to an utterly surreal and atomised Games, one that will divide Japan into two worlds.

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  Tokyo Olympic organisers announce 3 more COVID cases, none athlete

  July 19, 2021 10:00 IST

  One Olympics concerned personnel and a contractor were among three COVID-19 cases detected on Monday by the Games organisers.

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  Indian shooting team looks forward to first training session in Tokyo

  July 18, 2021 21:39 IST

  NRAI said the shooting contingent, including 15 athletes, has "settled down well" after their arrival at the Games village on the Harumi waterfront district.

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  Tokyo Olympics: India's contingent to begin training from Monday

  July 18, 2021 20:30 IST

  All 88 athletes underwent COVID testing at the airport and were found to be negative. They will start training from Monday

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  Russia at Tokyo Olympics with new name, more doping disputes

  July 18, 2021 20:02 IST

  Officially the athletes will represent not their country, but the ROC, and Russia's name, flag and anthem are banned.

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  It was about making finals in our early days, current shooters are thinking of medals: Gagan Narang

  July 18, 2021 19:24 IST

  A bit of luck could play a part too, according to the ace rifleman-turned-mentor, who has been there and done that, the most remarkable of which was his bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012.

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  COVID check: IOC Refugee Team cleared to proceed to Tokyo Olympics

  July 18, 2021 18:01 IST

  Twenty-six athletes, 16 coaches and 10 officials will be travelling to Japan in the next three days.

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  Time for final exam now: Santiago Nieva talks about Indian boxers and his own Olympic debut

  July 18, 2021 17:34 IST

  The nine boxers and the support staff landed in the Japanese capital this morning and cleared the COVID-19 related health safety protocols to enter the Games village smoothly following expected procedural delays.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Cameras to monitor stress during knock-out matches of archery

  July 18, 2021 16:44 IST

  The archer's stress level, heart beat could be seen live on TV during the elimination rounds of the upcoming Tokyo Games at the Yumenoshima Park.

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  Badminton star Kento Momota grateful for Olympic chance after deadly crash

  July 18, 2021 16:14 IST

  Momota had fractured his eye socket in a highway accident in Malaysia, which took the life of his driver and injured several Japan team members.

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  Tokyo Olympics: India's contingent checks into Games Village

  July 18, 2021 15:52 IST

  The group travelling from India included archers, badminton players, table tennis players, both the men's and women's hockey teams, and qualifiers from judo, gymnastics, and swimming among others.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Two South Africa footballers test COVID-19 positive

  July 18, 2021 15:47 IST

  The two players are namely Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi while team's video analyst Mario Masha also tested positive on arrival.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Refugee Team head Tegla Loroupe tests COVID-19 positive

  July 18, 2021 15:17 IST

  Former distance runner Tegla Loroupe, the chief of mission for the IOC's Refugee Olympic Team, has tested positive for COVID-19.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Is Usain Bolt 100m record under threat?

  July 18, 2021 12:44 IST

  The best a sprinter has clocked this season is 9:77 seconds, by American 26-year-old Trayvon Bromell in June this year.

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  Tokyo Olympics: Will Archer Deepika Kumari finally overcome big-stage jitters

  July 18, 2021 11:48 IST

  Deepika Kumari may finally taste Olympic success with husband Atanu Das ready to be the calming factor in the mixed event debut at the Oympics.

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  Australia 'continue to be ever vigilant' after first COVID-19 case at the village

  July 18, 2021 11:16 IST

  Australia is sending 487 athletes, their largest Olympic team ever, to Tokyo and the first batch of over two hundred athletes arrived at the village on Saturday.

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  Tokyo Olympics | First batch of Indian contingent reaches Tokyo after rousing send-off

  July 18, 2021 11:09 IST

  The contingent of 88 members comprising 54 athletes, besides support staff and IOA representatives landed in Tokyo on Sunday.

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  Major League Baseball match in US suspended after shooting outside stadium

  July 18, 2021 9:57 IST

  Two people were shot with one victim being an employee at the stadium, said a Metropolitan Police Department spokesman.

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  No-Castling Chess: Anand held to draw by Kramnik, all to play for in decider

  July 18, 2021 9:45 IST

  The duo will meet later on Sunday in the fourth and final game. Anand only needs a draw to triumph.

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  Tokyo Olympics | Rapturous scenes at Delhi airport as first batch of Indian athletes departs

  July 18, 2021 8:51 IST

  Such was the euphoria surrounding the send-off, that the Government of India arranged for a special Olympic Contingent Clearance immigration line for the Tokyo-bound members.

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  Tokyo Olympics | 3 athletes test positive for COVID-19, 2 staying at Olympic Village

  July 18, 2021 12:48 IST

  The organisers have confirmed that two athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Tokyo Olympic village.

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  Japan's Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied

  July 17, 2021 23:19 IST

  Japan's massive security apparatus has raised complaints that the nation, during the weeks of the Games, will look more like authoritarian North Korea or China than one of the world’s most powerful, vibrant democracies.

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  80,000 Covid tests planned daily for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

  July 17, 2021 22:26 IST

  The Organising Committee of Olympic Games 2020 has arranged for 230 doctors and 310 nurses to monitor and conduct these tests.