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Noah Lyles among U.S. athletes taking in-home doping tests in COVID-19 world
World-champion sprinter Noah Lyles is one of 15 American athletes who have volunteered to conduct in-home drug tests on themselves as part of a pilot program being run by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency during the coronavirus pandemic.
Track and field world championships rescheduled for July 2022
The track world championships were rescheduled for July 15-24, 2022, on Wednesday, the first major sports event to be repositioned in the wake of the 12-month postponement of the Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic.
IOC releases rewritten path to Tokyo, with already-qualified athletes still in
About 6,500 athletes who already have earned their spots for the Tokyo Games are in for 2021 under redrawn qualifying regulations published Tuesday by the International Olympic Committee.
Tokyo Olympics officially postponed to 2021
The International Olympic Committee announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, bowing to the realities of a coronavirus pandemic that is shutting down daily life around the globe and making planning for a massive worldwide gathering in July a virtual impossibility.
U.S. Olympic Committee says 'path toward postponement is the most promising'
Leaders of the U.S. Olympic team said "it's more clear than ever that the path toward postponement" of the Tokyo Games "is most promising" — a conclusion drawn from a survey in which nearly seven in 10 American Olympic hopefuls say they don't think the games will be fair if held in July.
Despite growing clamour, US Olympic CEO in no rush to call for Tokyo 2020 postponement
The CEO of the U.S. Olympic team is well aware of the power her country wields in a situation like this, with the coronavirus raging across the globe and the IOC taking its time before deciding whether to postpone the Tokyo Games.
U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones calls for IOC to postpone Tokyo Olympics
U.S. Olympian Lolo Jones is imploring the IOC to send a different message from the one it has thus far about the coronavirus crisis. It has yet to postpone the games, and by not doing that, Jones believes it is telling athletes that they need to be ready, just in case.
USA Track and Field supports postponement of Tokyo Olympics
USA Track and Field has asked the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Summer Games in Tokyo, scheduled to run from July 24-Aug. 9.
Shaun White to skip skateboarding Olympic debut in Tokyo, focus on snowboarding
Three-time Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White says he is taking skateboarding off his plate and won't try to qualify for that sport's Olympic debut later this year in Tokyo.