Sebastian Coe gives stamp of approval to Tokyo Olympic test event
May 05, 2021 14:03 ISTOrganizers have said they are not likely to decide until June if fans can attend Olympic events. Fans from abroad have already been banned.
Organizers have said they are not likely to decide until June if fans can attend Olympic events. Fans from abroad have already been banned.
The oxygen saturation level of the 66-year-old, a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal-winning Indian team, keeps fluctuating, according to his family.
Handed an opportunity to qualify for the Tokyo Games at the fag end of his international career, veteran wrestler Amit Dhankar would go all out when he takes the mat along with 11 other Indians at the World Olympic Qualifiers.
As of Tuesday, 237 Italians had qualified for the Olympics, which open on July 23.
Legendary Indian badminton player Prakash Padukone, the father of Indian actress Deepika Padukone, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recovering from the infection at a hospital in Bengaluru.
The long-serving BFI administrator was fighting the dreaded infection at a hospital in Delhi for the past few days and was on ventilator support.
The competition is scheduled to be held from May 20 to June 6 and the squad will be staying back in Zagreb for training before directly leaving for Tokyo to participate at the Olympics beginning in July.
Talukdar had returned to his hometown about a month ago after he failed to make the cut for the Olympic-bound India team and possibly contracted the virus from his doctor wife."His wife first got the infection but she has now recovered.
The findings of the report were released Monday, with the Commission determining that the key drivers of the problems were: a win-at-all costs' approach, the young age of female gymnasts, a culture of control, and a tolerance of negative behaviours.
World champion and Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and world no 11 Canada's Michelle Li have been nominated as athlete ambassadors for International Olympic Committee's 'Believe in Sports' campaign.
A leg of the relay on Okinawa's resort island of Miyakojima set for Sunday has been canceled altogether with cases surging in Japan.
The fresh date for the event, which was being promoted as the country's first Professional USA boxing event sanctioned by Indian Boxing Council (IBC), will be announced soon.
Hibikiryu, whose real name was Mitsuki Amano, was thrown by his opponent during a bout at a tournament on March 26.
Saina, who won India's first Olympic medal in the sport in 2012, is ranked 22nd while former world No.1 Srikanth is 20th. Both players need to be within the top 16 to secure qualification.
Chanu had a disappointing outing at the 2016 Rio Games. She had failed to record a legal lift in any of her three attempts in clean and jerk and thus could not get an overall total in the women's 48kg.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had organised a short camp in Sofia which is also the venue for the World Olympic qualifiers scheduled to be held from May 6 to 9.
The decision comes less than 90 days before the start of the postponed Tokyo Olympics on July 23.
An Indian athletics team, including star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand, was on Wednesday forced out of next month's Olympic qualifying World Athletics Relays in Poland.
The travel ban, which has been implemented in response to the worsening Covid-19 situation in India, has put doubts over whether the Indian contingent will be able to take part in the Malaysian Open, which will be held from May 25 to 30.
Gearing up for his fourth Olympics, Sharath said he is "mentally better" as compared to last year when India was hit by COVID-19 for the first time.
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