- Reuters
Japanese towns abandon plans to host Olympics athletes amid coronavirus surge - Nikkei
Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to accept overseas athletes competing in the Olympics from July due to concerns about inadequate resources amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. Of 528 towns registered to welcome international competitors, about 40 have decided not to accept athletes for training camps and cultural exchanges before the global sporting showpiece, the Nikkei reported citing a government source. Ibaraki prefecture Governor Kazuhiko Ooigawa said on Wednesday that he rejected the Tokyo Olympics Organising Committee's request to secure hospital beds for the athletes as the prefecture had to prioritise citizens over athletes.
- NBC Sports
Alpine skiing World Cup to balance speed, technical events
The Alpine skiing World Cup will have the same number of speed events and technical events after tech skiers benefited from an unbalanced schedule.
- NBC Sports
First six U.S. boxers qualify for Olympics
Six U.S. boxers qualified for the Tokyo Olympics via world ranking after a North and South American selection tournament was canceled.
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