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Olympic icon, decathlon champion Rafer Johnson dies at 86
Rafer Johnson was the first Black flag bearer for the United States when he led the charge into the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
- NBC Sports
Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86
Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86.
- Associated Press
Olympic fans from abroad may have health tracked by app
A mobile app could be among the measures used to track the health of fans from abroad if they are permitted to attend next year's Tokyo Olympics. An interim report on contingencies for holding the Tokyo Games was released on Wednesday. It was compiled by the Japanese government, the Tokyo city government and local organizers.
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