- Associated Press
Gymnastics test event canceled ahead of Tokyo Olympics
A gymnastics test event for the postponed Tokyo Olympics that would have included athletes from outside Japan was canceled on Tuesday. The Japan Gymnastics Association and international governing body FIG said the Tokyo World Cup, scheduled for May 4, would have been the last in a series of three following events in Germany and Britain. The international event will be replaced by a local event with only Japanese gymnasts to test the venue for the upcoming Olympics.
- Reuters
Olympics: IOC does not recognise Lukashenko son's Belarus Olympic vote
The International Olympic Committee on Monday refused to recognise the election of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's son Viktor as head of the country's Olympic Committee. With both father and son having already been banned from attending the Olympic Games as part of provisional measures taken by the IOC in December, the Olympic body said it did not recognise Viktor's Feb. 26 election to the top position of the national Olympic Committee (NOC). "The IOC also noted with great disappointment that the NOC had failed to fully address ... that the previous leadership ... had not appropriately protected the Belarusian athletes from political discrimination," the IOC said in a statement.
- NBC Sports
Margaret Abbott became U.S.โ first female Olympic champion without knowing it
Margaret Abbott became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic title, but she didn't know it while competing in golf at the 1900 Paris Games.
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