- NBC Sports
In a first, Mike Tirico to host NBC Olympics primetime outdoors in Tokyo
In a first, Mike Tirico will host NBC Olympics' primetime coverage from an outdoor location in Tokyo this summer.
- Associated Press
Olympic torch runs through empty park in Osaka as cases rise
The torch relay for the Tokyo Olympics ran through a mostly empty Osaka city park on Tuesday, showing the risks of trying to hold the postponed games during a pandemic. It came on the same day that the government said new coronavirus cases in Osaka hit 1,099, a single-day record for Japan's second largest metropolitan area. The torch relay began three weeks ago in northeastern Japan, attempting to navigate around the pandemic with a total of 10,000 runners crisscrossing the country and bound for the opening ceremony on July 23 in Tokyo.
- AFP
Pandemic poses new problems for anti-dopers
The global reduction in travel and human contact over the last year may have played an important role in battling Covid-19 but it has added a new layer of complexity to fighting the doping cheats ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
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