While it took about 48 minutes for Team USA’s fortunes at the Tokyo Games to change, the specter of COVID-19 makes these Olympics very strange.
Author: Tom Schad, USA TODAY
Team USA’s Jagger Eaton wins bronze in first Olympic skateboarding event
The U.S. had been expected to win an Olympic medal in the men’s street event in skateboarding — but few expected that American to be Jagger Eaton.
Opening ceremony director for 2021 Tokyo Olympics fired after comments about Holocaust surface
A Tokyo 2020 official said they became aware of the director’s past remarks about the Holocaust, which he made in 1998, on Wednesday morning.
Sue Bird, Eddy Alvarez named US flagbearers for Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
Sue Bird is a four-time Olympic gold medalist in women’s basketball who will be participating in her fifth Games in Tokyo.
Two athletes out of Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo
A Chilean taekwondo athlete and a Dutch skateboarder are the first known athletes to be ruled out of the Games after testing positive in Tokyo.
Athletes in surfing, skateboarding, climbing see Olympic inclusion as chance to change perception
Skateboarding, surfing, rock climbing and karate will be in the Olympics for the first time in Tokyo. That could change perceptions of those sports.
Skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics: Everything you need to know about new Olympic sport
Everything you need to know about skateboarding — park and street — as it makes its Olympic debut at this summer’s Tokyo Games.
Tokyo 2020 organizers report first positive COVID-19 case at Olympic Village
Tokyo 2020 organizers report that an unnamed Olympic Village resident has tested positive for COVID-19, the first positive case in the village.
22 hours and a very important vial of spit: One Olympic reporter’s journey to Tokyo
The process I went through to enter Japan do give me some confidence, that the protocols will limit the spread of COVID-19 related to the Olympics.
Dreaming of gold: How sleep has become a key part of Olympic prep for Team USA
In the years leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, hundreds of athletes have tracked their sleep in consultation with USOPC experts.