By Rodolfo Oviedo After many doubts and uncertainty, we arrived at one more appointment of the Olympic Games, one of the most unifying moments that we have as humanity, where empathy, healthy competition, amazement, effort, dedication coincide; That is why it was a historic milestone that they were suspended in 2020 and generated so much expectation…
Long Jumper Manyonga Gets Four-Year Ban for Anti-Doping Violation
Olympic long jump silver medallist Luvo Manyonga is set to miss the Tokyo Games after being banned for four years for a second anti-doping rule violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. The 30-year-old South African’s ban has been backdated to Dec. 23, when he was provisionally suspended, and he will be eligible…
Study Shows Heart Issues Resulting From COVID-19 Not as Prevalent in Athletes as Previously Reported
Fewer than one percent of college athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 developed heart-related problems, according to a recent study published in the American Heart Association’s journal, Circulation, on April 17. The prospective observational study involved 3,018 COVID-positive athletes from 42 colleges or universities across 26 sports. Data on the “prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes…
Mississippi Bill Banning Transgender Student Athletes From Female Sports Heads to Governor
Mississippi legislators have passed a bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in female sports at schools and universities. The state House voted 81-28 on Wednesday to pass the Mississippi Fairness Act, which cleared the state Senate last month by a vote of 34-9. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Tate…
Tokyo Games Offer Playbooks to Assure Athletes, Sway Public
TOKYO—It will be an Olympics like no other, the world’s largest mega-sports event being staged in the middle of a pandemic. Tokyo organizers and the IOC on Wednesday began explaining in public just how they hope to do it, rolling out “Playbooks” to detail the ways that 15,400 athletes will enter Japan—and exit Japan—with the Olympics opening…
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