Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics and refusing to cooperate with the investigation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday, effectively ending her career. Okagbare, who won silver in the long jump at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, was provisionally suspended…
Nigeria’s Okagbare Banned for 10 Years for Doping at Tokyo Olympics
CAS Judges ‘Lacked Anti-Doping Expertise’ at Tokyo Olympics
GENEVA—The Court of Arbitration for Sport has been criticized for picking judges to work at the Tokyo Olympics who were not expert enough to handle doping cases. Days before CAS opens its special Olympic courts at the Winter Games in Beijing, it was singled out in a wide-ranging report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency…
Organizers Say Tokyo Olympics Cost $1.8 Billion Less Than Expected
The Tokyo Olympics cost $1.8 billion less than anticipated, local organizers said Wednesday, 4 1/2 months after the Games ended. Organizers said the estimated official costs were $13.6 billion. Officials said part of the reduction was because there were no fans—forced by the pandemic—and therefore vastly reduced labor costs. They also said other outlays were…
IOC To Allow Trans Athletes to Compete in Women’s Sports Without Testosterone Suppression
November 19, 2021
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday introduced a new framework for transgender athletes, which allows trans-identified males to compete in women’s sports without having to undergo testosterone suppression or hormone therapy, raising concerns that some countries might “rig the system.” In a six-page document, the IOC outlined 10 principles with a stated aim to…
Kishida Reelected Japan’s PM in Parliamentary Vote
TOKYO—Fumio Kishida was reelected as Japan’s prime minister on Wednesday after his governing party scored a major victory in key parliamentary elections. Elected just over a month ago by parliament, Kishida called a quick election in which his Liberal Democratic Party secured 261 seats in the 465-member lower house, the more powerful of Japan’s two-chamber…
Kenyan Police Arrest Husband of Dead Tirop
NAIROBI—Kenyan police said on Thursday they had arrested the husband of distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-times World Championship bronze medalist who was found dead at her home. Police said on Wednesday that Tirop appeared to have been stabbed in the neck with a knife. The 25-year-old represented Kenya in the 5,000 meters at the…
Injury-Hit Nadal Still Unclear When He’ll Play Again
Rafa Nadal said he still does not know when he will play tennis again as he works to complete his recovery from a recurring foot injury that cut short his 2021 season. The 20-times major winner, who struggled with back issues at the start of this year before pulling out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo…
New Jersey Held Parade for Olympic Gold Medalist Athing Mu
The City of Trenton, New Jersey, held a celebratory parade for native 19-year-old Olympian Athing Mu on Aug. 29. Mu won the first Olympic gold for the United States in the women’s 800-meter run in 53 years. Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora told The Epoch Times while walking with the parade: “Trenton is a great capital…
Tokyo Paralympics Open in Empty Stadium
TOKYO—The Paralympics began Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium—during the same pandemic—as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently completed Tokyo Olympics. Japanese head of state Naruhito officially opened the games, this time under the theme “We Have Wings.” Among the few on hand were Douglas Emhoff, husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala…
Warholm Warns Shoe Technology Could Hurt Credibility
OSLO—Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm is not against innovation in sports but feels the new carbon-technology shoes are hurting athletes’ credibility, the men’s 400 meters hurdles champion at the Tokyo Olympics told Reuters. Karsten Warholm shaved off his own world record by .76 of a second—a massive margin in a one-lap race—to hold off American Rai…
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