Tokyo has reported more than 1,700 new Covid-19 cases as the Olympics reaches its second day of competition
Tokyo reports more than 1,700 new Covid-19 cases amid Olympic Games
From CNN’s Arthur Syin in Tokyo
Tokyo reported 1,763 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the second official day of competition for the Olympic Games, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Last Sunday, the Japanese capital reported 1,008 new Covid-19 cases.
There have been 137 Covid-19 cases linked to the Tokyo 2020 Games, according to organizers.
Additionally, below is the list of athletes CNN has reported so far who have dropped out of Tokyo 2020 due to a positive Covid-19 test or were placed in Covid-19 protocol in recent weeks.
- Total number of athletes who tested positive in Japan: 13
- Total number of athletes who tested positive or placed in protocol prior to departing for Japan: 12
- Not clear where the athlete tested positive: 1
(*players tested positive in Japan)
Team USA: 6
Katie Lou Samuelson – Women’s 3×3 Basketball
Coco Gauff – Women’s Tennis
*Kara Eaker – Women’s Gymnastics
*Taylor Crabb – Men’s Beach Volleyball
Bradley Beal – Men’s Basketball
Bryson DeChambeau – Golf
Rest of the World: 20
*Simon Geschke – German Cyclist
Frederico Morais – Portuguese surfer
*Finn Florijn – Dutch Rower
Amber Hill – Great Britain Shooting
Dan Evans – Great Britain Tennis
Johanna Konta – Great Britain Tennis
Hector Velazquez – Mexico Baseball
Sammy Solis – Mexico Baseball
Alex de Minaur – Australia Men’s Tennis
Ilya Borodin – Swimmer on Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)
*Thabiso Monyane – South Africa Men’s Football
*Kamohelo Mahlatsi – South Africa Men’s Football
*Pavel Sirucek – Czech Republic Men’s Table Tennis
*Candy Jacobs – Netherlands Women’s Skateboarding
*Fernanda Aguirre – Chile Women’s Taekwondo
*Ondrej Perusic – Czech Republic Men’s Beach Volleyball
*Reshmie Oogink- Netherlands Taekwondo
*Marketa Nausch- Czech Woman’s Volleyball
*Michal Schlegel – Czech Men’s Cyclist
John Rahm – Spain Men’s Golf
Day 2 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 7 seconds
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Spanish golfer Jon Rahm tests positive for Covid-19 for a second time, taking him out of Tokyo 2020
From CNN’s Chandler Thornton
Spanish golfer Jon Rahm, the world No. 1 one of the favorites for Olympic gold, has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time, this time ending his chances to participate at Tokyo 2020.
Rahm tested positive on his third Covid-19 test prior to departing for Tokyo, according to the Spanish Golf Federation.
Rahm was required to undergo three tests in compliance with guidelines for those who have recently been in the United Kingdom.
In June this year, Rahm was withdrawn from the Memorial Tournament after testing positive for Covid-19, the PGA Tour announced.
The 26-year-old later won the US Open at Torrey Pines in June, his first major victory, after recovering from the virus.
Rahm will not be replaced for the Games, the federation added, given the lack of time.
Adri Arnau will be the only member representing Men’s Spanish Golf.
Austria’s Anna Kiesenhofer produces stunning upset in women’s road race to win gold
From CNN’s Matias Grez
Austrian cyclist Anna Kiesenhofer put in the ride of a lifetime to stun a field of big names and take the gold medal in the women’s road race.
The 30-year-old broke away from the other two riders in the leading group more than 40 kilometers from the end, seemingly far too early to hold onto the lead she had established, but Kiesenhofer held firm to win Austria’s first cycling gold medal since 1896!
It’s not only on the road where Kiesenhofer excels, having also studied for a master’s degree in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, England and a PhD in applied mathematics at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain.
Remarkably, Kiesenhofer, who only took up the sport in 2014, doesn’t currently have a professional contract — that seems likely to change very soon.
According to the Olympics website, Kiesenhofer said her ambition was “to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.”
It’s fair to say she’s done a bit more than that.
Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten, who was one of the heavy favorites to win, took silver and Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini took bronze for the second Olympics in a row.
Trick lists for the men’s skateboard street medallists
From CNN’s John Sinnott
Earlier on Sunday, Yuto Horigome of Japan won the first ever Olympic gold medal in skateboarding after the men’s street final, with Brazil’s Kelvin Hoefler claiming silver and American Jagger Eaton taking bronze.
Below is list of tricks that the trio performed in the final.
And hat tip to the final’s skateboard commentators: half cab crooked grind, nollie 5-0 grind, nollie 180 feeble grind, tailslide to fakie, switch tailslide, kickflip backside tailslide, cab lipslide is quite a tongue twister.
Yuto Horigome
TRICK
1) nollie Cabellerial boardslide
2) nollie Cabellerial frontside lipslide
3) nollie 270 noseslide
4) nollie 180 switch backside 5-0 grind revert
Kelvin Hoefler
RUN 1 & 2 – half cab crooked grind, nollie 5-0 grind, nollie 180 feeble grind, tailslide to fakie, switch tailslide, kickflip backside tailslide, cab lipslide
TRICK
1) half cab crooked grind revert
2) Cabellerial backside noseblunt
Jagger Eaton
RUN 1& 2 – backside lipslide, backside tailslide, kickflip, halfcab blunt to regular, switch frontside crooked grind, switch backside lipslide
TRICK
1) switch backside 180 to 5-0
2) backside flip fakie nosegrind
Where things stand on Day 2 of Tokyo 2020
From CNN’s Scott Reeves
Day two of the Tokyo Olympics and the action and headlines are coming thick and fast.
A total of 18 gold medals will be won on Sunday — you can see the full schedule here.
Japanese world champion Yuto Horigome has been crowned the first Olympic skateboarding gold medallist — and it felt sad that no Japanese fans were there to witness it.
There has also been drama in the pool. Chase Kalisz wins the first US swimming gold in the men’s 400m medley, while Tunisia’s Kalisz Hafnaoui pulls off a major upset by winning the 400m freestyle.
Meanwhile, Japan’s Yui Ohashi won gold in the women’s 400m individual medley and Australia smashed the world record in women’s freestyle relay.
There has been a fascinating story emerging in taekwondo, where Iranian refugee Kimia Alizadeh is through to the quarter-finals in the women’s -57kg category after defeating Team GB’s two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones.
Some big names are crashing out of the tennis, including Andy Murray, who was forced to withdrew from the men’s singles with a thigh strain, but is set to remain in the doubles, while world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out of the women’s singles.
Simone Biles, widely considered the greatest gymnast of all time, starts her Olympic campaign Sunday in gymnastics qualifying.
Just before Tokyo 2020 got underway, the five-time Olympic artistic gymnastics medallist, became the first Olympic athlete to have a personalised Twitter icon — the hashtags #SimoneBiles or #Simone generates a goat in a leotard performing a split leap with a gold medal around its neck shows up.
Away from the action, 10 new games-related cases of Covid-19 have been reported, including an unnamed US athlete.
The Dutch rowing team appears to have an outbreak after a coach tested positive following a rower on Friday.
Meanwhile US golf star Bryson DeChambeau tested positive before leaving the United States and is out.
The IOC has said masks on the Olympic podium are a “must-have.”
And keep an eye on the weather at the Olympics.
The sweltering conditions continue to impact events, with tennis players given extra recovery time between games and sets due to the extreme heat.
Tropical Storm Nepartak is also approaching Tokyo, meaning rowing events have already been moved from Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday.
Nyjah Huston “stoked” to make skateboard final but a “little bummed” at performance
From CNN’s John Sinnott
Skateboarder Nyjah Huston had been the pre-event favorite to win the men’s street final, but as the American reflected on seventh place he said he’s “never felt so much pressure.”
“Coming into it I was really excited, also really nervous,” said Huston. “All the people back home and all the homies, I’m sorry, I know I definitely let some people down and I have no problem admitting that.
“Man, it’s hard sometimes, you lose your momentum after getting a couple (of) falls out there. I was trying to stay positive, trying to tell myself I still had a chance of coming back.”
Huston added that he was looking forward to getting back “real skateboarding life” and not feeling so much pressure all the time.
“I’m human,” said the 26-year-old American. “We’re skateboarders. You don’t go out there and win every single time. What we’re doing out there is way too technical for that.
“I’ve been out here skating these contests for a long time now and I’ve learned how to not be so hard on myself for not skating my best and not winning.”
IOC says masks on the Olympic podium are a “must-have”
International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said masks on the Olympic podium are “not a nice to have, it’s a must have,” according to Reuters.
In an interview off-camera responding to a reporter asking whether mask rules had been relaxed, Adams said, “There is no relaxation, and we would urge and ask everyone to obey the rules, whatever stakeholder you are, us, the IOC, media, athletes, everyone. It’s not a nice to have, it’s a must have.”
Adams urged everyone to follow the rules of the playbook, adding, “It is really in our own interest and the interest of everyone and in the interest of a safe and secure Games that we do obey these rules.”
The Tokyo 2020 Playbook says masks should be worn at all times except when eating, drinking, training, competing, or sleeping.
Japan’s Horigome takes gold in Olympics’ first skateboarding event
From CNN’s Jacob Lev
Yuto Horigome of Japan has won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in skateboarding after the men’s street final on Sunday.
Horigome finished with a score of 37.18.
Brazil’s Kelvin Hoefler won silver with a score of 36.15, and American Jagger Eaton won bronze with a score of 35.35. Pre-event favorite Nyjah Huston of the United States failed to medal in the event, finishing in seventh with a score of 26.10.
Horigome’s win is Japan’s third gold medal so far during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, bringing the host country’s total medal count to four.
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