The 6-foot-8 Washington Wizards forward with a Japanese mother and Beninese father led his nation’s athletes in procession, a beaming smile peeking out of the sides of his face mask.
Even apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, the years and months leading up to the Games have been marked by a series of disappointments over promises to highlight diversity.
But with Japan in a state of emergency and no spectators allowed because of COVID-19, Hooper, an attacker, is prepared to compete with them watching from home when the U.S.
The Tokyo Olympics enlisted a new crop of celebrities to perform a moving cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1971 classic, “Imagine,” at Friday’s opening ceremony.
During the highly anticipated event — which was delayed a year because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — John Legend joined forces for a powerful rendition of the seminal tune.
If you had a mind to or were assigned to, you could stay up late or get up early Friday to watch the opening ceremony of the delayed 32nd Olympic Games — the 2021 2020 Olympics — streamed live from Tokyo, beginning at 4 a.m., courtesy of NBC.
The creative director of the opening and closing ceremonies resigned just a day earlier when his Holocaust joke in an old comedy sketch was brought to light; he had already replaced an earlier creative director who had left over a joke about a comedian’s weight.
None of this was mentioned by the hosts, unless it was when I had the sound down during the Parade of Nations, which I did at times because there is only so much orchestral parade music one can take.
They’ve had the very life sucked out of them, making them less a joyride than a made-for-TV event that will be played out against the background of rising COVID numbers in Japan and athletes bound by restrictions against chanting, high-fiving or embracing one another to celebrate a victory or offer consolation in defeat.
With minutes to go till the opening ceremony, it’s heartbreaking to see crowds amassed across from the heavily-controlled area surrounding the National Stadium.
In a development that makes the inclusion theme of the Tokyo Olympics seem insincere, Jesse Smith, captain of the U.S.
SEOUL — Japan considers the “rising sun” flag part of its history.
So far, two American athletes — beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb and Kara Eaker, an alternate on the gymnastics team — are known to have tested positive.
TOKYO — Hours before the Summer Olympics opening ceremony Friday, Tokyo 2020 announced 19 new COVID-19 cases linked to the Games.
TOKYO — No matter how tough the questions get, no matter how many times reporters ask, the person in charge of running the Summer Olympics remains calm.
The Games are pushing stubbornly ahead despite concerns about surging coronavirus cases in Japan, where only about 20% of residents have been vaccinated.
NBC will also broadcast three encores, starting with expanded coverage of the ceremony in prime time and two more replays.
The fallout forced the resignation two years ago of Tsunekazu Takeda, who headed the Japanese Olympic Committee and was an IOC member.
The opening ceremony of the pandemic-delayed Games is scheduled for Friday.
Earlier this week, composer Keigo Oyamada, whose music was to be used at the ceremony, was forced to resign because of past bullying of his classmates, which he boasted about in magazine interviews.
2-ranked player in the world, will play for the first time since withdrawing from the French Open on May 31.
Osaka will play Zheng Saisai of China in the opening round.
He is attempting to become the first man to complete a Golden Slam by winning all four major tennis tournaments and an Olympic singles gold medal in the same year.
Abbott struck out nine, walked three and needed 102 pitches to throw the Americans’ second consecutive one-hitter.
Left-hander Sammy Solis and right-hander Héctor Velázquez, 32-year-old former major leaguers, were identified as the players who had tested positive after tests were conducted Sunday in Mexico City.
Ranked fifth in the world rankings, Mexico is participating in the Olympics’ baseball tournament for the first time in the sport’s return to the Games after 13 years.
TOKYO — Simone Biles has won five Olympic medals — a total she could easily double during the Tokyo Games — and 25 world championship medals.
Playing off her reputation as the “GOAT” of gymnastics, or greatest of all time, the emoji features a goat that’s wearing a sparkly red gymnastics leotard and a gold medal as it gracefully leaps through the air.
Taylor Crabb’s would-be teammate, four-time Olympian Jake Gibb, did not immediately respond to a message from the AP seeking comment.
Reminders that these Summer Games aren’t normal come in the form of the plastic dividers that separate each athlete at tables in the Olympic village dining hall.
Bird is a four-time Olympic champion who made her Olympic debut for the U.S.
“It’s an incredible honor to be selected the flag bearer for Team USA,” Bird said in a statement.
The situation isn’t nearly as dire this time since the Americans have two more group-play games — against New Zealand and Australia — to reach the knockout stage.
TOKYO – The Tokyo Olympics began competition in advance of the opening ceremony on Wednesday under a cloud of uncertainty.
It triggered questions about the fairness of the process since John Coates, the president of the Australian Olympic Committee, is also an IOC vice president.
Brisbane, the third most-populated city in Australia, will follow Tokyo, Paris in 2024, and Los Angeles in 2028 as host of the Summer Games.
Schrinner was part of an Australian delegation, including Coates and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, that made the trip to Japan for Wednesday’s vote.
The IOC no longer bans all forms of athlete protest before, during and immediately after competition, but protests during medal podium ceremonies are banned.
LaVine entered the protocols Monday, after the team had already lost Washington guard Bradley Beal because of the safety protocols.
Japan opened the Olympics with a win for the home team, defeating Australia 8-1 in softball at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium.
That quarterfinal loss in Brazil marked the only time the U.S.
Midway through the 25-meter journeys at the Palisades Swim and Tennis Club in Cabin John, Md., she’d grab a lane line and catch her breath like so many other 6-year-olds figuring out how to swim.
Eighteen years later, Katie Ledecky is the world’s most dominant freestyle swimmer.
The Los Angeles Times has a new Olympics Telegram channel.
Join the channel and get daily news along with in-depth profiles, videos, photos and sound bites from the 12 Times journalists covering the games in Tokyo.
Imagine Spider-Man scrambling, blurry fast, up the side of a four-story building.
The fact that mere humans — minus the radioactive spider bite — can scale a standard 50-foot competition wall, scurrying from one small climbing hold to the next, and tap the buzzer in about six seconds makes this new Olympic event all the more startling.
“In the moment, it feels slow,” says Colin Duffy, a member of the U.S.
After a yearlong delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics are set to officially begin Friday.
Tokyo had been granted the right to host the 1940 Olympics but forfeited what would have been its first games after Japan invaded China in 1937 — the event was eventually canceled entirely due to World War II.
In five films set during the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, we can gain insights into the host nation and its citizens, as well as the athletes and spectators who experienced the event.
Five judges will score all rides in each heat spanning about 20-25 minutes based on degree of difficulty, innovation and progression, variety, combination of major maneuvers and speed, power and flow.
And though diamonds don’t fade, they can lose their sparkle if not cared for properly, which is where Andonovski comes in.
Reports of his past abuse of classmates, including those with disabilities, surfaced online recently and sparked a backlash on social media plus demands for his resignation.