#VOA: Biden Mulls US Boycott of Beijing Olympics Under Pressure From Conservatives. #VOANews

#VOA: Biden Mulls US Boycott of Beijing Olympics Under Pressure From Conservatives. #VOANews

April 7, 2021 No Comments

The political dispute over a new election law in the southern state of Georgia has broadened into a debate over whether the United States should participate in a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.  On Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price acknowledged the U.S. will discuss with

#VOA: US Olympics Committee Sets Rules for Protests at US Olympic Trials. #VOANews

#VOA: US Olympics Committee Sets Rules for Protests at US Olympic Trials. #VOANews

March 30, 2021 No Comments

Athletes competing in the U.S. Olympic trials can protest, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said Tuesday, including kneeling or raising a clenched fist on the podium or at the start line during the national anthem.  In a detailed document, the USOPC outlined a wide range of ways

#VOA: Tokyo Olympics Ready to Announce Ban on Fans from Abroad. #VOANews

#VOA: Tokyo Olympics Ready to Announce Ban on Fans from Abroad. #VOANews

March 19, 2021 No Comments

TOKYO – Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee are poised to finally make it official that most fans from abroad will be prohibited from attending the postponed Olympics when they open in four months. The announcement is expected to come after “five-party” talks on Saturday with the IOC, local

#VOA: Tokyo Olympics’ Creative Director Resigns Over Derogatory Remark. #VOANews

#VOA: Tokyo Olympics’ Creative Director Resigns Over Derogatory Remark. #VOANews

March 18, 2021 No Comments

TOKYO – Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki said he had resigned after making a derogatory comment about a popular female Japanese entertainer, in the latest controversy over insensitive remarks toward women to hit games organizers. Sasaki, who was the head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies at

#VOA: AG: Olympics Gymnastics Coach, Charged with Dozens of Crimes, Dies by Suicide. #VOANews

#VOA: AG: Olympics Gymnastics Coach, Charged with Dozens of Crimes, Dies by Suicide. #VOANews

February 26, 2021 No Comments

LANSING, MICHIGAN – A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar died by suicide Thursday after being charged with two dozen crimes, including forms of human trafficking, Michigan’s attorney general said.  The announcement from Attorney General Dana Nessel came about three hours after a news

#VOA: Tokyo Olympics to Pick Mori Replacement; Is a Woman Likely?. #VOANews

#VOA: Tokyo Olympics to Pick Mori Replacement; Is a Woman Likely?. #VOANews

February 17, 2021 No Comments

TOKYO – Yoshiro Mori’s replacement as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee is expected to be named very quickly. The 83-year-old former prime minister was forced to step down last week after making demeaning remarks about women.  Basically, he said they talk too much. There is pressure to name

#VOA: Vaccination Uncertainty in Japan Casts Doubt Over Olympics. #VOANews

#VOA: Vaccination Uncertainty in Japan Casts Doubt Over Olympics. #VOANews

January 22, 2021 No Comments

TOKYO – Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer. But to pull it off, many believe the vaccination of its 127 million citizens for the coronavirus is key.      It’s an immense undertaking in the best of circumstances and complicated now by an overly

#VOA: Olympics Chief Confident Spectators Will Be in Attendance for Postponed Tokyo Games. #VOANews

#VOA: Olympics Chief Confident Spectators Will Be in Attendance for Postponed Tokyo Games. #VOANews

November 16, 2020 No Comments

The head of the International Olympic Committee said he is “very confident” that spectators will be allowed to attend next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympic Summer Games — as long as they are vaccinated against COVID-19.    IOC President Thomas Bach made the pledge Monday in the Japanese capital after meeting Prime

#VOA: Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, First Female Olympic Oath Taker, Dies at 88. #VOANews

#VOA: Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, First Female Olympic Oath Taker, Dies at 88. #VOANews

November 12, 2020 No Comments

ROME – Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, the first female athlete to deliver the Olympic oath, in 1956, and the first woman to win a Winter Games medal for Italy four years earlier, has died at the age of 88.  The Italian was hailed by her country’s alpine skiing federation as “one of

#VOA: IOC Chief Bach Says Olympics Cannot Be ‘Marketplace of Demonstrations’. #VOANews

#VOA: IOC Chief Bach Says Olympics Cannot Be ‘Marketplace of Demonstrations’. #VOANews

October 24, 2020 No Comments

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the Olympic Games are not about politics and must guard against becoming a “marketplace of demonstrations.”Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement to protest racial injustice, calls have increased this year for a change to Rule 50 of the Olympic