Schneider ranks among the top 10 U.S. women at three distances heading into next month’s U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials.
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Olympic opposition intensifies as Japan extends coronavirus state of emergency to late June
The decision was expected and comes a day after the country reported more than 4,000 new COVID-19 cases, a mark it has surpassed every day since mid-April.
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Physician warns Tokyo Olympics could spread variants
Fans from abroad will be banned but 15,000 athletes and tens of thousands of officials and members of the media from 200 countries and territories will attend.
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IOC: Olympics will be held even if Tokyo is in a state of emergency
The IOC vice president in charge of the Tokyo Olympics says the games will open in just over two months even if the city and other parts of Japan are under a state of emergency.
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Olympians who are nursing moms might have to choose – Games or their babies
U.S. marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk is a nursing mother qualified for the Olympics and as of now can’t bring her daughter. Serena Williams and others are also in a quandary.
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Olympic notebook: Petition with 350,000 signatures wants Tokyo Games canceled
The petition was submitted to the IOC and others with Tokyo under a state of emergency and cases rising in Japan, where less than 2% of the population has been fully vaccinated.
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IOC President Thomas Bach postpones trip to Japan amid spike in coronavirus case
Bach will instead visit “as soon as possible,” after Japan extends until May 31 a state of emergency that was to have expired Tuesday.
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Family ties pull Olympic gold medalist back to Maine
Anna Goodale, a mother of two young boys, left a demanding coaching job at Ohio State for an opportunity to run the community-based rowing club in her hometown of Camden.
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Olympic notebook: Online petition to cancel Games gets tens of thousands of signatures
The petition comes with Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas under a state of emergency with coronavirus infections rising – particularly new variants.
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New rules for Tokyo Olympics call for more tests, raise more questions
The second version of the “Playbooks” for athletes are released by the IOC and local organizers, highlighted by more testing for all involved as the pandemic surges in Japan.