Tokyo 2020 uncertainty 'exhausting', says Olympic sailing champion Hannah Mills
Thursday, 21 January 2021 Olympic sailing champion Hannah Mills says the disruption and uncertainty caused by Covid-19 is "mentally draining" as she prepares for the delayed Tokyo 2020.
World Cup winner and former Olympic champion Megan Rapinoe says it would be awful if the Tokyo Games are cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Japanese government and Tokyo 2020 will make a decision by the start of the torch relay on March 25 whether fans from overseas will be allowed to travel to the Olympics in July and August.
An overwhelming majority of Japanese said they were "interested in the Olympics", although 58 percent said they did not want them to be held because of fears over COVID-19, a Yomiuri daily poll showed on Wednesday. Bryan Wood reports.
Iranian female Olympic medal winner Kimia Alizadeh has been granted refugee status in Germany and aims to compete in the Olympic Refugee Team under a white flag in Tokyo this summer.
Olympic champion Aly Raisman is calling for an independent investigation into USA Gymnastics after John Geddart killed himself after charges were announced against him. It follows the conviction of Dr. Larry Nassar for abusing hundreds of gymnasts, including Raisman.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal got his first dose of Covid vaccine at the LNJP hospital. The Chief Ministerβs parents were also vaccinated. Kejriwal has been receiving treatment for diabetes for the last 10 years and is thus eligible for inoculation in the ongoing phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive. President of India Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several chief ministers have already received their first doses of the vaccine. Watch the full video for all the details.
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha took the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine at Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu on March 04. The second phase of vaccination against coronavirus began on March 01, which covers people above the age of 60 years and those above the age of 45 years with comorbidities.
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