Soccer: US women take Olympic bronze, games postponed due to heat | Sportschau – sportschau.de/olympia

news The soccer women from the USA won the “small final” in Tokyo. The world champions beat Australia on Thursday (August 5th, 2021) just 4: 3 (3: 1). Megan Rapinoe scored first with a directly converted corner kick (8th) and later with a volley (21st). Long-running Carli Lloyd (45th + 1 / 51st) also scored … Read more

Corona case in the German Olympic team: cyclist Geschke tested positive | Sportschau – sportschau.de/olympia

Cycling The German Olympic team has its first Corona case on the evening of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Summer Games. As the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) announced on Friday (23.07.2021), the cyclist Simon Geschke tested positive for the virus. The 35-year-old was initially positive in the daily antigen test, a subsequent PCR … Read more

Because of Corona: First female athletes miss their competitions | Sportschau – sportschau.de/olympia

news The Chilean taekwondo fighter Fernanda Aguirre and the Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs are the first athletes to miss their competitions at the Olympic Games in Tokyo due to positive corona tests. First, the National Olympic Committee of Chile announced on Wednesday (July 21, 2021) that Aguirre had tested positive on arrival. It then became … Read more

First corona case in the Olympic Village in Tokyo | Sportschau – sportschau.de/olympia

news Despite strict hygiene rules, the first corona case occurred in the Olympic Village in Tokyo on Saturday (July 17th, 21st). There was no more precise information about the person concerned. Less than a week before the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the first corona case was discovered in the Olympic Village. The … Read more