Olympics-Byers withdraws from two finals, Ledki and Drexel light up the pool Reuters

Authors: Steve Keating and Simon Evans

Tokyo (Reuters)-American gymnast Simon Byers withdrew from the other two finals https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/gymnastics-american-simone-biles-withdraws-event-finals-vault -uneven-bars-us- Saturday 2021-07-31 in Tokyo, it is not clear if she will appear again in the Olympics, while swimmers Katie Ledecky and Caleb Dressel have recovered some of their lost luster https:// www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/swimming- more-gold-dressel-mckeown-does-backstroke-double-2021-07-31 America in the swimming pool.

The Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare was temporarily suspended during the first drug test failure of the Olympic Games https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/athletics-nigerian-sprinter-okagbare-banned-after-failed-drugs-test -2021 -07-31 Ended her Tokyo running after testing positive for human growth hormone.

American BMX racer Connor Fields left the intensive care unit due to cerebral hemorrhage https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/cycling-fields-suffered-brain-bleed-crash-out-icu-says-mother -July 31, 2021 In his terrible crash the day before. Fields was originally one of the favorites for the gold medal, but was defeated in a crash on the first corner of the semifinals.

China now tops the medal list with 20 gold medals https://graphics.reuters.com/OLYMPICS-2020/MEDALTALLY/rlgpdynkjvo/media-embed.html. There are 17 in Japan and 16 in the United States.

The Olympic Games were held without spectators and were postponed for a year due to the pandemic. This is an unprecedented change in the history of the modern Olympic Games. With the surge in infections, Japan is increasingly worried about forcing the government to extend the state of emergency https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/japan-proposes-adding-four-regions-covid-19-emergency -minister- 2021-07-29 in Tokyo and expand it to neighboring prefectures.

Most of the focus of the Olympics is on the superstar Byers. This week she withdrew from the team competition after a bad opening vault, and then refused to defend her all-around champion. The reason was that she was worried about her body and mind, which made the world. Shocked welfare.

“Today, after further consultations with medical staff, Simone Byers decided to withdraw from the vault and uneven bars finals,” the US Gymnastics team said, adding that she will continue to be evaluated daily to see if she will participate in the final floor exercise. And balance beam.

Her frankness has put athletes’ mental health issues under the spotlight and has aroused widespread support around the world. During some of her gravity, she talked about “twisting”, disorientation events https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/i-had-twisties-just-like-simone-2021-07-30- Challenge skills.

On Friday, Byers wrote on Instagram: “Honestly, trying to do a skill without syncing your mind and body is really shocking.”

‘She makes things difficult’

In swimming, Ledki and Drexel increased their medal counts and brought some excitement to the disappointing Olympics for the U.S. swimming team so far. Their eight gold medals are only half of the Rio Olympics.

Ledki lost to Australia’s Ariane Tittmos in the 200m and 400m championship titles, then defeated her in the 1500m, becoming the first female swimmer to win 6 individual gold medals on Saturday Athlete, she raced home in the 800 meters.

Controlled from the beginning, Ledecky expanded her lead over Titmus from the 500 mark, and went home more than a second ahead of her opponent, winning the game for the third time in a row, another first.

“She makes the game difficult, so the game is fun,” Ledki said.

World champion Drexel rushed to the 100-meter butterfly championship in world record time and won his second individual gold medal, adding to the gold medal he won in the 4×100 freestyle relay.

“Winning the Olympic finals requires setting a world record. And I don’t think this happens often in the Olympics,” he said

“My plan is to get out quickly and stick to it.”

Britain won the first Olympic mixed 4×100 medley relay. This is their fourth swimming gold medal and set a world record. Britain’s four swimming gold medals in Tokyo are their best return in more than a century. Breaststroke gold medalist Adam Petty said they are a team.

“One word has changed the entire team, and that is’belief’. We have championships that believe we can win. We have championships that believe we can win the world record,” he said.

Stimulants, accidental projection

The doping problem and the shocking accidents that occurred in the BMX bicycle race and the pandemic have alleviated the cheers.

The Track and Field Integrity Department, which monitors the use of doping in the sport, said that Nigeria’s Okabere, a sprinter and long jump silver medalist at the 2008 Olympics, was temporarily suspended on Saturday morning.

The 32-year-old has won the 200m and long jump world championships and is participating in her fourth Olympic Games. On Friday, she easily won her 100m preliminaries and qualified for the semi-finals.

The international testing agency said on Friday that it is expected to conduct 5,000 doping tests at the Olympics, of which more than half have already been conducted.

When American swimmer Ryan Murphy said on Friday that his 200-meter backstroke final was “probably unclean”, the doping problem has surfaced.

Murphy won three gold medals in Rio de Janeiro, but later no longer hinted that his opponent was cheating.

Travis Tygart, the head of the US anti-doping agency, told Reuters: “Russian state and sports officials shrouded themselves in a dark cloud. Sadly, in the process, their athletes were pushed. In the storm.”

American BMX racer Fields was transferred out of the intensive care unit after staying in the ward for one night, but remained in the hospital.

“The doctor reported that Fields had a cerebral hemorrhage at the venue,” said the American Cycling Association.

Organizers have reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 related to the Olympics, bringing the total number to 241 since July 1, which is very small considering that thousands of people participated in the competition.

After reaching a record 3,865 cases the day before, the number of COVID-19 infections in Tokyo on Friday also increased, reaching a total of 3,300 cases, adding to the pressure on the medical system.