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More: Olympics U.S. softball opens world champs with Olympic return on its mind Olympic Channel lineup marks 10th anniversary of Beijing Olympics Clark Kent breaks Michael Phelps record TOKYO (AP) — Triathlon events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be staged on the large man-made island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay and will start early in the morning to counter the heat that is expected in the Japanese capital. Tokyo Games organizers and the International Triathlon Union on Thursday revealed plans for the individual triathlons, mixed relay, and para-triathlons. As with the marathon, the potential for scorching summer conditions factored into the plans. The triathlons will start at 8 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. as originally planned. Japan is in the midst of a deadly heatwave, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 F). The heat has been blamed for 116 deaths. The 1964 Games in Tokyo were held in October to avoid the harshest of the heat. That was before the Olympics … [Read more...] about Tokyo 2020 Olympic triathlon to start early to beat the heat

More: Olympics As swim nationals close, an Olympic champion prepares to pass the torch 49-year-old Olympic beach volleyball champion plays first event in 10 years Simone Biles wins first meet since Rio Olympics with fall The full U.S. roster for the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo from Aug. 9-12 and the only swimmers eligible to make the 2019 World Championships team in the pool. Swimmers can compete in any individual event at Pan Pacs …  Women MenTaylor Abbott OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Favorite us! MORE: Mental health on swimmers’ minds at nationals … [Read more...] about U.S. swim team roster for Pan Pacific Championships

By Scott M. Reid | [email protected] | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: July 27, 2018 at 9:43 pm | UPDATED: July 27, 2018 at 9:43 pm IRVINE—World champion Caeleb Dressel had his Phillips 66/USA Swimming National Championships 100-meter butterfly gold medal around his neck for all about 90 seconds when he took it off, walked off the award podium and gave it to a young fan standing nearby. “I usually just hand them out,” Dressel said with a shrug later. “I really don’t do anything with them anyways.” Besides for Dressel the real prize at the Woollet Aquatics Center on Friday night was a spot on Team USA for next month’s Pan Pacific Championships and next year’s FINA World Championships, a spot that seemed a lock when the meet opened Wednesday but grew more precarious as the week wore on. Dressel rebounded Thursday from a disastrous performance in Wednesday’s 100 freestyle final and a disappointing swim in Thursday’s 50 … [Read more...] about Caeleb Dressel, Lilly King rebound from rough starts at U.S. Championships

By Scott M. Reid | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: July 25, 2018 at 5:46 pm | UPDATED: July 25, 2018 at 5:49 pm IRVINE – USA Swimming chief executive Tim Hinchey said Wednesday that U.S. national team coach Bob Bowman would have likely been fired if Bowman had sent sexually graphic texts at Hinchey’s previous job. Hinchey, a former executive at Major League Soccer’s Colorado franchise, also said Bowman, the longtime coach of Michael Phelps, would not have been named to Olympic or World Championships coaching staffs if he had been in charge of USA Swimming in 2011. Bowman has been under fire since an Orange County Register report last week revealed he and Sean Hutchison, another U.S. national team coach, sent sexual text messages from Bowman’s cell phone to former Olympian Caroline Burckle in May 2011. Bowman was put on notice by U.S. national team director Frank Busch in June 2011. But three months later Busch named Bowman to the … [Read more...] about USA swimming chief exec Tim Hinchey takes tough stance on Bob Bowman’s behavior

TOKYO (AP) — Mariko Nagai walked outside Yoyogi National Stadium — the late-architect Kenzo Tange‘s masterpiece from Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics — and pictured the city in that era. She was a university student from northern Japan who landed a job as an interpreter at the dazzling swimming venue, where American Don Schollander would win four gold medals. “I wouldn’t say Japanese people were confident about the ability to become one of the advanced nations,” Nagai said. “But we wanted to show how much recovery we had made.” Tange’s jewel, with a soaring roofline that still defines modern architecture, symbolized Japan’s revival just 19 years after the ravages of World War II. A centerpiece in ’64, it will host handball in Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics, a link between the now-and-then in the Japanese capital. Tuesday will mark two years before the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Games. A new National Stadium is rising on … [Read more...] about Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics echo through 2020 Games

More: Olympics Two years out: 20 U.S. athletes to watch for Tokyo 2020 Olympics U.S. Swimming Championships TV schedule Tokyo’s 1964 Olympics echo through 2020 Games Ryan Lochte has been banned 14 months for a doping rule violation. “On May 24, 2018, Lochte, 33, posted an image on social media depicting himself receiving an intravenous infusion,” the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said in a press release Monday. “A subsequent investigation by USADA, with which Lochte fully cooperated, revealed that Lochte received an intravenous infusion of permitted substances at an infusion clinic in a volume greater than 100 mL in a 12-hour period without a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). “Intravenous infusions or injections in a volume greater than 100 mL within a 12-hour period are prohibited at all times – except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital treatment, surgical procedures, or clinical diagnostic … [Read more...] about Ryan Lochte banned 14 months after social media blunder

Future eOlympians? Photo: Ed Jones/AFP. The Olympic movement may be dedicated to celebrating world class athleticism but some say its growth can be helped by something that requires hardly any movement at all: gaming. At a first-of-its-kind summit in Lausanne on Saturday July 21st, eSports leaders will meet International Olympic Committee executives to explore how the enormous popularity of gaming can draw more young fans towards the Games.  "The goal of the forum is not to look at options to integrate eSports into the Olympics," IOC sports director Kit McConnell told AFP.  The goal, he explained, is "to study synergies between the two worlds and explore opportunities." IOC president Thomas Bach -- conscious that the Olympics are increasingly appealing to an older demographic -- has made outreaches to the gaming world to connect with younger audiences.  Last week, the IOC tweeted images of Bach gaming with Kai 'Deto' … [Read more...] about Online games looking to get a foot into the Olympics