Olympics Coverage

There’s an urgency to the questions about whether the Olympic flame can burn away the fear or provide a measure of catharsis — and even awe — after a year of suffering and uncertainty in Japan and around the world.

Jill Biden embarked on her first solo international trip as first lady, leading a U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the coronavirus is surging and COVID-19 infections have climbed to a six-month high.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is determined to hold the Olympics, placed Tokyo under a state of emergency on July 12, but daily cases have sharply increased since then.

Frost is no stranger to Nebraskans, a member of the Nebraska Hall of Fame, the mother of Nebraska Head Coach, Scott Frost, and a competitor in the 1968 Olympics. She has been competing in discus and shot put competitions since high school.

Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said a day ahead of the opening ceremony that director Kentaro Kobayashi has been dismissed.

She's leading the U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where new COVID-19 infections just hit a six-month high.

The opening ceremonies for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics start July 23.

American swimmer Becca Meyers has pulled out of the Paralympics because she says the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee won’t let her bring her mother to Tokyo as her personal care assistant.