While these cases among athletes are unfortunate, positive COVID-19 tests were expected. And according to Dr. Brian McCloskey, the Olympic Games' leading health adviser, there has been less than expected, and the system in place is doing its job.
A breakthrough COVID-19 case caused some heartbreak Monday for a Utah Olympian. Kara Eaker, a University of Utah red rock gymnast, tested positive in Japan. Her parents offered support, while her University of Utah coach shared a statement and his thoughts on her skills as a gymnast.
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee says an alternate on the United States women’s gymnastics team has tested positive for COVID-19 in a training camp in Japan.
Whether they're born and bred, or brought to Utah to play as a pro, this year, we'll see more locals in the Summer Olympics than ever before. The KSL Tokyo Team introduced us to the athletes who've called Utah home and hope Utah will cheer them on in Tokyo.
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Alexandra Jaffe & Darlene Superville, Associated Press
Tokyo venues for the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics will not have spectators due to the city's coronavirus state of emergency through the Games, according to the Japanese Olympic Committee.
IOC President Thomas Bach arrived in Tokyo on Thursday just as a ban on spectators at the Tokyo Olympics is likely after Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced a state of emergency because of rising coronavirus infections in the capital.
Banned sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released Tuesday by USA Track and Field, a decision that means the American champion's positive test for marijuana will cost her a chance at running on the relay team in Tokyo, in addition to her spot in the 100-meter individual race.
For the first time in Olympic history, the University of Utah Red Rocks will have three gymnasts representing Team USA. FM 100.3's Rebecca Cressman, who is also the announcer for the Utah Red Rocks, said watching the women Sunday night left her on the edge of her seat.
Dozens of athletes with Utah ties will be competing in Tokyo in less than a month, including Park City native Haley Batten, who recently qualified as a mountain bike racer. She spoke with KSL-TV after training in Italy about what it meant to make the Olympics and how she credits her upbringing in Park City.
With 30 days to go until the start of the Tokyo Olympics, a Millcreek woman just qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics which are also happening this summer.
Utah's high altitude has attracted Olympic athletes from around the world who prepared for the upcoming Tokyo Games and that includes one man who trained in Park City before but for an entirely different sport.
The Salt Lake City - Utah Committee for the Games met in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic and started to work on what year they will bid on for bringing the games back to Utah.
With the Summer Olympics in Tokyo now only two months away many athletes who already qualified continue to train knowing their moment is getting closer. One of those athletes lives and trains in Salt Lake City but her heart is on the other side of the world.
The fastest climbers in the world went head-to-head at the World Cup of Climbing in Salt Lake City over the weekend. Both spectators and athletes said the crowd, the cheers and the atmosphere made it feel like things were almost normal again.
A World Cup competition for climbers will be held in downtown Salt Lake City over the weekend, bringing out many of the athletes that will compete in the event at the Tokyo Olympics, including one man who was born and raised in Utah.
