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Olympics-Djokovic s golden dream ends on day of upsets marred by doping slur TOKYO :Top-ranked Novak Djokovic had his dreams of tennis gold dashed https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/tennis-djokovic-downed-by-zverev-mens-semi-final-upset-2021-07-30 on Friday while Ethiopia s Selemon Barega felled the reigning world 10,000 metres champion, on a day of upsets that saw doping allegations surface at the swimming pool.
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(Corrects original start time to 10:00 a.m., not 10.45 a.m., in third paragraph)
TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Heavy rain and thunder across Tokyo forced organisers to delay the start of the BMX racing semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday morning, as they scrambled to remove water from the course.
Although Tokyo avoided a direct hit from tropical storm Nepartak earlier this week, the capital has seen intermittent rains and on Friday the city was lashed with rain.
Organisers delayed the start of the BMX event, originally scheduled for 10:00 a.m. (0100 GMT) by 45 minutes. Workers at the Ariake Urban Park used what looked like leaf blowers and giant brushes to scrape the racing course of water.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men s 200m Backstroke - Medal Ceremony - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee, Ryan Murphy of the United States and Luke Greenbank of Britain pose on the podium with the gold, silver and bronze medal respectively REUTERS/Marko Djurica reuters tickers
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July 30, 2021 - 07:34
By Simon Evans, Mari Saito and Martyn Herman
TOKYO (Reuters) -An American swimmer sparked controversy at the Tokyo Games on Friday when he said it would take a long time to clear his sport of doping after losing his Olympic title to a Russian.