SportReutersOlympics-IOC yet to talk to Belarus officials, China probe ongoing
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has yet to talk to any Belarussian team officials involved in the case of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who took refuge in Poland https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/belarus-sprinter-tsimanouskaya-leaves-polish-embassy-tokyo-police-2021-08-03 this week after refusing to return to her homeland from Tokyo. The committee also said it was waiting for a report from the Chinese team https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/ioc-asks-chinese-team-report-cyclists-mao-zedong-badges-2021-08-03 on why two of its medallists appeared on the podium wearing badges featuring the head of the country's former leader Mao Zedong, in a potential breach of Olympic rules on the display of political paraphernalia. Belarus sprinter Tsimanouskaya caused a furore on Sunday when she said coaches had ordered her to pack and go to the airport before she had even competed.
SportPA Media: SportLiam Heath unsure whether to push for Paris 2024 after winning bronze
The 36-year-old finished third in the K1 200m in Tokyo on Thursday, his fourth Olympic medal after successes at London 2012 and Rio five years ago.
SportPA Media: SportOn this day in 2003: Darren Gough retires from Test cricket
Gough called it a day two matches into a return from a knee injury.
