Rio reviewing Olympic security after Nice attack
Defense Minister Raul Jungmann told CBN radio that safety protocols in Rio de Janeiro would be revised in the wake of Thursday’s attack in the French coastal city of Nice that killed scores of people leaving a fireworks display along a well-known boulevard.
The gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Games hasn’t played since pulling out of the French Open because of an injured left wrist and needed the International Tennis Federation to approve his appeal.
Two top-10 players — one on the men’s side, one on the women’s — announced they were withdrawing from the Olympics, and both mentioned concerns about the Zika virus.
U.S. gymnast John Orozco tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee for a second time during training this week and will miss the Games.
Forty years after coaching John Walker to an Olympic gold medal at the Montreal Games, track coach Arch Jelley, 93, will try to guide another New Zealand athlete, 27-year-old Hamish Carson, to victory in the 1,500 meters in Rio.