Lutalo Muhammad won a Silver Medal at Rio 2016.GETTY IMAGES
Taekwondo "must be given more Olympic weight divisions to stop athletes risking their long-term health," according to British fighter Lutalo Muhammad. There are four categories per gender at an Olympics, compared to a combined total of 16 at a World Championships. Muhammad, a Silver Medalist at Rio 2016, said that he has suffered "serious sickness" when attempting to reach the -80kg Olympic weight during his career (BBC, 10/18).
Work to replace earthquake shock absorbers produced by KYB Corp., which "admitted to fabricating quality inspection data," will "likely continue" beyond the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, company sources said. The Tokyo metropolitan government said that the Olympics Aquatics Center and Ariake Arena to be used for the 2020 Games are equipped with KYB products, but replacement of the shock absorbers is "not expected to be completed" before Sept. '20 (KYODO, 10/18).
The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee is "more than halfway toward its recruitment target of 80,000 volunteers," it revealed on Wednesday. Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said that "about 47,000 people have completed the registration process to become volunteers." Volunteer applications will be accepted until the beginning of December (KYODO, 10/18).
